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Sunday, February 16, 2003

Blair's position could
be threatened by his hardline
support for the war.
posted by daiichi at 10:23 PM

Groundswell of dissent
encircles the globe; millions
make their voices heard.
posted by daiichi at 3:22 PM

On streets of beauty,
the warm people inched along
or stood and chanted.
posted by daiichi at 10:39 AM

Saturday, February 15, 2003

The message heard 'round
the world today is simple.
Does George Bush get it?
posted by daiichi at 8:17 PM

Why listen to Bush
rather than the voices of
the British people?
posted by daiichi at 8:05 PM

It was the biggest
public demonstration held
in Britain, ever.
posted by daiichi at 7:56 PM

Massive marches in
every city, in every
country on the globe.
posted by daiichi at 6:56 PM

All I can say is
hoo-ray for Hollywood: one
hundred thousand march.
posted by daiichi at 6:54 PM

There are over one
million people on the streets
of New York, marching
posted by daiichi at 6:49 PM

"Just because you have
the biggest gun does not mean
you have to use it."
[ Martin Luther King III ]
posted by daiichi at 6:18 PM

Millions are joining
in a series of rallies
against Bush's war.
posted by daiichi at 4:56 PM

"I say to Tony
Blair, please take a step back from
war: hear the voices."
[ Jesse Jackson ]
posted by daiichi at 4:50 PM

What I would say to
Mr. Blair is listen to
your own people, us.
posted by daiichi at 4:43 PM

Monday, January 13, 2003

Journal Ad: "You can-
Not keep proclaiming peace while
Preparing for war."
posted by drublood at 9:58 PM

Sunday, January 12, 2003

Children like mine will
die for oil, which I think
is evil and dumb.
http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2003/01/1559912.php
posted by sal paradise at 1:03 AM

They read good books, and quote, but never learn
a language other than the scream of rocket-burn.
Our straighter talk is drowned but ironclad:
Elections, money, empire, oil and Dad.
http://www.latimes.com/la-et-mcnamara10jan10,0,7360355.story
posted by sal paradise at 12:50 AM

Wednesday, December 25, 2002

Zen mind interface
crystallizes over globe
vanquishes all wars.
[ nedlog ]
posted by daiichi at 10:09 AM

Rituals of the
holiday unfold in the
Kuwaiti desert.
posted by daiichi at 8:03 AM

Tuesday, December 17, 2002

Haiku as pop quiz:
When was the last time we dropped
a bomb on Iraq?
posted by sal paradise at 12:38 PM

Wednesday, December 11, 2002

If you dream a world
of peace, does that mean, somewhere,
such a place exists?
posted by darlin clementine at 9:02 AM

Monday, December 02, 2002

Taking liberty:
Big Business gains rights while the
citizens lose them.
posted by drublood at 10:30 PM

Maybe, she said, it
was time to start a movement --
Mothers Against War.
posted by sal paradise at 6:28 AM

Monday, November 25, 2002

Our "leader" speaks of
"god-given" rights and then signs
away our freedom.
posted by drublood at 10:44 PM

Monday, November 18, 2002

Columnist not cheered
by those who screech when he dares
to consider peace.
posted by nedlog at 7:29 AM

Thursday, November 14, 2002

Overwhelmingly,
our Catholic bishops say
"No preventive war."
posted by nedlog at 6:41 AM

Wednesday, November 13, 2002

We must not let war
define our economy,
writes Wendell Berry.
(Via Jessamyn.)
posted by nedlog at 2:49 PM

War and sanctions kill.
Take responsibility,
soldier tells students.
posted by nedlog at 7:07 AM

Saturday, November 09, 2002

Children as well as
grandmothers: half a million
march in Italy.
posted by daiichi at 2:10 PM

Thursday, November 07, 2002

Deploring the fact
that Iraq has not given
complete disclosure.
posted by daiichi at 6:30 AM

Wednesday, November 06, 2002

A testament to
how uneasy the public
is with Bush's war.
posted by daiichi at 9:13 PM

Monday, November 04, 2002

What do these three have
in common: Dan Savage, Greil
Marcus, Chris Hitchens?
posted by daiichi at 6:54 AM

Thursday, October 31, 2002

Meetings in the work
place, college occupations
and evening protests.
posted by daiichi at 5:08 PM

Wednesday, October 30, 2002

Demons of Cheney
and Geedubya and Rummy
and Osama and...
posted by daiichi at 7:02 AM

Tuesday, October 29, 2002

The song of freedom
rings out loud from valleys and
from hills. Where people

stand up for their rights,
Phil Ochs is with us still; Phil
Ochs inspires us still.
[Billy Bragg]
posted by daiichi at 6:29 AM

Sunday, October 27, 2002

When George Bush says that
he speaks for America,
this proves that he's wrong.

