Obama heckled by anti-abortion crowd at Notre Dame university

Started by The Larch, May 18, 2009, 04:29:19 AM

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The Larch

May 18, 2009, 04:29:19 AM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8054650.stm

QuotePresident Barack Obama has been briefly heckled as he addressed students at one of the largest Catholic universities in the US amid a row over abortion rights.

Anti-abortion activists have protested against the president's visit to Notre Dame, in Indiana.

Protests and vigils have been held on and around campus, with several people arrested before Mr Obama's speech.

Saw it in the news this morning, thought you might be interested

derspiess

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May 18, 2009, 09:40:43 AM
I'm pulling all my financial support from Notre Dame for inviting Obama  :mad:
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

Ed Anger

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May 18, 2009, 09:43:18 AM
Quote from: derspiess on May 18, 2009, 09:40:43 AM
I'm pulling all my financial support from Notre Dame for inviting Obama  :mad:

I continue to despise Notre Dame football. Mainly due to rampant Timmayism and Charlie Weis (The Hindenburg of coaches).
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KRonn

#3
May 18, 2009, 09:45:50 AM
This was all over the news this weekend, too much. I tuned in to just see the Pres speak, and he was well received I felt. I got tired of the controversy, but abortion issues brings controversy out, for both sides of the issue.

PDH

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May 18, 2009, 10:23:43 AM
I once heckled the president of my university's student body...I never got news stories.
I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.
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KRonn

#5
May 18, 2009, 11:27:05 AM
Quote from: PDH on May 18, 2009, 10:23:43 AM
I once heckled the president of my university's student body...I never got news stories.
Ah well, tough break. Just try harder next time, go for that tv news fifteen minutes of fame perp drag, dragged into a waiting squad car, kicking and screaming. 

Caliga

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May 18, 2009, 11:38:49 AM Last Edit: May 18, 2009, 11:40:54 AM by Caliga
Quote from: Monkeybutt on May 18, 2009, 09:40:43 AM
(The Hindenburg of coaches).

As in the blimp that crashed and burned in the thirties, or the airship that caught fire while docking in New Jersey in 1937?  :)
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derspiess

#7
May 18, 2009, 11:43:20 AM
Quote from: Caliga on May 18, 2009, 11:38:49 AM
Quote from: Monkeybutt on May 18, 2009, 09:40:43 AM
(The Hindenburg of coaches).

As in the blimp that crashed and burned in the thirties, or the airship that caught fire while docking in New Jersey in 1937?  :)

:mad:  Too soon.
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

Caliga

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May 18, 2009, 11:46:08 AM
Quote from: derspiess on May 18, 2009, 11:43:20 AM
:mad:  Too soon.

Sry  :(  OH THE HUMANITY :weep:
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derspiess

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May 18, 2009, 12:09:42 PM
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

Razgovory

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May 18, 2009, 12:25:03 PM
Quote from: PDH on May 18, 2009, 10:23:43 AM
I once heckled the president of my university's student body...I never got news stories.

It looks like you needed three more people.
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PDH

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May 18, 2009, 12:34:25 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on May 18, 2009, 12:25:03 PM
Quote from: PDH on May 18, 2009, 10:23:43 AM
I once heckled the president of my university's student body...I never got news stories.

It looks like you needed three more people.
I was kinda fat then...
I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.
-Umberto Eco

-------
"I'm pretty sure my level of depression has nothing to do with how much of a fucking asshole you are."

-CdM

MadBurgerMaker

#12
May 18, 2009, 12:45:04 PM
Quote from: PDH on May 18, 2009, 12:34:25 PM
I was kinda fat then...

No need for more people.  Do like KRonn up there said.  Also get yourself tased several times (you'll have to come up with something better than "DON'T TASE ME BRO! OOOOW!" though, which might be difficult).  You'll be all over the news, and it'll be great.  :yes:

Ed Anger

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May 18, 2009, 02:31:39 PM
Quote from: Caliga on May 18, 2009, 11:38:49 AM
Quote from: Monkeybutt on May 18, 2009, 09:40:43 AM
(The Hindenburg of coaches).

As in the blimp that crashed and burned in the thirties, or the airship that caught fire while docking in New Jersey in 1937?  :)

yes
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