{"article":{"id":194065,"heading":"The Peace Plane flies to the Oscars","author":"Simon Rose","created":"2007-02-25 01:19:21","modified":"2013-11-11 00:47:19","last_modified":"Mon, 11 Nov 2013 07:47:19","article":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>\"Though Iraq is the number one issue in America, and though the vast majority of Americans want our troops home as expeditiously as possible, the Senate has decided not to even debate the occupation of Iraq,\" said Sam Feldman of Miami Veterans for Peace.  \"Therefore, we must broadcast the message over the rooftops of America until members of the Senate show some of the same courage that our young men and women, who are fighting in Iraq, show every day.\" <br><br> Outside the Academy Awards,  Military Families Speak Out is hosting an \"Oscar for Peace\" anti-war vigil and awards ceremony beginning at 12 noon at the corner of Hollywood and Vine in Hollywood, California.  They are presenting \"Oscars\" to members of the PEACE community who have shown continued support in ending the war in Iraq and bringing our troops home NOW! <br><br>  <br>  <br> For more information on DFAM, please visit the Democracy for America Link at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogforamerica.com\/view\/19852\">http:\/\/www.blogforamerica.com\/view\/19852<\/a> <br><br>   Contact: Simon Rose \/ Press Secretary <br>  <br>   Democracy for America Miami <br>  <br>   305-794-7959 cell <br>  <br>   305-854-9457 fax <br>  <br>   <a href=\"mailto:svlakota@earthlink.net\">svlakota@earthlink.net<\/a> <br>  <br> <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","contact":"svlakota@earthlink.net","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","summary":"Democracy for America Miami (DFAM) and Miami Veterans for Peace have come up with a novel approach to broadcasting a message to end the occupation of Iraq: an aerial banner that reads. \u201cBring Our Troops Home Now\u201d.  These two groups decided to first try their idea at this year\u2019s Super Bowl in Miami and again at the Grammy Music Awards, but inclement weather forced the event to be postponed.  Now the organizers have turned their attention to this Sunday\u2019s Oscars in Hollywood, California.  \r\n","numcomment":2,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/2007\/02\/peace_plane_oscars.jpg","filesize":"115.7 kibibytes","article_url":"\/news\/2007\/02\/194065.php","image":{"original":"\/uploads\/2007\/02\/peace_plane_oscars.jpg","small":"\/uploads\/2007\/02\/peace_plane_oscars.jpgthumb.jpg","medium":"\/uploads\/2007\/02\/peace_plane_oscars.jpgmid.jpg"}},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":194107,"heading":"Very Nice","article":"Here is some fun stuff for peace:\r\n\r\n<a href=&quot;http:\/\/bikesummer.org\/CanRAND.html&quot;>The Where's Waldo of BushCo.<\/a>","author":"Fun Stuff","parent_id":194065,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2007-02-25 14:32:46","modified":"2007-02-25 14:32:46","fileurl":""},{"id":194513,"heading":"second oscar","article":"I can see the 2008 Oscar ceremony now - Helen Mirren wins her second Best Actress award in a row for portraying Laura Bush. At the emotinal climax, Laura admits to her psychiatrist that she married a moron like W only because he was a ticket away from life as a librarian in West Texas, which has only eight books anyway, none of which have been read by W. Bush has a heart attack when he sees Laura join Cincy Sheehan in a peace march.  Walter Reed Army doctors remove his heart and transplant it to Dick Cheney, who proclaims himself King.","author":"Meyer London","parent_id":194065,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2007-03-03 20:49:27","modified":"2007-03-04 22:59:09","fileurl":""}]}