Help! Need Catchy Phrases For Anti-War March!!

[ChiciB1]

Am marching tomorrow and Saturday and I want some catchy phrases for posters. Not just Stop The War, or Bring Them Home!

Need Input Here. Will be back later to check this out.

Thanks!

[varkam]

1. Hey! Hey! LBJ! Oh...wait...

No, never mind, maybe the old vietnam slogans would work - given that similarities between the two conflicts.

[ChiciB1]

3. Of Course,, I Did See One That Said

God Forgive America. I need MORE!! Making many posters for me and others!!

[coalition_unwilling]

44. "God had better bless America, because * has fucked it up."

[izzybeans]

2. War Kills, so does Apathy

Make alternative fuels, not war
Hey Cheney, Nice Shot!
Dial PNAC for Murder


My Other Placard says "Stop the War"

sorry my brain is farting badly


Oh and these on edit:

Protest Warriors are Fascists
Support the War? Why not enlist?
Talk to a Vet Today!

[ChiciB1]

9. A Winner Here... n/t

[BushOut06]

4. I posted this on the other thread, but here goes again

I AM NOT A TRAITOR
THE REAL TRAITOR IS IN THE WHITE HOUSE


or

DISSENT IS NOT TREASON

[ChiciB1]

8. The 2nd One About Dissent... I Think I'll Use.... n/t

[AllegroRondo]

5. Best sign I saw at last years march

"I cant believe we still have to protest this shit"

[proud2BlibKansan]

28. That's my fave too.

[coalition_unwilling]

38. Awesome. I'm giggling madly in my cube (n/t)

[NoSheep]

39. BUSH Lied and You Know It!

[SpiralHawk]

6. My 2 cents worth: Don't make it a march

Make it a Walk.

Marching is for war.

Walking is for peace.

[Drum]

7. I liked this one,

from the recent protests when Bush visited the India region:

[Buck Rabbit]

50. Crap, Outsourcing our protest slogans to India?

I will grant it is a good one though.

[xxqqqzme]

65. I have a button that says that

but instead of 'Resist' it says 'Push Back'

[DanCa]

10. Chimpeachment it's not just for lefties anymore. :D

Chimp's belong behind bars not behind the button?

[proud2BlibKansan]

29. How about

Impeachment: Not just for blowjobs anymore.

[DanCa]

30. Perfect

Howabout Katrina blew and bush sucked on the back? :D :thumbsup:

[ChiciB1]

33. LOVE IT!....n/t

[Atman]

68. I have that one on my site!

But I really like this one, too...simple...visual...

[moc]

11. Thanks for posting this! I was going to ask the same thing!

I'm not terribly creative.

:popcorn:

[ChiciB1]

34. You're Welcome... I'm Not Either!

Looks like we have a LOT to chose from now!

[PhilipShore]

12. Mahatma Gandhi - The Meaning Of Non Violence

The force generated by nonviolence is infinitely greater than the force of all the arms created by man's ingenuity.

Mahatma Gandhi

[Drum]

13. Or:

Return Democracy (And Our Troops) To America

NO MORE WAR (sometimes simple does the trick)

Regime Change Begins At Home (not original, but a true classic.)

or this:


(sending credit and thanks to whoever crafted this picture, found on DU)

[KyndCulture]

14. Here's some of mine that I've used...

Power to the peaceful
An Eye for an Eye makes the whole world blind
bombing for peace is like fucking for virginity
Peace is not a crime - dissent is patriotic
Silence = Complicity
War, Greed & Ignorance are Weapons of Mass Destruction
War IS Terror
Osama + Saddam = Easter Bunny
The Rapture is NOT an exit strategy
WE The People - Remember?
You can't spell quagmire without Iraq

[coalition_unwilling]

45. Loved the one about the Rapture. I saw one recently that said

"Why wait for the Rapture? Leave now."

I carry one that says:

"Jesus, please save us from your followers."

