57 Arrested in San Francisco Protest (2,000 participated)

[Keirsey]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Police arrested 57 people Wednesday as nearly 2,000 protesters decried the re-election of George W. Bush and the continuing war in Iraq.

San Francisco police said the large demonstration that started around 5 p.m. was peaceful, but a smaller group of about 150 later splintered and marched through Civic Center and the Tenderloin.

Raucous demonstrators chanted "We're going to beat back the Bush attack, get the troops out of Iraq."

Anti-Bush signs were in abundance, proclaiming "Nov. 2, 2004 -- a sad day" and "Overthrow King Bush." One man held a sign that said "Stop mad cowboy disease."

http://www.kron4.com/Global/story.asp?S=2522980&nav=5D7lSlkC

[libbygurl]

1. Had to have been highlighted in the national news, no? nt

[Emboldened Chimp]

2. "Stop mad cowboy disease"!

A-fuckin'-men.

[flygal]

25. Classic!

[The_Casual_Observer]

3. My Best Regards to those great people!

Thank You from TCO and family!

[Mike Niendorff]

4. And all across Red America ...

... Bush bigots squealed in glee at seeing that they'd pissed off "them San Francisco types".

Face it, kids, protest doesn't mean shit anymore. Hit them in the pocketbook. Refuse to do business with them. Refuse to serve them in your establishments. That's what'll get their attention. All the rest is just a bunch of ineffectual nostalgia, from the days when public discourse wasn't completely dead yet.


MDN

[captain jack]

7. I heard somthing about a list of "red"companies to boycott earlier.

Has that been posted yet? GO BLUES

[yorkiemommie1]

11. list of 'red' companies

yes, i'd like to see one too. i'll put mine on a card to carry w/ me.

is that list of sinclair advertisers still available? that would be a start.

and walmart. and direct tv. anything clear channel.


Lands End is on my blue list.

[captain jack]

13. Remember. K-mart is a blue state company.

Send walmart back to hell, or wherever scrub is from.

[GarySeven]

16. We need to raise money to rent billboards

saying companies like Wal-mart are RED and that people should take their business elsewhere.

[captain jack]

5. the only thing missing while reading this headline

is a good cop killer song on the radio. clear channel bastards. Anyone interested in a glimpse of the future just look at central america. Soon enough it will be totally justified to shoot and kill us crazy "blue" american insurgents. the gaddamn reds are back. GO BLUE.

[truthpusher]

6. There will be lots of people out this weekend...

...once more starts to pop-up in the media about the stolen election.

[Skittles]

8. do you mean the corporate media?

the one that relentlessly whored for Bush?

[truthpusher]

10. not people!

[captain jack]

9. Even if the election was stolen

which is more than likely the case, I think the day of protest, after tuesday has become stale and predictable. Not that it's wrong whatsoever,and I'll protest anywhere. This administrations agenda is truly unique, however horrible, and calls for something more unique from us. They will continue to steal elections if all we are going to do is take to the streets, as we've seen from the last four years. They don't care about protests. Just my thoughts.

[icymist]

21. The protests let the rest of the world know.

And you're right....we need to do more than just protest. We need to boycott. We need to sue in court. We need more catchy slogans like the religious wrong. And we can't surrender....we must continue this fight and never give up!

[GarySeven]

12. SATURDAY - TURN OUT IN THE STREETS

Somebody get this organized - SOMEBODY make this happen-

On Saturday, Nov. 6, there should be MASSIVE protests in the streets of every major city in America, PROTEST the Smirk's claim of a mandate and his promise to ERASE the 20th Century. There should be thousands of us in the streets this weekend, just like we did before the Iraq war, just as we did before the GOP convention. We need TV cameras to have a clear visual of just how many people there are who REFUSE to accept the destruction of Constitutional democracy. We need people shouting and screaming from podiums and through bullhorns. We need to make so much noise that they cannot ignore it. We need to see and hear thousands upon thousands of united voices.

[captain jack]

14. sounds like the last four years. Which news channel will run it?

NONE of course.

[AndyTiedye]

22. The Foreign Press Will Cover It Though

They are looking for some reassurance that we haven't all got mad cowboy disease.

[icymist]

20. Also, we need the rest of the world to know that, we, the people....

silenced by the screaming, self-righteous neo-cons will not go down quiet. We're not afraid to tell the truth of what happened here on Nov. 2nd.

[xxqqqzme]

24. there is a March in Hollywood on Saturday

n/t

[young_at_heart]

15. They will be dismissed, just like the millions who marched against the war

Bush called 10,000,000 people a "focus group", so this will not faze him at all.

[genius]

17. Get an injuction to prevent them from taking their DNA

Prop 69 is unconstitutional.

[GoblinToe]

18. Not enough

2,000 isn't SHIT. We better have 2 million people before we expect a damn thing to even begin to get done.

edit: removed foul language--sorry, I'm steaming.

[AndyTiedye]

23. To Get a Lot More People, You Have to Let them Know it's Happening

This after-the-fact news report was the first I heard about it.

[icymist]

19. Hats off to the brave people in San Francisco!

I don't condone the violence. Please remember that some of these cops are working stiffs, like some of us are.