http://beltwayimc.org/files/Hart_Storm_A26.mp3

rough account, perhaps 20 arrests, not firm number.

they have legal support, expected out soon. several groups involved, including code pink and activists response team (art), who dropped the large (22' x 30' ?) black banner with white lettering, and grannies for peace.

press release will follow.

14 arrests... everyone is out... charges were unlawful assembly... everyone released on desk tickets of $50...

The Senate does not impeach.
That is done in the House of Representatives.
Please get a clue, kids.

To the person above. Thanks for the clarification, maybe next time they'll do some action at the House.
But your demeanor and tone is disrespectful to the hard work and organizing that these people (not kids) have put into letting their voices be heard.

Stay active and organized.

A disruption in the House, especially if anywhere near the Waxman committee hearings is a bad idea.
They quietly accomplishment what you claim to seek.
Any disruption would only help the Republican cause.

My, they have become so much more sophisticated since the crude bag job at the Watergate Hotel.

They now how to neutralize the opposition.

It is not working.

If their was a Republican majority, you would have been dragged to the hospital with cracked skulls and then charged as terrorists.

Tell, how many of you were busy "disrupting" in 2003 when they controlled DC and it's police?

You got off easy: this was a childish, counterproductive action and so is the news thereof. My only question is, who got paid, and was it from the RNC or from the tax coffers.

To the poor Civics Teacher:

The rhetorical bile that spews through your posts reveals your blind and disgusting allegiance to the lies and fear-mongering of the government. You are quick to point fingers and make a partisan case of the motivations of this one action as well as all like-minded activists, but unfortunately for you, this proves your lack of comprehension of the meaning of dissent, protest, and democracy.

The belligerent tone you take is ill-conceived. You question the commitment of these people, bold enough to act and get arrested for their beliefs? You should know that no matter what partisan majority has held the White House or Congress (legally or illegally), these activists have protested the affairs of any misguided, deceiving, or malicious administration. This is not about Democrat vs. Republican; this is about what is right and just to all people of this world, not just those in this one bullying, greedy, and vindictive country.

The fact that you believe that the Republican party doesn't still "control" DC speaks to your own disconnect from reality.

And to say that with a "Republican majority, you would have been dragged to the hospital with cracked skulls and then charged as terrorists" sounds more like a wish list than a warning, one that you should be ashamed and embarrassed at writing.

Belittling the actions of these daring and steadfast activists is itself childish and counterproductive. Your vitriol is your legacy.

i always knew civics was troll bait.

Anyone claiming that stopping the war funding bill serves the GOP has to support the current war funding bill with its restrictions! If you believe the war is a criminal act of aggression, you cannot support ANY funding for it and must hope Bush DOES veto it-and that we can then prevent Congress from sending Bush an unrestricted bill.

If Pelosi et all have the guts(and that's OUR job!) procedural maneuvering can easily prevent unrestricted funding from ever being voted on, much less passing. I think the rules of this Congress prevent minority party members from introducing any bills at all-and if one comes from a Blue Dog, it could easily be assigned to a committee that will bury it.

Holds can be placed in the Senate-and it only takes 41 Senators to uphold a filibuster. If an unrestricted bill passes, it is bcause of a lack of WILL, not a lack of power, on the part of the Out of Iraq caucus.

Stopping passage of a piece of legislation is a lot easier than passing it. It is participating in an insurgency rather than trying to stop one.

About Impeachment-it takes BOTH houses of Congress to impeach(house) and convict(Senate) and remove Bush and Cheney. Therefore, both House and Senate need visits.

As for disruption, many if us WERE disrupting in the 2003 time period! On the first day of the war we blocked Key Bridge, blocking one of only three road links between the White House (in DC) and Pentagon(in VA) on the first day of a war. The starting point for the foot portion of that was Eastern Market to make the cops think we were going to the Hill.

Shit-it was in Jan 2004 that we broadcast a fake Bush State of the Union address DURING the real one! It was in Summer 2004 that we filled the GOP Convention volunteer program with spies and snitches that answers to us instead of to you or the GOP.

If everything we did was a GOP plot, we would be unable to act against Bush. By this logic every attack on US troops in Iraq would be a Bush plot and the Iraqis would be unable to effectively resist US rule.

As we all know, the US is losing in Iraq, and Bush's enemies are kicking his ass there. Let's give Congress the guts to do the same-or else their walking papers in 2008.

Civics Teacher,

Please get a clue, or at least a spell-check program:

1. Comma needed afer "hearings";

2. "accomplish", not "accomplishment";

3. "know", not "now";

4. "It is not working." The prior sentence claimed they know how to neutralize the opposition, so this sentence is out of place or contradicting your previous assertion;

5. "its", not "it's";

6. "there", not "their";

7. "You got off easy:" A colon is incorrect here, as colons are used to set off a list; but you follow it with just another thought, so a semi-colon or a period would have been the correct punctuation;

8. "My only question is, who got paid, and was it from the RNC or from the tax coffers." If it's a question, use a question mark.

I will ask History Teacher to respond to the inaccurate assumptions implied by some of your remarks, such as asking where folks were in 2003 when anyone who was in DC at that time would be aware that protesters and activists were indeed protesting and speaking out at that time as well.

Thought it would be nice to reply to you in your style: if spelling doen;y matter in your headlines, well, it KINDA SORTA shouldn't matter in the comments - didn't we agree on a policy about this guys?

as tiny time out once said, fuck them, every one, they are not reallyn anarchists, the Republican bag men organized their protest.

