<<There's no reason that a silent action isn't as powerful as a loud riotous same old chant different issue protest at this point in our history. >>

I disagree. This is a very unique event in history. First time around the SCOTUS handed him the election, this time more and more evidence is showing that Diebold and dirty tricks resulted in his win, making a mockery of democracy. As a result, I think we need to come up with a unique form of protest and I think the turnyourbackonbush.org thing is a great idea. Dont get me wrong, I think in your face protesting is great and I've done it myself, but in order for the media to adequately cover this and not merely write us off as a bunch of hooligans, we need to really think this out.

I think one of the draws of this silent protest is its a) different, b) very powerful and c) probably will attract a lot of people who are anti-bush but NEVER before would have considered going to ANY protest, let alone an inaguration protest. I remember in the 80's when ACT UP would do this form of protest and I thought it sent a powerful message and really caught the medias attention.

Obviously, there doesnt need to be only one form of protest- everyone has a right to protest how they want, but for this to work, we would need tens of thousands of people.

Oh, and the other thing- word is that bush is bringing in 4,000 military combat troops for unprecedented "security" when he is "crowned" king on Jan. 20. I am worried that they are going to effectively not allow us anywhere near the parade route, unlike last time and they will justify it with talk and fear mongering re: terrorism. As the turnyourback.org website points out, those of us interested in doing this may have a better chance of getting into a key spot because we wont have signs, banners or T-shirts clueing in law inforcement and the secret service that we are there as protesters as opposed to supporters. And that's a good thing. Also, the media may not have a choice but to cover it (they hardly covered it last time) if we can get right along the parade route and no one can tell if we are for or against bush.