There have been a couple articles in the Sentinel about the event...
Ramona Turner's article:
www.santacruzsentinel.com/archive/2003/May/26/local/stories/03local.htm

As I read Ramona's article, I wondered whether she actually attended. I couldn't help but wonder why they assigned this event to the traffic column person. It seems to me that
Jeanene Harlick or Brian Seales would have written a report that reflected the event, but hey, that's why we read indy media right?

Staff article:
www.santacruzsentinel.com/archive/2003/May/29/local/stories/08local.htm

Regarding the new site, the old site seemed to work great, wasn't cluttered, and was easy to navigate, but now that I'm getting used to the new one, I really like it, especially the media gallery idea.

Me and Bear took a trip recently up through the valley, through Oregon, Washington across to Idaho and into Montana. We took a lot of pics; on our way we stopped by Travis AFB to look at the pretty planes our tax dollars were paying for, we stopped at Genentech to look into their improvements on Nature, and we stopped at our state capitol to see if Gray Davis could maybe do something about the bums hanging out on the capitol grounds. We were amazed while traveling, especially through Spokane and Eastward through Idaho and Montana, at how caked with yellow ribbons and USA flags most public places were. Lots and lots of businesses had signs asking God to bless America, our troops, and our noble president. It seemed that there was genuine competition to see who could be the most patriotic. We didn't see any of those annoying indy rags with unpatriotic headlines either, nor anything but a full bouquet of Christianity and family values on the radio. Everywhere we went patriotic support of our president was seen and felt. There were a few exceptions though, most notably Eugene, Seattle, and Coeur D'alene. These places still had a few of those pesky protesters. What's the matter with them, don't they realize we've won the war and saved Iraq from Saddam Hussein? In Eugene, there was a small group of 'em that called themselves Rhythm not Rhetoric who dared to drum right there on the steps of the Federal building.

Many people we met on our journey were angry over our Impeach Bush pins and placards, but we explained that we just want to give President Bush a chance to explain once and for all to the congress and the naysayers why he told us things that weren't true. It will also allow him a venue to explain why the constitution really isn't necessary anymore. Impeachment will be a wonderful question and answer period for President Bush, Vice-President Cheney, Secretary Of Defense Rumsfeld and Attorney General Ashcroft to unfurl their view of the future.

Unfortunately when we got home, someone came into our home and stole our laptop containing all the pics. Could it be that a real patriot was worried that we presented a terrorist threat? Afterall, we did ask annoying questions and took pictures of Travis AFB, Fort Lewis, state capitol buildings and many city halls. Combine that with the possible misunderstanding about me and Bear's impeachment desires, it might have made someone think we were less than patriotic and maybe even angry enough to terrorize. In any event, me and Bear were sad to lose the documentation of our journey.

I emailed many pics back home while I was on my trip, unfortunately, so as not to needlessly worry my family about me 'n Bear's more controversial escapades, I sent the least inflammatory ones and stored the rest on my laptop.

I've lost the socio/political photo commentary I wanted to post here, but I think the new media gallery is a fine opportunity for anyone wanting post such matter. Especially those of us who feel we could do a better job saying what we want to say using pictures rather than words.

Here's a couple of the ones we have left:
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