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Marcy Winograd, President of Progressive Democrats of Los Angeles, writes the following shout-out to support the heroic pro-peace actions of CODEPINKer, Tighe Barry:
Let's hear it for CODEPINK's Tighe Barry for his protest and subsequent arrest in Washington D.C. today. As the Democratic-controlled House took a vote (218-212, Waters, Woolsey & Lee voting NO, but releasing others to vote YES) to approve another 100-billion plus supplemental for the US occupation of Iraq, Tighe shouted from the gallery on the floor of the House, "Don't buy Bush's War" and "This blood is on your hands now" and "650,000 Dead Iraqis, How many more?." Police had to clear a row to get to Tighe, rushing him out of the gallery into the hallway. "Are you arresting me," Tighe asked, just to make sure -- and when the police officer nodded, Tighe figured he'd let it rip in the hallway, too. "Stop funding this war!"
After sitting in jail for five hours, Tighe spoke with me, saying that prior to the House vote, he met personally with Congress members Adam Schiff (Pasadena area) and Congressman Waxman (West LA), also with a staffer for Jane Harman -- all of whom told him they were doing the right thing in voting to continue the funding, that MoveOn.org had polled its members and everyone agreed the Democrats should approve the Iraq supplemental.
Still a Moveon.org member? Not me, I bowed out of that list this afternoon.
Who do we hold responsible for continued funding? Mainstream Dems or So-Called anti-war Dems who get to say, "I voted against this," while engineering the bills' passage. Shame on them.
If you're interested in joining anti-war activists at the California Democratic Party convention April 27 - 29 in San Diego, email me at pdlavote@aol.com or visit pdla.org.
