Huge Crowd

This is a picture of the "crowd" as I approached after the "Die In."

Empassioned speech I

This speaker came up after the "Die In" which I sadly did not get any pictures of.  I saw it as I was driving by and could have literally become one of the "drive by media" had I just been a bit faster with camera.  While his speech was empassioned and lengthy, the sympathizers retreated to the large shade tree to the side to be near Our Lady of the Whine and incidentally cool off after a hard ten minute die-in- I heard in a later speech that a whopping 48 corpses participated.

Empassioned Speech

Mr. Rodriguez lost his Marine son in Afghanistan.  This, I was told (by him) means he has a right and the authority to express his opinion about the war whereas I, who have not lost a son, have no right to contradict him, only to agree with him.  In this speech he told us that he had been on TV in Spain and could assure us that all of Europe  doesn't like George Bush one little bit.  Oh yeah, and the recruiters lied to his son and Halliburton is poisoning our soldiers.

Empassioned Speech II

A perfect Día de los Muertos tableau.

Pinkos

And check out the Bitch Wings on these gals.  They are wearing foundation garments, however...

Eeyore

She always turned toward me when I was taking her picture and did this "anti-cheese" thing.  This is a serious  business, don't you know, George Bush is killing our babies, Halliburton is poisoning our troops and the women of Bhopal are in solidartiy with us.  The gal next to  Our Lady of the Whine was a woman whose claim to fame was that she had just come off a hunger strike that she had undertaken to show solidarity with the women of Bhopal, India, who had marched from Bhopal to New Deli to demand compensation for the worst man-made catastrophe ever* and incidentally it's also the only place in India you can get a decent bagel.

 * I know, I could think of about a zillion that were worse, too, but factual and historical inaccuracy is de rigueur  at these affairs.

101 Things to do with a Kefiyeh

Another What Not To Wear moment.

Stacy: Kefiyehs are so Seventies, but in a way that isn't fun retro 

Clinton: I think that if she wanted this look to work, she would have to accessorize more creatively.  Firearms can work well- especially an AK47 and maybe a pair of bold earrings.

Stacy:  I would adjust the scarf, though; she's very shapely but I think that she's calling too much attention to her, uh derriere.  It's looking a little too much like a diaper.  And the white socks have to go. 

Huge Crowd 2

This is the "crowd" that came to hear OLW and to express solidarity.

Rearview

The headliner act and one of many pics featuring "Bitch Wings" (hands on hips.)  This appears to be the preferred posture of the female of the species Sinistrus horribilus.

Counter Protesters Move In

The Counter Protesters, a.k.a. my  pals, a.k.a. the sane, logical people who actually had to interrupt their wealth creation activities to protest Cindy's wealth creation activities, were told not to approach and honored that request until Our Lady of the Whine addressed the crowd.

We shall overcome...

Hunger strike, smunger strike.

Free Pot Now

I didn't know Pot had been arrested.

Waiting for the Elevator

Yup, after a hard afternoon of browbeating Army Recruiters, the only thing left to do is to take the elevator down ONE FLIGHT to street level.  On the floor below I encountered one fellow who apparently got separated from the group and was deeply confused about exiting the building.  He approached me and said, "I just want to know how to get out of this building!"  Where we were standing I could clearly see daylight coming through doors on either side of the building, one set opening onto Guadalupe and the other opening onto Trinity.  I directed him politely to the one that I knew would be the most inconvenient.

Fountain

I was trying to get a pic of the "Free Pot Now" sign but my camera wanted to catch the fountain, so I put this in.