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Posted on 06/14/2002 1:23:08 PM PDT by rface
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I'll also say this: It was wrong in '93 when x42's people kept about 200 of us away who turned our backs on him at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, and it would be wrong if security removed people just for turning their backs on W.
But to answer your question--I would be seated during the speech, you idiot. Maybe you're the type who stands during a baseball game even when nothing's happening on the field? Do that in Yankee stadium and you'd get your head knocked in.
Here's a story from REUTERS that does not mention anything about protesters:
Boston Globe June 15, 2002, REUTERS, Adam Entous
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Tapping into a wave of patriotism generated by the Sept. 11 attacks, President Bush challenged college graduates yesterday to reject a ''culture of selfishness'' and serve the nation as volunteers fighting ''tyranny and terror'' and fostering good deeds.
''You will determine whether our new ethic of responsibility is the break of a wave or the rise of a tide. You will determine whether we become a culture of selfishness and look inward - or whether we will embrace a culture of service and look outward,'' Bush said.
''Service in America is not a matter of coercion; it is a matter of conscience. So today I'm making an appeal to your conscience, for the sake of our country.''
Bush directed his message to the more than 6,000 graduates at Ohio State University one day after AOL Time Warner, Home Depot, and other major US corporations promised to mobilize their workers in an unprecedented expansion of volunteer programs, including the new Citizen Corps, to help fight terrorism at the local level.
According to the White House, applications for AmeriCorps have increased by more than 70 percent, and Senior Corps programs have experienced a 400 percent rise. More than 45,000 people have asked for applications for the Peace Corps, which currently has 7,000 volunteers serving in 70 countries.
The Sept. 11 attacks and the US-led war on terrorism that followed have given Bush a new platform for a theme he first sounded as governor of Texas and then turned into a campaign vow to ''usher in an era of responsibility.''
He has called on all Americans to give two years - or 4,000 hours - of their lives to community service. He said today's graduates would determine whether America's ''feel-good'' culture will be replaced by an ethic of self-sacrifice in honor of the more than 3,000 people killed in the attacks.
''America went from a feeling of security to one of vulnerability, from peace to war, from a time of calm to a great and noble cause. We are called to defend liberty against tyranny and terror. We will bring security to our people, and justice to our enemies.''
''No one can tell you how to live or what cause to serve,'' Bush told the graduates and an estimated 60,000 family and friends who packed the university's football stadium for the ceremony.
''But everyone needs some cause larger than his or her own profit. Apathy has no adventures. Cynicism leaves no monuments. And a person who is not responsible for others is a person who is truly alone.''
Recounting the bravery of the firefighters who rushed into the burning World Trade Center towers and the US soldiers who died in Afghanistan, Bush said the nation ''relearned something large and important: The achievements that last and count in life come through sacrifice and compassion and service.''
''Some believe this lesson in service is fading as distance grows from the shock of Sept. 11 - that the good we have witnessed is shallow and temporary,'' Bush said. ''Your generation will respond to these skeptics - one way or another.''
A senior administration official told reporters that Bush ''derived'' his speech in part from the teachings of a wide range of philosophers, from Aristotle and Adam Smith to Alexis de Tocqueville and Pope John Paul II.
After delivering the address, Bush flew to Houston, where he visited a summer reading camp for Hispanic children.
''Children can realize the great American dream - start right here, learn to read, go to college, and succeed in America,'' he told about 40 youngsters. Bush listened while 6- and 7-year-olds read from ''America: A Patriotic Primer,'' an alphabet book written by Lynne Cheney, the wife of Vice President Dick Cheney.
''Mrs. Cheney is married to who?'' Bush asked. After a long pause, a child replied: ''You.'' Bush was momentarily nonplussed, then burst out laughing. ''Vice President Cheney,'' he said. ''I'll be sure to tell her your answer though.''
Later, Bush was headlining a fund-raiser expected to bring in $1.2 million for the campaign of Governor Rick Perry of Texas and $500,000 for other Texas Republicans.
This story ran on page A2 of the Boston Globe on 6/15/2002.
The Cincinnati Enquirer did't mention anything about protestors in their article.
I couldn't find where The Cleveland Plain Dealer even covered the speech, and
The Columbus Dispatch requires a password and I don't do passwords for any newspaper.
So their stupid plan to get on the news flopped bigtime. Back to Square One for the DUmmies.
Here's the Columbus Dispatch Article...
The way I read it, on another thread yesterday, the protestors had planned to stand with their backs turned for the duration of the speech, not just the beginning or end. How else do you think Bush and everyone in the crowd was supposed to "get" their message? As Angry White Democrat pointed out, you couldn't TELL who was turning their backs when everyone was standing up; it was just a sea of standing people. You'd only be able to notice the standees when the folks who WEREN'T brought up in a barn sat down to hear the speech.
That's a pitch-their-butts-out offense if you ask me.
I don't think Reagan ever made a speech anywhere during his two terms where he was not heckled. That's not my objection. If Bush was simply giving a speech, I would expect there to be some dispruption. But this crowd planned to disrupt commencement ceremonies simply because Bush was the speaker. That's different. And Ohio State has the right to run their commencement ceremonies any way they wish.
"For starters, if you're a graduate or a guest, just remember to stand up silently and "turn your back" while Bush gives his commencement address. It's that simple.
"This is a form of protest based on the principles of Satyagraha -- nonviolent noncooperation with evil -- used by the Mahatma Gandhi and later by Martin Luther King, Jr.. Please remember it is important that you stay silent and do not resist arrest even if you've done nothing wrong (the charges will most likely be dropped, it is just a convenient way to detain you). If you must sit down, turn your chair around or sit in the chair backwards, to indicate your objection to the Bush regime.
"For others, spread the word. Crowds mean media attention. And we need media attention- Lots of it. Encourage everyone, your friends and family, fellow students, anyone, to participate. http://www.turnyourbackonbush.com/
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