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To: ChinuSFO who wrote (51758)	10/6/2004 10:13:45 AM
From: lorne	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

Protestors Ransack Bush/Cheney Headquarters In Orlando 2 People Receive Minor Injuries During Protest October 6, 2004 local6.com ORLANDO, Fla. -- A group of protestors stormed and then ransacked a Bush-Cheney headquarters building in Orlando, Fla., Tuesday, according to Local 6 News. group of 100 Orlando protestors face possible assault charges after the group forced their way inside the Republican headquarters office. While in the building, some of the protestors drew horns and a mustache on a poster of President George W. Bush and poured piles of letters in the office, according to the report. "We told them to leave, they broke the law," Republican headquarters volunteer Mike Broom said. Two protestors received minor injuries when the crowd stormed the building, including a Republican volunteer. One of the protestors said she wanted to send a message. "We want to send a clear message to Bush, we want him to take his hands off our overtime pay," protestor Esmeralda Heuilar said. Local 6 News learned that most of the protestors were from the AFL-CIO and were taking part in one of 20 other coordinated protests around the country. A spokesperson with the AFL-CIO told Local 6 News that the Orlando protest did not go as planned. A protest similar to Orlando's demonstration was held at a Bush-Cheney office in Miami at the same approximate time, Local 6 News reported. Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (51758)	10/6/2004 10:16:17 AM
From: lorne	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

A moderate islam state?? Iran cancels music concerts under hard-line pressure Oct 4, 2004, 15:05 Reuters iranian.ws Iranian authorities have cancelled several musical concerts organised by European embassies after religious hardliners warned the Islamic state against the "corrupting" influence of Western culture. Analysts said the concert cancellations reflected a new political climate in Iran where religious hardliners now firmly have the upper hand over the pro-reform allies of moderate President Mohammad Khatami. One Italian musical group left Iran without playing a note and planned concerts organised by the Swiss and Spanish embassies were scrapped, the diplomats said on Monday. "The Culture Ministry cancelled the concerts fearing there may be some attacks on the concert hall by hardliners," one of the diplomats said. Mohsen Majedi, a political science professor at Tehran's Baheshti University said: "They (hardliners) cannot wait any longer to paralyse Khatami's achieved reforms." Following Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution all but classical or religious music was banned. Restrictions eased somewhat following Khatami's landslide electoral win in 1997. Iran held its first official "Islamic pop" festival in 1999 but concerts remain tame with female soloists banned from singing in front of men and audiences prohibited from dancing. Hardliners, who say the concerts promote immoral behaviour among young people, have in the past attacked cultural centres where musical performances were held. "Our religious people are against such concerts which help to spread corrupt Western culture," the hard-line Jomhuri-ye Eslami newspaper said last week. Behrang Tonekaboni, a member of Iran's Niavaran Musicians Association, told the Mardomsalari newspaper an Italian group had to leave without performing after threats were made. Another Italian-sponsored event was moved to the ambassador's residence at short notice after permission was denied for the intended venue at a public concert hall. The Swiss Embassy was informed about the cancellation of its classical music concert due to "technical problems" just one day before the musicians' were due to arrive. "We regret such short notice ... but we still have hope of having concerts in the future," a Swiss diplomat said.

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (51758)	10/6/2004 11:40:12 PM
From: Brumar89	Respond to of 81568

The gay lobby isn't going to be satisfied with property rights and hospital visitation in this state or that state. It's gonna be a push for every state, along with adoption rights, school groups for gays, gay scout troop leaders, and many things we cant even imagine now. I agree there are more pressing issues. And I am not emotionally involved in this issue. But I'm not sympathetic and think its a bunch of hogwash. Under the guise of seeming to want just a little toleration and humane treatment, there's a movement to radically restructure society. No reason not to recognize that.