Posted on 01/31/2006 11:07:38 PM PST by TFFKAMM
Demonstrators gathered in San Francisco at Union Square on Tuesday to rally noisily against President Bush and his State of the Union address.
Organizers estimated the crowd at about 4,000 people, many of whom beat makeshift drums, clanged pots and pans, blew whistles or just screamed as Bush's speech was broadcast live -- without sound -- on a giant video screen.
The World Can't Wait, a national protest group calling for Bush to step down, organized the demonstration to urge the protesters to march in an anti-Bush rally in Washington, D.C., on Saturday.
"Through this political action and this mobilization of people, we want to peacefully drive this regime from power," said Marc TerBeek, a spokesman for the organizers.
The protest began at about 5 p.m. with speakers ranging from former San Francisco poet laureate Devorah Major, UC Berkeley biology Professor Kevin Padian and Rev. Charles Tigard pumping up the partisan crowd an hour before Bush took the podium.
"We know that we stand at a pivotal time for our country, for our planet," said Tigard of the Metropolitan Community Church of San Francisco in the Castro neighborhood. "We cannot, and we will not be silent."
Protesters echoed the sentiments of many of the speakers, who attacked Bush's stance on a range of issues -- from the Iraq war to domestic spying to abortion rights.
"I can't count all the reasons why I'm here," said Anna Asevedo, 43, of San Francisco, who was accompanied by her 3-year-old son, Brom McCullough.
"I'm here because I need to stand up and be accountable," said Nica Ross, 22, of San Francisco. The chants, drumbeats and other noise during Bush's speech bounced off the walls from commercial buildings surrounding Union Square.
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They've gone beyond facts, reason or debate--now they just bang drums. (And eat Cheetos, apparently.)
I'm hippy & I'm trippy
I'm a gypsy on my own
I'll stay a week & get the crabs &
Take a bus back home
I'm really just a phony
But forgive me
'Cause I'm stoned
Every town must have a place
Where phony hippies meet
Psychedelic dungeons
Popping up every street
GO TO SAN FRANCISCO
How I love ya, how I love ya, how I love ya, 'Frisco
(oh, my hair's getting good in the back)
--Frank Zappa, "Who Needs the Peace Corps"
The first time that I saw those pictures was decades ago...reading Orwell's 1984 bit about Big Brother's "2 Minute Hate."
Back then the Left still had intellect, but by today the left-wing is completely mind-controlled. Their idea of intellectual acumen is now Cindy Sheehan and a water bong.
They've lost most registered voters nationwide now. They've lost most state governorships, most state legislatures, the House, the Senate, the Presidency, and today they finally lost the Supreme Court...
...to which moonbat Senator Boxer actually got in front of a C-Span TV camera and claimed that Republicans were out of touch with the American "mainstream."
This, after she just lost her failibuster 72 to 25.
But the Left can still muster in San Francisco for their mindless 2 minute hates. They've still got that.
They've only got 18 Blue States left (i.e. states that never voted for President Bush), but they can still muster for their 2 Minute Hate therapy.
Shut up hippies, noone cares, the sixties are over, you have screwed up enough of America already.
The putrid left gets off....BURB!
Only in San Francisco would freaks demonstrate against a TV screen with no sound.
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