Look back further, 'anarchist,' to 1965-66, to my anarcho-syndicalist days. Maoism didn't come into full bloom until 1970 or so, in my case. My only saving grace there was that I was with the 'rightwing' trend of Chou Enlai and Deng Xiaoping, until I moved on in later years.

As for LOL, we'll do OK in PA. I hear Obama just had 22,000 turn our for his rally at Penn State today, breaking all records. Senator Casey turned out for him, and a number in Hillary's camp are now wavering.

The main danger here is McCain. Even if Hillary takes the primary, as she may. Obama is the underdog here, looking for an upset or just to do better than expected. I doubt she'll get the nod down the road.

BTW, I haven't even endorsed Obama, let alone Hillary. I just said it would be wise to vote for them--'our best option'--versus McCain. Obama first, Clinton second. I don't have to apologize for or prettify any of them--just make a sober assessment of which White House you'd rather live under, and if you see a difference that makes a difference, use common sense and act accordingly.

For those of you who think giving someone a vote is the same as endorsement, well, as I said, I'm always amazed at the low level of real politics here on CIMC.

All that assumes, of course, that you want to be engaged in this political struggle, working with these new people and allies coming forward, as well as the Black community and labor.

You can sit it out, I suppose, or find another church service to disrupt somewhere as an alternative path. But I think this one will suit me and a good number of people just fine; in fact, it's probably better that you folks stay right in your own cul-de-sac, while we get on with our tasks with fewer distractions.

Or better yet, you can do like Klein and Scahill, and keep waiting for the right nuance to get off you butt, right up until the week before the election, and then come out, which is what I predict. But then you just deliver your vote but without building any of the benefits of months of independent engagement in the struggle. Timing matters, and I think we're doing OK.

But some of the young radicals are missing the boat, or at least seem to be. Yesterday at the antiwar demo in Pittsburgh, of 500 or so, about 25 anarchists--all decked out in their vintage dark clothing costumes, body paint and masks, with four black flags and two Red and Black, reminding me of kids having fun playing dressup or halloween--took their group to the top of the hill at the end, sitting in splendid isolation, all by themselves. They got the main picture in the Post-Gazette, though, while the other antiwar students, including a group of Obama campaigners from UPitt, were ignored for this story.

The 22,000 at Penn State, however, could not be ignored.

One poor anarchist kid said online he would promptly go home if he saw one Obama button at the rally. I wasn't wearing one, since I was doing nonpartisan work for Peace Action, distributing voter guides for electoral activists to take home, reproduce and use later. But I covered the crowd, and at least 20 percent were proudly wearing their Obama buttons, and a few T-Shirts and signs as well. One union guys was even brave enough to wear his Hillary button