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[Code Pinko] Anti-war protesters disrupt Golden Gate Bridge traffic
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 9/21/6 | Marisa Lagos

Posted on 09/21/2006 3:32:10 PM PDT by SmithL

SAN FRANCISCO -- About 40 peace activists, many of them dressed in pink and flashing peace signs, slowed traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge this morning and got into minor clashes with police.

No one was arrested during the hour-and-a-half protest -- organized by the anti-war group Code Pink as part of International Peace Day -- but bridge authorities did confiscate signs and banners they said would distract drivers and slow traffic even more.

There were also two minor collisions on the northbound side of the highway during the protest, which began at 8 a.m., according to Golden Gate Bridge police Capt. Mike Locati. He said he could not definitively link the fender-benders to the political action, but told protesters "I could probably attribute them to ... you folks."

The crowd of men, women and children -- who ranged in age from 8 to 78 -- and one pink-clad dog gathered at both ends of the bridge, many of them sporting letters pinned to their shirts that spelled out slogans such as "NO WAR." But police officers said the group -- which was offered a permit to carry small signs, but not until after 10 a.m. -- would have to remove the letters or be arrested.

"How can we be a danger to traffic at 10 a.m., but not at 8 a.m.?" asked Sam Joi, adding that they insisted on the earlier hour to catch rush-hour drivers. "It's like saying you can flyer an empty parking lot, or hold a concert with no music."

As Locati talked to the protesters on the south end of the bridge, two California Highway Patrol officers unfurled a chain of handcuffs in front of a CHP van...

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: codepinko; enemywithin; moonbat; refugeesfromthe60s; terrorsupporters
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To: SmithL

"...slowed traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge this morning and got into minor clashes with police. "

I bet those folks late to work were anything but peaceful.


21 posted on 09/21/2006 4:16:41 PM PDT by air pappy (one last chance)
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To: Don Corleone

naw, make 'em jump.


22 posted on 09/21/2006 4:17:21 PM PDT by air pappy (one last chance)
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To: SmithL

These worthless butt-wipes could spark some serious road rage..... I'm glad I don't live where anyone is likely to pull such b.s.


23 posted on 09/21/2006 4:19:23 PM PDT by Enchante (There are 3 kinds of lies: Lies, Damned Lies, and the Drive-By Media)
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To: Enchante

So many pinks, so little time.


24 posted on 09/21/2006 4:20:09 PM PDT by air pappy (one last chance)
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To: SmithL

25 posted on 09/21/2006 4:25:13 PM PDT by steveo (ADVERTISEMENT)
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To: penelopesire
...over 30,000 protesting Iran & Chavez at UN get barely a mention..

I'll bet those 30 thou. were respectful of their fellow citizens and tried to stay on the sidewalks so traffic could move.
26 posted on 09/21/2006 4:29:41 PM PDT by redheadtoo
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To: steveo

I had to drive from SF to Santa Rosa this morning for a meeting. I was 30 minutes late to the meeting because of these idiots. There were, at most, 30 people. I don't care what the paper says, I saw one tiny clutch of people and several stragglers waving those "peace" signs, hippy-like, at the cars.

Signs are NEVER allowed on the bridge. You're driving 50 stories above the water with pedestrians on both sides...you do not want to be distracted.

ALL "protests" of ANY kind on the GG bridge should be banned.


27 posted on 09/21/2006 4:34:15 PM PDT by sdillard
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To: SmithL

Too bad they weren't Cuffed and Stuffed, Printed, Photographed and Processed.


28 posted on 09/21/2006 4:47:39 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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To: SmithL

So, dare I ask, just when is "International Peace Day?"


29 posted on 09/21/2006 4:56:45 PM PDT by Chi-townChief
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To: SmithL

Kat McNulty


sam joi, berkley, california

55 yr old jewish lesbian mother striving radical womonist/feminist

Suzanne ''Sam'' Joi, a member of Code Pink, which has hosted many Sheehan events

Join Sam for a women’s circle to strategize on how to end the war in Iraq and make war obsolete!

