Protest outside Bayh's office in Indy, 7/27/09

[SirRealism]

Obamacare protest outside Bayh's office in Indy, 7/27/09

There's a protest against Obamacare on Mon 7/27 4:30pm - 6pm, at the corner of Illinois and Market in Indy. Other locations are listed below. Note the times for each location.

Indiana Tea Party: Events

Obama is contacting 1,700,000 people via twitter, asking them to get their reps to push this through. It's disgusting, really, that our President has been in full-time "campaign" mode for years. We need to counter that effort.

Locations: On the sidewalks in front of Senator Evan Bayh's Indiana offices. (All times are local.)

• Indianapolis: 10 W Market Street, Ste 1650 • 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
  (Contact: Diane Hubbard tdh8830@aol.com)
• Evansville: 101 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd • 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
  (Contact: Frank Peterlin peterlinvi@aol.com)
• Fort Wayne: 1300 S Harrison Street, Ste 3161 • 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
  (Contact: Monica Boyer monboy2303@yahoo.com)
• Hammond: 5400 Federal Plaza, Ste 3200 • 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
  (Contact: Mark Leyva markleyva1959@sbcglobal.net)
• Jeffersonville: 1201 E 10th Street, Ste 106 • 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
  (Contact: Susan Martin dmartin89@comcast.net)
• South Bend: 130 S Main Street, Ste 110 • 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
  (Contact: Cindy Bachota bachota@sbcglobal.net)

 

[rambone]

Hope there are some patriots left with some fight left in them....

 

[WWIIIDefender]

Protest

Do you really think that you won't be arrested for Protesting During Fema and DHS national terrorism prevention Drill starting July 27-31 2009. The people protesting during that time will be arrested.

 

[Panama]

Do you really think that you won't be arrested for Protesting During Fema and DHS national terrorism prevention Drill starting July 27-31 2009. The people protesting during that time will be arrested.

Maybe a date change for the protest would be prudent?

This is the first I had heard of this drill.
HELL, if you ask me this damn thing should probably be protested?


Posted some links to some information, after a closer look removed the links, not sure if they are correct.

 

[Panama]

Found this on the FEMA web page?
WTF?

FEMA: National Level Exercise 2009 (NLE 09)
http://www.fema.gov/media/fact_sheets/nle09.shtm
National Level Exercise 2009 (NLE 09)

National Level Exercise 2009 (NLE 09) is scheduled for July 27 through July 31, 2009. NLE 09 will be the first major exercise conducted by the United States government that will focus exclusively on terrorism prevention and protection, as opposed to incident response and recovery.

NLE 09 is designated as a Tier I National Level Exercise. Tier I exercises (formerly known as the Top Officials exercise series or TOPOFF) are conducted annually in accordance with the National Exercise Program (NEP), which serves as the nation's overarching exercise program for planning, organizing, conducting and evaluating national level exercises. The NEP was established to provide the U.S. government, at all levels, exercise opportunities to prepare for catastrophic crises ranging from terrorism to natural disasters.

NLE 09 is a White House directed, Congressionally- mandated exercise that includes the participation of all appropriate federal department and agency senior officials, their deputies, staff and key operational elements. In addition, broad regional participation of state, tribal, local, and private sector is anticipated. This year the United States welcomes the participation of Australia, Canada, Mexico and the United Kingdom in NLE 09.

EXERCISE FOCUS

NLE 09 will focus on intelligence and information sharing among intelligence and law enforcement communities, and between international, federal, regional, state, tribal, local and private sector participants.

The NLE 09 scenario will begin in the aftermath of a notional terrorist event outside of the United States, and exercise play will center on preventing subsequent efforts by the terrorists to enter the United States and carry out additional attacks. This scenario enables participating senior officials to focus on issues related to preventing terrorist events domestically and protecting U.S. critical infrastructure.

NLE 09 will allow terrorism prevention efforts to proceed to a logical end (successful or not), with no requirement for response or recovery activities.

NLE 09 will be an operations-based exercise to include: activities taking place at command posts, emergency operation centers, intelligence centers and potential field locations to include federal headquarters facilities in the Washington D.C. area, and in federal, regional, state, tribal, local and private sector facilities in FEMA Region VI, which includes the states of Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas.

EXERCISE OBJECTIVES

Through a comprehensive evaluation process, the exercise will assess prevention and protection capabilities both nationally and regionally. Although NLE 09 is still in the planning stages, the exercise is currently designed to validate the following capabilities:

Intelligence/Information Sharing and Dissemination
Counter-Terrorism Investigation and Law Enforcement
Air, Border and Maritime Security
Critical Infrastructure Protection
Public and Private Sector Alert/Notification and Security Advisories
International Coordination
VALIDATING THE HOMELAND SECURITY SYSTEM

Exercises such as NLE 09 are an important component of national preparedness, helping to build an integrated federal, state, tribal, local and private sector capability to prevent terrorist attacks, and rapidly and effectively respond to, and recover from, any terrorist attack or major disaster that occurs.

