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25. I began networking with people at youtube in 2005 or 2006 when we could not get live coverage on

actions against the war. We knew people were out in the streets in the thousands and messaged back and forth from the people in the streets as some watched the major networks.

We needed what we had in the past, national awareness of anti-war voices. Many people abroad did not believe any Americans opposed the wars. It was a total media black out when we considered what was happening in real time. And as they used to say, 'If it wasn't on TV, it never happened.'

But I was involved with local actions, which were on street corners and overpasses weekly in many places, plus going to meetings with our representatives.

It was a raucus time, with the VT and WA legislators calling for secession as we didn't want to be involved in the war. We had many town hall meetings like this one where Obama was going over the cost of Bush's wars and the disintegrationn of civil society in America from the cost, which we saw here. He gives examples, and we talked of these details with our people:

This data was available district by district in our state and we saw how schools were closed, social services were stretched to the breaking point and things were being sold off.

Thanks for the pix of where you were. Good going there. And 20 degrees?

No wonder you were ready for Hawaii!