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. 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...
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"...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.
naw, make 'em jump.
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.
So many pinks, so little time.
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.
Too bad they weren't Cuffed and Stuffed, Printed, Photographed and Processed.
So, dare I ask, just when is "International Peace Day?"
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
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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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!
I see a couple of lawsuits coming up for the pinkos. I hope they sue the hell out of them
bump for later
Shoulda tossed em over.
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".
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.
Raped? Surely you jest. Even the sheep would preceed her in that department.
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