"I just thought it was
important to do something
to show how I felt."

"The hope is maybe
he'll see this, and it can be
stopped before it starts."

Bush, however, was
not at the White House. He had
Business elsewhere, see?

It was big, but it
needs to be much bigger. Next
time I'll see you there!
posted by sal paradise at 1:32 AM

Saturday, October 26, 2002

I want to make love
in the park with tear gas in
the air. West coast walk.
posted by daiichi at 7:12 AM

I fought back the tears
that have fallen too often
since the vote for war.

Killing thousands of
innocent people to kill
one man makes no sense.
posted by daiichi at 6:56 AM

Some activists are
amazed at how fast the new
peace movement has grown.
posted by daiichi at 6:48 AM

Practicing civil
disobedience is more
perilous these days.
posted by daiichi at 6:43 AM

She does what a lot
of us would like to do but
don't have the guts to.
posted by daiichi at 6:37 AM

Italy, Denmark,
Netherlands, Belgium, France, Spain,
Germany, Japan...
posted by daiichi at 6:27 AM

"Absolutely, of
course. That is where it is most
urgently needed..."

"The answer lies in
civil disobedience."
(Arundhati Roy)
posted by daiichi at 6:18 AM

Friday, October 25, 2002

Those tiny master
craftsmen at downloadPeace have
issued some new signs.
posted by xowie at 4:39 PM

Thursday, October 24, 2002

Taken to singing
old folk songs as lullabies;
My son should know peace.
posted by darlin clementine at 8:28 AM

Tuesday, October 22, 2002

Dear Bush, I curse you.
May you be trampl'd by Swines.
your devoted, Saddam
posted by dj at 3:32 PM

Even Bush's church
says Bush's war is 'without
justification'.
posted by sal paradise at 2:00 PM

Almost everyone
I know is going to this;
it's gonna be huge.

Much bigger, I think,
than the organizers are
expecting. Please come!

If you're in the West,
there's one in San Francisco.
Be the poem you write!
posted by sal paradise at 1:27 PM

The President's lies
are well documented and
inexcusable.
posted by sal paradise at 8:12 AM

Monday, October 21, 2002

"America can
keep Bush but Springsteen can come
back here anytime."
posted by sal paradise at 6:50 AM

The infrastructure
of Iraq is already
in tatters; why bomb?
posted by sal paradise at 6:49 AM

Evil war machine
Lockheed Martin sponsors the
news on NPR.
posted by sal paradise at 6:39 AM

Sunday, October 20, 2002

I recognize you
even without your little
mustache, Herr Fuhrer.
posted by sal paradise at 7:48 PM

Saturday, October 19, 2002

I dream of giving
birth to a child who will ask,
"Mother, what was war?"
-Eve Merriam
posted by sal paradise at 10:04 PM

Real-world war games done
United States won everything!
Can world play new game?
[John Abbe]
posted by sal paradise at 10:02 PM

It is not useful
To put one foot on the path
Peace needs both your feet.

Truly, nonviolence
Means honoring all of life
In every aspect.

Being of service
To the planetary peace
Does it call your heart?

Harmony:
Many notes resound
All different.

