Sunday, August 13, 2006
ECLECTIC MIX DRAWN
Just look at these morons, and then marvel at the San Francisco Chronicle’s report:
The protest drew an eclectic mix ranging from pacifist groups to socialist political parties to immigrant rights and women’s organizations. Initiated by the ANSWER coalition, the National Council of Arab Americans and the Muslim American Society’s Freedom Foundation, the rally also supported the Palestinian “right of return” to land that is now Israel, and money for jobs and education.
Protesters—ranging from women with head scarves and full black robes to students in T-shirts and tattoos to couples pushing children in strollers—filled three city blocks, marching under Palestinian and Lebanese flags, a blue peace banner featuring a white dove and the purple standard of the Gabriela Network, an organization to empower Filipinas in the United States.
“I think war is an enemy of everybody and solves nothing,” said Eleanor Ohman, 87, of San Francisco, a member of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom. “I wish the president instead of saying ‘God bless America,’ would say, ‘God bless the world.’ “
Other protesters were more militant.
No kidding.