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The Tribune-Herald's front-page story Friday said "controversy erupts" as the usual gaggle of anti-American war activists complained about Army Stryker vehicles participating in Hilo's Veterans Day parade. And the war activists did show up--all 15 of them--they were outnumbered 300-1 by local residents lining the parade route to support the troops and salute the veterans.

Democratic Rep. Barney Frank took a dig Friday at the Republican lawmaker who organized a protest by conservatives against health care legislation. Frank, a Massachusetts liberal, told an audience: "Some of the people (at the rally) that wanted to engage me in conversation appeared to have been the losers in the 'Are you smarter than Michele Bachmann contest?"' Rep. Bachmann, R-Minn., had organized Thursday's rally attended by thousands of conservatives critical of the Democrats' health care plan. Frank, who recently compared arguing with an angry voter to conversing with a dining room table, said this week's protest was like being...

Yesterday marked the 30th anniver sary of the capture by Khomeinist "stu dents" of the US Embassy in Tehran, triggering the 444-day hostage crisis. The Iranian public seized the chance to reject the regime -- even as the surviving hostage-takers have largely come to regret their actions. For months, Iran's state-controlled media had tried to build up the day as a "turning point" for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's troubled second term. The occasion was supposed to highlight Ahmadinejad's "victory over the American Great Satan" and Washington's implicit acceptance of Iran's nuclear project in recent talks in Geneva and Vienna.

Exile groups report the deaths of four Tibetans linked to last year's riots. Chinese authorities have carried out their first executions of Tibetans in connection with the deadly riots that swept Lhasa last year, according to exile groups. As the first reported judicial killings in the region for six years, the news has prompted overseas protests and concerns that proper legal procedures were not followed. The Chinese state media have yet to confirm the executions. However, the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy, based in Dharamsala in northern India, said it had reports that they took place early on...

MONTREAL — As George W. Bush joked with a business crowd inside a historic hotel ballroom Thursday, hundreds of people outside the room cheered while he was being burned in effigy. Police in riot gear and others on horseback held back a crowd of hundreds, including several people who tossed shoes at the Queen Elizabeth hotel in a demonstration of disdain for the man speaking inside. Two protesters tried forcing their way through the line of shield-and baton-carrying police, were wrestled to the ground, and arrested. Ironically, this anti-war protest took place outside the same hotel where the ultimate anti-war...

Headline only, waiting on full article. Protesters have been gathering outside BBC Headquarters all day: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/oct/22/question-time-protest, "Swelling number of protesters demonstrating against BNP leader Nick Griffin's appearance on show".

Americans are the most heavily armed people in the world. They are also probably the most heavily doped, drugged and indebted. With the economy breaking down, an explosive cocktail could be brewing. The protests at the G-20 and nato summits could be a harbinger of what is headed for Main Street America. Parts of Strasbourg resembled miniature war zones during the nato summit (April 3 and 4). It was like a French Gaza. Masked protesters hurled rocks, smashed windows and even lit a hotel on fire. Stratfor reported that rioters armed with loaded weapons indicated the violence could have easily...

This is the right way to handle unwashed hippy left-wing moonbat anarchists. When guys in camo and with M-16s come to get you and toss your flea-bitten hippy anarchist a$$ into an unmarked Crown Victoria - you have a problem.VIDEO Trouble is, this is what the Obamunists want to do with all right wingers.

In deference to the visiting bloody Iranian Turd in Chief, to New York, Ahmadi-Nejad, instructions have been given to the tame, boot licking Media to not show any films/videos of the protests and demonstration being held by hundreds of thousands in Tehran and other city streets.

Jimmy Carter: The Biggest Loser The pacifist pansy Jimmy "Peanut" Carter stood by and let 53 Americans be held hostage in Iran for 444 days while he stood by and did nothing. The day after he left office and the day Reagan assumed the White House the hostages were set free. Many refer to him as the worst President of all time. Just when you thought his stock could not sink any lower it hit a new bottom. He recently stated in an interview with NBC's Brian Williams that much of the criticism towards President Barack Obama "is based on...

