Still Optomistic, but less so than before. The rumors (maybe misinformation) are starting to fly among local residents. It's true that a fake pipe bomb was found a couple blocks from our house yesterday (this may be the psycho combat vet in me, but insurgents in Iraq liked to place fake explosives to see how we would react and then plant a real one designed to exploit our reaction techniques to cause more damage/kill more people). It's true that there are a shit-ton of protests, many near us.
I don't care about the protests, honestly, I may think you're crazy but respect your right to protest. I don't think people have the right (the anarchists and other assorted whack jobs) to destroy things that don't belong to them and otherwise cause havoc. If you hate all forms of government, great, but don't fuck with my city. I plan on being a quiet observer unless I am dragged into a fight for what is mine or whom I care about.
For now, things seem pretty normal, there were a ton of people on the streets, everyone took their trash out to the curb like a normal Tuesday night, but the natives are restless. The topic of conversation as you took your trash out to the curb and ran into a neighbor was all the craziness that is supposed to be going on. I heard everything from they will burn your car to they will kill your dog (they better not, because I will kill one of them if they hurt our dog).
My wife will be walking to work for the next three days (she's a nurse) and I am probably most worried about that.
Bottom line, there's alot of uncertainty in our neighborhood, not unlike the blogging community at large. People don't know what to expect and that is the scariest part. Time will tell.
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