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President Obama heckled at S.F. fundraiser

By Rachel Rose Hartman rachel Rose Hartman – 1 hr 41 mins ago

obamasf As President Obama addressed the crowd at a breakfast fundraiser in San Francisco Thursday, he fielded some audience input that he wasn't bargaining for.

A woman in the crowd suddenly rose from her seat and said: "Mr. President, we wrote you a song," according to the White House pool report. The president attempted to quiet her, but the woman and her table of donors at the St. Regis Hotel breakfast broke into song and raised signs that read "Free Bradley Manning"--the Army intelligence specialist accused of releasing diplomatic cables to WikiLeaks. Yesterday, it was reported that Manning had been moved to a less restrictive prison following pressure from human rights groups.

The protesters said they had spent $5,000 donating to Obama. "We'll vote for you in 2012, yes that's true. Look at the Republicans--what else can we do?" they reportedly chanted.

"We paid our dues. Where's our change?" they sang.

You can watch a clip of the protesters below, via the San Francisco Chronicle:

http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid823619053?bctid=913862823001

As the protesters sang, the pool report notes that Obama turned to Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, who represents San Francisco, to ask if she was responsible for the interruption. "Nancy, did you do this?" he reportedly asked. Her look said she did not, according to the report.

The woman who first addressed the president was escorted out of the room and Obama told the crowd "that was a nice song."

He quickly resumed his speech.

Adam Martin reports for Atlantic Wire that the song lyrics can be found on the website for Fresh Juice, a group that offers money in exchange for video of people singing its songs in public. "Fresh Juice appears to be linked to Courage to Resist, an activist group that supports members of the military who go against U.S. war efforts," Martin wrote.

(Screenshot of protest via sfgate.com video)

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Supporters cause ruckus over Manning at President's fundraiser

Accused WikiLeaks whistle-blower becomes focus of breakfast with President Barack Obama

By the Bradley Manning Support Network. April 21, 2011

This morning President Obama met with 150 donors for his 2012 reelection campaign over breakfast at the St. Regis Hotel in San Francisco, California. However, the event turned interesting when nearly two dozen of his contributors pressed the president in song on the unjust confinement and tortuous treatment of alleged WikiLeaks whistle-blower US Army intelligence analyst PFC Bradley Manning. As the President spoke of the creative organizing that won him the 2008 election, over 10% of the attendees held up “Free Bradley Manning” signs and launched into a song entitled “Where’s our change?” As Secret Services agents attempted to grab the signs, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, and President Obama looked on. (Video)

By the Bradley Manning Support Network. April 14, 2011

Mistreatment criticized by over 300 law professors and the United Nation's chief torture investigator
Over a half million people write President Obama urging end to abuse
Retired US Army Colonel: “Obama could end torture of Manning with one phone call”

The eight months of solitary confinement of Bradley Manning at Quantico has drawn national and international criticism in the last week. Support is growing for him around the world with 500,000 writing President Obama in the last few days and with hundreds of top U.S. legal scholars criticizing his conditions of confinement.

By Bob Meola, Courage to Resist. April 13, 2011

U.S. Army Pfc. Colton Turner is a twenty year old conscientious objector. Presently the Army is playing mind games with him and has been acting less than honorably in processing his application for Conscientious Objector classification. On April 11th, after nearly six months of stalling and failing to properly address Turner’s request for recognition as a C.O. based upon his Christian faith and sincere beliefs, and instead responding to him in inappropriate ways, the Army issued Turner a whole new set of gear—the kind that is issued to a soldier who is about to be deployed. Turner received a new bulletproof vest, an assault pack, pocket knife, ammo pouches, grenade pouches, and a seatbelt cutter among other things. According to his attorney, James Branum, on April 11th, “It is unclear at this time what the command’s intentions are, but it appears that they may be planning to ignore the alleged AWOL and instead pressure Colton to go on a deployment and fight in violation of his conscience.” Turner’s defense team hopes to dissuade the command of this idea as Colton is resolved that he cannot deploy. But as of today, April 13th, Turner is now on a deployment list.

By Courage to Resist. April 12, 2011

The international activist website Avvaz.org has joined the campaign to support Bradley Manning in a big way. About a half million people have already signed the statement that Bradley’s treatment as a “violation of his constitutionally guaranteed human rights, and a chilling deterrent to other potential whistleblowers committed to public integrity.“ The letter will be delivered to President Barack Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. Add you name!

