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chervilant

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7. I was one of the hundreds of thousands
Sat Nov 14, 2015, 08:15 PM
Nov 2015

who protested the illegal invasion of Iraq. I remember it was bitterly cold (wind chill of -17 degrees). The mainstream media had positioned their cameras at the edges of our massive crowd and were filming areas where protesters were few in number. I remember saying to my friends, "they're gonna allege that there were very few people protesting today." Of course, that's exactly what happened.

That was the first protest I'd experienced where the press was clearly co-opted by the corporate megalomaniacs who've usurped our media, our politics, AND our global economy.

I grieve for our younglings, who will bear the brunt of our hubris.

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Thanks, Blue State Bandit! Duval Nov 2015 #1
Surprise Zoftig1 Nov 2015 #2
Right On!! Thespian2 Nov 2015 #3
Bravo Bernie!!! Nailed it! Lodestar Nov 2015 #4
I was one of the hundreds of thousands chervilant Nov 2015 #7
my experience mirrors yours 90-percent Nov 2015 #11
They may have seen it. zentrum Nov 2015 #5
Right, because she's "electable" and it's "her turn." Still In Wisconsin Nov 2015 #12
Yes. It's very disheartening. n/t zentrum Nov 2015 #13
They see it as a feature, not a bug Scootaloo Nov 2015 #14
CBS is going to play up foreign affairs tonight - today - Clinton is strongest of anyone on that. Fred Sanders Nov 2015 #6
Trust... SoapBox Nov 2015 #8
Right.. She didn't just vote for the war she became a cheerleader. raindaddy Nov 2015 #9
and Dem support had a disproportionate effect: before it was something that MisterP Nov 2015 #18
Her name is known.No thinking necessary bjobotts Nov 2015 #23
K & R AzDar Nov 2015 #10
How many more of these are going to show up today? George II Nov 2015 #15
There are real terrorists there Rosa Luxemburg Nov 2015 #16
Because Afghanistan wasn't the wrong country. Blue State Bandit Nov 2015 #17
That's it? paleotn Nov 2015 #19
or that Bernie Sanders supports keeping troops in Afghanistan still_one Nov 2015 #21
What's stopping you?? nt Chef Eric Nov 2015 #24
THAT'S IT IN A NUTSHELL! AND It He Stood Up And ChiciB1 Nov 2015 #20
+ 1 zillion MissDeeds Nov 2015 #22
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