Mood:  hug me

Hey there all you my fellow Z3 readers

Wednesday Oct 5 2006 kicked my ass

I have a lot to say in fact this took me 24 hours to put together

As you read this heartfelt report, I write today, please click on the short links as they come along in the paragraphs, and save the good links for latter.

Now where was I?

Oh ya! I was getting this all started with a short clip from the website

THE WORLD CAN’T WAIT

…… listen to this audio link (3 min) and then we will go to the next step

http://worldcantwait.net/media/sunsaranba.mp3

Oooooh boy!

…..hmmmmmm this is right up my alley! Go Girl!

Let’s get this Party Started

Now that we heard that lets back up to the first half hour after I woke up.

I woke up and was thankful that the sun was sort of shining ….a protest was going to be going on downtown…sunshine was going make it all way-more user friendly to get the people out in the streets with the Important message which was:

 “Drive the Bush Regime Out - The World Can’t Wait”

I pulled down my IMPEACH BUSH poster from its perch on top of my fridge as I made my coffee.

Stuck it in the hatchback car window so it was visible

( Here is the picture of my best friend holding my sign )

 

 

 

 

So then, I turn the radio on to Air America (http://www.airamerica.com/ ) save this link

And there is a caller on the Thom Hartman Show (http://www.airamerica.com/thomhartmannpage ) save this link

and I recognized the caller’s voice. I know that guy!

Wow! It is Bill Foster from the NWFC talking about The Human Rights Festival.

Which is a film series throughout this month …that the NW film center is showing in Portland ….at the Whitsell Theater (http://www.nwfilm.org/screenings/?volissue=345&series=4 )

 

Now I think that is fantastic to have the Human Rights series and here he was on Air America telling the masses about it …..cool!..... Go Bill!

The road to Guantanamo is the one I really want to see! Here is info on it from the NWFC site that I posted on Indy Media a while back in regards to this film of three men sent to Guantanamo by a frickin mistake? (http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2006/09/346377.shtml )

 

As I drive to work there are no comments to me or anything mentioned about my Impeach sign. I am mentally ready for the noon “World Cant Wait” protest meeting time. I asked for two hours for lunch….but really should have taken the whole day off.

 

So that morning I swing by Bill Foster and shake his hand beings I know him, it was easy to do. I thank him for his film series and his Activism by calling into Air America Radio (He is the NWFC Director) and we chat about politics and how unfortunate-of-times we are in these days. I make it a point to shake his hand and personally Thank him…..Because I mean it from the depths of my heart and soul…I do appreciate what he is doing and his call in to the radio this morning. …..meanwhile back outside I glance over at the parks …the protest will be starting in a couple hours …right over there across the street in the park blocks…I wonder how many will be there? Hmmmmmm hundreds? Thousands?....I don’t know?

 

Well at noon, it looked to me like about 300 hundred people were in the park.....Not 3,000!

 

From behind the stage in this very poor picture, you can see the windows where businessmen are eating lunch in the windows Of the Arlington a rich businessmans club. I was watching the speaker on the stage but could not help notice the 3 separate window each with expensive dining going on inside. I could see the white cuffs and dark suit eating in an ominous way as I listened to the speaker talk of the corporate war machine and how we are being led down a dark path.

The lunch's were consumed in fancy fashion.

 

   

It was a nice smooth rally lots of anger but in peaceful tones directed at the lies and bad turn of events that this administration has put us all in. Code Pink was there and some anarchy-clad styles were there, as well as some older folks and a few younger. Overall, it was a mix of people who all wanted the war and the lies to end.

 

A girl and a guy got up and spoke on the need to not sit around (see picture above with the windows ..well the two speakers I am referring to are in this picture as well) She reminds the crowd that we can’t keep saying the world can’t wait and then WE WAIT?…..she said “hell we said the same thing a year ago! We need to use Direct Action …we need to block traffic and stand up and get attention and say this Bush Regime is wrong” ……

Wow, …….fell the rage …even the Peace People are getting mad! I understand that.

I thought well …I really do not want to go to jail today but I am willing to protest!

 

The march starts about an hour and half latter after a speech by Thom Hartman who I just was listening to earlier this morning on the radio as I had mentioned….and a KBOO radio host and a few others speakers spoke up too but I didnt catch their names.

