A Tale of Two Protests
North Carolina’s best, and best looking, blogger, Sister Toldjah had a couple of stories on protests, right and left. First was this morning’s post on the “Tea Party” in Raleigh, complete with links to photos.
Yesterday, a Tea Party event was held in Raleigh, NC and ST reader Donna was on hand for the protests against big government and to take pictures, which you can view here. Nice work, Donna!
The Raleigh N&O was on hand for the festivities, and filed this report.
Per this Freeper, there will be another Raleigh Tea Party on National Tea Party day, April 15th. Click here to find out if one will be held in your area. [Or to organize one yourself. -- DRP]
To view pictures from several other Tea Parties held this weekend, make sure to visit Instapundit’s website.
The Raleigh News & Observer article to which Sis linked made no mention of any violence at all, and the photos to which Sis linked sure gave me the impression of a peaceful protest.
Well, three articles (and two days) earlier, Sis wrote about another protest:
“Pro-peace” crowd strikes again
Michelle Malkin’s got the details on the latest example of supposedly “pro-peace/anti-war” protesters taking things to a violent level via targeting the Berkeley Marine recruiting center. Again.
Jerks.
Anti-war protests are being planned for tomorrow in DC on the 6th anniversary week of the start of the Iraq war, as are counter-protests by the Gathering of Eagles and other freedom-loving groups. Click here to find out how you can join the counter protests if you happen to be in the DC area tomorrow.
Oh, and BTW, anti-war gang: We’re winning in Iraq. You’ve lost it. Now get over it.
Why is it that conservatives can have a protest rally that is law-abiding and peaceful, while our friends on the left can’t help being thugs?
As our too few readers know, my older daughter is in Basic Combat Training at Fort Jackson; John Hitchcock’s daughter recently returned from fifteen months of duty in Iraq. I won’t presume to speak for Mr Hitchcock, but I’m sure a lot prouder of my daughter, and Mr Hitchcock’s daughter, and the Marines at that recruiting station, than I am of the so-called “Americans” who vandalized the Marine Recruiting Station. Those guys aren’t fit to shime the shoes of those Marines.
Skye of Midnight Blue has had a series of posts concerning rallies in West Chester, Pennsylvania, both in support of our troops, and the anti-war protesters of the Chester County Peace Movement. Note how this one anti-war protester (same venue, but last year) strikes a woman, twice, because he doesn’t like her message:
Americaneocon:
Great posting, Dana!
22 March 2009, 2:03 pmJohn Hitchcock:
Gotta love those violent peaceniks. Nothing hypocritical about that. If I ever accidentally found myself on their land, I would shake the dust off my shoes as I left. Maybe even disinfect my shoes. As much as I would like to pull a Popeye to their Bluto, I would restrain myself from committing the crime of assault and the crime of vandalism these morons do with impunity.
22 March 2009, 2:28 pmPhoenician in a time of Romans:
I won’t presume to speak for Mr Hitchcock, but I’m sure a lot prouder of my daughter, and Mr Hitchcock’s daughter, and the Marines at that recruiting station, than I am of the so-called “Americans” who vandalized the Marine Recruiting Station. Those guys aren’t fit to shime the shoes of those Marines.
Didn’t your daughter take that oath about defending the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic?
Didn’t you state during the Obama campaign that you’d support election fraud if it helped a Republican win?
Have you told your daughter yet that you’re one of those enemies to the Constitution?
22 March 2009, 4:57 pmJohn Hitchcock:
Pho: Surely, you are not suggesting vandalism, destruction of property, assault, intimidation are rights protected in our Constitution. And I seriously doubt Mr Pico would ever support election fraud. You’re ridiculous.
22 March 2009, 5:26 pmDana Pico:
I once made a joke, that our Kiwi Kommenter took too seriously, that the possible outcomes of the 2008 elections could be ordered in desirability, with a legitimate victory by John McCain being the best outcome, a victory by John McCain accomplished by fraud as second best, ans legitimate and fraudulent victories by Barack Hussein Obama as third and fourth, though I don’t recall in which order I put them.
However, as we see the continuing growth of the Nationalsozialistische Obamae Arbeiterpartei, I’m thinking it less and less a joke. His continuing calls for more and more government controls over the private sector are worrisome in the extreme. Naturally, he has only the good of the people, don’t you know, versus those greedy capitalists, at heart.
22 March 2009, 6:02 pmJeff:
Dana: Ever been to Raleigh? Ever been to Berkeley? ‘Nuff said.
I’ve lived in Raleigh for five and a half years now, and I’ve visited Berkeley on many occasions. Both are fairly liberal places, but IMHO Berkeleyites are nutso. (And I’m no conservative.)
And I’m still better-looking than Sister
Incidentally, y’all are making a real hash out of the opposition to the stimulus/bailout (and since I tend to agree with you on this, I’m a little disappointed). No one actually believes we’re headed towards socialism. Claiming such makes you look like morons to most of America. Perhaps you should try to find an opposition theme that, you know, works? Or at least one that makes sense?
22 March 2009, 9:57 pmJohn Hitchcock:
Sorry, Jeff, but socialized medicine, nationalized banking, nationalized industry is socialism. Being forced to perform activities to which you find morally reprehensible or face federal recrimination is totalitarian (which socialists use).
I very much believe we are headed head-long into anti-Christian, anti-Semitic socialism, where our Constitution becomes just an old piece of paper. That retaliatory 90 pc tax thing is unconstitutional but enough gullible idiots went along with the corrupt socialist/statist primadonnas that it passed the House with ease.
22 March 2009, 11:43 pmPhoenician in a time of Romans:
Sorry, Jeff, but socialized medicine, nationalized banking, nationalized industry is socialism.
What about single-payer medicine, John?
And what exactly do you call capitalism where the profit is private, but the risk is socialised?
22 March 2009, 11:53 pm