Bush visits ottawa - not very nice welcome

[Joanne98]

Run time: 03:00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwZiWkIaR1U   Posted on YouTube: March 21, 2009 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: March 21, 2009 By DU Member: Joanne98 Views on DU: 7153

 

[rosesaylavee]

1. Wow.

When are we going to put this guy on trial for his crimes? I don't know much about Nixon's travels after his presidency, but I don't remember hearing or seeing anything like this.

[arikara]

8. Nixon wasn't nearly as reviled in other countries

His issues were more domestic American, he didn't lie the world into invading 2 countries and preside over the collapse of the world economy, also correct me if I'm wrong but didn't Nixon actually end the Vietnam war? Speaking as a Canadian, I always found Nixon more of a curiosity and would never have bothered to get out on the streets over him, however the Bushes and their ilk are totally loathsome and merit huge demonstrations with lots of shoes.

[nichomachus]

17. I don't think Nixon was reviled in other countries at all

In fact, many people outside the US had difficulty understanding what the fuss was about. And, many people respected him for his many liberal ideas -- affirmative action, clean air, the EPA, clean water, opening relations with China and making the US energy independent, all of which were the reasons why he had to be brought down by the corporatocracy and the CIA.

[struggle4progress]

23. Have you forgotten Nixon's 1958 Latin American tour, in the wake

of the CIA interventions in Iran and Guatemala? His failure to end the Vietnam war and his secret bombing of Cambodia lost him friends, too. And anyone paying attention at the time knew what he did in Chile. So it's fair to say that a lot of people around the world disliked Nixon for many years

Nixon was not a liberal: he was a rightwing authoritarian, who pushed ideas like "preventative detention" -- which was the glorious idea that we should jail people before they commit crimes. But he was a shrewd politician and cooperated with the Democratic congress whenever it was clear he would lose a fight

Nixon was disgraced because he attempted to undermine the two-party system. The idea that corporate America opposed him is laughable: his actions in Chile, for example, reveal him as a complete corporatist

[nichomachus]

25. Nixon wasn't president in 1958

and the protests were against the US in general -- he was merely the symbol.

Yes, Nixon was a right-wing authoritarian -- not unlike many today who call themselves Democrats. And he was more liberal than many Democrats serving in Congress today.

[struggle4progress]

27. He was vice-president. And the protests were against interventionist policies that he

supported throughout his political career

[struggle4progress]

28. If you think today's Democrats are like Nixon, you don't remember the Nixon era

A clear conservative philosophy runs from Nixon to the present: it includes the doctrine that "the President is King," a willingness to use government institutions in disregard of the law against political foes, and a determination to make political alliances with any extremists to maintain power

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

46. I think he learned from that trip

and kept his international policies cleaner than Eisenhower did in regards to intervening in nations in the name of international corporations.

[struggle4progress]

51. National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 8

Chile and the United States:
Declassified Documents Relating to the Military Coup, September 11, 1973
by Peter Kornbluh

... Revelations that President Richard Nixon had ordered the CIA to "make the economy scream" in Chile to "prevent Allende from coming to power or to unseat him," prompted a major scandal in the mid-1970s, and a major investigation by the U.S. Senate. Since the coup, however, few U.S. documents relating to Chile have been actually declassified- -until recently. Through Freedom of Information Act requests, and other avenues of declassification, the National Security Archive has been able to compile a collection of declassified records that shed light on events in Chile between 1970 and 1976 ...

http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB8/nsaebb8i.htm


The overthrow of Allende driven in part by Anacondo and Kennecott, which had copper interests in the country, and the CIA used ITT as an asset for many years. The basic story, although not entirely covered by corporate press, was known at the time. NACLA was covering it, and IIRC so was Monthly Review


I also find it curious that corporate interests never occur in standard accounts of the Vietnam war: in fact, there were raw material considerations in Southeast Asia, and war-profiteering interests also exerted political influence: so Nixon, elected on a platform of ending the war, made no progress towards ending it but instead secretly extended the war into Cambodia

[polly7]

12. Good job Ottawa.

I hope every sign he saw burns in his pea-brain forever. Especially the bright florescent one lol.


Stay HOME!

[bjobotts]

29. I thought I saw Bush down there carrying a Bush Go Home sign-figures.

[bjobotts]

30. This would never be tolerated in our police state, huh Not since we militarized our police.

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[rebel with a cause]

39. In my memory,

LBJ, whom I did not like, at his worse did some good.

RMN, whom I did not like, at his worse did a little good.

bush, whom I strongly loathe, at his worse did very little (if any) good that was not for his own selfish benefit or for that of his cronies. The little bit of good he did in the end was only in an attempt to save his 'legacy' from being seen as completely negative.

[Buzz Clik]

2. That's a big crowd. I thought Obama could bring 'em out.

[mod mom]

3. Good let's hope this continues until he finds justice at the Hague!

[unapatriciated]

4. What no "free speech" zone?

but... but... they "hate us for our freedoms"

edited to add a big K&R!

