-Caveat Lector- Online Journal - http://www.onlinejournal.com >01-26-01: Left Coast dissent: Notes from the front line > >By Larry Chin > >January 26, 2001 | On Saturday, January 20, I took to the streets to >welcome the criminal son, George W. Bush, with a heaping dish of dissent, >served very cold. In San Francisco, between 15,000 and 20,000 men, women >and children-of all ages, races, occupations, sexual orientations and >social classes, and in every shape and size-gathered in front of City Hall >in opposition to a common enemy. We marched. We discussed Ashcroft, Mumia, >the CIA, the devastation of Iraq, the coming 'Star Wars'-inspired arms >race. We were one with those in Washington, DC, who staged the largest >inaugural protest since Nixon. > >On this day, as veteran activists joined with those who had never attended >a demonstration in their lives to oppose Bush the Fraudulent and all of >the demons of the right wing, I saw hope for a new coalition, a new >national opposition unified and galvanized by Bush the right wing >extremist. In San Francisco, George W. Bush is public enemy number one. > >It was inspiring, save for one sobering thought: San Francisco is not >America. > >San Francisco is a progressive stronghold, a Green and Democratic fortress >on (appropriately) the far left of the map. San Francisco is a haven of >diversity, led by an African-American mayor and a board of supervisors >that include gays and women and people of color. In San Francisco, we can >turn on the radio and listen to Bernie Ward and Ray Taliaferro on KGO-AM >810, two powerful liberal talk show hosts. We click the dial to FM and >listen to discussions of the progressive literature of Upton Sinclair, and >hear commentary by Norman Solomon on KPFA. We can find progressive >publications on our newsstands and in our bookstores. > >San Francisco is not America. > >America is the land of right wing radio. America is the World Wrestling >Federation and shopping malls. America is a willfully ignorant nation held >hostage, absolutely manipulated and controlled by a corporate media that >disseminates, repeats and realizes the lies of its corrupt rulers-but kept >happy and stupid with hundreds of cable TV channels, plenty of junk food, >and long days full of distractions and mindless "productivity." > >It is in this vast middle of America that we find those who still believe, >to this day, that George W. Bush is a "nice man to have a beer with." > >In San Francisco, none of Bush's lies have any traction. Here, Bush is >viewed as what he is: a right wing extremist CIA son, hell bent on the >raping, pillaging and exploitation of democracy for personal enrichment, >power and family cronies who run corporations. > >In just two ruthless days, Bush has more than demonstrated what his >definitions of "compassion" and "uniting" entail. He has declared war >against women, reproductive freedom and family planning. He has spitefully >reversed Clinton's environmental protection orders. He wants to gut the >public school system and shove vouchers. All this on top of appointing the >most extreme right wing cabinet since the Third Reich. > >The wolf in wolf's clothing has exposed himself. > >Will America see what San Francisco has known all along? <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
