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all the sudden the pictures were gone...what's going on?

Glad to hear that you were able to "get through" to some at the parade. We've got to keep on speaking up, we are the people. There wasn't just a stolen election, we've been rolled over and stomped on, it's time to stand up and demand this government, whether Democrat or Republican comes back to the people, all the people, not just special interests.

why are the images not viewable

Prior to 9-11 there were plans to include kazoo bands at protests, to mock W. with the dippy sounds only kazoos can make. "O-oh yes, I'm the Great Pretender" on a kazoo......can't you just hear it?

So get kazoos when you head out to protest. They're cheap! Anyone can play them! Kazoo orchestras are a long tradition in street theatre. Chase the Great Pretender from town to town with the haunting strains of M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E or even the Chicken Dance!

The pictures are still not available. Please get them back up. I'm just sure they are a "must-see". Thanks

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let's get this protest train rolling! we need to let Bush Co. know you can't pass every freedom-stealing, bullshit piece of legislation just by wrapping it in an american flag.

We will not see the Chicago dissent in the media. What a double standard media we have! If this were Clinton being protested, we would have seen front page pictures in every newspaper in the US. And we would have seen videos of the protest on every TV news station and cable. Way to go, Pravda!

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When will you anti-Americans learn that middle America likes President Bush.
Get a clue or move to Cuba.

LET'S SEE SOME MORE

PICTURES WOULD NOT DISPLAY!! WANT TO SEE PICTURES!!

In all the media coverage I saw of Bush in Chicago I didn't see or hear anything about any protesters.
Guess they didn't think they were worth mentioning.
Of course with 90% plus national approval rating for Bush on the war, I suppose anti-war protest is seen as coming from the insignificant fringe anyway.

Considering the source of this information, I would tend to take it with a grain of salt.............I know........ I was at the parade and there were no LARGE, ORGANIZED protests.....sure, you had the usual handful of detractors and morons, looking for a spot on the 10:00 news, a few hand lettered signs here and there....no big deal.

My daughter lives downtown - State St. - and I was down there, all over, several hours before the parade started, and there was NOTHING like this loser is trying to portray, going on during the congregation of parade viewers. By and large, everyone there was THRILLED to have President Bush in our midst, and everyone I saw let him know it!!!!

Yes there *were* protesters at the parade. One thing you have to remember is that many people were turned off by the security for Bush. We saw people getting out of line, and some people didn't even get into the parade on time. But we were there, and we had people joining in the singing and taking literature. There were also other people protesting besides us. Remember, the Bush supporters were the most likely to put up with the security checks, which dampened the spirit of the parade for a lot of people. I also think that the media exaggerated the numbers of people attending the parade. They also said slanted shit like, "Chicago welcomes Bush" "Chicago is so excited about Bush", as if everyone who came out to specifically champion Bush somehow represented Chicago, which is not exactly a Republican bastion. There were a lot of union people at the parade - I don't think they were too happy about the distraction caused by Bush.

One woman yelled at me, "90% of the people here are Republicans, what are you doing here?" At any other event in Chicago, such a number would seem quite strange. How could someone make such a claim and believe it unless they specifically came in from the Republican suburbs to support Bush?

We weren't trying to get on the news - if they had gotten us, well...*good*, but more importantly, we got to meet some people and talk to people and create a dissenting presence at the parade. What's more is that we had lots of fun and many of us are motivated to do it again.

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Chicago trip a glimpse of 2004 Bush strategy

March 16, 2002 Posted: 10:05 PM EST (0305 GMT)

CHICAGO, Illinois (CNN) -- To cheers and applause, President Bush marched in Chicago's St. Patrick's Day parade Saturday -- part of a road trip analysts said could have some political benefits.

The first sitting president to walk in this city's St. Patrick's Day parade, Bush made the trip to honor Irish-Americans, who greeted him warmly throughout the parade route.

Political pundits, however, saw it as another example of how the administration has made courting Roman Catholics a huge priority.

"This is a classic case of ethnic politics -- the president telling Irish Catholics that he recognizes them, he appreciates them, he values them and, subtly, he wants their votes," said Stu Rothenberg, a political analyst based in Washington.

The courting of the Catholic vote makes sense in the context of the 2000 presidential election.

In that contest, Bush narrowly lost the Catholic vote to Democratic rival Al Gore. That was a significant achievement because, when it came to the Catholic vote, Bill Clinton beat former Sen. Bob Dole by 16 points in 1996.

Catholics could be key for the president, Republicans say, especially because Bush did not win the popular vote.

"This president must obviously put down a wider, deeper base of support than what he had in 2000, or he may not be re-elected," said Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Nebraska. "He certainly understands that."

The president's recent travel schedule suggests he has not forgotten the 2000 election, the closest in modern history. This year alone, Bush has been to Florida -- the state which decided the presidential race -- three times.

His trips have also focused on states he narrowly lost or states he won by six points or fewer in 2000.

Bush is also going to places to boost Republican chances in the 2002 elections, raising money for Elizabeth Dole, a Senate candidate in North Carolina, and helping governors, such as his brother Jeb in Florida, hold onto their jobs in November.

All this activity underscores one point: The president's advisers know that if Republicans lose control of the House and fail to regain control of the Senate, Bush will face an uphill battle getting his agenda passed -- and scoring legislative and policy victories to tout in 2004.

From CNN White House Correspondent Kelly Wallace

The pictures have disapeared?

Where's the pictures? I can tell that the protesting of the $hrub must have been a great success! Look at all the Repugnant "Brown Shirts" out and about attempting to distort the REAL TRUTH about the Chicago Parade protest!

