dc.indymedia.org has coverage from the ground of the marches and protests, if you are interested in those details.

If you want to educate yourself on globalization (or more accurately, global corporatization) these sites explain a lot:

Campaign Against the IMF, World Bank and Structural Adjustment
http://www.essentialaction.org/imf/

The Global Rulemakers
http://www.globalexchange.org/economy/

Globalize This!
http://sept.globalizethis.org/

Proclaiming yourself "not part of the problem" does not make it so, even if it does eleviate your own personal guilt.

People don't just take to the streets willy nilly, as some may believe. There is a lot of thought and love behind street action. There are a lot of "cerebral" people out there marching and yellling. Who do you think is doing it? Random dumbasses who protest for arguments sake? No.

It seems abrasive to confront problems and issues in this manner, but it is an effective means of doing such. It also is a bit difficult to understand how empowering and positive direct action is looking at it from the outside. Who knows, maybe Joe has been to rally's in his college days that he can tell us about.

Activism is a joy if you just do it, and it is fun and easy too. Jesus was an activist. I've been thinking a lot of him lately. He spoke to people. He knocked over the money-changers tables outside of the temple. He cared.

I wish more people would. He died for our sin's, for Christ's sake.

Joe, I found a website based out of Chicago that is the Drugde Report for the left. It is called Buzzflash.com. Check it out.

I hope the Cardinals lose on Saturday so there will be a game 4 so Mike can go to it. That would be an experience of a lifetime.

Good night all. God bless.