From lessig.tumblr.com:
From Day 2:
The best story from yesterday was at a logging site. The owner was an “independent” from the Tea Party. We explained what we were doing, and he shook with agreement. His issue was the debt. “We’ll never,” he told us on film, “solve the debt until we get the money out of politics.”
From Day 3:
At this stage of the walk, we’re largely isolated. But the walk is clearly known, as people are constantly stopping along the road, or honking with their thumbs up as they pass. We did some door to door at the end of the day, waiting for a pickup. The guy opened his door (in really fancy pj bottoms), with: “hey, welcome, how’s the march?”
More after the flip:
day 2 (of the #NHRebellion walk)
It was a tough day one. It will be a long and even tougher day two.
We began in Dixville Notch, and walked 10 miles through the rain. (A “notch” is narrow pass between mountains; Dixville Notch is the narrow pass between before and after the primaries begin — assuming the renovations get completed in time. )
I guess rain was an appropriate mood for the day. That mood was balanced — it was saved — by the endless enthusiasm of the dozens who had shown up to march. Two women had driven from MIT to walk in memory of Aaron. One from New Haven (beginning at 3 am to get there in time). Their stories are incredible and I’ll be more careful today to get permissions to tell more about who these walkers are.
The best story from yesterday was at a logging site. The owner was an “independent” from the Tea Party. We explained what we were doing, and he shook with agreement. His issue was the debt. “We’ll never,” he told us on film, “solve the debt until we get the money out of politics.”
Today will be twice as long. It looks like no rain, but no doubt, there’ll be endless ice. We may get snow in the late morning. But the thing I’m worried about most is just the difficulty of the distance. Twenty one miles on ice won’t be easy. (Though neither will ending the system of corruption in DC…)
In December, I took my daughter (4) to Cinderella on Broadway. As I walked through the incredible beauty of northern New Hampshire, covered in snow, fog hiding just parts of the mountain, the refrain from the prologue kept returning:
"It makes you wish that the world could be as lovely as it looks."
We’ll see.
day 2 finished, day 3 begins (of the #NHRebellion walk)
Our second day was perfect. A tough walk, but beautiful weather, in the most incredibly beautiful woods and fields of New Hampshire.
At this stage of the walk, we’re largely isolated. But the walk is clearly known, as people are constantly stopping along the road, or honking with their thumbs up as they pass. We did some door to door at the end of the day, waiting for a pickup. The guy opened his door (in really fancy pj bottoms), with: “hey, welcome, how’s the march?”
I’ve been having fun with one particular shtick. Our most recent poll found 96% of Americans answered “important” or “very important” to the question: “How important is it to you that the influence of money in politics be reduced?” (68% “very important,” 28% “somewhat important”). So I’ve taken on the challenge of finding the 4%. We met a couple state rangers who had just policed an ice fishing pond. “Are you,” I asked him, “one of that 4%?” “Hell no,” he told me. “And you won’t find any of those people in New Hampshire.”
We’ll see. So far, he’s right. Not yet met someone who identifies as anything other than a conservative. Nor anyone who doesn’t believe the influence of money should be reduced.
Today we have about 16 miles to cover on the way to Gorham.