Library campaign comes to Covington!

The campaign by Occupy Cincinnati and Occupy Campbell County to confront the ridiculous series of Tea Party lawsuits against local libraries has now come to Covington!

There was a rally about this matter today, and I knew I was in trouble when I saw that the Tea Party's bus was already parked across the street waiting for us.

Indeed, the Tea Party held a rally in Goebel Park 3 years ago today. Here's a photo of their tour bus with Minnesota plates parked in front of the park on April 15, 2010...



Here's a photo of a tour bus with Minnesota plates - possibly the same bus - parked at the exact same location today, April 15, 2013...



(Before any armchair skeptics try claiming these photos are on the same day, notice the trim on the gas station in the background is a different color: It was yellow in 2010 but white in today's picture. I shouldn't even have to point this out.)

But no bother! The Occupy event went on as scheduled. I didn't see anybody coming out of the bus to counter us, though I'm sure they were keeping an eye on us. It's actually mighty stupid on their part to think we wouldn't notice we were being watched.

Our event received numerous thumbs-up from motorists. This time, nobody actually argued with us.

But here's the best part: Not long into our demonstration, a police car came tooling along. The officer got out and said somebody had called the cops on us. Gee, I wonder who? Ponder, ponder. We explained what was going on, and the police left. Of course, it would be like the Tea Party to call the law on us, considering their record of political intolerance. Remember, a Tea Party group in Ohio filed a complaint demanding a state investigation of all Occupy groups statewide, so it would have been a shock if they had actually left us alone.

And look for us on Google Street View too! As amazing as it is to believe, the Google Street View car - with its camera fully extended - drove up Philadelphia Street during our rally!