 

Well 30 mins later and into the march, while going past past the Justice Center down Main Street I run in to Alex Ansary. What a dedicate journalist. This guy was on the move bullhorn in hand. A Frontline Activist that I really appreciate and admire for his Integrity and Tenacity( http://alexansary.com/ ) save this link

^{(see link near bottom of this page for Alex Ansary Video on Goggle ...of his TV show covering this event)}

I shake his hand and thank him as I did Bill….saying I appreciated his efforts and work. He asks me how Joe Anybody’s website is doing?

I say Ok! as we are walking his phone rings ….people are chanting …cops are watching from the sides in long rows like a bike-cop-barricade. He hands me the Bullhorn he was using I say naaaa! Not right now!

 

In fact my time is up ……I got to go back to work ….the 2 hours I had for my Lunch, had ended….Damn I didn’t want to leave things were in full swing, cops all along the way in casual manners… not all rioted up …and the crowd had energy, and you could fell the excitement in the air. It felt good to stand up and speak for Peace and for Sending Bush the message we did not like what he is doing. As the protesters weaved up and down through the streets of Portland I headed the other way, 6 blocks …back to work. Damn ….I was feeling almost sick from worry and disgust for this society that had to act like this to get the frickin Leaders to behave. Throughout the speeches and during the march my heart was extremely heavy…I feel the pain of these people….all of us wanted PEACE….ALL OF US WANTED PEACE and the end to this madhouse run by Bush.

We were bonded by that common denominator.

More on the common dominator dynamics a little latter.

 

Back at work and about an hour latter

As I was bringing a ladder around the building …I see the protesters heading back to the park……I snap a couple pictures as they come in a long line down the street back to the starting point.

 

  

Gosh, I love those people for standing up. I wanted to thank them too if I could have.

 

…..Just then I see in numerous directions police riding on bikes real fast as the Horses go running between the two buildings at my work…since there is a wide path that leads to the next block……what is going on I wonder…..I set my ladder off to the side and run around to see what is happening ..everybody is up at the corner…I  run up there and already there is maybe 50 people on the sidewalks right there and probably 15 police with RIOT gear on … the bike cops are up ahead chasing down the small break-away protest group.

 

 

 

.I look up the street to the west I see about two dozen protester who have broke away from the main march but I cant see them to well they are now two blocks down the street And they are walking down the middle of the street with their Signs in the Air with Police chasing behind them on bikes. And the wana be NAZI Robo’s are now marching up to join them from behind ….”they literally march up the street”. Like a German War march

 

I am on the corner with maybe 20 people all watching the cops.

A police white van whiz’s by …

The Robo cops all are now in a double row formation….one is barking out commands like military signals… they look very serious and pissed…they all have multiple guns and other weapons strapped to them

People are yelling, “They are just kids” “Don’t hurt them” I think I may have yelled at them as well. A woman grabbed my hand and thanked me she was about 70 years old.

It is real panic feeling and very surreal thing to witness. ….it was INSANE and only 10 feet away from my very own eyes. I knew I should have taken the day off.

 

God Please don’t let those Police Hurt Them Kids.

 

PART 2: The Breakaway Group 3:00pm

 

There now is a stand off about two to three blocks down the street from my workplace.

The police that marched by me wouldn’t let anyone go past there line see this picture here

Well I guess up the street this is what was going on: It turns out the police shot beanbags/ rubber bullets, and tear gas at some of the protesters…..I had heard or read that 10 were arrested.

And  here is a link on Portland Indy Media on this topic: http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2006/10/347079.shtml?discuss

 

Facts be told, no body that I read or heard about was violent …well the Police were!

But the people were the whipping posts “again” for corporate America Bush regime.

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

(cop kicking girl on 12^th and Jefferson)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And this photo was taken by a good friend of mine, up close to the front line.

I appreciate his efforts and participation and especially the photos he was able to help document these crimes as well as the peoples efforts on this march.

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All this crap all went down within a bout an hour. I was sickened and it was hard to concentrate back at work. As I worked, I knew the people outside in the streets were going to get hurt by the Police…there was not much I could do. I worried for them.I wanted so bad to be there to witness and support peaceful non violence protesters. I wanted to be a witness tothe police crime if they HURT anyone.

But I couldnt leave work. It stressed me bad. I hated it!

I was trying to remain compsed and not breakdown, it was a rough day!

I almost checked my self-out for the day …I was defiantly was honestly now feeling sick! However, I lasted until the quitting time at work, of course the protest and standoff were long over with …where upon I, heading quickly to my car.

Read my post on INDY MEDIA

that points out the main stream Corporate Spin......