Nearly 300 of the top law scholars in the US have just called on the Obama administration to end the torturous treatment of Bradley Manning. The list of signatories includes Laurence Tribe, a Harvard professor who is considered to be America's foremost liberal authority on constitutional law. Professor Tribe taught constitutional law to Barack Obama, was a key backer of his 2008 presidential campaign, and was a legal adviser in the justice department until recently. Guardian (UK) coverage | NY Times Review of Books letter | List of signers

Soldier appeals for political asylum in Germany

shepherd By Connection eV, Pro-Asyl and Military Counseling Network. April 5, 2011

The U.S. AWOL soldier André Shepherd today instructed his attorney to institute legal proceedings against the negative ruling on his application for asylum by the Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge [Federal Bureau of Migration and Refugees] that was served to days ago. At a press conference held by Connection e.V., PRO ASYL, and the Military Counseling Network in Frankfurt am Main, he commented at length.

Courage to Resist. March 28, 2011

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You might already have been a regular supporter of Courage to Resist. Or, you may first have heard of us in regards to our support of accused Wikileaks whistle-blower Bradley Manning. Regardless, on behalf of our organizing collective, I want to say thank you for your interest, and hopefully support, of our collective work in the hopes of a better world.

"God knows what happens now. Hopefully worldwide discussion, debates, and reforms—if not, we're doomed as a species. I will officially give up on the society we have if nothing happens. I want people to see the truth... because without information, you cannot make informed decisions as a public."

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A few of the reports, photos, and videos from around the world:

Veterans lead march on White House to free Bradley Manning and end wars. Photos by Jeff Paterson, Courage to Resist. Washington DC. 19 March 2011
"Hundreds protest treatment of alleged WikiLeaks whistleblower," video and article by CNN. Quantico, 20 March 2011
"The Uncommon Valor of Bradley Manning Blocked at Quantico Brig," video by Eddie Becker. Quantico, 20 March 2011
"Riot police at Bradley Manning rally," video by Dennis Trainor. Quantico, 20 March 2011
Live video stream archive by FireDogLake, hosted on UStream. Quantico, 20 March 2011
Photos from the Rally for Bradley! at Quantico by Jeff Paterson, Courage to Resist. 20 March 2011
"Protesters decry the jailing of WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning," (with video) by Bryan Denson, The Oregonian. Portland, 20 March 2011
"Supporters for WikiLeaks whistle-blower gather in Philly" by Naomi Jagoda
Photos from the Vancouver, Canada, US Consulate rally by Jay Black. 20 March 2011
Bradley Manning vigil in Budapest video. 20 March 2011
Reports, videos, and photos by stopthesewars.org. 19-20 March 2011
CodePink rallies "naked" to call attention to forced nudity by Marine jailers (photos | video). San Francisco, 22 March 2011

By Jeff Paterson, Courage to Resist. March 2, 2011

US Army News Release: New Charges Against Pfc. Manning | Updated US Army Charge Sheet | Donate to Bradley's Defense Fund | Rally for Bradley at Quantico 3/20 | NY Times: Bradley Manning Jailed Naked

I’m shocked that the military opted to charge Pfc. Bradley Manning today with the capital offense of “aiding the enemy”. While the military is down playing the fact, the option to execute Bradley has been placed on the table. It’s beyond ironic that leaked US State Department cables have contributed to revolution and revolt in dictatorships across the Middle East and North Africa, yet an American may be executed, or at best face life in prison, for being the primary whistleblower. Millions of Americans, and even more internationally, clearly understand the contribution of Pfc. Manning towards not only freedom of information, but literally freedom itself. It’s hard for me to reconcile that with the US Army’s additional criminal charges against Pfc. Manning today.

Naval Academy grad's successful objector bid

By Paul Vitello, NY Times. February 22, 2011

The question that changed Michael Izbicki’s life appeared on a psychological exam he took not long after graduating in 2008 near the top of his class at the United States Naval Academy: If given the order, would he launch a missile carrying a nuclear warhead? Ensign Izbicki said he would not — and his reply set in motion a two-year personal journey and legal battle that ended on Tuesday, when the Navy confirmed that he had been discharged from the service as a conscientious objector.

By IVAW. February 25, 2011

Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) calls on all U.S. military service members to refuse and resist any mobilization against workers organizing to protect their basic rights. IVAW stands in solidarity with the multitude gathered in Madison, Wisconsin and many other cities to defend their unions. We believe military service members are public employees too. It is dishonorable to suggest that military personnel should be deployed against teachers, health care providers, firefighters, police officers, and other government employees, many of whom are themselves serving in the National Guard.

Read the message to troops here: “We Are Public Employees Too!”

Bradley Manning campaign updates and alerts

By Courage to Resist. February 23, 2011

A month after CW02 Denise Barnes took over command of the Quantico brig, accused WikiLeaks whistle-blower Army Pvt Bradley Manning remains in solitary-like confinement, barred from any meaningful exercise or social interaction with other inmates. Read more below for the following campaign updates and alerts: 1) Amnesty International issues call to "End the punitive detention of Bradley Manning", 2) Advocacy fund for Bradley Manning media relations established, 3) City passes resolution calling for Bradley Manning's human rights to be upheld, 4) Help keep up the pressure to end Bradley's extreme pre-trial punishment.