Did the "Sons of FashISTcroft" hack the pictures too?

Lets organize and do it again only on a larger scale! Americans aren't as dumb as those who are "duped" by the $hrub would like you to think they are! Keep up the good work friends!

NancyN.

It's good to know that the protesters are out there,
letting Bush and Cheney know that they are not
fooling all the people.

Dont tell me, you use a mac, right?

It isn't accurate to say that middle America likes Bush; many middle Americans dislike and fear him. It is more accurate to say that religious radicals, the very wealthy, and the uninformed like him.

It is about time we started to examine this presidency more carefully. Supporting America in her time of need and supporting an ignorant, illegitimate president are two entirely different things.

GWB is bad for working Americans, the environment, public schools, women, energy conservation and most other people who are not oil magnates. Like his bovine Dad, I hope its four and no more.

Are the lyrics to "We Should Impeach the Bogus King" available or do I make up my own. I love it! Chicago certianly has raised my hopes once more!

Deb

Keep up the good work, we must always let the illegitimate president know we have not forgotten his stealing of the office of president.
I want to see the pictures of the protest.

Please keep up the good work."Chorus Of Dissent" tests very well with the focus group that i polled.This is the first genuine friendly alternative to Arbusto's spew.Americans are looking for positive models to follow; Make dissent fashionable again.

I'm so glad somebody is speaking out aginst this facist bunch of rogues in Washington. I've never been so depressed over the sate of this nation as I have been since the republicans stoled the election. This war on terrorism is a sham.

the real evildoers are bush/cheney, powell and ashcroft. im so happy to see there still many people out who can see absurdity out of washington. check out www.whatreallyhappened.com to find out more. SPREAD THE WORD PEOPLE !! and maybe we can get the rest of the country( the 80% left) to snap out of it's stupor.

The American people aren't stupid as many GOPers think! Shrub might have high approval for his handling of "tair'ism," but the majority who voted for Mr. Gore don't approve of the coup-d'etat Dumbya's Supreme Thugs orchestrated in December 2000.

Yuor photos are not showing on the website!

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I want to thank the protesters for letting the unelected
Fraud know how we feel. I'm proud of them.

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according to most polls, bush is in the low 80% or mid to high 70% of approval rating for his job, steadily (if slowly) dropping since 9-11. zogby in fact has his approval at a mere 74%...interesting, considering that bill clinton was in the 60% range of approval at the height of the impeachment proceedings. please go to this web address for a compilation of most polls:

http://pollingreport.com/BushJob.htm

and always remember, the corporate media use polls, because it's easier than researching and investigating facts. i have a theory that the very nature of polls (ie, the idea that the nuance and depth of human thought can be reduced to a binomal yes/not yes result) itself makes the polls skew to the right.

don't give up, kids! people are getting the messgae! go to buzzflash.com, smirkingchimp.com, bushwatch.com and bartcop.com, as well as all the indy media centers, for your daily dose of reality

How ready are ordinary working class Americans to show, loud and clear, their dissent with Shrub and his band of radical right wing pimps? Are most people scared of speaking up? Is it because most white working class folks from the sticks do not identify with the leading voices of dissent? If the so-called liberal lawmakers in Washington and all 50 state capitals crafted a message and hammered it home to "their constituents", then maybe we, as American people, can free ourselves from the fall into this democratic feudalism the psycho right has every intention of imposing on the U.S.A. in the Twentfirst Century.

Thank You

James Gauuan, Jr.

I want to add my voice to those cheering on the protesters. Clinton was a nightmare but Bush is deadly. They have taken out your photos, I have no doubt. I went right to the source code and tried to access the first photo through its URL, http://images.indymedia.org/imc/chicago/_1_axis_of_evil00ef9n.jpg
and got back a 404, page not found. Same for the rest I'm sure. Please repost them and get a good firewall to prevent Bushes hackers getting in. Best wishes, Henri the Celt.

Flood Congress with calls of protest! Call the Capitol switchboard toll-free: 1-800-648-3516, ask for any Congressperson or Senator.

thank you for covering the anti-bush and anti-war demonstrations. it seems that the american mainstream media refuses to report any dissent among the population of the usa. i respect these demonstrators for their bravery, and would like them to know that they are the "real" americans, not gwb and his lackeys that hide behind the red white and blue, while trying to deseam it(american flag) at the same time! sincerely Jack Russel

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Georgy Bush Coup
(Sung to the tune of "The Mickey Mouse Club March")

(instrumental introduction)

Who's the leader of the coup?
Who stole democracy?
G-E-O... R-G-E... B-U-S-H, Bush!
Who's installed by Supreme Court judicial larceny?
G-E-O... R-G-E... B-U-S-H, Bush!

Dubya Bush... Dubya Bush...
Forever he has lowered standards - why?
Come along and sing this song
To His Fraudulency.
G-E-O...R-G-E... B-U-S-H, Bush!

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The Shady Bunch
(Sung to the tune of "The Brady Bunch")

(instrumental intro)

Dubya's story: you may know already.
Stole the White House, and his gang now runs the world.
Most of them are pretty old; served his father.
Their scandals yet unfurled.

Oratory from the dumb Bush Baby?
He can't say more than three words on his own.
Propped by his men, working all together.
Shrub can't be left alone.

Since Election Day, Republicans still bellow:
"Doesn't matter whose voter card you punch."
'Cause their coup was helped by Bush's family.
Bush and Company are all a shady bunch.
The Shady Bunch!
The Shady Bunch!
Bush's junta is called The Shady Bunch!

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