They [the Founding Fathers] were intent upon establishing a Christian commonwealth in accordance with the principle of self-government. They were an inspired body of men. It has been said that God sifted the nations that He might send choice grain into the wilderness .... Who can fail to see in it the hand of destiny? Who can doubt that it has been guided by a Divine Providence. -- Calvin Coolidge ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Protesters Dump Manure at World Bank Headquarters (Update1) By Paul Basken Washington, April 14 (Bloomberg) -- Protesters dumped 4 tons of manure on the street and police braced for more demonstrations as tensions heightened over meetings Sunday and Monday by the World Bank and International Monetary Fund. The manure was dumped outside World Bank headquarters by members of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, who were protesting World Bank support for animal agriculture programs in developing nations. A few blocks away, police with riot helmets, batons and plastic shields surrounded about 100 people who were gathered outside the Treasury Department building to protest U.S. plans to build a ballistic missile defense system. Meanwhile protest organizers, faced with a show of force by a determined police force, downplayed their plans to shut down this weekend's meetings of the World Bank and IMF. The looming confrontation between police and protesters persuaded more federal agencies to close their doors Monday, the second day of the planned IMF and World Bank meetings, and caused the cancellation of a major collegiate rowing event this weekend on the nearby Potomac River. Protesters said raising awareness of their objections to the lenders' policies was more important than disrupting the meetings. `Building a Movement' ``It doesn't matter so much if we shut them down on April 16 because we're going start building a movement to hold them accountable all the time,'' said Laura Jones, a spokeswoman for the Mobilization for Global Justice, a coalition of protest groups gathering in Washington. Two people were arrested for dumping the manure outside World Bank headquarters. One of those arrested wore a cow suit and screamed, ``Meat is murder, meat is murder,'' as he was led off by police. PETA targeted the World Bank for making loans for agriculture projects in countries that have no animal welfare regulations and no environmental regulations, said Bruce Friedrich, a spokesman for PETA. Police continued to prepare for protests by placing metal pedestrian barricades around streets surrounding the White House and the Treasury Department building. Inside, Treasury workers installed plastic sheeting on windows to keep out tear gas. The streets surrounding the World Bank and IMF headquarters remained closed to traffic, and police plan to shut down more streets tomorrow, said a city police spokesman, Quintin Peterson. ``They're going to make sure they have the area reinforced when it's time for those demonstrations,'' Peterson said. Outgrowth The planned protests were initially described by organizers as an outgrowth of demonstrations in December in Seattle at the summit of the World Trade Organization that erupted into sporadic rioting. The Seattle protests prevented some WTO delegates from attending the session, which ended without agreement on a new round of worldwide trade talks. With Washington police demonstrating more preparation and experience in containing protests than their counterparts in Seattle, Jones said the strategy against the IMF and World Bank involves increasing public awareness of the protesters complaints against the IMF and World Bank. ``Whatever happens on the 16th, we're not as concerned with shutting down the meetings,'' she said. ``This isn't exactly Seattle II, you know.'' ``It's more that we've gotten lots of people out here and they're energized and this is an educational activity,'' Jones said. The city's police chief, Charles Ramsey, said his department has had good communications with protest leaders, and does not believe they are backing down. ``That's not the message we've gotten so far -- they've continued to say that their goal is to shut down the World Bank,'' Ramsey said. 10,000 Expected Another spokeswoman for the mobilization, Chloe Frommer, said the protesters, expected to number at least 10,000 at Sunday's main rally, will seek some kind of confrontation with police to grab media attention. ``It could be police and activists, not necessarily violent, but in maybe a standoff, where one's on one side, and the other one's not letting the other one pass,'' Frommer said. The State Department's downtown passport office, and the offices of the Department of Veterans Affairs announced today they will remain closed Monday, the scheduled second and final day of the IMF-World Bank meetings and associated protests. The George Washington Invitational Crew Classic, the largest collegiate rowing competition in the Washington, also was canceled due to concern about the protests, the university announced. Several schools already had withdrawn from the competition, scheduled for tomorrow on the Potomac, several blocks away from the IMF and World Bank buildings. Share Concerns The demonstration outside the Treasury building was part of a weekend of events planned by the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space, said the group's coordinator, Bruce Gagnon. The rally was planned before organizers of the coming weekend's protests were scheduled against the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, although members share the same concerns, Gagnon said. Protesters also planned an evening procession in Dupont Circle, just north of downtown, to protest World Bank and IMF projects in Guatemala, Argentina and India that they see as harmful to native people and the environment, Frommer said. http://quote.bloomberg.com/fgcgi.cgi?ptitle=Top%20World%20News&s1=blk&tp=ad_topright_topworld&T=markets_bfgcgi_content99.ht&s2=blk&bt=blk&s=AOPeX1RVAUHJvdGVz Regards, Bard BUCHANAN-Reform http://gopatgo2000.com/default.htm <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. 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