GreyHair on the D.C. Scene
Unfortunately, lack of extra finances and prior work commitments kept the wife and me from attending the march in D.C. last weekend. If all the struggling and angry citizens of this country had the resources to travel and express their sentiments about the perversion of our country by the neocons in charge, there would have been millions there instead of 100,000. Regardless, it was a monumental event and, as expected, one that was pretty much ignored by the major media networks in
Anyway, I tip my hat to the two individuals I personally know who went to the March...namely, fellow Blogger and friend, GreyHair, and my wife's mother,
And unlike the 'established' liberal bloggers (i.e., the ones who make money at it), GreyHair was literally on-the-scene with photos and commentaries of not only the March itself but of the arrest of Cindy Sheehan and other protesters on Monday. I highly recommend you visit his blog and read all his posts on the march, but some highlights can be found by clicking here, here, here and here. This guy backs his bitches up and continually gains my enduring respect.
I have to admit after following his exploits over the weekend, I've been getting a sour taste in my mind while making my normal rounds of the 'accepted' blogosphere (e.g. DailyKos, Atrios and others)…they might rant, but they weren't there…and their reasons weren't financial, just ineffectual indifference… Jage
posted by Jage at Monday, September 26, 2005
2 Comments:
Thank you so much for the kind words.
This rally was just the first step in a long trip. Nixon wasn't taken down in a day...and neither will Bush. Fighting city hall is hard work!
But what the hell, like the sign from the Napa contingent, Make Wine, Not War! So I'm on my way home to make wine!
hey there son in law...
the march was HUGE! many times more than was little was reported. ( i'd say 300-50 thousand. let's put it this way...when we arrived in the morning the metro was FULL of protesters and the walk to the ralley was FULL of people with signs...the streets all around the white house and wash. monument were full too.....later, around 7 p.m., as we were wandering around the george washington univ. area the streets were still clogged by demonstrators. there is no way it was a mere 100 thousand. i hope one of those helicopters circling us contained a secret sympathizer and we'll see some arials someday.
the all faith tent revival on sunday night was indeed smaller a few hundred) but it packed a punch with the likes of cindy sheehan, rabbi lerner, sister mcguire :nobel peace laur. '76, and cornel west...many more great speakers were present. my friend ran sound for them and we were with the speakers most of the eve....yes, comma i got a cindy hug when she heard my son might get deployed soon.
more re the momentous occassion at a later time. thanks for this site scott...
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