My Fellow DU Veteran's - How About A March On Washington? Veteran's Day??

[matcom]

there are a TON of us here!

A Veterans' Day march on the White House!

Vets for PEACE!

bring your camouflage, your ribbons, your dress greens/blues/whites

any interest?

[mike_c]

1. kick and a nomination....

I'm not a vet, but this is more likely to stay up front on the Greatest page. :kick:

[tabasco]

2. Yes, I'm interested.

I feel it is time to take to the streets for our brothers and sisters, Iraqi and American. I have to do something or I will go insane.

I have been frustrated because of the lack of demonstrations. I am willing. Maybe the Vets Against The Iraq War are planning something?

Many people think protesting is a waste of time. I don't agree with them.

[matcom]

3. rock on bro

thanks. as one who traveled to D.C. BEFORE the war, i can tell you, it IS worth it!

[FreedomAngel82]

4. That would be cool

Think of the picture... I'm not a vet or anything like that but I think it would send a huge message.

[Stinky The Clown]

5. Matcom .... count me IN!!!!!!!!!

[matcom]

6. you are IN brother!!

help me keep this kicked tonight

i'm liking this!

[Sparkly]

8. Husb still has his uniforms

... but they haven't fit him since his stink was merely an odor, shall we say. :evilgrin:

(Edited to explain: see his sigline... It developed from a play on "H2S.")

[Laura PourMeADrink]

7. FYI - There's a mass peace march in DC on Sept 24th

Mass March on
Saturday, September 24
in Washington D.C.

Stop the War in Iraq

answercoalition.org

[matcom]

9. nope.

more free Mumia shit. i want 100% VET MARCH FOR PEACE!

DU Style

[Laura PourMeADrink]

17. it might be good. they are starting very early and have endorsers

[SusanF_CA]

10. non vets too?

We are moving back east later this summer (YEAH!!! I'm going to a real blue state). Husband and I were just talking about this--if we would march for a cause...so if non-vets can tag along, we'd be interested. My dad was 20+ years Air Force so I can march in his name :D

[DanCa]

11. You guys are awesome

I just wanted to thank each and everyone of you here that served this country. Thanks guys I really wish I could have joined but between my eye sight and my shakey hands the safest place to stand when i fire a gun is where I shot :) Hey all what do you think of a sniper with parkinson's :) (It's okay I can laugh at myself).

[Stinky The Clown]

15. DanCa ..... here's one for you

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3736389

[Wickerman]

12. Beautiful idea!

Schedule it for next year and I'll plan on it. Little too short for me to get there this time. Excellent idea and have a blast!

[qnr]

18. I agree, I'm there with advance notice. n/t

[JimmyJazz]

13. I'm not a vet, but sign me up.

[HeeBGBz]

14. That would be good

I am moving in July and I don't know what my living conditions/work/etc will be in November. If I could work it out, I would.

[Stinky The Clown]

16. Matcom, there's an active Veterans Aginst The War (may be part of VVAW)

We could volunteer to serve as the DU Batallion

Skinner's Skinners .... or sumpin' like dat. :)

[Sapphire Blue]

19. Please come in September!

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Hold Bush & Congress Accountable for the Deaths, the Destruction,
the Lies, and the Toll on Our Communities
SEPTEMBER 24-26, 2005



END THE WAR ON IRAQ - BRING THE TROOPS HOME NOW!
Leave no bases behind - End the corporate occupation of Iraq
Stop bankrupting our communities - No military recruitment in our schools

Sat., 9/24 - Massive March, Rally & Festival
Sun., 9/25 - Interfaith Service, Grassroots Training
Mon., 9/26 - Lobby Day, Mass Nonviolent Direct Action and Civil Disobedience



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More than two years after the illegal and immoral U.S. invasion of Iraq, the nightmare continues. More than 1600 U.S. soldiers have died, at least another 15,000 have been wounded; even the most conservative estimates of Iraqi deaths number in the tens of thousands. Iraq, a once sovereign nation, now lies in ruins under the military and corporate occupation of the United States; U.S. promises to rebuild have not been kept and Iraqis still lack food, water, electricity, and other basic needs.