[jeff30997]

38. Yeah I know.

We're really weird. :)

[orbitalman]

5. My Sentiments EXACTLY

All the above. Jeez, you sure didn't see any of this in the domestic MSM.

[1776Forever]

6. Thank you for posting this! Not surprised!

He has NO clue how much he is hated. Just like Cheney and Rice they are legends in their own minds!

[RC]

7. Gee, when I visited Ottawa, I never got a reception like that.

I found the people friendly.

[Hulk]

9. I hope this continues until the day he goes to hell where he belongs.

I really appreciate the good people of Ottawa for giving this pathetic human being a welcome that he deserves.

I doubt I will see him nor darth nor the turd behind bars in my day, but knowing they will cook in hell just gives me that warm feeling inside.

The world needs to show this little snot what impact he has had on the world. He took a moment when the world was with us and squandered it to a history where we have become the evil empire. What a sad, pathetic little man.

I wonder if he was sheltered from even hearing about this "warm welcome" he got?? He is such an idiot.

[mwb970]

41. The residents of Hell would protest if bush tried to join them.

Hell is waay too good for the frackin' jerk. I'm pleased to see that Canadians apparently loathe him just as much as I do. I wonder how they feel about the Dick?

[graywarrior]

10. That totally made my day

[Peregrine Took]

13. Mine, too. LOVE me some Ottawans. They put us to shame. n/t

[curiousdemo]

11. Bush will never ever able to go

abroad without protest or violent breaking out. He need to stay in his little Dallas richie rich enclave until his indictment is filed with "The Hague", for war crimes. There was talk in Canada about arresting him. Boy, I wish that could've happen.

[bbgrunt]

14. wow! good show, Ottawa!

[dickthegrouch]

15. I think it's a WONDERFUL welcome - exactly what he deserves

The only thing missing is some cheap plastic handcuffs to tie around his scrawny wrists.

[Iwillnevergiveup]

16. K&R

Think he'll be doin' any book tours?

[nichomachus]

18. Hey Bush, you can run, but you can't hide. n/t

[ro1942]

19. thanks

joanne your post always make me feel good or informed thanks again.

[LiberalLovinLug]

20. It will be great

To see this on the nightly newscasts!

:sarcasm:

[ConcernedCanuk]

21. WTF? - that was in 2004!! - Bush was no where near Ottawa - got out of Calgary with his ass on fire

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Bush won't come to Eastern Canada methinks

The oil and lumber barons(yeah, we got them too) out West are Dim-Son's type

[Number23]

22. 2004?? Really?

Thanks for the heads up!

[Canuckistanian]

24. He never came to Ottawa lately

He was in and out of Calgary a few weeks ago, but not here.

[ConcernedCanuk]

26. Not a few weeks ago, Calgary visit/speech by Dim-Son was Tuesday March 17 - St. Paddy's day

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That's only 4 days ago

[Canuckistanian]

35. What was I thinking?

Time drags on during March break, it only SEEMS like weeks ago.

[sammythecat]

31. Heartwarming

Truly heartwarming. Way to go Canada! :applause:

[tomm2thumbs]

32. When Tides Turn.... n/t

[Career Prole]

33. I saw that truck,,,"George Bush - Persona Non Grata"...

...and suddenly I could hear that imbecile again.
"Heh heh. Hey...y'all speak French. What's the sign on that truck sayin'...some kind o' greetin'? Heh heh."

[meuniermr]

34. If the cops let them march thru there * had to be on the other side of the building

and he still had to have heard it even from way over there.

[ClayZ]

37. Bravo, Canada!

K and R

[jimlup]

40. So why the hell can't we put Bush in jail where he belongs...

I mean really, what the fuck are our leaders thinking? We can't let this regime just fade into the sunset.

[reprehensor]

42. Is this from 2004?

Bush was not in Ottawa last week, was he?

[Golden Raisin]

43. Amazing what happens

when you don't have pre-screened, pre-cleared, invited, cherry-picked audiences of the trusted faithful.

[connecticut yankee]

44. Do you think he saw any of it?

They've always done a good job of screening him from his protesters.

[newmac]

45. Why don't we do that in OUR streets?

We should have done the same...

[Krashkopf]

47. Oh, Canada!

Thank you!!!

[ejbr]

48. Wow. n/t

[StopTheNeoCons]

49. THANK YOU CANADA ! ! !

[libodem]

50. What a beautiful mob

God love them! I'm with them in spirit. I don't know how Canada could stand to have him come near their country? Remember how snotty Faux and all the conservative media were about Canada and France when we invaded and occupied Iraq. I saw that interview Charlie Rose did with Kindasleezy and I think she believes her own shit. Astonishing! I'll bet a Bushitler speech would sound much the same. A bunch of canned phrases justifying Fascism and rampant Nationalism.