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Subject: Fw: Obama's Classmate Speaks Out...

Obama's roommate speaks out.
FOR HIM AND HOPE

This needs to be emailed to everyone in the USA .
OBAMA'S COLLEGE ROOMMATE SPEAKS OUT
                                                   By Wayne Allyn Root , June 6th, 2010

Barack Hussien Obama is no fool.    He is not incompetent.
To the contrary, he is brilliant.     He knows exactly what he's doing.
He is purposely overwhelming the U.S. economy to create systemic failure,
economic crisis and social chaos -- thereby destroying capitalism and
our country from within.
Barack Hussien Obama was my college classmate
( Columbia University , class of '83).
He is a devout Muslim do not be fooled.
Look at his Czars...anti-business..anti- american.
As Glenn Beck correctly predicted from day one, Barack Hussien Obama is
following the plan of Cloward & Piven, two professors at Columbia University .
They outlined a plan to socialize America by overwhelming the system
with government spending and entitlement demands.
Add up the clues below.    Taken individually they're alarming.
Taken as a whole, it is a brilliant, Machiavellian game plan to turn
the United States into a socialist/Marxist state with a permanent majority
that desperately needs government for survival ... and can be counted
on to always vote for bigger government.
Why not?      They have no responsibility to pay for it.
Universal health care . The health care bill had very little to do with health
care.     It had everything to do with unionizing millions of hospital and
health care workers, as well as adding 15,000 to 20,000 new IRS agents (who will join government employee unions).
Obama doesn't care that giving free health care to 30 million Americans
will add trillions to the national debt.
What he does care about is that it cements the dependence of those 30 million voters to Democrats and big government .
Who but a socialist revolutionary would pass this reckless spending bill
in the middle of a depression?
Cap and trade.    Like health care legislation having nothing to do with
health care, cap and trade has nothing to do with global warming.
It has everything to do with redistribution of income, government control
of the economy and a criminal payoff to Obama's biggest contributors.
Those powerful and wealthy unions and contributors (like GE, which owns
NBC, MSNBC and CNBC) can then be counted on to support everything Obama wants.
They will kick-back hundreds of millions of dollars in contributions to
Obama and the Democratic Party to keep them in power.
The bonus is that all the new taxes on Americans with bigger cars,
bigger homes and businesses helps Obama "spread the wealth around."
Make Puerto Rico a state.     Why?    Who's asking for a 51st state?
Who's asking for millions of new welfare recipients and government
entitlement addicts in the middle of a depression?
Certainly not American taxpayers.
But this has been Barack Hussien Obama's plan all along.
His goal is to add two new Democrat senators, five Democrat congressman and a million loyal Democratic voters who are dependent on big government.
Legalize 12 million illegal Mexican immigrants.
Just giving these 12 million potential new citizens free health care alone could overwhelm the system and bankrupt America .
But it adds 12 million reliable new Democrat voters who can be counted
on to support big government.
Add another few trillion dollars in welfare, aid to dependent children,
food stamps, free medical, education, tax credits for the poor, and
eventually Social Security .
Stimulus and bailouts.      Where did all that money go?
It went to Democrat contributors, organizations (ACORN), and unions -- including billions of dollars to save or create jobs of government employees across the country.
It went to save GM and Chrysler so that their employees could
keep paying union dues.
It went to AIG so that Goldman Sachs could be bailed out
(after giving Obama almost $1 million in contributions).
A staggering $125 billion went to teachers (thereby protecting their union dues).
All those public employees will vote loyally Democrat to protect their
bloated salaries and pensions that are bankrupting America .
The country goes broke, future generations face a bleak future, but Obama, the Democrat Party, government, and the unions grow more powerful.
The ends justify the means.
Raise taxes on small business owners, high-income earners, and job
creators.     Put the entire burden on only the top 20 percent of taxpayers,
redistribute the income, punish success, and reward those who did
nothing to deserve it (except vote for Obama).
Reagan wanted to dramatically cut taxes in order to starve the government. Barack Obama wants to dramatically raise taxes to starve his political opposition.   With the acts outlined above, Barack Hussien Obama and his regime have created a vast and rapidly expanding constituency of voters dependent on big government; a vast privileged class of public employees who work for big government; and a government dedicated to destroying capitalism and installing themselves as socialist rulers by overwhelming the
system.
Add it up and you've got the perfect Marxist scheme -- all devised by
my Columbia University college classmate Barack Hussien Obama
using the Cloward and Piven Plan .
True per snopes!
http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/overwhelm.asp

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the rest of the world calls a butterfly"
Lao Tzu

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