That's a beautiful dream, Randy. Wish I could have been there. Back in the 60s I had a button that read: Brahms, not bombs.
Today our Glorious Leader said he wouldn't be deterred by global protests against war. "Democracy is a beautiful thing," Bush said, adding that "people are allowed to express their opinion." Not that he's listening. -Fred Randy Remote <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >Well, I got up at 5 am to jump on a bus with about 100 other >people who made it down to the anti-war march in SF on Sunday >(it was moved from Saturday in deference to the annual Chinese >New Years celebration, which is a big event in SF). The crowd >was exuberant, even joyful. Up to a quarter of a million people, from >old people that could barely walk, to couples pushing strollers, >all races, nuns, transexuals, you name it (one favorite sign carried >by a sixty-ish couple "Average people against the war"). Street >theater. A man standing on a wall, short hair, dressed in a suit >covered with blood and a sign saying "Everything is All Right", >exhorting people to "go home, everything is all right, you don't >need to be here today! Go home and watch your TV!". A small >brass band I could hear but not see playing "Give Peace A Chance". >A man holding a placard that just said "Imagine". Wonder Woman. >Bush and Saddam kicking each other in the butt, then kissing. >The slow walk to the city hall. Every five minutes or so you would >here this cheer coming towards you from the front, pass through >you and keep going onward behind you. We listened to Joan >Baez and Bonnie Raitt singing together on KPFA's live broadcast >as our bus pulled away early so as to get us home at a reasonable >hour. I was thinking of my web friends and the discussions >that have been taking place. >Some of my favorite signs: >War! Good God Y'all! >Bush Gives Vegetation a Bad Name >Collateral Damage Has a Face (Pic of a Middle Eastern Child) >First Strike Makes Us Terrorists >Not With My Taxes >Got Blood? >Stop Mad Cowboy Disease >If War is Inevitable, Start Drafting SUV Drivers >Save 2 Schools $3.5M....1 F22 Bomber $153M >How Did Our Oil Get Under Their Soil? >War Kills The Poor >Drop Bush Not Bombs >Blix Not Bombs >Bongs Not Bombs >(Flag) These Colors Don't Run Everything >George, Why Don't You Send The Twins? (Bush Girls Pic) >Who Would Jesus Bomb? >Impeach The Son of a Bush >God Bless The Rest of the World, Too >This is My Patriot Act >Resistance is Fertile >The King is a Fink >Fight Plaque Not Iraq