This being the only permitted action in dissent of the G20 Summit in Pittsburgh; it is, of course, full of great speeches and fun signs.

I realized after the fact that the organizers of the March had agreed to lead the 10 thousand plus participants by the nose away from the convention center after the protest by claiming to have another locations for speeches however the only speaker of note at the 2nd location was Cindy Sheehan.  I'm truly sorry Cindy but I did not film your wonderful speech because my mouth had food in it for the first time that day and I had not slept the night before.  Cindy's speech was , of course, brilliant; but not worth leaving the downtown area to hear.  

This protest should have just sat down in the street where we were until ..say.. Tuesday.  Haven't we learned anything from the Ukraine?

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A layman's explanation of why the g20 is a problem for poor and working class people all over the world.  This was the speech just before the 10,000 + strong permitted march began.

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My first baseball game in 30 yrs. It was fun but I keep wondering how the people around me were able to afford to drop so much money for the experience. Maybe that's why there were so few in the stands.

A 5k Fun Run and press conference to kick off the IMF meetings in DC this weekend.

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