RECAP: We paid a visit to the Senator's
office in Tampa on Weds. March 30th and held a demonstration outside of
the Federal Building where we displayed the mural for all to see.
As we attempted to go into the building we were rebuffed by Federal
Agents who said it was against the law to bring the mural into the
building (even though we had folded it up.) Eventually one of us
made it into Nelson's office with the mural where we stayed for over an
hour and scheduled a meeting with one of Nelson's representatives for a
later date. Overall it was somewhat disappointing because of the
relatively low turnout, no media representation, the iron fist of the
law, and our inability to get a meeting with Nelson himself - though
after meeting with his representative we expect to finally get a
face-to-face with Nelson. Not that it will matter, however, since
we know
Nelson does not represent us, but we want him to read what the people
of Tampa Bay wrote to him on March 19th.
Various messages written on the mural to Senator Nelson
created on March 19th
- "Get a spine and represent me"
- "When you understand what pain is like,
you'll understand"
- "Senator Nelson, you are complicit and
should be ashamed, we hold you accountable"
- "Stop spending our tax dollars on murder
and destruction"
- "When the state stops representing you it's
time to tear it down"
- "Shocked and appalled by the behavior of
our country"
- "Fuck you, corporate puppet"
- "Vote for all of us"
- "What a great disappointment you've become,
please reconsider the path you have chosen"
- "You are either with the people or you are
against them"
- "Why must more people die so you can get
more money"
- "Be brave, stand up and fight the
right-wing crazies that are destroying America"
- "Stop appeasing the far right, Florida is
not either 'red' or 'blue' we are purple, we are bruised and we are
pissed"
- "Your American dream is a global nightmare"
- "Preemptive war is terrorism"
- "George and his family are responsible for
9/11"
- "Another ugly chapter in the epic of
imperialism"
- "Stop the war machine"
- "Rethink patriotism, challenge human
oppression"
- "Bill, think and act on principle, play to
win"
- "Bush is a nazi"
- "Are you killing for Christ?"
- "World peace, not a new world order"
- "Fuck you for selling out, what kind of
human are you"
- "Dear Bill, thanks for helping me decide to
burn my voter registration card"
- "Legalize peace"
- "You help me scream"
- "Make music, not war"
- "500 years of failed democracy, let's try
some anarchist peace, smash the state"
- "RIP: Article I, Section 8, United States
Constitution"
- "Bill: 2006 you're fired"
- "Help America, don't destroy it"
- "Bill: we trusted you and you let us
down"
- "Mr. Nelson, don't sell us out"
- "All we are saying is give peace a chance"
- "The Patriot Act is unpatriotic"
- "Nelson supports the Illuminati and the
Jesuits"
- "What a waste of money, we could have fed
millions"
- "I thought you were a democrat but you are
a turncoat"
- "Bill Nelson, stop listening to corporate
voices over the people who voted you into office"
- "Live small so others may simply live"
- "What happened to being the voice of the
people? You were suppose to represent us"
- "Patriots protest"
- "I'm pro-life but anti-war"
- "Ya basta! Paz!"
- "Why must people die"
- "War of aggression is a crime, arrest the
criminals now"
- "I fought fascism in Europe, I could have
stayed home and waited, it's here now"
- "Et tu, Bill?"
- "There's no freedom or liberation where
there is an occupation"
- "Stand up for progressive values and peace"
- "Let's do something different for a
change: peace, justice, a kinder, gentler nation"
- "We do not have permission to dominate the
planet for profit, stop the madness"
- "More trees, less Bush"
- "Peace is truth, war is lies"
- "Abu Ghraib is here"
- "You must actually believe they are going
to cut you in on the war profits"
- "Nelson honey, who shrank the Peace Corps?"
- "Education and health care could have been
completely revitalized and reconstructed for a fraction of the cost of
this stupid war"
- "A true hero says 'no' when others say
'yes' be a hero not a lemming"
- "Quit voting like a puke"
- "I voted for you every time Senator, help
us"
- "We are all part of God's creation"
- "What right do we have to cause such pain"
- CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS
OF THE EVENT
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