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2003-03-26 Fifth Column
Protesters lay on Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue, halting traffic
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Posted by Steve White 2003-03-26 05:06 pm|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11131 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Oops. Missed a somehow. Fred, a little help please?
Posted by Steve White  2003-03-26 15:52:16||   2003-03-26 15:52:16|| Front Page Top

#2 Where's an M1A2 Abrams tank when you really need one? Or maybe two...
Posted by Old Patriot  2003-03-26 16:02:20||   2003-03-26 16:02:20|| Front Page Top

#3 Man, Steve---I know these protestors piss you off, but you don't have to strike through everything like Zorro, heh heh...........
Posted by Alaska Paul 2003-03-26 16:02:46||   2003-03-26 16:02:46|| Front Page Top

#4 There's plans for this to happen again tomorrow.
Posted by growler 2003-03-26 16:07:04||   2003-03-26 16:07:04|| Front Page Top

#5 They selected that intersection well for maximum exposure to there target audience. It's the corner of 47th St. & 5th Ave, entrance to the 'Diamond District," which employs many Jews; Israeli, religious and non-religious.
Posted by chicxulubavitcher rebbe 2003-03-26 16:07:43||   2003-03-26 16:07:43|| Front Page Top

#6 Spare the baton, spoil the protester!
Posted by Cyber Sarge 2003-03-26 16:17:19||   2003-03-26 16:17:19|| Front Page Top

#7 These folks should pop out of the wading end of the gene pool - maybe not in as dramatic a fashion as Rachel Corrie (messy, that), but out nonetheless. Stupid breeds true ...
Posted by Tadderly  2003-03-26 16:19:14||   2003-03-26 16:19:14|| Front Page Top

#8 There are times when I wonder if the CIA or FBI or _somebody_ didn't infiltrate the peace movement and put a bunch of screaming fruitbats in charge. The peacenik's tactics are guaranteed to have the exact opposite effect of what they want -- they're ticking people off, not convincing them to change their minds.

Hmm, come to think of it, whatever happened to those "heroes for peace" who claimed that they were going to disrupt military bases? They were talking pretty big at one point. Anything ever come of it?
Posted by Patrick Phillips 2003-03-26 16:36:06||   2003-03-26 16:36:06|| Front Page Top

#9 whatever happened to those "heroes for peace" who claimed that they were going to disrupt military bases? They were talking pretty big at one point. Anything ever come of it?

actually Patrick, an excellent point! Here in California, land of fruits and nuts (and good wine as well....) Vandenburg AFB, where they launch many missiles and satellites, notified the press that, although they had always had the discretion depending on the potential threat, they would invoke deadly force to any idiots trying to get on base and damage materials...brought out a couple defiant bleats, but self-preservation seems to have overridden that "peace-at-any-cost principles" thang
Posted by Frank G  2003-03-26 17:07:42||   2003-03-26 17:07:42|| Front Page Top

#10 "They called specific attention to Rachel Corrie, the 23-year-old American roadkill^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H activist..."

I hereby suggest that she always be referred to in future as Rachel "Speedbump" Corrie.
Posted by Anonymous 2003-03-26 17:25:27||   2003-03-26 17:25:27|| Front Page Top

#11 It would be really funny if people would throw buckets of really stinky, scummy, foul water on them and watch them gag. hee hee hee.
Posted by becky 2003-03-26 17:31:59||   2003-03-26 17:31:59|| Front Page Top

#12 I was always impressed with the idea of a tanker truck with a pressure hose filled with tomato paste with which to apply a liberal coating over those who lay in the street. Let the sun heat that up a bit to a nice crusty scab. Biodegradable as well.
Posted by Don  2003-03-26 17:38:02||   2003-03-26 17:38:02|| Front Page Top

#13 It was an innocent mistake, Paul, I missed a slash mark on that DEL. When Fred cleans up after me he usually puts in several other insults improvements to the story. :-)
Posted by Steve White  2003-03-26 17:38:50||   2003-03-26 17:38:50|| Front Page Top

#14 More I think about this story, more I kinda wish I was a construction worker at a site a block or two away, and just happened to be operating a killbulldozer. I think I'd paint "Sweet Rachel" on the nose and drive down the street towards the protesters, to see who had balls who would stand fast to their beliefs.

"A-i-i-i-i-i-i-e-e-e-e-e-e!!!!!!"
Posted by Steve White  2003-03-26 17:42:20||   2003-03-26 17:42:20|| Front Page Top

#15 Steve - Lol on Fred's cleaning up! Ouch!
Posted by Frank G  2003-03-26 17:54:42||   2003-03-26 17:54:42|| Front Page Top

#16 Ya know, NYC ain't exactly the best place to pull this kind of stunt.

There are certain 'businessmen' around here who don't take kindly to people impeding traffic, if you get my drift.

BadaBing!
Posted by Parabellum  2003-03-26 18:35:42||   2003-03-26 18:35:42|| Front Page Top

#17 Wheres a damn NY cabbie when ya need one.
Posted by Brew 2003-03-26 22:51:29||   2003-03-26 22:51:29|| Front Page Top

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