I stood on the sidewalk for about one hour to see the beginning and the end of the march. That’s how huge this rally was. I just couldn’t believe the number of people who were marching. We were probably 100,000 or more.

Great pics. Thanks, Marcus.

So what's appealing about pictures of creeps? Lots of creeps.

Amazing. I guess he got tired of posting as Simple Simon.

The funny thing is, way back on Oct. 26th, Bush Admirer was spending most of his time on Portland.indymedia.org, laughing about what he considered were 10 or 20 protestors getting together and comparing notes -- smelly hippies, he called them.

So, now he's back, to post and complain about the anti-war demonstrations again. And now, there's probably something like 20 million people all around the world, protesting.

Hey ass hole, if you're not paid by the government, listen-up: Iraq isn't a significant threat. Israel moved them from #1 down to #6 on their list (it's public record, and a software entrepreneur from Texas - as you claim to be, should have the intelligence to find the info). The CIA released a report in Oct. 2002 indicating that Iraq didn't pose a major threat when it came to weapons of mass destruction, but would if we attacked. And on and on an on.

You're such an ass hole that you think this is about partisan politics. There are major generals and retired generals strongly against this war. There are thousands of business people and republicans putting their names to petitions.

Take your head out of your rush limburger world. Yeah, pacifica and the left aren't perfect (you like to bitch about both). Some of their ideas aren't all that hot. But you, my friend, are as pompously ignorant as they come.

It was an inspiring march. I'm so glad someone took the time to gather the record for history. Nice job, Marcus!

I particularly love the sign that says "Somewhere a village in Texas has lost its idiot"!

funny that from these pics thats the same sign that caught my eye! I was actually one in that multitude and must say it was amazing! What was with all the cops though?

Just saw ABC's TV News of the event. About 15 seconds, in which they said something like: "The protests were mostly peaceful, although there was a minor disruption, which was dealt with by the police." Phew. That's a relief. I thought somebody might have been PROTESTING A WAR or something!

CNN was not much better. They stated that "15,000 people lined the streets," which most people would have thought meant that 15,000 people ATTENDED, when actually it was closer to 100,000.

So, the major corporations still don't get that World War III is bad for business - even for THEIR business. Thanks Indymedia and KPFK/Pacifica for getting out the truth.

YEA AND YAHOO NEWS WROTE THAT "people filled Hollywood blvd from curb to curb for four blocks"...yea right...TRY 8 TO 10 BLOCKS... THE MEDIA ARE SO FULL OF IT. I WAS THERE. I KNOW.

does anyone have a bird's eye view picture so that we can see the whole march from above?

thanks!

Jessica

I would think you'd want to media to reduce the headcount figures. The lower the attendance, the smaller the dumbass population in Southern California.

Go back to Texas B.A.Dumbf**k! Your village needs a replacement idiot!

Show your PATRIOTISM, show your HUMANITY,

Save lives in IRAQ and in YOUR TOWN, U.S.A.

BOYCOTT S.U.V.'s

WE ARE RESPONSIBLE

Let GEORGE BUSH and THE WORLD know that HUMAN LIFE means more to American Citizens than any "lifestyle."

We have the RIGHT to buy what we want, and we also have the CHOICE to BUY RESPONSIBLY.

SAVE GAS---SAVE LIVES.

NO WAR FOR OIL!!!

I think all these pro war people should put their beliefs into action. I understand that the military is hiring.

LOL .....EXCELLENT POINT...YEA IF YOU THINK WE SHOULD GO TO WAR....FEEL FREE TO VOLUNTER TO JOINT THE US ARMY IN IRAQ..... IT EASY TO SAY GO TO WAR, WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO...

82nd Airborne in the Gulf, jerk.

Why don't you go over there and become a human shield (target)? Please?

Then you might be a candidate for the Darwin awards, shithead.

yayyyy, saddam is good....we should just leave him alone! This little boy thinks so too!

