cop violence at philly anti-bush rally/AN UPDATE

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Tuesday December 13, 2005 · 7:41 AM PST

2005/12/13 · 07:41

i posted an entry about the cops running roughshod on the crowd that had assembled to pretest bush's philly speech. see link here:
http://www.dailykos.com/...

Here is another link to a bit-piece that appeared in today's inquirer http://www.philly.com/...

it turns out that the witnesses to this event were aplenty and the deleware media got some pics of the incident, as well. I was also contacted my the lawyers guild in philly and i am assisting their efforts to work out a legal solution for the family involved.

Now having said that, i can not seem to shake to image of a helpless mother's face watching in horror as her kids got beat up by the cops. seriously, lads and lassies, it almost makes me want to cry. I always fancied myself as a thick-skinned, seasoned activist but this incident has reminded me this it's my hyper-sensitivity to social justice that serves as my moral compass. AND THAT'S A GOOD THING!!! Read More

Philly Peace Protest Turns Violent

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Monday December 12, 2005 · 7:56 PM PST

2005/12/12 · 19:56

When George Bush's motorcade rolled into Center City Philadelphia today the President was greeted with a loud and sustained chorus of boos and whistles from the crowd of protesters that assembled outside the president's hotel. Bush was in town to deliver a speech about the latest in Iraq. (transcripts of Bush's speech) This was the 3rd in a series of four events staged by the White House to respond to critcs of Bush's Iraq policy. Later across town, Pennslyvania Congressman John Murtha, the hawkish democrat and war veteran whose recent challenge to end the war effectively reframed the Iraq debate, responded to the president's latest Iraq assessment charging that the continued US presence in Iraq undermines any political progress. "The Iraqis are not against democracy!" Murtha said, "they are against our occupation." It was towards the end of today's protest that things turned decidedly nasty as police charged the crowd, clubs in hand, wrestling a number of protesters to the ground. Read More

Gentle, Loving Demonstration

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Sunday December 04, 2005 · 1:47 AM PST

2005/12/04 · 01:47

Nice to have a nice snowy weekend at home in cherry hill, NJ to relax. one inportant project i am tending to this weekend is a little war protest that i hope others will become excited about, too.
i am taking little plastic army men and writing the words "BRING ME HOME" on a little piece of masking tape then sticking it onto the plastic soldier's base. Read More

How Medicaid Saved My Life!

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Friday December 02, 2005 · 7:46 PM PST

2005/12/02 · 19:46

It is with some trepidating that i share this story. But the message is an important one so, here goes. In february 2003, after a decade-long battle against methamphetimine use, I finally sought out treatment. Read More

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