Heads Up - Join Nationwide Protest Wednesday - 2000 Too Many!

[kimpossible]

I'm as excited as anyone about the Fitzmas Season. But right now we all need to take some time away from the holiday joy to mark the horrendous landmark that the bad boys of Fitzmas have brought us to.

The toll of U.S. troops killed in Iraq reached 2000 today - and no end in sight. This in addition, of course, to the more than 15,000 wounded, and the uncounted tens of thousands of Iraqi casualties.

Tomorrow, we rise up together to vent our dismay and grief and anger and betrayal over this atrocity of a war. We must stand up in such numbers that the crooks in Washington will not be able to ignore the wave of public outrage any longer.

Where will you be? There are events planned all across the country. If you can't find one near you, start one!

Calls for action are going out from Cindy Sheehan, from military families' and veterans' groups, from Moveon.org, United for Peace and Justice, Democracy for America, Code Pink, and on and on.

Pick a link to find an event near you:

http://www.afsc.org/2000/default.php
http://political.moveon.org/event/iraqvigils/
http://www.democracyforamerica.com/features/2005/10/25/join_a_vigil_to_honor_the_fallen.php
http://unitedforpeace.org/article.php?id=3125
http://www.codepink4peace.org/article.php?id=546

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[tamtam]

1. Thank you

I just mapped out my destination, thanks :hi:

[bonito]

2. This ant will n/t

[SharonRB]

3. For those in the Detroit area...

There are two events right near each other. One at Woodward and 11 Mile in Royal Oak and one at Woodward south of 696 (on the east side of Woodward). I suggested combining these two events, but the organizers of the one at Woodward & 11 Mile discussed it and felt it would give a broader presence along Woodward to keep them separate. Theirs also starts earlier -- at 6:00 -- and they thought this was better for the after-work traffic and the 6 p.m. news.

[kimpossible]

4. Keep kicked for the evening folks!

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