March 20 protest, Westwood Federal Building

Ten thousand people decided it would not be business as usual in Los Angeles, and we shut down Wilshire Blvd. See the photo essay. Also added some photos to LA Indymedia.

A high number of people of faith were there. One sign said

The success of the movement so far has created a lot of optimism. Also a lot of excited talk at the protest about the amazing achievements of San Francisco protesters. The cops, by their own admission, just couldn't keep up with them. Whether we'll get it together to try similar tactics remains to be seen.

Michael Kinsley actually noticed that the President of the United States has committed an astonishing breach of international law. I'm sure that Slate essay will be widely read. But I'm not sure how much the Bush regime really cares about what gets written on slate.com. I have a suspicion that Bush doesn't even read slate.com with any regularity.

MSNBC asks the question, Is a U.S. war against Iraq illegal? The answer: in a word, yes. I have a feeling that conservatives, usually big fans of law enforcement, aren't really going to be so keen on punishing this particular bit of lawlessness. I wonder, though, what sort of punishment the rest of the world might have in mind for us. By "the rest of the world," I mean those inconsequential entities who are roughly equivalent to, oh, say a Sheriff in the Old West who has just had a gunslinger spit in his face and dare him to do something about it.

What would the U.S. do, if someone had done this to the U.S.?

Hey, speaking of moral relativism, does this new doctrine of "prevention" mean I don't have to wait until my rude neighbor actually breaks the law in order to take action against him? Can I go break into his house right now and take care of the problem "pre-emptively"? Because I'm pretty sure he could be a threat to me in one to five years.