you see some things, you completely miss others

one interesting thing about this morning was that bush's motorcade was to move up pennsylvania into kleinhans, on the opposite side of where everyone was gathered. a line of sharp-shooters were poised along the building on that side of the street. there were 7 or 8 buses (presumably empty, and waiting for any 'troublemakers') lined up along pennsylvania ave.

a not-as-bad article

a link to the Buff News article, Bush visits Buffalo (http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20040420/1018200.asp). this article does mention protests, and even ends on the note of mentioned a banner that says "Bush Lies, People Die"

two interesting quotes from the article..

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And state Democratic Chairman Herman D. Farrell, another Manhattan assemblyman, said since all of Bush's new troubles stem from his war on terrorism, the president is now attempting to return to his "glory days of October 2001."

Still, the president is expected to find plenty of friendly heads nodding in agreement when he makes his pitch in Kleinhans' Mary Seaton Room. Not only will his audience comprise mainly "first responders," but Republican allies as well.
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of course, what'd you expect

from what mike n. said, the crowd inside was mostly policemen and attorneys and the like. of course they would nod in agreement, every single person who would've said something different was standing outside the arena..

and that was quite a showing from the WNY community. the crowd was filled with such a breadth of ppl- folks from the labor community and local community organizations, the activists, students, a fair share of lawyers, the arts community, and then some. in addition to the folks and signs that paul and terry mentioned, i also saw the 'sabres fans against bush,' the 'billionaires for bush' (holding a sign which read 'free the enron 7!') and sponge bob square pants.

my own thirty second ad

under the banner of 'WNY United Against Bush' were a breadth of people speaking out against the policies of this administration. i didn't get to hear him speak but i bet he was there talking- a gentleman named Herb F., who to me, and many others, is the voice of Buffalo and Western New York.

Herb worked at Tri-Co, the local company that made car parts such as windshield wipers--at least, Herb worked there, until recently. Tri-Co was one of the many companies who have left WNY to open a factory along the border in Mexico. Herb also comes from a line of people who had served this country during the wars. His father and grandfather had served, and he himself had served in (I believe) the Vietnam War. His son is currently in Iraq. And if you didn't hear Herb speak today or any other day, then I wish you get a chance, because I certainly don't do any justice in telling his story. He talks about how the American Dream was very different and how far off our reality today is, and how as a supporter of our country and of our troops, he can not support the current administration, can not support Bush, and the lies upon which Bush waged a war where the sons and daughters of people such as Herb are in Iraq fighting. This is one real reason why Bush should be ashamed, and this is how I also know there is real change in the air-- the voices that are speaking up are not just along the sides, they are coming from the mainstream of America.

take the estrip challenge

and for all this talking, for myself and for the talking that each and everyone of you do, i want to challenge all of us to directly put some thing into defeating Bush this November-- whether it's volunteering hours to phone bank the swing states (which many community groups and unions are doing), or to get people signed up to vote (which east side pride and rock the vote are working on), or putting $
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nto campaigns. or if you don't believe in the electoral process, i challenge you to do something that will effect change. this is just too damn important to sit back and watch, and too important to just complain about without acting on your thoughts. and barring any october surprises (listen to the democracy now show from earlier today, bob woodward is alleging that bush is working with the Saudi ambassador to fix oil prices in an attempt to have a strong economy in the months/ days prior to the election), change is definitely attainable, and the time is now.

allentowners against bush

in wake of bush's visit to buffalo tomorrow to tout the patriot act, banner hangings at different locations in the allentown neighborhood have appeared proclaiming neighborhood residents' anger and disbelief in this administration's policies. check them out as you pass through the neighborhood.. pictures to come.

Does anyone find this offensive?

GWB is coming to town to tout the administration's and the FBI's work on the Lackawanna case.

Patriot Act Brings Bush To Buffalo (http://www.wivb.com/Global/story.asp?S=1789135&nav=0RapMKi2)

this is my friend standing on a fallen tree in nothern california, in the redwood forest. gigantic things aren't they



i miss that and the eucalyptus grove. where are the pretty trees on the east coast, can anyone point me in the right direction?

in all the towns in all the world

everyones excited for tuesday. but who knows anything?

you can't kill jobs and regulations and expect that no one will care. you are not welcome in our city.

afternote

so after i put up that post about my dog eating half of my sandwich, two days later she struck again. i'm sitting at my low table doing work on the computer and in walks sam, beeline for the table. before i know it shes stolen the half of a pizza slice i left on the table next to me. oh brother.

just listen to paul alright



yay for the butchies and kimya coming back. and damn everyone for not having the new butchies album in stock. and look out for the quails, theyre coming to town soon too.

pull out the kielbasa and sauerkraut

monday is dyngus shmingus. get your kraut out.. we're celebrating in style if you d like to partake in the fun. whats going on? (http://www.gobuffaloniagara.com/events/dyngus_day.cfm)

go buy yourself an atlas and keep going





the universe is shaped exactly like the earth

im sorry if anyones getting crazy emails from my (e:strip) mail acct. its running rampant, getting filled up with stupid fake emails and apparently sending out fake emails with fake viral attachments and whatnot. so if your acct is catching the electronically transmitted d's then my apologies go out in full force to yoo.

i wishi washi this would work

I've got a toy web cam plugged in but it doesn't seem to be registering.. i was hoping to provide proof of how clean my room is, i'll just have to rely on a before and after polaroid..

a song in the midst of my meeting

damn death cab for being sold out, but i called over to nietzche's to confirm the fact of it, and whoever answered the phone was nice enough to leave it off the hook so i could hear a song. til the next time someone decides to come to town.. actually i think theres some show tomorrow night.

speaking of spam

regardless of my childhood memories of the stuff, i have to say im not liking the virtual stuff. i keep getting crap messages (mostly from your acct paul!) with crap attachments. help!

samdog just stole the peanut butter half of my sandwich! im left with half an elvis sandwich. %-O