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TBO,
I could respect these efforts if they had a central point. But they don't. If the central issue is Wall Street Bailouts, then everyone should convene around that issue. If it's about the deficit potentially being higher than ever, convene around that. But it's all so loosely scattered across people's individual gripes that it doesn't form a consistent message.
EX: I saw a sign that said Commander In Thief? Really - how's that? What is Obama taking from the middle class to give to anyone else? Again, hate to generalize, but the woman with this sign was clearly no rich pampered retiree. it's that lack of self education and understanding of the issues that's just so hard to stomach when people protest things like this. I'll admit, I truly don't know all the angles of all the issues, but I do what I can to read and absorb enough to try and understand both sides. All I could understand today was that people are mad about something, they just don't really know what issue to be mad about.