while i love your positive attitude, i see it like the author does. after attending a recent 'bill of rights' rally in austin, at the capitol, where only 40 or so people out of a population of 750,000 attended, i feel very pessimistic.
our friend, rick stanley, who is the organizer of these rallys, flew to salt lake city to speak at one and ONLY 7 people attended!! he was pretty disheartened as well.