I need a shower. Just came home from the Halifax event. I don't know what they were expecting, but I would say it went over like a fart in church. At MOST 200 people, that includes the police that were in attendance. Oh yes, and some guy from the North End named Virgil, who plugged in his guitar and played a few songs to "Change the mood" of the gathering. One confused person was walking around with a "Hands off Venezuela " placard..?? I did not know we hand our hands on.
Half of those in attendance were the typical crowd, street folk with their doggies, they had a couple 5 gallon pails set up for rice and something else, to make pita pockets. :-X CUPE rep something Mccracken was there, missed his first name, could have been Phil, gave his speech on how organized labour is behind the peace movement. One comment stood out, he was getting rousing applause on all his talking points, save one.
"I am getting sick of seeing these support the troops bumper stickers!" resulted in a rousing round of applause. "We can support the troops without supporting the mission! I mean we all support the troops, right?" A little patter of applause followed that.
And with that report from the Halifax event, off to shower, and no, I did not mingle, stood up on the stairs having a Timmies and rolling my eyes with the police in attendance.
