On-loan from the Massachusetts Supreme Court, no doubt.

run for your lives! Its Herbie the Love Tank!

A Panzey Panzer!

*** cough cough cough hattip cough cough cough ***

Wouldn't it be great if the military had enough money to fund its programs and left-wing nut cases had to have bakesales to fund the making of giant puppets?

I rather liked the "Hands off Cuba!" one myself. What, economic embargo is not enough? We should become even less involved with Cuba? Sometimes, maybe you should think about what you're asking for...

Leftovers from Halloween.

You guys think that is scary? You should see when Hello Kitty goes bad.

Yes, by all means HANDS OFF CUBA! Communist dictatorships are historical relics that should be cherished.

I love you for your pink Cadillac, crushed velvet seats
riding in the back, oozing down the street
waving to the girls, feeling out of sight
spending all my money on a Saturday night
honey I just wonder what you do there in the backof your pink Cadillac, pink Cadillac

That girl is wishing the tank was real. I can see her driving a Challenger seven years from now.

I actually think it's good to put these people on display from time to time, so we can take a good look and see how stupid they really are.

[Link: www.faithfreedom.org...] A global movement of ex-muslims.

OT: Hypocrisy on parade

[Link: www.cnn.com...]

"Pentagon officials reject any comparison to Israeli military tactics in the West Bank and Gaza, saying the U.S. actions are aimed at eliminating military targets -- not punishing sympathizers. "

Something tells me that the last place in Iraq that Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri might be is his ex-house.

1. Pink tanks? Yellow submarines? Orange jumpsuits? and Green Vests? Is the entire British anti-war movement coordinated by the 'Lucky Charms' Elf?

2. The Barbie Dream Tank from Hasbro. Discharge papers for Ken sold separately.

3. And the little girl is thinking, "Wait till my pacifist mother gets the bill for all the therapy I'll require from this."

4. You see the pink tank symbolizes... um... homosexual military aggression? ... um... imperialist bubblegum... um... oh, crap, what were we smoking that night?

5. "Prepare for RAMMING SPEED!!!"

#7 tomcat

They don't celebrate Halloween. that is an American holiday.

The brits like to celebrate Guy Faulks day. They dress up as the man and burn him in effigy.
.

The proverbial Parade of Fools.

Wonder if they think they'll actually make a difference in world affairs.

the guardian reported turnout was diasppointed, a few hundred.

#14 Viking the Kitten

If the color represents anyone's military its likely the british officer corp. They are known for going to boys only public school (what we would call privite school) where its expected that the younger boys are buggered by the older boys since there are no girls around.

#8 Kragar

Ok, I just had to forward that one to my local wargaming convention's mailing list. That ranks up there with the little toy chickens a friend depolyed as part of his Chaos army. He claimed they were Kornish Hens. O_o

Did they have to use Barbie and Pepto Bismal pink?

Wouldn’t something in mauve and dusty rose been more tasteful?

Charles--Might be time to start a new portfolio of images: LLL Child Abuse.

The tanks appendage looks a bit flacid ...

Reuters: Protests disappoint. Tomorrow hopefully better. They didn't mention about the pink tank though.

Looks more like a demented arts and crafts festival than anything to me...

Morons.

The BBC has a timeline of the protests:

Outside Buckingham Palace :: Paul Reynolds :: 1005GMT

Protester Joe Gittings brought out a megaphone during the arrival ceremony and started a series of chants to the tune of 'She'll be coming round the mountain'.

The first was "If you think that Blair's a poodle, shout woof woof". However, of the hundred or so people lining this part of the barriers only two joined in with him.

probably because the other 98 were journalists.

Just for amusement, folks might want to look at the Volokh Conspiracy website today. There is a description of what is really going on in the "massive" protests in the UK. Their person is in Trafalgar today, a couple of hours ago UK time,and says there were never more than a few hundred people at a time in the square, considerably less than were there last week to protest hikes in university fees. Looks like the "massive" protest didn't happen. Not to say it won't later, but it looks like it might turn out to be a bust. Awwwwwww.

Reporters' log: Bush in Britain

The little girl in the frilly pink tank (mad props to catbert and kalb caD-di-nee for the laughs) certainly looks pissed off that she has found herself ensconced in this sad contraption when she'd really rather be playing Barbie at home with her friends.

