i'm passing on this info I got from indymedia:

the stryker vehicles are expected to come through the port of olympia TONIGHT (fri) by 11pm-1am.

they are doing it in the middle of the night sooner than expected in hopes to catch the war resisters off guard.  head down to the port of olympia for round two of protests and help stop the military!  

they can't use our port to make their illegal war!

http://www.portolympia.com/ for info on the port

[edit: This has been found to be misinformation. Strykers, upon last confirmation, were not moving through the port of olympia. The vehicles, among others in large numbers, have been spotted by reputable sources near the port of tacoma. see above.]

i'm passing on this info I got from indymedia:

the stryker vehicles are expected to come through the port of olympia TONIGHT (fri) by 11pm-1am.

they are doing it in the middle of the night sooner than expected in hopes to catch the war resisters off guard.  head down to the port of olympia for round two of protests and help stop the military!  

they can't use our port to make their illegal war!

http://www.portolympia.com/ for info on the port

I spend quite a bit of time on foot around town, especially on the west side. The stretch of Cooper Point Road between Black Lake and the Percival Creek bridge caused a couple of thoughts to occur to me today.

The first was this morning, and I was on my way to work, walking. I was approaching the Auto Mall on south/westbound on Cooper Point Road and crossing the first driveway into the West Hill office park. I was well across the driveway when I noticed that a car had come up behind me on Cooper Point and turned left into the driveway, while I was already in it. I was annoyed, but the thing that makes it interesting is what the driver of the car did. He looked at me, but without any particular expression. (I was looking for sheepishness or at least dismay.) But he did gesture, first an open palm wave and then a thumb up. I have no idea what that was supposed to convey. Does anyone?

The other is just a general observation. I find that, for the most part, the great majority of drivers are polite and attentive to pedestrians. Of all of the places that I walk on the west side, the area around the Auto Mall, just a couple of blocks west of the scene of today's little incident, has a concentration of drivers who are just a little less polite and attentive. Walking through the Auto Mall today, I waited quite a while before I was able to cross the street. Once I did assert my turn, it was fine, but no one was going to give me the right-of-way, not in the Auto Mall. Is it because I'm in the Auto Mall, without a car?

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Television Coverage:

MSNBC 2/19/07

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NBC Nightly News 2/24/07

MSNBC 2/28/07

that thousands of eggs will rain down on olympia. on march 6th, around 4:55 PM.

THE OMEN HAS COME.

I attended a rally and hearing yesterday in support of Washington State Senate Joint Memorial (SJM) 8016, which would, if passed by the Washington State Legislature, call on the US Congress to begin a thorough and uncompromising investigation of actions by the Chief Executive, and the Vice of that office, that could lead to impeachment...

You can find a photo album of the event here.

After thinking about yesterday's events, the rally and the hearings, I have realized that they were a very profound experience for me.

During the hearings, I listened to the testimony of the expert witnesses and my fellow citizens as they urged the Senate Committee to adopt this bill (SJM 8016). The testifiers told their truths and then thanked the Senators for their work and for listening.

I felt a great sense of pride for being not only a Washingtonian, but also, an American. But the reasons for my feelings of pride were not the usual feelings of pride in country. They were only due to the courageous and grave actions of my fellow citizens, and a few of my elected officials, to confront the wrongs of my government. My fellow citizens and elected officials came together to discuss the very serious and dangerous time we live in. A time when the actions of the office of the Chief Executive are contrary to what is good and right, as well as contrary to both domestically and internationally recognized legal agreements.

As I listened to the testimony I realized that to investigate the president is the right thing to do, and without question. There is no way, indeed, to justify not investigating the actions of this man. These are actions which have cost us so dearly - so much in economic strength, as well as in human life and moral principle.

To turn a cold shoulder and say that there are more important things to do is an extraordinary breach of responsibility and would set a grievous and dangerous precedent.

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New works by Olympia's Jennifer Combe are a cloud break, a ray of sunshine on our cold and cloud-covered days. Drawing from a predominantly tertiary palette of yellows, greens, and oranges, she cultivates tantalizing abstracts by blending geometric swatches of vibrant hues with organic simplicity. The resulting oil on panel images are compositions born of and infused with the exploding warmth and spirit of a Northwest summer. The Black Front Gallery is proud to present a combination of Jennifer Combe’s non-objective work and work inspired from the flowers of Helsing Junction.

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WROC [Welfare Rights Organizing Coalition] Night Out is this Monday, March 5th, and we'll be silkscreening Supermom and WROC Star t-shirts. Come and bring shirts, dye them blue for supermom shirts and color for WROC Stars.

Starts with a potluck at 5:30 at the First United Methodist Church, 1224 Legion Way SE, across from Madison School. See you there.

Monica

Casey Kochmer of Olympia blogs through A Personal Tao: Exploring Life with Poetry and Muses. I especially appreciate his entry today - Swimming Across the Internet.