Reply #94: Good News and Bad News (from west Los Angeles) [View All]

[coalition_unwilling]

When Feingold announced his censure resolution on Sunday and when Bush started his latest marketing campaign for Iraq, I decided to escalate my vigil from twice per week to seven days per week (2 hours per day), starting this past Sunday.

Here's an anecdotal report: I carry a two-sided sign. One side says "U.S. Out of Iraq Now." Other side (in recognition of L.A.'s 51% Latino majority) says "Pinche Bush." (the closest I've been able to get to an accurate English translation of this is "Fucking devious Bush.")

Response to my one-man vigil is overwhelmingly positive, lots of horn honks and peace signs flashed. Postive responses outweigh negative by a ration of 100-1. And number of neutrals (expressing no opinion) has gone down. That's the good news.

Here's the bad (or mixed) news: no one has spontaneously joined me. Hmm, maybe my outrage is more pronounced than most people's. Or maybe people think it's enough to just honk or flash a peace sign.