Code Pink was at the Capitol Tuesday, and a member approached Secretary of State Rice with her hands painted in blood, calling her a war criminal. The woman was arrested, and then, as you can see in this video, the police rounded up other people and forcibly took them out of the room. This follows on the heels of other protests earlier this week, and pressure builds for us to get out of Iraq, and the country prepares for a wave of demonstrations this Saturday, October 27th.
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This may seem like a joke, but in fact, it is direct from the CIA website. God save us all.
Thanks to the GrannyGeek blog, where I picked this up.
Yesterday the No War, No Warming folks descended on the Capitol for some civil disobedience. Here’s a video of some of the protesters, dressed as polar bears, as they make their way to our nation’s center of government. These bears can rhyme:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Zn9VIkNih0
and then here’s more on the bears, and some protesters getting arrested:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ouXTzKmWbM
Some commentary from David Swanson, who was there and notes:
Oil towers and windmills in Independence Avenue, all the doors to Congressional Office Buildings blocked, music blasting, dancing polar bears, a faux Blackwater patrol, a reborn SDS, traffic blocked by a wall of kids, everyone arrested, traffic restarted, another group blocking the street again, including Ted Glick who still hasn’t eaten, corporate reporters and staffers annoyed they can’t get across the street but rather uninterested in why,
All this is building up to the big marches across the country this Saturday. Visit http://www.oct27.org to find the one near you.
