Bryan D. Brown

Jennifer and I ventured out to the anti-war march last Saturday, on the 4th anniversary of the Iraq War. Getting there was pretty eventful, as two hundred UCSB students staged a critical mass that started at the UCSB campus and ended 11 miles later at Plaza Vera Cruz - from where the march would begin. Jennifer and I, being conscientious enough to not want to drive to a march protesting an oil war (there might just be a little hippie in me after all), decided to take the bus to Plaza Vera Cruz, not anticipating that the critical mass might just prevent our bus from picking us up on time. That’s exactly what happened, but the good thing is that the critical mass passed right by us while we were waiting - which made for a pretty cool visual.

I used the Google on the internets to see what kind of protests were happening elsewhere in the world. The exact phrase I used to search escapes me, mostly due to the fact that the Google Advertisement that came up almost knocked me out of my seat. I don’t know about you, but I’m not exactly rushing to book that vacation. If you wish to see this in action use the Google to search for Iraq Vacations (not the term I used, by the way), and you’ll see the advertisement.