Friday night we came across this amazing little Italian restaurant just down the street from our building. Our waiter, a charming jokester of a man, asked us who we were voting for in the upcoming election. When I asked him who he was going to vote for, his allegiance was to Obama-- or at least, if he lived in the U.S. and could vote, he would vote for Barack. He didn't really care though, so long as a certain someone was pemanently evicted from Washington D.C. He said he had no sympathy for W. Well, neither do most people here. Myself included.
This was one of the most popular signs at an anti war demonstration in Trafalgar Square on Saturday. The British aren't particularly fond of Blair, either. They see him as W.'s British counterpart. At this protest, they had two guys dressed up as Bush and Blair. For a small price little kids got to hurl large wet sponges at their heads.
Seeing this reminded me of and image Professor Neiman-Aurbach showed us during the Summer Academy last year. In it, her now 9 year-old daughter Dalia wielded a sign in a picket line that was bigger than she was. Yes, indeed, protesting the government can be a family affair.
Keeping with the theme of public discontent over our "fearless leader:"
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