March 23, 2009
Dispatches from the Nuthouse
The San Francisco Chronicle covered a protest this past weekend, with the usual Bay Area lunatics out in force, rallying against, well, pretty much everything I support, and for everything I'm against.
Umbrellas mixed with protest signs Saturday ... where demonstrators marked the sixth anniversary of the war in Iraq with speeches, chanting and a march up Market Street that stretched about three blocks.
In typical San Francisco fashion, the demonstration, which began at Justin Herman Plaza, attracted support for a broad medley of causes.
Protesters carried signs about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Israel-Palestinian conflict, 9/11 conspiracies, jail time for Wall Street bankers, single-payer health care and Proposition 8, the same-sex marriage ban. There were grandmothers for peace, brass bands for peace and dozens of dogs for peace.
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A black-and-white dog named Olive attempted to carry a sign reading "Stop U.S. Aid to Israel" in her teeth - and when she wasn't carrying the sign, she was chewing on it. "She's definitely anti-war," said her owner, Christina Susana.
Yeah, Olive the dog is definitely anti-war. And her owner is definitely anti-sanity.
Anyhow, buried in the article is this passage:
Judy Greenspan, a third-grade teacher in Richmond who recently received a pink slip, led the crowd at Justin Herman Plaza in a chant, "Jail the rich, bail out the poor, stop the foreclosures, stop the war."
"It's all connected!" she yelled. "It is time for us to take power in this country!"
Assuming that Judy Greenspan isn't licensed to teach in any other states, she'll be looking for work somewhere in California -- maybe in your neighborhood.
She's perfect for San Francisco; it'd be a shame if she escaped the Bay Area and spread the contagion.
Posted by Mike Lief at March 23, 2009 11:35 PM
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