washingtonpost.com POLITICS > IN THE LOOP>THE SCENE At Iraq Hearing, Protest Shushed But Not Halted Thursday, February 8, 2007; Page A19 Pink-clad war protesters applauded, chimed in repeatedly and stood for hours in the back row holding up peace signs — but were only mildly chastised yesterday by House Armed Services Committee Chairman Ike Skelton […]
Pelosi's Plane and Word Choice
Okay… if Pelosi needs a new plane that goes further and stops on a dime… why don’t we give her one that will make it to Iraq so she can pick up the troops, and bring them home? Okay, I’m not realy thinking that will happen, but seriously, why do the Dems allow the corporate […]
McCain. Oppressor.
Sad that I’m not in D.C. or AZ with all the essential actions going on. Yesterday there were near simultaneous actions in D.C. / Tucson / Phoenix / Tempe in McCains offices. McCain and his staff have the power to determine whether they want someone arrested or not for any and all actions in their […]
Tom Price of Georgia is Party Line Puppet
Almost lost it this a.m. when I was packing up for the day to head out to my elderly mother’s farm to see what I could do to help while I am here and not in D.C. I had C-SPAN on and I heard someone defining “double think .” By the time I got to […]
Meta musings on one women in Peace Work.
At times I cannot believe that I am doing what I’m doing and have come to where I am from where I began. In my own mind’s eye I am still the girl who grew up on a Hoosier farm. No farmer’s daughter jokes, please. I still view myself as the student who was terrified […]
Walk in Their Shoes
I wasn’t sure how to depict the “Walk in Their Shoes” action. This is a pic I snapped of a big sister telling a little sister that each pair of shoes is “for kids like us who are dead in the war.” Does anything more need to be said? buildpeace.blogspot.com