WP: Protesters Try to Revive Antiwar Effort (about DC March tomorrow)

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Protesters Try to Revive Antiwar Effort

By Manny Fernandez
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, October 24, 2003; Page B01

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Deep in a cluttered basement in Southeast Washington, the message comes to life. A 51-year-old courier from San Diego and a 24-year-old law student from New Jersey's Rutgers University crouched over a yellow banner yesterday, dipping brushes in black paint to complete the slogan that brought them both to Washington: "End the occupation of Iraq."


"I think we're not going to solve this problem just at the voting booth," said David Tworkowski, who flew in from San Diego on Wednesday night to help with logistics and banners at an organizer's office in preparation for tomorrow's antiwar march. "We have to put people in the streets."


"I have two granddaughters," said Nancy Jakubiak, 54, a legal assistant preparing for a 12-hour trip to the District on a charter bus leaving Louisville tonight. "They're 3 and 1, and I do this for them. I tremble when I think of the world they're going to grow up in."

At 9 tonight, veterans and military family members have a vigil scheduled at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial to demand that the troops come home. Among them will be Stephen Cleghorn, 54, an executive at a D.C. nonprofit group whose stepson is in the U.S. Army in Iraq. "I believe he's a conscientious young man who went into the service to defend his country," Cleghorn said in an interview. "I just think he's been put on the wrong mission."



http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8860-2003Oct23.html

[La_Serpiente]

1. HAHAHAHAHA

They mentined the freepers at Free Republic!!!!

Kristinn Taylor said he is helping to organize a counter-demonstration to let protesters know that "their anti-American message is not going to go unanswered, like it was during Vietnam." Taylor, 41, co-leader of the D.C. chapter of Free Republic, said 1,000 people are expected for a rally at 11 a.m. at the West Front of the Capitol to show support for U.S. troops and protest tyrannical regimes. At 2 p.m., they plan on being at Pershing Park on Pennsylvania Avenue NW to greet marchers, though they are not looking to start trouble, he said.

[diamond14]

2. freepers cheer when OUR soldiers are blasted apart...'bring 'em

on" is one of their favorite bush* quotes....

just like Vietnam, where freepers kept OUR soldiers there for 14 years....freepers have already kept OUR soldiers being blasted apart in Afganistan for TWO years and in Iraq for seven months...

freepers want MORE of OUR soldiers to die and suffer irreparable injuries (lost legs, arms, eyes, hearing, minds)....they are happy to see OUR soldiers suffering...they cheer for more of OUR soldiers deaths...

you don't need to worry about these freepers, who follow the words of 'Schedule II Narcotic addicts' (Schedule II - oxycotin, heroin, crack cocaine)....their permit only allows them to be on the other side of the Mall, near the Capital..they will be no where near us...and interesting, the police have already announced on local C-Span, that we are a peaceful group and that they will protect us from freepers (no surprise that many DC police have sons/daughters in Iraq/Afganistan and are also Veterans themselves...some out-of-uniform cops will be marching with us because they also want to BRING OUR TROOPS HOME NOW!)....



thanks to bartcop.com

[nostamj]

4. 1000 ?

they couldn't even get 20 the last time. how will they provide safe porto potties for 1000?

i'll believe it when I see it, and I will be there to see it!

[nostamj]

8. an oldie but a goodie...

[pinniped]

13. And these are probably the organizers who needed a sitdown rest.

Do you still need a police permit for ten people?

[TahitiNut]

10. "1,000 people" was probably a misquote.

She probably said "1,000 supporters" ... meaning 10 FReepers, each with 100 of their personal-favorite body lice.

[bobbieinok]

11. Talk about not knowing history!?!?!?!?

Anti-war protests 'unanswered' during VN war?????????

Not in the US I lived in.

[leftchick]

3. The DC protest will be on C-Span Sat.

at 11:00AM!!!!! :bounce:

[diamond14]

5. PLEASE come and join us tomorrow....March for America.....

march for OUR future, March for OUR soldiers, March for OUR economic viability....close down bush* follies in the ME...it's time NOW to BRING OUR TROOPS HOME!!!! Saturday October 25th, 11 AM at the Washington Monument....come join us...walk for AMERICA!!!

...beautiful fall day in DC, high temps in 60's...walk down Pennsylvania Avenue with full view of the U.S. Capital...join other Patriotic Americans, who care about OUR country and where we are going...meet your neighbors, make new friends, watch street theatre, hear music, get some exercise, wear your halloween outfit with your protest sign...hear interesting speakers from all over America, from Catholics, Muslims, Jews, Baptists, Episcopalians, Mormons and other faiths....(if you want to hear Jerry 'Kill all Muslims' Falwell, or Pat 'bomb the U.S. State Department' Robinson...you'll need to go to that tiny group over by the U.S. Capital Steps...you won't find them at our March)....

all details about the BRING OUR TROOPS HOME NOW here:
http://www.InternationalANSWER.com

[MountainLaurel]

6. Bibbidy BUMPity Boo

:kick:

I'm all rarin' to go; have a peace flag duct-taped to a 6-ft dowel rod in my backseat, some protein bars, and my camera.

[veganwitch]

7. "revive"???

it never died, the heart beat never fluttered there was never even a hiccup!!!

[deutsey]

9. That's what I thought, too

Interesting word choice...

[loudnclear]

12. People should come out to show their anger over Bush lies!

Our nation is going down the tubes...we can't sit around and watch!