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I protested this last weekend. There were 10 of us marching together:4 designers / business ownders, a writer, an English professor, 3 kids - two only 15 months and on their first march, and an arms specialist.

We joined somewhere between 100,000 (lower DC estimates) and 300,000 (organizer estimates) to register our disaproval for the war and this administration. The press in Washington was great. I hope it was around the country too.

The march basically bottlenecked at the whitehouse - people stopped, shouting and shaking their signs. You could almost taste the anger. Bush lies people die, this war brought to you by Halliburton, die monkey puppet, Make Levees not War. There was even a fantastically satirical group called Billionaires for Bush. We all stood there yelling at a vacant White House run by a vacant man.

Of course George Bush wasn't there. He was in Texas. He is the president who has spent the least time in DC, and the most on vacation but that's old news.

It felt really good to be doing something. Since we have no representation in the Sentate or Congress (really), I feel that marching is one of the only ways I can really have a say. Although only a day later the Senate confirmed John Roberts. Those same senators confirmed Brown to run FEMA. Thanks guys for looking out for our interests, Republican and Democrat alike.

And then more horrendous news from this pathetic government. They are looking to sell National Parks to finance rebuilding from Katrina. Get out of Iraq, idiots.