Protest! (Day 4)

Today is the fourth straight day of the protests in Madison, and I finally got a chance to check them out and put in my support against this bill.

The Capitol is absolutely packed. A few hundred showed up on Monday, a few thousand on Tuesday, 13,000 on Wednesday, and they are predicting 30,000 will show up today. When I entered the Capitol, I was blown away (ign dot com) by the noise. I feel like I was entering a basketball game.

The center of the Capitol has a drum circle that thunders throughout the building. The cheering and yelling drowns out any ability to hear yourself think. It's intoxicating, and empowering. It's absolutely nuts.

Here's a couple photos from this morning. (Click the top 4 to embiggen!)

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dyreschlock/dyreschlock.github.photos/master/photo/110217_protest/IMG_0217_stitch_t.webp

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dyreschlock/dyreschlock.github.photos/master/photo/110217_protest/IMG_0237_stitch_t.webp

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dyreschlock/dyreschlock.github.photos/master/photo/110217_protest/IMG_0262_stitch_t.webp

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dyreschlock/dyreschlock.github.photos/master/photo/110217_protest/IMG_0328_stitch_t.webp

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dyreschlock/dyreschlock.github.photos/master/photo/110217_protest/IMG_0323.webp

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dyreschlock/dyreschlock.github.photos/master/photo/110217_protest/IMG_0361.webp

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dyreschlock/dyreschlock.github.photos/master/photo/110217_protest/IMG_0366.webp

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dyreschlock/dyreschlock.github.photos/master/photo/110217_protest/IMG_0370.webp

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dyreschlock/dyreschlock.github.photos/master/photo/110217_protest/IMG_0376.webp

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dyreschlock/dyreschlock.github.photos/master/photo/110217_protest/IMG_0388.webp

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dyreschlock/dyreschlock.github.photos/master/photo/110217_protest/IMG_0392.webp

I'm headed back to the Capitol now, so there's more where this came from. ^_^

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Update!: Here's a few more pictures from this evening

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dyreschlock/dyreschlock.github.photos/master/photo/110217_protest/IMG_0395.webp

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dyreschlock/dyreschlock.github.photos/master/photo/110217_protest/IMG_0399_stitch_t.webp

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dyreschlock/dyreschlock.github.photos/master/photo/110217_protest/IMG_0433_stitch_t.webp

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dyreschlock/dyreschlock.github.photos/master/photo/110217_protest/IMG_0455.webp

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dyreschlock/dyreschlock.github.photos/master/photo/110217_protest/IMG_0462.webp

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dyreschlock/dyreschlock.github.photos/master/photo/110217_protest/IMG_0470.webp

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dyreschlock/dyreschlock.github.photos/master/photo/110217_protest/IMG_0474.webp

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