Thousands gather on Market Street to protest war (San Francisco)

San Francisco Chronicle (the BAY GUARDIAN with a Sports page...) ^ | 3/19/03 | Bay City News

[MikalM]

SAN FRANCISCO -- Thousands of protesters have gathered at Powell and Market streets in San Francisco for an emergency anti-war rally and march in anticipation of Saddam Hussein's refusal of President Bush's 5 p.m. deadline to either take exile or suffer war.

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In preparation for the shutdown, shelves in the Castro district have been stripped of petroleum jelly.

[OXENinFLA]

Protesters block Wilshire Boulevard in the Westwood section of Los Angeles on Wednesday, March 19, 2003, as part of an anti-war demonstration. Demonstrators shut down two blocks of the busy street for about two hours. At one point, dozens lay down in the middle of the street. (AP Photo/Jayme Younger)

[Cold Heat]

HMMMMMMMMMM..........Call in a mission!

[Steve Van Doorn]

why doesn't the police pass out J walking tickets?
It will pay for them waisting there time to be there.

[MikalM]

Yeah, I got a cell-phone call from a buddy of mine about this one. He was extremely angry because this action had stopped freeway traffic for miles around, and he was held up from an important meeting in the Valley because of it. And this guy is an ANTIWAR DEMOCRAT -- imagine how people less sympathetic to the cause feel about these public temper tantrums...

[Humidston]

peaceful civil disobedience protest

Sounds the same as when a four year old throws himself on the floor, holds his breath, and turns blue.

Anybody have a pillow handy?

[BurbankKarl]

M.O.A.B.

[Search4Truth]

Fire Mission
   
Written by: Tom Griffin, 7/15 Vietnam

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These are the actual commands during an artillery Fire Mission:

"BATTERY ADJUST" (guns involved in the fire mission)

"AZIMUTH 4800" (direction of fire the guns will be laid at)

"SHELL H.E." (high explosive shell)

"CHARGE 7" (powder charge necessary to reach target)

(Note: In this case the guns are 8-inch Howitzers since 175mm charges are classified as Zone 1, 2, or 3)

"FUSE QUICK" (point detonating)

"NUMBER TWO ONE ROUND, BATTERY ONE ROUND IN EFFECT" (method of fire. . . gun number two will begin to fire and make corrections until the desired result on the target is observed. At that time all the guns in the battery would fire on the target using Gun Number Two's corrected data)

"DEFLECTION 3210" (direction placed on the gunner’s Panoramic Telescope / moving the barrel, or tube of the gun, left or right in the desired direction toward the target)

"QUADRANT 648" (elevation placed on the Assistant Gunner's Range Quadrant / the tube is then raised or lowered until the desired elevation is reached)

"NUMBER TWO - FIRE!"

175mm of the 7/15th firing near Kontum
(Left to right: Eagle, Collins, Basso)
Photo credit: John James Basso

[GovernmentShrinker]

There is just NO excuse for allowing that to continue for two hours.

[finnman69]

In preparation for the shutdown, shelves in the Castro district have been stripped of petroleum jelly.

Rear Admirals for Peace?

[Kahuna]

Been our biggest fear that Greece would not help if Sadaam attacked Turkey from the rear. So glad that at least the frisco residents can respond to code orange.

[Office Manager]

Pardon me, but does anyone else think above picture shows THOUSANDS of people? doesn't like like THOUSANDS to me...

maybe 300 or so....

what do you all think???

[Kahuna]

Take bets on who get's banned first. I'm spoiling for a fight and only wish I could fit into my 64-72 armour.

[The Duke]

At least there aren't any AMERICANS protesting today. I'm one of (I guess) the few conservatives who is opposed to this war, however now is no time for a protest!

[Search4Truth]

"Been our biggest fear that Greece would not help if Sadaam attacked Turkey from the rear."

LOL. The pun.

[MindyW]

Did you hear about the fellow who fell to his death while putting up some kind of anti-war banner on the Golden Gate Bridge?

[MikalM]

Duke, I've also had grave reservations about the war. I'm sure there are others here who feel the same way. But you're right -- now is not the time.

[MikalM]

Yup, that's been all over the local news today, as well as on FR. I suppose that poor fool thought he could duplicate that desecration of the Sydney Opera House...

[Kahuna]

Don't think that this a "great time" to protest the war either, regardless of your political theories. Fix your bayonet buddy.