Do protestors know they're sharing the Mall with the Nat'l Book Festival?

[bertha katzenengel]

http://www.loc.gov/bookfest/

Just curious.

I saw Camp Casey being set up yesterday. :7 It's at the corner of Constitution & 15th Sts., between the National Phallus and the White House.

[Skink]

1. doesn't that mean CSPAN will be all over it.

[bertha katzenengel]

5. One hopes. n/t

[demnan]

2. Wow!

Talk about the traffic and the crowds! Well maybe at least they'll have some portapotties.

[bertha katzenengel]

6. Oh, yeah, they're all over the place.

Are you going, Nan?

[demnan]

22. Yes, I'll be there

are you?

[bertha katzenengel]

23. Not to the protest.

But I am going to the Hawk 'n' Dove tonight. See you there? She asked, hopefully . . .

[madrchsod]

3. more important ----

do the stormtroopers know?

[bertha katzenengel]

16. I hope not. They'll take flamethrowers. n/t

[deutsey]

4. I have a friend who has to work at the Book Festival

He'd rather be in the streets with me, but a job's a job.

Poet Sharon Olds had the power to turn down Laura Bush's invitation, anyway:

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20051010/olds

[acmejack]

7. One of the finest letters I have ever read!

[wtmusic]

13. wow.

breathless.

(I guess that's why she's a poet).

[MarvinBarns]

8. The Republicans Claim Only 30 people were there yesterday

We gotta get more people out. The American Public is too fat and lazy to realize how Bush Cheney is leading us down dark alleys. Call all your friends now.

[bertha katzenengel]

11. Only 30 people... where? The protest isn't until Saturday. The Mall

is crawling with people getting ready for this protest - as I have witnessed first hand all week while commuting.

Where did you read the claim, BTW?

Will you be in DC this weekend, MarvinBarns?

[bertha katzenengel]

9. Poet Sharon Olds has a new admirer.

What a letter. Thank you!

[spuddonna]

10. LMAO "National Phallus"! Awesome! Thanks, I needed that... n/t

[bertha katzenengel]

20. I aim to please.

:bounce:

[Mutley]

12. Sweet! A "two-for"!

[DoYouEverWonder]

21. Damn

better bring more money.

Books are a major weakness.

[Mutley]

25. Oh, they are!

I can't look at a display of books without buying something. When I'm low on cash I have to avoid them like the plague.

[madinmaryland]

14. I saw the book fair being set up yesterday.

Is it near that?

[bertha katzenengel]

15. Camp Casey DC is west of the book fair, on the green to the

immediate west of the Museum of American History. :)

[Earth_First]

17. The "Green Festival" is also in D.C. this weekend...

At the Convention Center, September 24,25...

Amy Goodman from Democracy Now!
Michael Lerner Tikkun
Hazel Henderson Ethical Marketplace

...and many, many others

[bertha katzenengel]

18. Damn. I am SO GLAD I don't have to be in town this weekend.

It will be nightmarish.

Serious suggestion to all protestors: TAKE METRO! Don't even think about driving.

[tanyev]

19. I think the more accurate question is "Does the Natl Book Festival

know that they are going to be totally overrun with protestors?"

[Southpaw Bookworm]

24. Lynne Cheney is one of the featured authors

How much you wanna bet the police use protestors getting too close to Her Eminence as an excuse for some round-ups and busted heads?

[bertha katzenengel]

26. Oh, brother.

They ought to get some real writers. Writers like Sharon Olds.

Oops... never mind. They tried. http://www.thenation.com/doc/20051010/olds