Comments on: Image http://firedoglake.com/2007/01/28/image/ Firedoglake weblog Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:55:48 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Larry http://firedoglake.com/2007/01/28/image/#comment-480782 Larry Mon, 29 Jan 2007 20:04:13 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/01/28/image/#comment-480782 <p>If the next big march were held on a Monday instead of a Saturday and everyone sat down in the middle of the street a lot of people would begin to take notice, and I’m pretty sure the media would cover it.</p> If the next big march were held on a Monday instead of a Saturday and everyone sat down in the middle of the street a lot of people would begin to take notice, and I’m pretty sure the media would cover it.

]]> By: nogo postal http://firedoglake.com/2007/01/28/image/#comment-480326 nogo postal Mon, 29 Jan 2007 17:03:39 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/01/28/image/#comment-480326 <p>I love the smell of irony in the morning..<br /> Folks diss celebs who spoke on Satuday…these people know we are a cleb nation and they have an obligation to stake a higher ground..They have had their careers hit by their stances…knowing what kind of shit she would be in for Jane Fonda spoke out like this for the first time in decades…(hope you have seen “Shut up and Sing!) </p> <p>As for “all those other issues” cluttering up the rally..How many events hosted by tribes or Aim have you attended in the past five years? Did you attend any events hosted when Israel was bombing Leb…?<br /> The Occupation in Iraq is not the only issue that evolves power and greed and human suffering….<br /> It sounds as if some here(by benefit of “the way-back” machine) would have been put off in back in 1967 you went to hear Dr. King speak on civil rights for blacks and you ended up hearing about Viet Nam. </p> <p>If we all could just have it both ways..</p> I love the smell of irony in the morning..
Folks diss celebs who spoke on Satuday…these people know we are a cleb nation and they have an obligation to stake a higher ground..They have had their careers hit by their stances…knowing what kind of shit she would be in for Jane Fonda spoke out like this for the first time in decades…(hope you have seen “Shut up and Sing!)

As for “all those other issues” cluttering up the rally..How many events hosted by tribes or Aim have you attended in the past five years? Did you attend any events hosted when Israel was bombing Leb…?
The Occupation in Iraq is not the only issue that evolves power and greed and human suffering….
It sounds as if some here(by benefit of “the way-back” machine) would have been put off in back in 1967 you went to hear Dr. King speak on civil rights for blacks and you ended up hearing about Viet Nam.

If we all could just have it both ways..

]]> By: redX http://firedoglake.com/2007/01/28/image/#comment-480324 redX Mon, 29 Jan 2007 17:00:45 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/01/28/image/#comment-480324 <p>Looked at CNN as the other small stories on this were reported to see how they reported it…there were zero stories/links from the front page.</p> Looked at CNN as the other small stories on this were reported to see how they reported it…there were zero stories/links from the front page.

]]> By: Greenjeans http://firedoglake.com/2007/01/28/image/#comment-480281 Greenjeans Mon, 29 Jan 2007 16:28:58 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/01/28/image/#comment-480281 <p>If you oppose the war, demonstrate.<br /> If you oppose the war, demonstrate.<br /> If you oppose the war, demonstrate!</p> If you oppose the war, demonstrate.
If you oppose the war, demonstrate.
If you oppose the war, demonstrate!

]]> By: cliffradz http://firedoglake.com/2007/01/28/image/#comment-480238 cliffradz Mon, 29 Jan 2007 15:53:26 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/01/28/image/#comment-480238 <p>Jane, it’s so great to see you back blogging. Welcome back.</p> Jane, it’s so great to see you back blogging. Welcome back.

]]> By: Jesus B. Ochoa http://firedoglake.com/2007/01/28/image/#comment-480168 Jesus B. Ochoa Mon, 29 Jan 2007 14:50:44 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/01/28/image/#comment-480168 <p>All the snark about celebrities, marches and marchers remind me that King had it right when he criticized - from jail - the smug preachers and moderates. Get real, people.</p> All the snark about celebrities, marches and marchers remind me that King had it right when he criticized – from jail – the smug preachers and moderates. Get real, people.

]]> By: cyn2 http://firedoglake.com/2007/01/28/image/#comment-480151 cyn2 Mon, 29 Jan 2007 14:40:32 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/01/28/image/#comment-480151 <p>Thank you, Jane. And, I’m thinking of you. You are some woman! </p> <p>Regarding the demonstrations. Yes, they’ve become rather commonplace these days, and I agree that they accomplish little politically. Look at the demonstrations around the world against this war, and it becomes clear that though millions (billions?) have protested the last few years, little has come of those demonstrations.</p> <p>In the sixties I attended a few, and they made a difference…in the long run. However, I am aging and somehow they’ve lost their luster.</p> <p>In this day and age, the internet ideas for communications are proving much more effective.</p> Thank you, Jane. And, I’m thinking of you. You are some woman!

