DRANT #254: DAISY CHAIN OF DEATH

“That really pisses me off down there, Those assholes,” a sharp-eared Wall
Street Journal reporter overheard Skelton say to the committee’s ranking
Republican member Duncan Hunter of California. A staffer came to the rescue
later, shutting off Skelton's microphone.

IT'S TIME.
Its time for you and me and everyone we know to get up off our asses and SHOW UP.
Show up tomorrow at the shadow play at The Cannon Caucus Room.
Show up this weekend, SATURDAY the 15th in DC, or WHEREVER.
Show up next week, in DC or WHEREVER.

Reverend Yearwood waited patiently on line to witness his EMPLOYEES- namely the members of Congress and An Army General-
put on a murderous charade.
But if he wanted to watch it, that was up to him.
He is one of us We The Peoples ya know ? Us assholes.
They wouldn't let him in.
WHY was he not allowed in ?
It was a public hearing. Ya know, us assholes.
WHY was he arrested ?
He committed no crime.
WHY was he thrown to the ground by a posse of cops ?
The cops say he jumped the line, and resisted arrest.
Uh oh.
There's a complete and unedited video of the bust.
Just like NY in the summer of 2004, the EVIDENCE is irrefutable.
Yearwood did nothing.
The cops attacked him.
And- there's other irrefutable video evidence- hours of it-
showing General Pet and The Congressional Co Conspirators in their daisy chain of death.

So watcha gonna do ?
One thing you are NOT gonna do-
And that's tell me you didn't know.
YOU KNOW.

Capitol Hill Police "football tackled" Activist who was in line to enter hearing room for General Petreaus' testimony on Capitol Hill

Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Jr., president of the Hip Hop Caucus, was attacked by six capitol police today, when he was stopped from entering the Cannon Caucus Room on Capitol Hill, where General Petreaus gave testimony today to a joint hearing for the House Arms Services Committee and Foreign Relations Committee on the war in Iraq.
Watch the complete VIDEO HERE:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiradcejA6o

After waiting in line throughout the morning for the hearing that was scheduled to start at 12:30pm, Rev. Yearwood was stopped from entering the room, while others behind him were allowed to enter. He told the officers blocking his ability to enter the room, that he was waiting in line with everyone else and had the right to enter as well. When they threatened him with arrest he responded with "I will not be arrested today." According to witnesses, six capitol police, without warning, "football tackled" him. He was carried off in a wheel chair by DC Fire and Emergency to George Washington Hospital.

Rev. Yearwood said as he was being released from the hospital to be taken to central booking, "The officers decided I was not going to get in Gen. Petreaus' hearing when they saw my button, which says 'I LOVE THE PEOPLE OF IRAQ.'"

Capitol Police are not saying what the charges are, but an inside source has said that the charge is assaulting a police officer. Rev. Yearwood is scheduled to be transferred to Central Processing to be arraigned tomorrow morning.

The incident was recorded by an observer and is available on YouTube WhyNotNews http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiradcejA6o.

For further information contact: Liz Havstad at liz@hiphopcaucus.org or 510 206 6749.
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Hey alla ya !
Congratulations !
Never been prouder to know such a bunch of "assholes"
at least that's what they called ya !
At last, some recognition !!!!

"...the video is gripping. the deadpan of petraeus, the dragging of dissenting
voices out of the room. another little moment of american history, captured
live." (Ned Sublette)

Watch on the Big Screen !

http://rawstory.com//news/2007/War_criminal_cries_get_protesters_quickly_0910.html

'War criminal' cries get protesters quickly removed from hearing
09/10/2007 @ 12:48 pm
Filed by Nick Juliano

As soon as Rep. Ike Skelton gaveled a joint Congressional hearing to order
this morning, protesters could be heard yelling "war criminal" at Army Gen.
David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker, who were about to testify about
conditions in Iraq.

At least one woman could be heard shouting briefly, before Skelton (D-MO)
ordered anyone who disrupted the proceedings to be removed from the hearing
room.

"Out they go," Skelton said. He paused a few seconds, then asked no one in
particular, "Are they gone?"

At least a half-dozen protesters were arrested during the course of Monday's
hearing, and their presence visibly iritated Skelton.

“That really pisses me off down there, Those assholes,” a sharp-eared Wall
Street Journal reporter overheard Skelton say to the committee’s ranking
Republican member Duncan Hunter of California. A staffer came to the rescue
later, shutting off Skelton's microphone.

Members of the anti-war group Code Pink have been a near constant presence
at hearings on the Iraq war, and several members have been removed from
hearings and arrested for other Capitol Hill protests.

It was not clear who was removed Monday, nor whether they were arrested or
will face criminal charges.

Petraeus and Crocker are making their first appearance on the Hill Monday to
assess the results of President Bush's troop surge, which began earlier this
year.

Later in the hearing more protesters were removed, including one who
appeared to be Adam Kokesh, an Iraq veteran who has become a leading figure
in the anti-war movement. Several more Code Pink members and other anti-war
activists remained in the hearing room, and some members worried about
further disruptions.

As Petraeus was delivering his testimony, another protester began shouting,
"That's a lie," as Petraeus accused Iran of supporting insurgents in Iraq.

"Would the entire group that's back there supporting that person be
removed," Skelton requested.

The video is from MSNBC's News Live, broadcast on September 10.
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PLUS THIS-- The great Ray M !
'Swear Him In'

By Ray McGovern

If Petraeus is so honest and full of integrity, what possible objection could he have to being sworn in? - Should generals be immune? Or did Petraeus' masters wish to give him a little more assurance that he could play fast and loose with the truth without the consequences encountered by Scooter Libby?
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18355.htm
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Quote of The Day:
"...The trouble with Eichmann was precisely that so many were like him,
and that the many were neither perverted nor sadistic, that they were, and
still are, terribly and terrifyingly normal. From the viewpoint of our
legal institutions and of our moral standards of judgment, this normality
was much more terrifying than all the atrocities put together..."
Hannah Arendt
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