Powell Picks On Shrub’s Affirmative Action Policy

Note: 4/2/03-Title placeholder – can’t find this article online anymore — lr

Secretary of State Colin Powell said Sunday he disagrees with President Bush’s position on an affirmative action case before the Supreme Court, as the White House called for more money for historically black colleges.
Powell, one of two black members of Bush’s Cabinet, said he supports methods the University of Michigan uses to bolster minority enrollments in its undergraduate and law school programs. The policies offer points to minority applicants and set goals for minority admissions.
“Whereas I have expressed my support for the policies used by the University of Michigan, the president, in looking at it, came to the conclusion that it was constitutionally flawed based on the legal advice he received,” Powell said on the CBS program “Face the Nation.”

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Video Of San Francisco’s January 18, 2003 Anti-War March

Here’s a little montage of shots from the march itself, which went on from 11 am until after I left around 3-ish.
Bart trains weren’t even allowed to stop at Embarcadero Bart by 11:30 am because there were so many people in the area. There was just nowhere to put these people. (I had to get off at Montgomery. I’m sure they started letting people back off there eventually. And we were told they added 60 extra trains.)
I’m telling you there were people pouring in from every street connected to Market and people pouring up out of the Bart Stations for hours on end.
It was bad craziness at its finest. And what a happy peaceful and well-behaved crowd. Most of the cops were sitting down or standing around staying out of the way unless people came up to them to ask questions. It seemed like they were around to make the store owners feel better more than anything else — because there were so many people.
Anyway, you get the message. Check it out for yourself.


SF Peace March
(Hi-res – 27 MB)

SF Peace March
(Med-res – 21 MB)

SF Peace March
(Lo-res – 12 MB)

Videos and MP3s Of Barbara Lee At January 18, 2003 Peach March In San Francisco

Poverty, Racism and War: The REAL axis of evil
Representative Barbara Lee In San Francisco


Barbara Lee In San Francisco Part 1 of 3
(Hi-res – 41 MB)

Barbara Lee In San Francisco Part 1 of 3
(Med-res – 33 MB)

Barbara Lee In San Francisco Part 1 of 3
(Lo-res – 19 MB)

Barbara Lee In San Francisco Part 2 of 3
(Hi-res – 40 MB)

Barbara Lee In San Francisco Part 2 of 3
(Med-res – 32 MB)

Barbara Lee In San Francisco Part 2 of 3
(Lo-res – 19 MB)

Barbara Lee In San Francisco Part 3 of 3
(Hi-res – 39 MB)

Barbara Lee In San Francisco Part 3 of 3
(Med-res – 32 MB)

Barbara Lee In San Francisco Part 3 of 3
(Lo-res – 18 MB)

Audio – Barbara Lee In San Francisco
(MP3 – Hi-res – 9 MB)

Audio – Barbara Lee In San Francisco
(MP3 – Lo-res – 5 MB)

350,000 Number: Attendee’s — Not Civic Center Sub-Crowd

I just wanted to clarify that I’m talking about the number of people in attendence at the event — not the number of people shown in that one snippet of video I feature. Or the number of people that could actually fit into Civic Center. (I’m sure many people just hung out a few blocks away for a while and went home — there was no way for them to even physically enter the Civic Center area untill sometime after 3pm.)
My estimate was based on a formula for a number of people across walking past a certain point on Market Street for 3 hours straight.
I’m happy to use my video footage from the event, and to actually go back down there to a specific point on Market street so we can all do the math together. But I would, of course, have to make a movie about it, so everyone could see for themselves what I was doing — and I’m on a deadline for a class today.
So you’ll have to give me a few days.
But I did want to make sure that everyone understood that I wasn’t just talking about how many people could fit into the Civic Center portion of the rally towards the second half of the day’s events.
That would be like only counting the first 200 rows of Woodstock 🙂
Speaking of the march — footage of it on the way…

Video Proof Of Yesterday’s 350,000 Person Crowd

(Note: I’m actually posting this entry while the files are still uploading to the archive. May need a few more minutes to finish.)
Here’s video footage of the unprecedented crowd of peaceful protesters. I was able to score a press badge on the fly and get up on stage to get this.
I wanted to get this footage out as soon as possible in the hopes of getting the truth out before the facts become completely distorted by the commercial media.
(It’s happening already — A friend of mine heard on the Television last night that there were “at least 50,000 or more people”.)


Crowd Shot – SF Peace Rally
(Hi-res – 22 MB)

Crowd Shot – SF Peace Rally
(Med-res – 19 MB)

Crowd Shot – SF Peace Rally
(Lo-res – 10 MB)

Videos and MP3s Up Of Bonnie Raitt’s Talk – Peace March January 18, 2003

Here are video and MP3 files of the speaking part of her performance:
(The music part can be found here.)

Bonnie Raitt Live In San Francisco – 1 of 2 (Hi-res – 23 MB)
Bonnie Raitt Live In San Francisco – 1 of 2 (Med-res – 29 MB)
Bonnie Raitt Live In San Francisco – 1 of 2 (Lo-res – 11 MB)
Bonnie Raitt Live In San Francisco – 2 of 2 (Hi-res – 13 MB)
Bonnie Raitt Live In San Francisco – 2 of 2 (Med-res – 10 MB)
Bonnie Raitt Live In San Francisco – 2 of 2 (Lo-res – 6 MB)
Audio – Bonnie Raitt Live In San Francisco (MP3 – hi-res – 4 MB)
Audio – Bonnie Raitt Live In San Francisco (MP3 – Lo-res – MB)

Videos and MP3s Of Bonnie Raitt At Today’s Peace Rally In San Francisco

The great music part of the new peace movement is starting up!
Note that the cool tambourine you hear is coming from behind me from someone in the audience!
Bonnie Raitt Sings A Jackson Browne Song

Bonnie Raitt Singing Live In San Francisco (Hi-res – 44 MB)
Bonnie Raitt Singing Live In San Francisco (Med-res – 35 MB)
Bonnie Raitt Singing Live In San Francisco (Lo-res – 21 MB)
Audio – Bonnie Raitt Singing Live In San Francisco (MP3 – Hi-res – 4 MB)
Audio – Bonnie Raitt Singing Live In San Francisco (MP3 – Lo-res – 2 MB)

Link To My Immigrant Roundup Protest Website

I just wanted to make sure I had a simple link to the main page of my immigrant roundup/INS Detainee Protest website.

Lisa Rein’s INS Detainee Protest Website

I just realized that I hadn’t yet placed a simple link to the website from this blog category…
Sorry for my still adequate-at-best style of navigation between the content of my various websites. (Growing pains! So much to do, so little time to organize.)

Back From The Protest

Just got back from the protest. It was totally amazing. I’ve never seen so many people in one place in my life (in person or on TV).
Estimates range from 350,000 to half a million people.
I’ve got footage of the march, Barbara Lee and Bonnie Raitt on the way!
Back soon!