PROTESTS IN NY
I've been watching the protests all afternoon and they are great theatre. There's something fun about watching a bunch of people carry political signs through New York City when they could be home on the couch. The signs go from clever to infantile. The only American Flags I saw were draped over protest coffins. A few Kerry-Edwards signs could be seen, but many more were promoting Ralph Nader or the International Socialists Party. One sign said Bush+Kerry=War. There was a lot of International sentiment in the crowd. These were people interested in world government and socialism more so than America.
C-SPAN had their cameras right next to a Fox News billboard. The passing crowd chanted "Fox News sucks" as they walked by. Some protesters got out the old Vietnam signs. I saw one that protested a military draft.
There were a lot of degenerates in the crowd for sure, but also some people you could imagine playing racquetball with. It was interesting that so many Americans would turn out to protest America doing something about world terrorism. We're just so far removed from the hardships of two generations ago that there are people who think that smoking weed and chilling will solve the world's conflicts.
While they march with "Asses of Evil" and "Bush is a Weapon of Mass Destruction" signs, we are reminded that Bush isn't Hussein. The crowd wasn't gassed. We have no death camps. We live in a great free country that allows the misfits of society to march against the policies of our defense.
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