CH 8 is seemilngly being the fairest and most truthful in reporting this

http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2006/10/347133.shtml

 

I had not gone 10 blocks with my sign still in my back window that said IMPEACH BUSH when at a stop light the guy in the lane next to me, gets out knocks on my window, which I roll down and he says:

(He is about 80yr old) “If Bush wasn’t doing this We would have an Atomic bomb dropped on us.” I look up startled….. and say, loudly “Hey it was an Illegal INVASION…and my cousin died in that stinking war” I roll up my window and drive off……man!!! Stupid old Republican I know he is a FOX News watcher.

 

Within 15 minutes latter I was across town and out of my car, walking with my sign to the overpass on the 84 freeway by somewhere around 29^th street. The traffic was slowly moving along under the overpass. I stood up there facing the outbound traffic with the sign.

The sign must have been pretty well noticed, I was worried that it was such a darkening sky and the overpass was kind of high above the cars. (Next time I am going to a lower one in the bright early morning!)

. I had maybe four cars flipping me off

  …but lots of HONKS and waves

….YESSSSSSSS!  I repeat lots of cars honked and hands waved at my sign!

It felt good to hear the honks, I stayed for about a half hour, darkness came quick!

Well that was exhilarating I am just one guy on an overpass ….just ole Joe Anybody ...doing his best to end the madness!

But damn it felt real good! Somebody has to keep the torch burning and I can help!

 

Now its after midnight and this day for me has dragged me to some sharp edges.

I have a couple comments then my head will get some needed rest

(I did finally eat) ......

I want to mention a comment I posted before I went out the door to the World Can’t Wait  Protest

Here it is: http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2006/10/347034.shtml

Which can be summarized by saying:

I want this so-called lying leader out NOW!

He has broken many Laws and is the cause behind many deaths

He scammed us and lied.

He is violating Geneva And International Human Rights Laws

I will stand up as an AMERICAN and say this

I say this because I love my country and my freedom

I don’t care who organized the event I WANT BUSH OUT NOW

 

The protesting group that deviated from the main body did so in a brave move.

I say they were brave in that they want one thing like all of us did at that gathering

WE WANT BUSH OUT……those kids or whoever those brave souls were….went to take the bullet for this cause. Was I going to do direct action?  …well not like them guys… !

I didn’t want to go to jail today …. these breakaway protesters want the same thing and they wanted the WORLD to take note….even if it meant arrest or as in this case a bullet

I do stand behind them ….so I support them…..They are angry and upset (well so am I)

You see in the Peace Movement……we ask ….we plead …we try to do all we can to and sometimes it has to get more serious …because the general public wont listen unless it is some outrageous or loud new story…and the media even then downplays the whole issue

 

Well this breakaway group was willing to get the anger and disgust for this Regime on the news……and they were a lot more serious …..they stood face to face with the POLICE

The mainstream media hardly will cover this in fact check this Oregonian link here:

http://www.blogs.oregonlive.com/oregonian/newsupdates/default.asp?item=209280

Notice the lies and the NON-coverage …it is appalling

Facts be told the protest march trough downtown, and the end the part I missed when I was back at work …apparently the march stood in the street 20 minutes outside the Oregonian chastising them for their compliance with Bush and helping to purport the Corporate Pro-War news. You see why? They fabricate and Lie!

I latter looked at the main Corporate news sites it is very poorly covered…in fact; it speaks of all this in very misleading untrue fashion. Reports of one small injury! HA!…reports that don’t say anything about the horse’s trampling on girls and innocent people…in fact when I watch video footage from KATU TV they stop the film numerous times to “cut-away” from the Police being VIOLENT…how convenient! Actually, I meant to write “How disgusting!” click on video link on their website

http://www.katu.com/news/4320052.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

And then a fellow protester with the real story which also sets the record straight blogs in at this link on the Oregonian’s website…..here is his comment which is more truth full than our local newspaper:

http://www.oregonlive.com/forums/oregon/index.ssf?artid=150978

 

 

 

Am I mad at a few protesters who want to block traffic? No !

Why are they doing it ? Oh, they are anti war and anti Bush !!? Cool

The dynamics of fighting this Regime will have to cover many facets.

The protest will take on many many, forms …we all want the same thing

There may be Direct Action and it may range across the spectrum from one man sitting in front of traffic to massive thousands blocking the bridges or the Capital.

