Live From the SF Pro Iraq Demonstration

Original Observaton | 03/20/2003 | InABunkerUnderSF

[InABunkerUnderSF]

Greetings from high above Market Street - InAnOfficeAboveSF. The SFPD is trying their best to keep the streets open but every time the get one intersection cleared another is blocked. The people that have been arrested are being kept in a pen on the corner of Market and Sansome, across the street from the Pacific Stock Exchange. Whenever the pen gets full they load the crown onto a Muni bus and haul them off to who knows where (Guantanamo we hope).

I had to wade through the demo to get to work so stopped off at McDonalds just to support Globalization and listen to the protest for a few minutes. It was there that I heard one of the worse things I’ve ever heard in my life – several hundred people who don’t speak French trying to sing the Marseilles. How the French could support these people after what they did to the French National Anthem is beyond me.

On the way through the crow I passed by the sound system – no bull horns for these guys. I was surprised to see that some of their exhortations were pre-recorded. Must save them from getting hoarse with all the chanting. The signs were pretty tame. The chants were very tame (“No F***ing War!” Was about the toughest thing going.) It’s like all of the groups couldn’t agree on an agenda so it’s sort of a least common denominator demonstration.

SFPD has just enlarged the pen and the demonstrators have chained themselves together across Market Street. SFPD have called in the Fire Department with their power saws to cut through the chains. The demonstrators better hope none of the SFFD guys remember 9/11.

[jdontom]

If you do send them this link

Done, thanks

[TLBSHOW]

bttt

[baseballmom]

Welcome, thanks for the report. My brother-in-law works near Market. I'll be interested in hearing his report.

[Jay D. Dyson]

Where is Freddy Krueger when we need him?

I'd rather call in this guy...

Our drones are called "Predator" for a reason... ;)

-Jay

[baseballmom]

With his four-year-old daughter Tubbylyn on his shoulders

Tubbylyn ? Tubbylyn?

What kind of a person would name their child Tubbylyn?

Oh, nevermind. (see Dad)

[Black Agnes]

Supposedly cops beating protestors at 3rd and Market.

[Diddle E. Squat]

One can almost "smell" the love...

[MindBender26]

Where did you get the picture of my first Mother-in-law?

[netmilsmom]

Geez, that picture of the baby with his daddy is so touching. Imagine how this child will respect the police for the rest of his life.

[CygnusXI]

[JohnnyZ]

My company's office in SF closed for the afternoon because of the Commies.

Try 'em all for treason

[ThomWilkerson]

Time for the firehoses.

It's just too bad the SFFD can't simply hook their firehoses up to a fleet of sewage trucks!!!

I'm down here in San Jose, but if I were in SF today, I'd start throwing bags of excrement from an office window onto those protestors!

(hint, hint)

[cmsgop]

I like this one!

[hunter112]

Why anyone would want to live in SF is beyond me.

I wouldn't want to live there either, but, damn they have some fine Italian restaurants!

[JohnnyZ]

That's hilarious! They should just leave them like that, cordon them off, and let them starve on the streets as an example.

[breakem]

taking police resources away from more important duties