June 12, 2008

Rally, part 3

Back to the rally. Above is a Marshal Thompson a Iraq veteran, a Utah native, and a promoter of peace. After he returned home in 2006, he decided that he would walk the length of Utah to get the message out. That, this war is not ok. There is a documentary on his experience coming out soon for more info go to asoldierspeace.com. I'm sure that he has spoken before many, many groups and to see him get emotional about the reasons why he is against the war was extremely moving.
This is Kathy Snyder. A Utah mother who lost her son in Iraq and wrote a book about it. "Not another mother's son should die in Iraq" Again, her speech was very moving but not as passionate as...
our former mayor Rocky Anderson's. A full transcript of his speech can be found at peaceandhumanrights.com. It was very well presented, if not a bit long winded. I think there is a rule somewhere that speeches should be 3-5 minutes long. Rocky easily got to the 8-10 minute mark. Still it was very heartfelt and very accurate.