CNN Breaking - Hecklers Disrupting Rumsfeld Hearings!

Lady starts shouting and was marched out of hearing. Fantastic!!

snippet:
Rumsfeld had scarcely uttered his opening apology when protesters interrupted him.

"Fire Rumsfeld," some yelled before they were hustled from the room.

Rumsfeld sat calmly in his seat while the room was quieted.
more....

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/8607028.htm

they had signs.

Remember the recount rioters in Miami-Dade. We can do it, too.

THE DEPT OF FASCIST HOMELAND SECURITY WILL SOON ATTEMPT TO RUIN THESE PEOPLE.

They're very brave, knowing our domestic intelligence people compile folders on anyone who speaks out, and that they will ALWAYS be watched for years, no doubt.

It can be damned rough expressing your real beliefs, can't it?

She was good! and then they unfurled that sign...Fire Rumsfeld!

which she was able to have folded before entering and kept up in the air while leaving. Great idea! Rummy and his gang KNOW they're in trouble. Let it ALL come out!

and this was seen across the world

People saw we do not aprove, even if this was ten people

took Rummy by surprise. You could see the fire in his eyes. At least they said what they wanted & were yelling "what about the other abuses" before they were escorted out..

"War Crimes"

in this fight to restore integrity and credibility. Fire them all. Now. Then we have a chance to re-build, rsore, repair, recompense.

and awe and I really cannot stop crying it was so beautiful, wow, there went my heros loud and clear! BEAUTIFUL

glad I'm not the only one.

Great! I wonder what organization they were from! We need more of this!

Brave souls to stand up for the victims.

I couldn't understand what she said initially. But they were yelling "Fire Rumsfeld", etc at him. It sounded like she asked a question at the beginning, but i couldn't understand it. Way to go!

Frankly, I think the protestors are doing a favor for the rest of the US, inspite of the negative press they will likely receive for this "disruption". The protestors are demonstrating that there are people here who care and that we all aren't like the prison guards or interrogators (or whomever) that committed these dispicable acts.

I thought I saw a protester waving a pink hat...

gin

something they'd do. That took a lot of guts to do, good for them. I was amazed when I saw that even the Washington Post was calling for his resignation; that's the last paper I would have expected it from.

A pink shirt?

hearings. I saw the pink straw hat too. What does it mean (if anything)_laughing!

I would have liked to hear the pResident apologize for 911. I would have liked to hear anyone in our current Government apologize for 911.

I suppose this is more important for the pResident to apologize for because it involves the WORLD . . . not just the American People.

It was code pink. They've got a picture up on their website now of it

http://www.codepink4peace.org/

You go girls!!!


CODEPINK Disrupts Rumsfeld Hearing

As Donald Rumsfeld was giving evidence to the congressional committee CODEPINK Co-Founder Gael Murphy, along with others, stood up and started to chant "Fire Rumsfeld."




http://www.codepink4peace.org/

National Petroleum Radio made a transparent attempt to make the protest a non-event with no impact.

Fucking NPR has way too many comments from the Heritage Foundation and other RW shills lately.

Just disgusting.

Why grab an apple from the store when you can just as easily pull it off the tree?

Yay. I am so moved at their bravery, and of the young girl who shouted him down at the other hearing a few months ago. Then he just smirked and said "Don't you love freedom of speech?" This time he is not so arrogant.

Of course it did not stop him from going on about how terrible people are who "kill innocent men, women, children."

Meyers is saying now that the whole military is suffering from shame. Maybe they wouldn't be if the higher ups had taken responsibility for this from the beginning and not passed the buck onto the grunts.

WTF is up with Warner? "Good statement , general." WTF, what is he, the hearings cheerleader?

Warner and his Repuke buddies on the Senate Committee had a little dress rehearsal with Rummy the day before...had to get their stories straight and provide cues for Rummy.

JB

HELL FUCKIN YEAH!!

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dbt

We need a link, pronto, to a published article.

http://us.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/05/07/politics.abuse.main/index.html

A group of protesters interrupted Rumsfeld's opening statement with chants of "Fire Rumsfeld!" before they were led away by security personnel.

saw it as it happened.

