August 30 Rallies – When Bush, Rice, Rumsfeld are in Town

Posted on August 26, 2006 | Leave a comment

Salt Lake will be a-buzz on Wednesday. Multiple rallies are popping up everywhere. At least one of them has created quite a bit of convtroversy.

  • A group called The Center to Prevent Corporate Media Lying has been issued a permit to hold a “Death to Israel” rally, which has a lot of people disturbed, particularly those in our Jewish Community here in Utah. Although this group’s First Amendment Rights are acknowledged, the title of the rally has brought forth a lot of controversy with its insinuations. The rally organizer, Robert Breeze, an attorney, says that the goal is to protest “the torture and murder inflicted on Muslims by Israel and the penetration of the U.S. media by Israeli intelligence.” Mr. Breeze pays proptestors, including homeless people, to help get his message out. It appears that the message is to protest Israel, but the title implies death to Jews in many peoples’ eyes.

    Mr. Breeze, please change the title of your rally.

  • A Pro Bush Rally will be held in the evening of August 30. James Evans, organizer of the original rally at Washington Square, said Friday that the event is moving to the airfield at 765 N. 2200 West, where Bush touched down last year when he visited Utah to speak at the convention for the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
    Organizers of this event say that “they don’t want protesters’ voices to define Utah” and hope the president will join them.
    “We got word from the White House the president would like to support what we’re doing,” said James Evans, chairman of the Salt Lake County Republican Party. “There’s no way we’re going to have Rocky and Cindy Sheehan define Utah. Their actions are in the minority,” Evans said. But organizers of the anti-Bush rally say many Utahns are concerned with the direction the country is headed under Bush and the Republican Congress.
    Anderson said he welcomes the pro-Bush rally.
    “I would really love to hear people say they support unconstitutional, warrantless wiretapping of American citizens. I’d love to hear them stand up and say how they support the Patriot Act, how they support the president’s justifications for torturing other human beings.”
    While the mayor believes it is his patriotic duty to protest the president’s policies, he has been criticized as being an ungracious host and as acting unstatesmanlike.
    “Mayor Anderson has been an utter disaster as the official host of Salt Lake City,” Evans said. “We felt obligated to send the proper message.”

    Other articles in today’s news:
    Bush’s Salt Lake digs will be Grand

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