[American liberal]

80. "The Rapture is not an exit strategy" indeed! LOL

[flamin lib]

15. One, two three What are we fightin' for

Yeah, come on all of you, big strong men,
Uncle Sam needs your help again.
He's got his butt in a terrible crack
Way down yonder in Iraq
So put down your books and pick up a gun,
We're gonna have a whole lotta fun.


And it's one, two, three
What are we fighting for ?
Don't ask me, I don't give a shit,
Next stop will be Tikrit.
And it's five, six, seven,
Open up the pearly gates,
Well there ain't no time to wonder why,
Whoopee! we're all gonna die.

Apologies to Country Joe

[RufusEarl]

22. Hey flamin lib,

do you plan on walking this sunday in the Dallas peace march?

[flamin lib]

51. I became a Realtor after my

$70k a year job with full benefits and expense account went to China four years ago. Haven't had weekend off since--or evening for that matter.

Give me details anyway, who knows?

[PuraVidaDreamin]

16. Made these signs last weekend (photos)

The Rapture is NOT an exit strategy




blasts from the past- photos I snapped in DC

[ChiciB1]

57. No More Blood For Oil... That Is Superb!

I might try my "artistic" (not) talents here. It's going to take me some time, and I just saw this one!

Thanks a lot!

[Wafture]

66. re no more blood for oil

[ChiciB1]

73. I Printed The Picture Out & I Made It Today!

Turned out pretty good. Also used, Bleadership, Don't Arm A Son Of A Bush and I can't remember the other two right now.

Am making more for tomorrow!

Thanks again for all the good suggestions, they were sooooooooo helpful!

Oh yes, I made one about vote fixing/UH Fraud!

[Wafture]

60. Mad Cowboy Disease

[slide to the left]

17. a for sale sign

for sale- white house

[PA Democrat]

18. Bush has Iraqtile dysfunction

"Honorable cause"? Send the twins!

USA- world's greatest exporter of WAR

[Peace Patriot]

19. Help Beat the Machines! VOTE!

No more "TRADE SECRET" programming of elections! No more war!

Transparent elections = good government.
Non-transparent elections = the Bush junta.

Throw Diebold and ES&S election theft machines into 'Boston Harbor' NOW!

"It's not who votes, it's who COUNTS the votes"--Josef Stalin

Stop the war! Stop the torture! Stop the looting! COUNT ALL THE VOTES!

We can beat the fraud with big turnouts! VOTE!

NO to "trade secret" voting counting! YES to democracy! STOP the war!

Bushite corporations control the voting machines--NOW what do we do?

Bushite corporations control the voting machines--and you wonder why we have unjust war, torture and massive theft by the rich"?

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Of the two corporations that counted 80% of the nation's votes in 2004, with 'TRADE SECRET' programming code, and virtually no audit/recount controls, one, Diebold, was headed by CEO Wally O'Dell, a major Bush fundraiser who promised in writing to "deliver" Ohio's electoral votes to Bush/Cheney in 2004, and the other, ES&S, a spinoff of Diebold (similar computer architecture), was initially funded by rightwing billionaire Howard Ahmanson, who also gave one million dollars to the extremist 'christian' Chalcedon Foundation (which, among other things, touts the death penalty for homosexuals). Diebold and ES&S have an incestuous relationship--they are run by two brothers, Tod and Bob Urosevich.

These are the people who 'counted' our votes behind a veil of secrecy.

The war profiteering corporate news monopolies are equally bad. They, acting in concert on election night 2004, through one polling organization (Edison-Mitofsky) FALSIFIED their exit polls (Kerry won) to 'FIT' the results of Diebold's and ES&S's secret vote tabulation formulae (Bush won)--thus depriving the American people of major evidence of election fraud, and squelching protests and calls for investigation. In no other country in the world are exit polls mixed with the official results. Only here. Exit polls are used worldwide to verify elections and check for fraud. Not here.

