STOP THE WAR (from Michael Moore's webpage)

[brettdale]

http://www.michaelmoore.com/mustread/index.php?id=507

STOP THE WAR
(Do you have something better to do this weekend?)

Cancel your meetings, load up the kids, gather up your friends -- COME TO WASHINGTON, DC and surround the White House.

You know you want to.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

September 24th:

10:00AM -- Gather at the Washington Monument.
11:30AM -- Rally begins
12:30PM -- Surround the White House -- the march steps off
2:00PM -- Operation Ceasefire Concert begins (FREE). Hosted by Jello Biafra, featuring Cindy Sheehan, with music by Steve Earle, The Coup, Le Tigre, Joan Baez and many more. More info/full schedule...

(Full details of the weekend's Festival of Peace)

GETTING THERE

#1: If You Have a Car
#2: If You Don't Have a Car
#3: You Can't Find a Ride
#4: Get on the Bus
#5: Planes, Trains, and Commercial Buses
#6: Can't Go? DO SOMETHING

Need Housing?

Option #1: If you have a car:
Load up your friends and hit the road.

If you don't have any friends or just have extra room in your car, give someone a ride.

First, check the United for Peace Transportation Center for people in your area who need a ride to DC. If no one is listed, then post a message offering a ride to DC.

Second, post a note in a local coffee shop or at the local university. People want to go, they just can't find a way to get there.

There will be people all along your route who are looking for a ride to DC -- bring people with you! (And make them pay for gas... have you seen how expensive that stuff is?)

Option #2: If you don't have a car:
C'mon! Your buddy has a car. Turn off his Playstation and tell him the two of you are going on a road trip (you don't even have to tell him where you're going!).

If none of your friends have cars or if they won't let you borrow their car for the weekend, check the United for Peace message board for people with space to spare.

If no one in your area is offering a ride, take the initiative and request a ride.

Also, go to your local coffee shop or university. Maybe someone in your town has already posted a sign offering a ride.

Option #3: You don't have a car, your friends don't have cars, and you can't find anyone to give you a ride:
Well that's easy. Get a group of people together and rent a car (or a van... or a bus... or a jet!)

You want to go to DC but you can't figure out how to get there. There are hundreds of thousands of people just like you all across the country.

Hundreds, if not thousands, live right there in your town. Find them, pool your resources and hit the road already!

Option #4: Get on the Bus:
There are many progressive and activist groups around the country who have secured buses and caravans and are selling tickets. Maybe there's already a bus leaving from where you live.

Check the list of buses and orgs headed to DC at TroopsOutNow.org.

Check the list of buses and orgs headed to DC at UnitedForPeace.org.

Option #5: Planes, Trains, and Commercial Buses:
Okay. All other options have failed but you still want to go. It's not even a question of "want." You know you must go.

As George W. Bush might say, it's your duty. He's right -- it is your duty. As a patriot you must go to the White House and try to shake some sense back into this sorry lot of leaders.

And that's why God made credit cards.

Pick your poison:
Amtrak | Greyhound ($40 roundtrip special from NYC) | Expedia | Orbitz | Travelocity | Priceline | Southwest Airlines into Baltimore

Option #6: Fine, your best friend is getting married on Saturday and you're the maid of honor but you still want to DO SOMETHING:


Tell your other friends to go (you know... the ones that didn't get invited to the wedding).

Get someone to go in your place. Give them some gas money or book a hotel room for them. Give them $20 to buy a beer or some lunch when they get to the big city. BRIBE PEOPLE.

Just because you've got your stupid responsibilities doesn't mean you can't pitch in. Find a way. Hire a stand-in. Do something.

NEED HOUSING? Sure, you can swing in Saturday morning and just stay for the march, but if you're gonna stick around for the music (and you should; you don't want to miss Le Tigre who don't go on until midnight) and need a place to stay, it's probably best to plan ahead.

United for Peace has put together a list of affordable hotels, hostels, and nearby campgrounds.

For all of you more adventurous people who are less inclined to planning, there will also be plenty of nice people in the 100,000+ crowd who may be able to help you out.

Don't be shy. Make friends. Come to DC.

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And remember: You're either with us or you're against us.

[MelissaB]

1. "Don't be shy. Make friends. Come to DC."

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