...Or how they were all religious nuts and acting "un-American".....A little reminder from just a few short years ago... ...just a few of the thousands.

WASHINGTON – Tens of thousands of protesters fed up with government spending marched to the U.S. Capitol on Saturday, showing their disdain for the president's health care plan with slogans such as "Obamacare makes me sick" and "I'm not your ATM." The line of protesters clogged several blocks near the Capitol, according to the D.C. Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency. Demonstrators chanted "enough, enough" and "We the People." Others yelled "You lie, you lie!" and "Pelosi has to go," referring to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. Throngs of people waved U.S. flags and held signs reading "Go Green Recycle...

Tea Party Protesters March on Washington Thousands March to U.S. Capitol to Protest Government Spending, Health Care; Many Chanted 'You Lie' By RUSSELL GOLDMAN Sept.12, 2009 Thousands of conservative protesters from across the country converged on the Capitol Saturday morning to demonstrate against President Obama's proposed health care agenda and voicing opposition to big government, what they say is over-the-top spending. Carrying signs depicting President Obama as Adolf Hitler and the Joker, and chanting slogans such as "'No big government" and "Obamacare makes me sick," approximately 60,000 to 70,000 people flooded Pennsylvania Ave, according to the Washington DC Fire Department....

Unlike anything encountered in recent memory, the formidably complex and unique situation present in today’s Iran poses an enormous challenge. It defies any conventional solution, and simply resorting to civil disobedience is the equivalent of fighting off a pack of hungry and blood-thirsty wolves with tooth-picks! The incredibly ruthless, deceptive, and cunning nature of the present regime, bundled together with an Islamic modus operandi, creates an enigma and a number of paradoxes. It goes without saying that learning about peaceful movements and bloodless revolutions is intrinsically valuable and can help the people. But, regretfully, that alone does not work in...

Here is video of Anti-ObamaCare protesters in Crystal City, Missouri outside the office of Democrat Rep. Russ Carnahan holding a "Recess Rally" yesterday. "Recess Rally" refers to rallying against socialized medicine through ObamaCare during the August Congressional recess. Rallies were held all across the country yesterday by those against ObamaCare and Tea Party participants. The interesting thing here is that the brief clip shows the reaction of the crowed to a U.S. Soldier who happened to walking along the other side of the street. Spontaneous applause breaks out and calls of "Thank you" from the crowd. That's the way it...

So, here’s what The Perv of Late Night CBS Comedy said last night: “You know about the Taliban? Over here, we call them ‘healthcare protesters.’”

Here is video of a conservative taking a mainstream media member to task at a press conference in St. Louis yesterday that included Pfizer officials because anti-ObamaCare protesters were referred to by the sexually explicit term "teabaggers." Democrats have been saying that over the past week as a slur against those opposing ObamaCare, but here a member of the media feels perfectly comfortable referring to protesters in that way. Conservative blogger "Sharp Elbows" was there and is the one who took them to task: Then It Was Question Time. The First Question Went To A Reporter Who Asked If This...

On Wednesday, August 12, a man holding a sign that said “Death to Obamaâ€� at a town hall meeting in Maryland was detained and turned over to the Secret Service for questioning, which is pursuing an investigation into charging him with threatening the president. As well they should. I fully and absolutely agree with this arrest, since anyone who threatens the president is breaking the law and should be prosecuted. It doesn’t matter that Obama was not at the meeting nor that the man was unarmed: the threat all on its own is a federal crime, according to the United...

The Iranian people are calling for help and much of the world either turns a deaf ear or feels it has its own priorities to worry about. Then, the horrors keep playing out, unabated, in the streets, prisons and dungeons of the Islamic Republic of Iran. A reality check. A 19-year old beautiful Taraneh was not shot with a single bullet to her chest as was the case with Neda Soltani. There were no bystanders in the dungeon with a cell phone to capture the prolonged torture, rape, and sodomy of this teen-ager. According to reports, as well as testimony...

