I got interviewed on local TV at Chicago protest!

[teriyaki jones]

Hey kids!

I marched in the 3rd anniversary war protest in Chicago yesterday and got interviewed by local ABC affiliate, AND THEY AIRED IT! You can watch the video by going here:

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=local&id=4003076

then click on the video link just below the start of the article. I'm the one right after Juan Torres. It was just a brief soundbyte, but I don't think I sounded too stupid!

The protest was a great event, peaceful but energetic, and we had a pretty good turnout (though it really should have been ten times the size it was!)

We all need to get our feet on the ground at these events, fellow DUers!

Terry Jones

[Coexist]

1. How cool!

[0007]

2. We need bigger and nosier crowds

[teriyaki jones]

6. I totally agree!

But maybe NOISIER instead of nosier?

And we were pretty noisy anyway. There's a pretty good article in today's Chicago Tribune, believe it or not!

[0007]

9. Noisier is what I meant. I know we do have the nose of the fuzz

on our tails. My God, what was I thinking?

[teriyaki jones]

13. Cops were filming the protest

Lots of them, so my little face and my fingers raised in a peace sign now grace all kinds of footage. I guess my dossier is a little fatter now. I'm so glad I wore make-up for my photo ops!

The police presence at the march was pretty intense--if you added their numbers to the crowd estimate it would go up exponentially. In full storm trooper regalia, too--even the police horses had their visors down, ready to defend against the paper cuts from our signs. Geez louise!

We were chatting with one of the "friendly" cops (the ones passing out the printed rules for the march), and my friend challenged him with, "why are you so afraid of a couple of fat old ladies?!"

[lanah]

15. you are a true patriot

:patriot:

[teriyaki jones]

17. Thanks for that--have you seen this quote?

"Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does NOT mean to stand by the President or any other public official save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country. It is patriotic to support him insofar as he efficiently serves the country. It is unpatriotic not to oppose him to the exact extent that by inefficiency or otherwise he fails in his duty to stand by the country."

-- Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States


So, by this standard, we here are all patriots. But we knew that!

[0007]

20. Kudos to ya and thanks for the run down.

[valerief]

3. Bravo!

[cal04]

4. Good for you! You were great

thanks for sharing that with us

[Keseys Ghost]

5. Great job!

[in_cog_ni_to]

7. Great job, Terry!!!

You did good!:thumbsup:

[benddem]

8. keep us posted

on the election on Tues. OK?

[bananas]

10. "Consolidated thread of protest/vigil/rally photos across the country"

Go nominate this thread - I added a link to your post there:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x699027

[teriyaki jones]

11. Done--and thanks! n/t

[GoldenOldie]

12. Young man inconvenienced because he was late picking up girlfriend???

For a movie??? He looked eligible age to fight in Iraq.

Does my heart good to see all the young people out protesting and voicing their discontent with this administration. Does my heart good to see all the college students taking their spring break working in NO instead of drinking, screwing and making asses of themselves in Cancun or whereever. Does my heart good to know that there are millions of young people who are paying attention and know that our very lives depend on being aware and active.

You can bet this young man will not spend his money or time watching a Farenheit 9/11 or good night and good luck......

[teriyaki jones]

14. We were heartened also

to see a lot of young faces at the march. But we also got harassed on the street by a group of young women after the protest as we straggled away from the end of the march carrying our signs and candles. They were pretty disgusting. But we also got a lot of support.

[IsIt1984Yet]

16. Nice work!!

Good for you... saying something!!!

Moving video; it brought tears to my eyes!

[JohnnyCougar]

18. Aaack!! I wish I knew about that!

I could have rounded up some people and been out there. I had nothing to do! I never find out about protests until it's too late!

Is there a mailing list I could get on?

[teriyaki jones]

22. I heard about it from a friend, but

if you want to be kept apprised, I think you should join any of the local peace groups. You could start here:

http://www.chicagoactions.org/index.html

This is the group that put this action together, and there are lots of links and other good info there.

[Gabi Hayes]

19. Daley Plaza....from Yahoo pix link

?x=380&y=249&sig=LBbkLCkJRm8OobBNu6NdBw--

http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/events/ts/031806antiwar/im:/060319/480/iljl10803190404;_ylt=AhRgBeWgNmPVav7O.x0rBteaK8MA;_ylu=X3oDMTA5bGcyMWMzBHNlYwNzc25hdg--?sp=6000

[teriyaki jones]

21. Cool--thanks for the link, here's my photo

My friend's idea of bringing candles got us a lot of photo ops!

Here's the link to just that photo:

http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/events/ts/031806antiwar/im:/060319/480/iljl10903190403;_ylt=Ag8ItyuvMp5Uh59v_JKDj6xiWscF;_ylu=X3oDMTA3dmhrOGVvBHNlYwNzc20-