{"article":{"id":37854,"heading":"We're on TV now!","author":"Jones","created":"2003-03-21 23:21:03","modified":"2003-03-25 05:21:04","last_modified":"Tue, 25 Mar 2003 12:21:04","article":"

I saw us on TV!

Iraqi Government TV showed footage of the American protesters. It's great to be a part of Saddam's propaganda machine. Long live brutal dictatorships and one-source media!<\/p>\n","contact":"","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"We're on TV now!","numcomment":28,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2003\/03\/37854.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":37856,"heading":"You should all be shot for treason","article":"Nothing like giving aid & support to the enemy, eh? ","author":"SEIU250","parent_id":37854,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-03-21 23:24:48","modified":"2003-03-21 23:24:48","fileurl":""},{"id":37858,"heading":"mr","article":"You are sick to want to be part of Saddam Hussein's propaganda!!! Why don't you move over to Iraq and put on a uniform and fight against the Americans who have given you nothing but peace and freedom!! You are sick!","author":"R L S","parent_id":37854,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-03-21 23:28:18","modified":"2003-03-21 23:28:18","fileurl":""},{"id":37863,"heading":"I walked the walk.","article":"And I believe this to be a war of brutal aggression sold with lies and PsyOps.\r\n\r\nYou are all dupes or collaborators with the Junta.","author":"Diogenes","parent_id":37854,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-03-21 23:31:35","modified":"2003-03-21 23:31:35","fileurl":""},{"id":37873,"heading":"BIG DEAL","article":"what is the big deal. \r\n\r\nso we are on iraqi tv. why shouldn't we be....\r\n\r\nshouldn't we be on tv all around the world, considering the situation?\r\n\r\nyou people are evidently unconcerned with iraqi freedom. ","author":"k-lush","parent_id":37854,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-03-21 23:39:44","modified":"2003-03-21 23:39:44","fileurl":""},{"id":37881,"heading":"I, too . . .","article":"I, too, wore the uniform of the armed forces during the fist Gulf Massacre. This war is bullshit.\r\nWhy don't you chickenhawks go die for oil. Nothings stopping you. If you're too old, sign up at one of those private war firms they have now, like DYNCORP. If you're too young, lie about your age.","author":"american","parent_id":37854,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-03-21 23:47:05","modified":"2003-03-21 23:47:05","fileurl":""},{"id":37886,"heading":"the "american" is a fucking liar","article":"You never served in the Gulf War so just shut the fuck up. You are a worthless piece of shit that contributes nothing to your country!","author":"Don't call yourself an "american"","parent_id":37854,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-03-21 23:59:02","modified":"2003-03-21 23:59:02","fileurl":""},{"id":37896,"heading":"there ARE a lot of veterans who oppose this war","article":"\r\na lot of veterans do oppose this war. i saw a letter some of them wrote the other day opposing the war. the list of names and ranks at the bottom of the letter was really long. \r\n\r\nthat makes sense considering how badly the USA takes care of it's veterans. you pro-war people say you "Suppor the troops". but you don't really support their safety at this moment. you don't really support their working class families who need help with money and helath care and education. you don't really support their housing and health care needs when they get home. \r\n\r\nshit - YOu people are the ones who really must hate the troops. how else are people supposed to understand your behavior? anti-war people want the troops to have good lives! what do YOU want for them?!","author":"eight minnows","parent_id":37854,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-03-22 00:16:36","modified":"2003-03-22 00:16:36","fileurl":""},{"id":37907,"heading":"Children","article":"Giddy little children saw them selves on TV and on the enemy TV no less. Is your mom and dad proud of their little offspring being used as propaganda for the enemy?","author":"Skinner","parent_id":37854,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-03-22 00:21:15","modified":"2003-03-22 00:21:15","fileurl":""},{"id":37920,"heading":"again: what is the big deal?","article":"again: what is the big deal? \r\n\r\nit's just tv. sheesh. i know you pro-war people are just kidding about the whole "iraqi freedom" thing but do you have to be so blatantly in favor of censorship?","author":"hi","parent_id":37854,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-03-22 00:36:07","modified":"2003-03-22 00:36:07","fileurl":""},{"id":37951,"heading":"peace to the Gulf War vets","article":"above is another example of a gulf war vet being silenced.\r\n\r\nlast night on CSPAN, a call in show was disrupted when another gulf war vet called in and complained about this\r\nadministration's and the previous bush administration's total\r\nlack of regard for veterans who are suffering from gulf\r\nwar syndrome and all the bizzare diseases that they are\r\ngetting not only from their exposure to biological weapons but also to the inoculations that the military gave them\r\nthat were supposed to be protection against the effects\r\nof those weapons.\r\nthe tv announcer cut off his call and went to a rebroadcast\r\nof bush's speech.\r\n\r\nwhat more can be said, especially when there is only one\r\nmember of congress who has a son in the military.