Tens of thousands marched on DC today to tell Congress to end the war

Today's protest on Washington, DC was much larger than I personally had expected, tens of thousands were out across DC to tell Congress to end the war. Several celebrities, and about half a dozen members of Congress showed up.

Via the AP:

Standing on her toes to reach the microphone, 12-year-old Moriah Arnold told the crowd: "Now we know our leaders either lied to us or hid the truth. Because of our actions, the rest of the world sees us as a bully and a liar."

The sixth-grader from Harvard, Mass., the youngest speaker on the National Mall stage, organized a petition drive at her school against the war.

The House Judiciary Committee chairman, Rep. John Conyers (news, bio, voting record), threatened to use congressional spending power to try to stop the war." George Bush has a habit of firing military leaders who tell him the Iraq war is failing," he said, looking out at the masses. "He can't fire you." Referring to Congress, the Michigan Democrat added: "He can't fire us."

While today's rally certainly sent a powerful message, and was great for energizing the anti-war movement, George Bush didn't hear it, and like he's proven in the past, he simply doesn't care what the American people want.