vigil at Walter Reed Army Medical Center - Every Friday
8:00 pm, Friday Aug 12, 2005 Demo/Protest/Rally/Vigil
City & State DC
Topic / Issue Iraq
Location Walter Reed Army Medical Center (North Gate), 7200 Georgia Ave., at Elder St., NW
Description
SHED LIGHT ON U.S. WAR CASUALTIES:
BRING THE TROOPS HOME NOW
TAKE CARE OF THEM WHEN THEY GET HERE
Walter Reed Army Medical Center (North Gate)
Every Friday Night 8 to 10 P.M.
7200 Georgia Ave., at Elder St., NW
Vigil Contacts: Ann Wilcox 202-441-3265; Allison Yorra: 202-332-4876
For vigil details visit:
The nightly vigil at Walter Reed Army Medical Center continues to
signal the late nightly arrivals of badly wounded soldiers from Iraq and Afghanistan.
On Friday nights there is an abundance of traffic on Georgia Avenue and much support from those driving by. The vigil is a reminder of the devastating human cost of this war and deepens our resolve to bring it to an end as soon as possible. Please take the time and join our welcoming group. Bring friends, candles, a sign or a banner.
It is worth noting that many of the soldiers we have met so far do not support the war, but others do. Take the opportunity to hear their stories and share perspectives.
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Allison Yorra (202) 487-5112 or email dc@codepinkalert.org
Second Monday 7pm
CODEPINK DC MONTHLY MEETING
Join us the Second Monday of every month to talk strategy, plan our events and actions and grow the women’s peace movement. Contact Allison Yorra: dc@codepinkalert.org or call 202-487-5112
Yawn...George Bush is scheduled to give his State of the Union Address on Tuesday, January 31. Another day, another spin job from the administration about how their policies are making things so much better for ALL Americans and for Iraqis, especially the women. We will be told that the folks handling reconstruction (Iraq and the Gulf Coast) are "doin' a heckuva job". He'll warn us that we need to be very afraid of future attacks and how his war on terror is making us safer.
What we won't hear about is the ILLEGAL domestic wiretapping program, the rampant Republican corruption and the quagmire that is Iraq. Doubtful that Bush will mention the ever growing number of people who think he should be impeached. But we will!!!
CODEPINK is organizing a People's State of the Union press
event (see below) that will lift your spirits and move you to action. Join Members of Congress Lynn Woolsey, John Conyers and Maxine Waters, Gold Star Mother Cindy Sheehan, whistleblower Ann Wright, political and economic expert John Cavanagh, New Orleans activist Malik Rahim as they speak the truth about our nation's policies and what we the people need to do to make real change possible.
On this particular day Americans deserve to hear the truth, not just about
the REAL state of our nation, but also the hopeful message about how
together WE can implement alternative policies to build a more humane and
secure world.
That statement from the COLD PINK Frigid Womyn For Peace notice is the reason they are out there. It's not a vigil for the welfare of the troops, it's a protest like any other protest they do where the put out crosses, coffins, or boots.
The objective is not better benefits for the troops, it's another "Cost Od War" protrest.
Weasel is a lying weasel or dumb weasel when he defends it as a "vigil". If it were a real vigil, the lying bastards would hold their vigil candles, not scatter them around for atmosphere like they were all in the COLD PINK hot tub.