Those Scary Protesters

by: Matt Stoller

Mon Sep 01, 2008 at 16:49

I walked around the protests today, and found terrifying scenes of anarchists plotting the downfall of our way of life.

Let's start with terror baby.

After narrowly avoiding the rock throwing baby, I came upon these two bomb-throwers sleeping on a grassy knoll.

Matt Stoller :: Those Scary Protesters

As hard as I tried, I could not avoid the sarcastic sign terrorists.

Here I found some of their bomb-making materials.

Are these clever signs, or are they clever... doomsday devices?

This group of anarchist cheerleaders required an entire riot squad to subdue.

Finally Jon Soltz and I found an ally. Together, all of us went off to fight abstract concepts.

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That's Definitely One Wild-Eyed Baby! (4.00 / 4)

Good instincts, Matt!

"You know what they say -- those of us who fail history... doomed to repeat it in summer school." -- Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Season 6, Episode 3

by: Paul Rosenberg @ Mon Sep 01, 2008 at 20:58:28 PM UTC

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LOOK OUT!!!! (4.00 / 2)

Baby's about to make a boom-boom! Diaper alert level brown!

False alarm folks... Diaper alert level reduced to yellow. Phew.

"I think the economic logic behind dumping a load of toxic waste in the lowest wage country is impeccable and we should face up to that."
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by: kbuck @ Mon Sep 01, 2008 at 21:06:48 PM UTC

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OH NOES!!! (4.00 / 2)

CAN HAZ DFH?

I'm glad it's done

by: gearmonkey @ Mon Sep 01, 2008 at 21:10:53 PM UTC

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like this: (4.00 / 1)

I'm glad it's done

by: gearmonkey @ Mon Sep 01, 2008 at 21:35:10 PM UTC

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or (4.00 / 2)

moar funny pictures

"I think the economic logic behind dumping a load of toxic waste in the lowest wage country is impeccable and we should face up to that."
-Lawrence Summers

by: kbuck @ Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 01:34:53 AM UTC

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awesome (0.00 / 0)

by: Matt Stoller @ Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 02:21:54 AM UTC

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very nice (0.00 / 0)

I'm glad it's done

by: gearmonkey @ Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 13:33:16 PM UTC

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Get rid of that mustard before it explodes ! (0.00 / 0)

by: Bush Bites @ Mon Sep 01, 2008 at 21:13:36 PM UTC

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...WITH FLAVOR (0.00 / 0)

by: sdedeo @ Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 00:57:42 AM UTC

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I Bet She's a Muslim Too (4.00 / 4)

I fear terror baby.

by: ecotect @ Mon Sep 01, 2008 at 21:24:18 PM UTC

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oh my (0.00 / 0)

now i finally understand why the right are afraid of the godless left, these people would scare any red blooded american, i know i won't sleep well tonight! lol lol lol lol!!!

by: pc @ Mon Sep 01, 2008 at 21:25:05 PM UTC

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Meanwhile, what does this say (0.00 / 0)

about McCain's ground game, if they can't even place their candidate, his telepromptor, or the camera, in the right spots--or use one of those newer transparent promptors?

Plus, purely metaphorically speaking, this looks stupid. Obscured by blue? Out of the picture? Camera shy?

Note that this was the basic image throughout Palin's speech, not just a clever and lucky screen shot that lasted a second or two. Really poor positioning.

"Those who stand for nothing fall for anything...Mankind are forever destined to be the dupes of bold & cunning imposture" -- Alexander Hamilton

by: kovie @ Mon Sep 01, 2008 at 21:27:42 PM UTC

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I don't know if you noticed (0.00 / 0)

but Palin had the same blocking problem when McSame spoke before her. I thought the same thing. Hysterical.

by: New Left 2004 @ Mon Sep 01, 2008 at 21:55:23 PM UTC

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This says so much about how "Bush league" McCain's campaign is (0.00 / 0)

On so, so many levels...

"Those who stand for nothing fall for anything...Mankind are forever destined to be the dupes of bold & cunning imposture" -- Alexander Hamilton

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Those bomb-making materials... (0.00 / 0)

...are making me hungry to eat one of those bombs...

by: Iron Curtain @ Mon Sep 01, 2008 at 23:06:52 PM UTC

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THEY WERE ON A GRASSY KNOLL! (0.00 / 0)

I hope zombie JFK is OK.

John McCain lets lobbyists shape his economic policy

by: cilerder86 @ Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 02:39:06 AM UTC

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Hey, great minds... (0.00 / 0)

Serves my right for not reading the comments before posting!

by: conspiracy @ Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 13:49:57 PM UTC

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Re: The grassy knoll bomb throwers (0.00 / 0)

I would only have been worried if they had been standing behind a picket fence.

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