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Updated Details on Bush Visit Friday
found this posted on the People Against Empire site
Bush is coming to Santa Clara county this Friday, May 2. Information about the protest plans will be posted here as it becomes available. If you want to join us carpooling to the protests from the Berkeley-Oakland area, send us an e-mail using the link at left.
Bush's current schedule is to land at Moffett Field at 9:00 am, speak at United Defense from 9:30 - 10:30, then leave for Texas. United Defense is near San Jose airport, along Coleman. It's extremely large though, so we will still have to figure out just where to go. And Bush may change his plans at the last minute - he's done it before. Here is a map with the approximate location of United Defense. Here is map showing the location of Moffett Field.
We've set up a cell-phone text-messaging group to help coordinate protests when Bush visits Silicon Valley on Friday, May 2. We expect there will be some uncertainty that morning as to where the protests will take place. If you sign up for this group, you will receive messages that morning with information on where the protests are exactly.
The service is amazing and free! If you have a cell phone that can receive messages--and almost all cell phones can--you can participate. On most phones, receiving messages is free, but on some there may be a small charge per message (like 10 cents). Sign up by clicking here and then clicking "Register Now" in the upper left corner of the screen.
For more information:
http://www.demog.berkeley.edu/~gabriel/PAE...
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Previous reports indicated he would be speaking aboard an aircraft carrier, not a contractor of weapons of mass murder. Where is the aircraft carrier stationed? If travelling to the aircraft carrier, he would likely helicopter from Moffet to the carrier to speak.
The aricraft carrier is in San Diego, not Santa Clara. Here is the web site for United "Defense."
http://www.uniteddefense.com/
http://www.uniteddefense.com/
For more information:
http://www.uniteddefense.com/
Don't let the elite celebrate their war profits and mass murder in Iraq. Bush is a war criminal in flagrant violation of international law, and should be tried for his crimes. Shut down United Defence just like the Port of Oakland and downtown SF the day the war started.
"Don't let the elite celebrate their war profits and mass murder in Iraq. "
Damn George Bush! Because of him criminal Iraqi children are now running free! Who cares if Saddam was murdering thousands of his citizens every year, they were only Iraqis!!!!
Damn George Bush! Because of him criminal Iraqi children are now running free! Who cares if Saddam was murdering thousands of his citizens every year, they were only Iraqis!!!!
No, the Iraqi children are not running free. Many of them are not running at all, thanks to the loss of limbs from US cluster bombs. And the murdered ones will never run again.
thanks for setting this up.
If Bush is speaking at United Defense in Santa Clara - here's who they are:
*The Carlyle Group bought United Defense in October 1997*
United Defense (NYSE: UDI) is a leader in the design, development and production of combat vehicles, artillery, naval guns, missile launchers and precision munitions used by the U.S. Department of Defense and allies worldwide. For many of its key U.S. Department of Defense programs, United Defense is the sole-source prime contractor and systems integrator. The company's 5,300 employees are recognized for their outstanding research and development efforts in key technologies, development of combat system operating software and highly efficient manufacturing processes.
*The Carlyle Group bought United Defense in October 1997*
United Defense (NYSE: UDI) is a leader in the design, development and production of combat vehicles, artillery, naval guns, missile launchers and precision munitions used by the U.S. Department of Defense and allies worldwide. For many of its key U.S. Department of Defense programs, United Defense is the sole-source prime contractor and systems integrator. The company's 5,300 employees are recognized for their outstanding research and development efforts in key technologies, development of combat system operating software and highly efficient manufacturing processes.
"Saddam murdered thousands of his citizens every year!"
Yeah? Prove it, schmuck. Even Amnesty International, which reports on such figures for all countries all over the world, reports only "hundreds" every year. How many are dead in the Congo? Do you care? No, I think you only spout lies about Saddam and Iraq because your government told you to. Learn to think for yourself -- look behind the curtain, Dorothy.
Yeah? Prove it, schmuck. Even Amnesty International, which reports on such figures for all countries all over the world, reports only "hundreds" every year. How many are dead in the Congo? Do you care? No, I think you only spout lies about Saddam and Iraq because your government told you to. Learn to think for yourself -- look behind the curtain, Dorothy.
