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September 15 Anti-War Protest to Be 'Unlike Any Other' (Sheehan self-promotion alert)
CNSNews.com ^ | 9/13/07 | Nathan Burchfiel

Posted on 09/13/2007 7:36:01 AM PDT by Roberts

CNSNews.com) - Organizers of an anti-war protest scheduled for Sept. 15 said Wednesday that the demonstration will be "unlike any other" as activists gather to demand an immediate end to the war.

The protest, organized by Act Now to Stop War and End Racism (ANSWER), begins with a rally near the White House, continues with a march to the U.S. Capitol, and concludes with a "die-in" that organizers estimate will involve approximately 1,000 people lying down near the Capitol in a symbolic effort to represent dead U.S. soldiers and dead Iraqis.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: answercommies; antiamericanmovement; cindysheehan; iraqwar; jihadcindy; mothersheehan; sep15; september15
"Cindy Sheehan -- the Gold Star mother whose son, Army Spec. Casey Sheehan, was killed in Iraq -- has come out of anti-war movement "retirement" to participate in the protest."

Wasn't she going to go home finally?

1 posted on 09/13/2007 7:36:04 AM PDT by Roberts
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To: Roberts

Cindy and Rosie are both suffering from lack of attention.


2 posted on 09/13/2007 7:38:00 AM PDT by Kenton (All vices in moderation. I don't want to overdo any but I don't want to skip any either.)
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To: Roberts

Yet another protest unlike any other.


3 posted on 09/13/2007 7:38:05 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: Roberts
Don't worry - Free Republic, GOE and Move Forward America will be there to respond to the ANSWER Commies.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

4 posted on 09/13/2007 7:39:48 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: Roberts
approximately 1,000 people lying down near the Capitol in a symbolic effort to represent dead U.S. soldiers and dead Iraqis.

Why pretend?
5 posted on 09/13/2007 7:39:52 AM PDT by steel_resolve (Club the wicked.)
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To: Roberts

A suggestion: The “die in” would have more impact if it were not mock.

Just trying to be helpful.


6 posted on 09/13/2007 7:41:01 AM PDT by henkster (The dems have reserved your place on the collective farm.)
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To: steel_resolve

“Why pretend?”

My thoughts, exactly.


7 posted on 09/13/2007 7:41:09 AM PDT by Stashiu (RVN, 1969-70)
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To: steel_resolve
They don't give a rats' rear end for dead Americans or dead Iraqis.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

8 posted on 09/13/2007 7:41:41 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: Roberts
Another Stinking Hippies, Ugly Democrat, Hate American Fest.

We already know what to expect.

Pictures should be hilarious as usual.

9 posted on 09/13/2007 7:42:19 AM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: Kenton

‘Cindy and Rosie are both suffering from lack of attention.’

Yep. Gotta give Sean Hannity credit, he predicted Momma Whacko couldn’t get over not being the center of attention.


10 posted on 09/13/2007 7:42:36 AM PDT by Badeye (You know its a kook site when they ban the word 'kook')
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To: Roberts

“Wasn’t she going to go home finally?”

I love it. All those idjits using tactics from decades ago in the internet age.

They were able to get away with it in the past because of the news filters.


11 posted on 09/13/2007 7:45:52 AM PDT by OpusatFR
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12 posted on 09/13/2007 7:46:33 AM PDT by Califreak (Go Hunter!)
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To: Roberts

Is it possible to bottle skunk scent?


13 posted on 09/13/2007 7:47:53 AM PDT by SampleMan (Islamic tolerance is practiced by killing you last.)
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To: OpusatFR

Unlike any other? It seems like they have these things at least once a month. The more they scream and moan the less things change. They have so many protests that no one is keeping track anymore. It’s like they are diluting their own efforts.

In any case I wish I could be in DC with the decent people this weekend. I hope there are no injuries and that these advocates for peace don’t assault anyone, or spit on any service people. If they do, the Move America Forward people had better catch it on tape. Maybe the GOP will get some spine and run those videos in next year’s campaign, tying the Democrat party to these animals.


14 posted on 09/13/2007 7:52:25 AM PDT by TNCMAXQ
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To: Roberts
‘spect she will set herself on fire in front of the Capital>
15 posted on 09/13/2007 7:53:08 AM PDT by gulfcoast6
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To: Roberts

Somone should be there to pass out bars of soap...it’s really, really, going to reak there...and not just from the stench of idiocy by these “protestors”


16 posted on 09/13/2007 7:53:20 AM PDT by in hoc signo vinces ("Houston, TX...a waiting quagmire for jihadis.")
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To: Roberts

is she announcing her upcoming wedding to bin laden?


