2,000 attend rally in San Francisco to oppose Bush (10 arrests - Cindy was there)

Oakland Tribune ^ | 11/3/05 | Josh Richman

[NormsRevenge]

SAN FRANCISCO — About 2,000 people rallied and marched Wednesday to urge President Bush's ouster from office. Organizers insisted this "The World Can't Wait: Drive Out the Bush Regime" event was only the beginning of a national, ongoing movement that won't rest until the president leaves office. Similar rallies occurred in cities across the nation Wednesday, the anniversary of Bush's re-election.

Though the majority of San Francisco protesters were peaceful, there were a few incidents.

Someone threw a crude firebomb against a wall of the San Francisco Chronicle building at Fifth and Mission streets, causing no damage or injuries but burning the shoulder of a police officer's jacket. And a few protesters staged a sit-in blocking a downtown intersection toward the day's end.

San Francisco police Sgt. Neville Gittens reported 13 arrests, all on or near Eighth and Market streets: 11 for blocking traffic and two for possession of "Molotov cocktail"-type firebombs.

Speakers at the noon Civic Center Plaza rally included "peace mom" Cindy Sheehan of Berkeley, whose August vigil outside the president's Crawford, Texas, ranch made international headlines.

Suspended from a pink ribbon around her neck Wednesday was a photo of her son, Casey, a soldier killed in Baghdad in April 2004.

"He's damaged the world, he's damaged our country, he's damaged my family," Sheehan said of Bush. "He's trying to steal our humanity, and we can't let him, we must resist that."

State Sen. Carole Migden, D-San Francisco, also addressed the rally, calling Bush "a heartless, corrupt, inconsistent, uncaring, disastrous president."

Citing the mounting death toll in Iraq, erosion of American civil liberties, the botched response to Hurricane Katrina and other calamities, she said "we couldn't have made this up, this is beyond imagination.

We're going to take back our lives and our futures." Organizers had urged college and high school students to walk out of classes to attend Wednesday's events, and the crowd included many youths.

Marchers left Civic Center via Polk Street to 10th Street, turned left on Mission Street, left again on Third Street, and left again on Market Street to return to the Civic Center for a closing rally.

Oakland High School senior Jesse Green, 16, took the stage to read an anti-Bush poem he'd written. Afterward, he claimed school officials had taken Draconian measures — putting up barbed wire, greasing the campus fences to prevent climbing, locking gates and adding extra security guards — to keep students from walking out.

"There were supposed to be more of us, a hundred, coming out," he said. "A few of us made it, about 14."

But no such measures were visible at the school later Wednesday. Principal Clement Mok said administrators "don't discourage them (students) from attending political stuff, we just require them to have parental consent to leave campus for any reason" — a legal requirement.

Mok said although no students offered parental consent Wednesday, up to 50 hopped fences or found other ways off campus. "If a student is going to force their way out, we're not going to physically restrain them."

[hsalaw]

"event was only the beginning of a national, ongoing movement that won't rest until the president leaves office."

Well, of course Pres. Bush is going to eventually leave office. And the loonys will claim credit for the expiration of his term? Losers.

[NormsRevenge]

FRom the web site of the organizers..

San Francisco Report

There were 3-4,000 people at the count at the Civic Center rally. 2,000 people at the beginning of the march. There was major participation by high school students. At least 15 high schools participated - not just Berkeley and San Francisco, but also Union City, Lafayette, and other areas. Some schools authorities said students could go, but at schools like Oakland High and Oakland Tech, students had to climb fences to get out. 200 or more Berkeley High students came, along with UC Berkeley students.

The march was very high energy and militant. At the end part of march down Market St (the main street through San Francisco), police lined both sides of the street to keep people from joining. Hundreds joined the march anyway, but probably many more would have without the heavy police presence that made the march look like an “illegal” march.

The rally had speakers from the San Francisco Labor Council, politicians from the Board of Supervisors, the head of the San Francisco Public Defender's office (and elected position in San Francisco). A statement from the Revolutionary Communist Party was read, and a taped message from Mumia Abu Jamal was played. There were speakers from Peninsula Peace and Justice Center, Code Pink. The high point was Cindy Sheehan's speech.

Workers from the Mission District were part of the protest. There was a World Can't Wait event with day laborers in Mission on the “Dia de los Muertos” theme. The head of the day laborers' organization spoke at the rally. People are really seeing that their future is at stake. There is a desire to continue to protest, feeling that they just can't be quiet while all this is going on, need to find truth, and responsibility of young people to do that. A student from Oakland High who came talked about having relatives in New Orleans. Bush didn't do anything for them. He was angry that school principal tells kids to join the Army, that it's an honorable thing to do, but wouldn't let them join the protest.

[concerned about politics]

I had no idea these people loved Dick Cheney so much.

LOL. (That would require them to think above their gluteus maximus.)

[A Balrog of Morgoth]

"He's damaged the world, he's damaged our country, he's damaged my family," Sheehan said of Bush. "He's trying to steal our humanity, and we can't let him, we must resist that."

Oh LMFAO at this POS. I hope she gets wall-to-wall coverage the month before the 2006 elections.

[concerned about politics]

OMG Norm. Look at those pictures. They actually want people to vote for their representatives. LOL.

[ZULU]

There must be at least 2,000 three dollar bills and anti-American freaks n San Francisco.

Surprised the turnout was so small.

It is Kalipornia.

[BlessedByLiberty]

Where's Sheethead Cindy's tee shirt that says "I'm a Stereotype!"

[jamesm51]

Someone threw a crude firebomb against a wall of the San Francisco Chronicle building at Fifth and Mission streets, causing no damage That's too bad.

[river rat]

For so of the ugly old pinched face feminazis and faggots to have shown up -- they must have all had their "Mr. Buzzy" batteries go dead at the same time..

Semper Fi

[jamesm51]

[thebullhorn]

Simple slogan: "Cindy Sheehan for President!"

No liberal is brave enough to say no. No liberal is brave enough to discredit her. She *is* the face of the Democratic Party. No liberal is brave enough to do or say otherwise. With exception to Hillary Clinton. It's a typical tatic of fringe (kook) politics. If unable to burn down houses of others, set fire to those close to you. When Cindy is mad, someone has to scream.

How long will the Clintons allow Cindy to have her audience cheer when she threatens the entitled future of Hillary?

When someone says "Bush is horrible!"
Say, "4 words, Cindy Sheehan for President!"
Watch them squirm, "No, no, no, that's not fair now! NO!"

[bstein80]

http://bstein80.blogspot.com/2005/11/video-from-sep-24th-online.html

VIDEO from WASHINGTON, D.C. ON SEPTEMBER 24TH

We hijacked their parade and made it our own!

[gorio]

Too bad Cindy doesn't care about her son's memory. Pass it on, let's get a milllion visitors to this web memorial. Gorio