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Halabja, standing against oppression Joy and happiness permeated the air in Halabja. Smiles never faded from the lips of the ever oppressed people of this town. The Iraqi fighter planes carried out the chemical bombing of Halabja, and some hours later the news came that Khormal, too, had suffered chemical bombing. The sound of laughter died down. Children sought the shelter of their mothers' arms. This was the beginning of the great crime of history. On Thursday March 17, 1988, and on Friday March 18, there took place one of the most shameful and fearful inhumane crimes of history in Halabja. The town of Halabja was bombed with chemical and cluster bombs more than twenty times by Iraqi fighter planes. In every street and alley women and children rolled over one another. The sound of crying and groans rose from every house in the town. Many families who were sleeping happily in their beds in their liberated town, were subjected before sunrise to chemical bombing, and poisonous gases did not even allow them to rise from their beds. Such was the situation on the bloody Friday of Halabja. Reasons not to remove saddam

Photo in LA Times 2-16-03 of entire length of march: from the Roosevelt Hotel to the tail of the march. distance 1and 3/4 miles between 10 and 11 blocks, continuous and packed from sidewalk to sidewalk on Hollywood Blvd. included on the sidewalks a large number who were so amazed at the turnout that they had to gawk from a better vantage. Puts a lie to the media and police contention that only 30,000 people showed up in a march only 4 blocks in length. My estimate using this ratio: 75,000 people minimum.

Victor, you are a complete fascist and bigot. Please hang yourself.

Save the world?? PLEASE Well folks here we go again, every Tom, Dick and Liberal are lining up in droves as they always do to scream and yell for the tyrant to protest the very actions that have provided them all of their freedoms. I truely think we should boycott these Hollywood extrodinaires and any other whiny pukes for their so called anti activism and hit them right where they can understand what this country gives them. Blood on their hands? I do not think so. Better look back to 9-11! Bet if California was where that sad event happened it would be a whole different ideal on the the West Coast.

Another ignorant thug troll swings through.

Slavery. The Holocaust. Halabja, Iraq. September 11th. How could we let this happen?

I'm sick of asking that question.

There's no more room in the world for tyranny. If we don't stop Saddam now while we have the advantage, we'll be back there in another 5 to 10 years with a situation on our hands we can't possibly afford. Whatever money is spent, whatever lives are lost on whatever side of the fight will be a microscopic fraction of what we will have within the next decade. Why would I want to wait for a threat to be imminent? It seems like "imminent" is almost synonymous with "too late". "Too late" in the weapons of mass destruction terms, pretty much means world war 3.

Who are we kidding? You can't reason with a guy like this?

Don't believe me? Ask 5 million dead jews.

Don't tell your president he can't stop a tyrant.

Can you say, Baaaa?

-"Slavery. The Holocaust. Halabja, Iraq. September 11th. How could we let this happen?-"

Well, for instance it starts when the people allow a non elected scum

like Bush into the white house without a whimper (helped by

a totally bought off, muzzled press) and then it is helped by a horde of miss led or willfully disceptive propagandizing

individuals who promote the idea that hate and violence is

the only solution to crimes committed by a ruling elite who

couldn't care less about the misery brought about by agendas

crafted to enrich the very few.

Ignorance is no excuse.

Do your own research and look around.

How tiresome.

Adam - That was a great post. You made your point very succinctly and drove it home. There is no room for disagreement.

Sheep Sniffer - That was a dumb post -- even dumber than your usual. President Bush is not 'non-elected scum.' To the contrary, he is the legally elected President of these United States, and he's doing a great job.

And Sheepdog, we don't have a 'ruling elite.' You're getting us confused with Iraq. They do have a ruling elite.

Those highly erroneous far-left sound bites like 'ruling elite' and 'non-elected' are really getting tired and worn out. They weren't valid when first trotted out here, and they haven't acquired even a smidgen of validity with continued use. In other words, you need some new material Sheepdog.

Sticks & Stones, etc.

You're the repetitive joke on this board in dire need

of new material. You and all your little weasels

can't make a silk purse out of a sows ear (yes I'm

talking about your hero again, in case you have

conveniently suffered another attack of Alzheimer's) and

your pathetic yapping can't respin reality. Have a

peanut.

Haha, I guess democracy works in America, because the will of the people, the silent majority, is happening. Too bad you don't believe in American democracy.......but you dictator lovers never learn.

My friend, Muhammoud escaped Iraq from Hussein, and he wants war. Funny how even Iraqis wants this war to start......

fucking die already. somewhere far away.

Look's like we're at war, against the fascist Ba'ath party. Their racial superiority theories, gas chambers, and genocide are about to bite the dust. Looks like we're getting hugs from the locals, too.

Beware who you call NAZIs, because we are actually engaging them. It's not just a slur or derogatory comment.. It's a politcal philosophy and governmental system. They love to keep records and photos of their victims. We'll all be seeing those very soon.

