I usually put some sort of account of the event in this space, but in this case I really don't want to eliminate the surprise you'll get in the video.
The Oscars rally can be broken into two basic phases, which were very different.
During the daytime, there was strict police enforcement of barriers, and we were a completely united front, with only the occcasional left infiltrator to debate. RonDog was always trying to prevent us from debating them, noting that they wanted nothing more than to cause trouble and provoke a confrontation. But our natural feelings for them couldn't help but cause a few of us to confront evil. Our natural civility, though, kicked in pretty fast with Ron's help, preventing incidents and causing them all to go away pretty fast. At night, though, massive numbers of left people started invading our zone, probing our weaknesses. And weaknesses we had; most of us were starving, and we left for dinner, leaving Ted Hayes to fend for himself.
Fortunately, I had prudently lunched at the nearby Chinese place (food mixed; some great, some awful, but you couldn't ask for a nicer people) and had enough food in my belly to return at 7:00 for Ted's vigil.
Most of this video is what happened next ...