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Here is what Kristinn said about this on the D.C. CHAPTER SPRING '04 ACTIVISM CALENDAR:

Monday, March 15, 8 a.m. to late afternoon. Patriotic counter-demonstration of the leftist front group Military Families Speak Out, which will be staging a mock funeral procession in Washington, D.C. This is the second and final leg of a macabre propaganda effort that will start on Sunday, March 14 at Dover Air Force Base to "honor" those killed in action in Iraq.

The D.C. leg of the funeral procession is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. Monday in front of Walter Reed Army Medical Center where many of our wounded service members are recuperating from their injuries. From there the leftists will proceed slowly to the White House (with arrival scheduled for 2 p.m.) where they plan acts of civil disobedience.

This blood dance is co-sponsored by the usual suspects including Medea Benjamin's Code Pink and Leslie Cagan's United for Peace and Justice. They do not care about America's dead and wounded soldiers, except for how they can exploit them and their families to sap morale in order to bring about our defeat.

Please take the day off from work and join us as we stand up to these ghouls. [emphasis added]

I took the day off to be at the White House when they arrive; tgslTakoma will be at Walter Reed before traveling to the White House to join up with me and any others who are able to come to DC.

On March 1, Lafayette Park was again opened to the public and to protesters -- I don't know if these anti-war groups have a permit or not. I understand that the sidewalk and street in front of the White House are being torn up at this time so they won't be able to get closer than the edge of Lafayette Park (if they follow the rules in place). We have no information regarding the actions planned for civil disobedience.

Don't get me wrong, I totally undertand the need for the activism and the presence.........

However, I can not ask my husband to take any more time off from work to accomodate my activism than he already does....

It might be different if we put our chld in some daycare center after school - but we don't. I either greet the school bus or pick her up every afternoon.

I trust you meant nothing personal, although I felt personally insulted, by your added emphasis. I can not take off from work as a mother.