GUESS WHOSE COMING TO NY'S POLITICAL DINNER?

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GUESS WHOSE COMING TO NY'S POLITICAL DINNER?

Long before subversives opposing the Republican National Convention planned coming to NY threatening security, police officer ranks were stretched thin, working unpaid overtime. Officers on the thin Blue Line stretched thinner from a heightened security alert and NYC officers protesting Mayor Michael Bloomberg's refusal to meet their pay demands said, "The Feds better pick up the tab on this one." A devil themed sign had already been found outside the 8th Street Amtrak entry of Madison Square Garden. It had gone unnoticed for five days.

Not all protest requests were granted. C4iusa.org coordinator, Reverend Jim Hutchens was advised by Mayor Michael Bloomburg's Community Affairs Commissioner Jonathan Greenspun, not to apply to display the bombed shell of Bus 19, upon which former Brooklyn resident, Yechezkel Goldberg, was murdered by terrorists. United For Justice and Peace and A.N.S.W.E.R. were denied their rally request for Central Park.

Protests and counter protests run the gamut from creative to civil disobedience. Coming from Chicago is radical women's dance troupe Pink Bloque. Hunter College NY's Samba and Bucket drummers "Rhythms of Resistance" sought "loud and tight" new performers to "shake down some walls" and "take their beat to the streets." Ringout.org coordinated bell-ringing protests. "Billionaires For Bush" is marching replete in furs, toppers and gators. "1000 Coffins" "pall bearing team" hopes their 1000 coffins honoring "brave young soldiers in a way our Administration won't let us do" will be "felt by all."

Dennis Baer and Rev Billy are promoting fiscal punishment for Republicans. Baer says his "Buy Nothing Friday" "will not to support the chimp." Retail interventionist "Reverend Billy & The Church of Stop Shopping" corelates shopping and bombing. "Come to the defense of "Madison Square Garden street vendors," he says. Service industry NY'rs, "Actors Equity, hotel, restaurant and retail" are invited, by "Shut It Down NY," to call in sick, disrupting Convention delegates from enjoying "the best NY has to offer." "Find a friend to pay their way for the day then take their day off and protest." "Pursue The Pulse" coordinated java, uploads and cool conversation at alt.coffee for videographers to real time their feed on to Manhattan Neighborhood's Network. Shadow Protest went one step further training phantom volunteers to respond for Convention positions, then "Don't call in sick, don't give any warning- just don't show up," then protest outside the convention or cause trouble on the inside. The counter-convention published contact details for PR people coordinating RSVP's to events attended by the Mayor and celebrity guests, knowing too well aside from credentials not verified nor checked beyond matching a name on a list to a driver's license photo, the police are protesting the Mayor stretching their paychecks. Thinner. International A.N.S.W.E.R. and United For Justice and Peace protested the Supreme Court rally ruling stating "a plan for peaceful protest is being worked out with the officers." A.N.S.W.E.R. claims to be "anti-racist peace and social justice movement in support of justice for Palestine," formed after September 11th, believing racist attacks occurred against Arab and Muslin communities after the Bush administration took the US to war. They've planned RNC protests alongside Ohio State University's "The Committee for Justice in Palestine," and New Jersey Solidarity Activists For The Liberation of Palestine," demanding America end Israel's financial and military aid until Israel ends "illegal occupation and abides by international laws" "in support of Palestine's "struggle for justice, national liberation, human rights and self-determination."

D.A.W.N, DC's Anti-war network estimates 1000 activists are riding from DC to NY with them. While in NY, D.A.W.N. seeks to form reciprocal protest partnerships of flop houses, food and more, for protesters traveling from DC-NY and future NY- DC protests. UJCP says 360 of their 675 member groups are confirmed to kick off their "massive march" protest week against the Republican National Convention. The Counter Convention claims 186 organizations are protesting the RNC with them.

It was only yesterday, a donation request begging financial support circulated seeking "$250,000 to cover the costs of this historic protest" "against the "Republican agenda of war, greed, hate and lies." "Make no mistake," they said, "Our August 29th protest march is still happening!"

You know, if they became politically correct 527's, they could raise millions within days.