Todays Enough protest in Orlando started a little early. I got there at 11:40 broke out my sign, and went to my usual spot. After a few minutes a car stopped. The lady in the passenger seat said "We`ve seen you here for a few weeks, Enough what?" My reply was" Enough of everything bush has done to my country". She then said "Thank you" and they drove away. I wasn`t sure if it was for the explanation or just for being there.
Thinking to myself here I go again, The Lone Protester,I started whistling The William Tell Overture. A city busdriver stopped and asked enough what I told her Enough Bush, the people on the bus applauded.Then a man on a bicycle stopped to ask " What? " As I was explaining this is a national movement started in California by Wes Clark Jr. I caught a movement out of the corner of my eye.
To my surprise it was a man in an ENOUGH t-shirt. WOW, I`m not the only one crazy enough to be out here protesting the governments assault on everything good. He didn`t have a sign so I gave him my spare, and we stood together to show passersby we`d had Enough. A few minutes later another guy showed up with a sign and flyers. Alright, maybe more people will come. A car drove by with an ENOUGH sign, so we thought more will be here, but they never came back.
Two women drove up and asked where to park,and drove off. I was surprised again when they came walking around the corner with signs and joined us. It was a great day to be out in front of City Hall.Lots of honking, lots of strange looks, but no flipping us off or throwing things.
Next week try to schedule an hour to show up in front of city hall if you have had ENOUGH. It`s only one hour of one day in a week. This week there were five of us who have had ENOUGH, will you be there next week? I hope some more of you will be there. I know it`s not much, but it is doing something to bring public awareness of what is going on.
This week we had 5 times as many people as last week.
Thanks for your support.