DAY-22, CHASE BANK PROTEST, TOPANGA CANYON & VENTURA BLVD, WOODLAND HILLS, CA. LESS THAN 100 FEET AWAY FROM ME WAS A KNBC TELEVISION NEWS TRUCK.

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Today was Day-22 of my Chase Bank Protest. I was in Woodland Hills, California by Ventura Blvd. and Topanga Canyon. It is kind of a strange location to protest at. The intersection is very busy. People were looking at my sign and nodding and giving me the thumbs up, but unlike other less busy locations, only a few of these same thumbs up people would also honk their horns.

My theory is that because it is such a busy area motorists are reluctant to use their horn unless a driver is napping when the light turns green.

I also saw a few strange occurrences near and around the intersection of Ventura Blvd and Topanga Canyon. A mobile Dent removal service that shows up on location to fix your car dent. I asked to take a picture of them fixing the car dent for this blog report but they politely refused.  

Can you imagine being the guy that runs over a person, then calls a service that will come out and fix the evidence in daylight in a busy parking lot!  Anyways, I didn't take any pictures nor do I remember the name of the service, but I am surprised a "service" like that probably goes unregulated. yeesh.  Nice, polite people however and I have no idea whose car they were taking the dent out.

I also saw a very funny scene that I embellished into a beer commercial script. Too bad I don't believe in beer commercial advertising. Oh well.  And then there was the KNBC News Truck pictured above.

CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE.  I first arrived to protest at around 5:20 pm and stopped around 6:35pm. The area was so loud with traffic that I probably blended in and either went unnoticed or the news truck personnel just didn't care.  At one point I was just 20 or 30 feet away walking along Ventura Blvd when a couple of cars started honking their support at my signs. (Chase Bank, Keep Your Word).

However, I'm not a pirate, don't know Obama's puppy, am not the craigslist killer, nor am I protesting taxes. I am protesting Chase Bank and the credit card industries horrible credit card practices. 

Over the past month I have noticed a ton of Chase Bank commercials all over the dial in Southern California, so I'm not holding my breathe for publicity from the same channels that are profiting handsomely from Chase Bank commercials running on their stations. I later googled to see if I could find out why KNBC was there, but I could not find any related story for that particular location.

I don't think I picked up very many hits today from my protesting, much less than some of the other locations I have picketed at lately. Even the people that honked and nodded and thumbs upped me didn't look like they understood they could support this site by bookmarking it, visiting often, and spreading the word.

I'll probably go elsewhere tomorrow for my one hour daily protest.

Help Daily-Protest.com grow by making a Daily-Protest.com sign and posting it where others will see it. You don't have to protest on the streets, just help make others aware that there is a CHASE BANK CREDIT CARD protest going on. Thank you.

DAY-17 CHASE BANK PROTEST, making plans to gear up full speed again.

So Wednesday was a day of trying to figure out what to do next. Not just about my Chase Bank protest, but about my life and what career path I will take. I took care of my parents for the past 16 months, but I will be the first to say they took care of me even more.

Once dad stopped driving, I took him and mom everywhere, and I wish I could relive every one of those days.

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I understand numbers very well. I want to be a paid gadfly, paid by the credit card industry, to tell them when their ideas are bad, or when they are OK.

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Before taking care of my parents, I did video camera and editing work. Unless I could design my own non linear editing platform, (and I could design one that would be simple to use), I don't see myself editing anymore.

I think I have a pretty good eye for framing and lighting, so I may do digital still photography, but not for events such as weddings.

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When it comes to the Credit Card Industry, I am concerned about the public display of glad handing that will be made by the politicians after they pass their credit card bill. However, there still will be no consumer advocate gadflies paid for by the credit card industry to balance out the boardroom greed that is ever present.

The media chose to talk about Pirates, Craigslist Killers, Child Abduction, Tea Party Protests, but they pretty much left alone the credit card industry, their theft of frequent flyer miles from the consumer, and the misery they are causing many many people by changing terms on existing debt.

I will not forget however, and I will continue my protest.

If there is no creation of a real consumer watchdog person or group, paid for by the credit card industry to watch over the credit card industry, we will fall short in what is good and right to do.

Chase Bank Protest - Day 12, Taking it to the Streets and Freeways of Los Angeles.

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Today was spent making funeral arrangements for my father.

I put the DAILY-PROTEST.com sign in the rear window of the car and we drove 80 miles in Los Angeles traffic going to our appointments for the day, most of the driveway was freeway driving. A bunch of it in stop and go freeway traffic. (for safety reasons I am not advocating anyone else do this).

It appears DAILY-PROTEST.com picked up a few Southern California hits as a result! I drive extra carefully because the Daily-Protest sign does take up space in the back window so I am not advocating anyone else do this. I take many more quick glances out of both side view mirrors to make up for having less viewing area in the back and this safety technique is not something I can easily teach to others.

If you want to help reverse Draconian Credit Card decisions made by Chase Bank boardroom numbskulls who have no faith in the american people and are instead trying to capture as much of our wealth as soon as possible, rather than free it up, then join my protest, it's easy.

