There’s nothing more gratifying than seen people protest the Iraq War. Today, about 11:30 AM, I headed down to Pioneer Park, where Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson was speaking at a protest for the Iraq War. He spoke about how people thing that those of us who don’t support the war (but instead, the troops by wanting them home) are patriotic, but we are.

“Dissent is the highest form of patriotism” - Thomas Jefferson

This goes to show that even those of us who don’t agree with government policies are patriotic. Patriotism is defined as “Love of and devotion to one’s country.” (Dictionary.com) Nowhere does it say that a patriotic person can’t legitimately criticize their government.

While some of the protest signs were rather good, there were some that were promoting non-violence, which is even better than the protesting signs that promoted violence towards Bush or even members of our government. People can disagree without being violent.
The thumbnails below link to my Flickr page where you can see my pictures from the protest. I’ll have the videos uploaded shortly.

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Work on my new CD is progressing quite well. I’ve finally decided on the title and several of the songs. The title of the CD will be Acoustic (ah-koo-stik). I’ve also got some simple cover art that I’m quite happy with here. I had several others that I had liked, but this one beat them all out. I’m going to release the CD on the first of September, unless I get set back too far. This CD will be an enhanced CD, meaning there will be regular computer content on the CD in addition to the music. You’ll be able to access my original song lyrics, see optional cover art, and all of the promotional materials for the web. I’ll include the promotional materials so that you can put the content on your own webpage.

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