That picture is hilarious on one hand, truly pathetic on the other. And there are some Britons who wonder whether they will ever again be the Empire of Olde? Not as long as these pantywaists insist on parading.

As far as I remember, there's school on Wednesday. Why aren't kids like her there, instead of being part and parcel of the Magical Mystery Moonbat Marching Marauders?

#15 Kelly

Halloween isn't an American holiday, It's originally an Irish festival. The British don't really have a history of Halloween since it's essentially a catholic festival.

Feel the love! Maybe they will have little kids dressed up as suicide bombers next.

How fitting that they all chose to protest by playing dress-up. Yet one more manifestation of their maturity level.

I would love to see how long that would last against an Abrams or Challenger2.

Mind you its probably better armoured than those T-52's Saddam had!

RE:Disappointing attendance--
Remember--the edict warned the muslims to stay away, even if sponsored by MPs,communists,anarchists or socialists. (nice company they put the MPs in,huh)

You should see when Hello Kitty goes bad.

SSHHHHRIIIIIEEEEK!

Oh, man, that's my new Windoze wallpaper...

It reminds me of the "Simpsons" episode where Homer was named "King of Mardi Gras" as part of the plot to kill him ("Drunken idiots, save your king!").

Why aren't these people working, instead of making fools of themeselves? Even the AP reported that the turnout was "light."

#15 Kelly

"They don't celebrate Halloween. that is an American holiday. "

Rubbish! Of course we celebrate Halloween.

Its thanksgiving that we don't do. We don't normally have much thanks to give.

OT Hey, they finally found a tv program that Jack Valenti thinks should not have been shown on to the public, "The Men who Killed Kennedy" on the History Channel. He called it "garbage". This from the man who has facilitated tons of real garbage reaching the big screen. So very funny.
The program was actually very good. JFK had many enemies. LBJ was clearly one of them and apparently he did something about it. The list of everyone who participated is very long but clearly it HAD to be in order to organise a major coverup that has lasted forty years. I highly recommend this program to all conspiracty buffs. To those whose minds are closed, just pass on by and save your energy and comments.
LBJ died in disgrace under the care of a psychiatrist for depression. One of the founding liberals of the present, lunatic generation of liberals, he almost bankrupted the country and sent thousands of young men and women to die in a war he didn't have the guts to win. Apparently, he couldn't handle a fight unless he could shoot someone in the back. Coward. What an evil man.

So predictable. And these people actually think they can run a government.

They need to take this freak show on the road. I say bring back the human shield movement. I would pay to see these fools in their stupid costumes marching through the streets of Kabul and Bagdad.

Slightly OT, but...

Shooting Moonbatfish in the IdiotMedia Barrell

Not: Use caution in following the link in the "Response" - rated strictly "G", but keep volume at a moderate level and keep fingers over the CTRL, ALT, DELETE keys.

cir·cus ( P ) Pronunciation Key (sûrks)
n.

1.a. A public entertainment consisting typically of a variety of performances by acrobats, clowns, and trained animals.

b. A traveling company that performs such entertainments.

OT: French Chief Rabbi: Don't wear yarmulkes

Worried about a surge in anti-Semitic attacks, France's chief rabbi has cautioned Jewish men against wearing yarmulkes in public, suggesting they wear baseball caps instead.

After a weekend arson attack on a Jewish school, Rabbi Joseph Sitruk urged young men to be extra cautious, saying they could become targets of violence if they wear the yarmulke, or skullcap.

"I ask young Jews to be alert, to avoid walking alone, to avoid wearing the yarmulke in the street or in the subway and consequently becoming targets for potential assailants," Sitruk told Radio J this weekend.

# 29 vfi

Halloween is Catholic? Jeez Louise, that will certainly come as news to the Vatican, which, like the rest of us know it as an essentially pagan celebration.

#36 JWarrior

My appoligies for the error. I saw a documentry last month and my memory of the info they dispensed must have been wrong.

If I wanted to sound jingoistic I could say that after WWII the British should be grateful that the origional americans rebelled successfully against the British monarchy. Otherwise they would not have been independent and feel a need to thrive and become such a great nation that was capable of assisting the Brits out in freeing the europeans from their cowardly rolling over for the german war machine.

