Has it Occured to you how WELL Schiavo is blacking out Protests?

[leftchick]

I know I own of couple a tin foils but even this does not deserve one.
Start going to Yahoo and rate up their war protest stories from around the world. They DID indeed happen today WORLDWIDE. No matter what the repukes and your TV tell you!



An effigy of US President George W. Bush (news - web sites) is seen during an anti-war protest in downtown Sao Paulo for the second anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion on Iraq (news - web sites), Brazil, on Saturday, March 19, 2005. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)



http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/iraq_protests_dc

...please rate the story up!

[proud patriot]

1. rate this one too

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/iraqwar2yearsbritain

[proud patriot]

2. and this one

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/war_anniversary_protests

[MelissaB]

4. Average 1.73

Kick it up, guys!

[proud patriot]

5. boy I'm finding many

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/europe_iraq_protests

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/usbushiraqwar2years

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/usiraqprotests

[MelissaB]

6. I'm rating as fast as I see them.

Thanks for posting the links.

[Ladyhawk]

20. LOL at the Kool-Aid avatar...very clever. :)

Who is he dispensing the Kool-Aid to now?

[leftchick]

26. NYC hero....

A demonstrator is arrested with others outside the United States Army recruiting station in New York's Times Square while protesting the second anniversary of the Iraq (news - web sites) War, March 19, 2005. Demonstrators from several peace and social justice groups marched to various United States military recruiting stations throughout New York city disrupting the recruiting process. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton



http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?g=events/wl/102602iraqprotests&a=&tmpl=sl&ns=&l=1&e=17&a=&t=&prev=16

[Tigress DEM]

49. Hey New York, I'm betting those numbers are way low. Hundreds?

There were 1,500 who marched in ONE protest in Minneapolis today. That number was gathered at the intersection of Lyndale/Hennepin by the Gunthrie as the marchers started across and down toward Franklin.

More joined and some went all the way back past the park and over to a church where there were several speakers.

I was running late so me and my best friend chased the marchers around looking for a parking spot so we could jump in and join.

It was awesome and the only police presence was traffic control.

[Ladyhawk]

23. I'm also rating DOWN the Schiavo case.

:shrug:

I'm aware it could be precendent-setting, but the protests over the deaths of thousands should take precedence over one precedent-setting case. Did I just set a record for the number of uses of variants of the word "precedence" in one sentence? :D

[katinmn]

56. 21 votes on that one

where is everybody?

[GreenPoet64]

60. done n/t

[MelissaB]

3. Average rating...1.77

Done

[Guaranteed]

7. Done nt

[Swamp Rat]

8. All threads rated! And yes, the 'Lizard of Oz' is pulling levers.

:kick:

edit: Pra meus irmãos no Brasil, muito brigado e concordo com vocês. Estou aí em espírito, na Brasília em frente da embaixada.

[leftchick]

11. LOL Swamp Rat

you are indeed right ON and your photos are the BOMB!

[killbotfactory]

9. No, they wouldn't show the protests either way

it's not as entertaining as describing what michael jackson did on his way to court, or the future of robert blake.

[nostamj]

10. oh yes! including GD at DU...

virtually NO interest in protests. Schiavomania continues.

[Swamp Rat]

14. AAARGGGHHH!!!!

Terri Schiavo! Terri Schiavo! Terri Schiavo! :o



I can't take all the propaganda/distractions... anyway, I'm going to the park to play in with my samba band.

:hi:

[Ladyhawk]

25. Love ya, Swamp Rat. Be well and samba! n/t

[Swamp Rat]

51. abraço

:hug:

:kick:

[Clark2008]

48. You and me, both!

I (and several others on this board) called it yesterday: the Schaivo issue is just out there to distract from the war protest. PERIOD. Those wingnuts don't care about anyone's life but their own and the heads of corporations who donate to their campaigns.

[Swamp Rat]

52. Why they HELL are so many DUers HELPING Rove with this?

Terri Schiavo! Terri Schiavo! Michael Jackson! Terri Schiavo! Scott Peterson! Terri Schiavo! Robert Blake! Terri Schiavo! ... ad infinitum.

:mad:

[katinmn]

55. It's so clear that the Rethugs used this as a distraction

and it worked marvelously -- even here. x(

[GreenPoet64]

61. I think fundies are keeping it kicked n/t

[Desertrose]

18. I know it...doesn't anyone care???

I can't find out any news on the peace march/protests here anywhere...

Are there any threads on DU about them??
I can't believe this...are we so different than 2 years ago when there was so much info & interest about what and why people were out marching???

Now...NOTHING!!

WTF?????

[leftchick]

12. More from Brazil... very cool

[Swamp Rat]

17. Oba! Super legal!

:kick:

[GreenPoet64]

66. cool n/t

[spanone]

13. Anyone care to guess what the babble on the morning talk shows will be?

Not the protesters, naw, let's talk about Terri and the convening of congress on a saturday. HUGE NEWS.

[seabeyond]

15. media decided was time to let go of protests all on their own

they didnt need this to black it out. dont make excuses for them. they werent going to show them anyway. they are not showing anything from the otherside, ANYWHERE, ANYMORE

[Hissyspit]

16. Email them, too! Push the MOST-EMAILED rating up, as well... n/t

[Ladyhawk]

19. Yes. It occurred to me just a moment ago when I started a similar thread

:mad: :( :cry:

[Hissyspit]

21. leftchick: Add "DU Polls" to your subject line, so people will know...

to click on the topic to do it.

