Central Oregonian Bush Visit Protest

Try the "Crooked River Ranch" to find Shrub in Central Oregon on Thursday.
Good luck trying to get near it.

But I'd love to see a write up and some pictures posted here of what goes on in central oregon.

Bush's visit to the Metolious Basin Project in the Deschutes has been cancelled due to a fire in the area. However, he is still planning to arrive at the Redmond Municipal airport at 1:50pm. Shortly afterwards he will be going to the nearby Deschutes County fairground to make a speech about the "Healthy Forest
Plan" and who knows what other awful things...The current protest plan is:

12:30pm: Meet at the Shopko parking lot on Hwy 97 in Bend for carpools. Please bring signs, costumes,
banners, and whatever else seems appropriate for greeting the president.
1:00pm: The last carpools will leave to go to the Deschutes County Fairgrounds (or the closest we can get)
1:30pm: The Bush Protest/Unwelcome Committee will be in place.
1:50pm: Bush arrives at the airport. He's supoosed to go to the fairgrounds soon afterwards...

Hola All!

A good friend of mine is a Redmond Police officer. They we breifed tonight as to Bush arrival time at the Redmond Airport. It's 3:10! Not 1:50!

Supposedly this is because of the fire cancellation and time change. This means he will be in Portland longer.

Should we not meet then about 2:15 then at the Shopko parking lot and go from there???


Let's give 'em hell!

This time change could mean that bush will be in Portland longer, or it could mean....

...that bush will be showing up in Portland later.

Wouldn't it be nice for the old Thief-in-Chief if all the rowdy protestors had been cleaned off the streets before he arrived?

Let's not forget how two years ago we were tricked into leaving MLK before bush showed up...

It's very annoying the schedule keeps changing, but we're still going to be there. Here's the deal. As of this morning it still sounds like Bush will be coming in at 1:50pm to the Redmond airport, but he will then be taking off for a scenic helicopter ride over the fires. He will then be going to the Deschutes County Fairgrounds to yammer about the "Healthy Forest Plan" to a closed invite-only audience. We have changed our plans accordingly:
2:00pm: Meet for carpools at the Shopko parking lot on US 97 in Bend.
2:30pm: The last of the carpools leaves to head north to the Deschutes County Fairgrounds in
Redmond
3:00pm: Bush protest/Unwelcome committee in place on public land in the vicinity of the fairgrounds
3:30-3:50: Bush speaking