I'm so happy to hear from all that marched. Trygve, who is my friend and employer, and I marched with the Code Pink ladies. I think that we had to have been with the cutest contingent. Most of us wore pink. Many wore pink Statue of Liberty crowns and pink togas and some wore pink slips and many of us carried signs in the shape of pink lingerie slips that said "Pink Slip Bush." There was a Chorus line of girls in red, white and blue scanty dance costumes with big USA rockets strapped on like long dildoes. They had a slew of Bush Regime parady song and dances. They were pretty good. THere was a younger group of dancers that also all in pink did choreographed song and dances that were anti bush, which were more new school. There were pink gals of all ages marchin, and they gave me and Trygve a warm welcome and handed each of us "Pink SLip Bush" Signs and stacks of "Women say: Give Bush a Pink Slip!" stickers that we handed out to people standing watching the march.
The Anti March Bush people kind of got under my skin with their moronic signs like "Kerry's foreign policy: Ask France." I should have asked them why if they were so Gung Ho for the Chimp, why they weren't over in Iraq. I didn't want to have any exchanges with them though. Many of them looked like they were waiting for anyone to engage them. They all looked pretty miserable though, especially compared to the joyous and beautiful marchers.
I also aggree that the intensity at that Madison Square Garden was really high. Everyone put so much emotion into their chants there. There were many things written in chalk in the street. I hated the FOX Network News "AMerica's Newsroom: We Report the News. You Decide" sign so massive. I wished it were splattered in red paint. SO Orwellian. THeir local FOx News is also New Yorks "chosen" news program don't you know. If they say it, it's true. Fair and balanced.
Oh How I digress, but while I'm at it is there anyone going to the Fox News Shut-upathon tomorrow at 4:00. It's at 1211 Avenue of the Americas (6st Ave.) between 47 and 48th. There should be a big turn out and everyone is going to give Bill O'Reiley a taste of his own "SHUT UP" in front of the Fox News Network Headquarters. Code Pink will be there as well as many others (WHen they say "Code ORange, we say Code Pink!")
I'm also planning on going to the Pro CHoice Rally at Union Square at 5:00 until 7, Tueday evening.
There are so many protests, ralleys, readings, marches, performances, art-pieces going on that are Anti Bush right now, it's like a Festival. Don't let the Republicans presence poison your psyches. Join in with the protests. Like Chi CHi said, "It's better than a Spa treatment." or something like that. It's so true.
Chris Hedges was amazing to listen to at the ALl SOuls Church Saturday evening, and I urge everyone to see what the Quakers are doing with "Eyes Wide OPen." It's an extremely moving piece involving army boots for evey soldier killed in Iraq, with their name tags, age and state tied to each, and a lot of civilian shoes, including tiny little child shoes for the dead Iraqis. I've volunteered to be a moderator for it while its in Union Square all day on Wednesday (but I'm doing a 2 hour shift) then it moves back to 55 Washington Square South on Thursday (where it will be Tueday) and it will be at 55 Washgington Sqaure until Monday September 6. I sobbed when I saw it. I asked if any Republican Delegates had visited it and thtey said no. They are the ones who need to see it. They are such insulated, disconnected, wierd people. That's why they believe such crazy lies.