Whether it is an action I would do or necessary condone is not THE POINT

The point is we need to drive the Bush Regime Out…..The World Can’t Wait

So I approve of all aspects if it serves this “higher moral ground”

RUN BUSH and his Neocons out …The game is not fair and They are cheating…so we the movement up the ante ……we make the world hear us and sooner they will support us for all we are saying is give Peace A Chance….and yes! Some will take a rubber bullet for me and you to save this world……and by Golly I support them …I am proud of them on the Frontline.

 

One must remember the Portland Police …now those guys “will hurt you or even KILL you.”

They will hurt you for just sitting in the street. They did that today!

And I do not like that one bit. In fact, that very issue needs to change.

There should be a law in this town that the Police cannot hurt innocent unarmed citizens!

They should make it a serious crime to shoot peace marchers.

As dully noted it should be a crime to; shoot at people in crowds that are non-violent.

Why does our city condone this use of force on its citizens? I will be asking my official the very question. I would also like to see if the cut-out scenes from KATU can be used as evidence

 

 

….Well its time for this Average Joe to hit the hay.

It will be soon another day …..And I feel like I got my emotional ass kicked

It is tough taking on this Liar Bush and his Henchmen…

Peace Now

Love You All

~Joe

 

An excellent commentary by a fellow activist Alex Ansary describes this protest and more VERY IMPORTANT ISSUES……Please watch this complete show!

 

Right On Alex!

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2801662433794981019 save this link

Also here is some added interesting reading on INDY MEDIA by "catWoman"

http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2006/10/347140.shtml

 

WCW footnote

By the way Z3 readers on OCT 6

I read this follow up on the WCW website

You can count me in …

the subject is on TORTURE......cool! (sic)

 

In one week, we are calling for MASS MEETINGS – where thousands across the country must come to be part of summing up what we have accomplished and be part of planning how to go forward, rapidly expanding our capacity. We’ll discuss “how do you drive an illegitimate regime from power?”  We have very important plans for what the next ambitious and necessary steps this movement should make.

In the meantime we must not lose an ounce of momentum - immediately getting other people to join us. To keep the profile and message of World Can’t Wait pulsing through the political atmosphere over the next 6 weeks. We are calling on people to:

1) Be out in the streets - be out in the public square. Wear orange. Wear orange armbands.   Decorate yourself and the city with orange Emergency crime tape to symbolize those being disappeared and tortured in our name. Pick a busy area in your city and be there at the same time and day for the next 6 weeks, creating a culture of resistance in song and theater, holding speak-outs on the “Your Government” indictments, making exhibits and showing films. We’ll be ready to respond to an October, or November surprise by the Bush Regime.

2) Today is a gigantic step forward in starting the society-wide debate needed for people in their millions to act even more powerfully.  So we are calling today for STATE OF EMERGENCY TEACH-INS to take place before the end of October that can carry out emergency education on each of the “Your Government” indictments found in our Call. We are out to wake people up to what is going on, in their name. We will make the case that this regime is guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity.

So go home with something orange and wear it the rest of the month. Come to the meeting next week and plan to bring your courage and your imagination, bring your resources and your political connections because together we will plan our next steps needed to drive out this Regime before 2008.

Because Bush, because Cheney, because Rumsfeld, because Rice, because Gonzales must all be driven out, they must leave the White House politically repudiated and thoroughly discredited as the war criminals that they are. Anything short of that is unacceptable to the world, to our children, to the future.

 

THE FUTURE IS UNWRITTEN - WHICH ONE WE GET IS UP TO US

 

Joe Anybody Loves Everybody

 

   PEACE!

 

This page is linked to on INDY MEDIA at the following URL:

http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2006/10/347156.shtml

 

Posted by Joe Anybody at 11:45 PM PDT

Updated: Monday, 9 October 2006 2:00 AM PDT

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 Now let me just say a couple things

The Rainbow Family meets every year in a different place

It is a PEACEFUL GATHERING

I have never been to one but many many people do. In facts thousands show up. I believe it is always on National Forest Land.

That said I would say "it is all of our land"

They do not want drugs or alcohol, at the gathering and it is a very peace, and community orientated

The Gathering is organized by I think a vegetarian type- love the earth and each other kind people. The large group basically are some very sincere hardcore hippies that are like a family. They do not want any problems. They are unarmed!

There is times when LAW enforcement gets up in arms over these gatherings (damn stinkin hippies anyway) and it can result in to some real power struggles. In the second film see how the peaceful campers use their creativity to run the ARMED asshole cops out of the area...... no violence and nobody got hurt but the Police sure were ready to have a war if they wanted to kill some hippies on that National Forest Road!

