[reformed_democrat]

Nichols . . aims to gather scores of volunteers together in London and lead the convoy . . . across Europe, holding rallies in various capital cities and collecting other human-shield demonstrators along the way . . . via Amsterdam, Brussels, Paris, Zurich, Milan, Sarajevo, Istanbul and Syria to Baghdad.

Well, if they're going to do this right, they need an old school bus, cassette players hooked to huge speakers, many copies of Truckin' by the Dead to play over and over and . . .

Costume trunks full of fringed suede vests, ratty jeans, beads . . .

I hope they remember to pick up Hunter Thompson and Ken Kesey (is he still alive? my memory fails me . . .). No road trip is complete without a stoned writer to document it all.

[TigersEye]

I hope they remember to pick up Hunter Thompson...

Now there's a thought to warm your heart. A bus full of liberals with a binge drinker that carries a .44 magnum.