Bush's visit likely to disrupt island life

[unfrigginreal]

By Associated Press

(Honolulu-AP) -- The visit of President and Mrs. Bush is expected to cause disruptions throughout the day. The U-S-S Arizona Memorial and the U-S-S Bowfin will be closed to the public until noon.

And the presidential motorcade is expected to cause traffic delays.

Police haven't given advance notice of road closures, but Bush is scheduled to make his way from Pearl Harbor to the Kahala Mandarin at noontime. Later, the president will make his way to a fund-raiser at the Hilton Hawaiian Village. And around eight tonight, President and Mrs. Bush will proceed to Hickam Air Force Base and head back to Washington.

Along the way, hundreds of supporters and detractors of the Bush administration can be expected. Hawaiian sovereignty advocates, representatives from the presidential campaigns of Howard Dean and Dennis Kucinich, and various union groups are expected to protest the president.

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[qb]

1. Yeah, but not nearly as much as his climate policy

http://www.greenhousenet.org/news/nov-2001/risingsea.html
RISING SEA LEVEL FORCING EVACUATION OF ISLAND COUNTRY

[proud patriot]

2. I read about Tuvalu

in mother jones ....

The first refugees of global warming ..

Where do you go when the land under you
get permantly flooded by the ocean ?

Hawaii give bush HELL ...:hi:

[Bertha Venation]

3. The EO does not care about the People

"U-S-S Arizona Memorial and the U-S-S Bowfin will be closed to the public until noon.

"And the presidential motorcade is expected to cause traffic delays."

I'm not a bit surprised that the Twig Protection Team is going to shut things down. Paranoia rules the Bush White House.

As for the motorcade: I work in Washington, DC. Motorcades (presidential or congressional or diplomatic) disrupt traffic daily. The people ordering or directing or in the friggin' things do not give one shit about the People in traffic, who are further delayed, frustrated, angered by yet more obstacles. (Traffic in this god-forsaken city is already the biggest f*cking joke on the planet. "DC" stands for "Dysfunctional City," not District of Columbia.)

THEY DO NOT CARE. "They" being the Executive Office or who/whatever is using a motorcade. "They," the privileged few, are more important than the great and little "We, the People".

[ixion]

4. welcome to DU, Bertha Venation

great post! Glad to have you aboard. :hi:

[Cha]

5. Go Hawaii and Go Dean and Kucinich

Supporters! I wish I could be there right today to be among the
Dean Supporters to Protest bush on O'ahu!