Tag: Protest
-
Save Our VA Protest – 2/20/26
Sorry, no pictures today… lost my phone/camera… had to go out and buy a new one today… that was an ordeal I hope not to repeat anytime soon…; -| Setting up the new one took me most of the day, so I’m posting this account later than usual… Oh well…; -) Four of us stood…
-
Save Our VA Tucson – 2/13/26
Save Our VA Tucson – 2/13/26 Three of us held the line this morning from 6:30-8:00 am for the shift change at the Ajo entrance of the Tucson VA. A light rain lasted for the first half hour, which stopped and began again around 7:45. The response rate was about the same as the last…
-
Save Our VA Protest – 2/6/26
Only three of us held the line at the Ajo entrance to the Tucson VA for the morning shift change, 6:30-8:00 AM. The responses were between 75% and 80%, with only a couple of negatives. One guy rolled down his window and screamed, “F*** NO!” … I think… that’s what it sounded like, the best…
-
Save Our VA Protest 1/30/26
Six of us were on the line at the Ajo entrance to the Tucson VA for the morning shift change. It was cold enough that I could see my breath in the air for the duation. Two visitors from Minnesota stopped by to chat with us and relay information about what’s happening there. They are…
-
I’m Perplexed
I’m Perplexed I’ve tried to keep my rhetoric confined to our ongoing class warfare of the last few decades. But the situation has escalated to the point that rampant bigotry has become national policy. Where federal ‘security’ forces (ICE, USCBP, the National Gurard, etc) are mudering American citizens with impunity, violating the first and fouth…
-
Save Our VA Protest – Tucson – 1/2/26
Three of us walked the line at the VA’s Ajo entrance for the morning shift change, 6:30-8:30 am. As in previous weeks, we had about a 75% response rate. I only saw one confirmed negative, a bouncing thumb down… Our third person, walking the line, is from Veterans For Peace. He joins us from time…
-
Save Our VA Protest – Tucson 12/26/25
There were only three of us walking the line at the Ajo gate for the shift change (6:30am-8:30am) for the Tucson VA. The traffic was lighter today than usual, and not just because of the holiday. The VA has not been filling critical positions for a while now and has laid off many for “efficiency”…
-
Save Our VA Protest – Tucson – 12/19/25
There were only 3 of us at the Ajo gate, but around 30 at the 6th Ave entrance for this mornings shift change. The 6th Ave gate was covered from around 7:30 AM on. We covered the Ajo gate from 6:30-8:30 AM. Responses today were similar to last week, from 70-80% responding and no negatives…
-
Save Our VA Protest – 12/12/25
There were only 3 of us out this morning at the Tucson VA’s Ajo gate for the shift change. We arrived at 6:30 AM and left at 8:30. It was pretty chilly, both temperature and responses, at least at first. But responses picked up pretty quickly to about the same as last week’s. And only…
-
Save Our VA Protest – 12/5/25
Only 3 of us walked the line at the Ajo Gate for the shift change this morning. But we had good responses, about 80%, like last week, and only one overtly negative … a bouncing thumb down… Ob, and some yelled at us that regardless of our protest, Trump still loves us… which generated a…