BREAKING NEWS: Brave Protestors moving through DC....(links)

Pacific Radio will be broadcasting the COUNTER-coronation out of their DC offices, you can listen on the web....

http://www.wpfw.org /



Inaugural Media Center: Phone: 202-332-4481 to report breaking news.

7:59 2 protesters from California were detained at 5th and G after trying to drop a banner, "Let Them Eat Cake", in front of the National Building Museum. They have been let go.

7:30 MayDay DC is still on 5th and G NW DC chanting "Feed the homeless not your greed". A few police officers are standing by. They have been told by the police to go behind a line of parked cars to the northwest corner of 5th and G.

7:08 MayDay DC is at the cross section of 5th and G holding banners at the National Building Museum. The National Building Museum is the site of one of the many inaugural balls being held around the city.



Pacific Radio will be broadcasting the COUNTER-coronation out of their DC offices, you can listen on the web....

http://www.wpfw.org/

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Report from the PEACE TRAIN
http://dc.indymedia.org/newswire/display/114812/index.php

It is snowing in Washington DC as we arrive about an hour late on the Capitol Limited after the over night run from Chicago. Last night we had a great time as the conductor allowed us the use of the entire upper floor of the lounge car for our second Karaoke party of the trip.
The PEACE TRAIN to DC has arrived

It is snowing in Washington DC as we arrive about an hour late on the Capitol Limited after the over night run from Chicago. Last night we had a great time as the conductor allowed us the use of the entire upper floor of the lounge car for our second Karaoke party of the trip.

There have been numerous contacts with press along the way from as far away as Japan and Holland as well as local media and AP. One talk radio team came on board and taped interviews with several of the PEACE TRAIN to DC Riders.

From Los Angeles we boarded the Southwest Chief for the 42 hour run to Chicago on Sunday evening. Alan, a retired train buff, joined our team and served as our official rail guide and information database. Alan was immensely helpful along the way with instructions about how to proceed and had a treasure trove of interesting stories along the way. For our first Karaoke night it was Alan who suggested America The Beautiful, which turned out to be one of the more rousing tunes of the night with everyone singing the refrains with gusto.

Union Station in Washington DC is a madhouse. A large portion is closed off for one of king george's parties with secret service men standing around all over the place. A Mobile Command Center and uniformed people are all over the place as thousands of people surge throughout this massive train station.

We did our best to stay together, but the chaos overwhelms those who didn't have sleeper tickets as they can't meet us in the Club Acela lounge. Nevertheless, Peggy, the goddess who came all the way from Humboldt County in Northern California with a 15 year old german exchange student, 2 8 year old boys and her 3 year old daughter. These children played an important role many times along the way, including decorating our plain black and white PEACE TRAIN to DC signs with colors and enhancements like tracks and a golden beam of light shining from the front of the engine.


We delivered our letters to several other representative's offices, even Tom Delay's and a couple other republicans. Mission accomplished, I will post this brief update and write more later. There is more to tell, but I am out of time for now, so please stay tuned.....

more....at link....
http://dc.indymedia.org/newswire/display/114812/index.php