Fight the power!

On the ride into work this morning, I couldn't help but listen in on the conversation of two college-age girls. At first they were talking about mundane stuff ("Let's go over to Marie Claire's for a party tonight!"), but then they started talking about ending up in jail. I quickly realized they were going to a protest, a common occurrence in DC. "I'm the designated emergency contact for a bunch of the girls if they get arrested!" one of them announced. "What happens to our car if we can't get back to it?" the other one asked. As we got closer to my work, I discovered that not only were they getting off at my stop, they were planning to protest the EPA (me). Needless to say, I didn't put on my badge until well after I exited the Metro.

I've seen lots of protesters over the years, first in college and now working so close to the Capitol/Mall. I've never been fired up about something to take part in a protest myself, but it's fun to watch. Anyone here tried to stand up to the man in a grand display of defiance?

Jam it back in, in the dark.

They were protesting Mountain Top Mining. Must not have been a particularly effective protest, since I don't see anything about it in the paper. Sounded like a hippie commune from my desk.

There's nowhere I can't reach.