Here we have some Code Pink women for peace. Susan took this picture, I just couldn't stomach it. 

My favorite picture of cognitive dissonance in action. This "Dyke from Hell" apparently refuses to consider that the popular parties of Palestine, Hamas and Islamic Jihad, would sooner behead her than "say no to war". Yes, that's a Bushitler sign far left. 

Some people can keep dreaming I guess... 

Here we have the folks that the media continues to downplay, the organizers of the event, International ANSWER, a Stalinist group. That's Susan's chihuaha smelling the boot of a Stalinist. 

No protest is complete without some street "theatre". 

I shadowed this Channel 7 reporter and her camerman for a while. An interesting pattern emerged. They shied away from the tell-tale nutjob elements of the protest and instead focused on little blonde-haired children and self-proclaimed Republicans. Gee, you'd almost think Channel 7 was on a mission to show the protest in the most positive light possible.  

And there you have it, 2nd line down. It's really all about the fight against capitalism, not peace or "saving our troops". 

A protester's shirt referring to the "Bush Hates Black People" speech by that rapper of towering intellect, Kanye West. 

Any caption here would only add insult to injury. 

Ah yes, a "Dissent is Patriotic" protest wouldn't be complete without the requisite conspiracy nutjobs. 

GoKart Racing with Boston Acoustics

Indianapolis, 5 hours, 200 laps, 40+mph Gokarts, 10 teams, steak dinner, and good company! Boston Acoustics treated their dealers and reps tonight at (and in) the races. After this, I won't let anyone tell me racing isn't a sport - GoKarts included! Whiplashed necks, numb arms, blown out backs were all part of the fun.

Click on the picture above to download a video compilation of the race. You'll be rewarded with a crash or two. ;) It's 11MB so you may need to give it a minute or two to download.

Here's kind of a cool action shot. 

An action shot. Notice this race track has two killer levels. 

Here's one of the more fun turns where the crowd is treated to lots of crashes. 

That's me before the second heat. I was racing car #2.

That's my team after winning the Silver. Thank the blur to the random guy that took the shot.

10 teams competed. My team gets the Silver Medal. The first place team was a group of veteran GoKart racers who only beat us by 2 laps out of 200! We also won some really cool sounding Boston Acoustics Receptor Radios

Phil Cohn, former head of sales of Rio, soon to be head of sales for Boston Acoustics, posing before he races and crashes. It turns out he races for 40 minutes straight because the race manager forgot to call a substitution pit stop for him! Doh!

July 29: Redwoods and on to the Lost Coast

Mike's travel technology hit a snag. The digital camera battery gave out and we were forced to rely on Susan's disposable camera. Susan will be posting some scanned photos from her camera very soon. Here are a few to give you an idea on what we saw...