On a side note, clearly these people are dangerous, violent, and disgusting, but they didn’t do this because the are Appalachians, rural whites, or poor whites. They did this because they are criminals, thugs, and racists.

Recently there was a horrific home invasion in sleepy Cheshire CT, deep in the heart of prosperous Yankee-land, committed in part by a guy in his 20’s from a well-off family. I lived in L.A. for thirty years before moving back to CT and don’t recall a L.A. home invasion anywhere near as sickening as what happened Cheshire. Seriously.

So, I agree, let’s not slime poor Southern whites for atrocities committed by the deranged.

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Buses will be coming from dozens of cities and towns. There’s still time to reserve a seat.

Speakers at the White House rally will include:

Ralph Nader
Malik Rahim, Founder, Common Ground Collective, New Orleans
Cindy Sheehan, Co-Founder, Gold Star Families for Peace
Ramsey Clark, former U.S. attorney general
Adam Kokesh, Iraq Veterans Against the War
Tina Richards, CEO, Grassroots America
Mahdi Bray, Executive Director, Muslim American Society Freedom Foundation
Mounzer Sleiman, Vice-Chair, National Council of Arab Americans
Etan Thomas, Washington Wizards Basketball Player
& many other veterans, family members, anti-war, student and community leaders!

In the 1960s and 70s, the antiwar movement had no interest in cajoling Democratic Party “doves”. It saw its job as raising hell in the streets to the point where both parties would succumb to the pressure.

And that is precisely what we need to do now.

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DJ Mitchell, who has lived in Sri Lanka, on our post about plane flights and emissions.

Probably 75% of the world’s population will not fly on an airplane in their lifetime. Those of us with a laptop computer and wireless access ARE wealthy.

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