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2010-01-01 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Snowstorm squelches climate change protest

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Posted by Matt 2010-01-01 09:46|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Six jobless bums with a bullhorn qualifies as a protest? Seriously, WTF?

Posted by Raj 2010-01-01 10:12|| 2010-01-01 10:12|| Front Page Top

#2 " As for the snow, it's not entirely new; a protest she attended last year in Washington, D.C., suffered a similar fate."

Any normal person would get the hint....

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2010-01-01 10:33|| 2010-01-01 10:33|| Front Page Top

#3 an international studies student at the University of Utah.

"you want fries with that?"

Posted by Frank G 2010-01-01 10:38|| 2010-01-01 10:38|| Front Page Top

#4 Gore Effect.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2010-01-01 12:14|| 2010-01-01 12:14|| Front Page Top

#5 Six jobless bums with a bullhorn qualifies as a protest? Seriously, WTF?

It depends, Raj. If they are protesting something doubleplusungood like gerbil worming, yes, especially if they trash the joint. If you have six thousand polite, conservative type people protesting bloated government spending, no.

Posted by Cornsilk Blondie 2010-01-01 12:15|| 2010-01-01 12:15|| Front Page Top

#6 Frank, believe it or not, it is possible for somebody to major in International Relations and be intelligent, competent, and useful. Second Daughter is presently getting some low paying but useful administrative skills under her belt working at a real job, and is developing a plan for international business in West Africa. I have every reason to expect that she will succeed, and be a blessing to the people she works with.

However, it appears that the characters described here have not sullied their hands with real world work. Your prediction may well fit their case.

Who said, "Anybody who is not a socialist at 18 has no heart; and anybody who is still a socialist at 40 has no mind?"

Posted by mom 2010-01-01 12:28|| 2010-01-01 12:28|| Front Page Top

#7 ahhh, but you said "international business".

I have no doubt this twit thinks business and capitalism is "icky", and profits are obscene.

Posted by Frank G 2010-01-01 12:33|| 2010-01-01 12:33|| Front Page Top

#8 "Not to be a republican at 20 is proof of want of heart; to be one at 30 is proof of want of head." - François Guizot, mid-nineteenth century historian and statesman.

Posted by Pappy 2010-01-01 13:06|| 2010-01-01 13:06|| Front Page Top

#9 Why is the sky pink?

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2010-01-01 13:08|| 2010-01-01 13:08|| Front Page Top

#10 Heh...pretty obviously our hypersensitive "Salmon" mod has tinkered with that graphic.

Posted by Frank G 2010-01-01 13:17|| 2010-01-01 13:17|| Front Page Top

#11 Actually Winston Churchill said "If you are not a socialist at 18, you have no heart; if you are not a conservative at 30, you have no brain."

Posted by Shieldwolf 2010-01-01 15:57|| 2010-01-01 15:57|| Front Page Top

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