Posted on 11/03/2005 9:19:28 AM PST by 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."
We ought to buy them:
"future burger flipper" t-shirts. That's about all they will be good for. That and Kool-aide ads.
Of course they're going to try to keep them from leaving, ITS A FREAKING SCHOOL!
Malkin has a good round-up of the moonbats
http://www.michellemalkin.com/
especially this one
http://conservativeleague.blogspot.com/2005/11/protest-silliness-in-seattle.html
Ha ha he he - the meltdown of the Left continues. I become more convinced everyday of seeing this and the Dim Senate, that 2006 will be a blowout for Bush!! The minority left will just drive the centrist Demonrats over to our side.
Thats excactly who was there.
In Phoenix we had the pleasure of Reverend Maupin (remember him as the chauffeur in Texas that was arrested for driving 90 in a 45 zone) yelling "Bush step down", etc., etc. Guess these students haven't taken any classes on US Government or the Constitution. Step down because a few rabid protesters in the streets? Huh?
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.
Had my hopes up there for a second.
Only 2,000? Really need to check those numbers. Truth be known it's about 200.
causing no damage or injuries but burning the shoulder of a police officer's jacket.That was damage. And it threatened injury.
If someone shot this "reporter" there would be no damage or injury to our country.
She didn't do it in DC like she said she would. I think her handlers told her to back off becasuse this would be a 2nd offense and the fines and jail term is higher.
And no one cared. The only place I'm hearing about this is....here!
The long haired, maggot infested, dope smoking hippie '60's anti-war movement is definitely suffering from rigor mortis! Even their leader, whats-his-name who ran against Bush in 2004, looks like an undertaker!!
What would any of these koolaid drinkers do as an alternative? Go over to Africa and protest the Tutsi genocide. That would solve a lot of problems in one swing of the machete.
Suspended from a pink ribbon around her neck was a photo of her son
Had my hopes up there for a second.
ROFLOL!
Either the democrats are the dumbest people on earth, or they seriously don't want the Hildabeast to run in 2008.
They're claiming the high ground by demanding the corruption be removed from Washington, but then they turn around and bring back the Bill and Hill administration? Huh? Their corruption in the '90's is the stuff of legends! We'll destroy them!
"Paul KAGAME, step down!"
THWACK!
"Next!"
What this shows is that these folks do not belive in the Democracy that functions within our Republic. They refuse to accept the vote as it turns out when counted.
I have come to the conclusion that they simply want to oppose status quo with acting out like animals and are not really serious about change. They pose no Ideas for action they just act out more vicious everyday....and then wonder why they get less and less votes for their candidates every election.
LOL!!!!!
Yesterday was supposed to be some kind of national convergence against Bush where the unemployed stay home from work and the uneducated stay home from school...or something like that.
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