A majority of Americans believe that this war never should have happened, but our elected representatives in Washington continue to rubber-stamp the Bush Administration's disastrous Iraq policies. They have given military recruiters nearly unrestricted access to our schools -- and the Pentagon nearly unrestricted access to our tax dollars. At a time when our vital social programs are eroding or completely decimated, an overwhelming majority in Congress recently approved Bush's request for an additional $82 billion in war funding, and there's already talk of another $50 billion appropriation this fall.

It's time to hold all pro-war politicians accountable for the deaths, the destruction, the lies, and the toll on our communities! Join United for Peace and Justice in Washington, D.C. for three massive days of action against the war: a major march, rally, and festival on Saturday, September 24; an interfaith religious service and day of grassroots trainings on Sunday, September 25; and a large-scale grassroots lobbying day and mass nonviolent direct action and civil disobedience on Monday, September 26.

From every corner of this country, people will travel to Washington to bring our demands directly to the policymakers responsible for this unjust war. These three days of actions will send a clear message to the White House and Congress: The Iraq war must end. It's time to bring all the troops home, leaving no U.S. military bases behind, and to stop the corporate theft of Iraq's resources. Instead of draining our national treasury for endless war, we demand that our tax dollars be used to repair the damage done to Iraq and to fund services in our communities. We call for an immediate end to our government's assault on immigrants, the unethical pressures on our young people to join the military, and the undermining of democracy through relentless attacks on everyone's basic rights.

Our mobilization will coincide with the meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank, whose economic policies place corporate profits ahead of basic human needs worldwide. We will speak out against the corporate theft of Iraq's resources and the decimation of the Iraqi economy through privatization and "free trade."

Join our weekend of action to stop this war, and help prevent any new wars!

Leaflets and more information will be available soon at http://www.unitedforpeace.org/article.php?id=2854

In the meantime, circulate this announcement far and wide and mark your calendar for the weekend of September 24-26.

We need your financial support to make this mobilization possible! Please make the most generous contribution you can today at http://www.unitedforpeace.org/donate

Thanks, and we'll see you in Washington!

[mopaul]

20. not a vet, but that'd make me awful proud to see

a damn good idea and a damn good time for it

[Stinky The Clown]

21. I'd love to see how many vets we cold muster for this

[hootinholler]

22. I'm *SO* there!

Ya know, for about $50 you can buy a 3 MCp (Candlepower) rechargeable spotlight. Can you imagine 1000 of these shining on a building?

Did you further know that the Washington Monument is high ground at the apex of the WH and The Capitol Building. Both buildings would be in range.

Call it the light of truth, or the light of justice, or The charge of the light brigade, Citizens With Torches...

We muster at dusk at the Jefferson Memorial, wherein he was quoted:"I have sworn upon the altar of god, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man."

With these words above us, we affirm our oaths to support and defend Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.

Pass through the monument turning on the lights. Forming up in the parking lot.

March, and I mean march, lights straight up, along Ohio Drive and the river towards the Lincoln memorial. The bright patches in the sky during the march will show our progress.

During the march, attempting an illumination of Arlington. We pay respects (Wreath?) at: The Korean War Memorial, The Wall, The WWII Memorial en-route to the Washington Monument.

Then light up the House. We're watching you!

-Hoot

[Stinky The Clown]

25. Hey Hootin .... that would be called a 'plan', man!

A good plan.

[hootinholler]

32. I think it has a certain pinache...

That would be about 3 Giga-Candlepower, enough that you would be able to literally feel the light.

I'd love to make it happen.

-Hoot

[hector459]

23. Let me know time and place, I'll be there. n/t

[newyawker99]

24. kick

:kick:

[Stinky The Clown]

26. Kickety kick

[Tinoire]

27. Hell yes! And it's the only time I'd put that uniform back on! n/t

[CatWoman]

28. I'll do it

if you promise to dance for me naked :D

[hootinholler]

34. You can't handle me dancin nekkid.

[retnavyliberal]

29. Sure, I would love , count me in....

besides, seeing the look on the faux news talking as...er....heads as they look at me in my dress blues and pony-tail would be priceless.

Please add me to your list.

[Cha]

30. Kick!

:kick: :patriot:

[me b zola]

31. kick

[UTUSN]

33. I'll Cyber/Virtual Join You n/t

[jonnyblitz]

35. LOL..that would look cute..my Navy crackerjacks and a mohawk

and the piercings. :crazy:

anyways i got rid of all my uniforms a looong time ago.