Reply #11: answers to your questions

[FatDave]

In the pix where the police are lining that wall - where was that?

Everybody met up at an elementary school at State and Walton. Ogden Elementary I think. That's where all the daylight pictures are from. The police were lined up across the street from the school, on the other side of State (I think).

I thought the march route was on Michigan Ave?

Mostly down Michigan. This is from memory, so I hope I'm getting it right. We started at the school on State & Walton and headed east on Walton to Michigan. We took Michigan south to Wacker, Wacker west to Clark, Clark south to Washington ending at Daley Plaza.

How many marchers do you think showed up?

Really hard to say. If I had to guess, I'd say over 10,000. Maybe a lot over, maybe barely. It was hard to judge from the middle of it. Haven't seen any aerial shots or anything yet. I get the number 10,000 because that's what I heard turned out for an immigration rights march a week or two ago, and though I wasn't there I saw pictures and this seemed bigger, from the ground anyway.

Did you see any Protest Weiners - er, Warriors?

Very few. I saw some idiot screaming something about glory and honor (apparently we lacked both). Saw a couple people holding Israeli flags. Some guy with a sign that said something like "thank you American left for allowing me to continue killing" next to a picture of what I presume was a terror suspect. Couldn't see it very well and couldn't even read the whole thing. A few "support our troops" people, who were met with chants of "support our troops: bring them home".

The most visible of the counter-protesters were Billionaires For Bush (http://billionairesforbush.com/), but they're on our side really.

The overwhelming majority of people on the sidewalks were giving us peace signs and taking pictures. I saw a homeless man singing "War: What is it Good For?" at the top of his lungs.

Thanks for the pix, and thanks to you and everyone who participated for marching against Bush.

No need to thank me, it was my pleasure! :)