LA Traffic Protest

Despite his attempts to get home early, Ranell was slowed by the typically bad LA traffic. The bumper-to-bumper mess had him stopped dead. What's the point of getting off early if you waste your day like this? To make matters worse, he was stopped below an overpass where some redneck dude with a ridiculous red, white, and blue top hat waved a sign that read, “Stop the Chinese War Machine!”

It was some sort of protest. Idiots! Ranell gritted his teeth. You’re not going to win anyone over this way. As far as I’m concerned, whatever you’re protesting, it just backfired!

Ranell fixed his stare straight ahead, studiously avoiding eye contact with the patriotic nut trying to attract his attention. It seemed like there were thousands of people like this. It was getting worse every year.