[Peace-discuss] Protest Karl Rove/Health Care for All/End the Wars:Sat, March 20, 2010

[Stuart Levy]

On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 09:38:33PM -0500, C. G. Estabrook wrote:
> Actually, when Obama did come to town in 2005 and some of us pointed out 
> that he was not what he seemed in regard to the war, it caused a split in 
> the local anti-war movement: we were charged with being "rude to a 
> senator," and it was memorably asserted that "you can't treat a black 
> politician the way you treat a white politician."
>
> What's really being said - and not said - in a political demonstration has 
> some importance.

Hey Carl, if you accept the deal, you get to encourage Bob to be rude to a President.

I wasn't at the event when Obama came here in 2005, but expect we could
get a decent turnout for an anti-war demonstration if he did come to C-U again.
I'd help organize one.

>
> Robert Naiman wrote:
>> I'll make you a deal, Carl.
>> You bring "Rove to the Hague" to this demonstration, and I'll bring
>> "Obama to the Hague" to the demonstration when Obama comes to town.
>> On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 8:36 PM, C. G. Estabrook <galliher at illinois.edu> 
>> wrote:
>>> Why not bring a sign that says,
>>>
>>> "Obama to the Hague"
>>>
>>> (or Petraeus/McChrystal/Clinton/Emanuel etc., etc.)?
>>>
>>>
>>> Robert Naiman wrote:
>>>> Why not bring a sign that says,
>>>>
>>>> "Rove to the Hague"
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 7:56 PM, E.Wayne Johnson <ewj at pigs.ag> wrote:
>>>>> Greed for the People!
>>>>> Not for Corporations!
>>>>>
>>>>> It has a nice chanty rhythm to it, dontcha think?
>>>>>
>>>>> Actually I am not poking fun as much as I am trying to
>>>>> point out how hard it is to get effective traction against a
>>>>> slippery shape-shifter like Rove.
>>>>>
>>>>> I am all for all matter of criticism of Rove.
>>>>>
>>>>> I thought about hanging Rove in Effigy.
>>>>> Some one wondered why I wanted
>>>>> to cart him all the way down to I-70.
>>>>>
>>>>> I meant "Effigy" not "Effingham".
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Naiman"
>>>>> <naiman at justforeignpolicy.org>
>>>>> To: "Peace-discuss List" <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>
>>>>> Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:41 AM
>>>>> Subject: [Peace-discuss] Protest Karl Rove/Health Care for All/End the
>>>>> Wars:Sat, March 20, 2010
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=374695090565
>>>>>
>>>>> FAMILY VALUES NOT CORPORATE GREED
>>>>>
>>>>> RALLY - SPEAK OUT
>>>>>
>>>>> HEALTH CARE REFORM
>>>>> LIVING WAGE JOBS
>>>>> END THE WARS - BRING THE TROOPS HOME
>>>>> STOP BUDGET CUTS
>>>>>
>>>>> Saturday, March 20, 2010
>>>>> 10:30am - 12:00pm
>>>>> I Hotel & Conference Center
>>>>> 1900 South First Street, Champaign
>>>>> Champaign, IL
>>>>>
>>>>> C-U Jobs with Justice, Campaign for Better Health Care, St. Jude
>>>>> Catholic Worker House, Campus Anti-War Network…
>>>>>
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>>>>> Robert Naiman
>>>>> Policy Director
>>>>> Just Foreign Policy
>>>>> www.justforeignpolicy.org
>>>>> naiman at justforeignpolicy.org
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