[jparker]
posted by sal paradise at 7:12 PM

Friday, October 18, 2002

perpetual war
on any non-white country
they call terrorist!
posted by sal paradise at 11:33 PM

No more new worlds to
conquer? We find old worlds that
we can subjugate.
posted by drublood at 9:18 PM

We know it's true - War
kills children and other Liv-
ing things. No more war.
posted by drublood at 9:10 PM

Help your Sims express
their feelings about war with
tiny signs of hope.
posted by sal paradise at 2:08 PM

People want war?
If so then I don't
want life
[Rodrigo]
posted by sal paradise at 12:22 PM

Thursday, October 17, 2002

Peace is not about
appeasement of violence,
let us not forget.
posted by allaboutgeorge at 12:48 PM

Peace is a binding
of wounds, righteous creation
of a healing space.
posted by allaboutgeorge at 12:48 PM

Peace is not simply
an absence of war, an
equilibrium.
posted by allaboutgeorge at 12:48 PM

Peace is a concept
I am finding difficult
to disseminate.
posted by allaboutgeorge at 12:47 PM

'Strong opposition
from dozens of countries' is
good news for peaceniks.
posted by sal paradise at 11:46 AM

Wendell Berry's quote
adorning Jessamyn's page
meshes with our bent.
posted by nedlog at 8:38 AM

Wednesday, October 16, 2002

What we seek is a
peaceful resolution of
this situation.
posted by sal paradise at 9:19 PM

This is a link to
THIS WEBLOG IS ANTI-WAR.
(This is just a link.)
posted by sal paradise at 9:18 PM

You do something. Start
anywhere. Do it poorly.
One thing every day.
posted by sal paradise at 9:13 PM

"Is your mom waving
anti-war signs along a
busy city street?"
posted by sal paradise at 9:06 PM

Tuesday, October 15, 2002

How can blowing up
buildings and killing people
be good for business?
posted by sal paradise at 8:26 PM

Are you gonna let
your emotional life be
run by CNN?
posted by sal paradise at 8:25 PM

'America speaks
with one voice?' Nothing could be
further from the truth.
posted by sal paradise at 7:52 AM

Sunday, October 13, 2002

"Now there's going to
be accelerated troop
deployment," we read.
posted by sal paradise at 10:14 PM

'Forget about' a
trip to Venus if we go
to war with Iraq.
posted by sal paradise at 9:54 PM

Saturday, October 12, 2002

Arguments that bump
into each other like drunks
are not serious.
posted by sal paradise at 10:42 PM

"This war will be a
disaster for the people
in the Middle East."

Several thousand in
Paris say "no blood for oil,
no war in Iraq!"
posted by sal paradise at 10:36 PM

Friday, October 11, 2002

"... conflicts must as far
as possible be resolved
through mediation ..."
posted by sal paradise at 11:03 PM

Our apologies,
for the burning of paper
instead of children.
posted by daiichi at 1:24 PM

They decided to
celebrate the war vote with
a little bombing.
posted by daiichi at 1:02 PM

The award is a
criticism of Bush's
administration.
posted by daiichi at 10:54 AM

Harken: Yea, Biden:
Yea, Feinstein: Yea, Clinton: Yea,
Rockefeller: Yea...
posted by daiichi at 10:18 AM

Many of those who
think it would be so quick and
easy don't know war.
posted by daiichi at 8:56 AM

Only assumptions
are needed to launch a war,
according to Bush.
posted by daiichi at 8:46 AM

Thank you Senator
Robert Byrd; on this sad day
you were my hero.
posted by daiichi at 8:44 AM

Feinstein fielded calls
Forty-to-one against war
Democracy? No.
posted by judlew at 7:23 AM

One of the grossest
obscenities: "War may be
unavoidable."
posted by daiichi at 5:56 AM

Patriotism
is standing in front of the
flag, not behind it.
posted by daiichi at 5:35 AM

"Bush, you got your vote,
but you're not going to take
this country to war."
[Medea Benjamin]
posted by daiichi at 5:19 AM

Senator Byrd says:
"I think we are making one
horrible mistake."
posted by daiichi at 4:56 AM

Thursday, October 10, 2002

Congressman Waxman!
Where did you stuff those letters?
WE ASKED YOU FOR PEACE.
posted by judlew at 8:09 PM

"God doesn't like it,"
says Senator Jeff Sessions,
"when his children fight."
posted by judlew at 7:49 PM

The nascent U.S.
peace movement continues to
build a following.
posted by daiichi at 2:40 PM

I will not forget
the weak-willed Democrats who
traded votes for blood.
posted by daiichi at 2:26 PM

They are resisting
this worrisome proposal,
Mr. President.
posted by daiichi at 2:17 PM

As Uranium
238 kills Iraqis,
it poisons our troops.
posted by daiichi at 2:10 PM

If we are in the
American dream, it might
be time to wake up.
posted by daiichi at 2:03 PM

Senator Byrd says:
"Congress must resist war rush"
That's one decent pol
[Ben Fried]
posted by daiichi at 12:01 PM

"once out of power
Bush and his friends could become
multi-billionaires"
posted by judlew at 9:23 AM

Spies all over the
world agree: no al-Qaida -
Iraq connection.
posted by daiichi at 7:11 AM

Wednesday, October 09, 2002

"They shall beat their swords
into plowshares and their spears
into pruning hooks.

