Protesting in San Francisco is a fun time activity. We have protestors of all kinds on just about any topic. Sometimes they do things like shut down the Bay Bridge, Market Street and the list goes on.

June 8 -Hundreds of people attempted to disrupt the BIO 2004 conference by blocking traffic and buses carrying attendees outside the Moscone Center.

June 9 – 200 to 300 people participated in the Reclaim the Streets/Anti-G8 Mutant March. Over 160 people were arrested.

Traffic in the city was worse than usual due to the “anticipated” number of protestors. It seems wrong when a minority can control the majority. The media only worsens the entire situation with its anticipated version of what will happen. It drives the Lemming’s and society comes to a standstill. All this in the name of a story.




>You probably know the G8 summit is going on, but there is another story about it that I think is very interesting that no one nationally or world wide is covering. It's going on very near where I'm at (Savannah GA) and we seem to be the only ones talking about it.
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>Before the summit there were all sorts of news articles (even national ones) about the number of demonstrators that were going to be here based on earlier summits. So far, nothing. A demonstration that was expected to bring tens of thousands brought 500. 400 of those were journalists. No kidding. I read about another rally yesterday that had only 10.
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>I saw video on-line yesterday from AP titled something like "Protesters at the G8" and it showed the same people over and over. All the shots were close up so you couldn't see how few and they never mentioned the small turnout.
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>Our downtown area that is normally packed with tourists is a ghost town. The locals left and few came to take their place. They put up cement barricades with tall black metal fences around the hotel and to keep the dignitaries safe. Everywhere you turn there is police, secret service, the National Guard, and detour signs for big trucks. Our historic city has never looked anything like this.
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>The news articles are about how the journalists at Hutchinson Island across the river are complaining because the rates for having an Internet connection and a very small place to set up starts at $350. Another article "Ready, Set, Snore."
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>My commute to work that went from 15 minutes to 30 because of a detour we're having for other reasons is currently faster than it's ever been. Now don't think I'm complaining. I like that there aren't 100,000 people here screaming and vandalizing an historic area. I just thought it was news worthy and only us locals know.