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I was not the only person who dressed up like this, there were over one hundred people protesting the event and about twenty of us wore orange jumpsuits. While we ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MN Against Bush/266 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:47:05
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[b]"Golden Shield" Doesn't Cover Condi's Torture Role[/b]
by Coleen Rowley

On Oct. 12, 2003, the Star Tribune published an op-ed I wrote responding to a speech in the Twin Cities by U.S. Atty. Gen. John Ashcroft in which he boasted on h... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MN Against Bush/265 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:24:45 Every week I attend a peace vigil outside the office of my Congressional Misrepresentative John Kline (R-MN). While we have a lot of people drive by and honk in support of what we are doing every week, we have also had some people who would extend their middle finger to us. Here is my friend's bri... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MN Against Bush/264 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:15:13 A man is facing 90 days in jail for honking outside John Kline's Burnsville office and we need people at the Burnsville Peace Vigil tonight to stand up for free speech. We will be on the corner of Burnsville Parkway and Nicollett Ave at 4:30 until 5:30. If you would like more details on why this i... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MN Against Bush/263 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:51:46 Yesterday one of my friends learned that he was facing three months in jail and a $1,000 fine. His crime? Improper use of a car horn. You may think that people don't go to jail for honking their car horns, you may think that there must be an additional charge on top of the honking offense because... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MN Against Bush/262 Sun, 13 Sep 2009 23:04:12 Remember back to the days in which you were in high school. For many of us those years were very difficult, we were in that awkward stage between childhood and becoming an adult and we had not yet grown comfortable with who we were. Whether we were ever bullied or not we all knew that those who we... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MN Against Bush/261 Fri, 14 Aug 2009 20:19:15 Today I got to work and opened up a copy of the Star Tribune and found the following letter...

[div class = "excerpt"]For years, weekly protests by left-wing extremists have been held at U.S. Rep. John Kline's local office.

Now it seems the hard-core left is shocked that, for once, the average... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MN Against Bush/260 Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:36:44 As a person who has been involved in a good amount of political activism I know how difficult it is to get the media to pay any attention to what progressive activists are doing to bring about change. Not only does the corporate media ignore the work that progressives are doing in the community, bu... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MN Against Bush/259 Wed, 05 Aug 2009 12:13:54 Every Tuesday afternoon a small group of peace activists stand at the busy intersection of Burnsville Parkway and Nicolet Avenue , just a couple blocks away from the largest park and ride in the southern suburbs and outside the offices of Republican Congressman John Kline.  For over two years now th... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MN Against Bush/258 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:37:41 So Mark Sanford tells us that he was having an affair with a woman in Argentina. He wants us to believe that he was so deeply in love that he abandoned his state for nearly a week without telling anyone where he was going just so he could spend a final few days with the woman he loved. He wants us... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MN Against Bush/257 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:57:05 Just one day after the announcement that George Tiller's clinic would be permanently closing James Von Brunn entered the Holocaust Museum and opened fire. Just hours before today's shooting it was announced that the anti-choice group Operation Rescue is considering buying the clinic and making it t... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MN Against Bush/256 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:30:56 This afternoon I stood in front of the doors to the House Chamber at the Minnesota State Capitol with a group of citizens who wanted to make sure their voices were heard. Our Governor Tim Pawlenty had once again used his veto power against the most vulnerable people in the state so that when he run... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MN Against Bush/255 Sun, 17 May 2009 23:19:56 This afternoon I stood in front of the doors to the House Chamber at the Minnesota State Capitol with a group of citizens who wanted to make sure their voices were heard. Our Governor Tim Pawlenty had once again used his veto power against the most vulnerable people in the state so that when he run... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MN Against Bush/254 Sun, 17 May 2009 23:18:58 Ahoy Mateys! Today thar be a pirate on th' low seas o' Minnesota, and he wasn't jus' any pirate but he be the worst kind of pirate. This be a swashbuckler who steals from the poor to give to the rich mateys, but today we took our boat to the low seas o' White Bear Lake to confront this cutthroat.
... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MN Against Bush/253 Sat, 09 May 2009 20:00:26 This morning I returned to Minnesota after spending the weekend in New York for a once in a lifetime opportunity to celebrate the 90th birthday of the legendary folk singer and political activist Pete Seeger. Pete Seeger is a man who not only wrote many of the songs that I was taught in grade sc... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MN Against Bush/252 Mon, 04 May 2009 23:07:41 There may be nothing that is more essential to a democracy than the right to voice dissent. Not all of us have the means or the ability to run for office, but each and every one of us has the ability to speak out about what is important to us. It is that ability to speak out in dissent that allows... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MN Against Bush/251 Sun, 19 Apr 2009 12:24:11 Last week a group of five peace activists which included myself had a meeting with Susan Gaertner in which we asked her to drop the charges against the RNC 8. After our meeting I wrote a blog which detailed our discussion, that blog ended up near the top of the recommended list at both the [link:ww... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MN Against Bush/250 Thu, 09 Apr 2009 22:21:00 Last week [link:journals.democraticunderground.com/MN%20Against%20Bush/248|I wrote]about my meeting with Susan Gaertner in which I asked her to drop the charges against the RNC 8, and I indicated my belief that I thought she was having second thoughts.

Well I have some great news. She WAS having... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MN Against Bush/249 Thu, 09 Apr 2009 13:24:33 Today I confronted my opposition face to face, she was a very kind and respectful woman but she also happens to be a woman who is posing a serious threat to our Constitutional rights. Her name is Susan Gaertner and she is the Ramsey County District Attorney that is attempting to convict eight young... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MN Against Bush/248 Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:11:50 I asked for an end to the killing in Iraq and Afghanistan. I asked for a restoration of our Constitution and accountability brought to all the criminals who violated our rights. I asked for equal rights for all Americans. I asked for an economic system that does not reward bankers and Wall Street... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MN Against Bush/247 Tue, 31 Mar 2009 20:32:16 While details are still emerging on the situation, it is clear that there was some serious police harrassment on an activist group working for the defense of the RNC 8 here in the Twin Cities today. I am going to be trying to learn more about what happened today as on Thursday I have a meeting with... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MN Against Bush/246 Sat, 28 Mar 2009 20:25:59 Today I read a column accusing those of us on the left who take to the streets to protest of being rabid ideologues who only serve to turn people off to our cause. I have been in the streets many times over the past seven years or so, in fact just in the past week alone I have been involved in thre... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MN Against Bush/245 Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:01:12 In recent months the Republicans have made opposition to earmarks one of the major rallying cries of their party, they believe that speaking out against earmarks will be one of the primary issues that will win them back the millions of voters that have left the party in recent years.

At first g... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MN Against Bush/244 Fri, 20 Mar 2009 20:03:34 Dear Mr. Santelli,

I read your piece on CNBC yesterday about how your on-air rant was completely spontaneous and you had absolutely nothing to do with that website that was set up to promote your tea party idea. Sure the domain to support your little tea party may have been registered six months... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MN Against Bush/243 Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:59:40 When I was a child I was told that we lived in a country that respected human rights. We didn’t have to worry about our government rounding people up in the dead of night and sending them off to a secret prison half way around the globe because we had a Constitution that protected everyone’s rights... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MN Against Bush/242 Mon, 02 Mar 2009 12:23:02