We had a big rally at the State Capitol in Sacramento yesterday. It made me get all misted up, to see all these people express their opposition to this war. It was also nice to see a lot of old friends there.

Hey, we even had a blimp up above us.

One thing I noted, though, was that the speakers on the rostrum were far more strident and far less rational than I see in the mainstream of the people who oppose the war. The speakers seemed to imply that if we are to oppose the war, we must unite - and sign on to their whole agenda. I'm not ready to do that. As a rule, I keep as far away from demagogues as I can. This war is certainly "not in my name," but neither are the rigid ideologies of the extreme right and left.

-Joe Offer, Radical Moderate-