[Below are some of the mostly handmade signs that caught my eye at the D.C. protest march on Saturday. They expressed anger, sorrow and hope for change with a diversity of expression that reflected the diversity of the crowd.]

War is terror with a bigger budget.

Proud of my soldier son.
Ashamed of this war.

Feel Safer Yet?

The rapture is not an exit strategy

Oil Costs. Go Solar.

A good general knows when to retreat.

No Soldier Left Behind

Bush makes me embarrassed to be an American.

From New Orleans to Iraq:
Stop the war on the poor

ADMIT YOU LIED.
Jesus still loves you.

There’s nothing to fear but fear-mongering itself.

Bring home our brothers and sisters.

Hey, Ma, we’re home

[picture of flag-drapped coffins]
1900 KIA and counting.

Relief Not War.

Make Levees, Not War.

Do nation-building here.

College Not Combat.

Rich man’s war, poor man’s blood.

Who would Jesus bomb?

We mourn the dead.
We call for peace.

Intelligent Design?
[picture of Bush]
I think not.

Worst President ever [cartoon bubble coming from Simpsons comic book salesperson]

No end in sight, just lies and death.

Very, very brave with other people’s blood.

We’re not killing terrorists, we’re creating terrorists.

Bush-Sharon: Blood brothers

Perpetual War.
Perpetual Profits.

Let’s give Bush a permanent vacation.

This Iraq war was brought to us by stolen elections.

Halliburton is making a killing.

I voted on November 2, 2004 and all I got was this lousy president.

Nixon was re-elected too.

New Rule: 3 Debacles and You’re Out
(Iraq, New Orleans, U.S. Debt)

Justice has no national identity.

Occupation is not liberation.

Palestine needs your love.

I’d rather they live for their country than die for it.

Recruitment is down.
Send Jenna and Barbara.

Iraq Invasion: War on Terror or Moron Error?

Woodstock, NY
[picture of peace sign]
of course!

Impeach Cheney First.

Got Duct Tape?

[picture of Katrina destruction]

Two fundamentalisms do not make a right.

Zero tolerance for torture.

Jesus says no to torture.

These colors don’t run . . . the world! [picture of American flag]

Impeach for sex but not for murder?
Get religion out of government.

Bush is a Natural Disaster.

[W]orst disaster in U.S. history

War is not pro-life.

The Communications Director for the Canadian Prime Minister was right. “Bush is an idiot.”

Osama Bin Where?

I’m marching with my father, a proud Vietnam Veteran Against the War.

Guess what? Bush doesn’t care.

Think. It’s patriotic.

In peace sons bury their fathers.
In war, fathers bury their sons.

Sex is back in the White House.
Bush is screwing us all.

Right-wing nut jobs go home.

If you think war is so right, send your own children to fight.

More patriotic than you are.

Katrina Blows. Bush Sucks.

I can’t believe we still have to protest this crap.

[picture of Bush]
Like a rock, only dumber.

Troop support 100%
War support 0%

Vets Against War

[pictures of Bush and Cheney]
Violent Extremists

Is it 2008 yet?

Drunk on power, Bush drives country into a ditch.

If this war is noble, let the nobility fight it.

Is it democracy yet?

Hey George! Wrong Gulf, Dummy!

Casketmakers for Bush

Satan loves you, G.W.

Bush is giving Christianity a really bad name.

Let’s try preemptive peace.

You reap what you sow.

Impeach the appointee.

Occupation is not the solution. It’s the problem.

I want my country back.

I love the U.S.
I wish Bush did.

Bush has done so much shit I can’t fit it on my sign.

Wake up, America. Our whole country is drowning.

[picture of Bush]
After me the deluge.

The difference between Iraq and Vietnam is
Bush had a plan to get out of Vietnam.

“This is working very well for them.”
[graphic of dollars flowing from Iraq and New Orleans into Halliburton and Bechtel coffers]

 

 

Mary Jane Karp is ZNet’s Senior Slogan Correspondent.

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