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Posted by Epoisses on 2007-02-22 04:10:06 +0000

Ma Chippy = punk as fuck.

Posted by ConorClockwise on 2007-02-22 04:41:59 +0000

Totally rad. I wish I had the guts to do the same. After seeing 'Arlington West', even more so.

Posted by Corby Trouser Press on 2007-02-22 08:05:32 +0000

Nice one!! are there any "free the Portland 15" tshirts available yet?

Posted by tendiamonds on 2007-02-22 12:53:17 +0000

Posted by G lib on 2007-02-22 13:01:27 +0000

My favorite quote from this AM: "If my mommy doesn't get out of jail, I'll have to go to Portland with a sign that says 'FREE MOMIA'"

Posted by jbcardinale on 2007-02-22 14:30:30 +0000

I hope she's being fed well. I applaud her principle and conviction.

Posted by tgl on 2007-02-22 14:34:48 +0000

Ah, so it was a Congressman. The story last night was a State Representative.

Posted by Miriam on 2007-02-22 15:46:48 +0000

Now THAT is a good reason to be arrested. She should get a Wadsie for that.

Posted by pchippy on 2007-02-22 15:50:50 +0000

Maybe her name can be in the running for the second-decade Wadsies in 2016. Even though she's never been to the Wads and would probably faint if she did.

Posted by MF DU on 2007-02-22 16:14:09 +0000

which bathroom is scarier? the squat cell commode or the toilet @ H3W? In H3W's favor, at least there's a good chance there will be something interesting to read on top of said scary toilet.

Posted by mahatma chani on 2007-02-22 17:11:47 +0000

Now wait just a goddamned minute. Our toilet isn't that bad.

Posted by mr. mister on 2007-02-22 17:19:16 +0000

that is so cool. Now you know someone in jail.

Posted by Epoisses on 2007-02-22 17:23:09 +0000

Bitches, man.

Posted by tendiamonds on 2007-02-22 19:03:21 +0000

Serious Nashua.

Posted by Miriam on 2007-02-22 20:07:43 +0000

I hope your mom didn't wear a fleece...or get gassed!

Posted by pchippy on 2007-02-22 21:11:32 +0000

Free on bail ($40).

Posted by Miriam on 2007-02-22 21:17:42 +0000

Congrats! I heard that bail is more expensive than bond. Bummer.

Posted by tgl on 2007-02-22 22:09:24 +0000

The Red Cross will still accept her as a blood donor? My thanks and gratitude to Kathe Chipman for taking action. Passed Rep. Capuano's office today, not sure if it was a pro- or anti- war rally in front of it (giant SUV with a flag drapped coffin on top and "My Son KIA Iraq" on the side, could be either...) Capuano did not vote to authorize force in 2002, after my letter to him, I like to think. That's about the extent of my agitation.

Posted by ConorClockwise on 2007-02-24 04:23:24 +0000

A big 'thank you' from Conor as well. Again, I hope to help out soon.

Posted by pchippy on 2007-09-26 07:39:31 +0000

She's back in the slammer, after another sit-in at the Congressman's office. Write to your congresspeople and tell them to impeach Bush and Cheney now, or else my Mom will keep going to jail.

Posted by Epoisses on 2007-09-26 07:57:55 +0000

"My mom's been to jail. Twice."

Posted by MF DU on 2007-09-27 20:47:52 +0000

Well Pchippy: Is she out yet? Please do tell.

Posted by pchippy on 2007-09-28 01:15:42 +0000

Arraigned and back on the streets. Thank God for our country's revolving-door justice system! (Just kidding.) Seriously, I'm not sure what the legal consequences are going to be, but I know she's not giving up on her effort to change the world. And I have to say I'm proud of her. She sees a war that's rapidly bankrupting this country, not to mention killing thousands of our young people and tens of thousands of Iraqis--a war that was started on false pretenses by an administration that knew its pretenses were false--a war which even the highest-ranking American commander in Iraq admits isn't making us any safer than we were--and she feels that she has no choice but to do whatever she can to stop the war. She sees an executive branch that refuses to acknowledge that it's responsible to anyone--that claims the right to eavesdrop on anyone without a warrant in the name of national security--that refuses to share with congress or judges the evidence to justify the claim of a national-security risk--that holds foreigners and Americans without trial and without access to lawyers, on the pretext that the prisoners are enemy combatants, but refuses them the protection of the Geneva protocols, claiming that the internees not prisoners of war--that encourages the use of interrogative techniques causing suffering anywhere up to the level of "organ failure or death"--my Mom sees this, and she feels that it's her responsibility to do what she can to get her legislators to defend the constitution by holding the executive branch responsible for its actions. It took the Romans a long time to get around to admitting to themselves that the Republic was over and the Empire had begun. By that point it was too late. It isn't always as clear-cut as George Lucas would have us believe... My apologies, DU, if any of this strikes you as unjust to our current leaders. I know that you don't always see eye-to-eye with the more liberal members of this online community. I actually am pretty certain that I'm one of the more conservative members of Rideside myself, in lots of ways. In this matter, though, I'm with my mother--we need change, the sooner the better, and any Democratic idiot (we have plenty to choose from) would be an improvement on the current crop of rogues and fools, as far as I can tell.

