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To: Peter Dierks who wrote (318301)	1/2/2007 11:35:12 AM
From: Elroy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573957

Jews are defecting from the democrat party as they examine the costs of association with a group that would pitch them overboard to buy a few years of truce. Jews and Israel are not the same thing. Are you claiming Jews are defecting from the Democratic party because the Democratic party wants to strip them of their US citizenship? How is the Democratic party pitching American Jews overboard?

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (318301)	1/2/2007 12:11:55 PM
From: SilentZ	Respond to of 1573957

>Jews are defecting from the democrat party as they examine the costs of association with a group that would pitch them overboard to buy a few years of truce. Dude, that's complete horsecrap. There was a lot of speculation to that effect before the '04 election, but it hasn't panned out yet. >Blacks are starting to realize that while Republicans are not offering any free meals, the meals they will be able to afford in a free market that they choose to participate in will be better than what they can get with food stamps; this scares democrats more than anything right now. Says who, other than, say, CYBERKEN? >The teachers' union has veto rights over the party platform. They are working towards pure socialized education. After education they want to destroy medicine next. Man, I can't wait until we can destroy medicine. Dude, we have the worst and most expensive health care system in the industrialized world already. Who do you think you're kidding? You're the king of false platitudes around here, seriously. -Z

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (318301)	1/2/2007 12:17:11 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573957

You guys are a hoot! Bush has given you NOTHING to defend his Presidency with, so you clowns fall back on saying Kerry would have been worse. GET REAL - Bush is one of the WORST presidents we've EVER HAD, if not THE worst. Anyone, even John Kerry, could not have been as bad.

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (318301)	1/2/2007 8:56:42 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1573957

Officers won't let protesters cross bridge Traffic snarled as 10 CodePink members are arrested during vigil for slain GIs -- all bikes and pedestrians barred for hours Sabin Russell, Chronicle Staff Writer Tuesday, January 2, 2007 Police took 10 war protesters into custody Monday at the Golden Gate Bridge after a three-hour standoff that backed up New Year's Day traffic and frayed tempers of tourists and bicyclists hoping for a jaunt across the span. The confrontation began at noon when about a dozen members of the women's peace organization CodePink prepared to walk across the bridge as a vigil to remember the 3,000 U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq. Officers from the California Highway Patrol, the Golden Gate Bridge District and the San Francisco Police Department barred their way and also refused to let tourists onto the span. The protesters eventually decided to cross a police line and were taken into custody. Bicyclists began crossing the west side of bridge again by 3 p.m., but foot traffic on the east side of the bridge remained off limits after the protesters dispersed. Among those detained was CodePink co-founder and prominent San Francisco peace activist Medea Benjamin. "We didn't do anything illegal, nor did we plan to do anything illegal," she said after she was released from custody. Benjamin said she and nine others have been charged with trespassing, although Highway Patrol officials wouldn't confirm the arrests. Before she was taken into custody, Benjamin said that the group planned a "solemn march," single-file, across the bridge, with no intention of disrupting tourists or traffic. They planned to meet another small group of protesters crossing from the Vista Point parking area on the north end of the bridge. But police, citing security concerns, closed the sidewalk entrances, and a standoff ensued. "Vigils are taking place all across the country. This may be the only place -- in Nancy Pelosi's home district -- where that's not allowed," said Benjamin, who has been arrested numerous times for protesting the war, including her disruption of a speech by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki before a joint session of Congress in July. Police at the scene said they were concerned about what the protesters might do once they were on the bridge. Police closed off a lane of northbound bridge traffic as they prepared to arrest the protesters, leading to a major traffic back-up on Doyle Drive back to the Marina District and on the 19th Avenue and Lincoln Boulevard approaches to the bridge. Tourist milled outside the south entrance to the bridge sidewalk, some bemused, some outraged that they were forbidden to walk through the gate. Terry and Tom Eckstrom of El Cerrito said they make a habit every year to walk across the Golden Gate Bridge on New Year's Day. They made it across from Vista Point in the morning, but found their way back blocked by police. "We got to this side and there's all this commotion," said Terry. "It's a great cause, and I believe in it. But it is inconvenient." Early in the standoff, KGO television cameraman Randy Davis was cut on the nose and his camera damaged in a scuffle with a Bridge District police officer. KGO news director Kevin Keeshan called the scuffle an illegal assault by a police officer and said the station intended to file a report with the Highway Patrol. sfgate.com Page B - 1