FIRE THE LIARS!!

I could clearly hear them shouting.

Who would question the steady leadership of the members of the Bush Administration?

;)

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And while you're answering that, remember that we support our troops here, but also feel free to condemn reprehensible individual actions, just like Trent Lott encouraged patriotic Americans to feel free to do.

IOW, we support our soldiers, but we do NOT support the Chimp in Chief or the Secretary of Offense.

*ping*

edit: wow. Mods are fast today.

My heart bleeds watching you people root for the Islamists!!!

I think, to this guy, an Islamist is anyone who won't kiss Bush's butt without running for the antiseptic afterwards.

So if I criticize Rumsfeld, I'm giving ammo to the Iraqi insurgents to shoot American soldiers - is that what you're saying?

Welcome to DU. Now wise up and pay attention.

far more than any liberal every could.

the idiocy coming out of this White House seem like they're MEANT to strengthen extremist forces, as if they are MEANT to discredit the US in the eyes of the world...

Hmmm. Maybe the entire Bush regime is a deeply undercover Al Qaeda cell :tinfoilhat:

see ya

He bragged about his hit on DU over at FR

You get one idiotic post put up, it gets deleted after a minute and that is something to brag about in freeperhell? LOl

get the transcripts check for your self. his opening statements contained several out right lies

Throw him and the entire gang of war criminals in the slammer where they belong!

:loveya:

Those hecklers are living proof that there are truly caring people in this country!!!

BTW Rummy could NOT avoid being arrogant when he went on his rant lecturing those who are critical about this mess. Go straight to hell you heartless asswipe.

On edit: we would definitely qualify as a "terrorist organization" per Rummy's terms - he uses a VERY broad brush and throws the word "terrorist" around like its candy for consumption by the general public.

I thought I had forgotten what it meant to care about this country... nope there it was and I wish each of them the best of fortune forever THEY ARE ** REAL ** Americans and more importantly, respectable human beings. xoxo - Patrick

ps... im too young, vietnam to me is a collection of documentaries... is this real enough?

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I don't know who this group was but they have guts for doing this. It's about time the protests kicked in.

:thumbsup:

I was asleep..and the hecklers woke me up:)..Love it..He's not nearly as "confident" as he usually appears ..:)
Mc Cain is no Rummy fan :)

im not a pro at figuring out a "real" person who has deliberately chosen to place himself in the atmosphere of true evil.. but from what I know about him and from what I just saw... thanks John!

Here's Teddddd......... xoxo- Patrick


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I wonder if the guy in the bus driver suit read the report YET?

Rummy is sooo screwed.

Rummy simply lied under oath... now I pray that democrats carpe diem NOW. Senator Byrd is now beginning to force the rattle... call it a wet dream.. but Id love to see Rummy play Nicholson and "next in line" play Cruise... call me a fucker but I want to see power played out until its scary! xoxo- Patrick

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The Arabs desperately need to see more of this to know that there are still decent Americans with guts, like Rachel Corrie.

Liberty is meaningless where the right to utter one’s thoughts and opinions has ceased to exist. That, of all rights, is the dread of tyrants. It is the right which they first of all strike down: Frederick Douglass

"Sit still. You'll only feel a little prick. Think about it.

Was the story changed by the miami herald?

Here's the reference in the article referring to the protestors:

Rumsfeld had scarcely uttered his opening apology when protesters interrupted him.

"Fire Rumsfeld," some yelled before they were hustled from the room.

Rumsfeld sat calmly in his seat while the room was quieted.
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Is this story being censored??? WTF???

White House phones must be gettting a lot of use today. Check out my sig line

Here's a larger section, with the quote in the middle, to help you locate it. I just went there and copied and pasted it:

McCain also asked what instructions had been given to the MPs, some of whom appear in the photographs. The question goes to the heart of the findings in an internal Army report that the prison guards were told to "soften up" prisoners so they would be more cooperative during interrogations.