Sam Joi's Code Pink Road Journal:

as i drive the large codepink truck around the country painted with statements guaranteed to provoke a response, i attempt to record those responses, which i'm sure reflect as accurate a picture of our country as major media outlets are doing.

Sam Joi, Outreach Coordinator, CODEPINK, Women for Peace

30 posted on 09/21/2006 5:10:10 PM PDT by kcvl
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Protesters Accuse Bush of 'Exterminating the Muslim Race'

Many of the protesters expressed outrage that Americans are celebrating the Bush inauguration at what they call a time of tragedy.

"How can anyone who has a heart come and pay thousands of dollars to do this when the tsunami wave just knocked out so many people and there are over 100,000 dead in Iraq?" said Sam Joi from the group Code Pink.

Joi said the United States is in dire straits: "Education is going, all our social services are going, unemployment is soaring, people are suffering here in this country. How can they have a celebration tonight for this obscene amount of money when our world is suffering, our country is suffering?" asked Joi.

Joi said the inaugural partygoers were "greedy, they are hogs, they are pigs. How much do they need?" Code Pink members passed out bumper stickers with "Hallibacon" written on them, a mock reference to the defense contractor Halliburton, formerly chaired by Vice President Dick Cheney.



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31 posted on 09/21/2006 5:12:51 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: pogo101
Yes, I was living in Marin when Reagan was elected President. Every time I put up a "Vote Republican" sign, it was snatched down within the hour. I even posted them in locations very difficult to reach--high up, off in the distance. They were snatched down every time.

So much for freedom of thought, freedom of speech, free exchange of ideas, liberty, liberalism, open mindedness, open minds! In Marin, it's all crushed out by the Conformists. Groupthink rules Marin!

32 posted on 09/21/2006 5:35:57 PM PDT by Savage Beast ( 9/11 was never repeated thanks to President George W. Bush.)
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To: SmithL

I see a couple of lawsuits coming up for the pinkos. I hope they sue the hell out of them


33 posted on 09/21/2006 6:10:22 PM PDT by freekitty
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To: SmithL

bump for later


34 posted on 09/21/2006 6:38:53 PM PDT by Boazo (From the mind of BOAZO)
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To: SmithL

Shoulda tossed em over.


35 posted on 09/21/2006 6:45:27 PM PDT by TASMANIANRED (The Internet is the samizdat of liberty..)
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To: kcvl

Too bad Sam Joi is such a naive fool. A lesbian Jew. Does she not have even the slightest inkling as to "why" Islamofascists want us dead? They hate the "decadence" of the West. Homosexuality, Jews, women with the ability to express themselves? People like Sam Joi will be the first ones with their heads cut off by the Muslims we are so "mean" to. She is so lucky she lives in the US. Anywhere in the middle east, she would have been raped and burned a long time ago by her "friends".


36 posted on 09/21/2006 7:02:00 PM PDT by boop (Now Greg, you know I don't like that WORD!)
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To: boop
I'm sick of these people who keep trying to shove their live style in our faces. I thought they wanted everyone to stay "out of their bedroom". Every chance they get they tell us what type of sex they prefer when I couldn't care less. Did we really need to know that she was a lesbian? We already knew she was nuts dressed up in Barbie doll pink.

BTW, if you missed Larry King tonight be very glad that you did. McGreevy kissed his new lover on the lips and called him sweetheart. PUKE! We were channel surfing and witnessed the shocker. McGreevy sounds like a freak. I couldn't believe some of the things he was discussing with Larry King.

37 posted on 09/21/2006 8:41:47 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: boop
Anywhere in the middle east, she would have been raped and burned a long time ago

Raped? Surely you jest. Even the sheep would preceed her in that department.

38 posted on 09/22/2006 6:08:37 PM PDT by Don Corleone (Leave the gun..take the cannoli)
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