ABC News correspondent Brian Ross tried to connect the health care town hall protesters to hate groups on Friday’s GMA. Ross cited the Southern Poverty Law Center, whose left-wing political affiliation he omitted, and used two sound bites from the SPLC’s Mark Potok, who hyped that President Obama supposedly “triggered fears among...white people...that they are somehow losing their country.” The ABC News correspondent led his report just after the beginning of the 7 am Eastern hour by underlining how it’s apparently been a “very ugly week as the rhetoric about the President and the threats against him have deeply worried...

‘06 Flashback: Pelosi Tells Anti-War Protesters ‘I’m a Fan of Disruptors’ January 17, 2006: "So I think all of you who have spoken out for your courage, your point of view. All of it. Your advocacy is very American and very important."

First. I'll just say that I don't think the White House has any business whatsoever commenting on who attends public forums, why they're there, or how they got there. That is not an observation any government of free people should be making. Second, if they are going to make such observations, I think it's imperative that they don't lie through their teeth as a means of trying to intimidate people from voicing their opinions. In their latest attempt to stifle dissent, the White House fails miserably as it is caught in its own outrageous lies. The White House's latest claim?...

An ad campaign featured on a U.S. Army website seeking those who would be interested in being an "Internment/Resettlement" specialist is raising alarms across the country, generating concerns that there is some truth in those theories about domestic detention camps, a roundup of dissidents and a crackdown on "threatening" conservatives. The ads, at the GoArmy.com website as well as others including Monster.com, cite the need for: "Internment/Resettlement (I/R) Specialists in the Army are primarily responsible for day-to-day operations in a military confinement/correctional facility or detention/internment facility. I/R Specialists provide rehabilitative, health, welfare, and security to U.S. military prisoners within a...

The Iranian political map consists of three major factions. To the "left" there are the moderate conservatives who were represented in the election by Mousavi. In the “centre”, there are the conventional conservatives led by certain figures from the clerical hierarchy as well as prominent businessmen. Finally, there is the “radical right” as embodied in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Council (IRGC), to which Ahmadinejad belongs. Above all these three factions, sits the supreme leader, manipulating the strings that control the equilibrium between them. With the tacit support of the Islamic Republic, a number of organizations have been cultivated to expound...

Hey Freepers, I was hoping to get photos posted that I could use on the site I write for on my local newspaper's site. I want proof that these many protesters across America are real Americans and not the thug types hired by Obama. Although some photos of the thugs for comparison would be good also. I could take them from prior posts but then I would be doing so without permission. So I am asking for pictures I can pick and choose with your permission for an article I will be posting on my Local newspapers web site this...

Every day, more American citizens are coming to the realization that our national government is in the hands of a pack of pathological liars. The recent stream of Democratic propaganda attempting to stifle criticism of the Obamacare bill makes the point.

Nancy Pelosi, hyper-partisan of the democratic party, is the gift that keeps on giving. The latest present to the Republicans is her statement accusing the Town Hall protesters of carrying signs with Swastikas on them implying white supremacist's and racists were running rough-shod over the meetings and appearances to promote National Health Care. The Democrats and their media pals are already spinning this latest "Pelosism" into some sort of sensible reasoning but the continuous open mouth-insert foot rantings of the Speaker are getting harder to cover for. It won't be long before she will have them running for cover when...

“Hi, we’re from the White House, do you mind turning in your neighbors who disagree with our policy?” Yesterday, I commented on the wave of disgruntled citizens who are showing up at Democratic Town Hall Meetings held by members of Congress all over the U.S. In that article, I mentioned that Texas Congressman Lloyd “Tail between his legs” Doggett said these protesters were organized by the GOP and insurance companies. Then Doggett took it further saying, “the protesters have a script disseminated by the GOP, insurance companies, and others.” A Script! I have to report today that there is in...