Rumsfeld had scarcely uttered his opening apology when protesters interrupted him.

"Fire Rumsfeld," some yelled before they were hustled from the room.

Rumsfeld sat calmly in his seat while the room was quieted.

Moments earlier, he added his personal apology to Bush's.

"I feel terrible about what happened to these Iraqi detainees. They are human beings. They were in U.S. custody," he said.

"To those Iraqis who were mistreated by the U.S. armed forces, I offer my deepest apology."
(snip)

I read the article a few hours ago and could not find the mention of the protestors, so I posted about it. Later, I went back to the Miami Herald.com site, and then they wanted me to begin a registration process. I did not feel like doing that just to straighten out this mild quandry, so I did not do a registration.

What is curious is why I was able to get in without registering a few hours ago. (How much trouble is it worth to straighten this out??)

And the Miami Herald has a new subscriber, a Mister Donald Duck, born 1924 in the Disney Studios.

does Donald have a password worth sharing, by any chance?

It applies to everyone except ?Taliban?

christ... ho joe once again looks like hes purdy playin politician.. no thought, no intent... nothing. I don't subscribe to the wolf in sheeps clothing idea but only because he stopped thinking years ago... cost an election, threw in the chips and at least still enjoys his mugly butterface grimacing... and thats where it will be.

roy moore needs a buddy & fucko lieberman needs a warm stick xoxo - patrick

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I would change one thing: I think he's more like a mildewed sponge in sheep's clothing.

What a disappointment to the Democratic Party.

,...to the attention of Congress and MAKE him answer the question. He keeps skirting by stating that it was "published" (meaning a single statement of possible abuses) to the whole world. Well, bullshit. Why wasn't the matter FULLY and TRANSPARENTLY placed before Congress?

My answer is that they covered it up just like they have covered all sorts of other shit up. But, I want Rummy to answer the question.

He is using ALOT of "I don't remember" and "I don't know" and "I'm not going to talk about private discussions" and diversionary tactics only the most expert criminal would use.

Chimp, Rummy and Myers. This is clear from Myers and Rummys vague dateless descriptions of discussions.

This was the old crap they did in the Enron scandal. They put major, significant information about their myriad partnerships in their legal SEC reports, but in tiny obscure footnotes that could barely be deciphered if you were a fortuneteller, much less a financial analyst. Then they claimed they followed the law and "it was in there."

Nope.

THE OTHER ABUSES IN IRAQ?!WHAT ABOUT(I couldn't make it out,maybe something about "the Florida Congressman"?)?!ARE YOU INVESTIGATING THAT?!LOOK AT ALL OF THE ABUSES IN IRAQ!YOU ARE...she was drowned out as the others started shouting the chant:"FIRE RUMSFELD!WAR CRIMINAL! FIRE RUMSFELD!WAR CRIMINAL!....and they continued chant,and some yelled other things(like "INVESTIGATE EVERYTHING!") as they went peacefully out,led by the cops in front and behind,from the 2 rows where they had originally been sitting before they started it.There were at least 8 of them.The woman originally shouting was wearing a pink t-shirt with "FIRE RUMSFELD" on back,pink FIRE RUMSFELD sign... http://codepink.utne.com/

Apparently there is video which shows much, much worse.

Under this evil leadership, our country, her image and her people, have been disasterously wounded.

"Be on notice," he warned the committee neared the end of an appearance that lasted more than two hours.

"There are a lot more photographs and videos that exist," he said. "If these are released to the public, obviously it's going to make matters worse."

In other words, censor the images and videos so as not to "make matters worse." Typical Republican attack machine. If the news media publish the images, then the fault shifts to the news media, not the perpetrators.

We have to clean house of these a$$holes. Firing Rumsfeld is not nearly enough. We need to fire the whole lot of them.

"There are a lot more photographs and videos that exist," he said. "If these are released to the public, obviously it's going to make matters worse."

