Protesting Obama In La Jolla, San Diego

Sending a Message to POTUS and NOT Spending $10,000

 

Thursday, May 8, 2014 Dunaway Drive, La Jolla, California - Obama flew into San Diego for a luncheon fundraiser at the home of Qualcomm founder Irwin Jacobs. People with diverse political views lined the street to protest a wide range of issues. A few supporters speckled the crowd hoping to get a snapshot of the president.

Elitist Barack Obama will stop by your ocean view mansion if you're a billionaire donor. If you have a spare ten grand you can have lunch in the same room with him. For a bit more he might have time to pose for a picture (if you've been vetted and cleared in advance). For everyone else, it's the street and HOPE he looks at your sign.

If Obama cared about Climate Change or the Environment, perhaps he should limit his own carbon footprint and not use public funds to fly around attending private fundraisers.

The two largest groups represented were Impeach Obama and Stop KXL Keystone Pipeline. Other issues included TPP (Trans Pacific Partnership), drones, jobs/labor, immigration, banker fraud, Chelsea Manning, NDAA, NSA/spying, 9/11 Truth and more.

Video and Photography by Syd Stevens.

"Impeach Obama"

"Planet Before Profits", "President Obama: Stop the Keystone Pipeline"

"Mr President: Draw a Line in the Tar Sands"

"We Don't Want TPP!"

"Stop the Keystone Pipeline. Fight Climate Change."

"We Nee Energy Build The Pipeline"

"We will respond to the threat of climate change knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations" -Barack Obama

"Stop TPP Planet over profits"

"When Drones Fly Children Die"

"Impeach Obama!"

"Stop the Keystone XL Pipeline"

"Stop KXL"

"We Must Stop the TPP"

"Wake Up and Become the Revolution"

"Arrest Obama"

"Obama Reject Keystone XL", "San Diegans for Climate Action"

"Stop the Keystone Pipeline. Fight Climate Change."

SD350

"We Must Stop the TPP"

"WTF OMG NO TPP"

"Fast Track Authority will be Bad for Working People. Defeat T.P.P."

"Please Free U.S. Marine Sgt. Tahmooressi"

"NO WAR"

CODEPINK Attempts To Fly Drone Over War Profiteer's Mansion

Police Confiscate Toy UAV, "It Might Hurt Somebody"

San Diego Police step in to confiscate toy drone at CodePink protest because "it might hurt somebody".

Friday, April 5, 2013 @ 8AM
Protest at home of Neal Blue, General Atomics CEO
9756 La Jolla Farms Road, La Jolla, California

DRONE DIEGO, CA - Members of CODEPINK coordinated a theatrical protest in front of the home of Neal Blue, CEO of General Atomics, manufacturer of the Predator and Reaper drones. This protest was part of National Anti-Drone Days of Action in San Diego, April 4-7.

CODEPINK Attempts To Fly Drone Over War Profiteer's Mansion

Part 1: "Taking Care of Business" 7m31s

Neal Blue and his billionaire friends party in the streets to celebrate all the money to be made from drones and never-ending war. Neal thanks his buddies at AUVSI (Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International) and Congress for making him so filthy rich. Neal is a Republican but loves Obama for using so many killer drones overseas and surveillance over the United States!

Part 2: "Reading the Children's Kill List" 7m23s

Protesters crash the billionaires party. A bunch of "Women For Peace" disguised in pink read a list of children killed by drones. Neal Blue meets with the trouble-maker activists and insists only terrorists (and future terrorists) are targeted. He cites the great economy and says how Congress uses his drones after they buy them is not his business.

Part 3: "For Your Drone Protection" 7m29s

The party resumes as Neal Blue and his billionaire friends worship new "Baby Drone" technology. While considering how to arm it with "less-than-lethal" weapons, they decide to test the little UAV by flying it over Neal Blue's mansion. To their dismay, the local police literally step in and confiscate the toy drone on the grounds "it might hurt somebody". The billionaires stage a sit-in to regain their private property but in the end, money makes all the difference!

Part 4: "A Souvenir Photo To Neal" 9m1s

The party ends as the protesters gather to take one last picture. They send a message to Neal Blue by chalking the street in front of his ocean-view mansion. Some songs are sung and the police are thanked.

A Souvenir Photo to Neal Blue.

 

Reading the children's kill list.

Reading the children's kill list.

Protesters chalk the street in front of Neal Blue's mansion in La Jolla, CA.

Protesters chalk the street in front of Neal Blue's mansion in La Jolla, CA.

Toy drone with camera controlled by phone app.

 

Toy drone with camera controlled by phone app.

CODEPINK Chorus.

Chalk messages left for Neal Blue.

 Videos and Photography by Syd Stevens.