Nation shall not lift
up sword against nation, nor
shall they train for war..."
[Isaiah 2:4]
posted by sal paradise at 7:04 PM

More than one and a
half million protested war
across Italy.
posted by daiichi at 4:02 PM

"I wish he had no
power to take that hate out
on the innocents."
posted by daiichi at 2:52 PM

Say, why no portraits
of women poets for peace
on Dayku's banner?

Dai Ichi says:

You must have missed our
pics of Sappho and the great
Denise Levertov.

And Yoko!

Mea culpa, then!
I guess I came sort of late
to this peace-party.
posted by judlew at 12:50 PM

Wars begin during
football season; Coach Bush is
ready for kickoff.
posted by daiichi at 12:46 PM

The Democratic
leadership has been fractured
and incoherent.
posted by daiichi at 12:42 PM

Not eloquent, less
than convincing, the country
is ambivalent.
posted by daiichi at 12:38 PM

The USA will
betray the cause of freedom
if it chooses war.
posted by daiichi at 12:29 PM

What if we don't go
to war with Iraq? I know,
that's kind of crazy.
posted by daiichi at 9:53 AM

Credibility
gap. Truth, the first casualty
of pre-emptive war.
posted by daiichi at 9:04 AM

"Thank you, and good night."
Let's take another look at
Bush's war address.
posted by daiichi at 9:00 AM

We must ignore all
this before we go to war.
We must forget it.
posted by daiichi at 7:36 AM

U.S. volunteers
say: "We believe in giving
blood, not spilling it."
posted by daiichi at 5:34 AM

Bush didn't give us
evidence and he didn't
convince anyone.
posted by daiichi at 5:34 AM

Be polite to old
ladies, Mr. President.
And listen to them.
posted by daiichi at 5:20 AM

Dubya: Consensus??
You don't make war in my name
Nor in my children's...

Do you want your kids
Or your neighbors killed for a
Bush family feud?

They are governed most
Easily who think that they
Govern themselves, right?

Desperate men take
Desperate measures these days:
Shall we dance, Saddam?
[Follow Me Here]
posted by daiichi at 5:10 AM

When you turn away
and say nothing against war,
then you speak for it.
[Dargie Blithers]
posted by daiichi at 5:09 AM

Tuesday, October 08, 2002

Every citizen
can call Mr. Bush at the
White House and push peace.
posted by daiichi at 7:16 PM

Such hyperbole
simply scares the children. It
is not leadership.
posted by daiichi at 6:53 PM

"I hope my eyes will
not see so much death again...
I pray for no war."
posted by daiichi at 5:07 PM

Americans are
what a therapist might call
deeply conflicted.
posted by daiichi at 5:05 PM

The greatest threat to
world peace is President Bush,
not Saddam Hussein.
posted by daiichi at 4:51 PM

Since when has it been
the President's function to
frighten the children?
posted by daiichi at 4:42 PM

Why have Mr. Bush
and his chickenhawk cohorts
pulled out all the stops?
posted by daiichi at 3:55 PM

Again and again
the US acts to thwart a
peaceful solution.
posted by sal paradise at 11:36 AM

"Strong pressure from the
Pentagon to falsify
intelligence." What?
posted by sal paradise at 10:41 AM

We can use this one:
"War against Iraq is not
inevitable."
posted by sal paradise at 10:27 AM

The Washington Post
is underrepresenting
our cries for peace. Why?
posted by sal paradise at 10:04 AM

In truth, a sagging
U.S. economy is
the threat facing Bush.
posted by daiichi at 9:25 AM

Americans have
raised legitimate questions
about Bush's war.
posted by daiichi at 9:13 AM

War is a gendered
activity, and women
must promote the peace.
posted by daiichi at 8:38 AM

Mennonites mixed with
anarchists. Seattle is
opposed to the war.
posted by daiichi at 8:16 AM

