Operation First Casualty: Anti-war protest and street theater (Zombie Photo Essay)

ZombieTime ^ | 11/28/2008 | Zombie

[mojito]

The anti-American group "Iraq Veterans Against the War" decided that the day after Thanksgiving would be a good time to stage an anti-war protest and street theater in San Francisco's Union Square -- because California's most crowded shopping district on the busiest day of the year would provide the largest audience for their antics. I place "Iraq Veterans Against the War" in quotation marks because it's quite evident to anyone who sees them in action that few of their members are actual veterans, and they only claim to be veterans to give their ridiculous tales the tone of authority.

They named their action "Operation First Casualty" after the famous quote "The first casualty of war is truth." In this case, however, the first casualty was common sense, not only because 95% of the passersby who happened to witness portions of the protest were completely mystified as to its purpose, but also because IVAW were protesting to end a war that's already over.

[CE2949BB]

The brunette actually looks like an ex of mine. She's close, but it has been a long time.

If it is her, her mother would be proud.

Remember: it is San Francisco. ;)

[TenthAmendmentChampion]

The protest then climaxed at the Powell Street Cable Car Turnaround, where phalanxes of out-of-town tourists always stand in an endless line to board San Francisco's legendary cable cars. The protesters' plan was to force the tourists to go through a mock "checkpoint," but the police had pre-emptively nixed that idea, so only the non-soldier protester-actors had to go through the checkpoint. Oh, but those mean soldiers just weren't letting them through!

Note, if you will, that they are driving cars! "Vroom vroom! Let us through!" "No! We are cruel Americans and we won't let you through our purposeless checkpoint!"

These people are lunatics!

[TenthAmendmentChampion]

Why do you think guys go to these protests? They go to get the cute girls!

[TenthAmendmentChampion]

Can you post some of the best of them for “caption this”?

[CE2949BB]

Why do you think guys go to these protests? They go to get the cute girls!

We have cute girls, too.

The difference is that our girls aren't easy. ;)

There are exceptions to this rule, but they are hard to find.

[weegee]

Man in cardboard car: "Vrrroom, vrrrom, ert!"

Sgt. Peacenik (to minivan out of camera shot): "HOLD IT right there, buddy! This is a GREEN CAR zone only..."

[weegee]

"Stay right there, lady! The jaws of life are on their way!!!"

[OneWingedShark]

Is it wrong to, upon seeing those pictures, imagine walking up slapping a padlock on the cage and then loading it into your pick-up? ;)

[DesertSapper]

Some of us wore these uniforms pounding sand in the ME while these sheeple were picking their noses. These 'actors' wouldn't know "duty, honor, country" if I hit them in the face with it.

My 14 and 17 year old sons are more manly than these dolts - and could outshoot them blind-folded.

[Lucky9teen]

Students in San Francisco all drank of the same Kool Aid....

[weegee]

Not a whole lotta chicks in that photo. I’m just sayin’...

[P.O.E.]

Don't hear too much about the Nauga anymore

The small chameleon-like animals known as Naugas™ have long been known as the source of beautiful and durable fabrics that look like fine, soft leather. And since Naugas shed their hydes without harm to themselves, the fabrics they help make came to be known as Naugahyde®, The Cruelty Free Fabric™.

The NDF Legal Program was instrumental in passing laws prohibiting the testing of cosmetics on Naugas.

NDF funded retirement villages throughout the country help to ensure that Naugas can spend their retirement years in secure and comfortable surroundings

Adopt-a-Nauga

[Kirkwood]

*Snort*
LOL!

[clbiel]

What thing called where they dress-up like animals?
“ Furrbies”?

[reagan_fanatic]

Obama supporters demonstrate their future work ethic now that Barack has won the election.

[CE2949BB]

“Furrbies”?

[reagan_fanatic]

Troops struggle to maintain order as throngs of angry commuters, reduced to driving cardboard cut-outs, vent their fury at Obama's environmental restrictions.

[OESY]

PETA on the move

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[redstates4ever]

The aftermath of Ann Coulter opening up a can of verbal whup-ass.