Capobianco Gallery

I mean, to stay the hell away from his studio! ;-)

Don't stay away from my studio...because I have a baseball bat waiting for you..?

Is the work going to be shown elsewhere? Frankly, I'm surprised that many more established galleries that can provide security haven't jumped to show this work. Where's the solidarity?

"Terrorism, The political use of violence or intimidation." The American Heritage Dictionary.
Let's call this act of violence what it really is, terrorism.
Bush and his cabinet are sworn to uphold the constitution, and this is clearly an act of terrorism against free speech and the first amendment! We must demand that this act of terror be investigated and the guilty parties brought to justice.

It's shameful that more people didn't show up. The right-wing has unilaterally declared a culture war in this country and they have just won again in what is supposedly the most open city in the country. In Argentina, crowds are hounding known torturers in their neighborhoods so they can't escape opprobrium and here virtually nothing happens when Limbaugh-obsessed thugs are violently ATTACKING good people. Gosh, why do people hate Americans? Maybe the same reasons I'm beginning to hate them.

I couldn't make it -- does anyone have more of a report from tonight's meeting? any future meetings, events, rallies, gallery openings etc.? Thanks

on a positive note there was a forum on fascism going on across town, so at least people were on topic if not present..

It is sad, real sad that this is happening in San Fancisco. The saddest thing is the Artist refused to comment about the attacks on the gallery, rermoved his paintings, and the gallery owner packed up her stuff and fled... AND she is being hailed as "Courageous"! WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE! I am sorrry, but you all need to wake up, and look around, this is NOT the first act of censorship, intimidation, or attack on people's freedom in SF especially after 9/11 and the war on Iraq, there has been many incidents (attacks on the Women's building, Murals in the mission, residents, and businesses), but this is the first time that those affected fled, did not fight back, and did not hold their ground! Sad oh sad.

If we want this to stop, we're going to have to hunt these men down and deal with them ourselves.

There are so many people that are so extream in their views from the far right to the far left. These people are a danger to anyone who has to deal with them.

A punk attacks a woman who decides to display content that is intended to promote controversy, was this really to hard to see coming?

If I walk in a bad section of LA wearing lots of gold, I bet my walk will be interupted (if you know what I mean).

Do we lock this punk up? Or do we let him out early because "manditory sentencing" isn't fair?

There is no way to defend this action, but you have to expect it and be prepaired for it.

Life isn't fair, Get over it.

deal with the loss of the art. you guys would yell at us and threaten us if we had art galleries rejoicing about abu ghraib and bombing iraq.

How about all the tough talking so-called "anti-racists" that love to post on indybay, or the myriad of "left" zionists, Aren't the white supremacists your number one enemy? Supposedly, but you are all talk. People would rather argue and attack lefties for all of their subtle shortcomings than stand up to racists and put their neck out and take a stand. The status quo of left politics is pure punk poser bullshit out here in Cali. Why aren't there any toughs on the left out here? Because the left has been conducting a psychological campaign against its own ranks to pacify dissent and reign it in with "new left psychology" for many years.

One word: cowardice

Memos state Bush failed to meet standards, refused direct order
- PETE YOST, Associated Press Writer
Thursday, September 9, 2004

(09-09) 08:05 PDT WASHINGTON (AP) --
Addressing questions that have lingered for years, newly unearthed memos state that George W. Bush failed to meet standards of the Texas Air National Guard during the Vietnam war, that he refused a direct order and that his superiors were in a state of turmoil over how to evaluate his performance after he was suspended from flying.

One military official "is pushing to sugar coat it," one memo says of a proposed evaluation of Bush.

"On this date I ordered that 1st Lt. Bush be suspended from flight status due to failure to perform to USAF/TexANG standards and failure to meet annual physical examination ... as ordered," says an Aug. 1, 1972 memo by a superior officer, Lt. Col. Jerry Killian, who is now dead. Killian said in the memo that he wanted a formal inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the flight suspension. No records have surfaced that one was ever conducted.

"I conveyed my verbal orders to commander," Killian's memo stated.

The same memo notes that Bush was trying to transfer to non-flying status out of state and recommends that the Texas unit fill his flying slot "with a more seasoned pilot from the list of qualified Vietnam pilots that have rotated."

The Vietnam-era documents add details to the bare-bones explanation of Bush's aides over the years that he was suspended simply because he decided to skip his flight physical.

The White House said in February that it had released all records of Bush's service, but one of Killian's memos stated it was "for record" and another directing Bush to take the physical exam stated that it was "for 1st Lt. George W. Bush."

"I can't explain why that wouldn't be in his record, but they were found in Jerry Killian's personal records," White House communications director Dan Bartlett told CBS's "60 Minutes II," which first obtained the memos.

Bartlett said Bush's superiors granted permission to train in Alabama in a non-flying status and that "many of the documents you have here affirm just that."

A memo dated May 19, 1972, five days after Bush was supposed to have completed his physical, summarizes a telephone discussion with Bush about how he "can get out of coming to drill from now through November." It says Bush was "told he could do ET for three months or transfer." ET referred to equivalent training, a procedure for meeting training requirements without attending regularly scheduled drills.

The same memo says "we talked abut him getting his flight physical situation fixed" and quotes Bush as saying he would "do that in Alabama if he stays in a flight status." It also says, "I advised him of our investment in him and his commitment."

Democratic Party chairman Terry McAuliffe said, "George W. Bush's cover story on his National Guard service is rapidly unraveling. ... George W. Bush needs to answer why he regularly misled the American people about his time in the Guard and who applied political pressure on his behalf to have his performance reviews 'sugarcoated"'

Bartlett told CBS, "As it says in your own documents, President Bush talked to the commanders about the fact that he'd be transferring to a unit ... in Alabama that didn't fly that plane," the F-102, the type Bush was trained in.

Using only last names, one of the newly disclosed documents points to sharp disagreement among Bush's superiors in Texas over how to evaluate his performance for the period from mid-1972 through mid-1973.

"Staudt has obviously pressured Hodges more about Bush," Killian wrote on Aug. 18, 1973. "I'm having trouble running interference and doing my job -- Harris gave me a message today from Grp regarding Bush's OETR and Staudt is pushing to sugar coat it. Bush wasn't here during rating period and I don't have any comments from 187th in Alabama. I will not rate." Grp refers to a military unit and OETR stands for officer efficiency training report.

The memo concludes: "Harris took the call from Grp today. I'll backdate but won't rate. Harris agrees."

At the time, Walter B. Staudt was commander of the Texas National Guard; Lt. Col. Bobby Hodges was one of Bush's superiors in Texas who two years earlier had rated Bush an outstanding young pilot; and Lt. Col. William D. Harris Jr. was another superior of Bush's.

Records released this year when Bush's military service re-emerged as a campaign issue contain no evidence that he showed up for duty at all for five months in mid-1972 and document only a few occasions later that year.

Asked about Killian's statement in a memo about the military's investment in Bush, Bartlett told CBS: "For anybody to try to interpret or presume they know what somebody who is now dead was thinking in any of these memos, I think is very difficult to do."
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