Peace March Portland, March 15
We went downtown to show our support for peace, and peaceful resolutions of international problems. Not everybody there was like us. Some are Christians, some are anarchists. Almost all of the 20,000 - 45,000 people who came to the rally were there to tell George Bush we don't want him to go to war. I saw 3 or 4 people expressing support for Bush.
One of them had the most tellling of all signs: Fear and Obey. Not words we associate with a democracy. Instead they are the words of an old testament god -- or a dictator.
The Peace Marchers' signs were wonderfully varied and home-made. The messages and the materials showed the diversity of backgrounds and also the creativity inspired by deeply personal reactions to the prospect of this war.
A sampling of signs seen at the March 15 Anti-War Rally and March in Tom McCall Waterfront Park:
We are not war-ophobes
One nation --- under surveillance
George. Nobody likes you. Go away and take Dick with you.
Bush needs a time out
Buck Fush
Target the economy, not Iraq
Get weapons off welfare
Lets talk regime change
We ARE whom we revile
There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people.
Stop Mad Cowboy disease
Bush is a plant -- an invasive one
What would Jesus bomb?
Attacking Iraq would breed more terrorism
Neoliberal police state
Bush is to Christianity as Osama is to Islam
Bush Wack
Illegitimate war by an illegitimate president
What if God Blesses Iraq?
There never was a good war or a bad peace.
War not. We’re on the verge of peace.
Bush should have pulled out sooner
A village in Texas lost their idiot
Smite usurpers
Dissent is Patriotic
Save my brother (U.S. Marine Corps ____) Kill the war!
Stand for peace, don’t fight for peace
French kiss for peace
Viva la veto
Bomb Texas not Iraq - Texas has oil, and assholes too!
How did our oil get under their sand?
I support our troops by supporting peace
Make Peace Peacefully
Bombing for peace is like fucking for virginity. Bombing for peace is like fucking for chastity
Violence is the refuge of the incompetent - Issac Asimov
War is a failure of government
Another unemployed English teacher for peace
Don’t mess with Mesopotamia
Should Christians support war in Iraq? WWJD? (What would Jesus Do)
Texas dyslexic confuses Satan with Jesus
Save lives, Wage peace
Peace is patriotic
French is just another word for nothing left to lose. (? as in Freedom’s just…)
Thanks France, our first and best ally.
I blame Ronald Reagan McDonald
Draft SUV drivers now. Kick their ass and take their gas
Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Ashcroft --- Asses of Evil
The US will ignore the UN to prove to Iraq that you can’t ignore the UN
Protest is patriotic
Peace is patriotic
Bush mocks American values
In your wildest dreams did you ever imagine “no child left behind” referred to military recruitment?
No pre-emptive war
Power to the peaceful
No George. Use your words!
And a full-page ad from NY Times -- opposing war (The owners of this sign had it blown up to about 3'x 4')
It addresses the benefits that will come to Osama bin Laden and terrorists like him when we attack Iraq.
One of them had the most tellling of all signs: Fear and Obey. Not words we associate with a democracy. Instead they are the words of an old testament god -- or a dictator.
The Peace Marchers' signs were wonderfully varied and home-made. The messages and the materials showed the diversity of backgrounds and also the creativity inspired by deeply personal reactions to the prospect of this war.
A sampling of signs seen at the March 15 Anti-War Rally and March in Tom McCall Waterfront Park:
We are not war-ophobes
One nation --- under surveillance
George. Nobody likes you. Go away and take Dick with you.
Bush needs a time out
Buck Fush
Target the economy, not Iraq
Get weapons off welfare
Lets talk regime change
We ARE whom we revile
There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people.
Stop Mad Cowboy disease
Bush is a plant -- an invasive one
What would Jesus bomb?
Attacking Iraq would breed more terrorism
Neoliberal police state
Bush is to Christianity as Osama is to Islam
Bush Wack
Illegitimate war by an illegitimate president
What if God Blesses Iraq?
There never was a good war or a bad peace.
War not. We’re on the verge of peace.
Bush should have pulled out sooner
A village in Texas lost their idiot
Smite usurpers
Dissent is Patriotic
Save my brother (U.S. Marine Corps ____) Kill the war!
Stand for peace, don’t fight for peace
French kiss for peace
Viva la veto
Bomb Texas not Iraq - Texas has oil, and assholes too!
How did our oil get under their sand?
I support our troops by supporting peace
Make Peace Peacefully
Bombing for peace is like fucking for virginity. Bombing for peace is like fucking for chastity
Violence is the refuge of the incompetent - Issac Asimov
War is a failure of government
Another unemployed English teacher for peace
Don’t mess with Mesopotamia
Should Christians support war in Iraq? WWJD? (What would Jesus Do)
Texas dyslexic confuses Satan with Jesus
Save lives, Wage peace
Peace is patriotic
French is just another word for nothing left to lose. (? as in Freedom’s just…)
Thanks France, our first and best ally.
I blame Ronald Reagan McDonald
Draft SUV drivers now. Kick their ass and take their gas
Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Ashcroft --- Asses of Evil
The US will ignore the UN to prove to Iraq that you can’t ignore the UN
Protest is patriotic
Peace is patriotic
Bush mocks American values
In your wildest dreams did you ever imagine “no child left behind” referred to military recruitment?
No pre-emptive war
Power to the peaceful
No George. Use your words!
And a full-page ad from NY Times -- opposing war (The owners of this sign had it blown up to about 3'x 4')
It addresses the benefits that will come to Osama bin Laden and terrorists like him when we attack Iraq.