Peace Activists to protest Caterpillar; Rachel Corrie Parents

03/18/04 | Freep

[capitan_refugio]

My Tonka Toy D-9 was made out of real metal!

[Shryke]

ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!! Copied and pasted! BRILLIANT!

[eXe]

Here's one to make a nice sign out of.. :)

[Lurking in Kansas]

I wish they could explain to me how the manufacturer of the bulldozer is in any way to blame for their daughter's questionable judgement.

Sandy-

Haven't you been paying attention? SUV's are responsible for road accidents, therefore CAT's are responsible for stupid people...

No, it’s the Arab’s fault. See post #71.

[wjcsux]

My favorite movie feturing bull dozers!
You are showing your age! Vanishing Point, a real classic. Bummer about the Challenger R/T though.

[Slings and Arrows]

Thanks!

[TheDon]

That would seem the most reasonable protest in this case.

[N. Theknow]

Any other ideas?

Gift certificates for Spatula City.

[jtminton]

[CounterCounterCulture]

Here ya go...

[ushr435]

I'm amazed they can take time out from their full schedule of hunting down crazed, vicious, criminal SUVs.

I live in Peoria and folks around here don't take too kindly to people messing with the largest employer in the area.

By the way, anybody ever see a D11 bulldozer? No that is a monster machine.

[opus86]

I used to work at Cat corporate hq for awhile...Dang, I wish I could be there to Freep these idiot protesters. Not only would it be fun, but there used to be these sidewalk food vendors nearby...I got the best mostaccioli there once.

[Britton J Wingfield]

Dozer operator ping!

This would be a good opportunity for a teamster-vs-hippie clash.

[CounterCounterCulture]

[Britton J Wingfield]

Counter-protest waving giant spatulas.

Play the 'spatula city' ad over a bullhorn. (I love that ad)

[Publius6961]

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Please forgive my strange reaction to this news story. I live in the birthplace of Caterpillar, Stockton, California. Having lived here a few years I recently have been spending time learning more about Benjamin Holt, the founder, whose name adorns the freeway exit I use every day.
What is so funny about this post? The irrational thought process of the brainless losers. Might as well protest and boycott the subcontractors who make the blade. Or the bolts that hold the beast together. Or the smelter that produces the many steels that go into their manufacture.

Nature used to cull people this stupid in the old days. We became civilized and must tolerate these bad examples (good examples?) of nature's evolutionary mistakes. I often wonder why.

[Not A Snowbird]

Haven't you been paying attention? SUV's are responsible for road accidents, therefore CAT's are responsible for stupid people...

Ohhhhh... I get it. So if I go into a screaming psychotic state in the workplace I'm not really mentally ill, I just happened to hear John F'n Kerry on the radio which pushed me over the edge and I can therefore sue Sony?

[Britton J Wingfield]

Send cat a letter using the commie's interface!

http://www.progressiveportal.org/letters/global/mideast/cat.html

I'm going to ask them to produce a spatula-shaped scraper to help deal with future corries.

[the_devils_advocate_666]

I was just catching some of Austin Powers 2 on the TV the other day and I thought of Rachel in the part where Austin's driving the steam roller in Virtucon and he's constantly telling the guy in front to move, but he just stands there incessently screaming until he gets run over.
("Watch out! Move! Move!")

[CarolAnn]

I can't believe they are serious. These people are even more stupid than the 'blame the SUVs' crowd.