"I have ENLISTMENT papers!"

[LittleClarkie]

Sunday Peace Rally, part deux

Went to the local peace rally again yesterday. I have a definite tendance to stand next to the veterans for peace, I've discovered. Not sure why, except daddy was a sailor and perhaps they remind me of our former candidate. My buddy yesterday was a guy with a homemade sign and all of his affiliations on the back. Besides being a Vietnam vet, he's also a Dem, a member of the ACLU, the Sierra Club, and various other orgs.

No counterprotester this time. Might have had to do with the weather, which was cool and rainy. Or it might have had to do with the Packer game on at the same time. I missed him in a way.

There were only 17 people this time. My first time on the front lines, we had 30 or so. But then again, as I said for the counterprotester, the weather and the Packer game may have been the reason for the lower turnout.

I ended up talking to a girl from Northern Wisconsin for a while. Did you know that there are still communes around? I didn't. Apparently we have a few up between Duluth/Superior and the Apostle Island area. Hrm.

I get the feeling that I and the vets probably bother the more peaceful folk among the group. They are non-confrontational, and we tend to yell back. It's being put on by them, not us, a fact I was reminded of last time. So they feel they can dictate how we protest. Still, we yell, but we don't threaten violence, so maybe they're cool with it. I'm too new to be sure, actually.

Mostly we got thumbs up, horn honks and peace signs. I can remember only a few angry stares, one half a peace sign, and two kids in a car calling us morons.

One of the vets shouted at him "Why aren't you in the Army if you support your president?" They shouted something back about shutting up (it's hard to tell what people are saying in a driveby situation). I yelled out "You look able-bodied," and then again as they passed us "I have ENLISTMENT papers!" And I do too (thanks ClassWarrior).

It started to rain as we took the group photo, which is done every week so that people can show their relatives what we're doing and maybe invite them.

Keep in mind this is right in the middle of Sensenbrenner's district, so the thumbs up:middle finger ratio was pretty good.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. Good for you

We tend to shout out to people who drive by our protests, too. Some of our members are vets, but most aren't. I like the idea of enlistment papers. The last time we protested, I had a big red white and blue sign saying "We support our troops-but not Bush's policies." It was fun watching people starting to give me the bird, then stopping suddenly when they read the sign! They didn't know what to do!

[LittleClarkie]

2. We have Camp Casey style crosses

that were probably left from the Cindy vigils a couple of months ago.

Last time I had a sign that struck my fancy because I'm a Dungeon and Dragon player: "Frodo lost. Bush has the ring."

This time, since I'd just been to church, I picked: "Bush is a "born-again" liar, cheat and crook."

There aren't that many vets in our protest either, but for some reason I end up next to them each time. They got a good chuckle out of my enlistment line.

In a way, it feels like it is part peace protest and part BFEE protest, if you know what I mean. Nevertheless, they always keep track of the number of Iraq dead, and that always get a prominent spot in the photo they take at the end.

[USA_1]

3. please post a copy ...

... of an enlistment form so that I can make copies and distribute them to warmongers everywhere

[LittleClarkie]

4. Here's a link to the PDF

if that helps.

http://www.rethinkingschools.org/archive/19_03/military_enlistment.pdf

on edit: it don't help if I don't put the damn link in, now do it.

D'oh!