He’s in jail. No. Seriously, he is at the bar with BostonJoe, MLK19569, CabinGirl and her kids (!), Dammit Janet, MaryScott O’Conner and her husband, salunga, Steven D and his son, BrotherFeldspar and more. Update [2005-9-23 18:43:20 by susanhu]: And I just talked to ALL of them!
They’re taking photos of each other and promise to e-mail them to us tonight!
ALSO — and this is significant — BooMan could not get a regular train ticket for the 2 o’clock, 3 o’clock, 4 o’clock, 5 o’clock trains from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C.
All sold out! You know what THAT means!
So that he wouldn’t be late for the gathering, BooMan ended up buying a $110 one-way ticket in the business class on the train. (He said it was very nice, of course, but a bit pricey!)
I told BooMan about this diary: Bush Extends Nat’l State of Emergency – Military in Streets of DC,” over at DKos. “a Washington Post columnist tells us that yesterday was the kickoff of “GRANITE SHADOW”, a massive Pentagon exercise simulating the declaration of a martial law in Washington, DC. Military special forces and intelligence officers have, in fact, been deployed in force — wearing civilian clothes — in the streets of the capitol.”
I also talked to Boston Joe, who is really sloshed. No … but he says he’s gettin’ there. He said that MLK brought a computer, and I made him promise to send us those photos pronto.
Update [2005-9-23 19:32:11 by susanhu]: I almost forgot dc.indymedia.org‘s site:
BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE Media Center
Open Fri Sept 23 to Sept 30, 11am to Midnight
4132 Georgia Avenue NW, near the gas station, two blocks from Petworth metro stop.
Ph: 202-722-0150 – Call in breaking news.
Calendar of Events
DC Road Closures
Check left column for more.
C-Span is covering the demo live,starting at 11:30am ET / 8:30 PT. Will it be on C-SPAN radio?
ALSO: A cadre of us at home will live-blog the demonstration, and we’ll get live updates by cell and e-mail and instant photos from JPol’s cell. Stay tuned! Add your own news about demos everywhere!
AND: Visit “It’s the “Official BooTrib DC March Plans” Diary!,” full of details, where other marchers are, and more.