I had read in the news during this last Rainbow Gathering in Colorado (which is where these videos were filmed at) that the Police were staging roadblock to try and stop (without legal reason) the campers entering into the Forest and there was trouble at the checkpoints, (duhhh) Basically that being that Police State was In Action!

The first short video is sad - but the next is funny

Watch these TWO videos

Posted by Joe Anybody at 7:37 PM PDT

Updated: Wednesday, 4 October 2006 11:40 PM PDT

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Mood:  loud

You know to me my fellow Z3 Readers.... I seem to notice a few observations that if concerns our country and its recent approval to condone and approve using torture and using inhumane tactics, furnished in spirit by our obvious lacking-in-morals-Congress that just gave the bill the thumbs up ..."cool with us we don't care"  ..."go for it"....... then....... they all head for the recess bell.

Wow they should of ran to the toilet, cause that is where they left our constitution and decency of what we once were in the US. Did I say decency? I mean actually that word carries no merit or use to this spineless pro torture bunch of abettors. Cool just what we need in America a bill that allows the Military to use sick perverted now certified USA approved torture methods ....that have been richly modified to keep the real terrorist out of jail (wink*) and then the newly handed permission by the all-ever peoples best-representing "congress" the sad sack shit-hole bill that allows indefinite prison in a foreign prison of bushman's choice, that has no US law to govern it 

A N D ... they can be held with out trial forever. Now when I was writing that did your mind grasp the words ....NO TRIAL......and held FOREVER.......did you understand that ????? nice of these honorable men to do that.....amazing I will explain that to my 13 year old. Heck we even had some kids his age in those prisons overseas. Read this link about a 15 year old held by the USA -->

ROLLING STONES ARTICLE ON 15 YEAR OLD CHILD IN PRISON

Ya I understand sick demented murderous psychotic talk when I hear it. Ya I seen enough of the pictures to be sickened, sullied, and agitated enough to write about this bullshit - every day for the rest of my life or as long as I am alive.

These sick war monsters are out of their minds and America is ASLEEP .......sitting on their ass's while the Neocons sell our country and our freedom and now are granted the right to torture and to suspend our long International law and Human Rights Position.

 .. THE BASTARDS RE-WROTE THE MILITARY HANDBOOK TO INCLUDE WHAT THEY WANT TO DO TO PRISONERS

...they just REwrote the damn War Conduct book to cover their ass's and to continue to torture and to be the Devils handyman.

Now where in Gods name is this being supported by "we the people?" Do you support this crap? Do you mean to tell me all the Christian and for that matter any person of Faith or Religious belief can condone this bill and this war. Am I wrong in saying that every person who says they believe in this administrations sick perverted ways is participating by not standing up NOW and saying something? Where are the religious leaders? Where are any fricken leaders? Where is the outpouring of sanity? Does not the Churches and Religious Leaders have the moral duty to stand up and YELL...

"THIS IS WRONG" ? Or is it my Fellow readers? Is this not wrong America? Are we on the dark evil side of the coin. Your heart will tell you if this is moral ......your inner soul will give you peace on this NEW POLICY or it will make your soul taste like sulfur and death? hmmm?

Get UP dammit !.....GET UP OFF YOUR ASS AND TELL YOUR PREACHER OR CLERGYMAN TO DEMAND AND END TO ABUSING HUMAN BEINGS AND KILLING THEM FOR WMD LIES ....IN THE NAME OF GOD ......!

Now fellow Friend's of the Z3 Report as you know this is no new issue and is been a concern of mine for the past solid year but seriously been eroding my faith in mankind and deteriorating the very fabric that once made me proud and honored to be part of the United States. Hell I am sullied, I am in utter disgusted shock and disbelief. Where is the Human Soul? Where is the Love? Where is the Religious People who in mass numbers can rise up and in MASS NUMBERS stop this madness?.......But where are they? .....why isn't the a Sermon telling them all to rise up and stop the killing and stop the torture?

Ya I have been raising the flag and I am not alone ....but we need the masses......and just when will the masses get tired of this abuse and the killings we see every damn day ....maybe when it is their boy or girl ....maybe when this killing machine starts to eat its own ...oh it already is..oooopsIsn't it amazing the machine "is eating our OWN!"

Pretty embarrassing to see that Congress rolled over for the Beast. There were some decent House Representatives and Senators that did stand up but not loud enough.......and not with teeth and dignity.

