Media Coverage of Pro-Peace Groups Opposed to the Obama Surge Intentionally Scarce

      We at VT are going to need to work harder to help Pro-Peace groups and independent minded political candidates get the word out with spreading media coverage via our news and social networks.

      Readers and viewers will be in total denial (naïve to put it simple) if you seriously believe that any dissent to government policies right or wrong will get fair and balanced coverage from Pro-Israel/Pro-War mainstream media.

      There are a few things these two men have in common, CHANGE means nothing to either one, or rest assured each administration can and will maintain a MEDIA BLACKOUT on any dissent to Bush or Obama’s foreign policy.

      In addition, any independent minded political candidate is going to need as much help as he or she can get, because they will not only have to fight an uphill  battle against the Republican Party establishment, they will also have to fight an uphill battle in primaries against the Democratic Party establishment.

THESE ARE THE NEWS STORIES AND LIMITED MEDIA COVERAGE THE AMERICAN VOTER IS BEING KEPT IGNORANT (DUMBED DOWN) ABOUT – IN THIS RESPECT WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OBAMA AND BUSH? THERE IS NONE!!!
 
Suffice it to say that Higgins post above is but the Tip of the Spear of OUTRAGE to Obama’s War(s).

       – A Google term search of Protestors Afghanistan got 2,810,000 hits from around the world. 

       – US braced for surge of protest over war in Afghanistan The conflict in Afghanistan used to be called the ‘forgotten war’. But with the number of soldiers dying there outstripping casualties in Iraq, support – for the fighting and for President Obama – is melting away
U.K. Guardian – The Observer
           http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/sep/27/us-braced-afghanistan-protest-surge
           http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/09/27-3

       – Anti-troop surge protest clears streets in Downtown Minneapolis to push for withdrawal from occupied Afghanistan Hundreds of people turned out to protest the escalation of war in Afghanistan as rush hour filled downtown Minneapolis streets Wednesday night. Marchers convened in the southwest corner of Loring Park at 5:30pm and then motioned cars aside as they took to the streets heading toward downtown on Hennepin Avenue.
Twin Cities Indy Media-Minneapolis http://twincities.indymedia.org/2009/dec/anti-troop-surge-protest-clears-streets-downtown-minneapolis-push-withdrawl-occupied-afghan

       – Antiwar Protests are back in the news. If President Obama thinks the antiwar crowd is going to be silent with what most now concede is Obama’s war in Afghanistan, he would be mistaken. I doubt that though. President Obama knows his decision to surge into Afghanistan is unpopular.
Now Public Crowd Powered Media (Social Network) http://www.nowpublic.com/world/antiwar-protests-are-back-news

       – Residents react to Obama’s troop surge On Wednesday morning, protesters will line up here on the Coolidge Bridge in Northampton to protest the President’s decision. The group is just one of several across the state and around the nation that are protesting. A new Gallup poll revealed how the American people feel about his decision. According to the survey, 35-percent approve of how the President is handling the war in Afghanistan, while 55-percent disapprove. People in western Massachusetts had mixed reactions to the President’s plan. Kim Stillwell told 22News she personal reasons for supporting the troop buildup — her brother is currently serving in Afghanistan. Others people echoed the President’s ideas – saying they need to see results.
22News/WWLP.com (Western Massachusetts) http://www.wwlp.com/dpp/news/residents-react-to-obamas-troop-surge

       – Cambridge residents protest troop surge Cambridge -They didn’t have much time, but about 80 anti-war protesters organized with homemade signs and a brass band in Central Square one night after President Obama announced his plan to send 30,000 more troops into the war in Afghanistan. In left-leaning Cambridge, each of the protesters asked by the Chronicle said they had voted for Obama. "I voted for Obama because he wasn’t George Bush or John McCain. He ran his campaign on an anti-war stance. This is a man who won the Nobel Peace Prize. To see this escalation upsets me because you wonder about the character of the man," Moore said. News from the Cambridge Chronicle. Cambridge, Massachusetts

       – Local military back Obama plan, protesters rally against it President Obama’s Afghanistan plan was met in Colorado Springs Tuesday by a mix of cheers and protests. And for local GIs, it may bring relief after three months of waiting for the White House to issue its Afghanistan strategy. Retired Generals cheered while protestors jeered, so much for balanced reporting, but biased reporting is better than no coverage at all. VT.Ed. Colorado Springs GAZETTE http://www.gazette.com/articles/rally-90106-planning-colorado.html