Video at link Nancy Pelosi claims protesters are "carrying swastikas and symbols like that to a town meeting on healthcare."

Once again, the Obama administration has let the public that know its discontent about ObamaCare means nothing to them. Although 86 percent of Americans are happy with their health care, the White House and Democrats in Congress are determined to run roughshod over them.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Some prisoners say they watched fellow detainees being beaten to death by guards in overcrowded, stinking holding pens. Others say they had their fingernails ripped off or were forced to lick filthy toilet bowls. The accounts of prison abuse in Iran’s postelection crackdown — relayed by relatives and on opposition Web sites — have set off growing outrage among Iranians, including some prominent conservatives.

Protesters in Iran shocked the world with their response to the rigged election, while Iran’s Revolutionary Guard appalled us with its brutality. That the West was so viscerally angry about the mistreatment of Iranian protesters is a good sign - it indicates that notions of justice and liberty still run deep within us. But the fact that we were shocked suggests that we have not been paying attention. Are we surprised that an election is faked in a country where real power is held by a theocratic Supreme Leader, subject to a religious text and not his people? Are we...

Afshin, a shopkeeper from south-west Iran, alleges that one of his friends was beaten and repeatedly raped after being arrested at an opposition rally after last month's disputed election. He gave this account to Esfandiar Poorgiv, a journalist and academic. It is published here as part of the Guardian's project to trace those killed and detained during the unrest. The Guardian has been unable to independently verify the account

Following the contested Iranian election, the green armbands of the opposition and pictures of bloodied and dying Iranian protesters were being held aloft by Iranians from Los Angeles to Paris. Noticeably absent from the international scene were Westerners, particularly students. The reaction to events in Iran has shown once again the double standards and hypocrisy of those in Europe and the West who jump at the slightest opportunity to protest Israel but remain stoic in the face of events in Iran. While many have compared the outpouring of anger in Iran to what presaged the 1979 revolution, there is one...

U.S. lawmakers say they plan legislation that would fund efforts to help Iranians receive and send information despite government restrictions. Independent Senator Joe Lieberman said Thursday that the bill intends to help the Iranian people stay "one step ahead of the Iranian regime." Lieberman introduced the bill with Republican Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham. McCain said the proposed legislation would authorize funds to ensure Iranians have the software and other tools to evade government censorship and surveillance online. The legislation would also authorize VOA's Persian service to make permanent an additional hour of programming that was added to cover...

Just caught the nd of a phone interview on CNN.. A woman from Tehran was describing going to a protest today in front of Parlement, and the protesters were ambushed by Basiji streaming out of a masque, who bwgan massacring the protesters, beating them to death, shooting them..Still on now..the woman is crying as she begs us for help!

New Poll: Is the West doing enough to support Democracy in Iran? A Daily Poll Comments welcome on the site.

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Basij militia HQ burns Amateur video shows the Basij headquarters set ablaze while smoke rises into a darkened sky.

If the people believe the election results are accurate, even if they disagree with the outcome, and Lord knows many Americans disagree with our outcome in November, you will almost never see this violence.

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Thousands of protesters defied Iran's highest authority Saturday and marched on waiting security forces that fought back with baton charges, tear gas and water cannons as the crisis over disputed elections lurched into volatile new ground. In a separate incident, a state-run television channel reported that a suicide bombing at the shrine of the Islamic Revolution leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini killed at least two people and wounded eight. The report could be not independently evaluated due to government restrictions on journalists. If proven true, the reports could enrage conservatives and bring strains among backers of opposition...