Members of Congress
seem fearful of challenging
the hawkish approach.
posted by daiichi at 8:08 AM

Cincinnati says:
take your lousy speech, go back
home, and forget war.
posted by daiichi at 6:44 AM

Turnout: Eighty six
thousand three hundred forty
three souls (and five dogs).
posted by daiichi at 6:19 AM

They chanted: "Gephardt,
Gephardt, has no spine! He just
follows Bush�s line!"
posted by daiichi at 6:06 AM

Bush: Tonight I want
to take a few minutes to
discuss a grave threat ...
posted by allaboutgeorge at 12:54 AM

Monday, October 07, 2002

"to die by cobra
is not to die by bad pork"
[Gregory Corso]
posted by sal paradise at 10:46 PM

Do we the people
want to be a new Rome that
imposes its rule?
posted by daiichi at 6:01 PM

The U.S. told tales
that Iraqis killed babies
but we killed for real
posted by judlew at 6:00 PM

"The situation
cannot get much worse," says Bush
O yes, but it could
posted by judlew at 5:53 PM

The President wants
military action to
become Emperor.
posted by daiichi at 5:27 PM

Nothing other than
hunger, disease, poverty
and isolation.
posted by daiichi at 5:17 PM

Vegan lesbian
epidemiologist
punk for peace protest.
posted by daiichi at 5:05 PM

A military
expansion of violence
is no solution.
posted by sal paradise at 10:46 AM

There is simply no
reason we cannot build a
just and peaceful world.
posted by daiichi at 12:08 AM

An illegal and
unconsitutional plan
to attack Iraq.
posted by daiichi at 12:02 AM

Sunday, October 06, 2002

Bush says you're either
with us or against us. I
don't know who "us" is.
posted by daiichi at 11:41 PM

Unanswered question:
how much will this war cost us
in sons and daughters?
posted by daiichi at 11:27 PM

The arrogant plan
of a lone superpower,
a case of hubris.
posted by daiichi at 11:26 PM

I've been questioned for
visiting a foreign land
we may soon invade.
posted by daiichi at 11:17 PM

More politicians
should stand here with us and pledge:
'no war with Iraq.'
posted by daiichi at 8:01 PM

"When, at what point, will
you say no to this war?" - Dan
Berrigan, S.J.
posted by daiichi at 4:59 PM

We can't let them make
us silent accomplices
to an unjust war.
posted by daiichi at 4:57 PM

Thousands jammed Union
Square, beating drums, hoisting signs
and proclaiming peace.
posted by daiichi at 4:35 PM

Turn public feeling
against war into civil
power to stop war.
posted by daiichi at 3:41 PM

Around the U.S.,
people trying to stop the
war before it starts.
posted by daiichi at 2:47 PM

The future can be
changed; it is not set in stone.
At the turning point.
posted by daiichi at 12:50 PM

All the world knows it,
from Blackpool to Baghdad - George
Bush is bent on war.
posted by daiichi at 12:45 PM

All oil contracts
entered into by Saddam
to be null and void.
posted by daiichi at 12:34 PM

Portlanders by the
thousand, gathering downtown,
demanding no war.
posted by daiichi at 11:56 AM

This group of loosely
aligned activists includes
the young and the old.
posted by daiichi at 11:22 AM

We respectfully
call on our President to
step back from the brink.
posted by daiichi at 11:19 AM

For now, Kucinich
is focusing on Iraq.
"First, stop the war talk."
posted by daiichi at 11:12 AM

The imminent threat
is not Iraq, it is the
unemployment rate.
posted by daiichi at 10:04 AM

Forced inspection of
weapons of mass destruction
occurs (in Belgium).
posted by daiichi at 9:12 AM

Welcome to Boston,
Mr. President. Look how
noisy you've got us.
posted by daiichi at 9:07 AM

Saturday, October 05, 2002

The Italian
people have spoken, and they
are against the war.
posted by daiichi at 8:47 PM

We urge the UN
to act now or stand condemned
as accomplices.
posted by daiichi at 12:20 PM

A resolution
that Iraq was certain to
reject. Same old trick.
posted by daiichi at 12:17 PM

Updated talking
points: why not to wage war with
Iraq (Stephen Zunes)
posted by daiichi at 10:55 AM

