[BREAK] In an op-ed in today's NY Times, Andrew Rosenthal writes of the lack of large protest marches against the Bush regime in general and Bush's Baghdad Blunder in particular. When he bemoans the lack of campus outrage, I somewhat share his pain. But he also seems to give short shrift to general, more generic, protests. He states:

Now, people find protesters vaguely embarrassing and don’t want to make too much noise.

On that, I both differ and agree. While I certainly think there needs to be more protest in America, I wonder if Mr. Rosenthal has been locked in a cave for the past 6 years? He also mentions that

"There was a brief burst of protest when America first invaded Iraq."

No, there were near a a quarter-million "noisy" people in NYC, and many millions around the world, protesting the month BEFORE we began committing war crimes under Bush. And there have been many protests since, from large ones like at the Repugnant's convention in NYC and marches in Wash DC, through smaller ones organized though Code Pink and at Camp Casey [Sheehan]. Sure I'd love the younger generation to be protesting on the campuses, ala the 60's. And, I believe that if the media covered protests/war now even half as well as they did back then, you'd have a much larger protest community and many more marches. Hell, I'll go further. If the media covered Iraq as well as it did Vietnam, and Bush as well as they did Johnson/Nixon, there would have been impeachment hearings long ago. Iraq would be over, if ever it began. And, the more informed Mr. Rosenthal would have been aware of the protests AND would NEVER have believed "Mr. Young’s call for impeachment is over the top,", but would have joined in the chorus of the [informed] majority that would be in harmony in calling for Bush's ouster from the people's White House! [/BREAK]

There Is Silence in the Streets; Where Have All the Protesters Gone? - New York Times By ANDREW ROSENTHAL Published: August 31, 2006 It was almost painful the other night to hear Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young sing about a war whose purpose Americans never really understood, started by a president who didn’t tell the truth and then waged the war ineptly. And that was before they sang about Iraq. The audience rose for Neil Young’s blast at George Bush, “Let’s Impeach the President,” and sang the words displayed on a huge TV screen, even the 20-something in front of us who had been text-messaging throughout the concert. That same screen also displayed thumbnail photos of slain soldiers while a counter ran up the most recent toll. It takes longer than you might think to count to 2,600. More Here