Roll call! Who's going to DC in 2 weeks?

[proud2BlibKansan]

And where is the meetup?

Jan 27 marchers, please check in!

[ncrainbowgrrl]

1. kick.

possibly... not sure yet- depends on health for me.

[Mythsaje]

2. If I could just get every other DUer to buy a single copy

of any two or three of my novels, I'd be there with bells on.

As it is, I have to work.

:)

Wish I could be there, though...

[proud2BlibKansan]

3. Well if I win Powerball

every DUer gets a novel - on me!

Yes, it would be great to have you there! :hi:

[Ghost in the Machine]

4. I'm trying to work it out now... so I can go...

I'm in the process of looking up hotels in the area. I'm looking at rooms with 2 double beds and rates for 2 people... just in case someone needs somewhere to stay. I've read several posts on this where people would like to go, but need someone to split costs, rooms etc.. I'd probably stop along the way to pick someone up, too.... so longs as they didn't complain about riding in my SUV :evilgrin: ...

PEACE!

Ghost

[proud2BlibKansan]

5. Watch for meetup details!

and have a safe trip.

[Ghost in the Machine]

7. Thank you!

Any tips on what part of town I should be looking to stay in? I've been through D.C. once... it was 20 years ago, I was on the way to New Jersey.. got off the interstate to get gas... at 2 AM... wound up getting lost, but got a good tour of downtown.. it was strange being in front of the capitol and having hookers and crack dealers trying to flag me down... I definetly don't want to stay in an area like that

Thanks,

Ghost

[proud2BlibKansan]

12. We are staying at the Harrington

Sorry I don't know for sure where that is. It's where some of my friends from Camp Casey are staying so I booked a room there.

[bdamomma]

68. proud2blib, I stayed there for the Sept. 2005 demonstration

it is close to everything you will happy with your choice, have a drink at Harry's for me. I am debating whether to go or to go in March for another planned demonstration.

[proud2BlibKansan]

71. Thanks that is good to know

I might go back in March too. Haven't decided yet.

[WolverineDG]

47. Hotels

I looked at Marriotts. There's a Residence Inn Capital Hill that's close to the start of the March. Some of us are staying at the Capital Hill Suites, too.

dg

[bklyncowgirl]

6. I'll be there. It's my patriotic duty. nt

[proud2BlibKansan]

13. Alright!

[countingbluecars]

8. I'll be there.

Hi proud2Blib. I'm looking forward to meeting you and other DUers!

[proud2BlibKansan]

14. Hot damn!!

:woohoo:

I get to meet CBC!!

:woohoo:

[Nimrod2005]

9. I am working on it...

[Jeanette in FL]

10. I'm going

Right now I am checking out transportation. There are no buses leaving from my area, so I am checking out Amtrak "PeaceTrain"

http://www.peacetraintodc.com/

http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Amtrak/HomePage

I haven't made any plans yet as far as staying in DC, gonna just take it as it comes.

Can't wait.

[proud2BlibKansan]

15. The Peace Train sounds awesome!

[babylonsister]

11. Me, me! nt

[proud2BlibKansan]

16. Yes! Yes!

What time is your plane landing?

[babylonsister]

17. I think around noon on Friday.

Staying at Capitol Hill Suites, with 3 other DUers.:bounce:

[proud2BlibKansan]

24. How about breakfast Saturday?

Wolverine did a great job of setting up breakfast in NY.

I will post another thread on the DC forum.

[babylonsister]

25. Oops. nt

[babylonsister]

26. Sounds good to me. Did you know this (from Wolverine):

>>LOGISTICS: Assemble on the Mall,
>>between 3rd and 7th Streets, at 11 am.
>>March will kick off at 1pm.
>>More details coming soon!
>>
>>I'm not sure if this is the same place as last time, since I
>>can't find my DC guidebook. :( But, if they want us to start
>>lining up at 11, we need to head out by 9. (not kidding)

So we need to make it early if we do meet for brekkie.

[proud2BlibKansan]

29. yes I think that is from the UFPJ website

I emailed Skinner to ask him to set up a breakfast meetup so we can march together.

And of course I have no idea where that is. LOL I haven't been to DC since 93.

[hootinholler]

38. The Mall between 3rd and 7th...

They are expecting a few people then. That's a big staging area. Half a million or so?

-Hoot

[WolverineDG]

49. Just like last time!

So, when I say get going by 9, I mean get going by 9!!! You will NOT believe the # of people you'll see & the Metro will get insane by 9.

dg

[Jeanette in FL]

30. My train comes in at 6:30am on Saturday.

I would love to hook up with you guys for breakfast. Meeting all of you would be the highlight of my trip.

Please keep me posted and I will check the DC Forum for updates.

This is going to be awesome. I haven't been to DC in years, so I am going to have to look at some maps to get my bearings.

