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http://www.reuters.com/newsPhotoGall...IRIQCRBAELCFEY
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Naked protesters shut down 8th Avenue outside site of Republican National Convention
Naked protesters block 8th Avenue in midtown Manhattan outside Madison Square Garden, site of the Republican National Convention, August 26, 2004. Law enforcement authorities expect thousands of protesters to descend on the city before the start of the convention on August 30, 2004. REUTERS/Bob Covington
I thought you were supposed to protest in a manner that your target finds unpleasant. :D
Man Liberals are sure Zany! I'll have to hijack my own thread here and list all of the off the wall stunts the Libs pull leading up to and during the RNC.
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Anti Bush protestor rappelling at Plaza Hotel in New York
A protestor identified as Terra Lawson-Remer (top) lowers herself to a waiting police officer after she helped unfurl a banner on the facade of the Plaza Hotel in New York on August 26, 2004. The 60-foot banner, with the words "Truth" and "Bush", was said to be critical of the Bush/Cheney administration's poor record of leadership. Two members of a protest group called Operation Sibyl rappelled down the facade to unfurl the banner. The Republican National Convention starts in New York on August 30. REUTERS/Peter Morgan
I'm just glad those protestors are on their side! ;)
just wait until the convention get going these people are just warming up!
Hm, looks like the end result of a hippie drunken back-seat grope-fest and broken prophylactics. Ah, standing in the street naked, the clarity of their wisdom. *sigh*
Talking about crazy protesters, what about the millionaire who bought a huge ice cutter vessel and rammed it into a fishing vessel, which sunk and killed hundreds of fishermen because they were killing sea turtles and whales ect… with giant nets?
Now this is more on the political side than zany. However, if Bush's using pictures of the world trade centers was "politicizing" an event that should not be in politics, then shouldn't the same apply with our fallen veterans? I, being a veteran, find the parading of flag draped coffins around the streets of New York to be highly insensitive to the families of our fallen war heros. Politicizing the Deaths of our citizens that have made the supreme sacrafice to protect our freedom; (shakes head) what will come next?...... grave excevation to make a point. Of course I would not put it past the Liberals to do that either.
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Protesters against U.S. President George W. Bush organized by the group United for Peace and Justice march on 7th Avenue with simulated caskets representing U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq, in front of Madison Square Garden, site of the Republican National Convention, in New York City August 29, 2004. The Republican National Convention is scheduled to begin August 30. REUTERS/Win McNamee
Oh no Spy, it's only wrong when conservatives do it. ;)
Blocking Traffic - Yep that works allright.
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Plainclothes New York City Police officers arrest protesters who had blocked traffic in the Financial District of lower Manhattan, August 31, 2004. Police expect the largest number of spontaneous acts of civil disobedience today, the second day of the Republican National Convention which is being held at Madison Square Garden. REUTERS/Jeremy Bigwood
Ok, so, I gotta throw this out there --
What are protestors thinking? Really? What good are they accomplishing? Do they expect a result? As if they're antics are gonna make the GOP go..."You know guys...they have a point! I didn't realize how wrong we were 'till I saw that naked guy running around! Let's cancel the convention!"
Protests have got to be among the greatest wastes of a time a human being can engage in...
If these protestors really want to experience what prison life is like at Guantanamo, I'm sure there are lots of people willing to oblige them. :)
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Protesters are hooded to resemble people captured during conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq, during a march in New York on August 31, 2004, site of the Republican National Convention. They marched demanding better conditions for detainees captured and held at Guantanamo, the US base in Cuba. REUTERS/Chip East
Oooh look at the Birdie.
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.j...toryID=6116679
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One man was arrested by about 10 police officers after he climbed a tree to obtain a better view of a rally by fellow immigration activists outside U.S. government offices, eyewitnesses said.
POSER!
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,130782,00.html
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NEW YORK — Secret Service agents pounced on a man who came within 10 feet of Vice President Dick Cheney (search) at the Republican National Convention and shouted anti-war statements, authorities said Tuesday.
Cheney never was in any danger, and no weapon was found on the man, who was arrested following a scuffle with agents. The suspect, Thomas Frampton, was charged with assaulting federal officers and impeding the operation of the Secret Service.
Frampton arrived on the first day of the convention at Madison Square Gardt, the officials said.
A complaint filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Manhattan said Secret Service agents spotted Frampton carrying a "Bush-Cheney '04" placard on the walkway behind Cheney's box at 9:30 p.m. Monday. One agent instructed him to keep moving.
Frampton began to move away, then turned back in the direction of Cheney's box and began shouting anti-Bush administration slogans. He then started to climb over a low wall separating Cheney's box from the walkway and got within 10 feet of Cheney before the Secret Service agents tried to restrain him.
As the agents grabbed him, Frampton swung his right elbow in the direction of one agent, the court papers said. He continued to struggle with the agents and shout at Cheney as he was dragged away and handcuffed, the complaint said.
Bright Lights - Big City - Big Dreams
http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/....ap/index.html
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Gary Boston and Jeff Adler are just two guys with a dream: shutting down New York City for a day.
