July 16, 2004 ---TAMPA
Approximately 250 people lined the sidewalk across from the Tampa Convention Center today to protest the inexplicable appearance of George W. Bush who was speaking at the National Conference on Human Trafficking. I say “inexplicable” because as near as I can tell, Bush has never shown much interest in anything that deals with the human rights of oppressed people, but I digress.
It was a spirited crowd, representing diverse interests. The largest delegation by far was sent by Planned Parenthood, however the group ran the gamut from anarchists to Insulators for Kerry, from the Sierra Club to local peace groups. It would appear that the only campaign promise the Bush administration has ever kept is the one where he promised to be a “uniter”, (a word, by the way, not recognized by Bill Gates’ spell-check), because it is a safe bet to say that the folks in our crowd did not have a whole lot in common back in January of 2001. And now, in 2004, Kerry supporters and anarchists are actually standing on a street corner and breaking bread together – literally, thanks to the huge bag of bagels provided by Tampa’s chapter of Food Not Bombs and complementary bottles of water provided by the Hillsborough County Democratic party and others.
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http://www.legitgov.org/front_tampa_schiffler_071604.htmlGreat article from a dedicated protestor. Further evidence that * is toast!
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