Yes, you’re nuts; sure, I’m up for it. 
Frig, I wish I could go… There’s that pesky “I’m a cripple” issue, though, which will probably prevent me from crashing with anyone, & hotel rooms cost money that I most likely won’t have. Well, I guess you can put me down for “hopefully”.
Tris this could start a whole new trend. I think I’m going to go with the “Recycle your tires” sign…
wanders off to look for crayons
That’s Trekkers!
I’m in. How close is Washington, D.C. to the capital? Just wondering…
my sign(s):
**Down with demonstrations!
My cat’s breath smells like catfood!
Hi, :Dpal!
Eat At Joe’s
[Jerry Lewis] Glavin! [/Jerry Lewis]
I hate birds! Breed flying cats!
**
You know, it sounds like a great idea and all but it seems like the going out for beer thing is taking a back seat to this whole politcal adgenda. Any chance of getting that back on the table?
Beer before, beer after. No beer during, they have laws about that. (requires an entirely different permit.)
Seriously, I hope for the usual three days of related events, as mentioned somewhere above. The three or four hours of intense political street theater should be a centerpiece. And a nice walk to work up our appetites. There are several nice restaurants within walking distance of our most likely choices of demonstration site, and we can just wander on over as we get bored with pure social activism. (It happens.)
It’s looking good so far. Next week sometime, I will be phoning around to find out who and where to get permits from, and by then, we need to have achieved something somewhere close to a consensus on the best date. April has two weeks of glorious flowers, and big crowds. May has better weather and traffic. June is too late. March is probably too soon, and usually wet and cold.
We already have enough interested to legally qualify as a mob! (Based solely on numbers, you understand.) Many more, and we will have to post a bond! How cool is that? If I post a bond, and one of you suckers makes me forfeit it, I will hunt you down to the ends of the earth, by the way.
As soon as we have a date, I recommend getting on the horn to your duly elected representative and ask for a meeting on the specific day. Make it a big deal, about the day, since you will be traveling all the way from wherever. We need to be absolutely in the right about our right to speak.
And anyone who cannot speak with his representative can sit on the sidewalk, and yell about it.
Tris
Sounds good to me.
I’ts about time the Anti-Fried Twinkie Action Group got a little publicity anyway.
Beautiful idea. If I can be there, I will, with Mrs. xeno in tow.
Oh, and yes, you’re nuts.
WALK SOFTLY
“EAT THE POOR” WAS SATIRE
READING IS FUNDAMENTAL
Enlighten me (and, since B is reading alongside with me, her) as to what sort of different accomodations you’d need to be comfortable and all that stuff. Again, if we’re getting the house we’ve been looking at, we should have an entire room to set up whatever you need to use:)
punha, where exactly is this house going to be? I get the impression that it’s in SW VA, which is a long detour for Cosmopolitan on the way from L.I. to D.C.
I, for one, will be happy to chip in $20 to a find-Cosmopolitan-a-hotel-room-near-DC fund, if anyone cares to organize one. (I’m not Mr. Organized, so you don’t want me in charge of it. And I’d offer to put her up chez Firefly, but it’s not exactly wheelchair-friendly.) And once we have a date set, we can check Orbitz and so forth for accessible hotels at reasonable rates.
Calendar note… Saturday April 19 is in the middle of Passover, so some of us won’t be able to drink beer. (Or eat restaurant food, for that matter.)
Cherry blossom time, as I recall, is early April. I wouldn’t want the First Great DopeMarch to collide with the Cherry Blossom Festival. Someone please check on the festival date?
Now for a cause…
Repeal the DMCA!
Stop investigating scuba divers.
Support democracy. Support Israel!
If you don’t like the way I march, take it to the BBQ Pit!
**Dyslexics of the World, Untie!
Jesus is coming!
[sub]look busy[/sub]
This space for rent**
Sounds like a wonderful idea Trisk. If it is at all possible for me to make it I will be there.
Cops Nab Coeds in Pot Orgy
Sodomy Down On The Ranch?
Down with this sort of thing!
RT, it is indeed in the area B was raised in (remember that “you have to go through Tennessee to get there” comment I made? Yeah. There). I just wanted to let Cosmo know that all is not lost:)
Great idea! I did just the same thing (whirlwind tour) last summer. Stayed at a friends place near Geo. Washington U., crashed on her couch, and had a blast.
I can see it now:
“MAKE WAR, NOT PEACE (I NEED JOB SECURITY)”
“GIVE PEAS A CHANCE!”
“SAVE FERRIS!”
Tripler
Oh, the politicking I could do . . .
Is a ‘massacree’ anything like ‘macrame’?
I think this is an amazingly wonderful idea, and I would LOVE to be a part of it; this is the kind of thing that needs to be done loud and often. Unfortuntely, I’m prohibited by my employer from engaging in any political activity beyond registering and voting. 
Maybe I’ll quit my job so I can participate…