I don't understand the point here. In the USA, people spend such time and creative energy on costumes for nice capitalist events like comic book conventions, Sci Fi conventions, fantasy conventions, and -- oooooh. Now I get it.

So where are the merchants' booths?

(Come to think of it, where is the money trail?)

#43 scaramouche

Halloween is derived from 'Hallowed Eve' a festival of the saints. It's another festival that was lifted by the church from pre-christian beginnings.

L'il pink tank o' love,
Sent from heaven above,
Give ol' Bushie a shove,
With my l'il pink tanky o' Love!

Cardboard cruiser with a kewl skull mask
For my luv mission it's up to the task
Gotta chicky-babe gunner with a chrome helmet on
When she starts pedalin' this beast is gone!

Got a handmade, tie-dyed hippie peace flag
The fuel it costs a "nickle" a bag,
The main barrel 's made of shippin' tubes
Blastin' 88mm shots of good vibes at uptight dudes
Got machine guns made of empty bog rolls
With happy paper flowers sticking out of the holes

Trucking down the road in my peaceful pink tank
Gonna scare the hate out of that Bushitler yank
Scare him all the way back to the US of A
And we will then have, forevermore, happy daze!

My li'l pink tanky brings mental pain
To them right wing fascist nazi brains!
You'll see my pink tanky again and again
Unless it gets caught in the pouring rain...

That tank is no problem. I'll take it out with one Chocolate Hellfire Frosting Missile. The sugar high will make that girl bounce higher than the turret of a T-72.

Hands off Cuba?
shouldn't that be "Fair play for Cuba"?

Tanks for the mammaries. (Sorry.)

46 view from Ireland

So if you knew that why did you say it was catholic?

{Rubbing eyes in amazement}

#46 actually contains a coherent thought, and even more amazing, I actually agree with it.

His Wonders never cease...

Is that "tank" a prop from Love and Death?

#23 Dom

From your link:

President Bush acknowledged protests against his visit to London Wednesday, joking that some might have wanted to see him locked in a box, like the American magician David Blaine.

I notice the tradition of free speech exercised with enthusiasm is alive and well here in London," Bush said, to loud laughter. "We have that at home too. They now have that right in Baghdad as well."

Good on ya.

#51 my fault. I'm agreeing with scaramouch. I shouldn't read the thread from bottom to top!

#42 Yossarian

That is heartbreaking.

muslims whine about head scarves, photo IDs taken in burqas and so on.

But French Jews are advised not to wear yarmulkes. By their rabbi. Because it's too dangerous.

Nice going, Frawnce.

a pink cardboard tank decorated with skulls, and a frowning little girl sitting inside

I never realized war can be so ugly.

Just more proof that the Cold War never ended. Just that the Team Roster changed during the break.

Hey everyone view from Ireland wants us all to debate the origins of Halloween, not laugh at these buffoons in the street.

Are we going to let her derail yet another thread?

This thread is about POKING FUN AT DIPSHIT "PROTESTERS" WHO THINK THEY CAN CHANGE WORLD OPINION BY DRIVING PINK CARDBOARD TANKS THOUGH LONDON.

Don't forget that we are here to mock the idiots, not talk to idiots.

#47 Clutch

Considering it London, I think rain is a for gone conclusion.

#42 Yossarian

OT: French Chief Rabbi: Don't wear yarmulkes -
"I ask young Jews to be alert, to avoid walking alone, to avoid wearing the yarmulke in the street or in the subway and consequently becoming targets for potential assailants," Sitruk told Radio J this weekend.

Very bad sign for European Jewry. Guys, get out now, while you still can.

#52:

The pink tank was actually a leftover prop from an unshot scene in Rocky Horror Picture Show where they had Dr. Dr. Frank-N-Furter trying to take over the world through dances involving pelvic thrusts and Meat Loaf experiments.

Of course, we'd still be yelling that Janet is a slut with delicious irony (it is anti-Bushie Susan Sarandon after all).

I did notice from the pics at indymedia(yes I washed my hands after going there)
that the "one million protesters" looked more like 500 tops.

Looks like the Care Bears just aren't gonna take it anymore...