Since when do the filthy Mexicans have the right to comment on policies in this country? God back to that waste dump of a country, Mexico and continue to build turd houses and blame everyone but yourselves for you laziness.

Obviously the steroids are effecting you in some strange way, Glenn. I hate the lazy Mexicans as much as the next man, but let's not lose track that we should really be out there beating the shit out of hippies.

As an employer, if I ever find out that you participated in these marches, you will be paid minimum wage for the rest of your life, and I will spread this information around the circle of employers in case you get a future job. ALL THESE PEOPLE MARCHING ARE RICH UPPER MIDDLE CLASS BASTARDS, BUT THEY WILL SOON RUN OUT OF POSTER MONEY. Employers should make sure you get A SOCIALIST WAGE, WORTHY OF A SOCIALIST for the rest of your days. AND NEVER BE RICH ENOUGH TO VOICE YOUR SUBMISSION CULT OF FALSE DISSENT.

So If Bush is scum. What would you call someone who is, in deeds , a carbon copy of Hitler. A scum bag like you lying sacks of shit . It's not enough that we would shed our blood and the blood of our sons and daughters to protect the rights of you liberals and the people who have no idea what DO UNTO OTHERS AS WE WOULD HAVE THEM DO UNTO US means. I guess you would have turned your backs on the JEWS and everyone else who relly need people like real AMERICANS. Don't you think the people in Iraq are repressed and want the GOD GIVEN right to live an die as they see fit and not at the whim of some dictator ? I think you would sell your own mother for $$$$, fame and say whatever the hell you have to - to win or get your way. You make me sick.!!! Don't push your way to far into hell or you will certaintly get what you have comming to you.. YOU MAY KNOW IT OR NOT. The rest of Americans do love you, but don't push it. The world is worth saving nomatter if I or my children have to die to do it..... Just One American

wow

american

you're confused.

I LIKE this:

"_I will spread this information around

the circle of employers in case you get a future job._"

Dont do that!

Please master don't do that.

Here, take this little, thought with you.

Been there, done that.

You're next, cause you're not on top. Ha Ha.

Dr,

I won't call names and attack you because you are a civilian, but I find it interesting that you, with all your education, find it amusing to fling out flowery comments about the military. I understand you must have quite a hatred for the military to use us (yes, I am an uneducated war mongering military member) as your personal whipping boy, but support us or not, I would challenge you to conjure up even 1/10th of the courage it takes to face a fanatical, violent enemy thousands of miles away from home, completely separated from any kind of support group or family for months on end. I know, you want to tell me that we in the military "know what we are getting ourselves into" and that we don't deserve any kind of special nod from those we protect, but I disagree. No seventeen year-old has a CLUE what lies ahead when committing to 4 years in the military.

In the future, I would advise you to focus your emotional comments at areas other than the military. We ask NOTHING of you or any other civilian except a little basic room to operate, nothing more. Do not use us as a Conservative pawn war mongering reference, and do NOT say "I support my troops" as a cheesy, fake afterthought, like so many of those against me and my military brothers do.

By the way, those 5 Marine POWs who witnessed 4 of their fellow American's executions at the hands of the Iraqis on Sunday do not thank you for your lack of support.

Very Respectfully

John B. (SEAL, US Navy)

Dr,

I won't call names and attack you because you are a civilian, but I find it interesting that you, with all your education, find it amusing to fling out flowery comments about the military. I understand you must have quite a hatred for the military to use us (yes, I am an uneducated war mongering military member) as your personal whipping boy, but support us or not, I would challenge you to conjure up even 1/10th of the courage it takes to face a fanatical, violent enemy thousands of miles away from home, completely separated from any kind of support group or family for months on end. I know, you want to tell me that we in the military "know what we are getting ourselves into" and that we don't deserve any kind of special nod from those we protect, but I disagree. No seventeen year-old has a CLUE what lies ahead when committing to 4 years in the military.

In the future, I would advise you to focus your emotional comments at areas other than the military. We ask NOTHING of you or any other civilian except a little basic room to operate, nothing more. Do not use us as a Conservative pawn war mongering reference, and do NOT say "I support my troops" as a cheesy, fake afterthought, like so many of those against me and my military brothers do.