Fuck Bush and his lies, I have had enough, this whole sharade has been nothing more but lies, lies, lies and more lies. From the faked documents presented as the case for war to the fake Iraqi uranium shipping from within Africa, to the spoonfed propaganda we see on the news spouted by white house puppets.
Shame on us all for putting up with this,
A very concerned American
Shame on us all for putting up with this,
A very concerned American
I am so impressed by the efforts you are all making and I know that you risk police violence when you protest. I am beginning to believe that people all over the world will unite to oppose this tyranny.
The king-of-all globalist puppets - Resident Bush will be in San Diego Thursday..
He should be ashamed but that is impossible for a person of his character. He definitely has criminal tendencies.
President coward won't really be in San Diego Thursday; he's too chicken to face the (unreported) majority of citizens who opposed the war. See:
http://www.indybay.org/news/2003/04/1605520.php
http://www.indybay.org/news/2003/04/1605520.php
For more information:
http://www.indybay.org/news/2003/04/160552...
If I outlive Bush, I swear I am going to piss on his grave.
President to visit Santa Clara
United Defense LP, which developed the Bradley fighting vehicle at its Santa Clara plant, will be the location of a visit by President George W. Bush on Friday.
During the visit, Mr. Bush is expected to deliver an address talking about the Iraq war, the economy and national security.
The United Defense Grounds Systems Division employs about 700 workers at the Santa Clara facility. The company, based in Arlington, Va., near the Pentagon, makes various types of combat vehicles -- the Bradley itself comes in several designs -- as well as artillery and naval guns and precision munitions.
The company was originally known as Food Machinery Corp., or FMC.
United Defense LP, which developed the Bradley fighting vehicle at its Santa Clara plant, will be the location of a visit by President George W. Bush on Friday.
During the visit, Mr. Bush is expected to deliver an address talking about the Iraq war, the economy and national security.
The United Defense Grounds Systems Division employs about 700 workers at the Santa Clara facility. The company, based in Arlington, Va., near the Pentagon, makes various types of combat vehicles -- the Bradley itself comes in several designs -- as well as artillery and naval guns and precision munitions.
The company was originally known as Food Machinery Corp., or FMC.
For more information:
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories...
(04-30) 00:24 PDT SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) --
Anti-war activists poised to voice their concerns to President Bush during his Friday visit to a defense contractor fear they may not get to catch a glimpse of the commander in chief at all.
Bush is scheduled to pay a visit to United Defense Technologies in Santa Clara. Activists scouted the office park Tuesday, hoping to stake out a spot within view of Bush's motorcade.
"But if it's the Secret Service's call, we could be miles from there," said Paul George, director of the Peninsula Peace and Justice Center.
Activists have requested a city permit to conduct their protest. They hope to urge Bush to remove troops from Iraq and focus on domestic issues, such as job losses in Silicon Valley where the president will be visiting.
The technology-heavy region has lost 191,000 jobs in the past 30 months, according to industry groups.
Anti-war activists poised to voice their concerns to President Bush during his Friday visit to a defense contractor fear they may not get to catch a glimpse of the commander in chief at all.
Bush is scheduled to pay a visit to United Defense Technologies in Santa Clara. Activists scouted the office park Tuesday, hoping to stake out a spot within view of Bush's motorcade.
"But if it's the Secret Service's call, we could be miles from there," said Paul George, director of the Peninsula Peace and Justice Center.
Activists have requested a city permit to conduct their protest. They hope to urge Bush to remove troops from Iraq and focus on domestic issues, such as job losses in Silicon Valley where the president will be visiting.
The technology-heavy region has lost 191,000 jobs in the past 30 months, according to industry groups.
For more information:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?...
This could be a totally unrelated event, but, just as I was reading about Bush's visit to Santa Clara, I saw a motorcade, with many police escorts and multiple vans, stop traffic as it headed north on Franklin St. (near Market), in San Francisco. Today is April 29, Wednesday, and it is 8:50 am. I just saw this motorcade. I realize that this is a long shot, but, such motorcades being a rare sight, could Bush be in San Francisco today?
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