Remember that illegal occupation? It was a year ago today that about

[babylonsister]

400,000 anti-war protesters descended on DC to let them know how we felt. Guess it didn't matter.

:cry:

[gateley]

1. No. I believe it was a "small protest". nt

[babylonsister]

2. That's what they tried to tell us, but for those of us who were there,

we know better.

We had the Capitol surrounded, and this is what I saw coming down that hill, and they kept coming. It was amazing.

[gateley]

3. But for those who WEREN'T there, they have no idea of the enormity of the

gathering because it wasn't acknowledged and it wasn't covered as it should have been.

I am SO PROUD of all of you who participated and for CARING so much! :yourock:

EDIT: GREAT pic, by the way -- I saved it!

[blues90]

4. I remember it well

It does not seem like a year to me and no , no one seemed to care just like all were ignored who protested across the world before bush and his band of madmen decided to attack Iraq .

All the effort and all the time and all the hope our grand leaders were listening and they were not .

Now all news about Iraq is way off on the back burner somewhere , who knew this would become the case .

Instead what we have is two years of debates and election focus , add the year leading up to 2006 and nothing has changed .

[babylonsister]

5. Really, not a thing has changed. It's hard to believe after voting

these Dems in and all the effort that took, all the people who partook of the demonstrations, and nothing has changed. I had vastly higher hopes. :-(

[blues90]

7. It is sad , real sad , when I think of all the effort by

Cindy Sheehan , Code Pink , veterans against the war and so many others , all the gathering and bus renting and ride sharing . all these things with a giant dose of purpose and hope with inspiration and this was all shot down , all is forgotten . It was the people who defined the hope and built the inspiration and yet we were let down .

It was like this in the 60's however then we had one war , and none of the other countless issues we have now and it was the people who ended it finally .

[TahitiNut]

6. More people than voted in New Hampshire, or Iowa, or Nevada caucuses/primaries ... but ...

... given 1/100th the attention. Interesting, huh?

:puke:

[lonestarnot]

8. Disgusting

:puke: