Clever dissidents

Sorry I've been MIA lately - buried in work. But I had to take a second out to comment on this item I just heard announced on Air America Radio during the 9am newsbreak, courtesy of our friends at Turn Your Back on Bush.

On January 20th, 2005, we're calling for a new kind of action. The Bush administration has been successful at keeping protesters away from major events in the last few years by closing off areas around events and using questionable legal strategies to outlaw public dissent. We can use these obstacles to develop new tactics. On Inauguration day, we don't need banners, we don't need signs, we just need people.

We're calling on people to attend inauguration as they are: members of the public. Once through security and at the procession, at a given signal, we'll all turn our backs on Bush. A simple, clear and coherent message.

Once again, this is elegant simplicity. I hope the crowd will be huge. And I hope the sad-ass media will be taking pictures.