Regarding the demonstrations. Yes, they’ve become rather commonplace these days, and I agree that they accomplish little politically. Look at the demonstrations around the world against this war, and it becomes clear that though millions (billions?) have protested the last few years, little has come of those demonstrations.

In the sixties I attended a few, and they made a difference…in the long run. However, I am aging and somehow they’ve lost their luster.

In this day and age, the internet ideas for communications are proving much more effective.

]]> By: kairos in cal http://firedoglake.com/2007/01/28/image/#comment-479980 kairos in cal Mon, 29 Jan 2007 07:56:19 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/01/28/image/#comment-479980 <p>In response to Kevin Hayden at 104<br /> The kinds of things you are proposing are the kinds of things that are emerging, I understand, with the John Edwards campaign with volunteerism events in localities losely knit across the country within an overall national focused time frame.</p> In response to Kevin Hayden at 104
The kinds of things you are proposing are the kinds of things that are emerging, I understand, with the John Edwards campaign with volunteerism events in localities losely knit across the country within an overall national focused time frame.

]]> By: Lynn http://firedoglake.com/2007/01/28/image/#comment-479968 Lynn Mon, 29 Jan 2007 07:27:41 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/01/28/image/#comment-479968 <p><a href="#comment-479463"><em>Valley Girl @<br /> 24 </em></a></p> <blockquote><p><a href="#comment-479439"><em>HotFlash @<br /> 4 </em></a></p> <blockquote><p>Hey, I’m a Betty Crocker Homemaker of Tomorrow (1966). Does that count for anything?</p></blockquote> <p>Wow! I was “Betty Crocker Homemaker of Tommorow” from my HS class in 1965!</p></blockquote> <p>As was I. 1966. Amazing. I’ve never run into anyone else who’d even heard of it.</p> Valley Girl @
24

HotFlash @
4

Hey, I’m a Betty Crocker Homemaker of Tomorrow (1966). Does that count for anything?

Wow! I was “Betty Crocker Homemaker of Tommorow” from my HS class in 1965!

As was I. 1966. Amazing. I’ve never run into anyone else who’d even heard of it.

]]> By: kirk murphy http://firedoglake.com/2007/01/28/image/#comment-479946 kirk murphy Mon, 29 Jan 2007 06:50:31 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/01/28/image/#comment-479946 <p>A last “Anna” reference.</p> <p>….from <em>New Times </em> Broward-Palm Beach </p> <blockquote><p>Have Wire, Will Travel<br /> <a href="http://www.newtimesbpb.com/Issues/2006-06-22/news/tailpipe.html">Anna the Medic</a>, one of the FBI’s top informants, has cut a wide swath through the antiwar and animal rights movements.<br /> Article Published Jun 22, 2006</p> <p>Listen, my children, to the story of Anna the Medic, who travels the land, bringing the harsh scrutiny of federal law enforcement to Americans engaged in political protest.</p> <p>In the past two years, Anna, whose real name may be Anna Davies or Anna Davidson, has turned up at rallies and marches from South Florida to Northern California, with a lot of stops in between. She has demonstrated for animal rights and protested the Iraq War, all the while meticulously gathering information on political dissidents for the FBI. According to FBI affidavits, Anna has been a paid informant in 12 investigations of “anarchist” groups. She’s a veritable Scarlet Pimpernel, on the federal government tab.</p> <p>[snip]</p> </blockquote> A last “Anna” reference.

….from New Times Broward-Palm Beach

Have Wire, Will Travel
Anna the Medic, one of the FBI’s top informants, has cut a wide swath through the antiwar and animal rights movements.
Article Published Jun 22, 2006

Listen, my children, to the story of Anna the Medic, who travels the land, bringing the harsh scrutiny of federal law enforcement to Americans engaged in political protest.

In the past two years, Anna, whose real name may be Anna Davies or Anna Davidson, has turned up at rallies and marches from South Florida to Northern California, with a lot of stops in between. She has demonstrated for animal rights and protested the Iraq War, all the while meticulously gathering information on political dissidents for the FBI. According to FBI affidavits, Anna has been a paid informant in 12 investigations of “anarchist” groups. She’s a veritable Scarlet Pimpernel, on the federal government tab.

[snip]

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