Tina Richards: "All Power to the People!"

On Saturday, September 15, 2007, the ANSWER Coalition, a progressive antiwar group, sponsored a Mass March and Die-In in Washington, D.C. Its purpose was to raise the consciousness of enough people in this country to stop the illegal and immoral Iraq War and to prevent the Bush-Cheney Gang from launching a war against Iran. The rally took place in Lafayette Park, just north of the White House, where a number of prominent speakers were heard. One of the speakers was Tina Richard, CEO of Grassroots America. A Marine Mom, she read a very moving poem to the crowd from her son, Cloy, an Iraq War Veteran. It was entitled, "A Word is Worth a Thousand Pictures." When she finished the poem, Ms. Richards demanded: "All power to the people!" For additional details, and updates, on the Sept. 15th rally, and for the exact number of arrests, please see: www.ANSWERCoalition.org. A fuller video version, (one hour, 3 minutes), of the rally can be found here: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1697306426184071314.

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AP, 9/17/07: "Iran is not a suicide nation...we have the power to deter Iran, should it become nuclear. There are ways to live with a nuclear Iran ...they'll never be able to compete with us in our true military might and power. War, in the state-to-state sense, in that part of the region would be devastating for everybody, and we should avoid it..." -- Gen. John Abizaid, recently retired commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East

[wiskawind]

Impeach Bush/Cheney and all their henchmen and put them on trial for war crimes against the American people and against humanity! They should have to PAY for what they have done!!!

[breaks0]

That's devastating! This is the vets movement as much as it is the working and middle class movement. Get aboard or get outta the way.

[knowledgeofall]

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