Flashermac Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than 200 people were arrested across the United States on Wednesday as protesters marking the fifth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq obstructed downtown traffic and tried to block access to government offices. There were 32 arrests in Washington after demonstrators attempted to block entrances to the Internal Revenue Service, while 30 others were arrested outside a congressional office building, police said. Protesters had hoped to shut down the IRS, the U.S. tax collection agency, to highlight the cost of the war. Police cleared the building's entrances within an hour. In San Francisco, long a centre of anti-Iraq war sentiment, police arrested more than 100 people who protested through the day along Market Street in the central business district, a spokesman said. Sgt. Steve Maninna said officers had arrested 143 people on charges including trespassing, resisting arrest and obstructing traffic. Four women were also detained for hanging a large banner off the city's famous Golden Gate Bridge and then released, said bridge spokeswoman Mary Currie. On Washington's National Mall, about 100 protesters carried signs that read: "The Endlessness Justifies the Meaninglessness" and waved upside-down U.S. flags, a traditional sign of distress. "Bush and Cheney, leaders failed, Bush and Cheney belong in jail," they chanted, referring to U.S. President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney. One hour after the IRS standoff, several dozen protesters waved signs that read: "Stop Paying to Kill" and "How Much Longer?" as a ragtag brass band played. IRS employees were easily able to enter the building. "We wanted to put our bodies between the money and what that money goes to fund -- the war, the occupation, the bombs," said Frida Berrigan, an organizer with the War Resisters League. The war has cost the United States $500 billion (252 billion pounds) since the invasion to topple Saddam Hussein began in March 2003 and is a major issue in November's U.S. presidential election. Tens of thousands of Iraqis have been killed and millions more displaced, The surge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted March 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 << "Bush and Cheney, leaders failed, Bush and Cheney belong in jail." >> That is really juvenile. Can't they come up with something better than that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fidel Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 Nobody really gives a flying fark anymore. War? What War? Get out there and SHOP folks, it is your patriotic duty. The economy is on the verge of collapse, there is too much bad debt, SPEND folks, SPEND! Anyway, war protesters are unpatriotic, questioning the war is unpatriotic, suggesting that terror attacks on US soil might in some way be motivated by US foreign policy is not only unpatriotic, but according to Obama, offensive. Anyway, why would anyone care about the war when we can look at Billy Ray Cyrus' 15 year old daughters jugs? :happyeaster: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogueyam Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 That is really juvenile. Can't they come up with something better than that? No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian2 Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 They certainly don't make protesters like they used to. Remember the Catonsville Nine ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fidel Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 There was one great slogan from yesterday: "The endlessness justifies the meaninglessness" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian2 Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 Is that an Irish one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogueyam Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 I counterprotested the rabble here in S.F. yesterday. Buncha filthy, commie scum. What a disgrace they were. For some reason they kept yelling at us to "go home". I would just show them my monthly bus pass. Retards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian2 Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 You shouldn't have been rude to the police though Rog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted March 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 They certainly don't make protesters like they used to. Remember the Catonsville Nine ? And don't forget the Jackson Five. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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