Tuesday, Vermin Supreme and I worked the line of delegates awaiting searches. Vermin had his everpresent bullhorn. "To assist in the process, please remove your shoes. Then drop your pants and spread your cheeks for the rectal probe. President McCain asks that you retain this position for the next four years."

I was upstream, at first flashing a "STOP GOVRERNMENT SPYING" banner, then riffing with Vermin. "You folks look like you're here for a funeral. Where's the Republican Team Spirit?" Vermin would then try to lead them in a cheer. "When I say 'John', you say "McCain. Got it?" JOHN... silence. JOHN... silence.

Whenever a delegate grinned at our antics, I'd point him out. "That one smiled. He's an infiltrator. Waterboard him."

I had the exiting delegates to myself. "Funeral's over, time to liqour up!"

St. Paul's daily, the Pioneer Press, used my "Emergency Free Speech System" banner in their editorial recapping Monday's big Peace March, May we never take freedom for granted

Dkosser norahc will be taking the banner bedecked rented houseboat back on the river today.

We've got permits for Ecolab Plaza, and I'll be camped by the MSNBC space in Rice Park, right by the Excel entrance. There's a blogger space in Golden's Deli, 4th and Wall at the East edge of downtown. Now that I've found it, I'll post more often.