for W's visit Aussie parliament bldg closed for 1rst time in history

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Wed Oct-22-03 10:16 AM
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for W's visit Aussie parliament bldg closed for 1rst time in history

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3204585.stm

Wednesday, 22 October, 2003, 14:36 GMT 15:36 UK

Protests greet Bush in Australia

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Security has also been massively beefed up in Canberra.

The Australian federal parliament building has been sealed off for Mr Bush's address on Thursday - the first time in history that the public have been barred from the building.

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LittleApple81

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Wed Oct-22-03 10:19 AM
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1. Well, Americans have been barred from public protest (by limiting

the protests to "free speech" zones where Bush's supporters have not been subjected to the same.
Hopefully, the rest of the world (Americans will never be exposed to this piece of information) will see the confirmation of this administration as divisive and controlling: remove dissent whenever possible and/or be so threatened by the hate they have engendered that they cannot show themselves in public without fear of attack.

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Wed Oct-22-03 10:20 AM
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2. Neocons know what they're doing is illegal, immoral and corrupt

They know that facing the populace means facing the outrage they provoke with their wonts for Imperial power. The Monkey King knows he is not of the people, for the people or even by the people. He is a tyrant, a dictator, and an incomptent oligarch.

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Wed Oct-22-03 10:26 AM
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3. That's just like something Dub's people would require...

And just like something a curmudgeon like Aussie P.M. Howard would do. Both Dub and Howard are oafs, and liars.x(

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dbt

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Wed Oct-22-03 10:42 AM
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4. Hello, Australia?

This is what happens when you DON'T ELECT your head of state. You can be kept out of your OWN BUILDINGS. Maybe this is why y'all passed a law that makes voting mandatory?

Meanwhile, back in the US, The Band Played Waltzing Matilda.

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Wed Oct-22-03 10:46 AM
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5. When the U.S. ambassador to Australia

Promised Aussies would be in the front lines, he wasn't talking about the parliament building.

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