SF Marchers! Check In, please!

[Patchuli]

I'm the girl with the peace sign hat and her wonderful 'beast of burden' husband Dave who kindly carried a ton of stuff for us, most of much wasn't needed!

We had fun and hope you are all home safe! I'm trying to find numbers of how many folks we had but it looked like we pretty much stopped part of the City for the day! We heard the front of the march had hit Market Street when we were still at Delores Park with lots of people behind us!
Washington had over 100,000 but I had hoped that a million would have turned. But if you had all of us up, including L.A. and SF, DC, SD and Italy and London, it was A LOTTA PEOPLE! And * hides in his spidey-hole in CO. What a wuuuuusss!

It was good to meet other DU'ers.

:patriot: :patriot:

[Webster Green]

1. I just got home from the SF march...

I marched with the Veterans for Peace. It was great!

[Patchuli]

2. It was great!

We saw about 4 Freepers who frowned at us...heheee Cops smiled at us. I loved it!

[MaryBear]

11. Good seeing you again, Patchuli!

I loved it when the cop smiled after I told him Proud Patriot is harmless when she began shouting at the Freepers and he looked concerned.

[Autonomy]

3. DC had closer to a million than 100,000 in my estimation

for what it's worth. I wish I had been able to be in SF, too! I miss the city by the bay.

[proud patriot]

4. Hi

I had a wonderful day . I was great to meet you
Patchuli . :patriot:

I'm going to start looking around for numbers now :D

http://sf.indymedia.org/

[Patchuli]

15. Please refresh me as to names again

because I am awful. I know Mary and Jack but I'm terrible at names in general. You can IM me. I had a wonderful day with you all!

[proud patriot]

18. I'm Trish

I was wearing the "I support the troops , It's
bush I can't stand" T'shirt.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

5. Checkin' in!

I think it was a terrific day. It was so nice to meet new folks. I made it home just in time -- I have offically come down with a cold, it came on during the drive home.

I hope I haven't shared my cooties with any DUers! I can't remember frenching any of you, but still....

Viva SF! Viva DU!

[proud patriot]

6. Oh no

:-( I hope you feel better soon

[MaryBear]

13. Oh, dear. Be well, Hell.

:hug:

-MB

[ZinZen]

7. Hey there!

Checking in! Nice to see all of you again!!

[proud patriot]

8. It was great to meet you ZinZen

:hug:

[dooner]

9. Photos posted on sfgate.com (see link below)

It was a good day. (Anybody else accidentally cut through LoveFest on the way home? Wow, that was an "interesting" event!)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/chronicle/archive/2005/09/25/PROTEST.TMP&o=4

[MaryBear]

10. Hi, dooner!

Yes, I cut through... and found myself wondering if it would be more aptly named SexFest, or if I am older than I think! Good gravy! Woowee!

[dooner]

14. We just couldn't quite figure out the theme

I even read the LoveFest "brochure" but still didn't get it.
Between the LOUD techo music, alcohol/party theme, and women in scanty pink outfits from the 80's...wow. I felt sorry for the cops that had to babysit THAT event.)

[MaryBear]

12. When I march, I feel like I'm doing something!

Thanks to all of you, who slowed the pace for me, and carried stuff!

ZinZen, GOOD to meet you and your hubby!

JR, sorry I was so, er, grumpy.

:loveya:

-MB

[MaryBear]

16. Schroedinger's Cat!

How could I miss Mr. and Mrs. Schroedinger's Cat! Good to meet you two!

And the Patriot family. Nice to see you all again!

[proud patriot]

17. My legs are so sore today

x( I'm going to have to get out and walk more x(

[schrodingers_cat]

26. Well Howdy again, MaryBear!!!!

:pals:
Funny how many of the folks in our group work so soulfully with the minds and hearts of others for a living, no?
It sure was great to meet you all (some again)and we will try to see you all in the Merry Woods, at least for the afternoon.

[MaryBear]

27. Go wild and reserve a tent cabin!

Truly enjoyed the two of you.

[Jack Rabbit]

19. Median estimate of the number of marchers in San Francisco is 35,000

Yesterday saw the largest protests against the Iraq war since February 2003. On that day, about 200,000 marched in San Francisco.

We should hold our heads high. We were right about the war before the first missiles were fired over Baghdad: It was not about Saddam's biochemical arsenal, ties to al Qaida, violations of UN resolutions or bringing democracy to Iraq; it was a colonial enterprise, pure and simple, and all the stated reason were deliberate lies. We're still right: there may be a legitimate debate as to what do in Iraq now, but it doesn't include "staying the course" the leads off a cliff; as long as Bush controls foreign policy, we cannot expect an honest war against terrorism; we cannot expect the Bush regime to make Americans safer if that makes transnational corporations less profitable.

Bush's approval ratings are 35-40%. That is about the level a major party presidential candidate in a fundamentally two-way race can expect to receive just for showing up. These are the people who would continue to support Bush if he murdered their children before their faces, which, by continuing his failed policies in Iraq, he is in effect doing.

[proud patriot]

20. thanks for the info JackRabbit

:hi:

[proud patriot]

21. I found some video and pics here

http://www.indybay.org/antiwar/

[mshasta]

22. I have a question..

did you know if it will be something on Monday 26th in san Francisco???


thank you ..I don’t care to miss work..

[MaryBear]

23. Yes. Here's a link.

http://indybay.org/calendar/event_display_detail.php?event_id=7514&day=26&month=9&year=2005

[mshasta]

24. thank you.!

:thumbsup:

[Patchuli]

25. Welcome to DU and CA forum

mshasta! :hi: