This past weekend saw large and vocal demonstrations against the Bush war machine in every corner of the United States. We were joined in our outrage with Bush by people around the world, from Tokyo Japan to Prague Czech Republic and many places in between.
Who among us of the aging baby boomer generation would have ever thought back "then" that we would have to take the the streets again in our lifetimes to do battle against another out-of-control President who was leading the Nation through another country's civil war?
I was heartened during the People's March on the Pentagon in DC last Saturday to see people of many races involved. Black, white, brown, (even one woman with green hair) we were all there saying what needed to be said. The same could be said for the age distribution of the marchers. Some people were World War II veterans, some were in wheel chairs, many were mid-50s aging hippies like myself, most were college students (who will be the ones to have to pay for this mess in the future) and, good or bad, there were lots of grade school and younger kids in the crowd. Some parents brought their children to be a part of history. Others, unfortunately, were there so they know early in their lives how to take it to the streets 40 years from now when the next maniac "president" leads this country into another unjust war.
One of those getting early "training" was Jack, the 5-year old son of a colleague. This was his first protest against Bush and the Bush Crime Family. I certainly hope that it will be his last protest. However, something tells me that with the inability of humans to learn from history, this wont be his last protest. Jack's mom and dad are teaching him early and well how to deal with it if it has to be (didn't Crosby Stills Nash and Young once sing a song about teaching your children well)?
