A US soldier burned in effigy (Portland, OR)

Michelle Malkin ^ | 3/19/07

[bnelson44]

In Portland, Oregon.

[bnelson44]

I think an official apology from the city of Portland is in order:

Office of Mayor Tom Potter
Contact Tom

By Phone:
Mayor Potter’s 24-Hour Opinion Line: 503-823-4127
Mayor’s Office Front Desk: 503-823-4120
By Fax: 503-823-3588
By Mail:
Office of Mayor Tom Potter
1221 SW 4th Avenue, Suite 340
Portland, Oregon 97204

Mayor Potter Contact Form

http://www.portlandonline.com/mayor/index.cfm?c=41652

[b4its2late]

Being a bit facetious about Portland, but seriously, Ithaca, NY could stoop to their level, and may do it yet.....

[KJC1]

My guess is this group is Black Flag, an anarchist group that always manages to show up on the same side of issues with libs: bashing the US, our troops, etc.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

This makes me mad. Burning politicians is one thing, but an effigy of our soldiers?

[1COUNTER-MORTER-68]

bttt

[KSCITYBOY]

The real face of the democrat party!

[freema]

http://www.newsobserver.com/512/story/262874.html

[Mr. Keys]

They do. Just not ours or our allies.

[Kimmers]

As a mom of a Marine I am offended, but then again no one cares that I am offended. There won't be any congressional investigations over me being offended or laws passed that you can't offend me.

Life will go on, our young men and women will continue to volunteer to defend this country and our freedoms will continue to be swallowed by the politically correct, so pukes like this can smile while burning a soldier in effigy and hang a burning flag upside down.

It does not take a whole lot of character or heart to do this but it does take a whole lot of character and heart to defend your country.

[rogue yam]

Note the cameras. Like a bunch of deranged tourists at an anti-American amusement park.

Well, somebody had to take the photos we're seeing on this thread. I'm glad such an outrage is documented so that more people will know how leftists think.

[riskybiz]

An abhorrent abuse of freedom.
These cowards don't know how lucky they are to have the freedom to do this.

[Grunthor]

Judging by the sign in the background, there is no doubt that these vomitous cretins are firmly on the side of the enemy.

[B-Chan]

Pfft. They wish. I used to be one of these people, and I can tell you that nine out of ten wouldn't know which end of Karl Marx to feed and which to diaper. Most of these kids are — as I was — bored, impressionable delayed adolescents, not political operatives. Oh, sure, they know all the slogans, and they listen to all the right music, but really they're just looking for three things: attention, something to do, and [obscene euphemism for sexual intercourse].

Need proof? Look at the babyfat little girl in the white top and jeans giving the international "woo" salute in #11. I knew (in every sense of the word) a hundred like her during my protestin' days: bored, cute, and a just a little bit spoiled, she's been spiritually sodomized by her PoliSci 101 TA's radical Marxism (plus he's super cute!) and she's looking to "make a difference" in the "real world" after growing up in some bland surburban desert. By participating in "an act of civil disobedience for social justice", she differentiates herself from the blond, tanned sorority sister goddesses she secretly envies, boosting her weak self-esteem and letting Mommy and Daddy know that I'm Not Your Little Girl Anymore (but please keep making the car payments). She also adds vital "street cred" to her dating profile, enabling her to dump the art-school bisexuals she's been dating (see the shivering human chihuahua standing next to her?) and get a slice of the gorgeous, long-haired Artiste types that inhabit the upper-level sociology and sculpture classes. (Alas, after feasting on her virgin USDA prime suburban mall-quality booty, they'll get her pregnant and dump her pre-graduation, but she doesn't know that.) By her senior year, she'll have had two (possibly three) abortions, an upside-down car note, and a useless B.A. in Anthropology. Later, she'll go back home to mom and dad, then marry a guy she met at Stuckey's while getting gas. He owns his own used car lot.

Anyway, I wouldn't pay too much attention to these "revolutionaries". That's what they want. I know -- I was one of them. Just let them have their tantrum and keep them from hurting people or property and eventually the Gods of the Copybook Headings will limp up to explain the facts of life to them in terms they can't deny. That's what happened to me. Power to the People! Right On!

[sageb1]

"Someone want to explain this to me?"

40 years of liberalism...20 yrs. after the disintegration of the traditional middle class family.

[Barte45]

Remember they oppose the war but support our troops

[Gene Eric]

>> As a mom of a Marine I am offended,

We are grateful for your family's devotion and sacrifice. You must be proud as the mother of a U.S. Marine unlike the mother of the rodent burning the effigy and flag.

[Mr. Keys]

They're just showing why nobody should ever question their patriotism.

[mystery-ak]

this made my day.....do I really need a sarcasm tag?

[Aria]

I won't take the Oregonian....absolutely refuse it. Writing to them would most likely be totally useless but worth a shot. I hope those creeps have gone too far, maybe they've succeeded in turning off some of their supporters.