Month March 2003

Sen Robert Byrd on the Senate floor yesterday A magnificent speech. Some excerpts: “Today I weep for my country. I have watched the events of recent months with a heavy, heavy heart. No more is the image of America that…

House member blasts Bush on Iraq war Rep. Stark (D-CA) says plan to bomb Baghdad is ‘act of extreme terrorism’ “I think unleashing 3,000 smart bombs against the city of Baghdad in the first several days of the war .…

Westwood protest – The day after the bombing started This was amazing, And scary. And inspiring. The Westwood Federal Building in L.A. was the designated gathering point. And several thousand did. ANSWER had a wheelchair rigged with speakers on poles powered by a…

Antiwar protests erupt across the globe From the NY Times comes this article of the demonstrations rolling across the planet in protest against the start of bombing.

No kidding The NY Times reports on how California increasingly feels distant and apart from the lunacies issuing from DC. “Californians love that sense of distinctiveness,” said Peter Bart, editor of Variety. “We’re not going to see the 60’s again,…