Those guys look so much like each other
that every time one of them gets on the front page of the paper they
both get credit for the hit from other activists.
This picture symbolizes the image that
inspired my friend. It was a subsidy sucker vacuuming tax dollars to
benefit oil company profits. Click on the "Subsidy Sucker" for more
info.
The guy in the tan hat was interviewing
people with a tape recorder. He did a good job, but I don't know what
his media outlet is.
My schtick for the day was "I'm a
currency speculator, looking for change in retail politics." When I got
to the guy from the California DISCLOSE Act I told him "this is my idea
of clean money" and pulled out a freshly minted Sacajawea dollar with a
peace pipe on the back. He said "you got me." He just hadn't thought
about the relationship between change and "change" before.
Thinking about that "democracy isn't
for sale" sign, I'm remembering that woman's voice on the radio that
said "if you don't own a car you get to keep a lot more of the change
that lands in your pocket." That's becoming my favorite defining sou
for grass roots democracy. Real democracy starts with the greenbacks in
your wallet. It's for sale, but it's up to you to put good politics
into your spending decisions. Don't vote for oil companies at the gas
pump!
That yellow line behind the Jesus character is Chevron's property
line. The line of nice cars coming out gave truth to the "home of
the greed" sentiment. Click below to see something about what big oil
has done.
Can you feel the "END BIG OIL HANDOUTS" sucking the oxygen off of K St.?
There were no big corporate logo signs
to mark the entrance, probably because Chevron wants to protect their
privacy.
The street sign was the only giveaway.
A couple of hours after we got there
the traffic volume declined dramatically. Uncle Sam went down the row
telling people that he'd just heard that there were 350 people
protesting the $5 fee at Bank of America in Walnut Creek. We then
took the subsidy sucker down and headed for the hills.
