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I am against the war. I hope all the protestors die long, protracted AIDS related deaths.

Are they the cause of the VERY BIG FONT on wonkette right now?

Ah ha! Their new tactic is to not only confuse...but also infuriate not only the upright citizens of DC, but also the innocent tourists hoping for a relaxing vacation while in the grandest city of our fair republic.

Well played whiny protesters...well played indeed.

Ya know what, screw this. 12 more years! 12 more years!

There's civil disobedience and then there's some weird outsider art street performance.

How exactly are these disruptions supposed to *do* anything? Basically it just looks like a bunch of well fed unemployeds with costumes and facebooks trying to make a circus-like joke out of a very serious issue.

Why not line up 4,000 people lying in the street to signify the US dead? Or find a way to visually represent the Iraqi dead? Why not a shut down? Or a sit in? Not some weird budget version of Cirque du Soleil(sp?) to try to make people take you seriously.

@squiggyfm: What?! I'm sure if Americans had any inkling that they might be momentarily inconvenienced by this war, they would have thought a little harder about spreading freedom with such reckless abandon.
Hell, next we'll hear that the war hasn't paid for itself and that Iraq is not a beacon of democracy.

@The Real JR: Why not hold responsible political beliefs, instead of a paranoid jumble of half-digested Marxism, teen angst and Oliver-Stone-inspired conspiracy theory? You might as well expect penguins to touch-type.

Well folks, I think we see exactly how McCain will win the election. I swear code pink works for the RNC.

I am sure the homeless people in McPherson Square are loving it.

I like how all us "anti-war" folks are sitting here sipping coffee and criticizing some weirdos for having the gall to protest.

Those jerks!

Will it help if I punch a metermaid in NYC?

...Im gonna have to agree with a earlier commentor. They really don't protest like they did back in they day! Where are the riot police, German Sheperds, billy clubs, high powered water hoses and tear gas?!

squiggy, JR: did *you* chip in *your* buck-o-five?

@Lazy Media: As a Penguin member of the media, I resent that.

I just wanted to get to my office, and these assholes are all over me telling me to "wake up," when I am almost certain this is the only time they have "woke up" this early. I'm voting for Reagan AND LBJ in the next election.

@Lazy Media: It's like the basic notion that it isn't real and it isn't important until it's a YouTube prank, much like that dumb Freeze in Union Station thing that's been old meme since it was done for performance art about a month ago.

@MagnusMaximus: People are "protesting" in Tibet. Putting on silly costumes and hassling tourists isn't protesting, it's being a pain in the ass.

@The Neoskeptic: What? For the Polar Bear costume for me to waddle around with arms raised like "Where The Wild Things Are" going "Grr! Iraq BAAAAD" like a proper abstract activist?

So, just another day at Wonkette Corporate Headquarters.

Psst, protesters, head over to Weaver Terrace in the Kent section of DC.

Wake me up when they get the Ron Paul blimp within the city limits.

@Ken Layne: Ha! You're just old enough to get the reference to "touch-typing," like there's been another kind since manual typewriters disappeared.

@Ken Layne: Perhaps what they're doing doesn't meet your lofty definition of "real protest", but it's an act of civil disobedience with a political aim, right?

Anyways, I wasn't trolling for an argument, I was just observing that these folks may be weirdos but at least they're passionate enough to get out there and *do* something.

@MagnusMaximus: I understand your point, but I have also seen people organize giant pillow fights in Union Square Park just for the fun of it and conduct giant city-wide capture the flag meets. So in general, it's hard to discern between people just getting together for foolish laughs and those who genuinely and actively want to initiate some change and awareness to what they believe is a very relevant issue.

Also, regarding the seriousness of the Iraq matter and the lives lost, wouldn't some sobriety do?

@MagnusMaximus: I agree.

I would rather they protest peacefully in funny costumes than set themselves on fire or get beaten to a pulp by the police. Protests like this, no matter how silly the gimmicks to get attention are, are the great part of living in America.

Ok, back to normal.

@MagnusMaximus:
Protesting is ineffective unless of course it's violant. Simply hassling people isn't enough. You need to hit them with things, and than be hit with things. Our country was founded with violence, and violence is the only solution. I plan on hitting my boss in the face and saying "out of Iraq, NOW," even though he's a liberal anti-war type. That's effective.

I just heard Fatboy Slim's "Praise You" on 15th & M. I didn't know if it was an anti-war protest or a Toyota commercial.
I'm still not sure.

Now that it is raining, I assume these protests are going to be over for the day. Can't be getting our carefully sculpted bed head wet now, can we? And everyone knows that polar bear costumes and hemp clothing smell absolutely disgusting when soaking wet....

Not to be pedantic...oh, who am I kidding, definitely to be pedantic...but I'm sure that picture's actually from 17th & L. I can see my building and the Mayflower in the background. Very, um, interesting sight to walk through on my way in to work this morning. I don't entirely get their rationale - if they're protesting the war, wouldn't it make more sense to protest near the Pentagon, White House, Congress, or State Department, and not, say, random people who already oppose the war who are on their way to work?

why dont these people get jobs?..oh thats right there arent any left..why dont these people protest for some jobs!

Well, now some girl is topless out on Conn and K. I'm not sure what stripping has to do with ending the war. For a subject as dire as war, these dumb college kids sure are having a hell of a good time, and the cops are doing nothing about it.

@m_supercomputer: but didn't you know, everyone who works on or around k street is an evil lobbyist.

including me.

@m_supercomputer:
The whole idea is to piss off everyday people because they know that bush-cok wont listen to them. So now it's our problem. Damnit.

@m_supercomputer: Yes, it would make more sense to "protest near the Pentagon, White House, Congress, or State Department, and not, say, random people who already oppose the war who are on their way to work."

But I'll bet you wouldn't do that. I wouldn't either. I have given up on protests ever since I figured out that we don't live in a democracy. We live in some kind of tyranny of corporate clowns.

$1.05

@neoskeptic: exactly

For those who haven't been paying attention, there have been a number of times since 2002 when a couple hundred thousand of us have come to DC on a weekend afternoon and marched around in a giant peaceful circle near the White House and the Capital. Didn't accomplish a whole lot. I'm not particularly convinced today's protests are going to achieve their goal, but bravo to students for trying something new.

@ChucklingAtTheDead: Farragut square is awesome. Scientologists will be giving out free skull massages after the solstice, no diggety.

in a protests of OVER 300 participants, only TWO where dressed as polar bears. No random businessmen where assaulted. Their where sit-ins and shutdowns and a cohesive idea and political message behind the protests.

I say send the polar bears to Bagdad where they would blend in.

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