February 2011 – OB Rag

Calling All of Santa’s Helpers – “Polar Express” Float Faces Derailment

Annie Lane February 28, 2011 4 Comments

Imagine, for a moment, a typical San Diego Christmas: It’s just after dark and there’s a chill in the air;…

Get Ready: The GOP Has Declared War on the Environment

Source February 28, 2011 0 Comments

Republicans are trying to take down the EPA and with it environmental regulation that seeks to protect our air, water,…

Ocean Beach VFW Moves Into Point Loma Ave. Location Despite Some Local Opposition

Source February 28, 2011 50 Comments

by Channel 10News / February 27, 2011

A veterans group is moving forward with plans to relocate to a new neighborhood although the group says it is not welcome there.

After a month’s delay, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1392 is working to make a former market in Ocean Beach at the corner of Ebers Street and Point Loma Avenue a permanent home as it continues to talk with community members about the one sticking point.

Photo Gallery – San Diego “We Are One” rally, February 26, 2011

Source February 27, 2011 4 Comments

This gallery of photos was sent to us by Merton Gaudette, who we met via the California and San Diego US Uncut movement on Facebook. Thank you Merton!

Click on the title of this article to see all the images.

Lack of coverage of Saturday’s rally displays the U-T’s tea-party favoritism and spurs letter-writing campaign.

Frank Gormlie February 27, 2011 24 Comments

The total lack of coverage by the San Diego U-T of Saturday’s 1000-strong demonstration in support of the Wisconsin protests…

San Diego rallies for Wisconsin workers facing Scott Walker’s union-busting, 26 Feb 2011

Dixon Guizot February 27, 2011 8 Comments

Video of February 26,2011 San Diego rally to support Wisconsin and workers everywhere!

A 1,000 San Diegans Rally in the Rain in Support of Wisconsin Working People

Frank Gormlie February 26, 2011 27 Comments

Over one thousand San Diegans – mainly of them union members – rallied today, Sat, Feb 26th, in the rain…

Stories in a Vault

Ernie McCray February 26, 2011 2 Comments

A little while ago I read a book by longtime Tucson Citizen sportswriter, Steve Rivera: The University of Arizona Basketball Vault, the History of the Wildcats.

What a nice trip down memory lane the book was for me as I’ve followed Wildcat basketball since the 40’s. And, never in my wildest dreams, did I ever think the program would evolve to what it is today although the school had a couple of pretty good teams in my childhood.

An Insomniac’s Nightmare

Judi Curry February 26, 2011 3 Comments

One of the things I learned 40+ years ago, when almost the only airline flying into San Diego International Airport was PSA, that the planes stopped taking off at 11:30 pm and didn’t begin again until 6:30am.

“I paid my taxes. Why doesn’t Bank of America?” ask citizens as they plan actions at 50 branches across the country

Source February 25, 2011 0 Comments

New Nationwide Effort to Make Corporate Tax Dodgers Pay Up

Protests in more than 50 cities, including Washington, D.C., New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago

Groups of citizens in more than 50 cities will sit-in and protest at Bank of America branches on Saturday, February 26 in an effort to get corporate tax dodgers to pay their fair share. The actions are loosely affiliated with US Uncut, a new grassroots movement organized through social media networks such as Twitter and Facebook.

OB be proud! It was your little blog that was the small pebble that got the boulder rolling.

Frank Gormlie February 25, 2011 3 Comments

The Genesis of the Saturday Rally in San Diego In Support of the Working People of Wisconsin

OBcians – you should be very proud – for it was your little blog that got the big boulder rolling. Your little blog – the OB Rag – was the first organization (if you can call us that) that initiated the call for a rally in San Diego on this Saturday in solidarity with the working people of Wisconsin.

We were the little pebble that got the big boulder – the San Diego County Labor Council – rolling. And now, the Labor Council, with all its members, experience, and resources, have taken over the bulk of the organizing for the noon time demonstration in front of the San Diego County Administration Building for tomorrow, Feb. 26th.

“US Uncut”- a Grassroots Uprising Against Corporate Tax Deadbeats

Source February 25, 2011 5 Comments

A few weeks before he died, Howard Zinn had lunch at the Warwick Hotel in Manhattan with New York Times columnist Bob Herbert. Their topic of conversation was, of course, social justice.

“If there is going to be change, real change,” Zinn told Herbert, “it will have to work its way from the bottom up, from the people themselves. That’s how change happens.”