I can even remember my mother putting a sandwich board kind of placard on me when I was young to march in front of the Board of Education in my neighborhood.
Today is the first day of school for my kids. We were wondering if it would start because of the threat of a strike by the teachers. Now, I'm not gonna pick sides, cause I don't know enough about either sides issues, but last week on one of my favorite blogs, a cartoon about strike picketing was posted and I thought I would share it here with you:

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