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Grannies Wrap Up Peace Trek in Washington

By Joan Wile, Director, Grandmothers Against the War and Proud Granny Peace Brigade  Posted by Joan Brunwasser (about the submitter)       (Page 2 of 2 pages) Become a premium member to see this article and all articles as one long page.   No comments
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Before I forget, I want to correct a major goof in one of my earlier
reports. I said that Michael Berg, the amazing father of Nick Berg, so
tragically murdered by beheading, was running for Senate from Wilmington on
the Green Party line. Wrong! He is running for Congress on the Green Party
line. My apologies to Mike for what was obviously a senior moment.

Finally, a big granny thank you to Michael Moore for allowing us to put into
the public record an account of a remarkable and, I think, meaningful action
in the evolving anti-war movement when a group of grandmothers refused to be
silent.

"OUR LIVES BEGIN TO END THE DAY WE BECOME SILENT ABOUT THINGS THAT MATTER."
Martin Luther King, Jr.

"GRANDMAS, LET'S UNITE
WHILE WE ARE STILL UPRIGHT
LET'S REMOVE THAT PARASITE
WATCH OUT! WE'VE JUST BEGUN TO FIGHT"


from song, "GRANDMAS, LET'S UNITE" copyright 2005 words and music by Joan
Wile, ASCAP

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Joan Brunwasser is a co-founder of Citizens for Election Reform (CER) which since 2005 existed for the sole purpose of raising the public awareness of the critical need for election reform. Our goal: to restore fair, accurate, transparent, secure elections where votes are cast in private and counted in public. Because the problems with electronic (computerized) voting systems include a lack of (more...)
 

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