How they do it in Washington

War protesters interrupt WA Senate debate

OLYMPIA, Wash. — A small group of Iraq war protesters interrupted Senate floor debate Tuesday night, standing up one by one in the public gallery, flashing the peace sign and calling for the war to end.

The Senate broke for its regularly scheduled dinner break and the 10 protesters were peacefully removed from the gallery by security and went down to the Rotunda, where they sat down and held up their hands in the peace sign.

Kenna Stout, an 18-year-old freshman at The Evergreen State College, said the demonstrators wanted to let lawmakers know how they feel about the war, and wanted to show support for Sen. Eric Oemig, D-Kirkland.

Oemig has sponsored a resolution asking that Congress investigate the Bush administration's handling of the Iraq war and possibly consider impeachment of the president and vice president. The measure is not expected to be brought up for a vote.

"There is an anti-war sentiment in this state," Stout said. "We wanted to voice our opinion."


Since the cowboy in my WhiteHouse is making all the war noises over Iran I'm doing more than ever to stem the tide. Please help in any way that you can.