[Interesting Times]

The RedPeace ecothugs arrested yesterday were released a few minutes ago. It isn't clear if they will try to hassle the shareholders after the meeting ends about an hour from now.

If so, their efforts may be impeded by the fact that Exxon-Mobil has obtained a restraining order against GreenPeace. If they get within a couple of blocks of the Meyerson center, it's back to the pokey.

[Interesting Times]

ReaganGirl reports that during an earlier conversation an Exxon shareholder mentioned that at last year's meeting the leftist protesters were so abusive that many attendees expected to be physically attacked. 'GreenThug' has a nice ring to it, don't you think?

Of course if you remove intimidation from their arsenal, the leftists don't really have all that much left -- it isn't like they're going to persuade anybody with rational argument. Even having a largely sympathetic media doesn't help. During the Battle of Iraq, local TV affiliates were begging the national networks to quit endlessly airing the anti-war protests, because every time they did people reached for the remote.