50-foot 'Mission Accomplished?'banner unfurled in front of White House

[cal04]

At an event held in front of the White House grounds today, Americans United for Change and Americans Against Escalation in Iraq unfurled a version of the infamous "Mission Accomplished" banner, with one notable difference: Theirs ended with a question mark.

The "Mission Accomplished?" protest comes in advance of tomorrow's fourth anniversary of the speech President George Bush made on May 1, 2003 on the USS Abraham Lincoln to declare major combat operations in Iraq complete.

"In the battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed," Bush proclaimed during that 2003 speech, below a banner that read "Mission Accomplished."

But Brad Woodhouse of Americans United for Change disagrees. "Four years after President Bush said the war was over, four years after he stood before the banner 'Mission Accomplished' on the USS Abraham Lincoln and four years into a tortured and failed policy in Iraq – US forces are still caught in the crosshairs of a civil war with no end in sight."

http://rawstory.com/news/2007/50foot_Mission_Accomplished_banner_unfurled_in_0430.html

[Catshrink]

1. I wonder if little Georgie saw it

and, if so, he threw a temper tantrum.

That's if KKKarl let him look out the window today.

[TheCowsCameHome]

12. Someone would have to read it to him

[Catshrink]

20. hehehe

:evilgrin:

Do you know why he said Saddam was seeking Uranium from Africa in the infamous SOTU? His handlers didn't dare put Niger on the teleprompter.

[NorCalDem]

21. Lol, i've heard the "niger" joke before.

But man that one makes me laugh every time :)

[JNelson6563]

31. Hadn't heard that one,

:rofl:

[fudge stripe cookays]

40. .

Niger, PLEASE.

[heliarc]

53. HAHAHA

Had to do it didn't you? Fun-ny

[SammyWinstonJack]

32. Someone would have to explain the question mark to him.

[OnyxCollie]

35. He's only familiar with commas.

[krispos42]

42. Oooo, nice pic

:yourock:

[Roon]

2. Nice!

Trust me, if Bush would have known how the Iraq war was going to turn out, he would have never landed on that carrier that day!!!

[frogcycle]

14. what great insight you have

:sarcasm:

[Jamastiene]

17. You reckon?

:rofl:

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

26. Trust you that Bush would have shown common sense and dignity?

He didn't give a shit then and he doesn't give a shit now, trust me! MKJ

[Cameron27]

3. That's very good!

Excellent protest display!

[babylonsister]

4. Recommend, and I hope the dim one saw it. nt

[Richard Steele]

5. Brilliant! Codpieces for everyone!

[frogcycle]

16. damn, that would be a great theme for all future protests!

EVERYBODY wear absurdly padded codpieces

maybe decorate them in red white and blue!



gadzooks, we need Michael Moore to dress up like bush and start doing public appearances

[badgerpup]

22. Where's the Black Adder?

Black Adder #1, I believe it was, sporting 'The Black Russian' as he dubbed it.
His mother the queen called it 'this enormous nonsense', IIRC....:spray:

Fresh horses!
:rofl:
I loves me some Rowan Atkinson....:loveya:

[Richard Steele]

23. Not on the first ten pages of GoogleImageSearch™/ search: "blackadder + codpiece", that's fer shure.

Atkinson fan myself; that's PRECISELY the pic I had in mind!

Couldn't find it; had to settle for those pics of King Enery and
the Ambiguously Gay Duo.

Not at all a satisfactory substitute, ItellyaWhut!

[Crunchy Frog]

54. Did somebody ask for a Black Adder codpiece?

[Richard Steele]

56. Now that's what I'm talking about! nm

[Carolina]

47. your DU name

coupled with your post say it all!

:rofl::rofl::rofl:

[Richard Steele]

55. It's actually funnier than you think. nm

[Captain Hilts]

6. EXCELLENT!!

[chknltl]

7. That will make a nice AFTER IMPEACHMENT banner too. eom

[Z_I_Peevey]

41. Excellent idea. n/t

[globalvillage]

8. Awesome.

That's Capt. Powers on the left.

:loveya:

[StarryNite]

9. Perfect!

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[ClayZ]

10. K and R

[snappyturtle]

11. Saw the ads Americans United for Change

had on TV this evening!!!!! Wonderful and this banner is the icing on the cake! K&R

[Jamastiene]

13. Bush, Congress, and Haliburton should have to repay the

American people every red cent of our tax money that they have spent on the "war" for the last 4 years. Mission Accomplished, remember? They shouldn't keep asking for more money in that case.

[jwirr]

33. This has been my thought also: Profiteers should be taxed at a

very high percentage.

[Tekla West]

39. I'm so sorry, you are wrong.

War profiteers should not be taxed. What they are doing is against the law, they should be put in jail and all the money, property ect seized under the RICO Act. They fit the law to the letter, operating an "ongoing criminal enterprise."

