The White House has just announced that Bush will be signing the Military Commissions Act on Tuesday. You know the one: it legalizes torture, open-ended secret detainment and trial without defense for foreign nationals and citizens alike. On the word of the President, anyone may be declared an enemy combatant and disappeared.The Bush administration is coming out as a gang of murderous torturers and thugs.

We must resist or they will have already won by controlling us; this is the very definition of "terrorism". In the cosmic game of ro-sham-bo, laughter beats fear.

So gather your debutante duds and get ready for a ball, 'cause evening
rush hour on Tuesday will be the Great Bush Regime Coming-Out
Cotillion! White dresses! Orange jumpsuits! Canapes! Hooding!

Or think of it as the pre-party for Hallowe'en. Test-drive your formal coveralls.

This will be nonviolent and unpermitted. No mike, no speakers. There are notices
going out through a variety of groups but everyone, joiner or not, is invited to unite behind the
conviction that this administration is wayouttaline. And because ya gotta laugh sometimes, even if it is to say, "those
clowns can't be serious."

Musicians: Bring your acoustic instruments and help make it the party of the season.

Save the Date: Tuesday, 17 October, 4:30 pm at Berkeley Bart