Bush's latest claim

[Cyber Wolf]

Those folks can take to the streets and do their protest and all...as long as they don't get in my way. They won't make me sympathetic to any cause by making my day more difficult.

*still seething over recent IMF/World Bank street closings*

[glatt]

Originally Posted by Cyber Wolf

Those folks can take to the streets and do their protest and all...as long as they don't get in my way. They won't make me sympathetic to any cause by making my day more difficult.

*still seething over recent IMF/World Bank street closings*

Did the protestors shut down the streets, or did the police? The IMF/World Bank meeting in D.C. a week and a half ago didn't have any protests that I am aware of. It did have street closures. They affected me too. I didn't see a single protestor, or see a single news story on any. Did you see any?

[Elspode]

The intensity of the Right and their convictions that they have all the answers, and that they tell us that those answers are firmly rooted in a Christian morality which is applicable for *all* scares the hell out of me.

Christianity would have been a great idea if they'd just left out the whole evangelistic imperative thing. A bunch of people running around being nice to everyone in the name of Christ would be an inspiration to all. A bunch of people running around, forcing everyone else to do what they believe Christ's dad wants everyone to do is an affront to humanity.

You have to admire our founders' decision to keep religion and government separate. When the Right bitches about liberal judges rewriting the Constitution, they need to keep in mind their own actions to put religion in every institution, organization and program.

Originally Posted by Elspode

The intensity of the Right and their convictions that they have all the answers, and that they tell us that those answers are firmly rooted in a Christian morality which is applicable for *all* scares the hell out of me.

Christianity would have been a great idea if they'd just left out the whole evangelistic imperative thing. A bunch of people running around being nice to everyone in the name of Christ would be an inspiration to all. A bunch of people running around, forcing everyone else to do what they believe Christ's dad wants everyone to do is an affront to humanity.

You have to admire our founders' decision to keep religion and government separate. When the Right bitches about liberal judges rewriting the Constitution, they need to keep in mind their own actions to put religion in every institution, organization and program.

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http://www.raptureready.com/index.php

[Cyber Wolf]

Originally Posted by glatt

Did the protestors shut down the streets, or did the police? The IMF/World Bank meeting in D.C. a week and a half ago didn't have any protests that I am aware of. It did have street closures. They affected me too. I didn't see a single protestor, or see a single news story on any. Did you see any?

I think the closures were done by the police, generally for security concerns...you know truck bombs and whatnot. But I did see what I suppose were small impromptu protest movements. Specifically, I ran into (and almost OVER) a group of about 15 people shouting and waving hastily scrawlled signs, spilling off the sidewalk into the street. They managed to stop traffic for about 5 minutes but in DC that's plenty of time to cause a fairly significant backup. I don't know how long that gathering lasted, I didn't stay to find out. It's possible they disbanded and left before cops could do it for them.