[jwirr]

48. All wars are not criminal. This one is.

[Jamastiene]

57. The should have to pay it all back AND

be put in jail.

[The Wizard]

46. They're the ones

who got the biggest tax breaks.

[FloridaJudy]

15. Absolutely Fabulous! K&R n/t

[karlrschneider]

18. He was right! Here's his quote:

"In the battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed," Bush proclaimed.

But then the AWOL Chimp doesn't know the difference between 'battle', 'war', 'invasion' or 'occupation.'

He was hung over & absent the day they taught political science in PoliSci 101.

[Merlot]

19. gw's mission WAS accomplished

He got permanent military bases in Iraq. He got control of the oil. His cronies are making huge profits. He's bankrupting America, so that all those pesky "social" programs (social security, medicade, etc) can no longer be afforded.

Yes, his mission was accomlished. And his people in the know recognize that.


edit: typos

[rfranklin]

25. You're absolutely right...it all went as planned...

We will be there for the next twenty years. No president after Dumbya will want to upset the apple cart of oil acquisition. The American people will be furious when they have to pay five or six dollars a gallon and the profiteers will put out a hit on him or her.

[hippiechick]

36. Bingo!

:( Unfortunately, you are completely correct.

[Breeze54]

24. I just love and admire these patriots!

Thanks for bringing this event to my attention, cal04! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

:kick: & Recommended!

[malaise]

27. The more MSM refuses to cover

the view of the majority, the sooner even sheeple understand the complicity between Bushco and MSM.

[SpiralHawk]

28. Commander AWOL deserves to have his lies rubbed in his face

We don't need no steenking republicon liars and war profiteers

[blueworld]

29. Where in the world was Matt Lauer?

I saw the ad on TV over the last two days, but has anyone seen ANY MSM coverage of this banner & protest at all? Maybe I've been missing it?
:shrug:

[nolabels]

34. Doesn't Dana Milbank just work down the street from there also?

Perhaps it's just getting to point where they just want us to ignore them instead. This could be a just as well. It always seemed to me that those whorish kind of people often come across as kinda shallow anyway :shrug:

Colbert Shocks the Media Silent
By Greg Mitchell, Editor & Publisher. Posted May 4, 2006.
http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/35804/

[bdamomma]

30. they should rub that sign right into *'s face.

[Jcrowley]

37. Kick and Rec

[EVDebs]

38. The Iraw War Resolution needs to go

If the 'war' is over and the 'occupation' is the operative word now, shouldn't the Iraq War Resolution be discarded or revised ?

[socretes73]

43. Next Anniversary to Celebrate

BRING IT ON!!!!!!!!!!!

[katty]

44. great!!! stick it in their faces!

[Divine Discontent]

45. LOL

oh to be there! that looks great to stick it to him with... and to have this bill go before him on the 4th anniversary of his PROPHETIC saying, since you know God speaks TO him and all, is genius

www.cafepress.com/warisprofitable <<-- check it out, top '08 stuff

[Maestro]

49. Love it!

Unfortunately it is a question that Bushler will never answer. A$$wipe!

[fedupinBushcountry]

50. That is Capt. Jonathan Powers

with the microphone in his hand, I heard he may be running for Congress against Reynolds in N.Y.

He also has an excellent post up at Huffington Post.

Mission Accomplished?

When President Bush landed on the USS Abraham Lincoln four years ago tomorrow, my soldiers and I were preparing ourselves to deploy into Baghdad. We listened intently to the speech he gave because he was our Commander in Chief and we were preparing to go into battle under his command.


My soldiers and I watched as our comrades blitzed their way to Baghdad and in a few short weeks toppled Saddam's regime, even tearing down the dictators statues along the way.

I was honored to be leading my platoon into a battle which I believed would both defend our nation and bring freedom to an oppressed people.


As the president stood in front of the now infamous Mission Accomplished banner and announced, "my fellow Americans: Major combat operations in Iraq have ended. In the battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed," a tremendous sense of pride filled my soul.


Our leader, the man standing on the deck of an aircraft carrier half way around the world, exuded so much confidence that my soldiers and I mentally prepared ourselves for a short six month stint in Iraq's capital. I was a believer!


"Now," the president said, "our coalition is engaged in securing and reconstructing that country." I understood this, but I began to question why only days before convoying to Baghdad we still did not have any idea what our mission was going to be. I searched out an infantry platoon sergeant to train my artillery men on basic tactics such as raiding houses or patrolling down streets. I still expected that our leader had a plan for us to execute. I may have questioned, but I was a believer.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jonathan-powers/mission-accomplished_b_47299.html

[Martin Eden]

51. The banner was just displayed on Countdown!!!

Olberman will rip the chimp a new one today, I'm sure.

[cureautismnow]

52. Bush-boy is our Brave Zero