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To: JDN who wrote (40729)	1/22/2001 11:37:00 AM
From: High-Tech East	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 64865

JDN ... as the gipper said may times ... there you go again ... You said ... Well, regarding protesters on inauguration day I understand from the Fox news channel the total was about 550. When one considers all the nuts and fruitcakes in the world, I would say that was pretty infintesimal. JDN ... so, if I can make a follow-up statement from your view, it is 'only the nuts and fruitcakes' who exercise their right of dissent against a new and conservative government while, at the same time (or anytime previously), conservatives can trash and burn anything not conservative at anytime because, of course, they are correct in their assessments of everything important in the world ... ... so if I speak out or dissent against anything conservative, I am a nut/fruitcake, but if you speak out against anything moderate or liberal, you are a hero .................. sounds just like Germany from 1935 to 1945. I still appreciate freedom of speech, and freedom of the press ... and I have noticed that you do also (as long as it is you who is doing the speaking or writing). By the way, I printed copies of all the 'Mephisto' and 'JDN' posts for mid-January for interesting jet travel reading to and from Florida. I can hardly wait. <VBG> Awards to me made public upon my return. HA HA HA Ken

To: JDN who wrote (40729)	1/22/2001 9:16:41 PM
From: Victor Lazlo	Respond to of 64865

yup. Do you realize how many pro-Bush "protesters" there were out there? There were a lot of them. But they never made it to the edited version of the national news, or the CNN tape, becuase they don't square with pre-imposed media needs. Victor

To: JDN who wrote (40729)	1/22/2001 9:23:25 PM
From: John Carragher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

Maybe all these protestors will refuse the tax cut they get this year. Perhaps return the extra money to the government in protest.

To: JDN who wrote (40729)	1/22/2001 9:31:29 PM
From: Steve Dietrich	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 64865

<<Dear victor: Well, regarding protesters on inauguration day I understand from the Fox news channel the total was about 550.>> Well, legitimate news organizations had the number closer to 20,000. This from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram: "Protesters showed up in greater numbers than for any inauguration since Richard Nixon's second, in 1973, when an estimated 60,000 demonstrators took to the streets during the height of the Vietnam War. But the estimated 20,000 protesters in the streets Saturday were far outnumbered by Bush supporters. The protesters were countered by 7,000 local and federal police, who reported few arrests and no serious confrontations." And here are parts of an ABC news story: "Protests Disrupt Inauguration By ABCNEWS.com At the moment Bush was sworn in, police scuffled with protesters on the streets of Washington. Demonstrators turned out across Washington today, chanting and carrying signs displaying their anger at the contested election of President Bush. As the inaugural parade moved down Pennsylvania Avenue, thousands of protesters mingled with supporters of Bush, waving signs that read, among other things, "Hail to the Thief," "His Fraudulency," "Fraud!," and "Gore Majority." At times and places along the parade route, chants of the anti-Bush forces were louder than the cheers of Bush's supporters, although most spectators were there to cheer on the new president. ... Earlier, just at the moment Bush was taking his oath of office, police were clashing with protesters at an intersection just a few blocks from the parade route in downtown Washington. With a helicopter hovering overhead, the Secret Service and busloads of police, some in riot gear, blocked off the intersection, though the vast majority of the protesters were congregating peacefully. Law enforcement officials said the protesters were being surrounded and moved because they did not have a permit to gather on the street. The demonstrators began to disperse at around the time Bush finished delivering his inaugural address. So far police have made a total of nine arrests for disorderly conduct. ..." Do you think 550 is a reasonable estimate? Steve Dietrich