Wisconsin Freepers, scramble for intercept!
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Posted on 09/08/2007 1:20:10 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
BARABOO -- Anti-war activist and noted Bush administration critic Cindy Sheehan will speak Saturday at the sixth Fighting Bob Fest political rally at the Sauk County Fairgrounds.
The festival is from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Sheehan is scheduled to speak at 3:40 p.m. Others on the agenda include political commentator Jim Hightower, speaking at 2:30 p.m., and Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison, whose district includes Columbia County. She will speak at 9 a.m.
Entertainment will include the Raging Grannies, singer-songwriter Chuck Mitchell and poetry by Daniel Kunene.
More than 70 activist organizations have booths at the event, ranging from Amnesty International and the Code Pink anti-war group to Obama for President and Upity Wisconsin, a progressive political blog.
At noon, festival participants are invited to break into discussion groups around a variety of political issues. Issue groups include: global warming, political campaign corruption in Wisconsin, the crisis in education and agriculture and democracy.
Fighting Bob Fest is an opportunity for progressive activists to gather strength, discuss issues and figure out how to influence state and national policy, said Ed Garvey, a Madison-based activist attorney and former candidate for governor. However, it is also fun, with music, poetry, food and a festive atmosphere.
"It has grown from a first year of about 1,000 people to last year over 6,000," he said. "It's an event where people feel comfortable."
Rural Wisconsin Dells resident Hiroshi Kanno is a member of the Concerned Citizens of Newport, an active Democratic Party member and one of the founding organizers of the festival. He said he will be particularly excited to hear Sheehan, a woman whose son was killed in Iraq and who has come to prominence as a strong anti-war voice.
Sheehan is running as an independent candidate for the U.S. House seat held by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and is challenging the Democratic Party to take a stronger stand against the war. Young American soldiers continue to die in an unpopular conflict and the party's top leaders aren't doing enough to stop it, Kanno said.
"She's sending a message to the Democratic Party, which they may not like, but it's a wake-up call for them," he said.
Kanno said he will provide the Fighting Bob Fest stage and will help organize the event in other ways. A crew of 70 to 80 volunteers are working on the event by directing visitors to parking, working at booths and providing other services.
"You get a chance to see the people you've been reading about," Kanno said. "You always meet new people and new issues."
On the Web
www.fightingbobfest.org
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Gee, sounds like a blast!
Who’s Bob?
Or is that just some hippie thing?
Hey, this is really exciting!
Entertainment will include the Raging Grannies, singer-songwriter Chuck Mitchell and poetry by Daniel Kunene.
More than 70 activist organizations have booths at the event, ranging from Amnesty International and the Code Pink anti-war group to Obama for President and Upity Wisconsin, a progressive political blog.
I understand that Daniel Kunene is the poet laureate of Tehran. A modern Lord Byron.
Could be, but if I were assembling a political rally, I wouldn't be using him as a draw.
And I suspect I wouldn't like his poetry if he's in with this crowd.
You know darn well that lefties can't even get talented left wing poets, if there are any, to attend their rallies.
LOL, yeah I was gonna say, after checking this guy out online, "Uh...if that's your kinda thing..." ;)
You know darn well that lefties can't even get talented left wing poets, if there are any, to attend their rallies.
How many times can one rhyme "Bush" with "Fascist"?
Down with Bush the Fascist!
He is not one of THE PEOPLE like Che...and Fidel...
NO BLOOD FOR OIL! NO BLOOD FOR OIL!
A small child weeps while Dick Cheney laughs, and steals her doll to use as fire wood to pollute the rainforest...
Down Bush! Bad imperialist dog!
Let the migrant workers do the jobs Americans won't do, in the evil McDonald's land
While Donald Rumsfeld plays Hamburgler of the souls that cry out for freedom
Blue birds of freedom fly up the Liberty Bell
and escape through the crack...
(some indecipherable "Iranian" garble here)
I KNEW that place sounded familiar!
Wikipedia: "Baraboo is ... the former headquarters and winter home of the Ringling Brothers circus."
P.T. Barnum would be proud of Cindy!
There was an old-time Wisconsin politician — “Fighting” Bob LaFollette (Congressman, Governor, Senator (Republican)) — ran for U.S. President as a Progressive.
They’ll probably be selling veggie brats up there too.
“They’ll probably be selling veggie brats up there too.”
What? Selling their own children? Is there no end to the horror of liberals?
“What? Selling their own children?”
Was it W.C. Fields who said “I like children...well done.”
And all the time I thought she was running for Congress in California not Wisconsin???
Fighting Bob LaFollette..he was gov of Wisconsin..senator and he ran for President as the first Progressive party candidate in 1920..verrrrrrrrrrrrrrry progressive
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