Mark Karol-Chik lives in the small town of St. Helens, Oregon, about thirty miles north of Portland.

The day after Kerry lost the election to Bush, Mark decided to fly his flag upside down as a sign that our democracy is in distress.

Watching Melissa Etheridge on TV at the Live Earth concert persuaded Jonas Phillips and his wife, Kindra, to go out and do something about the Bush Administration’s abuses.