Pro-life advocates and Sotomayor supporters demonstrate outside the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Monday morning. The two groups were not affiliated with each other.
by Christina Lovato, University of New Mexico-Talk Radio News Service
Robert Laurence “Bob” Barr, Jr., the 2008 Libertarian Party nominee for President talks about today’s “tea party” protests and the importance of a sustained effort among Americans. Barr says it is important that Americans know that the government is limiting their freedom and power.
by Christina Lovato, University of New Mexico-Talk Radio News Service
Robert Laurence “Bob” Barr, Jr., the 2008 Libertarian Party nominee for President and former U.S. Congressman (R-Ga.) , talks about today’s “tea bag” protests and how the use of the internet can educate and organize citizens. (00:34)
Code Pink , an anti-war protest group, gathered outside the, Republican National Committee, to protest the war in Iraq. They said that since U.S. intervention in Iraq more than 4,000 troops have died in combat and the number continues to grow. Code Pink also said that the government spends $11 million an hour, everyday, to fund the Iraq war. Code Pink also called Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) President Bush’s best friend, because Pelosi approved $165 billion to fund the war in Iraq.
Five years after the Iraq invasion, protesters marched on the White House. Organized under “United for Peace and Justice,” participants clothed in military uniforms, black hoods, or orange jumpsuits, congregated outside 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
Various signs protesting torture, gas prices, and the Bush Administration were waved back and forth as individual protesters passed a bullhorn and shouted messages towards the President’s front lawn. “Impeach Bush!” was shouted, along with claiming a citizen’s arrest and “come out with your hands up!”
At least one hundred persons dressed completely in black, wearing white hockey masks, and carrying a large name tags identifying themselves as a dead journalist or activist, walked silently in a circle as one man rang a large cow bell to signify death. The “March of the Dead,” as it was identified, paraded up and down the sidewalk in front of the gates.