What they want is a general strike, with everyone from Broadway dancers to Madison Avenue street sweepers calling in sick Wednesday to protest the Republican National Convention, which begins on Monday. (Special Report: America Votes 2004, the Republican convention)
1500 arreste eh? Impressive! This morning on fox I noted that one of announcers noticed that the Green hat wearing lawyers that are supposed to be observing demonstrations to ensure that free speech rights are not violated; were grouped outside of fox news chanting "Shut up Fox!" Hmmm.... freedom of speech.....anybody else notice the bigotry here?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5822306/
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Total convention arrests top 1,500 after third day of demonstrations
Protesters wearing pig snouts, costumes and a Dick Cheney mask chant and toss “Hallibacon Bucks” in the air Tuesday outside the Marriott Hotel in New York
I think that this protest was one of the more thoughtful one. Made me laugh. Kudos.
<EDIT: Courtesy of MSNBC>
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The demonstrations continued Wednesday morning, with thousands of protesters forming a symbolic unemployment line stretching three miles from Wall Street to Madison Square Garden, where GOP delegates are gathering. The protesters stood peacefully in a single-file line for 15 minutes, raising bright pink fliers that listed unemployment statistics and read: “The Next Pink Slip Might be Yours!”
I rarely ever drop by Cosmos but this thread caught my attention. Why the hell are there 6 posts in a row by the *same* member? Normally, considering the fact that I have a very happy trigger finger I would neg and move on but is there more to this? Did this thread once have a big discussion and everybody else just came along and deleted all of their posts except for OverdueSpy? Or is he just being damned annoying...?
Responses have been low + he's had a lot of different info to post.
Remember keezel, we're not to use APs in Cosmos. Cool down there tiger!
More like "Cool down there Copito de Nieve the albino gorilla"Quote:
Cool down there tiger!
Keezel - If you would take the time to read posts on the first page of this thread, (the 3rd one to be exact) you would understand that the nature of this thread changed to be a place where you can post the wacko-left protests that you find disgusting, humorous, or just plain unfathomable, which happen to occur in New York during the RNC.Quote:
Originally posted here by keezel
I rarely ever drop by Cosmos but this thread caught my attention. Why the hell are there 6 posts in a row by the *same* member? Normally, considering the fact that I have a very happy trigger finger I would neg and move on but is there more to this? Did this thread once have a big discussion and everybody else just came along and deleted all of their posts except for OverdueSpy? Or is he just being damned annoying...?
Here I'll list it for you.
If you find something that fits the category feel free to add in.Quote:
Man Liberals are sure Zany! I'll have to hijack my own thread here and list all of the off the wall stunts the Libs pull leading up to and during the RNC.
/me would have liked to see that.
What can I say?
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NEW YORK (CNN) -- A group of approximately 150 protesters chanting, "Fight AIDS, not Iraq," staged a brief demonstration Thursday near Grand Central Terminal's Information Booth before police moved in to make arrests.
An organizer, Michael Kink said, "We're trying to make a point about compassion and AIDS. We have less resources than we did four years ago."
So I gotta bring up a point here.
Spy, I'm sure you saw the protester who snuck into the convention last night, right?
Has anyone noticed that the Democrats haven't had to worry so much about violent protestors from us? Why is it the liberals are getting so angry and partisan that some among their ranks are actually getting violent? It's only serving to make us look all the better. I think that alone says something pretty loudly.
We had protesters outside the Democratic Convention, and there wasn't a big deal of it. Their protestors are naked, violent, and crazy.
Hmm...
Well Angelic, We didn't lock up protestors in a concrete and metal fenced cage like the Dems did, during their convention. :D NO, I didn't see the sneak ins! Been a little on the busy side today. Post it in dude. ;)
It was during Cheney's speech. The cameras only panned over to it momentarily, and evidently the protestor broke out among a group of media folks. The only thing I saw a good shot of was security dogpiling on him before escorting him out.
No sh*t. Which is part of the reason why I didn't neg him....as if it's any of your business. I would be far more pissed if Cybr1d hadn't said something - I actually respect him. You...I'm losing respect for. I believe the quality if your posts is extremely questionable. As is your apparent superior attitude. (See above quote). It's to the point where if you were a less active member I would have clicked ignore already. Not b/c you're a "troublemaker" or anything - I just think that if I were to cut your posts out of any given thread (with the exception of this forum - where you seem to make more interesting posts), it would actually increase the quality fo the thread - and I have a problem with that. Feel free to disagree or to b*tch at me some more, but I probably won't read it if you post it in this thread b/c I rarely ever visit cosmos (only b/c I personally do not like arguing about things I can have little affect on).Quote:
Remember keezel, we're not to use APs in Cosmos. Cool down there tiger!
P.S. - I've seen several APs flying around in cosmos...why not say something to those that are actually guilty of what you are cautioning me not to do?
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I didn't change the original post, but I've cooled down a bit... I *would* change it, but I really was pissed off and I tend to just say whatever's on my mind when I'm angry - so maybe it'll spark an interesting, and hopefully beneficial conversation...
That's ok Keezel, we all have those days. I think you've just misperceived my posting habits lately, but I'll PM you about that. Believe me, when I find somewhere to put a quality post, I will, but when the majority of threads are "Ah! APs Are Messed Up!" there really isn't much of a chance for quality posts to be made. Hopefully I'll have something worthwhile to offer when I finish the tut -- which, by the way, YOU have yet to comment on despite my asking you too. So if you want my quality to improve, how about giving a hand when it's requested yo?
And as far as APs in Cosmos, I HAVE critisized my AP assigners just the same. Just ask Spyder32, I got onto him for greening me in that now-closed "48%" thread.
I keep tellin' ya buddy...time to switch to decaf...