Out of the mouths of babes...

My family, which lives on the west side of Portland, had reason to be in Southeast Portland last night. We came back home by crossing the Hawthorne Bridge, and saw a group of maybe a couple hundred people protesting the war.

My 7-year-old daughter asked what they were doing, so I explained that they opposed our country's involvement in the war, and thought they could make a difference by standing on the bridge and carrying the peace signs as drivers passed by.

She thought about it for a few seconds, and then said, "Well, that's not going to do them much good."

If a second-grader can get it...