And our Democratic Party leadership was silent throughout this destruction of our election system--wrought by the two biggest crooks in Congress, Tom Delay and Bob Ney, with the $4 billion "Help America Vote Act" electronic voting boondoggle, that contained no paper trail requirement, no controls on partisan vendors and lavish lobbying, no controls on private, secret, industry 'testing' of the voting machines, and underfunded regulators. This fraudulent election SYSTEM was put into place in the 2001-2004 period, with no opposition from the Democratic Party, and, indeed, with the collusion of many Democratic leaders including election officials around the country--the result of fear, in some cases, and of corruption in others.

Everybody failed us. Every political and government institution. Every check and balance.

Non-transparent elections are not elections. They are tyranny. That's what we have.

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Some resources:

www.votersunite.org (MythBreakers - easy primer on electronic voting--one of the myths is that HAVA requires electronic voting; it does not.)
www.verfiedvoting.org (great activist site)
www.UScountvotes.org (monitoring of '06 and '08 elections)
www.solarbus.org/election/index.shtml (fab compendium of all election info)
www.freepress.org (devoted to election reform)
www.bradblog.com (also great, and devoted to election reform)
www.TruthIsAll.net (analysis of the 2004 election)
Sign the petition (Russ Holt, HR 550, great bill-has 169 sponsors). http://www.rushholt.com/petition.html
www.debrabowen.com (Calif Senator running for Sec of State to reform election system)
www.votepa.us (well-organized local group of citizen activists in Pennsylvania, where important legal issues are at stake, including state's rights over election systems)

Also of interest:

Bob Koehler (-- four recent election reform initiatives in Ohio, predicted to win by 60/40 votes, flipped over, on election day, into 60/40 LOSSES!--the biggest flipover we've seen yet; the election theft machines and their masters are now dictating election policy!)
www.tmsfeatures.com/tmsfeatures/subcategory.jsp?file=20051124ctnbk-a.txt&catid=1824&code=ctnbk

Amaryllis (Diebold, ES&S, Sequoia lavish lobbying of election officials - Beverly Hilton, Aug. '05)
www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x380340

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Throw Diebold, ES&S and all election theft machines into 'Boston Harbor' NOW!

:think: :patriot: :woohoo: :patriot: :think:

[Peace Patriot]

26. The purpose of signs and messages should not be to CONVINCE the

American people. They ARE convinced. The purpose should be to EMPOWER them to seize back public control over our election system, and restore our right to vote.

They need to KNOW that the mechanism by which we exercise our sovereignty as a people--our vote--has been TAKEN AWAY by private, partisan voting machine companies, during the 2001-2004 period, using 'TRADE SECRET" PROPRIETARY software. THAT is the problem!

They need to know it's fixable. They need PRACTICAL ADVICE on HOW TO GET THEIR POWER BACK!

You can say "Stop the War!" all you want, but if peoples' votes are not counted, you can't stop the war or anything else.

58% of the American people opposed this war FROM THE BEGINNING, before the invasion (Feb. '03), even before all the lies were exposed and the full horror of it were known. They didn't trust Bush THEN, and didn't support his unjust, pre-emptive war, especially with other alternatives clearly available. And these opinions have only gotten stronger. I think it's 80% today, who DON'T SUPPORT THIS WAR. All other stats show similar, huge disagreement between government and people. One of my favorites is this: 63% of the American people oppose torture "under any circumstances" (May '04). They are resisting Bush/corporate war profiteer propaganda, and are sticking to their sense of ethics and right conduct, and their progressive views, despite all the fear-mongering and war-mongering.

They don't' need convincing. They need HELP in throwing these private, rightwing, Bushite corporations out of our election system. Help in knowing about it and understanding it. And help in ousting them--and restoring our right to vote.

How about just this simple sign:

THROW DIEBOLD AND ES&S ELECTION THEFT MACHINES INTO "BOSTON HARBOR" NOW!

This statement says a lot. It IDENTIFIES the problem--and the source of all the problems--i.e., the REASON we have war despite big majorities against it. It names the worst of the electronic vote theft companies. It points to American Revolution II, and to what is necessary for the success of such a revolution. It indicates that the revolution can be peaceful and democratic. And, by putting "Boston Harbor" is quotes, it says, again, be PEACEFUL. Throwing them into "Boston Harbor" is a metaphor for strong, purposeful civic action--to remove these machines from our election system, and to DEMAND transparent elections.

