Canada rolls out the unwelcome mat for * in Ottawa (pics inside)

[Iceburg]

I have never seen a crowd so large in Ottawa (probably 50,000+), nor have I ever seen so many police in riot gear. Look for a big sale sale on slightly used riot gear next week on E-Bay. It is highly unlikey we will ver need it again unless * plans a return visit.

The protest was a very well organized ... people of all ages, races and spectrums of life.

Nevertheless, it will cost Canadians in excess of $5,000,000 to accommodate *. If * had simply stayed at home and sent a fax, that would be $5M more that we could have contributed to the Iraqis.

A special note to my fellow Americans:
Please let it be understood that we are protesting the policies of * and that there was not a hint of animosity toward our good neighbour and friends in the USA. I am very proud of my fellow citizens for making this distinction. Viva America!

The crowd assembles at Confederation Park

The view from Parliament Hill at 1:30 pm

The Standoff at the Chateau Laurier Hotel at 3:30 pm

1st Line of Defence




2nd Line of Defence


3rd Line of Defence


Police and Media don their Gas Masks

[Paradise]

1. Thanks. Really! n/t

[Pepper32]

2. B*sh looks great in the second pic.

ROFL

[El Supremo]

3. Thanks!

Cest Manifique!! (or however you spell it)

[opihimoimoi]

8. ROTFLMAO, thanks for the PICs. I hope all America can see what

the World(Canada Confirms) thinks of the First Chimp(2nd pic) and his LOLO isms. The History will record 50,000 brave souls came to protest his ass. I just luv it.

Us Americans should be EMBARRASSED AS HELL that this idiot is over there representing US. Damn....

Come, we go drink already.... come to think of it, we can do it in public and he can't. LOL

[Iceburg]

21. Close enough L ...we're not sticklers except when it comes to *

It was a good day on planet earth!

[Cannabian]

4. Absolutely Great Photos Iceburg

btw - What kind of camera are you using? I'm looking to upgrade soon from my Canon G2. Too much like a point and shoot for my liking.

[Iceburg]

6. Its a Sony CyberShot 5.0...pretty much a point and shoot

In fact most of the photos I took with the camera way above my head. Sadly, I had to dlete some shots 'cause I ran out of mem.

[Cannabian]

13. Wow, a Sony

Who would've thought.

Judging by your cop shots, you must have been close by when things got a little tense. Me, I booked out to the NAC and watched from there. What's your take?

[Iceburg]

16. I was inches from the cops ... it was indeed tense !

problem was I ran out of memory and had to start deleting early shots. I was looking into the eyes of the first liners. The head-copper initiated the command to put on their gas masks, and when I saw that CNN, CBS camera people followed ... that's when I started looking for safe harbour -- not wanting to wrinkle my crinoline.

[Cannabian]

18. Here they are getting ready

This is the third wave

on edit: These guys actually ran around the corner onto Wellington. To get pumped I assume.

[Iceburg]

20. You must have been on wheels Can .... how did you snag that one?

My sister was on the Rideau Street walkover and when I said their must have been 200-300 police at the Chateau Laurier/Rideau Street area she said ... NO!!! there probably was a thousand if you count the ones in the buildings and around the corners.

Did you happen to snap the snipers on the rooftops around Laurier and Wellington Streets for "our history" books?

[Cannabian]

22. Not enough zoom

I tried to snap one when I saw three guys on top of the Westin. They disappeared before I was ready to shoot. Later I saw two more but with my limited zoom it didn't seem worth it. I did get this though.



I pretty sure he was checking out a babe at the Westin!

[Iceburg]

23. I think you should keep your current camera!

You have done a fine job documenting a town on planet erath on Nov 30, 2004. Cudos to ya Cannabian.

I guess you didn't hang around for the candlight ceremonies...

[Cannabian]

25. Nah

Big day - 2 hour drive home - they were calling for freezing rain - and I was excited to get the pics up!

[in_cog_ni_to]

5. Thank you, Canada!

I love when the chimp sees how hated he is. Thank you so much! The pics are terrific! :bounce:

[northamericancitizen]

7. Great pictures. It shows how some MSM

are wrong when they talk about 5,000 showing up against bushy. Thank you.

Lise

[gordianot]

9. Just a little curious, to those DU'ers who still watch news on TV.

Is this being covered by any of the networks? Also, are the protests being covered in Canada?

10-15 years ago this would be plastered all over the tube.

[Iceburg]

12. Heavy coverage in Canada .. all stations reporting live

Don't let 'em fool ya with their crowd count. A picture is worth a thousand words and you won't see that many people converged on Parliament Hill even on "Canada Day". The protest was a

H U G E

success.

[gordianot]

15. Thank you Iceburg in Canada.

Bush will not show himself too often here I think he is afraid of potential crowds. We won't see much of what goes on here other than on the internet(s).

Do show George a good time.

:bounce: :toast:

[Iceburg]

17. So if I get your drift ... there will be a sale on e-bay for riot gear

[gordianot]

24. No Riots please.

The wingnuts want riots. I think you could get a similar size crowd in most American cities with signs.

Wonder why the Canadian police put on gas masks in the pictures?

[Iceburg]

26. The chance of a riot yesterday was near ZERO...

moms with strollers aren't the provactive type. The protesters were extremely sympathetic to the police.
The tension came primarily from seeing our police in riot gear.

However, one jerk in the crowd of 10's of thousands sprayed red paint on one of the policemen.

Thanks to *, we now have thousands of dollars worth of slightly used riot gear (no scuff marks) that will have to sold or stored until the next time he decides to leave the tree.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/cpress/20041130/ca_pr_on_na/bush_cda_security_2

[in_cog_ni_to]

14. Aaron Brown, CNN, just showed a clip of the protesters, but that was it.

He did a short segment on it. It's the only "news" program I've watched today.

[Gloria]

10. Hello! But,,,,it's perfectly OK to show animosity towards the DORKS

who voted for Bush!!

Let it rip!

[Bjornsdotter]

11. Wow!

Great pictures! Thanks for giving Georgie such a "warm" welcome!

Just watched the CBC news...you guys are awesome!

:yourock:

Cheers,
Kim

[yardwork]

19. Thank you for these amazing photos!

[RebelOne]

27. Pictures not showing up.

All I see are little boxes saying Photobucket.com Bandwidth Exceeded

[ProdigalJunkMail]

28. Photobucket.com bandwidth exceeded

oh well... thanks, anywho....stayed at the Chateau Laurier Hotel...would have been nice to see it again...lovely place...

theProdigal

[Iceburg]

29. I paid my dues ... it should be fixed now.

Let me know if it isn't because I am still able to view them.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

30. tis lovely...thanks...

great pictures!

theProdigal