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Ohhh, (4.00 / 4)

It's Waaaaayyyyyyyy PAST time.

"America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense, it is the other way around. Human rights invented America." -Jimmy Carter

by Bulldawg on Tue Mar 29, 2005 at 09:06:50 AM PDT

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- Here are the stops (4.00 / 3)
  
  http://www.strengtheningsocialsecurity.gov/60stops/
  We should have people at each and every one trying to get in to discuss SS with the Preznit.
  
  by BudMan on Tue Mar 29, 2005 at 09:31:40 AM PDT
  
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  - Those Morons (4.00 / 2)
    
    Show in the graphical representation March 3 - 24, which equals 22 days. How can we expect to entrust them with managing reform of a trillion dollar agency if they can't even get their posters right.
    
    by BlueBaron on Tue Mar 29, 2005 at 10:13:22 AM PDT
    
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    - Dems should show up in droves... (4.00 / 4)
      
      a la Ghandi. Call the press and have hundreds of dems show up to "make salt" at these propaganda road shows.
      I think Dems could get more mileage out of this than dozens of anti-war protests. It would be another strike against the far right ruining this country and more evidence ofthe erosion of what this country stands for. (or once stood for)
      
      by sooner on Tue Mar 29, 2005 at 01:18:04 PM PDT
      
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      - SS will site "security" issues (none / 1)
        
        This is a good idea, but I think anywhere Bush goes in the world, including the USA, the SS can keep people at considerable distance. So unless the "free" press is willing to go a few blocks (or miles) to see these protestors, nothing is going to happen. You can already guess what the media will do - they'll do exactly what they did in NY city during the replubican convention, when they conveniently ignored 100,000 protestors as if they didn't exist. It is pretty sad but true.
        
        by Bailey Savings and Loan on Tue Mar 29, 2005 at 06:07:02 PM PDT
        
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        Not exactly (4.00 / 2)
        
        Get tickets from your congressperson. Show up properly dressed (a suit would be nice). Behave. But have a bumper sticker on your car. Or wear a donkey pin on your lapel.
        Have the rethugs (and is THAT ever appropriate) throw you out.
        Call media. Immediately. On your cellphone, from in front of the venue.
        Repeat (and repeat, and repeat).
        They might ignore a few, but keep pounding on them, and they'll get the drift.
        And tell them that the OTHER unnamed network is going to be showing up in, oh, about 2 minutes.
        (Local guys will jump on this -- it's NEWS. For small town stations, this is HUGE.)
        
        by mmacdDE on Tue Mar 29, 2005 at 07:32:40 PM PDT
        
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        I would notify the media first (none / 0)
        
        and tell them what was going to go down...a political car wreck!
        Revolutions and revolutionary acts are riveting when done right.
        If the refuk bouncers were intimidated enough THEN you give Bushwhack the gift of a REAL PUBLIC appearence. (with, gosh, other viewpoints and democracy thingys and everything!!!)
        
        by sooner on Wed Mar 30, 2005 at 10:47:51 PM PDT
        
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  - Maybe I'm being dumb... (none / 1)
    
    ... but how can you tell what days he's going to be at what stops? I couldn't find a way to click on the map.
    
    by tree hugger on Tue Mar 29, 2005 at 10:58:45 AM PDT
    
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    - To thwart organization... (4.00 / 2)
      
      they only announce the schedule a day or so in advance.
      Taken from: the 60 stops site
      DAY 28
      Wednesday, March 30, 2005
      President Bush participates in a Conversation on Strengthening Social Security in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
      Treasury Secretary John Snow delivers remarks to local community leaders in Bozeman, MT
      SSA Deputy Administrator Jim Lockhart participates in four town hall meetings with Rep. Wally Herger in California
      Social Security AdministrationSenior Advisor Mike Korbey participates in Town Hall meetings with Rep. Tom Price in Woodstock, GA
      Deputy Director, National Economic Council, Keith Hennessey participates in a town hall meeting with Rep. Sur Myrick in Charlotte, NC
      
      Mama, could we buy stuff made in China if we moved there? -- My six year-old son.
      
      by leolabeth on Tue Mar 29, 2005 at 04:45:02 PM PDT
      
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  - the site (none / 1)
    
    seems to have been taken offline - or at least 'privatized' in one form...
    Any other links to the schedule?
    
    State Rep. Jeremy Kalin Energy, Transpo., Elections & Pub.Safety
    
    by JK Minnesota on Tue Mar 29, 2005 at 11:11:06 AM PDT
    
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    - If we don't know when the party is... (4.00 / 2)
      
      We can't crash it. I've used my meager Google skills for the past twenty minutes trying to find a schedule for the King of Lies SS Tour... you don't think they'd want to suppress THAT info, do ya?
      Every page I've found is happy to tell you about the staged events that have already occured, but I can't find a schedule of DATED upcoming stops.
      Little help?
      R
      From the fool's gold mouthpiece
      The hollow horn plays wasted words
      
      by Randular on Tue Mar 29, 2005 at 12:05:56 PM PDT
      
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      - yes, my experience too (none / 1)
        
        when bush came to my state, the news was "officially released" very last minute. - like the day before the event.
        And even then, the location of the event was changed at the last minute & was a very small hand-picked group.
        I really think that we need a little inside info on this one. If you have family/friends who are repubs and oppose Soc Sec privatization, have them call & get tickets.
        
        If you love Bush, Vote John McCain '08
        
        by biscobosco on Tue Mar 29, 2005 at 12:53:39 PM PDT
        
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      - They'd tell you (none / 1)
        
        if they wanted you to know. Information is gold, you know. Maybe we could call our local GOP HQs and find out. My local GOP offices are largely staffed by kindly blue-haired ladies who will tell you pretty much everything they know as long as you're nice to them.
        
        The History Commons needs your participation.
        
        by Black Max on Tue Mar 29, 2005 at 01:00:00 PM PDT
        
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      - Google (none / 1)
        
        Maybe you actually need to type "King of Lies Social Security Tour" in the search bar.
        
        "The state has no place in the bedrooms of the nation." - Pierre Trudeau
        
        by fishhead on Tue Mar 29, 2005 at 01:03:41 PM PDT
        
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      - I started a diary (4.00 / 2)
        
        To track locations of Bush's "town hall" performances.
        http://biscobosco.dailykos.com/story/2005/3/29/162350/044
        He's in Cedar Rapids, Iowa tomorrow (30th)
        
        If you love Bush, Vote John McCain '08
        
        by biscobosco on Tue Mar 29, 2005 at 01:25:14 PM PDT
        
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  - have a senior citizen try to get into the event. (none / 1)
    
    . . . and have them say to the media "I am concerned about social security, and I want to hear what the president has to say"
    
    Bryan E. Burke, Chair of Eastern Washington Voters; www.ewvoters.org
    
    by bryanb on Tue Mar 29, 2005 at 12:58:28 PM PDT
    
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- Sneak Attack (4.00 / 2)
  
  Protests don't work because the MSM doesn't cover them. The sneak attack is the answer, only intensify the effort. Swear loyalty, or whatever it takes to get into the meeting, make a loud protest at the right moment and get thrown out. Then after you get thrown out, someone else stands up and protests from another part of the audience. It will eventually make it to the media if the chimp is always forced to talk over us and hide our dissent.
  
  by kharma on Tue Mar 29, 2005 at 11:37:24 AM PDT
  
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