@OmSigDAVID,
But, bushwacker II was incredibly dangerous to the US along with dick cheney, condoleeza rice, donald rumsfeld and john ashcroft.
I took the day off to protest the john ashcroft speech in Boston at Faneuil Hall. I was never so afraid as I was that day. I made certain that my clothing was warm but had nothing loose that cops or right wing crazies could grab. I put my driver's license and my debit card as well as a little cash in the flat change purse I then had and tucked it into the pocket of my jeans. I wore short boots, a sweater and blazer. I took the commuter rail and the subway in.
Many of the protestors were women of my generation and I spoke to several. Some were veterans of anti-war and civil rights marches of the 60s, as I was. They all said that they never approached a march with greater fear than they did this one. Others had never marched before and said they regretted not speaking up for America and democracy earlier in their lives.
As it turned out, there was nothing to fear from the actual event itself . . . only the fear that the bush administration created within.
It was a brilliant fall day. After the protest, when ashcroft was whisked away, I decided to visit the Paul Revere House a few blocks away. While I had been to that monument several times previously, I hadn't visited off-season. It was calm and there was a spirit of place about it. It was a fitting cap to my contribution toward the protest of the bush administration and its mismanagement of power.