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Politics : Bush Administration's Media Manipulation--MediaGate? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Raymond Duray who wrote (1666)	3/20/2005 4:33:11 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9838

Anti-War Protest Is A Failure Anti-war demonstrations fail to draw expected numbers. Despite months in planning, demonstrations by activists against the War in Iraq must be considered, by any measure, a failure of epic proportions. United for Peace and Justice posted a list of 1,350 organizations that were to participate in their nation-wide protests and demonstrations against the War in Iraq. Based on newspaper and wire-service reports, about 5 people from each organization showed up. In New York City (population: 8,085,742), hundreds listened to anti-war speeches at the United Nations, then marched to Times Square, carrying dozens of cardboard coffins draped in black cloth or the American flag. While thousands of people marked the second anniversary of the war in Iraq with a protest in Central Park yesterday. In San Francisco (population: 751,682), hundreds of protesters rallied in Dolores Park. In Chicago (population: 2,869,121), one thousand anti-war activists gathered in Federal Plaza Saturday. In Los Angeles (population: 3,819,951), the LA Times reported 4,000. In Honolulu (population: 380,149), about 300 people marched and rallied to mark the second anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq and to urge an end to the war. In Seattle (population: 569,101), organizers put the number of anti-war protesters at Seattle Center. participants at 5,000, so divide this number by 2 or 3. And at Ft. Bragg, Fayetville, N. C. (population: 121,015), N.C., the demonstration was the largest, with 3,000 demonstrators, of 800 Held Across the U.S. to Mark 2nd Anniversary of Conflict. And the anti-war crowd bused people in from all over the country. I am delighted to say, the anti-war people have little or no support and they blew it, big time, in front of God and all their friends.

To: Raymond Duray who wrote (1666)	3/21/2005 8:35:46 AM
From: Suma	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9838

You are correct in saying that the public has been neutered and lulled into complacency. I see it with my friends. It's become a pervasive feeling of hopelessness...What can be done. AND I might add a bit of fear. Names are taken under the Patriot Act and one's future could be effected by pressure brought to bear on participants. We are more of a fascist state than ever and no one seems to care. They believe that we have had free elections in Iraq. That Democracy is being put in place. That it's only a matter of time before Iraq can police itself. That the war was well worth our having influence in the Middle East. That we can placate China,Iran and North Korea That Bush has been right all along in his strident admonitions that we are right and they are wrong... It's been fed over and over and no one looks below the covers to see what is really happening. And on the home front this debacle of Congress meeting to pass legislation and the President flying back early to sign it is not only taking away from State's rights but pandering to the religious right and politics only. When is DeLay going to get his fanny spanked ? Thank heavens for people like those on this site who are seekers of the truth.