http://inauguration2005.tribe.net/thread/838adda1-cf98-460f-b71c-7d18c0813ef2?format=rss Tribe.net. Local Connections http://Inauguration2005.tribe.net/thread/838adda1-cf98-460f-b71c-7d18c0813ef2#58251208-b5bd-4f62-b37f-1cf253a7e9da Well, quite a good showing today. Christ though, I've never seen so many people in fur coats, staring at us, wondering who let all the riff raff in. Texans, to be sure. I never made it to the A.N.S.W.E.R zone so I didn't see how many people were there. That was probably the biggest group. I was with the local group, DAWN. We marched to McPherson Square and then people just began moving toward the checkpoints. A lot of us got through. My friends and I were with a group that made it to 14th and Pennsylvania, between two sets of Bushie Bleachers. My honest guess is that protesters outnumbered supporters 2-1, at least where I was. We were vocal but non-violent. (Okay, a few objects *may* have been thrown). There was the usual chanting but for me it was the one-liners offered up by the rowdy crowd that really made it great. Clearly not everyone got in because behind us some demonstrators were shut out and began shaking the barricades. The riot squad showed up an unleashed the pepper spray and that was the end of that. Of course we were all wishing those barricades would have come down. Then we would have had something. But of course the police always have the upper hand. Haven't seen any media coverage. I was talking to some bank employees later and asked if the protests were shown. They said that they "showed a guy with a bandana over his face." Fucking typical. Anyway, thanks to those of you who traveled to the city to make this happen. It was a great day. They'll do their best to brush it under the rug, aided by a complicit media, but I think it will be hard and that's what I care about most. Fri, 21 Jan 2005 04:09:12 GMT http://Inauguration2005.tribe.net/thread/838adda1-cf98-460f-b71c-7d18c0813ef2#58251208-b5bd-4f62-b37f-1cf253a7e9da James 2005-01-21T04:09:12Z