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At the corner of Melrose and Highland last night, a group gathered to protest President George Bush's bailout of Wall Street plan. The group may have been small, but represented many. Senator Dianne Feinstein has received so many e-mails, letters and calls (39,180 they say) that they've had to double staffing. Congressman Brad Sherman's office says phone calls are running 300 to 2 against bailout. And of course, more local protests are planned. Photos by LAist Photographer Tom Andrews from last night's protest are below...
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I must have missed them by a few minutes cause as i went by on my bike no one was there at 5:30.
When I got there at 6:30 it was in full swing.
That's me in pic #4. I dress for protest.
Surely the protesters came prepared with a superior alternative, right?
Right?
I say let it tank and start over with a green, peace time, economy, but I doubt I repersent a consensus or anything.
Surely, UCLA ben isn't just an incredible douchebag who loves bashing straw men.
Right?
After seeing this protest (and reading the polls about how public opinion was so low for the bailout), I was inspired to contact one of my Congressional representatives with my feelings on the matter.
Sure -- it probably won't make much of a difference (like the 2003 Valentine's Day anti-war march), but it was better than the feeling of doing nothing.
Step one; Gather up all your credit cards, make a nice origame boulder made of newspaper, space all your credit cards around it leaning inwards, and put a match to it.
Sherman gave a pretty awesome speech before the vote today; too bad no one was listening.