1,000-Plus War Protesters in Berkeley Spell out Opposition to Bush ("Impeach!" - PHOTO)

[Hissyspit]

Source: San Francisco Chronicle

http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/latestnews/index.php?id=10377

October 8th, 2007 8:44 pm
1,000-plus war protesters in Berkeley spell out opposition to Bush

San Francisco Chronicle

BERKELEY, CA -- It all began with a simple conversation around the kitchen table on a Saturday afternoon. Sarah Newsham, 9, asked her dad if he knew about Google Earth. Taking one look at the satellite images, Brad Newsham had an epiphany: The anti-war movement needed visuals.

On Sunday, nearly one year later, Newsham directed more than 1,000 people to lie on the grass at the Berkeley Marina to spell out "IMPEACH!" while photos were taken from helicopters whirring above.

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Brad Newsham, a San Francisco cabbie whose taxi is a Prius and has backpacked around the world four times, stood on a ladder directing the demonstrators when to lie down, when to sit, when to stand, and when to wave. An author of travel books, he has spent $20,000 of his savings on the "Beach Impeach" project. Three other impeachment lie-ins were held earlier in the year, at Ocean Beach and Crissy Field.

"These are crushing events to put on," Newsham said, smiling as he surveyed the bodies sprawled on the grass at Cesar Chavez Park. There were activists clad in "Guantanamo orange" shirts and jumpsuits, activists in pink, activists in green.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/10/08/BAP9SLTRT.DTL

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[bleever]

1. K&R, and don't miss catnapper's thread with DUers' reports:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1995501

Great job!

[maddezmom]

2. I'm not in the for or against camp

But I love this pic! K&R and thanks to all that were a part of the demonstration. :thumbsup:

[gateley]

3. K&R - GREAT pic! nt

[jeff30997]

4. Please read my sig line. :)

[Colorado Progressive]

5. Beautiful photo, kudos to Brad! nt

[alittlelark]

6. My friend Beth is somewhere in that pic!

I plan on being in one in the near future!:7

[RobertDevereaux]

22. I see her, I see her! :^)

[EFerrari]

27. LOL! If you go the the cross bar of the H, there's a patch of blue

on the right side. I'm the pink blob just above that.

catnapper is in the point of the exclamation mark. She's on the right side by a golden yellow tarp. There were other DUers there but I don't know where they were.

:hi:

[EFerrari]

28. It's such a fun action! I hope you do next time!

:)

[bonito]

7. K&R!

:thumbsup:

[Kurovski]

8. K&R. (nt)

[ooglymoogly]

9. big boot up.

[illinoisprogressive]

10. How clever. great.

[FREEWILL56]

11. K&R

It would be great if it were on a google earth photo, but who knows when that sats are taking pics.

[Whoa_Nelly]

12. Yay!

Done AGAIN!

Woo Hoo! :bounce: :woohoo: :bounce:

[iheartobama]

13. That's incredibly brave!

They'll probably all be photographed, wiretapped and then tasered by Blackwater!

[Cha]

14. And Incredibly beautiful~

History will prove they were right.

[Forkboy]

15. That is so damn cool!

:applause:

[Progressive Friend]

16. K&R

That is great!

[Kaleko]

17. Awesome. Yeah, babies...

every day there's more of US, and more and more. One voice. I want to hear US roar.

[lonestarnot]

18. Beeeeee u ti us!

[Senator]

19. K&R&I

[stlsaxman]

20. Wow!!! k/r

[Vinca]

21. If only those who can impeach would watch and listen and act. nt

[soothsayer]

23. Wow, those are some straight letters!

[Hissyspit]

24. I noticed that too!

Good measuring job by someone.

[EFerrari]

29. They all are marked off with a thin cord. And by now,

we know better than to mess with the outline or cast shadows where they don't belong. We don't want Brad to have a stroke!

[socretes73]

25. Congress Do We Hve to **SPELL IT OUT** FOR YOU???????

Do Your Job!

[Rambis]

26. K&R (nm)

x

[EVDebs]

30. Only when NSA satellites can see it from space will anyone do it eom

[BrklynLib at work]

31. soooooooooo coooooooooool...

[leQ]

32. Yes sirreee K&R