Met two activists patriots tonight, in front of the Ogilvy Transportation Center on Madison Street in Chicago. I broke the conversation commenting upon their camping gear. “Gonna be camping around here?” “Definetly.” l “Where you from?” “New York City. We were in Philly this morning, occupying space in front of the Federal Reserve Bank there. Now we're here. There's LOTS of us! Have you heard about us?”
You bet. This is the singly most exciting thing that has happened in my lifetime since Miami, 1972, when the VVAW took over the town, marched through the streets in utter silence, while Ron Kovich and his three wheel-chair bound companions stormed the Republican National Convention, to be spat upon (the only actually recorded episode of anybody spitting on a Viet Nam veteran – all the others are fictions, put in the heads of all too guilible guys who saw RAMBO parts I & II too many times), by, Republican delegates.
We've already raised $40,000 in cash, and we haven't even tried to. We don't need money at this point. We just need PEOPLE to come out and be a part of it. In fact, we've had people telephone wanting to give us HUGE sums of money, several called wanting to contribute $50,000! But we don't have the mechanisms in place for that right now. People have been so nice – they send food over all the time. It's really exciting.l Please, come out tomorrow and JOIN US.
I will lads, you can bet your young asses, I will BE there.
With Love, With Hope, With Faith
DEMOCRACY is comin' to the USA!
Please, click on the link below, and feel the POWER of the PEOPLE!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHI9BTpGkp8
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