skippy the bush kangaroo: as long as there's a war, we will march

Saturday, March 17, 2007

as long as there's a war, we will march

more than 1,000 people march in los angeles - photo by cbs

thousands marched all over the us today to protest the anniversary of the beginning of the iraq war. reuters:

thousands of anti-war demonstrators, some carrying yellow and black signs reading "u.s. out of iraq now!" marched on the pentagon on saturday, one of several protests worldwide to mark four years of war.

the march, on a cold, cloudy and windy st. patrick's day, comes just before the fourth anniversary of the start of the iraq war on tuesday and 40 years after a similar protest at the pentagon over the vietnam war.

last night marching christians were arrested in dc, sez the asspress:

thousands of christians prayed for peace at an anti-war service friday night at the washington national cathedral, kicking off a weekend of protests around the country to mark the fourth anniversary of the war in iraq.

afterward, participants marched with battery-operated faux candles through snow and wind toward the white house, where police began arresting protesters shortly before midnight. protest guidelines require demonstrators to continue moving while on the white house sidewalk…

about 100 people crossed the street from lafayette park – where thousands of protesters were gathered – to demonstrate on the white house sidewalk late friday. police began cuffing them and putting them on buses to be taken for processing.

fear said 222 people had been arrested by saturday morning. the first 100 were charged with disobeying a lawful order, and the others with crossing a police line. all of them were fined $100.

and there was plenty of action here in california, too:

waving signs and shouting, thousands of people took to the streets of los angeles and other california cities on saturday to protest the war in iraq.

the demonstrations were part of many being held across the country ahead of the iraq invasion's four-year anniversary on tuesday. at several sites demonstrators were met by smaller groups of people supporting the war, and in sacramento approximately 200 people gathered on the capitol steps to support the troops.

in hollywood, buoyant protesters yelled "no more war!" underneath a blue, sunny sky—the opposite of the weather faced by the thousands of shivering demonstrators who marched in the cold to the pentagon in washington.

about 200 police officers were on scene in hollywood for security, said los angeles police sergeant d. costi.

authorities estimated attendance at 5,000 to 6,000 people, said officer norma eisenman.

Labels: iraq, middle east, protest

posted by skippy at 5:06 PM |

3 Comments:

I know of about 10,000 people in California who did not go to the march. I think they were in downtown Oakland listening to hope from my candidate, Obama.

commented by

Anonymous, 8:18 PM PDT

Gore/Obama would work for me. Or pretty much Gore/anybody.

commented by

No Blood for Hubris, 9:29 PM PDT

Pardon my french here, Skip, but what F*CKING MORON scheduled peace protests on St Patrick's Day?

He ought to be taken out and shot! It was embarassing to see the poor turnout on CSpan and listen to the snarky right wing asshole tell us how unpopular the anti-war movement was.

We ought to hire f*cking leaders, not a bunch of numbnuts!

commented by

Carl, 12:02 PM PDT

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