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This weekend, the entire Southern mid-Atlantic was covered in a record amount of snow. The planned for Peace March in my town attracted only the heartiest souls … sadly, myself not among them.

The snow started to let up about 4:00. We were all going a little stir crazy in the house, so I asked my two girls — six and eight — if they still wanted to go protest the war. They were game, so instead of marching to the Downtown Mall, we drove there and walked around. All that was left of the protest were a few desiccated “snow angels” and a single sign. The girls decided they still wanted to have their own “parade”, so they stomped around crying “No More War!” and waving their umbrellas in the air. It wasn’t very politically potent, but it was awfully cute.

The reports have come in from around the globe, with estimates between four and twenty million protestors engaging in rallies this weekend. Even though the local contingent was a little sparse, the worldwide turnout was impressive. I have spent a little time gathering the most interesting pictures I could find of what has become known as F15 and present them to you here on the following pages. There are a lot of files here, so be prepared for some serious load time:

IMAGES OF PEACE

from New York City (29 images)

from across the nation (24 images)

from around the world (65 images)

(Thank you to the Citizens For Legitimate Government newsletter for bringing this one to my attention)

From the InvesTrend website:

Halliburton, GE, Conoco Accused of Terrorist Ties

New York City Comptroller William C. Thompson, Jr. has called for a “review” of three U.S. companies that “ conduct business with terrorist-linked companies,” naming General Electric Co., ConocoPhillips and Halliburton Company. Thompson has submitted shareholder resolutions on behalf of the New York City Police and Fire Department Pension Funds to the companies, calling for a vote to establish a Board of Directors’ committee to review the corporation’s operations with reference to “potential financial and reputational risks.”

“If we are trying to eradicate terrorism, we must ensure that companies in our portfolio are not using off-shore subsidiaries to legally evade United States sanctions against terrorist-sponsoring states,” Thompson said.

You mean just because a country harbors terrorists and produces weapons of mass destruction, we can’t do business with them? Say, what kind of Amerricun are you?