Some Amazing People

Sheryl Oring has a project called "I wish to say...". She was posted at a public square in NYC this week with an antique typewriter, an old style 48-star US flag and a business suit straight out of the 50s.

Anyone was allowed to sit at her little desk and write a message for the president, which she types out for them on a postcard. When finished, she gives it to send off to the Whitehouse. She even provides the postage! I think it's a great idea. "Productive Art" I guess some would call it. By the way, she made ABC News' "Person of the Week" today. Read the good article there and watch the video if you have an ABC News account or whatever.

Kudos to the brave ladies of Code Pink who crashed (and of course were then tossed out of) the Republican Convention at Madison Square Garden. More than once! According to an interview on Democracy Now, they also caused some trouble at the Democratic Convention in Boston. My kind of girls. Give them all a hard time. Call them all out on their policies that benefit the ultra rich, corporations, campaign contributors and war profiteers, while screwing over everyone else.

Finally, congrats to the organizers of the protest in the picture to the left. Talk about getting a point across without the usual tactics of bullhorns and chanting. It was a very creative way to symbolize all the jobs that have been lost in this country the last 3 years.

Three-Mile Long 'Unemployment Line' Give Bush The Pink Slip
Quicktime Video of the line from Truthout.org