does any body know how it went at the mass protest?

Question

I haven't heard anything about the Day of Mass Resistance protests that were supposed to have happened yesterday. Did anybody go? If so, how what city and how was it?

Answer 1

Yes, I went..in Columbus, Ohio, we had about 125 participants throughout the day...it started with a press conference from military families speak at the BOE building.

Then we moved to the state house.

I did a devil theme.. Bush is devil taking off the Chavez remark and the Halloween kind of thing.

I had on horns and a bunch of pictures of stickers, posters I copied from Internet related to Bush and Satan theme..for instance, I had "Cheney Satan o8" "bush Satan 04 when evil just isn't evil enough", "give Satan an inch and he'll make a ruler (picture of Bush and a ruler), "bush talks to God but listens to Satan", and several with Bush as devil etc. I wore about 10 posters (in color) in various sizes.

I made a white poster with a red border and attached horns and tail that I got from a costume shop. It said Bush=devil chavez and 16 million websites are right.

I also had a pink elephant poster that said "drunk with power" one that said "war is hell and Bush is the devil" and some others. I alternated with or shared these.

I had a cart to carry protest stuff in and put a sign on it the said "is it a co-incidence that at the final judgment, God separate the sheep (heaven) from the goats (hell) and that Bush was reading "my pet goat" when evil came upon us on 911"

I had three mylon helium balloon on the patriotic red and white stripes and blue stars one I wrote "dissent is patriotic" on the while star one I wrote bush=Satan and Bush= devil on the back and on the silver one I wrote "bush" on one side and "hell no" on the other.


Lots of passerbys nodded and some said he is the devil or he sure is etc. The funniest moment was when one said we were "insulting the devil"...we all cracked up.

One guy's sign said sleeeeeezer condileeeeeezer..he wore an actual toilet seat at the last protest with a picture of Blackwell (Ohio's Katherine Harris who helped steal the election and its currently running for governor..that said "flush Blackwell")

We had our folk singer (who will be coming out with a political cd soon) sing songs like dubya begins with Duh..It's a very funny song..we all had fun singing it...also we liked i"t's another fascist day", "my vote don't matter anymore" and some other songs. .the vote song is on the internet --put my vote don't matter anymore in quotes and it's the first link--Victoria

We had flutes and drums and guitar..we marched to the local paper,, rep hdqts..here the police were called, and followed us to the democratic hdqtrs and the federal building..

At the federal building there were a paddy wagon in the street, two bicycle cops, and about 10 security guards around the building and streeet..

We got lots and lots of honks and good for you's.

It was freezing. I stayed 7 hours and some were there 9 hours.


Many people saw us. The best and most enthusiastic was the last three hours in front of the federal building.

We had expected more people however, even a few people attract a lot of attention and make a difference. Apparently, the lower than expected turnout were across the country. Do not mistake that for no one caring. I organized a protest on Rosa Park's 50th anniversary of the bus strike against the war, poverty, and racism (soon after Katrina) and we reached about 5000 people and only 2 people said anything negative..many honks, thumbs up, thank you's, telling us their sad stories, etc.

One person who never organized a protest and knew nothing about it rounded up 18 activists with drums and horns and signs and 8 speakers..for 120 hours of work, we reached 5000 people with our message and touched on about 3 dozen topics and with a loud speaker informed people of many things they may not have known about...you can make a difference..even one person standing on a busy street with a sing sparked conversations and attracts attention..just do it sometimes to remind people.

A lot of the problems is the protests are often in the afternoon and many people don't know about it and thus don't come. Plus there is a lot of apathy nowadays making it easy if those in charge ever decide to do martial law..we should resist now while it is easy. I urge people to get involved in politics...for their sake, their children, and the sake of others being hurt by policies...do unto others and never give up.

We have a very involved group of activists and many of us are involved in the vote fraud issue

Many of us met on the historic "winter freedom bus" to DC on Jan 5th and 6th for the historic election challenge (the 2nd in 228 years) by Rep Stephanie Tubbs Jones and Senator Barbara Boxer.

