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Sometimes I just want to go off on something. I have ideas and stories that can get wordy if I let them. My quasi-daily postings just aren't an appropriate place for them and I hate that I hadn't set-up anything to support these rants (or raves). I don't know - it's something and we'll see how it goes. If you don't like 'em don't read 'em.

Friday, March 21, 2003

These so called "passivist protesters" are nothing more than confused lemmings. Case in point: last night the feeble minded high school, college students, and lonely old men took to the streets of downtown Chicago in protest of the war in Iraq. What started out as a friendly, organized rally at the Federal Plaza soon turned into a confusing, unorganized "march" to the lake. Unfortunately, they didn't keep walking east into Lake Michigan. That would have been a beautiful sight. No, instead they decided to tie up traffic on Lake Shore drive for AN HOUR AND A HALF making it impossible to get anywhere. I was a victim of this tragedy. I was never really "for the war" but I'm definitely not "for the protesters".

What these people fail to realize is that they are NOT making a difference. The President is not going to stop the war becuase these people are out in the street pissing people off. The non-protesters are starting to lose interest in the protesters - they aren't as "exciting" as we were hoping. There's more action on "Fear Factor" than there is in their reality television show being played on all the news stations. At least burn something if you're going to hold me up in traffic for hours.

I'm assuming that soon som eof these suburban snobs will realize that the world goes on and they can't keep skipping work and school to protest and expect that everything is going to be OK. I swear that if any of these people were students of mine I'd make sure their grades would be affected. For example: Amy said that she was talking with her teacher on Friday afternoon when some girl interrupted them to ask the teacher if it would be OK if she made an announcement to his class informing the students to "walk out of class at 4:30pm." I think I would have beat her down if she asked that to me. How big do your balls gotta be if you're going to go up to a teacher and ask him if it's ok to let students know they shoudl walk out of his class? And doesn't it seem ass-backwards to ask permission to rebel?
"Teacher, can I go outside and yell and scream with the other lemmings?"
"Not til you finish your test."
"Drats, I'll never be able to walk out of your class now. I'm an idiot!"

More info about this: How should I cope with the war?

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