Posted on 08/31/2008 11:03:08 PM PDT by STARWISE
The Democrats are also changing their plans (and tone) with the onslaught of Hurricane Gustav. The DNC sent an email announcing the cancellation of its "media welcome reception" in St. Paul "in light of the situation along the Gulf Coast."
The tone of the cancellation note differs greatly from yesterday's snarky release that urged journalists to stop by the DNC "war room" called the "More of the Same Media Center."
The Republicans also ran their own war room from Denver, as NPR's Jeff Brady reported last week, calling it the "DNC Rapid Response Headquarters" and staffing it with recognizable party figures such as former Mass. Gov. Mitt Rommey and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani.
Hmmmmmmmm ... these people must be SO sad that their buddies will be gone ...
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Massive anti war march on the RNC September 1, Protest To Continue Despite RNC Schedule Change
http://www.marchonrnc.org/node/78
Preparations are complete for the massive anti war march scheduled for 11:00 am, Monday, at the Minnesota State Capitol Building. Following the rally, protestors will participate in a permitted march to the Xcel Center and the return to the Capitol.
States Jess Sundin, a spokesperson from the Coalition to March on the RNC and Stop the War, “We expect that tens of thousands will join us in the march on the RNC and say no to the war on Iraq..
We have heard from people around the country that they are coming to St Paul. Buses have been chartered, Vans rented, and car pools organized from cities and towns across the Midwest.”
Meredith Aby, a member of the coalition said, “The anti-war movement has ALWAYS had a demand of money for human needs not for war, and Hurricane Katrina was one of the reasons for that demand.
Hurricane Gustav affects the Republican Party because they don’t want to be seen as ignoring another crisis as they did when they left people to die on freeway overpasses.
The demonstration will be voicing opposition to the war’s prioritization above human needs such as building levees, the economy, healthcare, etc. In addition, the RNC will still be in session during our march. Tomorrow we can still give our message to the party that supported the war and that supports its continuation.”
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MplsSteve ~~ know any MN FReepers and if there are any who will be countering these nuts ?
Mr. Knowles can handle the whole thing single handed. He can explain why the injury and death of fellow Americans is such an abundant source of humor for him and his fellow
Democrat Michael Moore.
LOL! I'm guessing it will be closer to ten than thousands.
Yes, it is all Backfiring on Michael ( the sweaty Hog jaw)
Moore.
he was thinking God was helping the DemoRATS
But He was just cancelling the Rioter’s Plans!!!
He Pissed on the Anarchist’s Parade!!! Haw! Haw!
Yes, there’s supposed to be a sizable number of counter-protestors. According to the blog http://shotinthedark.info, here are some things you’ll wanna know:
Getting To The 7th Street Counterprotest Site
August 29th, 2008 by Mitch Berg
You wanna make it to downtown Saint Paul for the big counteprotest.
I’m here to help.
Here are some simple directions and recommendations from a Saint Paul guy. They should get you into the city - close by the West 7th Street counterprotest site - and back home again. Best of all - they’re fairly cheap.
Getting To Triangle Park
Southwest/Southern Subs - I recommend parking at the 28th Avenue Park and Ride (it’s a big, free ramp) or at the Mall of America (or, if they’re full, the Fort Snelling Park and Ride), and taking the 54 bus to downtown Saint Paul (it leaves 4-5 times an hour from both the Mall and the 28th Avenue Park and Ride), or taking the Hiawatha Light Rail train north to the 46th Street Station, and taking the 74 bus to Saint Paul (it comes every 10-15 minutes). Both buses run up West Seventh Street; they’re rerouted around the Excel Center, but both should drop you in easy walking distance of the counterprotest location.
