-Thomas
--- Johns Rabun <salsaman_jr at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2003 14:31:08 -0800 (PST)
> From: Johns Rabun <salsaman_jr at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Huntsville Rally
> To: Entheogens at yahoo.com
>
> We had about 60 people show up in the pouring rain
> for
> our rally from 2:00-3:00. We didn't have a permit
> to
> assemble so we had to keep moving and we walked
> several times around a city park.
> Ages of participants ranged from 9 to 82. There
> were
> other events in Alabama; in Birmingham, Montgomery,
> and Auburn. I haven't heard how large they were,
> but
> as I said, it was pouring state wide today.
>
> We also have a small yellow ribbon group that met
> last
> night. They are people with family in the military.
> We have several local merchants who have allowed us
> to
> put boxes of peace symbols - with yellow ribbons
> tied
> to them and bring the troops home written on them -
> for free distribution in their stores.
>
> This was a smaller crowd than we have been having
> but
> the weather was rotten. The New York, Rome, and
> London rallies were damn inspirational.
>
> A friend of mine in Elkins W.Viragia said they had
> 30
> people this past Friday. They have been meeting
> every
> Friday for the past month. We have been meeting for
> our vigils from 7:00 to 8:00 every Tuesday since
> September.
>
> Pax,
>
> Johns
>
>
>
> =====
> "How did our oil get under their sand?"
> Sign seen in DC on 1/18
>
> "A nation that continues year after year to spend
> more money on military defense than on programs of
> social uplift is approaching spiritual death."
> Martin Luther King
>
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