Invadete il
suolo pubblico, e
infastidite.
posted by daiichi at 10:12 AM

You can correlate
leukemia to use of
DU ordnance.
posted by daiichi at 8:22 AM

Environmental
and health implications of
invading Iraq.
posted by daiichi at 7:17 AM

The American
people need information
and informed debate.
posted by daiichi at 6:30 AM

Friday, October 04, 2002

He sang "Shipbuilding"
At the Mayan Sunday night
with ferocity
posted by judlew at 10:13 PM

"I offer myself
to Saddam in exchange for
universal peace."
posted by daiichi at 7:40 PM

There's nowhere we can
hide, so we ignore it. We
hope they don't hit us.
posted by daiichi at 5:40 PM

Soldiers have to do
their jobs when politicians
forget to do theirs.
posted by daiichi at 11:33 AM

One, two, three, four, we
don't want your phony war! Five,
six, seven, eight, etc.
posted by daiichi at 10:55 AM

Ellen Feiss psy-ops
propaganda, and other
photoshopped leaflets.
posted by daiichi at 9:16 AM

One thousand paper
cranes, great wishes. I wish for
no war on Iraq.
posted by daiichi at 9:03 AM

It's a life or death
question for Wellstone. War is
a "profound mistake".
posted by daiichi at 7:48 AM

Struggling to rally
some form of opposition
in House and Senate.
posted by daiichi at 6:17 AM

The toilet oil
mongers beat drums of war! Wow!
Grease drips from White House.
posted by daiichi at 12:37 AM

Iraqis hate the
U.S. government far more
than they hate Saddam.
posted by daiichi at 12:18 AM

200 calls a
day, with 99 percent
opposing the war.
posted by daiichi at 12:06 AM

Thursday, October 03, 2002

The resolution
is a blank check; the Chamber
is an empty room.
posted by daiichi at 5:18 PM

"So, do you think Bush
is being overzealous
in protecting us?"
posted by daiichi at 4:50 PM

The issues involved
are too monumental for
a quick decision.
posted by daiichi at 4:29 PM

We may be excused
for being confused by the
cascade of headlines.
posted by daiichi at 4:22 PM

You see, we must go
to war, because of this 'toon
by Mark Fiore.
posted by daiichi at 2:46 PM

Britain's "dossier"
earns an overwhelmingly
negative response.
posted by daiichi at 2:40 PM

I wish Saddam and
George Bush would duel using socks
filled with horse manure.
posted by daiichi at 1:58 PM

I thought "Bushchimp" jokes
Tasteless, 'til he really did
Start flinging his poo
[Steve-o]
posted by daiichi at 1:56 PM

Teach your children well
purchase the horrors of war
at J.C. Penney
posted by judlew at 1:46 PM

This is just to say
"Weapons of mass distraction"
is a great title.
posted by sal paradise at 11:52 AM

There have been forty
six strikes this year by U.S.
and British aircraft.
posted by daiichi at 8:24 AM

When you interview
them, ask them first what they did
during Vietnam.
posted by daiichi at 8:11 AM

"Make love, not war" can
be a pretty tough sell to
us Americans.
posted by daiichi at 5:54 AM

Sending our sons and
daughters overseas to fight
a personal feud.
posted by daiichi at 5:15 AM

The old Lie: Dulce
et decorum est pro (Bush)
patria mori.
posted by daiichi at 4:43 AM

Wednesday, October 02, 2002

It is hard to tell
when The Onion tells the truth
and when it's kidding.
posted by nedlog at 6:59 PM

Resistance around
the U.S., October 6th
and 7th, all day.
posted by daiichi at 6:03 PM

Don't let them vote for
war. "You are either with us,
or you are fired."
posted by daiichi at 5:01 PM

Taking the world on
a suicidal path, the
President suffers.
posted by daiichi at 1:15 PM

Our weapons of mass
destruction are as much a
problem as Iraq's.
posted by daiichi at 12:38 PM

Council of Churches:
Invading Iraq is not
a faith-based program.
posted by daiichi at 12:10 PM

Swaggering into
war is crawfishing into
unholy evil.
posted by daiichi at 5:56 AM

Retired Marine
colonel Larry Williams has
some questions for Bush.
posted by daiichi at 5:26 AM