[ChiciB1]

40. I DO Think The VOTE Message Is A Good One...

I'll Plan To Use This Message Too!

[Atman]

20. MARCH AGAINST MADNESS

I like the sports overtones!

[fed-up]

21. Here's a link to some threads I bookmarked with sign ideas

In Ten Words or Less...Tell Why Bush Should Be Impeached...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=635645

Check out the posters I made for our anti-war rally (PIC HEAVY)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=635520

and
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1859357
"You can't be all that you can be if you're dead. There are other ways to serve your country. There are other ways to get money for college. There are other ways to be all you can be.
THINK ABOUT IT. Before you sign your life away."

or this

The 14 Points of Fascism

1. Powerful and continuing expressions of nationalism.
2. Disdain for the importance of human rights.
3. Identification of enemies/scapegoats as a unifying cause.
4. The supremacy of the military/avid militarism.
5. Rampant sexism
6. A controlled mass media.
7. Obsession with national security.
8. Religion and ruling elite tied together.
9. Power of corporations protected.
10. Power of labor suppressed or eliminated.
11. Disdain and suppression of intellectuals and the arts.
12. Obsession with crime and punishment.
13. Rampant cronyism and corruption.
14. Fraudulent elections.

[Pryderi]

61. I liked this one...

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[ourbluenation]

23. Make levees, not war! eom

[Dark]

24. Bush, do us a favor: Go AWOL. n/t

[Bluerthanblue]

25. There are No winners in War- It takes REAL courage to wage Peace.

Fear kills- Compassion builds.

War should never be a CHOICE.

Pro Life? Anti War!

Fear and Hate are the real Terrorists!

[proud2BlibKansan]

27. "He invaded the wrong country

How can we expect him to wiretap the right people?"

[lonestarnot]

31. Bagitdaddy! The War is A Lie!

[Viva_La_Revolution]

32. Bombing for Peace is like....

Fucking for Virginity!

My personal favorite... and one side of the sign I am making for Sunday's Anniversary march.

The other side will say

Military Mom for Peace.

:)

[Blue Belle]

47. You stole Mine!!

Ah well... Great minds. :)

[maxsolomon]

35. SOFT WAR NOW!

[coalition_unwilling]

36. Support our Oops

[ChiciB1]

37. WOW! So MANY Great Ones Here & The Links!!

I THINK I need MORE posters!!!

[coalition_unwilling]

41. Some further suggestions below:

"Canada, please liberate us. We apologize for the moose jokes."

"Wake up and smell the fascism."

"The only bush I trust is my own" (for women)

And my favorite from WorldCantWait demo at SOTU:

"No Iraqi left me on my rooftop to die"

[harpo]

42. BUSH LIED...IRAQI CHILDREN DIED

[fed-up]

43. Found another great link to links of past protests

Generic Other (1000+ posts) Fri Nov-11-05 06:31 PM
Original message
On These Days We Lifted Our Voices! LINKS to antiwar protests 2003-2005
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=4439801

[ChiciB1]

53. Holy Moly... I Think I'm Covered!

Thanks So Much!!!!

[fed-up]

46. WORST president EVER - can't leave this one out...n/t

[coalition_unwilling]

48. My absolute favorite: "Backward Christian Soldiers"

[negativenihil]

49. Hey Hey! (Hoe hoe!) / This Nazi shit has got to go! n/t

[MurrayDelph]

52. "I miss Nixon!"

Bill of Rights: Void Where Prohibited

We've always been at war with Eastasia!

<on edit>

There's never a pretzel around when you need it.

[Wafture]

54. Check these out ...

[Neecy]

55. mine's ready...

I filched from the '64 campaign when Goldwater put up signs that said "In Your Heart, You Know He's Right".

I spray painted a stencil of Bush and put the LBJ campaign response next to it - "In Your Guts You Know He's Nuts".

Scary to think the Republicans actually elected someone scarier than Goldwater.

