Updates, What to Look For, Whatever.

Hey folks,

It’s Sunday morning. The Sunday morning talk shows will be starting up soon. Whatever will be their topics? Here’s what to look for. The anti-war protest that I told you about on Friday. It’s still too early, and no one has an actual number, but it seems that some "ten’s of thousands" is the "number" some are throwing out there. Nowhere near the hundred thousand that they wanted. Interesting if you think about this, the phrase "tens of thousands," as was used by Reuters is EXACTLY how they are reporting it now. I guess they’re looking for confirmation. I wonder what the REAL number is.

At any rate, the big story this morning seems to be this protest. Reuters report,

Chanting "bring our troops home," tens of thousands of anti-war protesters rallied in front of the U.S. Capitol on Saturday to pressure the government to get out of Iraq.

Here is where they attempt to justify their "prediction,"

Tens of thousands of people attended the rally on the National Mall, according to a park police officer.

But the AP reports that,

United for Peace and Justice, a coalition group sponsoring the protest, had hoped 100,000 would come. They claimed even more afterward, but police, who no longer give official estimates, said privately the crowd was smaller than 100,000.

I do truly wonder what the real number is. Both go on to talk about the stars, the anti-war crowd, even attempt to give more credit to the pointless protest by reporting that there were some families that lost loved ones in Iraq.

In the crowd, a group of families of soldiers killed in Iraq held pictures of their loved ones, including one photo of a soldier in full dress uniform lying in a coffin.

Uh OK. If I lost my Son in a car accident, I would be mad, hurt, ETC. If I lost him in a fire, flood, whatever, I would have the same emotions. If he CHOSE to sign up and go fight a war, and he died, I would be hurt, sad, but also PROUD. By hey, that’s me.

Here is something you need to look for as well. This just made me sick. The AP reported,

At the rally, 12-year-old Moriah Arnold stood on her toes to reach the microphone and tell the crowd: "Now we know our leaders either lied to us or hid the truth. Because of our actions, the rest of the world sees us as a bully and a liar."

This kid is being used by her idiot parents, and now she will be used by the MMD. No twelve year old little girl is going to make a statement like this without be prompted. Watch her be the new "face" or the protest.

This is bad for the Democrats that got elected in. Not for President Bush. Like the Christian Science Monitor is reporting,

"What's happening is, the left is trying to stiffen the resolve of the mainline Demo-crats," says Dr. Williams, who's also a retired naval reserve captain. The question for the political left on the eve of major demonstrations, he says, is "Do you want to be effective, or do you want to be cathartic?"

Along with the protest. You also have Iran. First,

The lawmaker, Alaeddin Boroujerdi, said the installation under way at an Iranian uranium enrichment plant "stabilizes Iran's capability in the field of nuclear technology," IRNA reported.


but now this morning, "No we’re not."

It was not immediately clear why the two officials made contradicting statements. Iranian officials have in recent weeks said the country was moving toward large-scale enrichment involving 3,000 centrifuges, which spin uranium gas into enriched material.

Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini refused to elaborate on the discrepancy Sunday, saying only that the contradicting remarks were a "technical matter."

"Let the organization elaborate on it at a convenient time," Hosseini said.

Hosseini also said that Russia's national security adviser, Igor Ivanov, arrived in Tehran on Sunday for talks with top leaders, including President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Ali Larijani, the country's nuclear negotiator.

Yes they are. Now the Russian Security Adviser is going over to talk to them about this very thing.

I wrap it up today with this. This is funny, but you have to pay attention to find the humor in it. As you probably know, Speaker Pelosi is touring the war. This morning we get this report from the AP,

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ate breakfast with soldiers from California on Sunday and met briefly with top military leaders at the largest U.S. base in Afghanistan, an official said.

Pelosi and her congressional delegation stopped at the U.S. base in Bagram for about an hour, where she thanked soldiers from the 10th Mountain and 82nd Airborne divisions for their service, said Lt. Col. David Accetta, a U.S. military spokesman.

The Headline of this article is "Pelosi meets with troops in Afghanistan" {laughing} The rest of the article talks about how she met with this and that foreign leader, and will be meeting with more. You know what they say about a picture saying a thousand words? Well, what picture did the AP use to show Pelosi "meeting with the troops" THIS ONE. {Laughing hard}


Anyway, enjoy the morning protest rush. See you in a little bit for the IWA.
Peter

Sources:
Reuters- Tens of thousands demand U.S. get out of Iraq
AP-Crowds on both coasts protest Iraq war
CSM-Antiwar protesters target Congress
AP-Iran says it's installing centrifuges
AP-Report: Iran denies centrifuge work
AP-Pelosi meets with troops in Afghanistan