Calling or writing isn't enough. They know what we think.

[marions ghost]

15. Answering to your points:

1. People are profoundly pissed off but don't see mass protest as effective.

2. Working Americans are not lazy. Most don't have the leisure time to make a hobby of standing out in front of town hall with a sign. (Bless the ones who do).

3. Save the Rainforest. It's not hurting large single issue protests. Large single issue protests are being ignored. Ecological issues are economic.

4. We don't live in the Nixon Era. Overwhelming numbers used to be scary to politicians. Now they love it--gives them even more sense of omnipotence. They take it as a sign they are doing something RIGHT if people are squeezed enough to protest. And nothing changes.

5. "Dignified" protests are laughed it. Even mildly confrontational protests are suppressed by force. Violence isn't worth discussing. We will need to be more creative.