Posted by Epoisses on 2007-09-28 04:00:52 +0000

POTD

Posted by pamsterdam on 2007-09-28 07:52:38 +0000

Hear hear.

Posted by tommy on 2007-09-28 10:58:02 +0000

Your mom is awesome, chippy.

Posted by G lib on 2007-09-28 12:42:54 +0000

I married the right guy, didn't I?

Posted by MF DU on 2007-09-28 13:47:04 +0000

G lib SO married the right guy. I hope you never worry you have to wonder whether some silly person named "DU" agrees with you or not. I am glad yr mom is out - and I do agree with you. Just look at the following from the Glob today. Something other than what is being done right now has to happen - hopefully positive actions and thoughtful discourse will change things. My one time ideal of a 'democratized Iraq' is anything but. We've led the horse to water, and way more than 3 years in, it's still not drinking...

Posted by tgl on 2007-09-28 14:13:07 +0000

You had me until the horse bit. There was no horse at the beginning of this thing. Just Ahmad Chalabi whispering sweet nothings into Cheney's ear.

Posted by tgl on 2007-09-28 14:15:10 +0000

My SAL: Nodding along with pchippy up until the point where I actually have to do something.

Posted by MF DU on 2007-09-28 14:22:39 +0000

work with me here... Im trying to be positive...

Posted by MF DU on 2007-09-28 14:49:04 +0000

It started bad - its ending even worse - time to try something else. Not that it matters in the grand scheme of things at all, but my thoughts on Iraq from even a year or two ago are vastly different than they are now. Sick of hearing about dead people every day. I want to be a part of a solution that won't kill people or at the very least will lessen the amount of senseless deaths. That's about all there is to it.

Posted by tgl on 2007-09-28 14:49:45 +0000

Keep on impeaching until Nancy Pelosi is president.

Posted by MF DU on 2007-09-28 14:51:13 +0000

whats an "SAL"?

Posted by tgl on 2007-09-28 14:53:40 +0000

Here's my problem: most Democratic idiots haven't committed to a full withdrawal starting on January 21, 2009.

Posted by tgl on 2007-09-28 14:53:55 +0000

Suburban Adult Lameness.

Posted by G lib on 2007-09-28 14:56:18 +0000

Which is exactly why Chippy's mom is occupying a democratic congressman's office.

Posted by MF DU on 2007-09-28 15:02:58 +0000

I cant even start sharing all of mine...

Posted by ConorClockwise on 2007-09-28 15:37:03 +0000

I had an odd conversation with a colleague 2 days ago, when he started talking about how we just "hadn't done enough" in the first Iraq war. I kept going with this, stating how much of the world backed the US then, when a sovereign nation like Kuwait was invaded. So I then asked him (gently), why would other countries of the world support the invasion of a sovereign Iraq by the US? He was a deer in headlights and walked away saying, "Don't try and trick me." It's amazing how much of the Iraq invasion wasn't thought through.

Posted by emitime on 2007-09-28 18:51:24 +0000

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Posted by tgl on 2007-10-02 02:06:27 +0000

Ms. Pchippy, our country needs you.

Posted by G lib on 2007-10-02 12:49:10 +0000

And I plan to be there.

Posted by tgl on 2007-10-02 14:36:46 +0000

I was searching for an honorific for "pchippy's mom", didn't quite get it right.

Posted by G lib on 2007-10-02 15:17:08 +0000

Cheese says: Ma Chippy: Punk as fuck. "Punk as fuck" says they'll throw the book at her if she gets arrested again, so she's taking a break. Instead, she's trying to get us to go to them. PS-- you free? Want to join? Baby's first protest?

Posted by MF DU on 2007-10-02 17:16:31 +0000

What is jail food like for the toddler set these days ;)

Posted by G lib on 2007-10-02 17:45:49 +0000

Probably not too different than the usual: RING AROUND THE ROSIE! RING AROUND THE ROSIE! RING AROUND THE ROSIE! RING AROUND THE ROSIE! (mouthful of soup) RING AROUND THE ROSIE! RING AROUND THE ROSIE! RING AROUND THE ROSIE! RING AROUND THE ROSIE! (bite of bread) Maddie Nigs at dinner still makes me smile days later...

Posted by Epoisses on 2007-10-02 18:14:08 +0000

This would look great under the masthead: RING AROUND THE ROSIE! RING AROUND THE ROSIE! RING AROUND THE ROSIE! RING AROUND THE ROSIE! (mouthful of soup)