Tao of Pauly

Stephen A. sent me this e-mail. He attended the Peace rally in Seattle yesterday.

Dear McG,

Feelin' good. There was a anti war demonstration Sat, 2/15/03 downtown... starting at the Seattle Center, down Fifth Ave. to Pine Street, down Pine to Second then to the Federalies building and ending at the former Assay office, now known as the INS detention facility (in the shadow of the ghost of the Kingdome). I took about 4 1/2 rolls of film and was right in the middle of it (on the corner of 5th and olive in the middle of the street against a monorail post). People streamed by me for 2hrs waving signs, banners and puppets of Bush oilrigs and a huge globe. What a sense of what the world is saying, a sense that all over the globe people are against this schoolyard bully action by the idiot George Bush. Crowd estimates range from 15,000 to more than 30,000... It seemed to me there were about 30,000, as the strees were full of people both lanes for about an hour and forty-five minutes. And in a sea of people, I followed the march, working my way through the crowd as it worked its way down Second to Airport Way... it was a solid sea of people, what a beautiful sight... no property damage, one arrest for someone putting stickers up (if you can belive it!) So it went very well. Heard you had a few folks protesting in NYC. Good to hear. Blog this if ya wanna, its on me.

Peace and salukis. Stay warm. Noonan