TEHRAN — Witnesses said police beat protesters and fired tear gas and water cannons at thousands who rallied in Tehran Saturday in open defiance of Iran's clerical government, sharply escalating the most serious internal conflict since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. The eyewitnesses described fierce clashes near Revolution Square in central Tehran after some 3,000 protesters chanted "Death to the dictator!" and "Death to dictatorship!" Police responded with tear gas and water cannons. The witnesses told The Associated Press that between 50 and 60 protesters were seriously beaten by police and pro-government militia and taken to Imam Khomeini hospital in central...

New POLL: Do you support the protesters in Iran? A Daily Poll

I just don’t think I am guilty for witnessing about abortion on the campus of a Catholic university," explained Dr. Monica Miller, one of the 40 individuals arrested for trespassing while protesting at Notre Dame’s graduation on the weekend of May 17. Miller and members of a pro-life organization pleaded "not guilty" in court on June 3. The protestors objected to pro-abortion President Obama being honored as commencement speaker and awarded an honorary doctorate in law during Notre Dame’s commencement exercises. Miller, who is a professor of Sacred Theology at Madonna University in Livonia, Mich. believed that she and other...

San Francisco police arrested about 175 protesters who were part of a group that blocked a major intersection for hours today in response to the state Supreme Court's ruling upholding Proposition 8, the voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage. Hundreds of people filled the intersection of Grove Street and Van Ness Avenue late this morning after word spread of the ruling. The court also ruled that roughly 18,000 existing same-sex marriages in California remain valid. Around 12:45 p.m., officers were seen placing plastic handcuffs on protesters and leading them to police vans waiting nearby. With each new arrest, the crowd cheered....

Last Saturday morning Congressman Barney Frank was greeted by protesters at the Democratic Party Breakfast in Mansfield. This usual tranquil town was transformed into a Tea Party Part II rally site stunning one of Congress’ biggest culprits in the financial crisis. Those who attended the protest said that the Congressman was surprised by the angry protesters. As you may suspect, people were chanting ‘you work for us’ over and over again. Olivier Kozlowski organized this deomonstration to highlight that Frank is partially responsible for our country’s financial meltdown especially when it comes to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. “We are...

Heads of state, perplexed finance ministers, inflated retinues and journalists from 20 nations arrived in London yesterday to address "the greatest financial crisis since the Depression." By 4 p.m. London time today they will hold a press conference and go home. Is there any chance we can adopt this system for Congress? Possibly the G-20 kept it short to minimize the potential ruin visited on London by the professional street fighters fronting the anti-capitalism mobs on global TV screens. In truth, the G-20's goal was accomplished before the first plane landed. The mere announcement of the meeting brought forth a...

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- Four protesters were arrested during an anti-war protest at Civic Center Plaza in San Francisco this afternoon, San Francisco police said. San Francisco police spokeswoman Sgt. Lyn Tomioka said three women and one man were arrested and taken into custody at about 2:30 p.m. A boy carrying a backpack filled with rocks was also taken into custody after one of the rocks he was allegedly throwing hit an officer. Tomioka said he was freed by a group of protesters. One officer was kicked and another bitten, Tomioka said. Copyright 2009 by KTVU.com and Bay City News....

Films and details of campaigners and journalists may breach Human Rights Act Shocking footage shot by police, accompanied by their own critical commentary, shows how their officers monitored campaigners and the media – and demanded personal information – at last August's climate camp demonstration in Kent Link to this videoPolice are targeting thousands of political campaigners in surveillance operations and storing their details on a database for at least seven years, an investigation by the Guardian can reveal. Photographs, names and video ­footage of people attending protests are ­routinely obtained by surveillance units and stored on an "intelligence system". The...

The screaming leftards have finally gotten their way. Defense Secretary Gates has given in to their manufactured anti-war outrage. He will now allow flag draped coffins to be used as anti-America propaganda by the foam-at-the-mouth leftists who are still angry about us winning the Iraq war. WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Pentagon will lift its ban on media coverage of the flag-draped coffins of war victims* arriving at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday. But the families of the victims will have the final say on whether to allow the coverage, he said.This has been...