By the way, those 5 Marine POWs who witnessed 4 of their fellow American's executions at the hands of the Iraqis on Sunday do not thank you for your lack of support.

Very Respectfully

John B. (SEAL, US Navy)

Dr,

I won't call names and attack you because you are a civilian, but I find it interesting that you, with all your education, find it amusing to fling out flowery comments about the military. I understand you must have quite a hatred for the military to use us (yes, I am an uneducated war mongering military member) as your personal whipping boy, but support us or not, I would challenge you to conjure up even 1/10th of the courage it takes to face a fanatical, violent enemy thousands of miles away from home, completely separated from any kind of support group or family for months on end. I know, you want to tell me that we in the military "know what we are getting ourselves into" and that we don't deserve any kind of special nod from those we protect, but I disagree. No seventeen year-old has a CLUE what lies ahead when committing to 4 years in the military.

In the future, I would advise you to focus your emotional comments at areas other than the military. We ask NOTHING of you or any other civilian except a little basic room to operate, nothing more. Do not use us as a Conservative pawn war mongering reference, and do NOT say "I support my troops" as a cheesy, fake afterthought, like so many of those against me and my military brothers do.

By the way, those 5 Marine POWs who witnessed 4 of their fellow American's executions at the hands of the Iraqis on Sunday do not thank you for your lack of support.

Very Respectfully

John B. (SEAL, US Navy)

Dr, I won't call names and attack you because you are a civilian, but I find it interesting that you, with all your education, find it amusing to fling out flowery comments about the military. I understand you must have quite a hatred for the military to use us (yes, I am an uneducated war mongering military member) as your personal whipping boy, but support us or not, I would challenge you to conjure up even 1/10th of the courage it takes to face a fanatical, violent enemy thousands of miles away from home, completely separated from any kind of support group or family for months on end. I know, you want to tell me that we in the military "know what we are getting ourselves into" and that we don't deserve any kind of special nod from those we protect, but I disagree. No seventeen year-old has a CLUE what lies ahead when committing to 4 years in the military. In the future, I would advise you to focus your emotional comments at areas other than the military. We ask NOTHING of you or any other civilian except a little basic room to operate, nothing more. Do not use us as a Conservative pawn war mongering reference, and do NOT say "I support my troops" as a cheesy, fake afterthought, like so many of those against me and my military brothers do. By the way, those 5 Marine POWs who witnessed 4 of their fellow American's executions at the hands of the Iraqis on Sunday do not thank you for your lack of support. Very Respectfully John B. (SEAL, US Navy)

Dr, I won't call names and attack you because you are a civilian, but I find it interesting that you, with all your education, find it amusing to fling out flowery comments about the military. I understand you must have quite a hatred for the military to use us (yes, I am an uneducated war mongering military member) as your personal whipping boy, but support us or not, I would challenge you to conjure up even 1/10th of the courage it takes to face a fanatical, violent enemy thousands of miles away from home, completely separated from any kind of support group or family for months on end. I know, you want to tell me that we in the military "know what we are getting ourselves into" and that we don't deserve any kind of special nod from those we protect, but I disagree. No seventeen year-old has a CLUE what lies ahead when committing to 4 years in the military. In the future, I would advise you to focus your emotional comments at areas other than the military. We ask NOTHING of you or any other civilian except a little basic room to operate, nothing more. Do not use us as a Conservative pawn war mongering reference, and do NOT say "I support my troops" as a cheesy, fake afterthought, like so many of those against me and my military brothers do. By the way, those 5 Marine POWs who witnessed 4 of their fellow American's executions at the hands of the Iraqis on Sunday do not thank you for your lack of support. Very Respectfully John B. (SEAL, US Navy)

look 82nd airborne, you have military training so in my opinion, you should know that the "gulf war" of 91 was by no means a war at all so sorry to burst your bubble but you didn't represent the average american then, or now....maybe you need to ask questions at your "superior officers" before exclaiming righteouseness

SUCK MY BALLS U IRAQIE BITCHES



SINCERLY,

BEND OVER BITCH

I'm mentally unstable.

Don't you care?

Try living in El Paso, right on the Mexican Border.

You can't accomplish anything here if you don't speak Spanish, and I thought this was America.

Those Hollywood peace march photos must be fakes. The marchers look too clean to be real anti-war protesters.

ALL anti-war protestors are unwashed; ALL Asians are smart; ALL African Americans can run fast.