Sanity -> RE: Obama signs Patriot Act (5/28/2011 6:00:57 PM)
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Thanks. From your links: quote:
An anti-war protester takes part in a demonstration in front of the White House over the weekend,... quote:
More than 100 anti-war protesters, including the man who leaked the Pentagon Papers, were arrested outside the White House on Saturday in demonstrations marking the eighth anniversary of the U.S.-led war in Iraq. The protesters, some shouting anti-war slogans and singing We Shall Not Be Moved, were arrested after ignoring orders to move away from the gates of the White House. The demonstrators cheered loudly as Daniel Ellsberg, the former military analyst who in 1971 leaked the Pentagon's secret history of the Vietnam War that was later published in major newspapers, was arrested and led away by police. In New York City, about 80 protesters gathered near the U.S. military recruiting center in Times Square, chanting "No to war" and carrying banners that read, "I am not paying for war" and "Butter not guns." quote:
It happened in 2007, when tens of thousands congregated on the National Mall and heard actors Sean Penn, Jane Fonda and Danny Glover speak out against President George W. Bush and the war in Iraq. It happened in 1991, when throngs rallied against U.S. involvement in the first Gulf War. And it has happened more than a dozen other times since the March on Washington for Peace in Vietnam in 1965. Now, despite the U.S. military's concurrent and costly entanglements, the National Mall is quiet and the streets of Washington are pretty much protester-free. The lack of noise and the apparent nonchalance raises the question: Where have all the protesters gone? So, an antiwar protester, a hundred, and eighty now, with very little media coverage vs. tens of thousands during the Bush years complete with actors with megaphones and plenty of very favorable media coverage Only serves to underscore my point, dont you think? quote:
ORIGINAL: Musicmystery Here ya go. http://www.npr.org/2011/03/28/134920040/the-root-why-few-support-obamas-libyan-mission http://www.npr.org/2011/03/19/134696559/protesters-urge-withdrawal-from-iraq-and-afghanistan and also.... http://www.npr.org/2011/04/15/135391188/whatever-happened-to-the-anti-war-movement
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