Get on the peace train

I'm going to the war protest downtown tomorrow.

On Tuesday, S2 and I found ourselves surrounded by fields of little white flags all over our college campus. Signs posted hither and yon said there were 112,000+ flags stuck in the ground on the campus. Each flag represented SIX Iraqis who have been killed since the United States invaded. That's more than 655,000 people.

SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIVE THOUSAND.

And that doesn't include the American soldiers (about 2,600 killed in combat so far), or those of other countries who either were bullied into joining us or foolishly followed us into this quagmire.

I will also note that the Pentagon has done a good job obscuring the number of American soldiers who've been wounded. The "official" count is over 24,000, but that number is suspect.

Standing in the middle of all those white flags on campus, I felt disgusted.

It's time to raise a little hell.

I believe the march leaves from the South Park Blocks at about 1:30. Why don't you all come out to play?