Bangor Ch. 5 11pm Saturday 9/13 coverage
Scenes from Paul Bunyan Park in Bangor Saturday afternoon
I think it's pretty good when you can get the teevee to give 1 minute, 10 seconds for peace late on a Saturday night. Thank you very much, Channel 5.
Below is an audio player for one of the rally speeches. The thing that's missing from almost all discussion of Iraq in American media--and especially not in the presidential campaign--is devastation of the Iraqi people over the last five-and-one-half years. Mary Trotochaud, a Maine resident who has lived in Iraq (along with her husband, Rick McDowell, interviewed by Ch. 5 above) speaks about the horrors faced by Iraqi friends with whom she recently has been in touch. This file is about twelve minutes:
Mary Trotochaud, 9/13 Bangor rally
Posted by The Owl at 00:40. Filed under: War and peace
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