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Multiple trusted sources have reported anti-war protests that, by design, have crippled the traffic flow in various American cities. In particular, Palace correspondents in Boston and San Francisco tell of groups of unruly demonstrators shutting down major thoroughfares by physically occupying them, thereby bringing city traffic to a halt. Up to now, metropolitan police have been exceedingly reluctant to remove them by force. As Glenn Reynolds of InstaPundit has said, these activists, who claim they speak for the workingman, don't seem to have the workingman's interests very much in mind. What your Curmudgeon finds noteworthy is the justification offered by...