George W. Bush will speak to Economic Club of Chicago today at the Hilton Towers at 720 South Michigan Avenue at 12pm. He will tout his tax cuts and exhort Congress to pass his spending and revenue plans. But there is more to Bush's visit to the bastion of urban Democratic than meets the naive eye that refuses to join me in the extended body.
According to
Lynn Sweet of the
Chicago Sun-Times,
"The White House wants the nation to focus on upbeat economic news, not Bush's war in Iraq, the domestic wiretap revelations, the Jack Abramoff corruption scandal or its request to lift the federal debt limit over its $8.18 trillion level."
Unfortunately for Bush, we are prepared to remind him and the US public of the very issues he desires to shroud. Join us in Grant Park across the street from the Hilton Towers and protest Bush's visit to Chicago. Let us ask Bush for a timetable for withdrawl from Iraq; let us make him accountable for the federal deficit; let us inform him of his poor choices for the Supreme Court; let us alert him of the importance of civil libertires and privacy; let us protest the Republican culture of corruption on K-Street and in the legislative chambers on Capitol Hill; let us voice our support for rebuilding New Orleans; and most importantly, LET US DEMAND BUSH'S IMPEACHMENT.
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We have just learned that George W. Bush will be speaking at the Chicago Hilton & Towers, 720 S. Michigan Avenue, on Friday, January 6th. Some of us are planning on protesting there beginning @ 11 AM, but are providing the full info we have so that people can plan whatever creative protests they choose.
In typically cowardly fashion, Bush will be speaking once again before a hand-picked audience -- only members of the elite Economic Club of Chicago and selected guests will be allowed the "privilege" of paying $125 to hear W in the Hilton's International Ballroom.
Members of the Club are being told to show up at 10 am, presumably for security clearance. Doors of the Ballroom open at 11 am, with a luncheon at noon.
We are suggesting that people . . .
PROTEST against the President:
11 AM
Friday, January 6th
Chicago Hilton & Towers
720 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago
Gay Liberation Network
More info: LGBTliberation@aol.com or 773.209.1187
www.GayLiberation.org
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I notice other organizations are circulating this message.
Here is a link to a map:
http://maps.yahoo.com/...=
I hope to see everyone there. If you work in or near the Loop during the day, take your lunch hour an hour early or join the protest at 12pm. A large showing of people from all social cohorts representing many organizations is very important given recent corruption scandals and the Judiciary Committee's consideration of Alito next week. Show the US that despite our internal disagreements we are a still a formidable majority.