An Anniversay

This weekend a good friend of mine will be going to Washington. He's a lawyer but not a politician. He probably should be a politician but I doubt the congress is ready for him yet.
He's going to acknowledge an anniversary, well two anniversaries to be exact. It was forty years ago this year that thousands of Americans organized to march on the Pentagon in protest of the Vietnam War...



March 17th marks the forth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. Four years ago George W. Bush abused the authority that John Edwards and other members of congress gave him. They gave him the authority to find and bring to justice the perpetrators of the 9/11 attack on our country. They gave him the ability to use our armed forces to bring Osama bin Laden to justice. They gave him the power to track down, where ever they may be, the conspirators, who's cowardly act, brought down the World Trade Centers, and he abused it...

My friends will remember that march, 40 years ago, that brought about real change, that made people think. They will be marching on the Pentagon once again. The young the old. Men, women and children. As in the 60s they will be from all walks of life but all with the same purpose in mind, to bring an end to this unjust war. Some who participated way back then have died others have grown too old to be there but are there in spirit. I will have to sit this one out myself but appreciate those brave souls who will be marching on my behalf...

Senator Edwards may have voted for the war on terror but it didn't include a war on Iraq. The senator has said that he favors cutting funds for the war, but George Bush and Co. believe that more is better so instead of listening to the people of this country, the Generals, or the politicians, he wants to escalate this war. Thats what my friends are going to Washington to try and stop. Will it work? Couldn't hurt to try. Like someone told me the other day when I ask him to sign a petition for the environment, he said "even a futile gesture is better than silence, I suppose." I laughed and told him "they probably thought the same thing at Valley Forge"...

In closing I'd like to say if your not doing anything on the weekend of the 17th and want to get involved in stopping a war, my friends would welcome your company. Who knows you might make a couple thousand new friends...


BTW Buddy, give em hell for me... Onward!

http://answer.pephost.org/site/News2?abbr=ANS_&page=NewsArticle&id=8107

http://www.dawndc.net/float.php?annc_id=478§ion_id=1

http://encampmenttostopthewar.blogspot.com/


Get off your Duff and Get Involved!