17 posted on 09/13/2007 7:53:52 AM PDT by Fitzcarraldo (Skip the Moon, go for Mars)
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To: Roberts
New & Improved Anti-War Protest? Does it taste better, last longer, do more loads of laundry, get better gas milage, et cetera?

Moonbats is jes soooo entertainin'.
18 posted on 09/13/2007 7:56:13 AM PDT by LIConFem (Thompson 2008. Lifetime ACU Rating: 86 -- Hunter 2008 (VP) Lifetime ACU Rating: 92)
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To: Fitzcarraldo

I thought she was engaged to Hugo.


19 posted on 09/13/2007 7:57:13 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia (You know a liberal has lost the argument when he calls you a Nazi.)
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To: SampleMan
Is it possible to bottle skunk scent?

Well, you could just stuff a dead skunk into a blender then pour the results into one of those pump spray things you use on your garden then take it to the hippie festival......

20 posted on 09/13/2007 7:58:21 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco (No tap dancing allowed in this restroom facility)
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To: steel_resolve

I wondered the same thing.


21 posted on 09/13/2007 8:09:24 AM PDT by Roberts
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To: TNCMAXQ
advocates for peace

I'm assuming that you meant to put that in quotes ... :^)

Seriously, though, the irony of these nitwits holding a 'die-in' to 'honor' dead soldiers and Iraqi civilians is mind-boggling, considering the 'solution' that they champion -- US withdrawal, defeat, and surrender. When the number of Iraqi civilian deaths increases by an order of magnitude after we leave (if their 'Rat buddies in Congress get their way), it's fairly clear what the moonbats' response will be then:

{{{{{crickets}}}}}

22 posted on 09/13/2007 8:19:55 AM PDT by bassmaner (Hey commies: I am a white male, and I am guilty of NOTHING! Sell your 'white guilt' elsewhere.)
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To: Roberts
"Act Now to Stop War and End Racism"

Stupid question here, but what does "ending racism" have to do with "stopping the war?" Were they simply looking for a couple of extra words that started with an "e" and an "r" just so they would have an acronym that spelled out a word suitable to their cause (i.e. "we demand an ANSWER!").

I guess ANSW ("ANN-SWUH") didn't have quite the same ring.

"It doesn't sing!" SSgt Provo
23 posted on 09/13/2007 8:20:12 AM PDT by FortWorthPatriot (No better friend, no worse enemy)
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To: Roberts
Wow. 1000 people. The concern is overwhelming. Remember that on Sept 15, 75-100,000 people will show up at college football stadiums all over the country, and pay for the priviledge to attend.

Also remember that as far as the MSM is concerned:

Two protesters on a corner, shouting "Bush Sucks" = dozens.

Handful of protesters, some with signs, standing out front of a Federal office = hundreds.

Busload or two of protesters, some with signs and at least one big stupid papermache puppet = Thousands.

24 posted on 09/13/2007 8:22:42 AM PDT by wbill
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To: SampleMan

You can buy skunk scent at just about any hunting goods store.
(It’s used to mask human scent.)


25 posted on 09/13/2007 8:24:33 AM PDT by tractorman
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To: wbill
Also, as far as the MSM is concerned:

Hundreds of thousands turn out for a Promise Keeper rally -- 'a few thousand right-wing Christians'.

10,000+ for Gathering of Eagles - 'a few hundred Republican war supporters'.

26 posted on 09/13/2007 8:26:29 AM PDT by bassmaner (Hey commies: I am a white male, and I am guilty of NOTHING! Sell your 'white guilt' elsewhere.)
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To: Roberts

I would be much more impressed if, instead of a fake “die-in”, they actually killed themselves.

Wait, “impressed” isn’t the right word....

Ah, “happier” is the word I’m looking for.


27 posted on 09/13/2007 8:27:08 AM PDT by Master Shake
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To: Roberts

Organizers of an anti-war protest scheduled for Sept. 15 said Wednesday that the demonstration will be “unlike any other” as activists gather to demand an immediate end to the war.

“We’re going to whine and moan, offend by sight and odor, and just generally trash up the place! Oh, wait, it is going to be just like the other protests.”


28 posted on 09/13/2007 8:28:03 AM PDT by kenth
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To: bassmaner
'a few thousand right-wing Christians'.

You left out "Bigoted" "Hate-filled" "Homophobic" and "Closeted Gay".

