Today in San Jose: 500 protesters beat drums, called for Bush resignation

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

Jayme L. ( last name not given), 7, center, flips over an effigy of President Bush during a protest outside a building where Bush spoke in San Jose, Calif., Friday, April 21, 2006. More than 500 protesters beat drums and called for President Bush's resignation Friday as the president prepared to speak to Silicon Valley leaders at the sprawling Cisco Systems Inc. headquarters. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)



An unidentified Muslim protester, left, answers questions from a San Jose Police officer after he and other Muslim protesters were cited for jaywalking after they kneeled down and prayed in the middle of a road at a rally outside of the building where President Bush was speaking in San Jose, Calif., Friday, April 21, 2006. More than 500 protesters beat drums and called for President Bush's resignation Friday as the president prepared to speak to Silicon Valley leaders at the sprawling Cisco Systems Inc. headquarters. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)



Samuel Garcia, 16, left, and Kelly Gamboa kick an effigy of President Bush at a protest outside of the building where Bush spoke in San Jose, Calif., Friday, April 21, 2006. More than 500 protesters beat drums and called for President Bush's resignation Friday as the president prepared to speak to Silicon Valley leaders at the sprawling Cisco Systems Inc. headquarters. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)



Scott Tuffnell, right, dressed as President Bush, and his daughter Laura, 14, hold a up sign at a protest outside of the building where President Bush spoke in San Jose, Calif., Friday, April 21, 2006. More than 500 protesters beat drums and called for President Bush's resignation Friday as the president prepared to speak to Silicon Valley leaders at the sprawling Cisco Systems Inc. headquarters. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

[TomInTib]

1. Olberman just said the crowds made georgie change his plans

(and probably his pants, as well) and instead of making the planned speech, he went straight to George Shulz' house for a planned dinner.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

2. The thing that disgusts me most about this...

...is "major Bush contributor" John Chambers.

I WORKED for Cisco Systems. I was one of the 8500 people laid off in 2001.

I've seen BOTH faces of John Chambers. The one that's shown on the covers of magazines and appears in soft-spoken interviews ISN'T the REAL one.

The man's a BASTARD. After the Cisco layoffs he bitched in an interview about the people who showed up for work at 8 AM and left at 5 PM. He was one of the first people to jump on the India outsourcing bandwagon with both feet, and Cisco uses L. Ron Hubbard's "management principles"...anyone who doesn't believe this can Google it. A Cisco manager got busted in the press a few years ago for singing the praises of L. Ron...

The top 5% are REWARDED, the bottom 5% are CRUCIFIED, and everyone else in the middle is encouraged to stab the guy next to him so they don't end up in the BOTTOM group.

[TomInTib]

5. Yeah, I have heard some of the same.

You would ned to look long and far to find a bigger ass to work for.

[Southsideirish]

6. My husband was a victim of the great IT layoff of '01. How many others

were involved? Our income level dropped off precipitously.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

7. At Cisco, the body count was 8500.

I attended a meeting about two months prior to the layoffs in which a department director openly mocked employees at competitor Juniper Systems, who had just been laid off. He encouraged those in attendance to laugh along with him, and swore that Cisco WOULD...NOT...BE...HAVING...LAYOFFS.

Of course, he KNEW that the layoffs were coming.

And they DID.

John Chambers is nothing more than Larry Ellison wearing a mask.

[hootinholler]

14. Count me in...

I worked at an IT testing firm they laid off about 120 of us. My current salary is still about 30% down. I hit another layoff in 2003. I've missed alomst a year's salary since 2001. In 2000, when we re-fi'd my mortgage we took an insurance policy against loss of salary due to illness or layoff, that's what saved me from being homeless. The stress put the marriage over the tipping point. etc. etc.

-Hoot

[malaise]

12. Here's the link

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/breaking_news/14400800.htm

[dogday]

3. Way to Go

Am proud of CA for standing up to our liar, leaker and thief!!!!

[annabanana]

4. How close did the protesters get?

Could * hear the noise? . .Or did his handlers scoot him off before he could hear?

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

8. Not close.

Those photos show people lined along Tasman Drive. Cisco's buildings have a pretty good buffer zone between the street and the front door.

[northofdenali]

9. Great pics, BEB, I was hoping someone would post some.

Didn't think the smarmy, snot-nosed bastard could get out of SJ without some dissent. Way to go, San Jose!! :patriot::yourock::patriot:

[populistdriven]

10. Cisco is a big Republican supporter

[Jack Rabbit]

11. !!

Liberty Leading the People (1830) by Eugène Delacroix
From the website of the University of Southern California

[AlCzervik]

13. I bet he brought along Norm Mineta to use as a human shield.