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They Might Call It A Movement

This dKos diary by ilona rounds up accounts of the growing list of supporters adding their names to Cindy Sheehan's peaceful occupation of Crawford, TX. This article from the Chattanoogan paints a picture of the implications of increased public interest:

George W. can probably safely duck one woman for awhile, maybe forever. But what if another mother with a son killed in the Iraq War joins Cindy Sheehan? What if two join? Three? Four? Five? Six? What if some children whose fathers aren't coming back join the crowd? What if all the people in Iraq who have needlessly had family members killed by George's actions find a way to get to Texas? Crawford could start looking like a big city.

It could be Arlo Guthrie's vision come to life:

...And the only reason I'm singing you this song now is cause you may know somebody in a similar situation, or you may be in a similar situation, and if your in a situation like that there's only one thing you can do and that's walk into the shrink wherever you are, just walk in say "Shrink, You can get anything you want, at Alice's restaurant." And walk out. You know, if one person, just one person does it they may think he's really sick and they won't take him. And if two people, two people do it, in harmony, they may think they're both faggots and they won't take either of them. And three people do it, three, can you imagine, three people walking in singin a bar of Alice's Restaurant and walking out. They may think it's an organization. And can you, can you imagine fifty people a day, I said fifty people a day walking in singin a bar of Alice's Restaurant and walking out. And friends they may think it's a movement.

And that's what it is, the Alice's Restaurant Anti-Massacre Movement, and all you got to do to join is sing it the next time it come's around on the guitar. ...

It's sounding like there's a great need in this country for an Anti-Massacre Movement.

Posted by natasha at August 12, 2005 05:00 PM | Iraq | Technorati links |