I hate the MSM.

29 posted on 09/13/2007 8:29:03 AM PDT by wbill
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To: Roberts

I’ll start worrying when they show up with guns and a noose.


30 posted on 09/13/2007 8:29:09 AM PDT by usmcobra (I sing Karaoke the way it was meant to be sung, drunk, badly and in Japanese)
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To: usmcobra

Quick, somebody get there ahead of the “die-ins” and spread itching powder all over the sidewalk.


31 posted on 09/13/2007 8:38:45 AM PDT by WVNan
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To: Roberts

Say, before they have their “die-in,” maybe they should have a nice, refreshing cup of cold kool-aide?


32 posted on 09/13/2007 8:41:11 AM PDT by Popocatapetl
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To: Roberts
concludes with a "die-in" that organizers estimate will involve approximately 1,000 people lying down near the Capitol in a symbolic effort to represent dead U.S. soldiers and dead Iraqis.

That's been done a few thousand times, even on stop-smoking commercials. How is that "different"?

33 posted on 09/13/2007 8:43:10 AM PDT by Teacher317
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To: Teacher317

The will meet a Gathering of Eagles, too.


34 posted on 09/13/2007 8:46:03 AM PDT by ClaireSolt (Have you have gotten mixed up in a mish-masher?)
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To: Roberts
Unlike any other? Hey Cindy, you want to really make an impact? During VietNam, the Buddist Monks would immolate themselves to protest the war. Now a thousand at once would really be unlike any other.

Just a thought...

35 posted on 09/13/2007 8:51:10 AM PDT by par4 (Scruting the inscrutable since the 20th century)
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To: AppyPappy

There is no serious anti-war movement. They get fewer and fewer of these guys to show up at these things.


36 posted on 09/13/2007 9:00:17 AM PDT by fschmieg
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To: WVNan

“Quick, somebody get there ahead of the “die-ins” and spread itching powder all over the sidewalk.”

It might also be fun to release a couple dozen mice amongst all those ‘dead’ lefties...nothing brings out the real character of a feminist stalwart quite like the unexpected discovery of a small rodent close by...


37 posted on 09/13/2007 9:05:15 AM PDT by Clioman
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To: goldstategop; All

Is ANYONE from South Jersey going? Willing to share a ride or room??? (Hell. I’ll drive us in my car).

I cannot believe that no one from down here is going. Every post and e-mail I have sent has been unanswered in any way.


38 posted on 09/13/2007 9:10:32 AM PDT by NucSubs (Rudy Giuliani 2008! Our liberal democrat is better than theirs!)
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To: Roberts
Organizers of an anti-war protest scheduled for Sept. 15 said Wednesday that the demonstration will be "unlike any other"

concludes with a "die-in" that organizers estimate will involve approximately 1,000 people lying down near the Capitol in a symbolic effort to represent dead U.S. soldiers and dead Iraqis.

So, this will be unlike any other protest of its kind because . . . ? Will they actually die?

39 posted on 09/13/2007 9:19:20 AM PDT by SoldierDad (Proud Dad of a 2nd BCT 10th Mountain Division Soldier fighting terrorists in the Triangle of Death)
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To: TNCMAXQ

Unlike any other? It seems like they have these things at least once a month. The more they scream and moan the less things change. They have so many protests that no one is keeping track anymore. It’s like they are diluting their own efforts.

Its a good place to congregate and buy and sell weed.


40 posted on 09/13/2007 9:37:31 AM PDT by Sig Sauer P220
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To: SoldierDad

Here’s an idea. Round up about 1000 loyal American carrying flags to go stage a die in at Harry Reid’s office, or Cindy Sheehan’s home, if she has one. I would love to join in that!


41 posted on 09/13/2007 9:46:23 AM PDT by TNCMAXQ
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To: tractorman
You can buy skunk scent at just about any hunting goods store.

Hmmmmm

42 posted on 09/13/2007 9:52:47 AM PDT by SampleMan (Islamic tolerance is practiced by killing you last.)
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To: Roberts

Cindy who?


43 posted on 09/13/2007 10:34:16 AM PDT by MEGoody (Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
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To: TNCMAXQ

Well, except that I’d want to stage a demonstration of support for the troops and the Iraqi people who do want us over there to help them. A “die-in” would suggest we are against the war.


44 posted on 09/13/2007 11:18:43 AM PDT by SoldierDad (Proud Dad of a 2nd BCT 10th Mountain Division Soldier fighting terrorists in the Triangle of Death)
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