[Wafture]

56. More ...

[ChiciB1]

58. Bleadership We Can Count On...

with a little change... King George -- The Bush!

Thanks!

[Pryderi]

62. deleted

[Wafture]

77. King George?

He's more like the King's Fool/Court Jester.

[Wafture]

59. More ...

[Solly Mack]

63. "It's time for Nuremberg II"

"Save America. Jail Bush"

"War Crimes R U.S."

[norml]

64. War Makes Gas Cost More

It's what's on my sign.

[BlueCollar]

67. Honor Vets. Wage Peace...eom

[Peace Patriot]

69. Throw Diebold and ES&S election theft machines into 'Boston Harbor' NOW!

You want to stop the war? You can't do it with Bushite corporations 'counting' the votes behind a veil of secrecy!

It's a no-brainer.

:patriot: :think: :woohoo: :think: :patriot:

[Ilsa]

70. Bush-Cheney-Rumsfeld: Axis of Pre-emptive Evil. I was watching

PBS News Hour tonight and retired general Bernard Trainor was talking about his and Gordon's new book, Cobra II. He said it was those three making the decisions and running the war.

"One Nation Under Surveillance"


"Every time the Constitution is undermined, a terrorist gets his wings"


"W is not for Women"

[Wafture]

71. Drop The Bumb!

[YouthInAsia]

72. "If the soldiers were feutses, THEN you'd care" nt/

[Lisa]

74. Cheney likes shooting -- send HIM! (n/t)

[Wafture]

75. More ...

Rich man's war
Poor man's blood


First the coalition of the kiling
later the corporations make a killing


End US FATWA


What weapons?
What threat?


US to rule the world? No!


Axis of destruction
Bush Blair Howard


The dogs of war are breeding fleas of hatred


Peace is every step, walk in peace


Pre-emption is still wrong

No More
Mad Cowboy
Disease!


Regime change begins at home


others at http://www.nswpeace.org/yoursay/1048411825_12559.html

[Pathwalker]

76. MAKE LEVEEES - NOT WAR.

JUST SAY NO TO ARMAGEDDON.

[Aristus]

78. "He Has Waged Cruel War..."

It's the first phrase an an indictment of George III that Thomas Jefferson was forced to cut from the final draft of the Declaration Of Independence.

It reads (not in it's entirety, and from memory): "He has waged cruel war against nature itself in the persons of a distant people who never offended him; captivating them and carrying them away into slavery in another hemisphere, hoping to keep open a market where men are bought and sold."

It was an indictment of the British slave-trade, and the Southern congressional delegates forced him to remove the paragraph from the Declaration before they voted to approve the document.

Put this on a sign with a picture of Bush wearing a lopsided king's crown. That would be a great protest sign.

[rustydog]

79. GEORGE BUSH FOR PRESIDENT...OF IRAQ!

[Arugula Latte]

81. Iraq: We Told You So!

[uppityperson]

82. # USA troops killed. Picture of guy on box with wires attached.

stuff you don't have to read but give a visceral response.

[upi402]

83. Corrupt Republica War Profiteers

something on the back, like 'turn sign around if found on ground outside free speech cage'

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

84. "Fuck this shit."

Too pithy? :shrug:

[cherokeeprogressive]

85. How about STOP THE FUKKING WAR?

You're marching TOMORROW and you haven't thought about what you want to say?

Maybe this is a situation we should focus on: Many groups wanting to get the message out, without a clear idea of what the message should be.

"Catchy Phrases" aren't the answer. SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER IS.

I live for the day when my party and those who share my ideals will be able to speak with a single voice.

God Damn, I hope I live for a hundred more years...

[Hekate]

86. It's The Incompetence!

Remember back when Clinton was running for his first term as president, there was a sign in his "war room" that said "It's the Economy, Stupid!"

With * --> It's The Incompetence, Stupid!

Hekate

[GuvWurld]

87. If you don't want peace, what do you want?

I also like something I just heard tonight and used to start another thread:

Rapture does not constitute an exit strategy.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

88. "Arrest This Man"

And a pic of Lil Lord Pissypants underneath.