Bill sidled up and asked what I knew about the seal on the face of the Federal Reserve building on Nueva Street. It's an eagle hovering over what looks like a sheriff's badge with a dozen stars on it and "11 K". I'd passed by the building God knows how many times but had never noticed it.
I lamely guessed that maybe there are 12 regional banks within the Federal Reserve system – who can remember? – hence the dozen stars. The "11 K"? No idea.
It must've seemed pertinent to Bill because of the circumstance. We were midway through Sunday morning's protest in front of the San Antonio branch of the Dallas Federal Reserve Bank, playing out in a steady cold rain, and Alex Jones – a libertarian radio talk-show host from Austin who spins vast conspiracy theories – was condemning the Fed as a secretive criminal enterprise. What's a criminal enterprise without its own emblem?
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