SEVEN antiwar demonstrations tonight in different San Francisco area cities

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with 2 in Downtown San Francisco (Civic Center and Powell at Market Sts.) on the SAME DAY, then an evening march all the way down Market Street

Early video posted at this website (available now, Flash format):
http://kron.com/

On KTVU Oakland, a FOX affiliate, the evening protests were the #2 story at about 10:03 PM. Watch this website for video posted later tonight/overnight:
http://www.ktvu.com/index.html

BTW, these folks are in the streets tonight in spite of record low "hard freeze" temperatures, below freezing already in some areas.

[Webster Green]

1. I was at the one in Santa Rosa (In front of the recruiting office)

I estimate the crowd at 150-200 people, carrying signs and candles.

Lots of supporters honking horns, of course.

The dozen or so military recruiters inside looked pretty freaked, and/or amused.

[TomInTib]

3. You are in Santa Rosa?

If you ever get to Tiburon, let me know.

I have been here for years and have never been to Santa Rosa.

Maybe I need to get a life.

[Webster Green]

4. No, I'm in Guerneville (West Sonoma County,on the river)..

I do get to Tiburon once in a while. I work as a chimney sweep, and I also do boat repairs and restorations. Both my jobs get me to Marin sometimes. I've lived in Fairfax, Lagunitas, and Inverness, and have lots of friends in Marin.:hi:

[TomInTib]

5. Damn, W G, I already knew that. I am getting old and slow in a hurry.

Pardon me.

Lately, I am forgetting more than I am retaining at a much more rapid clip than I am comfortable with.

Oh, well, we can't expect to be good forever.

There was a time, however...

[TomInTib]

2. And it IS some kinda cold, here.

I wouldn't walk down the hill if Hank Williams was playing on the sidewalk on Main Street.

Good for those hardy souls!

[EFerrari]

16. My dog and I have been freezing our rears off.

The sun is hot but the wind is something else. :scared:

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6. VIDEO "Growing unrest on the streets of America tonight" (KGO ABC7)

http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=politics&id=4928661

Clip includes Sky 7 chopper footage from Downtown San Francisco (Powell St., the Montgomery St. BART Station), and Mountain View (featuring the Raging Grannies). Footage was shot long before the big nighttime marches. From the 6PM News in San Francisco.

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7. VIDEO Antiwar Protests Held In Bay Area, Across Nation (KPIX CBS5 San Francisco)

http://cbs5.com/topstories/local_story_011190337.html

TWO BONUS CLIPS ON PAGE: Raw video from Berkeley and San Francisco

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8. VIDEO-MUST SEE Bay Area Anti-War Protests Go High-Tech (KGO ABC7)

Quickly Organized Through Internet
KGO By Lyanne Melendez

Jan. 11 - KGO - The president has a long way to go before he wins the country's support for his new Iraq policy. An ABC News poll taken after he spoke last night shows 61 percent oppose a surge of troops; CBS puts the figure at 50 percent; the Associated Press puts it at 70 percent. People are coming up with new methods of showing their opposition.

There were more then 30 war protests organized today in the Bay Area alone. How did we find about the protests? The same way that everybody else did -- through internet organizing, which has changed the way people gather.

At noon today, dozens of people gathered outside San Francisco's City Hall to protest the president's plan to increase the number of troops in Iraq.

Nicola Drake found out about the demonstration only hours before.

Nicola Drake, Protester: "About mid-morning today one of the women in our law firm sent around an email from the Democratic Party and our firm decided that we would all come outside here, we work nearby."

It's called viral emailing.

VIDEO, MORE AT LINK
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=local&id=4928479

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9. VIDEO Minneapolis Protesters react to the president's decison (KSTP ABC5)

WINDOWS MEDIA WITH ACTIVE X ONLY FOR THIS VIDEO:

http://kstp.dayport.com/viewer/viewerpage.php?Art_ID=171335

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10. ..

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11. Last kick for DUers who haven't yet watched these videos

[EFerrari]

12. Thank you, redacted. K&R

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14. Thanks again Expat; one source says 30 or more demonstrations Thursday

Another report from KGO says the station counted about 30 demonstrations or marches in the SF Bay Area yesterday; the 7 that ABC7 talked about on the 11PM news were just those after dark.

[proud patriot]

13. Thanks for this

[EFerrari]

15. Kick