More Santa Barbara Rally Pics...
This is the dazzling Peace Symbol Lady...
When in despair I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won; there have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall...Mehatma Gandi
I'm telling you the doggies are a serious bunch...they know when something stinks! He wants the doggies of the world to unite. Doggies for Peace!
Somebody's great-grandfather cheered us on
From hell and back...he was once a soldier in Iraq...he traveled to SB in order to speak to the crowd...it was very moving what he had to say.
Clean the White House indeed!
I didn't find the button man...I wanted to buy some cool buttons but she beat me to it.
Dusty is in black with the white words on her T-shirt just left of the Pink Code lady...the Pink Code lady is hiding me...heh heh!
You're in luck gang...the big colorful cloth purse behind the middle Pink Lady is mine...there I am in all my hippie glory...the white thing in the side pocket above her head is my...er...soda.
For once our Georgie is being honest...
This is the woman and her daughters that I spoke of in the previous post whose husband/father is in a German jail for becoming a conscientious objector...refusing to kill anyone. This family needs help getting their man home and getting a fair reasonable trial. His mother choked up and mostly just thanked people for their generosity and kindness with her broken english...I shed tears for her.
The building in the background is the Santa Barbara News...and a guy kept coming out onto the balcony and taking pictures...and sometimes just listening. The man at the podium is the father that read his son's letters about his dying comrades...and this was really the tear jerking time...I kept thinking to myself how lucky I am that I don't have any sons in the desert...or I'd have to be hooked up permanently to oxygen.
Thanks Anonymous for www.edhat.com
When in despair I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won; there have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall...Mehatma Gandi
I'm telling you the doggies are a serious bunch...they know when something stinks! He wants the doggies of the world to unite. Doggies for Peace!
Somebody's great-grandfather cheered us on
From hell and back...he was once a soldier in Iraq...he traveled to SB in order to speak to the crowd...it was very moving what he had to say.
Clean the White House indeed!
I didn't find the button man...I wanted to buy some cool buttons but she beat me to it.
Dusty is in black with the white words on her T-shirt just left of the Pink Code lady...the Pink Code lady is hiding me...heh heh!
You're in luck gang...the big colorful cloth purse behind the middle Pink Lady is mine...there I am in all my hippie glory...the white thing in the side pocket above her head is my...er...soda.
For once our Georgie is being honest...
This is the woman and her daughters that I spoke of in the previous post whose husband/father is in a German jail for becoming a conscientious objector...refusing to kill anyone. This family needs help getting their man home and getting a fair reasonable trial. His mother choked up and mostly just thanked people for their generosity and kindness with her broken english...I shed tears for her.
The building in the background is the Santa Barbara News...and a guy kept coming out onto the balcony and taking pictures...and sometimes just listening. The man at the podium is the father that read his son's letters about his dying comrades...and this was really the tear jerking time...I kept thinking to myself how lucky I am that I don't have any sons in the desert...or I'd have to be hooked up permanently to oxygen.
Thanks Anonymous for www.edhat.com
thank you so much for posting the pics. I love seeing the action. I can just imagine the sounds and sights you saw. The people are rising up in a great flood of CHANGE!
Posted by
Peacechick Mary |
3:54 AM
Looks like a good event and it is good to see the anti war activist get mobilized. You just know it would be in California.
Posted by
fallenmonk |
5:12 AM
I'm so happy people are doing this but I'm so sad they have to. It's sad when the general public is smarter than the most powerful man in the world. Scary too!
Posted by
pissed off patricia |
5:20 AM
Sumo, glad you got some anon pics, I am going to include them in my montage as well, that way the CSNY song can play longer! Its such a good song for this event.
Posted by
Unknown |
8:54 AM
Great photos, Sumo.
After Viet Nam completely tore our nation apart, I had hoped we'd never go through anything like that again. And this is worse than Nam. Much worse. It breaks my heart that we have to go through this again, and it breaks my heart that we seem to be getting nowhere with The Decider.
Posted by
DivaJood |
10:36 AM
Very cool, Sumo. Glad you went! Great post. Heard the speakers were wonderful. I sure hope things change soon.
Posted by
Anonymous |
11:11 AM
Really liked the pictures. Your purse is much cuter than I expected, ha,ha..
Are you planning to go to more of these events..
Posted by
Anonymous |
3:55 PM
You did publicly demonstrate your displeasure which is commendable. What does it take to get the majority of your fellow citizens to join you? What does it take the Democrats to launch an investigation into the Bush Administration's conduct during the past six or so years? Is this gang getting away with, among many other things, murder/s?
Posted by
Anonymous |
8:42 PM
Mary...I think this is only the beginning of the people rising up...
Monk...well...you know we are the cutting edge of kookie!
POP...you're right ...it just never should have happened...and you're correct about the general public too, made me laff.
Dusty...they must have found me from the Pink ladies...
Diva...I too thought VN would be the last thing we'd be witnessing again. People are supposed to learn from history...not repeat it. He's not the Decider...he's the Repeater!
Lily...great speeches...but sad.
Happy!...yeah...it is much cuter...you are a wise guy about these things eh?
Pekka...I'm not sure what it will take to get the greater part of the population involved...but I have a feeling if Dub goes along with John McCain and puts 60,000 more troops into Iraq...there will be pork in the trees and soon...
Posted by
sumo |
9:28 PM
Thanks for the vicarious experience, sumo! Great pictures. I'm glad the event was well-represented!
Posted by
Blue |
6:46 AM
but where are you? i can see only circumstantial evidence! lol.
have fun, though? i hope so. maybe we should give bush maxwell's silver hammer...or bring the sufolk strangler over the pond...
Posted by
Anonymous |
11:17 AM
bluegrrrrl...every age and look was represented.
TGWH...had much fun...met a blogger that lives here (Dusty) and yes...I whole heartedly agree that Maxwell's silver hammer may come down on his head with a resounding thwack! Oh!...look at all the nasty blood just pooling up all around...Oh! what a shame and all...you know? Looking sideways, whistling and shuffling my sweet little feet!
Posted by
sumo |
6:40 PM
crazy hippies! what do you think this is - 1968?
Posted by
Agi |
6:41 PM
It would be better if it were!
Posted by
sumo |
10:43 PM