April 20th, besides being Hitler's birthday, is also famous among users of politically-incorrect vegetable matter. Seems that many years ago students at a certain Marin County high school used to gather at 4:20 PM to inhale the smoke of this herbal substance. Soon the number 420 became adopted as slang for the activity. Eventually this folk tradition seized on the date of 4/20 as a sort of illegal-weed-imbiber's holiday, and recent years have seen big public protests in DC and elsewhere on behalf of changing the laws regarding this plant matter.
I can't help but think that the scheduling of left-agitprop rallies on the same day was DELIBERATE, so as to blur the distinctions between the nature-lovers and the anti-Bushies, potentially radicalizing the former and making the latter's contingent seem bigger and happier. Any thoughts?
BTW, here on the Left Coast we have our own version of Red Spring Fever to address. Check my post at: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/661144/posts?page=4