An affinity group I was part of had an action once of paying one of our member’s income taxes with a check written on a coffin lid, complete with “War = Death” graffitti. It was pre‑9/11 so there we were in the IRS office as agents tried to make sense of it all (technically you can write a check on anything). Everyone in the building came over to watch the spectacle as agents unscrewed the lid, made up a receipt and took it to the back office. Best of all, our member got the lid back a few weeks later–from her bank, cancellations and all. How many federal and bank employees went home over those weeks to tell their spousal equivalents of the crazy coffin lid check?

I see normal, non-radical people on my morning commute every morning reading that day’s slam of #occupyphilly. That’s more publicity and conversation-starting fodder than the left has been able to generate in a while.