Sherman Oaks has its own health-care rally, nobody loses a finger in the process

I shot the two images above with my cell-phone camera (which I've been enjoying using very much, thank you) at the MoveOn.org-organized demonstration in favor of health-care reform at the corner of Van Nuys and Burbank boulevards in Sherman Oaks on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2009.

Last night I happened by a sizable group of people at the corner of Burbank and Van Nuys boulevards holding candles and "honk if you support health care reform"-type of signs — and there was quite a bit of honking going on.

I'd say between 20 and 30 people who support the Democrats' health-care legislation were on the corner in advance of President Obama's speech next week to a joint session of Congress in an attempt to gin up support for the measure, which is opposed by most all Republicans (those elected to the Senate, anyway) and a few Democrats as well.

Our dog Poppy wasn't too crazy about all that horn-honking, but she wasn't about to bite off anybody's finger either, as one human did to another at a similar demonstration in Thousand Oaks.

Since last night I've learned that the demonstrations were organized by MoveON.org, which has a Flickr page with images from 350 such demonstrations across the country.

Argue all you want, ladies and gents, but let's leave the biting out of it, OK?