\r\n\r\nthe pro-war morons above need to get a brain, buy a\r\nbook on the constitution of the US, and learn what America\r\nis really about...please use your brain instead of your \r\ndick\r\n","author":"mediawatcher","parent_id":37854,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-03-22 01:05:38","modified":"2003-03-22 01:05:38","fileurl":""},{"id":37953,"heading":"whaaattt?!!!","article":"\r\nONLY ONE MEMBER OF CONGRESS HAS A SON IN THE MILITARY?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!!!!\r\n\r\nIS THIS TRUE?!?!?!!","author":"page eight","parent_id":37854,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-03-22 01:08:46","modified":"2003-03-22 01:08:46","fileurl":""},{"id":37954,"heading":"so we're on tv in iraq..big deal","article":"isn't it ironic that iraq is the dictatorship we \r\nare supposed to be fighting, and yet with the \r\ngrowing demands for censorship of dissent and\r\nthe general fact that the major media outlets are\r\njust a bunch of one-sided military suck-asses, \r\nits starting to look like a DICKtatorship over\r\nhere. god damn america!","author":"impeachbush","parent_id":37854,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-03-22 01:09:33","modified":"2003-03-22 01:09:33","fileurl":""},{"id":37956,"heading":"yes its true","article":"yes...this fact has been established in numerous\r\nprogressive news outlets, while the mainstream has\r\ntossed it aside. makes it easier for congress and\r\namericans to bend over to bush's will to war, doesn't it.","author":"mediawatcher","parent_id":37854,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-03-22 01:12:37","modified":"2003-03-22 01:12:37","fileurl":""},{"id":37960,"heading":"What would happen","article":"What would happen if the major media talked about the stuff that you want them to talk about?\r\n\r\nEverybody would change the channel.\r\n\r\nAt least you have the Internet to protest your government. More than the Iraqis have. Until next week.","author":"Genius","parent_id":37854,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-03-22 01:20:38","modified":"2003-03-22 01:20:38","fileurl":""},{"id":37986,"heading":"Y'all realize this is a joke, right?","article":"How exactly would an American in L.A. see Iraqi state television?\r\n\r\nIt's a fake story trying to make a point and\/or smear peace activists. Duh.","author":"JK","parent_id":37854,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-03-22 02:44:37","modified":"2003-03-22 02:44:37","fileurl":""},{"id":38028,"heading":"DEMOCRACY IN USA","article":"BUSH JUST DICTATED TO THE WORLD HOW IT'S GONNA BE, REGARDLESS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW AND YOU'RE WHINING ABOUT ME PROTESTING THIS ?\r\n\r\nTHE ARMY DOESN'T DESERVE TO FIGHT FOR CHENEYS OIL .\r\n\r\nUNJUST WAR\r\n\r\nTHAT IS WHY DEMOCRATIC COUNTRIES OPPOSE IT AND MOSTLY DICTATORSHIPS OR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO GET UP OUR A$$ FOR $$$$$$$$ ARE AIDING THE U.S.","author":"DEMOCRACY","parent_id":37854,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-03-22 04:50:21","modified":"2003-03-22 04:50:21","fileurl":""},{"id":38031,"heading":"STOP SHOUTING","article":"Lower your voice, asshole, and don't be rude.","author":"klaatu","parent_id":37854,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-03-22 04:57:20","modified":"2003-03-22 04:57:20","fileurl":""},{"id":38035,"heading":"Ah well as long as its entertaining then","article":""Everybody would change the channel."\r\n\r\nAnd it wouldn't do at all to have the people change the channel, would it? Or, undergod forbid... Turn the damn thing off?!? That would be 'beyond the pale' (doesn't that POS phrase just make you want to hit something?).\r\n\r\nAnd lets consider, what creates good ratings? Violence and sex. Thats it. The two are basically the same thing in a lot of ways. Good thing our administration has such a keen grasp of how to keep the viewers attention ("yeah billybob drop another MOAB, we're loosing 'em here...").\r\n\r\nUndergod forbid that we discuss such boring topics as peace, not killing people, healthcare, education reform, ending racism, and not being afraid all the time. That would just completely fuck up the system wouldn't it.\r\n\r\nTV is such a worthless waste of space. Who cares whats on it. Nothing but lies and propoganda anyways. Everyone has an angle. The only chance you have at survival is an open forum where you can be exposed to everyones angle, and pick which one is closest aligned to your personal angle. Whats that you say? You didn't know that YOU are allowed to have an angle of your very own?!? Wow you should try it sometime. Independant thought and decision making. What a world. Almost as if we lived in a free country...\r\n\r\nYou fascist assholes with your 'agree with us or shut up. shut up or get out.', you are such a damn disgrace to this great nation.