Despite all of the things Houston does well however (provide jobs, healthcare, etc.) there is a laundry list of things the City doesn't do well at all (events, political leadership, journalism).
Add "protests" to that list apparently......
Houston workers join national minimum wage protest. Dale Lezon, Chron.com
Houston fast-food workers joined a nationwide strike and protest early Thursday morning in the latest push for a $15 hourly wage.
About 40 people gathered before dawn in a nearby parking lot and marched to a Jack in the Box restaurant in southwest Houston.
40 people?
For all of the noise coming from progressive bloggers and politicians about the blue hue of Texas' cities, the reality is whatever change that the Left is going to achieve is not going to be pulled along by the Lone Star State.
But, the fact is, Houston never gives good protest. Oh sure the folks over at Critical Mass are decent at organizing a fairly quick bike ride once a month, but over half of the people are just there because they think riding along with a group of committed activists makes them edgy. It gives them something to brag about at the coffee bar after they've driven 30-45 minutes on their single-occupant commute.
When it comes to real protesting, setting up with bad homemade signs containing spelling and grammatical errors, the Tea Party folks knock the progressive groups into a cocked hat. As a matter of fact, I would argue that "protests" of this type really do more harm than good. Let's say you're going to Jack in the Box for a breakfast sandwich (I'm assuming they sell one, honestly I'm not a customer) and you see a very small group of people holding signs and chanting some nonsense about dignity or respect or something. Given that only 40 people showed up you're likely to think that, instead of this being a National issue with "grassroots*" support, you're instead watching the rants and raves of some small-time carnival barker like Quannell X. Then you shrug your shoulders, unwrap your breakfast and go on your way, never giving the issue another thought.
That's protesting in Houston people. A better idea for the supposedly aggrieved would be to turn inward and see what they themselves could to better their situation. Of course, that would take effort, something the poor and gormless seem determined to not put forth.
*"Grassroots" is one of those current words that has no real meaning any longer. It's like artisan and authentic in that there's really no definition and whatever the current definition is has been lost under an avalanche of poor marketing and idiocy. There's no such thing as a true grassroots movement any longer. And, if there is, you wouldn't hear about it on the news anyway because it wouldn't have a PR firm.
