Cindy Sheehan in New Haven

[REACTIVATED IN CT]

there was a great crowd - NH Register estimated at 800 which seems about right. There were 5 counter-demonstrators.

I thought the local speakers were great - esp. John Olson from the state AFLCIO - he was speaking when the bus arrived.

Cindy was there - she and the other VFP, etc speakers were very moving. Some audience members were in tears.

The freepers were very rude. One had "soldiers" misspelled on her sign ("soliders") - which Cody Camacho from IVAW pointed out from the stage. Between the reading of the names of the dead from CT and the playing of taps, one freeper yelled out "do their families know you are using their names?" Glares and "shushes" from the rest of the crowd shut her up - temporarily

Here's a link to the photo of the "soliders" sign - scroll down to the story and click on "Disagreement" to view it

http://www.courant.com/news/local /

A collection was taken up to cover expenses. They collected an excess $600 which was donated to the bus tour.

I kept looking for DU t-shirts so I could connect with people. I was wearing a turquoise shirt and was holding the Abu Gharaib photo with the caption, Got Democracy?

I took pictures - if someone can tell me how to post them, I will

[jonnyblitz]

1. DUer Bigwillq and I were there. neither of us own DU t-shirts.

We were standing in front of those freeper women...I had a t-shirt on that had bush with mickey mouse ears.

[REACTIVATED IN CT]

3. I was standing near them towards the end of the rally

I was behind the guy waving the peace sign flag for a while. Apparently there were 4 of us there. Sorry we didn't meet up !

[jonnyblitz]

4. i didnt think to check the ct forum before i went

to see who else might be going. I wasn't sure i was going until the last minute and the other DUer I went with is a friend offline also so we correspond in PMs whether I am paying attention to all the DU forums or not. It was my first local event and i was quite pleased with it. I usually go to Boston, NYC, or DC events but never anything here in CT.

[terip64]

2. I wish I had known that she was coming!

My mother would have love to have gone! I grew up in West Haven but now live in MI. The red part, Aaargh! (pirate day) I miss the east coast, just not the traffic! ;)

[ray of light]

5. Try this:.

1, Register at a place like "photobucket.com"

2. Follow their instructions.

(Browse your saved files, etc...)

3. Copy the new url they give you.

4. Return to D.U. and post the links in here. Preview your post to see if the pictures pop up or are embedded.

I have to admit, I've never posted pictures at D.U. so I don't know if there is any html code you need to add, but the photobucket usually gives you 3 codes and I believe one of them is for an embedded picture.