"The men in suits are
in an unseemly hurry."
-- Arundhati Roy
posted by daiichi at 5:06 AM

69%
in Britain feel that Blair is
wrong about Iraq.
posted by daiichi at 5:00 AM

I have enough food.
I am not hungry for food;
I hunger for peace.
posted by daiichi at 4:46 AM

Tuesday, October 01, 2002

It's another Gulf
of Tonkin resolution.
Will Congress buy it?
posted by daiichi at 5:35 PM

No one likes Saddam.
But why can't we mobilize
the world around us?
posted by daiichi at 5:26 PM

Scholars agree: war
against Iraq is neither
ethical nor just.
posted by daiichi at 5:18 PM

Risking life for peace:
"You can't be a pacifist
only between wars."
posted by sal paradise at 1:28 PM

what economy?
Iraq's our focus - but oops -
we sent them the germs!
posted by dj at 1:24 PM

Tune the radio
to the dial's far left end
for dissent's voices.
posted by nedlog at 12:56 PM

If George walked the walk
we'd take out Korea too
but lies, and oil, rule.
posted by nedlog at 12:52 PM

The implications
of Pax Americana
are immense, he writes.
posted by daiichi at 11:51 AM

What democracy?
We are ancient Rome with nukes,
U.S. of Empire.
posted by sal paradise at 11:16 AM

Rumsfeld bothers the
dickens out of me. What's a
"dickens" anyway?
posted by xowie at 10:31 AM

Our government should
forgo the temptations of
Empire, and choose peace.
posted by daiichi at 10:01 AM

Among the reasons
for attacking Iraq, oil
is rarely mentioned.
posted by daiichi at 9:45 AM

Bush may be starting
to moderate the tone of
his push for support.
posted by daiichi at 9:20 AM

New chant: "Bomber Bush,
Bomber Blair, we'll resist you
everywhere!" (Hyde Park.)
posted by daiichi at 7:07 AM

It would violate
the Constitution, there is
no excuse for war.
posted by daiichi at 7:01 AM

Monday, September 30, 2002

The President should
put down his saber-rattle,
pick up his crayons.
posted by daiichi at 8:05 PM

flag-covered coffin:
the shadow of the bugler
slips into the grave
[Nick Virgilio, 1963]
posted by daiichi at 3:08 PM

George Bush is leading
all nations towards a lawless
world of endless wars.
posted by daiichi at 1:51 PM

Saddam Hussein and
Al Qaeda are not allies.
They are enemies.
posted by daiichi at 12:00 PM

Bush's fixation
on Saddam Hussein is bad
for humanity.
posted by daiichi at 10:36 AM

Pray that our leaders
may receive the wisdom that
leads to peace, not war.

posted by daiichi at 10:28 AM

People came from all
parts of the country to show
their contempt for Blair.
posted by daiichi at 9:15 AM

like brooklyn dodgers
trick or treat waits til next year
my pumpkin says peace
posted by dj at 8:58 AM

They seem to think that
they can cherry-pick regimes
that need to be changed.
posted by daiichi at 8:45 AM

We think that Bush needs
to take a deep breath, instead
of just jamming it.
posted by daiichi at 7:08 AM

This wouldn't be the
first time a President has
lied to the people.
posted by daiichi at 6:31 AM

"The Iraqis say
they would allow us to go
anywhere." he said.
posted by daiichi at 6:10 AM

Sunday, September 29, 2002

As the opinion
polls make clear, we represent
the majority.
posted by daiichi at 11:44 PM

Mr. O'Reilly
believes that 'The Boondocks' is
harmful to children.
posted by daiichi at 4:00 PM

A preemptive strike
against Home Depot, where box
cutters can be bought?
posted by daiichi at 3:00 PM

And another thing,
what's the big fucking rush, George?
Go slow on Iraq.
posted by daiichi at 12:52 PM

Uncle Osama
says: I want you to attack
Iraq. (Gene Collier)
posted by daiichi at 12:10 AM

Saturday, September 28, 2002

As threat of war stalks
through the land, I pledge to take
myself in hand. (more...)
posted by daiichi at 11:05 PM

"I want you to know
that behind the rhetoric
is a deep desire"
[George W. Bush]
posted by sal paradise at 10:03 PM

War, what is it good
for? Absolutely nothing
Say it again: War.