[leftchick]

24. I dont think it will fit...

:)

[Cleita]

22. Could be coincidental, but it does make you wonder.n/t

[leftchick]

28. their is nothing "coincidental"

with this bunch. I am convinced.

[Cleita]

29. I pretty much agree with you. I wish we could catch them

red-handed at this though, kind of like how Joe Gannon got caught as a WH plant.

[Ladyhawk]

27. Are these being freeped?

What rating do stories start at on Yahoo!?

[leftchick]

30. Here is one to rate...

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/iraq_protests_dc

doing pretty well so far. 5 is highest this one is 3.75

[leftchick]

31. Excellent .. Rate it.. Why Aren't YOU Outraged?

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?g=events/wl/102602iraqprotests&a=&tmpl=sl&ns=&l=1&e=1&a=&printer=

[proud patriot]

33. I love that picture

my new favorite

[ultraist]

32. If news was printed in supermarket tabloids,maybe there'd be more outrage

http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0512,sutton,62255,9.html

[leftchick]

34. just thought I would add some more heros for Democracy....

London....



NYC.....



Durham, NC!!!!....



Eugene. Ore.....



SAN FRANCISCO.......

[ailsagirl]

36. Great pix!! I've added a link from New Zealand

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10116250

[leftchick]

53. thanks...

i would LOVE to move to NZ! :)

[leftchick]

35. Poor Silvio.. Rome had Tens of thousands...

[anarchy1999]

37. Go FIGURE?!? And isn't it BeauTiFul! Yay, Terri S.

sarcasm off now, for those of you who did not recognized the depth of the sarcasm.

I'm so pissed off I can't see straight over all this.

Someone asked earlier, what's next after "steroids"?

I'm at a loss, everyone, all of us, everytime we are dumbfounded and we say to ourselves " "they" can't top this one", Bush comes around and tops it again.

How much longer are we all going to wait until we start to scream, Crimes, Treason, Criminals?

[zippy890]

38. where's that other thread with protest photos?

:kick:

[nostamj]

39. not counting this thread

there are 20 schiavo threads on page one. GD is officially in a persistent vegetative state but is being kept alive with force-feeding of redundant ______

[leftchick]

40. I am working my ass off nostamj

I guess to no avail... why are people so fixated on their TV BULLSHIT!!!???



:puke:

[ailsagirl]

42. leftchick... if it will make you feel any better...

I haven't even been following the Schiavo thing!!! And I don't want to because I'm focusing on the protests.

You've posted some great photos!! I'm looking for more to post.

Thanks for your work!!!

:yourock:

[leftchick]

44. don't forget to check LBN...

I posted lots there too. I think more will be coming in overnight from the west coast,

:loveya:

[nostamj]

45. i know... saw the pics (that WAS you, right?)

anyway, compared to other 'major' protests... the distraction card was played to perfection today...

tens of thousands of genuine lives ignored for one brain dead body to continue to be force-fed through a tube.

[leftchick]

46. yeah I started two anti-war threads in LBN...

indeed, Rove was at his best today, no? GOD, and the way amerikans SUCK IT IN is fucking disgusting. I wanna move somewhere. ANYWHERE.

[katinmn]

57. Sad

:spank:

[ailsagirl]

41. Story AND video "Protestors took to Bronx Streets..."

http://www.news12.com/LI/topstories/article?id=132061

[Clark2008]

43. Done and working on the others

And spreading the word!

:kick:

[dzika]

47. done

[leftchick]

50. omg.. The Best Protestor Yet in Pakistan.....

Protests also took place in Pakistan

[IndianaGreen]

54. The world protests against the Iraq war are protests for LIFE!

That's another point that is missed by our politicians. The same politicians that are trying to exploit the Schiavo case, are the same ones that support our slaughter and torture of civilians in Iraq.

[leftchick]

62. exactly IG

the "pro-life" party ends at birth...

[yorkdane]

58. CNN Poll, question on protests against invasion of Iraq! Please vote!

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/03/19/europe.iraq.protests.ap/index.html?section=cnn_latest

"Quickvote
Two years on, is it time to end protests against the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq?..."

Yes 42% 289993 votes
No 58% 39616 votes
Total: 68609 votes

at 9:35 p.m. CDT

[GreenPoet64]

59. Yup . . . smoke n/t

[DearAbby]

63. Do you realize they would use anything to block out the news of the

protests...anything??? Dig up Lacy Peterson's body and exhibit it all over the country in order to block out Protest News? The media Whores have been given their orders.

[BrklynLiberal]

64. kick

[GreenPoet64]

65. kick

[Spiffarino]

67. Voted 5 and giving it a late night kick

I'm ignoring the Schiavo case as much as possible except where political scumbags are trying to make hay with it. Exploiting this family's tragedy is just another sickening example of how far some people are willing to go to further their own agendas.

When Republicans pass around talking points calling the Schiavo case "a great political issue," that it's, "a tough issue for Democrats" and that their "pro-life base will be excited," I want to drop a rock on some politician's miserable slimy head. They are utterly transparent.

[Swamp Rat]

68. kick

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