HA ......I used the word Dignity ...and its no longer in the dictionary... Bushman and his crime family have removed it along with Human Rights, Habeas Corpus, the Geneva Conventions, Military Conduct Codes, Checks n Balances, honest government, oversight, Three separate branches, and peace. You know... All those words are words used by Terrorist and dissenter's.

TAKE IT FROM ME ----- DON'T MESS WITH THESE PEOPLE!!!

THEY ARE VERY BAD PEOPLE -- DON'T MESS WITH THEM!!!

-- YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW---------  Ya !.........think about it !

Hey! Maybe some good olé

House & Senate Approved USA torture

would SHUT ME UP!

Posted by Joe Anybody at 11:22 PM PDT

Updated: Wednesday, 4 October 2006 12:52 AM PDT

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Mood:  incredulous

Just What Are We Becoming?

Posted by Joe Anybody at 10:12 PM PDT

Updated: Monday, 2 October 2006 10:29 PM PDT

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Mood:  irritated

but first .....just to set the record straight, you got to know your facts ...then come sit at the table of broken hearts, for then we can all move forward, in one against this machine of death. Read the Prison Planet article then check out the slide shows from an Amnesty International email I received today.

"Is your daughter a future detainee?"

Watch this short slide show:

 GOD HELP AMERICA FOLKS WE ARE IN THE SHITTER

YOU MAY BE CONSIDERED FOR JAIL BEFORE YOU KNOW IT

THAT IS IF YOU ARE "STUPID ENOUGH" TO SPEAK UP

SLIDE SHOW OF ANTI-WAR-WARRIORS

Talk about a slide show

Notice how the fricken Wash DC LAW ENFORCEMENT is filming these

"PEACE -TERRORISTS"

5 MORE SLIDE SHOWS HERE

Posted by Joe Anybody at 5:19 PM PDT

Updated: Monday, 2 October 2006 10:27 PM PDT

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See How

Your Senator Voted

http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/109/senate/2/votes/259/

Thank You Senator Wyden for

Saying No

*** Senator Smith Thinks Torture is OK ***

And Z3 Readers check this

Great Site out

http://www.bordc.org/

**

Amnesty USA Link Here

Posted by Joe Anybody at 12:43 PM PDT

Updated: Friday, 29 September 2006 6:08 PM PDT

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Mood:  on fire

Counting Bodies Like Sheep

 ^{ANTI-WAR VIDEO}

Now Who In the Hell is going to stop the killing and Torture? Huh? who will be big enough ...strong enough....or have enough authority?

Huh ...who........how about All of us citizens ..thats who could do it!

WILL YOU STAND UP ....? HUH WILL YOU ?

STAND UP AND SAY

"NO MORE KILLING MR BUSH"

"NO MORE TORTURING MR BUSH"

HUH???????????

BUT ...WHO WILL DO THE BIDDING FOR PEACE?

I DARE YOU -->

For WHEN DO WE SAY "ENOUGH" is enough? .... HUH? when?

WELL let me tell you it  will only be by standing .....

STANDING UP AND LOUDLY SAYING "NO MORE" .. "STOP!"

Well zebra 3 Readers ...huh ????? are ya doing it are you yelling Stop?!!..Folks you need to scream it you need to be loud ...you need to be heard or else.....

LET ME BE FRANK WITH YOU --> AND YOU CAN QUOTE ME ON THIS AND PASS ALONG THE ANALOGY........YOU ARE EITHER FOR TORTURE OR YOU ARE AGAINST IT.......YOU ARE EITHER FOR WAR OR YOU ARE AGAINST IT........NOW STAND UP AND BE SOMEBODY OR TELL ME YOU CANNOT........ FOR  THERE WILL BE THOSE THAT WILL STAND AND SPEAK FOR JUSTICE .......AND THOSE THAT DON'T STAND AND SPEAK ...

AND I SAY IF YOU DON'T

STAND UP NOW THEN ... YOU

SPEAK FOR TORTURE AND WAR

...OTHERWISE I CHALLENGE YOU!  AND I CALL YOU OUT ...

....ARE YOU WITH ME OR ARE YOU AGAINST ME?

hUH ? yOU LIKE TO BE MEAN AND TORTURE huh!? WELL TELL ME THEN ....wHY DONT YOU STAND UP AND SAY SO .........!!!!!!!!!

