Toadfrog, I DID get out there before the war started. Strangely enough, the war started anyway. So I will continue to go out until it stops. My husband is on a "peace line" right now. Because of our kids, neither of us has the luxury of getting arrested. Yesterday I planned carefully to get to work, and by changing my usual route, got there in record time without even seeing any protesters. My usual route is right down one of the streets that was blocked. However, I had already resolved that if I did run afoul of blocked traffic, I would consider it my part in the war (or anti-war) effort, just like National Guardsmen being called up when they might have been planning to do something else.

The point is, after all, to cause enough disruption to get the administration's attention. However, I have no sympathy at all for the anarchist idiots who are breaking windows and committing violent acts. I will cheer the police all the way to the lock-up with those guys.

As I said before, NOBODY is going to miss Saddam, least of all the Iraqi people, but it's a lousy idea to go after him without UN backing. My regret right now is that as long as Bush has started it, they didn't manage to get Saddam with that first delicately placed "bunkerbuster."