[CounterCounterCulture]

Anyway, that's what's going on in Palo Alto these days.

[CounterCounterCulture]

Note: The rally occurred October 7

[Texas_Jarhead]

Thanks for the info.

[randog]

Since this is a 'racist war', did the Kumbaya Krowd carry their message over the bridge to their brothers and sisters of color in East Palo Alto?

[HEFFERNAN2]

Sorry you went to so much trouble because very few and probably even less care what the lefties in Palo Alto are doing. You girls just hold on to your garter belts and when it's safe to come outside we'll let you know. Semper Fi, Mike

[farmer18th]

The speeches and chants were rather pathetic in my opinion but the crowd ate them up as usual

I graduated from Stanford. What you saw was the bean-curd and Jesse Jackson crowd. No one takes them seriously, on or off campus. These are the folks who live in Synergy (a campus row house), where they assign bedrooms once a quarter by having an all night talk-fest, comparing their degrees of oppression in order to earn seniority. I knew a few of them, and most of their parents were rich Republicans. It's a rite of passage thing they all go through before becoming investment bankers.

[Cool Guy]

Thanks for the report. I am ready to take em, next time they come out of their holes.

[Illbay]

Have you noticed that the peaceniks seem to have no coherent message this time around?

For example: "It's a racist war." Well, I guess that goes for the "other side" not ours; the hate-rhetoric seems to spew from them much more readily than from us.

Or how about "decimating a country whose people had nothing to do with this." On what proof do they base this charge? It seems to me that these attacks are VERY scaled back and concentrated solely on the bad guys. True, there are likely civilian casualties as there always are in war, but this country's BEEN at war for decades now. The case is easily made that the end of war in that country is now in sight because of us.

And so it goes. There just doesn't seem to be ANYTHING they can pin their hopes and dreams on. The "jihadists" aren't overt socialists; even to the extent that they are, they're closer to fascist than communist.

I think this "peace movement" is going to die of anemia and sheer boredom, of it's own volition.

[nascarnation]

Everybody now..... All we are saaaaying is GIVE NUKES A CHANCE!!!!!!!

[Dr. Frank fan]

That "racist war" slogan is the one that cracks me up the most. Just which "race" do these people think we are being "racist" against?

The Arab race? Well are we bombing Saudi Arabia?

How about the "Afghan race" (if such a concept exists)? But how does attacking the despotic government which is subjugating the Afghans count as "racism against Afghans"? That's like saying that bombing Hitler's government was anti-Semitic because Jews may have died in the process.

I just don't understand what these people think they are saying by calling it a "racist war". I really don't.

[tenderstone jr.]

"To decimate a country that had nothing to do with this attack on the U.S. is not justice. It is revenge, pure and simple."

If Afghanistan played no role in the attacks, then what are we getting revenge for? If they really had nothing to do with it, this man would be calling what we're doing something much worse than "revenge."

[larryjohnson]

Stanford prof couple used my guest house thru labor day. I flew my USAF,Viet Vet and U.S. flags the whole 3 weeks.

[beckett]

Overall attendance? 100s? 1000s?

[jrherreid]

Hey, our commies are better than your commies!

[Syncro]

Good job, thanks for reporting it...

[12B]

When you say the newsbabe was wrapping up her piece does that mean......Oh never mind.

[dorothy]

Got this in my email:

What to do if you happen upon a peace rally by naive, hemp-shirt-wearing college idiots, to teach them why force is sometimes needed:

1)   Approach the dumb, well-off, ignorant student shouting about "peace" and saying there should be "no retaliation."

2)   Engage in brief conversation; ask if military force is appropriate.

3)   When he says "No," ask "Why not?"

4)   Wait until he says something to the effect of, "Because that would just cause more innocent deaths, which would be awful and we should not cause more violence."

5)   When he's in mid sentence, punch him in the face as hard as you can.

6)   When he gets back up to punch you, point out that it would be a mistake and contrary to his values to strike you, because this would be awful and only cause more violence.

7)   Wait until he agrees to pledge not to commit additional violence.

8)   Punch him in the face again, harder this time.

Repeat steps 5 through 8 until he understands that sometimes peace means it is necessary to punch back.

[thunderdome]

Great FReport as usual CCC, enjoy your trip!