Welcoming Bush to Charlottesville
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Impeachment
On Protest and Patriotism
By David Swanson
Charlottesville Daily Progress columnist Bryan McKenzie reported on our recent protest of Bush at Monticello that we had made our point of diminishing a citizen naturalization ceremony? We did? McKenzie had plenty of communication from protesters before and after the event, all of which made perfectly clear that we wanted to NOT do that, that we wanted in fact to counter Bush’s diminishment of the day and to communicate to the world that Americans oppose our president’s
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Boston Rebelled Against Dick Cheney on July 4
Story and photos are at Boston Indymedia, and apparently nowhere else. If we’d protested Bush that day only miles away on the road and not inside the event, nobody would have heard about our protest either.
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Why I Interrupted Bush at Monticello
By David Swanson
I’ll be uploading video and photos, so watch http://afterdowningstreet.org
When Bush opened his mouth to speak I shouted “Defend the Constitution, Impeach Bush!” I repeated that several times, as people nearby knocked me over, cops handcuffed me, people gave me smiles and thumbs up signs. They threw me out and a couple of more defenders of our Constitution behind me, and then a few more, and then a few more. The handcuffed citizens who’d done their duty kept
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Bush's July 4th Speech Transcript
The full remarks as provided by the White House:
THE PRESIDENT: Distinguished guests, fellow citizens, and future citizens: the grounds of this house, which saw so many changes during President Thomas Jefferson’s lifetime provide an ideal setting to reflect on the history of our nation. We have progressed so far in so many ways since that day on which the Declaration of Independence was signed, in that distant time when slaves inhabited this place.
We have also progressed in dramatic ways
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Coalition Plans to Protest Bush in Charlottesville
A growing coalition of groups and individuals plans to protest President George W. Bush’s Fourth of July visit to Charlottesville on Friday. Participating organizations include the Augusta Center for Peace and Justice, CODE PINK Women for Peace both National and Charlottesville, AfterDowningStreet, Democrats.com, and Charlottesville MoveOn.org. Many other people expected to participate are not members of any of these groups.
The protest will take place at Route 20, outside and a ways removed
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Protest Bush on Friday
A growing coalition of groups and individuals plans to protest President George W. Bush’s Fourth of July visit to Charlottesville on Friday. Participating organizations include RVA for Peace, the Augusta Center for Peace and Justice, CODE PINK Women for Peace both National and Charlottesville, AfterDowningStreet, Democrats.com, and Charlottesville MoveOn.org. Many other people expected to participate are not members of any of these groups.
The protest will take place at Route 20, outside
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Growing Coalition Plans to Protest Bush in Charlottesville
The coalition of groups and individuals planning to protest President George W. Bush’s Fourth of July visit to Charlottesville on Friday continues to grow. Participating organizations include RVA4Peace, the Augusta Center for Peace and Justice, CODEPINK Women for Peace both National and Charlottesville, AfterDowningStreet, Democrats.com, and Charlottesville MoveOn.org. Many other people expected to participate are not members of any of these groups.
The protest will take place at Route
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Please Join Discussion of Bush at Monticello
Here’s a discussion that might benefit from your voice. Just take a moment and add a comment. Thanks.
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Some Ways You Can Help Impeach Bush
Here’s a discussion that might benefit from your voice. Just take a moment and add a comment. Thanks. Please post your comments at this link.
Join a protest of Bush at Monticello on July 4.
Make a quick call:
The Thomas Jefferson Foundation, a private nonprofit, owns and operates Monticello with a professed mission of preservation and education. Call Monticello right now and ask them to uninvite Bush: (434) 984-9822. Then let the Daily Progress newspaper in Charlottesville know that
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