Some Friday, Feb. 04 Protests Against Social Security Privatization

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FRIDAY, FEB. 4, 2005

OMAHA, NEB.

7 a.m. -- Hundreds of local residents rally against President Bush's plan to make Social Security's guaranteed benefit a guaranteed gamble.

Qwest Center Omaha, 455 North 10th Street

PARTICIPANTS: Sen. Gwen Howard; Ken Mass, president, Nebraska AFL-CIO; Donna McGrath, board member, Alliance for Retired Americans

LITTLE ROCK, ARK.

11:30 a.m. -- Dozens of local residents rally against President Bush's plan to make Social Security's guaranteed benefit a guaranteed gamble.

Federal Building, 700 West Capitol Avenue

PARTICIPANTS: Reverend Howard Gordon, First Presbyterian Church; Lindsay Brown, president, Central Arkansas Labor Council

TAMPA, FLA.

4:30 p.m. -- Hundreds of local residents rally against President Bush's plan to make Social Security's guaranteed benefit a guaranteed gamble.

Curtis Hixon Park, 600 North Ashley Drive

http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=42618

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1. In NUMBERS we will defeat the chimp!!! n/t

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2. The protests are underreported

I remember when seniors were pounding on Rostenkowski's car and mobbing him everywhere he went until Congress relented on Social Security reform years back. I expect no less this time around.