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The Protesters They won’t back the ATTACK, Nor attack IRAQ. They merely sit in the SAND, And do it by HAND, As terror grips their HOMELAND!

(This is written without notes and is intended as an overview. It does not include the stories of all those who stood with us. Those who were there, please add your stories.) The Patriots Rally for America III in support of our troops fighting the war on terrorism was held at Constitution Gardens near the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall early on Saturday morning, January 18, 2003. From the podium just before the rally ended, an announcement was made about our plans for the afternoon observance of the IAC/ANSWER-sponsored anti-war protest march through the streets of D.C., past the Marine Barracks...

Peace, Peace, but there is no PeaceWhy do we call them peace marchers? Over the past weekend, some tens of thousands of people gathered in American cities to denounce the foreign policy of the Bush administration. It’s conventional to call them “peace protesters” or “antiwar protesters” – but is it accurate? Was Charles Lindbergh a “peace activist” when he called for making an alliance with Germany against the Soviet Union – or when he later blamed the Jews and the British for duping America into fighting the wrong country? Listen to the speeches of the weekend marchers – read their...

Kristinn came up with the idea to stage a freep at the White House and stand as Human Shields to protect the White House against the anti-war demonstrators organized and backed by IAC/ANSWER (a front group for the World Workers Party – communists). We had intelligence that small groups would be marching from the Justice Department around the White House and that some of the protesters planned to demand the inspection of the White House for weapons of mass destruction. There were also reports that 50 or so protesters had volunteered to participate in civil disobedience and break the law...

We need to come up with a "war" symbol that we all can wear proudly, to counteract all the ding dongs who are going to be wearing peace symbols in the days to come. I was thinking of maybe a circle with a stick guy kicking another stick guy in the keister. Ideas? If nothing else this ought to spark an amusing thread. "All we are saying, is give war a chance"

NCIX ALERT ADVISORY #24-2002 According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), a loose network of antiwar groups is planning a "week of action against warmongering" to occur December 15 - 21, 2002. Organizers, who have expressed strong opposition to possible U.S. military action against Iraq, are advocating "explicit and direct attack upon the war machine," and have called for attacks on the headquarter facilities and other assets of oil companies and defense contractors, singling out Boeing and Lockheed Martin. Department of Defense (DoD) assets also represent potential targets for attack. Organizers have referenced an October 14, 2002 incident in...

Hell No, We Won’t Go (except…nobody’s asking them to - Morons!) by Jennifer King, Managing Editor October 28, 2002 "The Heretical Housewife" By God, I turned on C-SPAN on Saturday and it was 1968. Good thing that the hideous fashions of the 1970’s are staging a comeback, because the protesters didn’t have to dig Grandma’s old peasant blouse from the moldy trunk - they could just buy a new one (made by underfunded labor in Mexico, of course, but that’s another story) at Target the next time Mummy takes them shopping. It was a Kool-Aid® acid trip, alright, with the...

U.S. threats on Iraq raise anti-war voices Immigrants, Internet among factors helping fuel movement 10/21/2002 By DIANNE SOLÍS / The Dallas Morning News At 22, Kelli Driscoll is a freshly minted minister with a complicated calling: peace. With Iraq in the cross hairs of the White House, she leads college students at a rally at the University of Texas at Arlington with a bit of Socratic questioning. "How many of you believe your life has worth? Does your worth come from being American? Do Iraqis have worth?" At another outdoor stage, beneath the backdrop of towering flags at Dallas...