EDITORS NOTE: We ask our readers, espeically if you are located in Colorado to log onto the Colorado Springs Gazette and tell the so-called reporter doing this story that interviewing only Retired Generals in no way reflects how rank and file troops, especially enlisted troops who will really do the fighting and dying THINK, even if they were allowed to be interviewed by the media. To say that local military, including even rank and file military retirees based on interviewing two Retired Generals is ludicrous. This story is so blatantly BIASED toward military support for Obama’s decision that it ain’t funny. VT. Ed.

       – Students Head to D.C. for Gritty Spring Break Protests This year’s expected participation is lower than last year, with organizers expecting an estimated 100 participants compared to last year’s 150. Other groups are also arranging smaller actions. Our Spring Break’s march that is scheduled on the sixth anniversary of the War in Iraq may be the largest in D.C. on March 19. They attribute this trend to the influence of the new administration in the White House.

"I call it the Obama effect-the idea that now Obama has been elected and we don’t need to do anything anymore,"

       Members of Our Spring Break say that they have felt an opposite effect. They explain that, while they oppose many of President Obama’s policies, most notably the troop surge into Afghanistan, they believe that they now have a chance of being heard. They believe that President George W. Bush’s administration would never have taken their opinions into account.

The Wesleyan Argus Campus Newspaper http://wesleyanargus.com/2009/03/03/students-head-to-dc-for-gritty-spring-break-protests/

EDITORS NOTE: OK, so their numbers are insignificant, but consider this – WE HAVE NO CONSCRIPTION – NO DRAFT. For any college campus to get let’s say a dozen students together to express their views on war(s) they cannot relate to would be near a divine miracle. VT.Ed.

       – War protest follows Obama On his first official vacation since taking office; President Barack Obama has tried to leave his work at home. So some demonstrators are bringing the issues to him. Cape Cod Times (Massachusetts) http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090825/NEWS/908250319/-1/NEWS27

       – N.J. groups protest Obama’s Afghanistan troop-increase strategy TRENTON – Protesters who staged vigils at several locations around New Jersey said President Barack Obama’s decision to increase troop levels in Afghanistan is bad policy. The Associated Press. The Star-Ledger | The Times, Trenton | The Jersey Journal | Gloucester Co. Times
The News of Cumberland County | Today’s Sunbeam

       – Protesters march to oppose Afghan troop surge
KGO-TV San Francisco, CA (ABC TV7) SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — President Obama’s new plan to add troops to the war effort in Afghanistan is bringing people into the streets. See the above video.

       – Protesters decry Afghan war Armed with signs such as "No War for U.S. Empire" and "Welfare, not Warfare," protesters with bullhorns flocked to the steps of the New Haven federal courthouse Wednesday evening to demand an end to the war in Afghanistan. Yale Daily News.

EDITORS NOTE: We are talking Yale here folks AND once again WE DON’T EVEN HAVE THE DRAFT!!!

       – Coalition protest Afghan surge SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
PRINCETON BOROUGH- They stood in the rain holding candles, umbrellas and posters that carried slogans like "No More Quagmire:War Is Not the Answer" and "Employment, Not Deployment." More than three dozen people spent the wet rush hour last night lined up in front of Palmer Square to show their opposition to President Barack Obama plan to dispatch 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan. The Times http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2009/12/coalition_protest_afghan_surge.html

       – Protesters decry Afghan escalation NEW HAVEN – Two separate antiwar protests joined together across from the New Haven Green Wednesday as about 50 people protested President Barack Obama’s decision to send an additional 30,000 troops to Afghanistan. NEW HAVEN Register, Connecticut. http://www.nhregister.com/articles/2009/12/03/news/a3-peacerally.txt

      – Newton antiwar protesters denounce Obama’s Afghan strategy As an unseasonably warm December wind gusted through Newton Centre, 25 peace activists stood on the corner of Centre and Beacon Streets tonight holding signs protesting President Obama’s recent announcement of troop escalation in Afghanistan.Boston.com. (Newton, Massachusetts) http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/newton/2009/12/newton_vigilers_denounce_obama.html