Hot Air Balloon Gifts

neetiepie says:

I think you should look at Goodwill or a second hand store to find all the supplies you will need. That way you don't have to spend a lot and if you guys tear the stuff up while you are playing you won't be out too much cash.

I think you should have spectators and cheerleaders cheering you guys on!!

The thought of playing four square drunk cracks me up!! =)

RONALD L. WALDRON says:

On Saturday, March 17, March on the Pentagon for Peace and Impeachment
Make plans now to join veterans, military families, and responsible citizens (otherwise known as impeachment advocates) in a nonviolent march for peace and impeachment, beginning at the Vietnam War Memorial and ending at the Pentagon.
The Pentagon March will step off at 12:30 p.m. at the Vietnam War Memorial (23rd Street and Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, D.C.) Please be there by noon at the latest!

Register your group to march with the impeachment contingent:

At the assembly site, between 8:00 a.m. and 12:30, there will be a pre-march People's Assembly. Contingents and organizations will be providing information displays and literature tables. We will be joined by the famous Bread and Puppet Theater. There will be children's activities, including sign-making for the march, where our children can also pick up anti-war balloons. There will be a large Impeach Bush tent with impeachment materials and a place for impeachment advocates from around the country to gather. We are encouraging every impeachment organization to register their organization to march with the impeachment contingent, so we can publicize the groups making up the Impeachment Contingent. You can do this by clicking on this link for the contingent form:

Be sure to note that you want to march with the impeachment contingent when filling out your form, in addition to identifying your own organization/group. You don't need to be part of a contingent to march, but many groups want to form contingents to have a unified identity in the demonstration.

Tell the Media About the March

Every day this week, between 7:00 and 10:00 a.m. ET, please phone the Washington Journal show on C-Span and express your views about peace, impeachment, and the need to join the march on Saturday. In particular, at 7:30 a.m. on Monday, March 12, please phone and ask the scheduled guest if he will introduce Articles of Impeachment. The guest, Congressman Ron Paul, is the only member of Congress who has said Bush should be impeached. Yet, he has done nothing about it. Invite him to join the march!

Tell Congress No More Money for War

Please call 202-224-3121 today and ask for your congress member's office. Or find their number at

Ask them to make sure there is a floor vote on Barbara Lee's amendment to the Supplemental spending bill, and to vote YES. This is an amendment to require that all Iraq war funding be spent on a safe withdrawal by the end of this year.

Ask them to commit to voting NO on the Supplemental unless Lee's amendment passes.

Another $93 billion for the Iraq War is not what we elected a Democratic majority to do. The smaller items added to the bill (care for veterans, Katrina victims, farmers, etc.) all can and should be passed separately and cannot justify a vote to fund the war.

Terrific New Impeachment Video

On March 9, a church basement in Washington, D.C., filled up with people eager to discuss and debate impeachment. Four speakers began the discussion with brief remarks: 27 year veteran CIA analyst Ray McGovern, founder of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity; David Swanson, co-founder of AfterDowningStreet.org and former staffer for Dennis Kucinich’s presidential campaign; Dave Lindorff, author of “The Case for Impeachment”; and John Judge, former staffer of Rep. Cynthia McKinney who helped draft articles of impeachment legislation. Pete Perry of the Washington Peace Center hosted and moderated. The video is broken into three parts:

Progressive blogs have paid far too little attention to peace and impeachment activism, including marches. When you visit your favorite blogs, post a diary or simply comment about the importance of joining with large numbers of activists to take political action in the streets, not just blogging and hoping for change.

C-Span's Washington Journal deserves extra attention. Every day this week, between 7:00 and 10:00 a.m. ET, please phone and express your views about peace, impeachment, and the need to join the march on Saturday. In particular, at 7:30 a.m. on Monday, March 12, please phone and ask the scheduled guest if he will introduce Articles of Impeachment. The guest, Congressman Ron Paul, is the only member of Congress who has said Bush should be impeached. Yet, he has done nothing about it. Invite him to join the march!

Watch the show at

Phone the appropriate number for you:
Support Democrats: (202) 737-0002
Support Republicans: (202) 737-0001
Support Independents: (202) 628-0205
Outside U.S.: (202) 628-0184
Email:

More ways to be a media activist for impeachment:
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/media

Wendy says:

I loved AWANA games – bean bag toss, three-legged race, tug-of-war, balloon relay! And the challenge of practicing the “bat the balloon over your line” game with the very low ceilings upstairs at CBC in Chums. Turned out to be a whole different game at the Olympics with those high gym ceilings! : ) We need to be reminded to enjoy the unexpected – thanks!

Allan says:

Listen and repeat.