[Peace-discuss] 4th of July parade

[John W.]

It's a fabulous idea.  But how exactly are you going to MAKE this thing?  It
sounds like it would be sufficiently daunting to cause Rube Goldberg to
reconsider his career choices.  :-)


On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 1:15 PM, <ewj at pigs.ag> wrote:

Sometimes graphic representations of the crucifixion are offered on the 4th.
> Seldom are the graphic implications of war offered.
>
> What I have been visualising as an idea for an attention getting 4th of
> July float
> is as follows, combining (!) the agrarian concept of the prairies
> with the concept of implements of war ...
>
> (Maybe this really IS too graphic...)
>
> A military camouflaged Humvee-like combine (War Machine) affixed with a
> harvesting head
> is harvesting rows of soldiers, and sheep, and babies.
>
> There is some processing machinery inside as evidenced by the crunching and
> pounding of machinery and visible gears and pulleys spinning on the outside.
>
> Blood (red colored water circulated by a pump) pours out of
> ports on the sides of the contraption.
>
> The machine outputs bales of straw with hands, feet, hair, etc.
> sticking out simulating bales of body parts (fodder of war).
>
> A grain hopper fills with money "Corporate War-time Profits".
>
> Behind the machine are rows of crosses arrayed as rows of stubble left
> after harvest.
>
> Caption:
> "We can't all be heroes,
> because somebody has to sit on the curb
> and applaud when they go by."
> - Will Rogers.
>
>
>
> > -------- Original Message --------
> > Subject: [Peace-discuss] 4th of July parade
> > From: Karen Medina <kmedina at uiuc.edu>
> > Date: Fri, May 23, 2008 2:47 pm
> > To: Peace-discuss List <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>
> >
> > Dear Peace-Discuss,
> >
> > For the 4th of July parade (theme is "Honoring our Military Heroes"), I
> was thinking
> > that tee-shirts saying "I support Iraq Veterans Against the War" might be
> > appropriate.
> >
> > IVAW has some tee-shirts:
> > http://ivaw.org/products/mojostore.php?_=list&Category=4923
> >
> > Matthis Chiroux would be another hero to honor.
> >
> > -karen medina
>
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