"defacing a vets monument (ie the lone sailor)"
Oh you mean like what your Gathering of Eagles did on the 17th, they are the ones that called for spraypainting the memorial. You are wasting MY money on your war and on your SS Goons and your president and MY money is going to your corrupt politicians. As for defacing the Capitol, can you prove that this ever happened??? Just because some rightwing nutjob comes up with some crazy conspiracy that someone painted the capitol doesn't make it true.

Dear socialist Dipstik, yes we can prove the Capitol was defaced and that you guys attacked the recruiting station at 14th and L Streets. You clowns filmed it and posted it on YouTube.

Moron.

And don't forget how your trust fund, white bread, I live in the richest No VA suburbs, I'm gonna free the black people in DC Anarchists vandalized the Navy Memorial even as far back as January 2001.

They climbed the mast and ripped down the flag. You clowns claim to support the troops, even respect the families of the wounded and fallen. Many of them are offended by your disrespect of our country's flag because you have a political hardon for this form of government.

You should apologize to them.

"They climbed the mast and ripped down the flag"

You forgot the best part -- when the anarchists hoisted the black flag! That was a great action, and if you weren't such a slave to the state, you might have appreciated it.

Instead you're over here crying about it six years later. Loser.

You want disrespect of the flag, then look at all the american flag shirts, ties, pants, bumper stickers, ribbons, toys, signs, flags (not made in america, which is many of them), that is the most disrespect you could show. That is major disrespect, along with your massive flags you drag along the ground and then chuck them into your SUV. As for living in a NoVA Suburb, sorry bub, but you are wrong again, I am not rich nor do I have a trust fund nor do I live in a suburb...ouch you lack of knowledge must hurt.
I was not at this Navy Memorial action but I think it was barely offensive, what was more offensive was a stolen election, stolen from the people (not from Gore he is a fucking loser) If you don't like america you can leave, maybe move to Iraq, since the mission has been accomplished all the fighting is over and no more troops or anyone else are dying, people are relaxing and enjoying their now fully free country (by the way I am being as SARCASTIC as possible!

This is a great action and I am glad to know about it through DC Indymedia. (Too bad it never is covered in the mainstream media.)

This "Civics Teacher" will never agree because he is always in lockstep with his psychological father, Heir Bush, or whoever runs the county. He is like the mother in that Bob Dylan Song 'John Brown went off to war', who brags about her son until her son comes back with his face blown off.
This 'teacher' (hmm) does not think for a second about how two Vietnam Era draft dodgers, Dick Cheney and GW Bush, are ordering thousands of people to their death, and thousands more to be mained. Therefore he would rather see an idiotic but resolute draft-dodger in the White House than someone like John Kerry, an actual war veteran, or anybody else really who has some engagement with reality. (For reality is too painful, including his lifestyle voting Republican and collection disability benefits.)
Mr. Civics Teacher only can wave the flag, but thinking he cannot do.

Hey Sparky, I guess you'll be supporting John McCain for President in 08?....he's a war hero more so than your beloved idiotic Kerry

Bush cpould not be drafted, he enlisted.

"I will ask History Teacher to respond to the inaccurate assumptions implied by some of your remarks, such as asking where folks were in 2003 when anyone who was in DC at that time would be aware that protesters and activists were indeed protesting and speaking out at that time as well."

Before getting into the year 2003, it might be worth remembering that in late 2002, over 600 people were arrested at Pershing Park for attempting to disrupt business-as-usual in the Nation's Capital. The protesters were resisting both the economic imperialism of the World Bank and IMF, and also the administration's plans for war with Iraq, which we all knew was based on lies, would have violated international law, and result in the deaths of countless innocent people.

Anyway, so on to the year 2003. One of the first actions in DC in the year 2003 was the Sorry Ass State of the Union protest during President Bush's annual lie-fest, in late January. This particular year, he chose to use the event to spread lies and fear about Iraq's nuclear weapons program and other fantasies. During the speech we protested outside with chants such as "FUCK THIS WAR! FUCK THIS WAR! FUCK THIS WAR!" At the end of the speech a couple hundred of us took to the streets in bandanas, balaclavas and black hoodies. We scuffled with police when they tried to stop us, and successfully alluded arrest. We visited several local bars and restaurants where many professional politicos had gathered to watch Bush's speech. We banged on the windows and warned these ruling class wannabes that there time was gonna come.

Let's see, jeez, I don't even know where to begin when it comes to the protests and direct actions we held in the lead-up to the war (which began on March 19, 2003). I guess January 18, 2003 should be mentioned. On that day, 500,000 people marched on Washington in an effort to stop the war before it started.

There were continued protests in February, but March should really be remembered as a month of resistance in DC. There were marches and direct actions throughout the month, starting, I believe with the March 8 International Women's Day march led by Code Pink. On March 15, 100,000 people marched on DC in a last ditch effort to stop the war. When the war was launched anyway, there were all sorts of direct actions, including the Key Bridge lockdown mentioned above. There were also some unpermitted marches through the streets that succeeded in disrupting business as usual and made clear that we would continue to resist this war of aggression.

I could go on, but it seems like a waste of time. In fact, all Civics Teacher needs to do is go back through the archives of Indymedia. It's all documented here.

Is that the best you fascists can do? Urge those on the left to commit suicide?

You guys are getting weirder and weirder every day.

OK History Teacher - maybe someday Civics Teacher and History Teacher will get drunk together and laugh about this after we have sacrificed George W. Bush to the Dunking Booth at the Carnival of the Absurd.