Archive for September 24th, 2005


Sept. 24 a major success

Bob Morris @ Sep 24th 2005 19:47 - Category: Unfiled ;



Crowds opposed to the war in Iraq surged past the White House on Saturday, shouting “Peace now” in the largest anti-war protest in the nation’s capital since the U.S. invasion.

In L.A. the crowd was far bigger than we hoped. More tomorrow, I’m exhausted. Here’s a few photos.

Vicky Castro. Gold Star mother. Her son was #1306 killed in Iraq.





































Ron “Born on the 4th of July” Kovic.

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Sept. 24 is here!

Bob Morris @ Sep 24th 2005 06:57 - Category: Unfiled ;

A quick AM post, then I’m off to help organize the L.A. anti-war demo. It’ll be a busy day.

 8:00. Arrive at ANSWER LA office. Load trucks. Drive to sites.
10:00. Trucks arrive at both sites. Unload, set up.
Noon.  Marchers assemble
12:30. Opening rally
 1:00. March begins!
 2:00. Main rally starts
 4:30. Break down stage, load trucks, return to office.
 7:00. Return home. Blog a bit. Sleep for 12 hours!

Assemble today at noon. Olympic and Broadway at noon. Logistics.

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Rita. Saturday AM

Bob Morris @ Sep 24th 2005 06:56 - Category: Unfiled ;

Southwest Louisiana bears hurricane’s worst

Beaumont escapes severe surge; Port Arthur flooding reported

NHC 7 AM CDT Sat Sep 24

Since Rita is
movingly slowly and is forecast to slow down further over the next few
days… Rainfall totals of 10 to 15 inches are expected over eastern
Texas and western Louisiana. Maximum rainfall totals in excess of 25
inches may occur over localized areas. Rainfall amounts of 3 to 5
inches with isolated heavier amounts are possible over southeastern
Louisiana including metropolitan New Orleans.

It’s not nearly over yet. Not with huge amounts of rain still to come.

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Credit card companies to increase payments

Bob Morris @ Sep 24th 2005 06:51 - Category: Unfiled ;

Consumers who make only minimum payments on their credit cards are in for a shock. Spurred
by a new federal mandate, card companies over the next three months
plan to raise - in some cases double - the amount card holders must pay
each month. A consumer carrying a $10,000 balance may see a minimum payment jump from $200 to $400.

The banks, oozing greed, piously claim are doing this to help the
consumer, because, the bigger the payments, the faster they will pay
off the debt, thus saving them interest! Hey banks, you want to really
help people, then stop charging loan shark interest rates of 25-30%.

And of course this new “federal mandate” is part of the odious new
bankruptcy laws the banks lobbied hard and furiously to get passed.

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