I'm out on $500 bond on $5000 bail. Ouch! But we were locked down--covered in fake blood-- shouting in their faces for 35 minutes, delayed the meeting for at least twenty minutes, and got national news coverage.

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Most other news media reported 500 demonstrators outside. The chants were great soundbites, but the best part was actually lecturing and pontificating at them. "You bribed our government to start a war based on false pretenses for personal gain." My favorite chant was, "Make More Ethical Investment Decisions."

This corporation received multibillion dollar no-bid contracts from an administration whose vice president is still on the company payroll. They pay Americans $100,000/year to do reconstruction jobs that Iraqis would do better for $10,000/year, and they're not even actually rebuilding the country. These capitalist pigs are profiting off the maiming and death of Iraqi children, our service men and women, and their own employees. This is psychopathic corporate welfare and socialism for the rich. I consider myself priveleged to have the option to resist this fascism nonviolently.

I'm accepting donations for legal expenses (like, $50-$100 would be helpful; paypal: smiile@psynet.net). This one has already hurt financially. I'm facing a class A misdeameanor which could have a $5000 fine and six months in jail.

houston.indymedia.org has the most comprehensive coverage.

Here's one little story:

http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2004/05/29877.php

Video of Lockdown on Four Seasons Third Floor by repost Thursday May 20, 2004 at 12:39 PM Handcuffed to brass railings just outside the security checkpoint, the "Haliburton Five", a.k.a. "Dick Cheney's October Surprise," tried to reason with shareholders for 35 minutes.

To prolong the lockdown, separated individual cuffs were clogged with epoxy and threaded through other cuffs.

They chanted "Make More Ethical Investment Decisions," "Oil is not worth human blood... Dollars... Corporate Welfare... Socialism for the Rich is not worth human blood!" and shouted, "You bribed our government to start a war based on false pretenses for personal gain... You're profiting off the maiming and death of Iraqi children, our service men and women, and your own employees..."

Responding to one observer laughing after a chant, one demonstrator said, "Do you think this is funny? People are dying. You may not agree with us, but this certainly isn't funny."

see

http://www.click2houston.com/news/3322718/detail.html

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http://www.click2houston.com/video/3323439/detail.html