Rush-hour protest planned in downtown S.F.

San Franfreakshow Chronicle ^ | 1/31 | Chronicle Staff Writer

[Battle Hymn of the Republic]

The protest by the World Can't Wait coalition is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m., one hour before Bush's State of the Union address. Rally organizers secured a permit for the square that runs through 9 p.m., officials said.

Police plan to close off Post and Powell streets at the square. In addition, the northbound lane of Geary Street and the westbound lane of Stockton Street will be closed.

[Old Professer]

Cut through UCLA.

[MarxSux]

Except that the liberal trash of SF now sit on the Board of Commissioners.

[jwalburg]

Yeah. That would be great for the collection.

[tcostell]

Didn't you read the title? ... They're protesting "Rush Hour".

(They aren't unfocused, they'll just protest a rainy day.... they think political activism is the cure for the common cold. But if you remember that it's not about solutions, it's about 'making your feelings known' then it all starts to make a fuzzy sense. )

[Mr. Jeeves]

The protest by the World Can't Wait coalition is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m...

That's why I go home at 2 p.m. The usual suspects aren't even out of bed yet. ;)

[Semper Paratus]

They're protesting "Rush Hour".

And some of them would think that's when his radio show is on!

[jakerobins]

Protesting Rush Hour eh?? Where's Jackie Chan when you need him?

[martin_fierro]

Y A W N

[SmithL]

They're still hoping to stop the Alito nomination.

[Republicus2001]

heh - yer prob thinking of the shortcut thru the VA - (shh-don't tell anyone)

[Republicus2001]

I thought Rush hour started at 9am

[Old Professer]

I used to walk from the Wadsworth grounds maintenance yard past the oil derrick across Sepulveda, then through the cemetery and on up through UCLA to the campus bus stop at the top of the hill to catch a shuttle going to Canoga Park.

[Jhohanna]

Why does anyone in San Francisco think that anyone else in the country really cares what they protest?? *seriously*... What impact do they think this will have? It's an island for crying out loud... with nothing really worthwhile to give but grief. The Financial Center it once was left with the Savings and Loan debacle. And don't even get me started on the populace. Like *this* is going to have much more of a negative impact on traffic than an accident. *laugh*

Anymore, to get protests to be worth anything, you're going to have to do better than that, and protest something worthwhile to someone more than yourself.

[Jhohanna]

LMAO! That was *great*!

[Let's Roll]

Yeah, this messing with rush hour won them so many friends when they pulled it before we went into Iraq.