"Over 300 antiwar protesters took part in a demonstration at the gates to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point Dec. 1 as President Barack Obama sought to justify his decision to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan.

"Facing police and soldiers at the Highland Falls gate to the Academy, demonstrators repeatedly chanted, "30,000 more! What the Hell for?, 30,000 more! —What the Hell for?" Drummers and a trumpet player accompanied the chanting.

"Six protestors were arrested for sitting down to block the road into the military facility. They were charged with disorderly conduct, released and summoned to appear in court Dec. 15.

"The protest was organized in less than a week, according to civil liberties attorney Michael Sussman, who leads the Orange County Democratic Alliance and was among the chief organizers. Another organizer, Nick Mottern of WESPAC and Consumers for Peace.org, first heard the announcement that Obama would speak locally, and sent out the message to a few local organizers. "They all got busy calling other people and groups and within 24 hours some 14 organizations signed up to protest Obama's speech," he said."
Jack Smith, Editor, Hudson Valley Activist Newsletter

The full article can be found here: http://activistnewsletter.blogspot.com /

5:30 p.m. at the park on Main St. in Highland Falls, NY
http://activistnewsletter.blogspot.com / has all the details.
Be there and be counted.

L to R. NASCAR drivers Jeff Burton, Greg Biffle, and Jimmie Johnson pose with President Obama earlier this year.

Here's an article from this past January that I found that mentions 2 other drivers, Dale Earnhardt Jr., and Jeff Gordon.

CONCORD, N.C. – Count Hendrick Motorsports teammates Jeff Gordon and Dale Earnhardt Jr. among those excited about President Barack Obama and the new administration that took office on Tuesday.

“I’m as excited as everybody else is,” Earnhardt Jr. said during Wednesday’s stop at Hendrick Motorsports on the Sprint Media Tour hosted by Lowe’s Motor Speedway. “I wish I had been able to go to the inauguration. That would have been nice to have been able to have been there, but it was pretty busy it looked like.”

NASCAR’s most popular driver hasn’t met Obama but would apparently jump on the opportunity to do so.

“I’d love to meet our new president. That would be a great honor of mine,” he said. “I was as excited as everybody else. I feel like that we all understand that is in a difficult situation. Even with the bailouts and all that stuff, it hasn’t totally fixed everything. … We’ve still got a long ways to go.

“We’ve still got a lot of different areas to get uglier, so hopefully we all will survive the worst of it.”

Gordon also expressed an eagerness to see what the new administration can do.

“I’m very excited,” he said. “I think all of us right now have this sense of hope that this is a symbol of hope. I think it’s great for our country, and I think it’s going to represent us well around the world.

“That alone is not what turns economies around – it’s going to be a lot of hard work, a lot of pressure – but I’m certainly optimistic and hopeful and excited.”


It seems that some of the people that many rednecks follow, are not as conservative as some of us think. I was surprised to find that Dale was eager to meet the President, and wanted to be at the inauguration.

I think that some of them know that they are toast this time around, if they are pushing Caribou Barbie in '12.

I live in NY and I KNOW that I can get 10,000 signatures for Gore in a WEEK!
I'm in it. Let's see Gore run, and win... AGAIN!
Finally, maybe we can get a president we can be proud of. A president with a brain, for a change.
I will be petitioning in New York State for Gore. I don't care if I have to take time off from my job, this is WAAAAYYYYY too important!

I am taking on part of the responsibility of getting Gore on the ballot in New York!

When Gore runs, he WILL win!