September meetup - worst prez ever coming to KC on Sept 8th

[proud2BlibKansan]

He will be here for a $1000 a plate fundraiser for Senator Jim
(no)Talent. The event is being held at the Ward home at 55th and Ward
Parkway. It starts at 4:00.

BTW, the Wards are Russell Stover heirs, so if you haven't stopped
buying their candy, it isn't too late to stop now.

Preliminary plans are to meet at 3:00. The meeting place is still
undecided, and depends on whether they close Ward Parkway or not. They
are also considering getting buses to drive us to the protest site,
since you can't park on Ward Parkway or on 55th St. If they don't
close Ward Parkway, that grassy median is an ideal spot for our
protest. I am guessing the closest parking will be at Loose Park at 51
and Wornall.

Military Families Speak Out (MFSO) is planning on bringing a group
from Columbia. They were part of the protest when bush was in St.
Louis in June and have some good suggestions as well as a working
relationship with the Secret Service.

Other groups involved are KC Iraq Task Force, KC Peaceworks, KC Code
Pink, MO Pro-Vote, Veterans for Peace, DFHA, KC DU group and 63rd St
Patriots. I am sure I am leaving some groups out, but it is not
intentional.

We need to give dubya a good ole KC welcome. We need hundreds of
people! Please spread the word!! We want people from all over MO and
KS! I will update with specifics when they are available.

A planning meeting will be held Monday August 28 at the SEIU Union
Hall at 47 and Paseo at 5:30. If you can't come, there will be an
email sent out after that meeting. In the meantime, spread the word to
all your friends and neighbors.

SEPTEMBER 8TH!! MARK YOUR CALENDARS - GET YOUR SIGNS READY!!

WORST PRESIDENT EVER IN KC!

[MuseRider]

1. I sent

you an email. This should be fun.

[proud2BlibKansan]

2. Got it!

Tina from Camp Casey called me yesterday. She is coming. BTW, her son was called back to Iraq yesterday. :cry:

[Mabus]

3. Aye-aye captain

Won't be able to make Monday's meeting but I will try to fix my e-mail so I can send the word out.

[proud2BlibKansan]

6. Can you come on the 8th?

I think we will have a meetup afterwards. :woohoo:

[Mabus]

7. Yep

and I'll try to bring company.

[proud2BlibKansan]

8. We'll talk more tonight.

This is going to be so cool. I can't wait to greet the prez.

[ComerPerro]

4. I can't afford $1000 a plate.

:evilgrin:

[proud2BlibKansan]

5. You couldn't GIVE ME $1000

to eat dinner with these assholes.

The Rove dinner we protested at last week in TX was $2500 a plate. Can you imagine? Forking over that kind of money to eat dinner with that evil man?

[chat_noir]

9. great protest gear!

http://www.cafepress.com/koy/840378


another page of great items: http://www.cafepress.com/koy/928966

[chat_noir]

10. ideas for protest signs

Check out these bumperstickers, etc., offered at Cafe Press

http://www.cafepress.com/koy/928966

Wish I had the artistic talent to reproduce this one: http://www.cafepress.com/buy/anti-bush/-/pv_design_details/pg_1/id_12734665/opt_/fpt_/c_360/

[Mabus]

11. I volunteer to take any information to my local Dem HQ

and I will ask the volunteers to help get the word out. I'll also pass it on to my Dem party chair so she can mail it out the county mailing list.


on edit: I've already passed the word onto people I've talked to today. I've also told a couple of my neighbors who are going to get the word out once plans are little more solidified.

[chat_noir]

12. Anyone here a member of the College Dems?

If so, can you contact nearby chapters to encourage them to join us?

KS: http://www.collegedems.com/echapters/state.php?state=KS

MO: http://www.collegedems.com/echapters/state.php?state=MO

The email is a template, so it would be easy to simply paste the same message in each one. I would recommend a referral back to the DU Kansas and Missouri forum threads.

Something like this:

Subject: Bush visit to Kansas City on Friday, September 8

Please get a group together and join us in protesting Bush and his administration of death.

Check the MO/KS forums at Democratic Underground:


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=153

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=162

[evlbstrd]

13. All the fun stuff happens during working hours.

And my evil client is making sure that I have a lot of them. I'm afraid the best I might be able to do is get to the meetup.

[evlbstrd]

14. I've sent this notice to my new friend.

She's going to be there, and she forwarded it to at least two dozen others.

[chat_noir]

15. some inspiration from the past

Kansas City 2005 http://kansascitysnapshots.digitalstylephotos.com/KCStillSaysNOin2005/index.html








August 2005 across the country: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4384022

[Mabus]

16. That is inspirational

Thank you. I'd like to say more but everything I'm thinking sounds so trite. I admire the people in the picture. If I had a god, I'd say these people are doing god's work.

[chat_noir]

17. more inspiration - OSU protest May 2006

listen to the chants

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDEIekzB6bA