was -fantastic-, the speakers were (by and large) boring (and easily
strayed from the point to discuss their pet Project), and the people
were almost all wonderful. It was great, but I wish there could have
been more of an LP presence. There were undoubtedly more LPers, but
there were 10 of us together from NC, and fortunately we had the big
banner to show some sort of LP presence. We did get a featured shot on
a British news report! It's here (and thanks to Mike for digging it
out) at about 12 seconds in:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pW_YAf7OM58
The pictures I took are here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/hogarth/2007january27DCAntiwarRally
I will caption them later as I get a chance. The basic order is:
starting out, getting set up for the rally, getting organized for the
march, and marching. I tok a lot of pics of signs that amused me, and
lingered for a while near the socialists (I mean the declared
socialists) trying to figure out how they can get so much enthusiasm
and printed material and -presence- at these things, while we in the
service of freedom struggle so hard to get people involved (not that
I'm bitter). All the short vid clips I took are at the end; I will
caption them later also, and may google or youtube some of them. They
have a little 'film' icon in the lower-left corner, and should play
automatically in your browser when you select them.
The reason the field around us looks so empty is not because
Libertarians are untouchable :) but because we were right behind a
GIANT loudspeaker tower. VERY loud!
Mike's pictures are here:
http://www.putfile.com/dcposter/images/76663
Mike got some great crowd shots, as he climbed a tree for better
viewing. My shots are all very much from ground level!
Many thanks to my friend and co-worker Mel, who lives in the area and
met us at the subway stop to help shepherd us into the rally.
--
Susan Hogarth
http://www.lpradicals.org