[proud2BlibKansan]

32. Okay sounds like breakfast would be a good idea

I want to march with all the DUers. You guys are the reason I care so much about the state of this country.

[Jeanette in FL]

92. Change in travel plans

I have decide to fly in. 17 hours on a train there and 18 hours back just seemed like a waste of time. I would never be able to sleep.

Now I am getting into DC at 9:08am at Reagan on Saturday morning, so I will figure out how to meet up with all of you. I am staying over night and got reservations at the Harrington as well. I am so excited. And I cannot wait to meet with other DU'ers.

I leave the next afternoon.

[AngryAmish]

18. What is going on?

And will the weather be warm enough for golf?

[babylonsister]

20. Check out:

www.unitedforpeace.org

[stephinrome]

19. I'll be there! I leave tomorrow morning.

two weeks of volunteer work to justify all the fuel and CO2 emissions :)

See you all there. Keep an eye on the meet-up thread in the DC forum:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=148&topic_id=2304&mesg_id=2304

Steph

[proud2BlibKansan]

28. Can't wait to meet you!

:hi:

[marmar]

21. I'll be there...

I don't know if there's been an organized meetup posted yet.

[proud2BlibKansan]

31. Not yet

But I am watching for it.

[Justpat]

22. I'll be there. eom

[many a good man]

23. I'm there

Hope we get a million.

[FogerRox]

27. Fuggin hey, yeah, I AM THERE

I made a nice sig, see below. Lots of buses from NJ, I got the details, PM me.

[proud2BlibKansan]

33. I borrowed your sig pic

Is that okay? I only need it for 2 weeks :)

Is that you in the pic? Love that sign!!!

[FogerRox]

41. OMG. just suck my bandwidth, if my photobucket account

crashes its your fault.

Kidding....

Yeah thats me..... ya hear me agent mike, thats me holding that Impeach sign. LOL.


proud2Blib, 2 weeks, then I cut you off, aight?

[proud2BlibKansan]

57. You could charge me rent

or a drink in DC. What's your bandwith worth to you? LOL

[Warren Stupidity]

34. Me. nt.

[gratefultobelib]

35. I'm getting close to it!

I have one daughter very excited! ("A chance to picket george bush. Are you kidding??!") Now I just need the one with a sense of direction to go with us!

[WolverineDG]

51. DC's easy to figure out

and on the day of the March, just follow the "Impeach" signs. ;)

dg

[helderheid]

36. Here's a great way for y'all to locate each other:

Ooga booga smooga wooga T-shirts!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=3114354&mesg_id=3114354

My friend from PDA, Laura Bonham will be there - wish I could make it. I'll be there in spirit!

Oooga booga smooga wooga!

[FogerRox]

42. Um wasnt Blind Faith was a rock band....

/snark

[helderheid]

44. Har Har!! :P OOGA BOOGA SMOOGA WOOGA to you!

[FogerRox]

45. :-)

[deutsey]

37. I'm planning to be there. I think this is a vitally important demonstration

Please drum up as much support for this as possible.

Keep me in the loop on DU meetups.

[helderheid]

39. kick!

[MaggieSwanson]

40. I'll be there. n/t

[Glimmer of Hope]

43. I'll be there! Please sign up to be a volunteer with UJFP if you can.

[WolverineDG]

46. I'm in!

Why not meet at the Hawk & Dove on Friday night again? Not sure about Saturday, though.

:hi:

dg

[Blue_In_AK]

55. That was a lot of fun in Sept. 2005

I'd like that. :) I'm arriving Friday 3:50, staying over until Tuesday in case I get arrested or something on Monday. Haha.

[proud2BlibKansan]

59. How about I call you when our plane lands

at 10 pm. If you are still there, we will come to the Hawk and Dove straight from the airport.

The bus from MO will probably be in DC way before we get there. So I will tell the DUers to meet you guys Friday night. evlbstrd finally decided today to come and kiteinthewind will be coming too. I need to meet up with kite anyway since we are sharing a hotel room.

There are also a bunch of folks from St Louis on the bus but I don't know if any of them are DUers.

[WolverineDG]

67. Which airport are you flying into?

The party should still be going on at that time.

dg

[proud2BlibKansan]

73. The one named after that dead republican president

It's been so long since I have been to DC, I can't remember which one is more convenient.

[WolverineDG]

74. That's National

pretty convenient. you can take the metro directly from the airport.

dg

[proud2BlibKansan]

76. I just map quested everything

Hawk and Dove is 8 minutes/14 miles from the airport. My hotel is 1.95 miles from Hawk and Dove.

The bus riders from MO are staying at a hostel that is .6 miles from my hotel.

I was going to go buy a Metro guide. Do I even need one?

[WolverineDG]

86. I went to the DC visitor's site

found it when looking for maps. I requested a visitor's map of DC. Just hope it gets here in time for the march. :)

dg

[Stephanie]

48. I thnk I'm going

Will take bus or train down from NYC, maybe stay over. Mtg after would be easier. Do we have DU'ers in DC who can arrange meetup?

