In my town of 40,000 souls, over 1,000 turned out for a peaceful rally and march through town, San Francisco had over 40,000, and as many as 200,000 marched in Washington D.C. giving ample testimony to the fact most Americans appear to be strongly opposed to any war on Iraq.

Here in Central California, I counted exactly one guy with sign supporting Pres. Bush, although the local rag saw fit to give this sole soul a couple lines of ink. "They're America haters" he was quoted as saying.

Nothing could be further from the truth.

Americans from all walks of life, including many families with children, took part in the peaceful rallies Saturday, and in Europe and Asia, others took to the streets to demonstrate their opposition to this war, which appears to this observer to have solid support only among the "Chickenhawks" of this administration, men who are clamoring for conflict now, but who had "other priorities" during the Vietnam conflict.

I found this gem in the BBC's coverage of the march in D.C.


When Celia Gayer's member of Congress came to her town on Cape Cod in Massachusetts, people turned out 100-to-1 against the war.



"Yet, they voted to support the resolution authorising force against Iraq

"They're cowards. They don't have enough faith in their constituents," she said."



Indeed, I heard this same sentiment echoed more than once by those taking part in Saturday's demonstrations, and I sense a sea change in the public's perception of those we elect to represent us. They're not doing their job, and the people are restless.

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