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Gold Star fathers to lead anti-war demonstration at bipartisan political forum - Monday 1/7 on OU campus
Background: OU President (and former OK Democratic Senator) David Boren is hosting a political forum on Monday, 1/7 in Norman which will include Michael Bloomberg, (former Democrat, former Republican, now Independent) mayor of New York City, former Georgia Senator Sam Nunn and other retired politicians. The stated purpose is to promote a centrist, bipartisan political movement. The suspected purpose is to stroke the presidential ambitions of billionaire Bloomberg.
What: Demonstration to End The War and Bring The Troops Home.
Where: OU Campus, Norman, OK - Outside of Catlett Music Center - at Elm & Boyd.
When: Demonstration begins at 10A - 11A
(Bloomberg event 11A - Noon)
Demonstration continues Noon - 1P (depending on how long the event actually goes)
Who: Led by Gold Star Fathers: Warren Henthorn and John Scripsick
Warren Henthorn and John Scripsick are going to lead a demonstration outside of the Bloomberg Bipartisan Forum on Monday, January 7 beginning at 10:00 AM at CATLETT MUSIC CENTER on the OU Campus (corner of Elm and Boyd.)
The purpose of the event is not to demonstrate Bloomberg or the other panelists, per se,but to call to
END THE WAR AND TO BRING THE TROOPS HOME
Please join us.
Parking:
There is parking at the Elm Street Parking Garage just south of Boyd or additional parking at the Union Memorial Parking garage across the North Oval on Asp. (East of Holmberg Hall). Since classes have not started yet, levels 2 thru 5 in the garage are free parking and don ' t require a permit. The meters are 4 hour meters but you are welcome to park on levels 2 thru 5 at no charge. (Bring quarters in case meters are only spaces available.)
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#14 - Catlett Music Center
#16 - Elm Street Parking Facility
#110 - Union Memorial Parking Facility
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Wayne farmer a reluctant peace activist
A fabulous article about John Scripsick has appeared in the Norman Transcript by writer, M. Scott Carter. It has appeared on Michael Moore's website and numerous other newspapers across the state and the nations. Here is an except, but please check out the entire article. January 8th, 2008 7:01 pm Wayne farmer a reluctant peace activist http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/latestnews/index.php?id=10672 Norman Transcript John Scripsick would rather have been farming. Scripsick, who owns land near Wayne, said he really didn't want to attend Monday's political forum at the University of Oklahoma. If he had his choice, he said, he would have been home "working cattle." But John Scripsick didn't work cattle Monday. Instead, he stood quietly at the intersection Boyd Street and Elm Avenue on the OU campus, just outside the Catlett Music Center. Scripsick was there with a handful of peace activists calling for an end of the Iraq war. John Scripsick came because inside the center, 17 of the country's political leaders were discussing ways to bring the country together and end bipartisan gridlock. And Scripsick -- a Gold Star Father -- was there because his son, Cpl. Bryan Scripsick, died last fall in Iraq. He said he wanted those inside to know it's time to end the war and bring U.S. troops home. "Bryan had his doubts about the mission of the war," Scripsick said. "But he went to Iraq out of loyalty to his buddies in his unit. We must end this thing and bring our troops home immediately." Quiet, unassuming and uncomfortable with the media, Scripsick said he never saw himself as a peace activist. "I thought those guys didn't have anything else to do. Never would I have thought of doing this."