Here is a video with some of us at one of the two rallies (some were in the congress house and senate galleries)..I am in the video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQyX0PxUo5w

Please see some of the many election problems in Ohio and elsewhere here under the election coverage (also fairnessbybeckerman.blogspot.com )

The editor of the freepress (35 years I think) sued Bush with 3 other attorneys on behalf of disenfranchised voters in Ohio in Moss v Bush (Bush Cheney and them all ignored the court deposition..he thinks he is above the law and I guess when all the judges in the case are republicans, you can do it and not get contempt of court thrown at you. (The judge hearing the case was also sued in the same case--this head judge who refused to recuss himself and tried to sanction attorneys for filing a "frivolous lawsuit")

The lead plaintiff in Moss v Bush (a black man who was on the school board about thirty years is on stage in the video..He is labeled on the video(Bill Moss). He died soon after this trip from complications from a sudden stroke. He was brave and felt God called him to do this--to sue the president takes guts..he was an incredibly, inspiring public speaker...very talented.. see his story in the comic book (cheated..that just came out) the link is in Bob's site for govenor.

Bob the lawyer who sued Bush played a HUGE part in getting the vote fraud out was on several air america shows. He is currently running for governor against Ken "Katherine" Hackwell (Blackwell) for governor. He is running as an independent.

http://www.bobforohio.com/

http://www.freepress.org/index2.php

I want to let everyone know that Rep Dennis Kucinich (who ran for president in 04) just about a week ago introduced a bill HB6200 which is an amendment to the "help America vote act" and would require all presidential election to be held on paper ballots hand counted at the precinct.

This is ecstatic news that we activists in the vote fraud community have been praying and waiting for. Had this been in place in 04, we would not have Bush and all the problems, he brought. PLEASE call your representative (and any other representatives or email them and ask them to sponsor and cosponsor this bill...we need an outpouring of people like those that showered Boxer with roses. Tell all you know to get others to spread the words and email congress and tell all the blogs you are on about it.

Also Bev Harris of blackboxvoting.org was in Ohio days ago and we found out that the movie "hacking Democracy" about vote fraud is supposed to (as far as was known) be on HBO on Nov 2 (the day the election was stolen)...I urge you to watch.

Answer 2

There were 6 protesters at the corner of Speedway and Stone in Tucson AZ near where I live. They were guarded by 2 police cars and 4 policemen. I think it was a bit of over protection from what I don`t know. Those were the only ones I saw. News said a large crowd and only showed close ups of these same people I saw.
3 of the 6 protesters were carrying UN flags? Why again I don`t know. Someone said, at Circle K, it was because they consider themselves not Americans but citizens of the world. They all looked frightened and only stayed there about 45 min.

Answer 3

The news media showed the protesters in my state and there were only a couple hundred. The protesters said that they would have many thousands. My state is a blue state and has one of the biggest Democrat support. Did not happen this time in Seattle!

Answer 4

Clearly the low turnout is proof that the Neocons were prepared, and had millions of would-be protestors shipped off to overseas death camps. Be careful of your friends and family, they may be clones that were substituted to keep you from knowing the truth. Keep checking your own basement/garage/attic for a suspicious looking pod.

Answer 5

Saw them on the news yesterday here in Los Angeles , The news channels were building them up all day and when they happened they were a complete DUD ! no more than 600 people showed up in Downtown Los Angeles . and it was kind of funny when they interviewed one guy he is stating how millions of people feel like him ok , fine I dont even think million total across the United States showed up to these rallies . And what was up with the IDIOTS that were carrying the signs saying that September 11 bombings were carried out by our Government ?????? no wonder nobody showed up why would you want to be seen with those people !

Answer 6

VIVA LA RESISTANCE. Number #21.

Answer 7

It was a Guinness record on crowds and people gathering together and demanding Civil Rights and Justice.

I missed to be there. But I support them because they deserve some equal and fair rights indeed.

Answer 8

It was a joke.
A fine representation of the weak, cowardly left-wing Social Democrat ideals.

Answer 9

Yep, didnt happen around here... sooooo sorry. LOL.

Answer 10

What idiot decided to organize a national protest on a Thursday afternoon? duh.