Month January 2003

Why is Colin Powell a…

Why is Colin Powell a Republican? From Daily Kos “Powell backs UM affirmative action plan. I know we went over this a couple of days ago, but why is Powell a Republican?” Condi Rice is now saying she supports affirmative…

The protests were worldwide

The protests were worldwide “A day of worldwide protests against a looming US-led war on Iraq has culminated in giant peace rallies in Washington, San Francisco and other US cities In Moscow, Cold War-era music accompanied a demonstration outside the…

Estimating crowd sizes

Estimating crowd sizesIt ain’t easy and it costs serious money to do it correctly! “For an accurate and efficient crowd estimate, the photographs have to be taken at hourly intervals using two systems onboard a fixed-wing aircraft looking straight down:…

“Somewhere in Texas, a village…

“Somewhere in Texas, a village is missing its idiot” The above was one of the many great signs I saw at the S.F. Peace rally yesterday! During the early days of the civil rights marches, Martin Luther King was asked, what can we…