From a story on Yahoo:

"While anti-war protesters shut down streets around Civic Center, Mayor Willie Brown said the Police Department will keep the streets open and the city will run "business as usual." He also said the protesters who shut down traffic were counterproductive.

"I've got to assume that these people are so misguided that they are actually aiding the enemy by doing what they are doing," Brown said. "Most of these people who are being arrested and have been arrested, probably more than 75 or 80 percent, are not San Franciscans. I just wish they'd stay in their own communities and protest rather than put the expense on us."

I wonder if we can get money from the protestors' communities to pay for the anti-war protests march. The San Francisco Unified School District said they might lay off 1,000 teachers. Wanna bet that number goes up now that the City has to pay for these anti-war protests? Wanna bet the City of San Francisco will start cutting more social services for the poor, needy and elderly and start laying off more people to pay for the anti-war protests?

Darn! The radio news is reporting that is costs the City of San Francisco half a million dollars a day to deal with the anti-war protests. Where is this money coming from as the City of San Francisco is strapped for cash?

Don't believe everything the media tells you about San Francisco. Many people who live in San Francisco support Bush's war on Iraq. We are a diverse people with many opinions! I so resent the media trying to stereotype those of us who live here. For heaven's sake, there were Bush/Cheney signs in windows in my neighbourhood during the 2000 election.

I used to think everyone in the 60's was a free-love hippie. That's the what media would have you believe. When I studied the history of the 60's, I discovered hippies were a small percentage of society but you'd never get that impression from the news report.

And yes, although I do support the president's war on Iraq, I just about despise everything else Bush is doing to our country.

I had just gotten into my car to drive to bible study class, when I turned on the radio and heard the end of Bush's speech saying that the war had started. It was so shocking. The news reports were saying that the war wouldn't start till tomorrow.

I thought about not going to class and staying hope to watch the war unfold on CNN, but I decided that I needed to act normally and go to class. When I got to church my pastor was visibly freaked out, and was thinking about cancelling class. Almost everyone showed up, so he changed his mind and we had class.

It was weird being in bible class, knowing that a war was going on, but it was also such a great distraction for my worried mind. Our bible discussions are so intense and lively, that I forgot for a couple of hours that my country was at war. A war that I cautiously support, although a big part of me knows that war is just plain wrong.

I pray for the US troops fighting this war, and hope against hope that they come safe and alive.