Really, you couldn't have asked for a more beautiful day than yesterday, down in D.C. Number of protestors was wildly underestimated (SURPRISE!), and several of us got into verbal fisticuffs with a "wars give me a hard-on" wingnut who accosted Thers while he was walking along peacefully with the youngest of his brood on his back.
"You want us to LOOOOSE!" he kept yelling.
"So define 'victory' for me," I challenged him.
"I'll know it when I see it," he replied.
So there you have it. War is the same as obscenity.
And now some happy snaps:
Pooches for Peace.
You know you're in trouble when Bush makes Nixon look goooood.
We're all about the cooperative effort. This teenager is the best. My hat is off to his mom, TJ, who was also in attendance. (And SP, the little 'un, was entertaining the crowd by cooing into a microphone at the wingnuts across the street. It was teh funny.)
See? I was really there.
[I am contractually obligated to give a promotional shout out to Sinfonian, who served as photographer for this snap.]
To see some really great pictures of the march, go to Pax Americana.
i had to expect a head stand.
Posted by: pansypoo | September 16, 2007 at 12:28 PM
brilliant. love you.
Posted by: Sharkbabe | September 16, 2007 at 12:39 PM
Now that the protest is over. 190 people were arested. And I assume none of the politicians were really listening (no one I know has received a response from his/her congresscritter) it's time to start a real protest. Hit em where it hurts. Their wallets.
Shut It Down
Was started to put a real end to the war and hopefully change the direction of this country. Feel free to link to the site. And no I won't take donations. This is real folks and people are dying. It's time to stop it,
Posted by: Demeur | September 16, 2007 at 01:34 PM
I have come to depend upon your handstands. Know that. :-D
Posted by: catherine | September 16, 2007 at 08:25 PM
Sorry I couldn't be there, and thanks for fighting the good fight.
Posted by: FeralLiberal | September 16, 2007 at 08:53 PM
I think the pic of you by the Washington Monument should be made into a postcard for tourists.
Posted by: Toucari | September 16, 2007 at 08:57 PM
I like one of the suggestions at the Pax Americana link, and I would expand on it thusly: Have some "Freeper Bloggers" marching along with their flags and their bags of Cheetos, carrying banners to the effect that "Warbloggers Rawk" and "Operation Iraqi Freedom Begins in My Mom's Basement."
Posted by: Sandia Blanca | September 16, 2007 at 10:17 PM
WT, that pic of the little one looks like it was taken about a block from where I work.
Posted by: CatStaff | September 16, 2007 at 10:55 PM
The BBC World News coverage was really crappy yesterday. It said there were anti-war and pro-war rallies in Washington DC, which just goes to show how divided Americans are on the issue. It wasn't till I read the AP report this morning that I read the antiwar demo was estimated at 100,000 and the pro-war as "up to 1,000". You'd never have known it from the Beeb.
Posted by: Father Ted | September 16, 2007 at 11:03 PM
Hats off to you WaterTiger for the headstand on that hill. :-)
Awesome that you came to the protest!
Posted by: Frogspond | September 17, 2007 at 01:04 AM
WT, next time you dive off the Washington Monument, just skim like a flying squirrel to a bellysliding stop. It's easier on the do that way.
The mutherfucking powers-that-be gave the prowar assholes greater press than the peacemongers.
Ignoring the assholes should be easy --- they're like chuckholes though. You can't always avoid them.
Posted by: JimmyDean'sFuckedUpCousinClyde | September 17, 2007 at 01:36 AM
Clyde that only shows that the media is owned by corporate America and Shrubco Inc. Real truth is on the internet.
And WT thanks for the link it made my day.
Posted by: Demeur | September 17, 2007 at 03:27 AM
So there you have it. War is the same as obscenity.
Actually, I believe the quote was something like, "I can't define pornography, but I know it when I see it."
So war is more like porn for these people.
C'mon - you know it's true...
Posted by: dan mcenroe | September 17, 2007 at 10:11 AM
Sorry 'bout the slanties.
Posted by: dan mcenroe | September 17, 2007 at 10:11 AM
Nice gams! Could you see any right wing rationale from that angle?
Posted by: queek | September 17, 2007 at 12:30 PM
I'd wondered what kept the Washington Monument so..uh, turgid..
Posted by: dman | September 17, 2007 at 03:54 PM
Very good parent to take the wee one to a protest. My mama took me to the anti-war protests during the Vietnam era and they've made me a radical for life. May we all bring our young ones into the fold early to foment the next wave of revolutionaries!
Posted by: kate | September 17, 2007 at 09:29 PM
This feature is becoming one of my favorites from ya. Its so,,,,
emblematic of how I percieve you,,,balancing wit with grace. Thank you for many many moments.
Posted by: sightunseen | September 18, 2007 at 03:19 PM