Think the tide isn't turning?

80% of Americans think we should get out of Iraq. Pretty much 100% of the Peace movement thinks we should be out of Iraq.

I've been going to rallies for the past three+ years and I do see the tide turning. Concord, Boston, Cape Cod, Kennebunkport, D.C., San Francisco, and pretty much most places in between have had repeated Peace rallies over the years. I did get arrested in Boston last year on Veterans Day, so I guess I'm one of those tree-hugging, smelly, lefty liburals. But I am not alone.

Last year (October) I saw these guys at a rally on Boston Common.




Today I received this via a VFP board I subscribe to:

http://www.triiibe.com/

This is a short movie of an anti-war performance piece done during the Jan 27th March in DC, by Triibe, three artists -- and identical triplets -- living in Jamaica Plain, MA. To see the film, enter the site (you can bypass the short introduction by clicking on the curved arrow beneath the slide-show), and click on "Movie". They used lengths of red silk to indicate and compare the number of US and Iraqi dead. It's worth a look.


So the moral of the story: we need to get our butts out on the street. It's all about bodies on the ground. Ours. On. The. Ground. Show up to these rallies, carry a sign, be noisy and never give up.

Democrats showed some spine last week, but the occupation funding would have passed if the repubs voted their party line. I find this completely unacceptable. Do you?

the Dems in Congress who can make a difference. The Winter Soldier testimony last week was an important step, too, imo, and was repeated on CSPAN that night.

I think the rethugs are about to change their tune, because their constituents want them to; they don't or won't have a choice.