Protesters

As I sit in my cozy office in the desert, it's hard to get too excited about the protesters. Lunch seems more important. But to not recognize the underlying current of the protesters is to risk being swept away with the tide. And there is a riptide hidden beneath this sea of young people who are taking a stand against "something." Wall street is certainly not the real target, but it will do for now until the protesters get a real mission. And I believe they will.

Right now they are searching for a mission and for a leader that can force change. It might very well be one of the GOP POTUS candidates, who can force that change. Some groups are protesting the war. Some are protesting for more jobs. Some are protesting the protesters. In Boston, the police arrested some of the protesters. But in Kansas City, San Diego, Chicago and New York, the protests continue unabated. Just this morning, I received an invitation to join the movement on-line. There have been some successful grass roots movements in the past, the Vietnam war was one and there have been others that fizzled out. For example, the million man march on Washington DC is a faded memory. No one that I know even remembers what the million men were marching for.

This time, however, the protests in my opinion will not stop. They are going to get organized and the Internet is the tool that will allow this protest to gain traction for change. Make no mistake about it, the majority of these protesters are not your run-of-the-mill liberals looking for more handouts from the Fed. And that what makes this movement dangerous to the current administration. These protesters have hybrid political affiliations and are not going to be sidetracked by petulant promises and tepid teleprompter rhetoric. The GOP POTUS candidate who can mobilize their energy into a force for change will chase Obama out of Washington before the election even begins. It has happened to other presidents.

I know that many of my conservative friends will characterize this protest movement as left wing motivated. And that may have been its origin. However, to discount what is happening now is to look back on its effect in two years and have to say that you never knew it would be successful. The movie forecast it all.

THEY ARE MAD AS HELL, AND THEY ARE NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE!