Have a check list. Mine is here: https://phil-bythenumbers.blogspot.com/2026/01/protest-preparations.html
All in all, the company is pleasant. I'll shift positions about every 20 minutes or so and have different people to talk to.
Getting feed back from the drive bys is good and gives a good measure of where you stand. The anti-administration to supporter ration is about 50-1. There is the occasional bird flipping, motor revving, unimaginative F##k you, and the strange, "get a job!" Strange in that it is a fairly common retort. Enough where there must be a common source in their propaganda. Strange in that the protests are on Saturday, and obviously they are not working either...
Lets assume bias in that 50-1 observation. Lets say it's 25-1. That means 4% of the drive bys are for the illegal acts of the corrupt-leader-in-chief. You know what 4% is on a bell curve? A very vocal minority, but still the lunatic fringe.
Some post protest comments about a bunch of old people on the lines. And there some much older than me. Now think about it. How bad must the situation be to get a 75 year old out in the rain and cold to protest? Look to your elders folks, they know their mind. And they are not doing it for themselves, but for you.
The birth of an Urban Legend:
I have been to a number of locations. With a group of 300 in Swathmore, Pa, we were being harassed by initially 3 cars with loud engines and way over done with the pedophile-in-chief's paraphernalia. They went through the intersection several times before two cars got bord and drove away. The largest truck made a couple of passes and then decided to park cattycorner to our group. Putting up a sign, "Honk if you love T###p". There was some grumbling and anger from our corner, but cooler heads were prevailing.
My opinion was we needed him. The number of honks he received was minimal, see 50-1 above.
I told someone I think I'll go over there and give him a bottle of water. It was hot, and it would not due to have him pass out from heat stroke.
6 months later, another location. I had related this story a number of times. And someone this morning told me the same story, only it happened in Pottsgrove. How many times has this story been repeated now? Who knows? But it is interesting to witness an urban legend being made.