_{SICK ASS POLICY -}

_{REAL COOL ....YA IM PROUD TO HAVE MY COUNTRY DO THIS}

Posted by Joe Anybody at 12:51 AM PDT

Updated: Thursday, 28 September 2006 1:46 AM PDT

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Hello Z3 fellow readers ......today I mailed after  re-reading this about 50 times the following letter to Rep Rangel of New York

It was after I read in the news The Congressman putting down Chavez.

Hell it didn't make Joe Anybody too happy. I felt I had to stick up for Chavez comments

I ask when is our own Democratic party going to have some backbone?

I am constantly reinforced to support the democrats but they talk like they don't want to stand up to this Kabul at the helm, and the illegal war at hand.

It is with this patsy-up-to-the-Republican-party that sure made me want to vote for Ralph Nader the last few times I had a chance ...and with shenanigans continuing I shake my head in wonderment. I cant support their cozy relationship they want with the ones I feel are ruining the very country they were sworn to protect and serve.

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Dear Mr. Congressman Rangel,

Hello I live in Portland Oregon and I am writing to you in regards to your distasteful put down of Hugo Chavez. He took the words out of my mouth. I applaud him for standing up to this very evil and crooked administration.

Three things prompt me to write you after reading “your comments” last week.

One:

It is sad that it takes a leader from another country to stand up and speak the truth as leadership here does just about nothing. Our country invaded and is to this very day killing civilians by the thousands, and all over lies about WMD and misleading references to terrorism links to 911 that are not factual.

Where is true Democrat leadership to end this illegal war? Where is my voice being represented? Where is impeachment inquires from my fellow Democrats? Where am I being represented for the policies and atrocities such as, the war in Iraq, the war in Afghanistan, the treatment of detainees, the civil rights of all of us citizens here in the USA who are being brushed aside and violated in the name of fabricated terrorism, the endorsement of bombing children and civilians in Lebanon, the rendition practices, the violations of the Geneva convention and revamping of the Habeas Corpus rulings? Where are the Democrat’s? That is my first question. Where are my representatives in the Democratic Party who are safeguarding our country and our policies? Why are we rewriting the Constitution and Geneva policy. Why do we torture, such as water-boarding and stress positions, dogs, cattle prods, and deviate sexual tactics?

So yes I am proud a leader steps up …for Mr. Congressman sir, after all  “We are in the wrong” I remind you, the whole world is watching, he deserves a handshake not a scolding.

Two:

You criticize Mr. Chavez and yet I “proudly” thank him.

Our country is pissing off and pissing on the whole world. We now, thanks to Mr. Bush and his Neocon war buddies… and the do nothing Democrats, are being considered a rogue bunch of terrorists in the worlds eyes. I am not alone in my accusation even within our own states, this is a comment well spoken. And now we are seeing others from around the world, who view our outlandish use of Military and offensive attacks and detainee treatment as being abominable and morally wrong. We are making more enemies than ever before. We are by our ugly actions, inspiring want-to-be terrorist training by the hundreds, and providing by our ill policies, fodder and hate to fuel the drive for “more” terrorists, this all done by our inhumane and pro-killing attitude and lies. We are turning America into a hated anti-humanitarian country. We proudly once used to be the leaders of Human Rights on a higher moral ground, and I say used to be.

Mr. Rangel… we no longer are on any kind of higher moral ground.

Yes leaders of other countries are speaking out. Hold on to your hats they are starting to come from all over the world dispelling their distaste and outspokenness to this blatant misuse of USA power. The demeaning verbal attack by Mr. Chavez is well deserved and well received by me. Shame on the Democrat party for not carry the torch of righteousness and honest government. When the Democrat party does nothing to stop these violations …at least thank God leaders from around the world will. If the Democrats were doing their jobs this wouldn’t have to happen. Shame on America. Look at the voices in the UN …it’s the same story. Bush calls them names and kills their families. The USA lies then kills and nobody stands up... well thousands are in the streets protesting but do any leaders listen? Where is the Democratic leadership when we really need them? Can’t they hear? Can’t they see?

Congressman Rangel, we lied about WMD and then attacked. We are aggressors and we are the Evildoer’s. You say we are not? Then prove it. I don’t believe you. I will instead watch other countries do what your party should be doing. Standing up to violations by our own trusted Government, protecting America ideals and morals, protecting our Constitution, and the Geneva Act, and respecting other Nations people and International laws. We have failed. I hope we see many nations step up and do more of this speaking out against our atrocities. For I do not expect you or our Democratic party to do it ….you haven’t yet and you wont. How sad you have to draw your line in the sand and protect this lying war president.

