Costumed bicyclists rode through East Lansing and the capital area on Friday making noise in an attempt to get their voices heard.
Members of Critical Mass, a community organization that promotes bicycles as an alternative form of transportation, dressed in Halloween costumes, and rode bikes on the streets of East Lansing with bells and signs to voice their disapproval of the Bush administration.
"We just want to make our presence known," said landscape architecture senior Tim Heuer. "We're going to make a lot of noise and let people know what this group stands for."
One costumed supporter and MSU student dressed as Fidel Castro and wore a sign that said "I have not started one war! Stop the embargo!"
Interdisciplinary studies in social science sophomore Jose Villagran, said he wore the costume and sign to criticize the United States' imperialism and embargo on Cuba.
"Fidel Castro has not started a war, but Bush has," Villagran said. "So who's the real terrorist and criminal?"
Other signs worn by devils and vampires included slogans like "No blood 4 oil," "George W. Bush - too extreme for Lansing," and "Vote the son of a bush out."
Apolonia Rosas, a Holmes Hall food-service worker whose son was a soldier killed in Iraq, voiced her disapproval of the Bush administration and told supporters why it's important to vote.
"Bush lied to me, and a lot of mothers like me, because I'll never see my son again," Rosas said. "Bush will not be president someday, but I will always have this broken heart. That's why it's important to vote."
In an effort to turn out votes against President Bush and elect John Kerry, MoveOn PAC, an Internet-based nonprofit political organization has started "Leave no voter behind." The group contacts voters and gets them to commit to voting against Bush.
Lead field organizer for the group Jonathan Jelen, said it's the first step in taking back the country.
"We're fed up with Bush," Jelen said. "He has taken our country in the wrong direction for the last four years."
Critical Mass meets the last Friday of every month at Ranney Skate Park, 300 Frandor Ave. in Lansing to ride bikes and promote bicyclists' rights.
