On the morning of the last day of 2011 Ted, Lu and Patty set out in their rental car to find persons of interest in Des Moines, Iowa.  

After getting lost several times, we finally arrived at Java Joe's Coffee House, where the day before "Occupiers" made a scene and were thrown out by the owner of the business, named Amy and a police escort.  We were hoping that perhaps today would offer similar excitement and colorful customers.  However, today all was calm and orderly.  We waited for sometime to speak with the owner who didn't have much to say about the day before, but did speak with us about his experiences with Iowa caucuses through the years and various candidates he had met.  He mentioned in particular that Michele Bachman seemed to him to be a truly conservative woman of integrity.  Before long he had to leave to go serve coffee at the Convention Center.  

So, we were again on the street looking for our next adventure.  Someone had mentioned to Ted that the "Occupiers" were probably hanging out near 14th street.  So we drove down East Locust Street, looking at the beautiful Capitol building.  Luckily we spotted a store front with signs, pictures, etc plastered all over the front windows and several people gathered outside the building.  So we found a place to park, got out I phone and set off to be the "media"- putting the microphone back into the hands of the people- giving them a voice.  

We interviewed at length two women who were passionate about their movement and had many ideas that they wanted to share.  We took videos and stills, looked around inside the building, spoke to several others who joined in, and picked up literature they gave us.  

The hours passed quickly and it was time for the three grossly amateur media street reporters to find their way back to home base - first mission accomplished.  

Enjoy the interview.  We did.