It wasn't long after I got there that
Wonder Woman kicked off the event
by explaining that "we were rallying to bring attention to
Representative
Dennis Kucinich’s articles of impeachment against Vice President
Cheney,
H.R. 333." Then she introduced the master of ceremonies, award-winning
investigative
journalist and host of 94.1FM KPFA’s Flashpoints, Dennis Bernstein.
What I remember of Dennis's comments
was that he called NPR "National
Petroleum Radio", and that he accused them of taking money from
Haliburton, Chevron, and other supporters of the war effort. He
also said a few words about how the Bush/Cheney regime needs to be
impeached. After that he introduced August Bullock, AKA Superman, who
sang a song, the gist of which was that it is up to us to make our
government obey the law.
The next speaker was Dr. Bob Bowman,
Lt. Col., USAF, ret., who flew
101 combat missions in Vietnam and directed the "Star Wars" weapons
programs under presidents Ford and Carter. After retiring from the Air
Force in 1978 Dr. Bowman, whose Ph.D. is in Aeronautics from Caltech,
managed advanced space programs in industry. He resigned in 1982
when he felt that his job inhibited his ability to challenge US
programs of offensive space weapons. Dr. Bowman has spoken out about
the
need for new investigations of 9/11, and charged Bush and his cronies
with treason in 2003. Appearing locally in his "Patriot
Tour," Bowman calls for a government that (1) Follows the
Constitution, (2) Honors the Truth, and (3) Serves the People. He will
be
speaking in Sacramento, Oakland, San Francisco, Campbell, Monterey,
Santa
Cruz and Kentfield between June 8th and 14th.
If you get a chance to see Dr.
Bowman speak, go for it.
Richard Gage, AIA, the founding member
of
Architects and
Engineers for 9/11 Truth has, in 20 years of practicing
architecture, worked on numerous fire-proofed steel-framed buildings.
Most recently he has performed construction administration for a new
$120M High School campus including a $10M steel-framed gymnasium, and
is
currently engaged in design development for a 1.5 million square
foot retail/office project utilizing about 1,200 tons of steel framing.
Gage's interest in 9/11 began when Dr. David Ray Griffin spoke on KPFA
radio about the catastrophic disintegration of the World Trade Center
towers and Building 7. Gage was so shocked he pulled his
car
to the side of the road to listen. He investigated the facts for
himself, and has since shared his findings in public presentations to
over 75 architects in the Bay Area, and to universities, including San
Diego, Sonoma, Chico, and Winnipeg in Canada. Over 100 architecture and
engineering
professionals have joined Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth to
call
for new investigations of the destruction of the World Trade Center.
Click his picture to find out more about that.
Janette MacKinlay is a 9/11 survivor,
author and artist. From her apartment across the street she
witnessed the destruction of WTC 1. Her book "Fortunate: A
Personal Diary of 9/11" recounts her struggle to come to terms
through her ikebana art with her memories of that day.
Victoria accepted an award for Jim
Hoffman, who created an excellent website-
911research.com and gave some
of the earliest talks challenging the official "collapse" theory about
the buildings, with a special focus on Building Number 7, which the
press and the 9/11 Report have not been able to explain and have tried
to ignore.
Aaron Dames, a junior at San
Francisco State University studying International Relations.
Since
investigating 9/11, he has worked to educate the public, primarily
through weekly meetings and campus and library film screenings. Earlier
this year he demonstrated in front of the White House and Capitol
building and will return to DC in July. He works at a hostel in
San
Francisco.
Cosmos was the last award recipient. He
is the host of Truth Revolution on We
The People Radio Network, founded the National Days of Truth Action
Campaign, at
http://www.truthaction.org.
In
just a few months, Cosmos's vision for Truth Events on the 11th of
every
month has spread from San Francisco to 35 cities in 6 countries.
After that we marched around Palo Alto,
handing out literature, chanting about the need to impeach the Bush
Administration, and generally attracting lots of attention for our
cause.
We finished up our mission at Anna
Eshoo's office, where we posed for this group shot before going in to
give her office a large stack of petitions calling for her to support
HR 333. The guy behind the desk is getting used to us visiting on a
monthly basis now, so it wasn't as chaotic as it was the first time.
