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Robbien Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-25-06 12:05 AM
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Granny Brigade Bringing Anti-War Message To D.C.
Seniors Poised To Ruffle Feathers Over Next 10 Days

Magee Hickey
Reporting

(CBS) NEW YORK They're back. Those opinionated octogenarians who made headlines last fall by trying to enlist in the military to stop the War in Iraq.

Now, they're heading to Washington D.C. for the Fourth of July.

With wheelchairs, walkers, canes and pictures of their grandchildren on their backs, the Granny Brigade was back in Times Square, the scene of their arrest last fall for blocking the entrance to the Military Recruitment Center to stop the war.

This time, they're kicking off a 10-day trek to the nation's capital.

"We want to wake up an apathetic American public," Joan Wile, the Brigade's founder said. "Maybe they're against the war, maybe they're not. But they're totally indifferent."

http://wcbstv.com/topstories/local_story_175200021.html
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NI4NI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-25-06 12:42 AM
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1. I'm looking forward to seeing them
when they stop here in Delaware.
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dweller Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-25-06 01:09 AM
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2. K & R !
"they're totally indifferent."

they are talking about us, aren't they?

dp
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lindisfarne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-25-06 03:23 AM
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3. Way to go! n/t
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leftchick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-25-06 06:14 AM
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4. Excellent!
I hope they meet up with MFSO who are there as well!
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