[Peace-discuss] Re: demonstration *to oppose war*

[Jan & Durl Kruse]

Here's how I saw it................
Signs for Greens, signs for peace, signs for Cynthia McKinney, signs 
for Ron Paul, signs to vote Green, signs opposing Hillary the Hawk,  
signs demanding Democrats stop funding war, signs to bring the troops 
home now, signs to end the war, signs to stop the occupation of 
Palestine, signs to Impeach Bush Cheney, signs to support veterans, 
signs saying central Illinois says: "no to war".

There was a sign for just about everything advocating opposition to the 
Iraq War (war in general) and in support of Peace.
Good dialogue and discussion and nobody got mad at anyone. Getting 
acquainted with new people who had never demonstrated before was 
interesting.......and some say they will be back in March!  Well worth 
being inclusive and joining with others.....
I overheard a "Ron Paul" child ask his dad what it means to "Vote 
Green" and heard a very positive explanation of who Cynthia McKinney 
is!
that was interesting..............

Below is a comment from one of the Ron Paul people............I think 
we have an opportunity to build our movement and that should be our 
goal!
JAN K

I really enjoyed the Event yesterday with AWARE.

Some of the people in our Ron Paul Meetup Group had
some initial fears and misgivings before the event but all
agreed later that it was good.

It was good meeting new friends speaking out against problems in our 
society
with dedication and sincerity.  I was also impressed
by the experience and know-how of the AWARE people.

There is no doubt that we all have a common goal.

Elections and candidates come and go.

The problems in our society, our country, our governments, our world
remain as challenges to be faced, and we must speak out.

"The mass of men live lives of quiet desperation".

It is a good thing that some are not so quiet about it.



On Feb 3, 2008, at 11:20 AM, Morton K. Brussel wrote:

>  Yes, I agree. I mentioned to several of the Ron Paul folks that their 
> signs should have at least shown some anti-war issue, not simply a 
> vacuous "Vote for Ron Paul" message. They seemed to agree, and some 
> pointed to some anti-war signs they had displayed. Yet, I think this 
> distracted a little from our message.  --mkb
>
>
> On Feb 3, 2008, at 8:13 AM, moboct1 at aim.com wrote:
>
>> It looked too much like Ron Paul campaign electioneering--most R.P. 
>> supporters were not carrying peace or war protest signs, just "Vote 
>> for R.P."  I would prefer non-partisan advocacy, not promotion of a 
>> political candidate.  It made it look like a Ron Paul rally...
>>
>>  Midge O'Brien 
>>
>>
>>  -----Original Message-----
>>  From: Jan & Durl Kruse <jandurl at insightbb.com>
>>  To: peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net
>>  Cc: Peace at lists.chambana.net
>>  Sent: Sat, 2 Feb 2008 7:55 pm
>>  Subject: [Peace] Thanks to all who joined the demonstration today 
>> *to oppose war*
>>
>> AWARE, Republican Ron Paul people, Greens, campus Socialist ISO, High 
>> School students, grade school students and friends and 
>> neighbors......... 
>>  It appears that a least 40 or more people came and went over the 
>> course of the 2-4 PM Protest today at Main and Neil in Champaign. 
>>   
>>  Flyers were distributed by AWARE (including the outlining of the 
>> candidates positions on war and military spending). 
>>  Greens also had a flyer announcing their presidential candidates. 
>>   
>>  The AWARE flyer also listed the advisory referenda to be voted on 
>> February 5. 
>>   
>>  An unusual alliance across the political spectrum......... one issue 
>> in common........... opposition to the Iraq WAR! 
>>   
>>  Thanks to those who were able to attend! See you again on March 
>> 1.............. 
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