THEY WILL BE LEAKED AND I WILL SEE THEY GO EVERYWHERE

THIS OLD SCUM and the Bus Driver scum are covering up WAR CRIMES

"MAKE MATTERS WORSE" for What for WHO ?--- the Truth? or the People?

Protesters Heckle Rumsfeld at Iraq Abuse Hearing

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Protesters heckled Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on Friday, shouting, "Fire Rumsfeld for war crimes" at a congressional hearing to probe the Pentagon's handling of the Iraqi prisoner abuse scandal.

The seven protesters, members of the grass-roots group CodePink Women for Peace, disrupted Rumsfeld's testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee by standing, chanting and raising their hands and pointing at the defense secretary.

"We want Rumsfeld fired and there should be a wider investigation of the brutality of this investigation," said Gail Murphy, one of the group's founders.

At least person wore a T-shirt with "Fire Rumsfeld" written on the back, and another carried a sign with those words.

"Our purpose of being in the hearing was to make it known to the senators and the American public that we are appalled," Murphy said by telephone. "He (Rumsfeld) has known about it but has done nothing about it until it was leaked publicly."

The group was allowed to interrupt the hearing for a few minutes before being guided to the exit.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20040507/us_nm/iraq_abuse_protesters_dc&cid=1896&ncid=1480

What about your neocon-backed PNAC, you evil moron?

sorry for the ugly & graphic header... repub & democrat together... imho she is the first to show blind loyalty to a dark nothingness... anyone with a sense of kindness... recognition of reality and dumb understanding of life can see that beating the living shit out of another human being... might just be simply wrong; regardless, its a horrible f*cking thing. I'll gander the thought that--> yes... troops from West Virginia are a little upset that their duty isn't as quick and clean as planned... and they felt a bit teeny poopy pants. BULLSHIT! This Is Not War.. This is an invasion that didn't go as planned... and if this is it---> the WORST case scenario of reality... por favor let it cause something... a little change is better than no change... Fire Rummy Now!

xoxo- Patrick

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i try to live my life as best I can--> software designer(laid off) --> tech... (thanks gateway...) once again... laid off
its very fu*king scary and moreso upsetting that here is the truth of what we live... live truthfully YOU WILL DROWN! BUT! scam and screw and lie... comfort, hugs, and back rubs fly outta a old white guy's ass... i don't like being negative, but its sickening when outright wrongdoing is muddled down with politics... and moreso with the media covering it... I tell my fiance sometimes I want to kill... and she reminds me that I'm wrong to say that... where is change?

xoxo- Patrick


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welcome to DU :hi:

Rummy called it "an editorial request". Made me laugh my ass off.

Someone will leak that bad boy

Rumsfeld Text on Iraqi Prisoner Abuse
By The Associated Press

A text of Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld's opening remarks before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Friday, as transcribed by eMediaMillWorks Inc.:

RUMSFELD: Mr. Chairman, members of the committee, in recent days there has been a good deal of discussion about who bears responsibility for the terrible activities that took place at Abu Ghraib. These events occurred on my watch. As secretary of defense, I am accountable for them and I take full responsibility.

It's my obligation to evaluate what happened, to make sure that those who have committed wrongdoing are brought to justice, and to make changes as needed to see that it doesn't happen again.

I feel terrible about what happened to these Iraqi detainees. They are human beings. They were in U.S. custody. Our country had an obligation to treat them right. We didn't, and that was wrong.

So to those Iraqis who were mistreated by members of the U.S. armed forces, I offer my deepest apology. It was inconsistent with the values of our nation. It was inconsistent with the teachings of the military, to the men and women of the armed forces. And it was certainly fundamentally un-American.

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040507/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/rumsfeld_text&cid=542&ncid=1480

the young man who shouted "Ask about the drugs!" during the Iran-Contra hearing.

He had to serve jail time, as I recall.

how the hell they got in there...that was clearly a serious breach of security! has anything been reported on how that was accomplished? and what did they do with them once they ushered them out?

You just need to get there early enough in case the room fills up.

At age 65, I cannot remember any administration causing so much turmoil. Bt the big question is, why do so many still support these obvious inept "leaders"?