Peaceful march draws thousands against war (Oregon)

Oregonian ^ | 10/5/02 | MICHELLE COLE

[Blue Screen of Death]

I dont see any of them saying "we were wrong then, and we learned from that".

Of course you do. That is the whole point. They are saying that they did not go far enough last time. The reason they did not go far enough last time was to appease the appeasers who screamed about a limited war with a clear start and end. It is the ones that forced the limits that need to acknowledge that they were wrong and we should have gone all the way to Baghdad and finnished the job.

[buffyt]

There have been numerous small peace protests here in the Claremont/Ontario/San Dimas area. Looks like graying hippies to me usually. I wanted to pull up next to them and sing BOMB BOMB BOMB, BOMB BOMB IRAQ to the tune of Barbara Ann... but the light changed too quickly.....

[fight_truth_decay]

"protests planned in cities nationwide in the next few days'... guess they dont have jobs to go to..or can cut class.

[Clinging Bitterly]

> I want to tell Bush that we don't want a war -- especially over oil

Well whatever. I hope this kid gets a decent education before he grows up. I don't remember there being anything going on in world events that would make one think this is over oil (not that it would make any difference to me if it were).

In that education, I hope he also learns of those particular entities that are responsible for our being dependent on mideast oil to the extent that we are.

I remember 1991 in Eugene, and there was pretty much the same thing going on for months. They did some damage around here, and were a steady annoyance in the downtown area. They marched out and blocked Interstate 5 a couple times, and for some reason, firebombed the local IRS office.

I, along with hundreds of others, spent a great deal of time "Freeping" them (of course it wasn't called that back then). We were concerned there would be more acts of terrorism, so we kept the downtown streets well patrolled. Many of us were harassed by the city for doing so, but I don't regret a minute of it.

Dave in Eugene

[dalebert]

Protest paid for by the DNC. Ah Oregon. Land of the terrorists.