In NEW YORK? PROTEST Bush in Queens tonight - Photo-op with firefighters

[jackstraw45]

From Indymedia message board:

Bush will be in Elmhurst, Queens this evening.

To welcome him, arrive early outside 83-20 Queens Boulevard, at Van Loon Street.

Easily accessibly by subway, take the R/V/G to 65th Street in Queens.


More info:

http://www.nynewsday.com/news/politics/rnc/nyc-bush0901,0,1979906.story?coll=nyc-gop-headlines

[jackstraw45]

1. More info

12:37 PM
Bush in Queens: Reports are circulating that Bush will be at Elmhurst Italian Charities of America Social Club at53-20 Queens Blvd. (nr. Broadway) Subways E,F,G,R,V. He plans to watch Cheney's speech between 10pm and 11pm tonight surrounded by NYC Firefighters.

[TrustingDog]

2. kick

[markses]

7. Get the fucking address right

You're only 30 blocks apart :eyes:

[jackstraw45]

3. Talking point HERE: Bush cut NY firefighter funding!

Care of the Village Voice:

http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0434/barrett.php

"Bush de-funded the SAFER program even after Congress passed it—blocking NYC from hiring more firefighters—and limited equipment purchases under the FIRE program to a puny cap of $750,000, putting NY's allocation on a par with Poland, Ohio's, with Montana getting $9 per capita for federal firefighter aid and NYC nine cents."

"Though the first Bush-Cheney commercial featured a flag-draped coffin carried through Ground Zero by firefighters, the administration actually fought the paltry $90 million allocation for Mount Sinai and firefighter screening programs, as if it still believed its own altered press releases about that historic toxic cloud."

[jackstraw45]

4. Bump...Bush in Queens TONIGHT...

NY 1 reports Bush is expected at

Italian Charities of America Social Club, 83-20 Queens Blvd, Elmhurst, Queens around 8PM. Reports state he will have dinner surrounded by 100 firefighters and make an "unscheduled" visit to a local firehouse. Other reports say he will watch Cheney's speech scheduled between 10pm and 11pm while in Elmhurst.

Phone for info: 718-478-3100

[BurtWorm]

5. Hey, jack, you're listening to indymedia radio, right?

Are they hammering at this? I work in the neighborhood. I'm going to go check it out after work to see what's cooking over there. If I were a single nonparent, I would stay for the fireworks for sure. As I'm a married parent, I may not be able to do more than check out the scene. I hope there *is* a scene!

[jackstraw45]

6. I see it on the Indymedia website...haven't heard much on the

portland stream about it or the ANoise stream...but I've been off and on.

Some info here:

http://nyc.indymedia.org/newswire/display/111721/index.php