Last night Jon Stewart made an astute observation

He detailed all the security precautions taken for *'s visit to Great Britian, then remarked, "And these are our ALLIES????"

Couldn't have said it better.

How much security would he need if he were to visit a "hostile" country??

Boy that was a good one. Almost pee'd my pants. Bunnypants around a hostile country. Gawd is that ever funny.

let's say "unfriendly" :D

Canada.

Why not? I mean, if I were Canadian, I wouldn't want him there either, but they're our 'friendly neighbors to the north.' Sheesh.

not absolutely sure. I'm sure another DUer could fill us in.

Bush Sr. went to Kuwait

I wonder if they have "Free Speech Zones" in London, or if Bush will be forced to listen to the protesters close up. I plan to watch the BBC tonight, because I know our media won't show any demonstrations against the Boy King!

The snippets from the David Frost interview on TDSWJS were also pretty damn funny..

Just for Bush. The whole world is giving up their right to protest and free speech for this moron.

they aren't kidding either! Damn, talk about organization.

Bush is disliked by over 1/2 of Americans but you would never see us go to the amount of preparation to protest him as the Brits are doing and we would not be permitted to do so if we wanted to.

Welcome to the Fascist States Of American

Groups that are planning "stuff" for next September in NYC are already getting busted by NYPD folks. A minority/anarchist group was raided over the weekend because somebody saw someone "with an open container" on the street. Two dozen or more squad cars responded to this urgent crime and people were arrested for resisting arrest.

This is why I urge everyone to stay away from NYC next September and organize "counter convention" events all over the United States instead.

What could be more frustrating for Mayor Bloomberg than paying all that overtime for all those cops, and have nobody show up. Solid walls of blue, standing around eating donuts.

The mind boggles.

Instead of playing THEIR game in 2004, why not do our own thing?

n/t

semi-free, anyway

in England they get news and facts that are unspoken here :grr:

n/t

of these pictures?

Here's the link: http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/031117/photos_pl/mdf409118&e=15&ncid=27

I'm feelin those bloodstained "Bush" signs...

wherever he goes, he will be protested and detested.

in the Azores.

You have to be hated to be protested in the Azores!!!

What is the population? 200

something like that :D

ilk say "Chretien has soured our relations with the U.S.A (Bush) and that it's up to Martin to now mend fences....The fact is Bush is on bad terms with most of the world's western leaders...Even Fox of Mexico (who got the "coveted" invite to the ranch) barely talks to him now....Does this mean that ALL THESE LEADERS are responsible for their bad relationship with America....I think NOT!!!....Pardon my rant....I've felt this for a while and now I got it off my chest!!

never will. They mouth the policies that their supporters, a whole whopping 13%, want. They can change their name, their leader, their underwear, they will never get the legislature.

for this boondoggle? This is something I would bring up over and over again if I were a candidate. It's totally unnecessary. I heard that he has over 700 people traveling with him and is bring three planes, not to mention the enormous cost of security.

I'd like to know if anyone can tell me a ballpark figure on the cost of this trip?

And there's certainly no dearth of that around Bush :)