Floating for Impeachment

Photos taken by David Ireland. The one above is Veterans for Peace. The other is Pirates for Impeachment.

Today, another hot, hot day in the mountains, with lots of sunshine. A group of us floated down the French Broad River in the Riverlink Raft Race today. I had heard about this a few weeks back, and the organization that got this event rolling said that any non-profits who floated down the river would get a radio time package. So, I contacted the local Vets for Peace and asked who wanted to do this – I know that they would be quite interested in getting radio air time on stations that are not exactly liberal. Four of them joined me in doing the float.

We knew, before we even talked, that we wanted to promote impeachment on our raft float down the river. (That’s pretty much what we want the radio air time, too – that and to promote the Peace Rally in March of next year.) Unbeknownst to us – there were two other groups who used impeachment as a theme also!! One was PIRATES FOR IMPEACHMENT and they even had a sign made up. They had a home-made platoon boat, which kept on getting stuck on the rocks. The other group was PUPPETS FOR IMPEACHMENT, and then had a row boat type boat with puppets on board. We were VETERANS FOR IMPEACHMENT.

We had a lot of fun. We had signs on the front and back, and signs hanging from a frame the guys made - that was attached to the raft frame. They also had a bush blow up doll thingy, that we tied a strap around and floated behind. The Pirates for Impeachment also had the same doll thingy – one of those things that you are supposed to hit and then it bounces back.

I also made some contacts with a woman who owns a video rental store. She is collecting signatures for impeachment. I will update this post when I have some pictures. And I will let you know what prize we won.