Damek.

I’ve been reading more Steve Gilliard lately. This piece about the ineffectiveness of large, unfocused peace rallies is outstanding. I have nothing to add.

As long as you prattle on about anti-imperialism and other college campus radical causes, you don’t get taken seriously. ANSWER in their own way is as bad as the Chickenhawks. Both are amazingly selfish. The chickenhawks refuse to serve, the ANSWER crowd uses people like Cindy Sheehan to promote their own agenda. Mumia’s ass is in jail, and you couldn’t [get] more than 10 minutes on black radio about him. And that’s a cause?

I just want to see a protest where there is only one topic, Iraq, the only speakers are talking about Iraq and all the signs are about Iraq. That anyone who mentions some nonsense like the “Popular Front” is shoved off the stage with a flying tackle. Talk about Iraq. But leave the other causes at home.

…Think about this: do you have a school prayer protest at an anti-abortion rally?

Fuck no. One message is clear, Fifteen are not.

Amen.