Tag: Protest
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Save Our VA Tucson Protest 3/27/26
Four of us held the line at the Tucson VA’s Ajo entrance from 6:30-8:30am for the morning shift change. The percentage of responses today was similar to last week’s, somewhere between 75-85%, with only two negatives that saw. I just continued to smile and nod… Tomorrow morning, we’ll be on the line for the No…
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Save Our VA Protest Tucson 3/20/26
Three of us held the line from 6:30-8:15am at the Ajo gate of the Tucson VA for the morning shift change. Responses were about the same as last week’s, about 80%. There were no outright negatives that I saw today. Progress, or at least the ‘negatives’ just didn’t feel like responding at all, rather like…
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Save Our VA Protest 3/13/26
Yes, I know, Friday the thirteenth… Fortunately, I’m not superstitious. Four of us held the line at the South (Ajo) entrace to the Tucson VA for the morning shift change, 6:30-8:15am. We had an 80-90% response rate again today, with only two negatives that I could see.
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Save Our VA Protest 3/6/26
Three of us held the line outside the Ajo gate of the Tucson VA this morning for the moring shift change, from 6:40 – 8:15 am. Of those I could make out, a good 85-90% responded positively, The rest either ignored us or were preoccupied with other concerns… Only one negative, a ‘bouncing’ thumb down……
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…