The full-scale exercise offers agencies and jurisdictions a way to test their plans and skills in a real-time, realistic environment and to gain the in-depth knowledge that only experience can provide. Participants will exercise prevention and information sharing functions that are critical to preventing terrorist attacks. Lessons learned from the exercise will provide valuable insights to guide future planning for securing the nation against terrorist attacks, disasters, and other emergencies.

For more information about NLE 09, contact the FEMA News Desk: 202-646-4600.

FEMA leads and supports the nation in a risk-based, comprehensive emergency management system of preparedness, protection, response, recovery, and mitigation, to reduce the loss of life and property and protect the nation from all hazards including natural disasters, acts of terrorism and other man-made disasters.

 

[indykid]

So much for our first amendment, right? And I am not talking about the speech thing, but that one about peaceful assembly and right to protest the government.

 

[SirRealism]

Moving info to OP.

 

[Joe Williams]

Do you really think that you won't be arrested for Protesting During Fema and DHS national terrorism prevention Drill starting July 27-31 2009. The people protesting during that time will be arrested.

Good. That will take care of my kid's college education, and I'll also be able to win a gun or two off the lawsuit winnings.

Not to mention, for political purposes being arrested for peacefully exercising 1st amendment rights is pure gold.

 

[rambone]

There's a protest against Obamacare on Mon 7/27 4:30pm - 6pm, at the corner of Illinois and Market in Indy.

Indiana Tea Party: Events

Obama is contacting 1,700,000 people via twitter, asking them to get their reps to push this through. It's disgusting, really, that our President has been in full-time "campaign" mode for years. We need to counter that effort.

The link says 4:30-6 EST..... So that means 5:30-7 CST ?? Need to clarify asap if it is a typo somewhere

 

[SirRealism]

The link says 4:30-6 EST..... So that means 5:30-7 CST ?? Need to clarify asap if it is a typo somewhere

I'll confirm with the NW IN organizers and let you know. Sorry for the confusion.

 

[SirRealism]

Moved to OP.

 

[MACHINEGUN]

If you want to protest.. protest, that is your right as an American citizen.

Just make sure if something pops off.. that someone is video taping everything, that way when you sue.. you have evidence.

Who cares what FEMA or anyone else is doing downtown.. don't be skeered.

 

[rambone]

I rallied up some support from the Northwest Indiana Patriots for the Hammond Protest.

Protest against Obamacare - Northwest Indiana Patriots (Valparaiso, IN) - Meetup.com

 

[photoshooter]

WooHoo! and yes, we'll have video and still photography at the Indy event.

If anyone is going to one of the other events, and takes good pics - please pm me. I'd love to get the images for the InTeaParty site after the event.

 

[henktermaat]

Good. That will take care of my kid's college education, and I'll also be able to win a gun or two off the lawsuit winnings.

Not to mention, for political purposes being arrested for peacefully exercising 1st amendment rights is pure gold.

You're damn right... No "excersise" can negate our right to free speech. I'll be there if at all possible.

 

[rambone]

BE THERE MY FRIENDS..... BE THERE !!!!!!

 

[Jeremiah]

Anyone else planning on attending the demonstration in Fort wayne?

 

[ian2000gsxr]

so how did it go? i was working and couldn't attend the indy rally

 

[SirRealism]

so how did it go? i was working and couldn't attend the indy rally

It went really well. We had ~ 250 people... all very motivated. We saw a lot of wide-eyed people driving and walking by, stunned to learn that not everyone is in favor of government getting involved in every aspect of our lives.

For those who think the protests are meaningless: Consider the impact of showing the sheeple that there are actually people against turning the US into a socialist state. Without protests, these people think their lunacy is unopposed. Most importantly, we're getting the attention of fence-sitters and getting information to them... information that nobody else is telling them. Basically, we're having to work 100x as hard as the network news lackeys to do their own jobs.

 

[RandyMarlar]

My wife and I attended. I estimate 300+ people. We stood outside 10 W. Market for about an hour and then marched to the Statehouse and back to the Circle then around one time. Ended right on time at 6PM. Many passers by honked.
Police were very helpful and accommodating. Everyone was well mannered. A couple of people we passed while marching expressed their desire for social medicine.
My sign said; Bye-Bye Bayh and Lose Lugar. Received MANY positive comments.

R