The USA is now lying all the time to the world and to me.

And now Mr. Chavez has called us on it ….how right can he be?

Three:

You mentioned how Mr. Chavez is offering heat and oil to the low income and the poor in “our” country. How admirable. Thank you Mr. Chavez. In fact you should thank him to. How kind of him to care about the poor and forgotten here in America. You see in this land of corruption (US) the rich get richer and the poor get colder and hungrier. The capitalist war profiteers get richer. The US oil companies could care less and have record profits. “They do not care.” And you are surprised to see no US oil company step up. Ha! I laugh, you need to get out more often. They don’t care about people. Mr. Bush’s war in Iraq is all about oil and power. The humanitarian concerns for our people or any people is not being represented by the greedy oil companies any more than Bush says he cares about the poor or cares about life. I have to laugh out loud.

Nobody cares or they would do something ... hey!  Hugo Chavez is doing something …amazing huh?

Oh yes,  Mr. Chavez knows and so eloquently has said so, to your distaste, I am sorry. 

It is a pity all we (you) do is close our ears, rebuke him for speaking ill of our Devil leader and then try to protect the corruption that the Democratic Party once upon a time might of stood tall and proud and fought against..

Not shame on Mr. Chavez ….oh no …its shame on you and the whole Democratic party, for putting the man down. He came half way around the world to say what are own elected representatives who live here, wont even half ass even begin to do. Yes not even half ass, that is a pretty sad state of affairs we got going in America today. To have leaders from around the world ….be doing what at one time was what you  as our Congress did…….preserving and protecting Our America!

Thanks for listening to me as a US Citizen

Who still does have the right to Free Speech

Please pay heed when great men from around the world have a message

Look no further, for the ones who are destroying America are at the helm as I write this.

And nobody dares say that they are wrong, not even the Democratic Party, but I do!

Can you hear me now?

~Joe Anybody

Posted by Joe Anybody at 9:56 PM PDT

Updated: Tuesday, 26 September 2006 11:07 PM PDT

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Mood:  lyrical

POWER TO THE PEOPLE 

http://chun.afterdowningstreet.org/video/zinn.wmv

I found this site when I was looking for some Democracy Information, I was excited because I wanted to hear Howard Zin's comments on using the "power of the people" to create democracy and change. He describes change as most likely to happen by and with the power of people, when they in mass amounts of numbers stop obeying the government. When young people refuse to join the military and participate in their government. When the "power of people" to protest fill the streets across the land, and even more so when military servicemen refuse to fight... and in large numbers stand up and say "NO We Wont Kill 4 You No More".....  And like all big changes as when workers organize and refuse to cooperate with their corrupt corporate business. For when Justice is crying out to stand together and stand up to the Government and loudly say "We wont do what you say anymore" that is when Democracy will be visible.

Howard then reads a few sentences from a not-much-mentioned book on the farmers in the 1800's that he says speaks so much better than his own words do on the patriot issue.

He tells us about Helen Keller and the little known fact that she was heavily involved in the anti-war movement and education in the United states. That Helen Keller was a radical and war protester, a picket line protester, and speech writer against the war, and shocking outspoken-anti capitalist and anti war profiteer.

^{Now Helen just may make it to my Joe-Anybody Hero's Page}

And when Howard  talks of Mother Jones who in her 80's and her plight for justice in the very early 1900's, marched and babysat with a whole bunch of young children for over 100 miles to protest labor laws and to help bring Justice I feel inspired and am touched by her compassion and desire for helping citizens achieve honest government and Justice for all!.

^{Remember Z3 Readers, as Mr Zin mentions in his lecture at Camp Democracy}

^{"Democracy is seen when people gather together to "Make Change"} 

CAMP DEMOCRACY

Besides this 30 min video from Howard there are dozens and dozens of more films to watch. I highly recommended it.

As Howard recommends tell your Congressmen that if they support the war they wont get your vote sign the petition and make a stand NOW

 check out

www.givepeaceavote.org

Please Work for Peace - Thank You - Joe Anybody and The Zebra3 Report

Posted by Joe Anybody at 11:27 AM PDT

Updated: Monday, 25 September 2006 1:10 PM PDT

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Mood:  irritated

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ufVGyHb0Gc

Posted by Joe Anybody at 12:47 AM PDT

Updated: Sunday, 24 September 2006 1:12 AM PDT

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