Just make signs with the words DAILY-PROTEST.com and put them somewhere where others will see them. Just make sure your signs won't fall on somebody or into traffic. Your signs should not have sharp edges nor should they distract people who are driving or otherwise moving, or obsruct other people's view. Make the letters nice and thick so they are more visible. Hand made or designed on a computer, either is fine. Perhaps you can leave them on a bulletin board where you work, or on a counter-top. If you own your own business, it would be amazing if you could put a Daily-Protest.com sign in your store window.

If dozens of people put these signs up, this site would probably gain 50 hits a day, or more, and that's 50 more people a day we can educate about Chase Bank and their racketeering ways. I did not come up with the phrase racketeering. I told a doctor what I was doing and why, and they used the term "racketeering" to describe Chase's tactics, and I agree. Changing terms on an existing account and not allowing the customer the opportunity to say "I opt out" is racketeering in my opinion.

Chase Bank, soon to be known as Change Bank (as in the bank that changes terms, leaving their customers with only the change in their pocket) if they don't reverse what they have already started.

Day Seven of Chase Bank Protest in Southern California, A Recap of the Entire Week.

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Today was Easter and the day was spent with my elderly parents. I wasn't sure how protesting on Easter would come off. It seems like the kind of day people would just be chilling and if they see some guy protesting about Chase bank it might not go over as well as on practically any other day.

Anyways, I plan on doing a "make-up" hour tomorrow for today.

I also want to take a moment and recall five people that I interacted with this past week during my protests. The first was Klaus. I really don't get what he was about. It seems a lot of what he said wasn't true. He said that the employees at the former WAMU at 6633 Topanga Canyon that was now a Chase Bank liked working for Chase better, and that they were paid better. Yet the Chase Bank at 6400 Platt Ave. in West Hills claims that there were no raises of any kind when Chase took over. hmmmm. Klaus seemed to not listen to me when we spoke, he seemed to have all of his answers pre-made and if I asked him a question he sort of went back to his talking points, which actually had nothing to do with the purpose of my protest.

There was the local tow truck company that had a metal gate that made it easy to hand my Daily-Protest.com sign on his fence. However, probably because I didn't ask him first, he was kind of snippy when he came out, a bit rude as well. I didn't have the desire to tell him that our family had used his companies services in the past. Rather, I felt sorry for the guy. He's trying to protect what his without realizing that what Chase is doing with their credit cards will cost him business. The Owner comes out to give me a piece of his mind as I was taking this picture of the rainbow. Even one of his employees was snippy as he left. I think I recognized him as being one of the tow truck drivers that had actually towed a one of our cars home in the past. Luckily, the positive responses and interest far outweigh the occasional anti-protest no mattter what the protest is mentality that seems to reside in a small percentage of the population.

Then there was Chas, a younger gentleman who hates the government and wants to see it changed for the better. His friend held the Daily-Protest.com sign while we talked. He had actually walked by me the day before at another location, but that prior non-contact sort of nudged him into noticing me the second time around. Everything lays the foundation for future things. Success is usually built in steps.

MIke took the time to stop and park his car, talk, and even call a friend who also was angry at Chase, but for an entirely different reason. Mike's friend claims that WAMU was stolen by Chase for literally pennies on the dollar, which resulted in WAMU share holders getting royally ripped off. If this is true, then this just makes Chase's action against their best paying customers that much more reprehensible. Apparently, the head of the SEC is now running Chase. I am trying to recall if this person is cushy with the Barack Obama camp. This is starting to smell big time.

Finally, a rather skittish woman walking a poodle came by on Saturday at the Studio City rally. She hurriedly walked by me and make a snide remark that I didn't know what I was talking about. I said I didn't as she walked away, her poodle leading the way. I proceeded to tell her that I did know what I was talking about, that I was direct recipient of Chase's actions, and that 14 class action lawsuits had already been filed.

As I walked away she turn from being a third of the way across ventura blvd and came back and attempted to discuss the issue with me. The problem was she apparently was very rattled that I was even out there at all. Her friend had told her that something was up with Chase but she wasn't sure what it was. Perhaps she thought her own Chase mortgage or some other financial product was going to increase and she clearly would not be able to handle it.

When she found it was a credit card situation, she seemed a bit relieved, apparently she had jumped to a conclusion that I was out there for another reason. Of course it was her choice to not just ask me what my protest was about, and not to check ot the website address and learn. Remember what I previously wrote about divide and conquer strategy. Take out small groups of people at a time, and all the other groups are relieved it was not them that was target. The groups that already have been ripped off and nobody came to help them, they then smugly watch and do nothing as they see others get the same illegal treatment they got. That is called divide and conquer.

Anyways, the lady claimed my message wasn't clear. I asked her to come up with a four word slogan that is as easy to understand as CHASE, KEEP YOUR WORD! as she walked away with her dog. She probably would have tried coming up with something and telling me on her way back, but I decided to leave as I had put over two hours already and I have other commitments that need ongoing, daily attention. I think my one two punch of a four word slogan, and the second sign having a website on it is a very effective way to raise awareness.

If Chase really want to accelerate money from consumers coming back into the bank, just give some incentives to customers rather than using heavy handed tactics such as unilaterally forcing customers to suddenly come up with 250 percent more in payments every month.