Troublemakers Converge Across America

"Time to take a break from talking about Iraq, and one thing that I find incredibly disturbing is the latest shenanigans from the past week of protests back stateside. Freedom of Speech is essential to a democracy. For centuries, much of society has understood that criticism of the state's policies is crucial to ensuring that the state govern it's citizens in the best way possible. One way of voicing this dissent is protesting, which was largely effective in overcoming civil rights injustices in the 1960s. However, I fear that rational personalities and cooler heads have taken their criticism to places like blogs and newspaper Op-Eds, while the streets are left with the utter dregs of society who only seek to wreak mayhem. Observations on media and blog coverage of these child-like antics confirm my suspicions. Enough is enough. These jackasses need to be humiliated for the buffoons that they are (note: This Ain't Hell and The Sniper have similar analysis and were actually there)."
LT Nixon Rants

I think the Anti-war people have really hurt their cause with this weekends rallies. I mean if anyone thought that there really was a grass roots movement to stop the war before this stupid rally, they don't believe that any more. I bet that if I were to start a "W is loosing the war, or made too many stupid mistakes" movement or rallies, I could get millions out on the streets, not the few hundred misfits that came out for this all important 5th year anniversary demonstration.