\r\n\r\nBut thank undergod and lord ashcroft for this wonderfully free country of the freely free people who love freedom in all its godly glor. Terror bad. Freedom good. Free. Peace. Terror. Free.","author":"Pissed Off in Ohio","parent_id":37854,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-03-22 05:07:27","modified":"2003-03-22 05:07:27","fileurl":""},{"id":38078,"heading":"wanted for war crimes","article":"Wanted for war crimes against humanity. \r\nSharone, Bush, and Blair. These three have been killing innocent cilvillians and commiting genocide against the palastian peoples. The three should be brought to the new international war crimes tribunal and stand trial with their fellow dicator Millosivich and soon to be captured Sadam\r\n","author":" four legs good two legs bad","parent_id":37854,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-03-22 06:48:20","modified":"2003-03-22 06:48:20","fileurl":""},{"id":38085,"heading":"genius my ass","article":"hey genus-moronus\r\nin iraq and many other third world countries they do have the\r\ninternet, particular in public internet cafes, shows how much\r\nyou know about the middle east","author":"mediawatcher","parent_id":37854,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-03-22 07:03:09","modified":"2003-03-22 07:03:09","fileurl":""},{"id":38198,"heading":"on da news..","article":"All you "Americans", whining about how un-patriotic us "protesters" are..What a Joke!!!.. Does your idea of "Freedom of Speech" include demonizing the Dixie Chicks for their beliefs..Or how About "Freedom To Assemble" Why are these protestors blocking traffic"...Waaaaahhhh....nstead of worrying about tax-dollars, traffic back-up, and being late for work, why don't you support these folks standing up for something they believe in..Oh, but if it doesn't include "supporting the troops", well than we're a bunch of Saddam supporters, right?! That's garbage, and I bet most of the people saying it don't believe it themselves...The war must end!!!!..Blocking the streets is just the first step...How about coming down a litlle harder on LAPD, swinging their billy-clubs, like they're aiming for a pinata...Pigs, will be Pigs....","author":"wilshireshutdwn","parent_id":37854,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-03-22 09:14:50","modified":"2003-03-22 09:14:50","fileurl":""},{"id":38202,"heading":"doublespeak","article":"Propaganda thats anti american?\r\nHow can citizens taking to the streets to exercise thier 1st amendment consitutional rights help Saddam?\r\n\r\nIts un-american to act like an american?\r\nIts un-american to use the rights that make you an american?\r\n\r\nHow can Saddam say we are working for him?\r\nIf anything it would work against him because we are allowed to protest here, and only get harrassed and beaten by the police.\r\nIn Iraq you might get shot for doing the same thing.....","author":"systemfailure","parent_id":37854,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-03-22 09:31:36","modified":"2003-03-22 09:31:36","fileurl":""},{"id":38258,"heading":"Another veteran for peace","article":"At tonight's protest. She told me she served in Vietnam.","author":"Brian Flemming","parent_id":37854,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2003-03-22 13:06:50","modified":"2005-08-15 01:17:16","fileurl":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2003\/03\/veteran-for-peace.jpg","image":{"original":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2003\/03\/veteran-for-peace.jpg"}},{"id":38260,"heading":"The ENEMY IS AMERICA","article":""Iraqi Government TV showed footage of the American protesters. It's great to be a part of Saddam's propaganda machine. Long live brutal dictatorships and one-source media!"\r\n\r\nWho are you talking about America? Your American Empire is a Global DICTATORSHIP that attempts to enforce its Bloody RULE of the entire planet through Daisy Cutter Bombs and Fuel Air Explosives. \r\n\r\nThe truth Dictator on this planet is the American Empire--and Empire that deserves to be destroyed once and for all.\r\n\r\nAs for Iraqi TV, they are only reporting what the Global Media in general is reporting--that the dissent against America's Bloody policies around the world is rising even here in the Belly of the Beast. Too bad, America's Phony Free Press has desperately tried to downplay and minimize these protests.\r\n\r\n\r\n","author":"Destroy the American Reich","parent_id":37854,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2003-03-22 13:18:34","modified":"2005-08-15 01:17:16","fileurl":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2003\/03\/burn_america_burn.jpg","image":{"original":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2003\/03\/burn_america_burn.jpg"}},{"id":38273,"heading":"Do not destroy America","article":"Rebuild it.\r\nwow","author":"Sheepdog","parent_id":37854,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-03-22 13:20:36","modified":"2003-03-22 13:20:36","fileurl":""},{"id":39147,"heading":"Oil is not patriotic","article":"What is your idea of supporting the enemy? How about when George Bush Sr. gave Saddam Hussein chemical weapons as a gift? This is about oil pal, the Bush family oil business. All of us are pawns, especially the soldiers. Bring them home! ","author":"Kerrie","parent_id":37854,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-03-24 02:50:33","modified":"2003-03-24 02:50:33","fileurl":""},{"id":39171,"heading":"END THE RACIST ZIONIST MACHINE","article":"The Rise of Black, white, Asian, and Hispanic Nationalism against criminal-zionist-state-control Commence! Sorry other races ya ain't big enough!","author":"Rise against the zionist-state control system","parent_id":37854,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-03-24 03:27:19","modified":"2003-03-24 03:27:19","fileurl":""},{"id":39746,"heading":"more fit","article":"we would all get a little more exercise. maybe we wouldn't be the unfit country that we are...gotta love your couch potato laziness","author":"carrie","parent_id":37854,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-03-25 05:21:04","modified":"2003-03-25 05:21:04","fileurl":""}]}