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January 20, 2005
"FREEDOM"
Protesters clearly enjoying Mr. Bush's definition of "freedom", also known as "hosing dissenters with pepper spray".
Mr. Bush today:
The leaders of governments with long habits of control need to know: To serve your people you must learn to trust them.
And:
America's belief in human dignity will guide our policies, yet rights must be more than the grudging concessions of dictators; they are secured by free dissent and the participation of the governed. In the long run, there is no justice without freedom, and there can be no human rights without human liberty.
And people exercising dissent at his inauguration were showered with pepper spray and beaten by security forces.
Posted By Bob Cesca | January 20, 2005 05:39 PM | DIGG ME!
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Bob, those are clearly water cannons.
The idea of O.C. Spray in that kind of quantity and pressure, is unreal. Also, none of those people would still be standing. Unless you are one of the rare people for whom it has no affect, even a very small quantity will be a new experiance in pain, and cause what has been described as "Stalagtites of snot", which is basicly all the mucus membranes going apeshit at once. Man, if you want to be your own little FreeRepublic/Fox News, thats fine. If you can prove that the police involved fire hoses of OC, then I'll buy you a beer.
Further, dont pull any "Those may be water cannons, but there was pepper spray too" becuase the implication there was clearly mighty hoses of "pepper spray" being unleashed on the crowd.
Posted by: Lactar ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.bobcesca.com/nav-commenters.gif)
at January 21, 2005 11:00 AM
Um.
http://olympics.reuters.com/newsGalaxyPhotoPresentation.jhtml?
Here's the caption for this image from Reuters:
"Police officers fire streams of pepper spray into a crowd of protesters after demonstrators threw objects over the fence, as the President Bush inaugural parade passes by on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, January 20, 2005. Anti-war chants competed with pomp and circumstance during the inauguration of Bush for a second term as president took place amid the barricaded streets of central Washington. Photo by Jim Bourg/Reuters"
Posted by: Bob Cesca at January 21, 2005 12:43 PM
http://newstandardnews.net/content/index.cfm/items/1400
"On a number of occasions, police brutally attacked demonstrators with pepper spray and batons, as described by several witnesses at various scenes around the parade route and depicted in wire service photos."
"Following the appearance of Bush's motorcade, demonstrators lit two American flags on fire and incited a noxious hose-down of chemicals as city police emptied canister upon canister of pepper spray and Bush supporters rained ice down on them from a neighboring balcony."
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New York Daily News
(Rupert Murdoch's paper)
"City officials said about 30 people were taken to the hospital because of the effects of pepper spray."
Posted by: Bob Cesca at January 21, 2005 12:53 PM
What's your favorite beer, Cesca?
Posted by: Plummer at January 21, 2005 01:22 PM
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