[WolverineDG]

52. There's definitely a meet up on Saturday

but we can't miss the opportunity to meet on Friday either! :)

dg

[spiderpig]

50. I'm coming in from the SF Bay Area

Staying at the Courtyard Convention Center on F Street.

Will be watching for meetup info.

I was there for the (very underreported) UFPJ march in September, 2005.

[Stephanie]

53. Welcome to DU!

I think that crazy speech is enough to get lots of people down to DC.

[spiderpig]

61. Thanks for the welcome, Stephanie!

I thought my marching days were over in the 60s, but if anybody can get my butt out of the LazyBoy it's Chucklenuts. I feel I owe it to the next generation.

One small success...I told a few people at work I was going to the "Beach Impeach" event last Saturday, and Saturday morning I got an email from a couple of 20-somethings who said they'd be there too. True to their word, they showed up with a tarp that they shared with half a dozen other folks.

No question in my mind...the Chimp is nuts. It's up to us to remind Congress that we're still a democratic republic - not a monarchy.

Hope you'll be there on the 27th, if not in body, then in spirit!

[EFerrari]

58. catnapper, I found out that my friend with red pants was with you

in the exclamation point. lol

I'll be there, too. We're trying to book a flight tonight: me, Mom and my oldest son.

:toast:

[spiderpig]

60. Get outta here!

No kidding? Was this the guy with the gray ponytail who was telling me about how we were lying on whale bones? And who, while the copters were flying overhead, said "I hope they spelled 'Impeach' right"?

Let's plan on hooking up for the march. I've got my "He's not my president" shirt from UFPJ and a "Worst President Ever" hoodie from Bartcop, so I'm packin'!

PM me, or whatever. I'm a long-time lurker, but still new to posting.

[EFerrari]

66. Yes, that was my friend. LOL!

I'll pm you when we've a flight booked. I can't get these guys to make up their minds.

:hi:

[proud2BlibKansan]

63. Welcome to DU!

I hope we get to meet in DC! :hi:

[spiderpig]

64. Thanks, proud2Blib!

We have to make the effort to arrange a meetup so we can all get together for one big - uh - whatever!

The world's in a nasty place right now (thanks to W), but people like DUers give us all hope.

Looking forward to meeting you there. Hopefully all us DUers will get together and march en masse.

Feel free to PM me. I'm planning on getting into DC on the 25th.

[Blue_In_AK]

54. Me!

But you already know that. :)

[free_spirit82]

56. Me!!

First timer!!!

[bdamomma]

70. You will love it, your first time, you are doing something

really patriotic.

[goforit]

62. Don't go to Washington....Go to the Oil companies!

[unhappycamper]

65. I'll be hanging out with these guys:

See ya'll there!

[EFerrari]

69. That's a great banner!

Good for you guys. :)

[proud2BlibKansan]

72. Awesome!

See you there.

[lonestarnot]

75. Wooodamnwhoo!

:applause: :patriot:

[Ava]

77. I'm going to be there!

wouldn't miss it!

[proud2BlibKansan]

78. That's great Ava!

Watch for meetup locations, etc. I know I can't be the only DUer who really wants to meet you.

[Ava]

79. i'm actually already marching with a group at the front of the march

and meeting up with them that morning before so i won't be able to attend a meetup.. hope to see you at the march though! :hi:

[demrabble]

80. I Will Be There

You could not keep me away.

This is so very important.

[proud2BlibKansan]

90. Welcome to DU!

:hi:

[TahitiNut]

81. Will smoking be prohibited? Will smokers and anti-smokers be segregated?

I sure wouldn't want to get in between the two factions. :evilgrin:


:hide:

[proud2BlibKansan]

83. LOL and I will be staying away from

some I have met in immigration discussions. :)

[helderheid]

82. Here's your video!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x12734

[madinmaryland]

84. I am trying to free myself up. I will take the metro in for the day.

Any information on DU'er meetups?

[proud2BlibKansan]

89. We are trying to put a breakfast meetup together

I would love to march with all my DU buds!

If all else fails, marchers are assembling before the march at 11 am between 3rd and 7th. Since there could be a half a kazillion people there, someone said something about a DU banner, which we could carry during the march also.

Several of us have exchanged cell phone numbers. If you want mine, PM me.

[bidiboom]

85. Hey, I'm Canadian but I will be in Chicago that weekend

Anything happening there?

[marmar]

88. I don't think so....

The focus with this one is to get as many bodies as possible to D.C.

[Kerrytravelers]

87. This deserves a kick.

Sorry I can't be there.

[proud2BlibKansan]

91. Oh I wish you could be there too

Hey KT! We got a 4 day weekend. The weather is horrible here but how I love snow days! :hi: