Why doesn't some reporter with balls report this shit

[bush equals idiot]

http://www.zwire.com/site/printerFriendly.cfm?brd=2259&dept_id=455154&newsid=13207582

[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. Why doesn't some poster with balls excerpt and summarize here first?

[bush equals idiot]

3. If you want to get angy, you'll take the time to read it.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

9. Sorry, I have enough to get angry about without chasing null content.

I have plenty to read without chasing down stuff when the poster can't even be bothered to use a descriptive subject line and summarize the article and excerpt it or even one of the above.

You will have more success if you don't post null content with excrement mentioned in the subject line as bait.

[HEyHEY]

2. I'm on Dial - up the link is screwing me around

What's the story?

[captainjack]

6. soldier gets kicked out of bush "event" for not being on a mster list

of republicans and undecideds. he let a stranger (turned out to be an evil, hate mongering democrat) in line and the republican thugs searched the democrat and told him to leave, even after the guy showed his ticket to be there. then they asked the soldier to leave too cuz he wasn't on the master list of people approved to be there.

fascism in the budding stages.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

12. Thank you. (nt)

[Nite Owl]

8. Here are some excerpts

A 27-year-old registered Republican and member of the U.S. Army, along with three other people around him, was forced to leave the arena before getting inside.

.....
While waiting in line, he noticed a stranger standing alone and invited the person to stand with him.

Not long after showing his own ticket and being told he wasn't part of the "master list" either, the police asked the soldier to leave. He was told the event was for Bush supporters or undecided voters only.

.....

Until Friday when he left the arena, the soldier was an undecided voter. Now he's voting for Sen. Kerry and volunteering for the Kerry-Edwards campaign.

"I thought the whole Bush message was compassionate conservatism. I didn't see anything compassionate from the Bush people," he said.



Bush lost an undecided voter because he stuck up for the Dem in line with him. This should be a juge media story but our spineless media is so scared of this administration.

[truth2power]

4. I get code. Can't read it. n/t

[idiosyncratic]

7. What browser are you using?

I got it. Remainder of article is:

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. . .

"I didn't think that would be a problem," he said.

It turned out to be.

Individuals from the Bush campaign spotted the individual with the soldier and identified the person as a Democratic supporter.

The spotters, and eventually police, asked the Democratic supporter to remove a jacket, a sweater and some other articles of clothing in what was described as basically a police search.

The soldier said the Democratic supporter did what was asked without any complaint. The person also provided a ticket to the event.

The soldier said that when he asked why the person was being hassled, the spotters said the Democrat's name wasn't on their "master list."

"So I asked if we could see the master list? They said they didn't have it," he said.

The soldier said he stood up for the supporter, but was in no way hostile, because he was there to see the president and hoped to justify voting for him.

Not long after showing his own ticket and being told he wasn't part of the "master list" either, the police asked the soldier to leave. He was told the event was for Bush supporters or undecided voters only.

Until Friday when he left the arena, the soldier was an undecided voter. Now he's voting for Sen. Kerry and volunteering for the Kerry-Edwards campaign.

"I thought the whole Bush message was compassionate conservatism. I didn't see anything compassionate from the Bush people," he said.

Carrie Hyun, spokeswoman for Kerry-Edwards Northeast Pennsylvania, after hearing about the incident said she's heard of people being barred from events before, but never a registered Republican about to represent his country during war.

"This only underscores how the Kerry style campaign is different," Hyun said. "Last time I checked, this was a democracy."

Wilkes-Barre Township Police Chief Robert Brozowski said that close to 150 people monitored the event. State and area police, Secret Service members and the state Game Commission made up many of the workers.

"I thought things went very well," Brozowski said.

Brozowski admitted that some people were asked to leave, but he wasn't sure of the specifics of each case.

"What you have to understand," Brozowksi said. "The Republican National Convention had control over the whole arena. They were calling the shots."

Brozowski said he asked his force to conduct themselves with dignity and respect.

"It's not always going to be 100 percent. There will always be a complaint somewhere," Brozowski said.

As for the soldier's complaint, his views on his upcoming duty in Iraq haven't changed.

"I'm given my job and I do that job to the best of my ability. If my job is being over there (Iraq), that's all right," he said. :cry:

[George_S]

5. It works: intro

Soldier, Democratic supporter among those barred entrance
By Citizens' Voice Staff

To hear president speak

Depending on what side of the fence people are on, crowd control was at an all-time high or low at the Wachovia Arena in Wilkes-Barre Township during President Bush's visit Friday.

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A 27-year-old registered Republican and member of the U.S. Army, along with three other people around him, was forced to leave the arena before getting inside.

The Wyoming Valley man who did not want to be identified by name because of his loyalty to his service members is being deployed to Iraq in two weeks. His Army service and status were verified.

He explained that he was attending the event in hopes of finding the right candidate to vote for on Nov. 2.

"I thought seeing Bush would be enough to sway my opinion one way or the other. After today, it definitely has swayed," he said.

While waiting in line, he noticed a stranger standing alone and invited the person to stand with him.

"I didn't think that would be a problem," he said.

It turned out to be.

[PartyPooper]

11. Kerry should run a HUGE ad about this nazi crap!

And, at all of his rallies, JK should berate * and the rest of the disgusting repukes for these brownshirt tactics!

[TahitiNut]

10. ... or some reporter with ovaries?

:eyes:

[JohnnyCougar]

13. because they probably don't know about it

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x816939

Time for some media blasting!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

17. Great Bush Cheney "We were not soldiers" image! (nt)

[JohnnyCougar]

19. Thanks! n/t

[nosmokes]

14. dupe - original here

with a summary...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x927145

[MrBenchley]

15. Uh, did you think it appeared in the paper by magic?

Sure seems like at least one reporter was involved somewhere....

[MADem]

16. Wow

After all of the hassles related to people being unable to get the link or whatever, it turns out this IS an important story. Even the military soldier trying to exercise his democratic rights is disregarded and disrespected by BooooooooshCo. What a sad day for America.

And over in Iraq, it gets even better--the troops have discovered where some of the best hashish in the world can be found, red seal, gold seal, getcher hash here! -- http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=25063 :

Two Task Force Danger soldiers found with hashish in their Iraq barracks rooms have been sentenced to prison terms, according to case summaries prepared by the task force’s staff judge advocate.

Pvt. Edwin Escudero-Betancourt, 21, and Pvt. Jeffrey Vehovic, 25 — both from Company A of the Germany-based 299th Base Support Battalion — pleaded guilty to a single charge of drug possession.

According to the case summary, Escudero-Betancourt found the hashish in a box of watches he had purchased from an Iraqi man who approached him outside his base near Tikrit on June 27. He hid the drug in his portable housing unit and later sold some to Vehovic.

On July 10, military police with drug-sniffing dogs found the hashish during a search of Company A’s barracks.

You've gotta figure this is not an isolated incident, this is a couple of guys who just got caught. In my experience in the ME, the hashish was sold quite openly in the markets--no "hiding it in watch boxes" or anything like that. The governments did not care, so long as you did not try to take it out of the country--that's when they got all "Midnight Express" on anyone's ass.

It's only a matter of time before the 'terrists' deploy the ultimate weapon of mass destruction, HEROIN. No needles required, you can snort it or smoke it, how very convenient. The Taliban is cooking it up hand over fist ever since freedom marched into Afghanistan. There's more than one way to fight a war, just ask Uncle Ho.

And the working dogs to sniff the shit out will probably have better armor than the troops.

What a fucked-up war.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

18. Purchasing box of watches is almost certainly buying stolen property. (nt)