West/Northwest Subs - if it were me, I’d park at one of the Target Center ramps (right off 394 and 94 in downtown Minneapolis), hiking down to the Fifth Street Bus Garage, and taking either the 94 Express, the limited-stop 50 bus (during rush hour only) or as a last resort the 16 bus to downtown Saint Paul. I recommend getting off at 7th and Cedar - it’s a 2-3 block walk to the west (to your right) to get to the counterprotest site. If you’re in a hurry, you can also take the Hiawatha Light Rail south to Lake Street Station and, again, take the 21 bus east to Saint Paul. It’ll be about a half-hour bus ride, but it’ll take you to within easy walking distance of the counterprotest site. Again - , plus parking at the Target (or wherever).
North/Northeast Suburbs - Seriously - park at Rosedale and take the 65 bus. It’s about a 20 minute ride to Cathedral Hill, and drops you right at Triangle Park (Summit/John Ireland and Marshall).
East Suburbs - I’d go to the Sunray Transit Center (I94 at McKnight, just west of 3M), park, and take the 63 Bus. It actually runs down Seventh Street (during the convention to Jackson, I think) and should drop you within a block or so of the counterprotest site.
Southeast Suburbs - Honestly, I’d drive to Signal Hills shopping center on South Robert and take the 67 bus. It’ll drop you at 7th and Wabasha Robert, right by the counterprotest.
If you insist on driving - good luck. You’re on your own. Saint Paulites know a few secret hideaways for parking; sometimes if you get to an event early enough, you can find free parking on Cathedral Hill, on or about Summit Avenue south/west of the Cathedral. If it’s a big event, that can mean the far reaches of Cathedral Hill - like, Summit and Dale. No kidding. Patience is a virtue, unless you’re there very early in the day. As to parking ramps downtown - vaya con Dios.
Bus And Train Fares: Buses are $1.50 - $2.00 during rush hour (5-9, 3-7). Trains are always $2. Express buses (the 94 Express) are $2.75. Get and save your transfers.
p://shotinthedak.info, here’s some info you may need to know:
SUCK IT, Dems!
-- No Bush or Cheney speeches
-- No DNC War Room
-- No cameras around for non-huge protest march against the evil BusHitler
-- No coverage for incompetent, no-accomplishment minority Democratic candidate, but 24/7 coverage of massively competent minority Republican governor of Louisiana actually doing his job
-- Nation thrilled to see Sarah Palin on Wednesday after 73 straight hours of nothing but the hurricane
You all want to rethink that Act of God stuff now?
Fantastic ! Hopefully great FReepers and MN folks will drown the turkeys out.
And this nasty jerk: Don Fowler, former Chairman of the DNC and his comrades:
TURN UP THE VOLUME — HE GOOFED WHILE ON A PLANE
Yet, what is B. Hussein's answer to war protestors?
He is going to take some troops out of Iraq and send them and thousands more to Afghanistan.
Then he is going to Brussels to ask the EU for more frontline troops for Afghanistan.
yitbos
Obama & his followers believe he is God?
During Katrina Christians helped because they know and understand the Love of Jesus Christ. Obama’s plan for Gustav is to activate an e-mail list to mobilize a couple million of supports/volunters who want to give back.
I wonder if they will wear an “O” instead of a cross. According to “O”bama he is the “O”ne we have been waiting for. I am sick of the “O”bama-messiah complex.
“He goofed while on a plane”
His “goof” was that he got got doing what comes naturally to evil libs. - Gloating over the misfortune of others. This is the stuff ads are made of while presenting the “hope and change” of obama and his do nothing words.
>>- No coverage for incompetent, no-accomplishment minority Democratic candidate, but 24/7 coverage of massively competent minority Republican governor of Louisiana actually doing his job
The Dems will cite that as another example of how “conservatives control the media”. I still remember someone
posting on a newsgroup “CNN and other right-wing news
sources...”; and when I try to argue with a lib that the
left controls the media (other than talk radio)—TV, movies,
magazines, newspapers —they still insist the Right controls
the media.
I thought the Liberal Party formerly known as the Democratic Party opposed war at all cost?
What were they doing playing war in a room?
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