Philadelphia: A Tale of Two Protests

In late February, about 150 citizens showed up for one of those Tea Party protests on Independence Mall. Roy and I stopped by to see it and to participate a bit. It was not mentioned in the papers or on television, but I did snap a photo early on (more people came later) before leaving for The Flower Show:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lblanchard/3317362623/

Yesterday, two dozen ACORN-organized supporters protested the tax abatement I wrote about yesterday. It got prominent coverage in the daily paper, complete with photographs:

http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/20090402_Property-tax_abatements_prompt_anger.html

I guess the tea-party folks don't know how to bring out the media.

Those Mexican drug guns....

503% of the guns seized in Mexico over the past two years came from the U.S.

Jeez. You'd think they were counting on us to be, like, innumerate or something.

From unixronin's LJ -- many thanks to suzilem for having him on her f-list!