Pre-Protest Inspection

My day's end

I'm heading home now folks. I'm tired, sore, worn out, my batteries are dead, my memory cards are full, and I couldn't be happier. I have alot of video and pictures, which I'll be posting as I can. I couldn't do a live upload because I couldn't get online. Too many users it would seem. I'll have a nearly full upload by the end of the night.

Leaving to report

Well folks, I'm about to be on my way to McCormick place. I'll be uploading my pictures here as I can, and videos on my YouTube Channel. If you'd rather view the photos on Flickr, here's my Flickr Stream.

I just hope we can have a peaceful protest.

Where are all my posts?

Sorry folks, I either dropped the ball myself, or something dropped it for me. For the past month and a half I've been writing my posts and having them post themselves. Auto-posting can be great. Something happened, so they didn't post. I should have kept a closer eye on it. Sorry folks.

Anyway, I don't need to bore you with all the posts I missed. They are more then likely, the same things you've been seeing almost everywhere else. Again, I'm sorry, I'm just glad I checked it before the summits. Without further adieu, I'm back.

Quick rundown or recent news:

-8 arrests at Obama's Chicago HQ
-March through Canaryville and Bridgeport that included the assault of an 80 year old man and police threatening the arrest of citizens watching in the Canaryville area
-Police raid which included mistaking brewing equipment for Molotovs
-Buses of protesters arriving
-Another march on the north side
-March of nurses and anti-NATO downtown, group broke off leading in a couple of arrests

That's just a brief overview of the most recent news bits.

G8 NOT IN CHICAGO!

The G8 Summits will not be held in Chicago as has been announced for the past 6 months, but at Camp David, MD. Now, little is known why, but it has been moved. The NATO summit will still be held in Chicago. One less thing to worry about.

School Closures

Given the state the City will be in during the summits, schools and businesses are considering closing and/or will be closed during the news reported dates for the Summits.

Saint Ignatius school is planning on closing for the summits not due to close proximity, but to prevent any danger to their students of whom they have 1,400, that travel to school. Their prom was moved and they are adjusting the sports games to away games.

Columbia College has already modified their Spring schedule so that students can avoid much of the problems the Summits may cause.

DePaul University will be closing it's Loop Campus. It's not quite that they are worried about protesters, but for the reason that the traffic would be so horrid students and staff may not even be able to make it in.

As we move closer to the Summits, we can expect even more schools to close as well as quite a few businesses.

Return to Reporting

Well readers, I had to take a while off for various personal reasons. An email sent to me was asking if it had anything to do with the blog. That was only a small part of it. But, now that I'm back, only to find that there is quite a bit that happened during my time away. I'll have to Really bear down and get everything together.