#51 Yasser Ican Abu Gee (mark holland)

Because it is a Catholic festival - at least in Ireland. Christmas, and the harvest festival have pre-christian roots too, but you don't quibble about their christian veracity do you?

So, just what was saddam there to protest? I couldn't make out the sign he was holding up behind George and Laura.

PDM -

LOL! We've got smiling, wisecracking soldiers, and all they've got is frowning little girls.

On the other hand, if this happened in America (particularly in New Jersey) would this girl get expelled from grade school based on "Zero Tolerance" policies?

Halloween is derived from 'Hallowed Eve' a festival of the saints. It's another festival that was lifted by the church from pre-christian beginnings.

You're getting Halloween mixed up with All Saints Day.

Halloween was not originally a festival of saints. It was Samhain (pronounced "sow-in"), the most important festival in the Gaelic world up until relatively recently. It marked the end of the agricultural year and it was also the festival of the ancestors (hence the modern associations with ghosts, etc.) The activities associated with Samhain took place at the hill of Tlachtga, now known as the Hill of Ward in Co. Meath, about 10 miles from Tara, and centered around the ceremonial re-enactment of the death of the god Lugh.

There's a fascinating little book on all this called "Tlachtga: Celtic Fire Festival" by John Gilroy, if you care to educate yourself about your own people's history.

I bet Michael Jackson is in that tank somewhere.

2. The Barbie Dream Tank from Hasbro. Discharge papers for Ken sold separately.

what discharge?

Ken has a discharge?

ewwww

It's not from Love and Death or Rocky Horror. I'm pretty sure it came from the big party scene in this show:
[Link: www.tabooonbroadway.com...]

#29 VFI -
In 1845, the Irish brought Halloween to the U.S. On this “Day to the Dead” – Samhain - Muck Olla, the sun god, was in danger of becoming overpowered by the Grim Reaper. Samhain assembled the dead spirits from the previous year, confined in animals' bodies as punishment for their evil deeds. On October 31st, they were allowed to visit the living.
As protection from them, Druid priests led worship ceremonies in which powerless human beings and animals (especially cats) were burned alive in wicker cages.

Tom Sanguinet, former high priest of Wicca said, "Halloween is purely and absolutely evil, and there is nothing we ever have or will do that would make it acceptable."

I really don't understand your quickness to claim ownership of such virulent crap, concerning your usual moral equivalance viewpoints. Is it your ignorance of the origins, or is that it? Is this what separates the left from logic?

EEEEEK!
Little girls in pink tanks!
Oh,the humanity.
Someone call the U.N.
Surely THIS will change Bushitlers mind.

Did they have any lavender anti aircraft guns or puce stinger missles too?

#40 Frank IBC, Abu Feh

Frank, Frank, Frank.

{sigh} I forgot what that damn link was and clicked on it like the proverbial idiot.

How does one stop that without rebooting?

#67 Ann Northcutt Gray

A little knowledge will do you more harm than good Ann.

By the 800s, the influence of Christianity had spread into Celtic lands. In the seventh century, Pope Boniface IV designated November 1 All Saints' Day, a time to honor saints and martyrs. It is widely believed today that the pope was attempting to replace the Celtic festival of the dead with a related, but church-sanctioned holiday. The celebration was also called All-hallows or All-hallowmas (from Middle English Alholowmesse meaning All Saints' Day) and the night before it, the night of Samhain, began to be called All-hallows Eve and, eventually, Halloween. Even later, in A.D. 1000, the church would make November 2 All Souls' Day, a day to honor the dead. It was celebrated similarly to Samhain, with big bonfires, parades, and dressing up in costumes as saints, angels, and devils. Together, the three celebrations, the eve of All Saints', All Saints', and All Souls', were called Hallowmas

[Link: www.historychannel.com...]

#75 VFI

Bla bla bla go back to Atrios

Arrest Warrant Issued for Michael Jackson

It looks like the gloved one was not able to pay off this kid's parents. All of you Jackson fans will pleased to know that your purchases will help feed his lawyers for a some time.

Yes, Christmas originates in the Winter Solistice celebration.

Previously I assumed that the reason that Christmas is on December 25, instead of December 22, the actual date of the Solstice, was due to calendar error. But it turns out that when the sun "bottoms out" during the Solstice, it stays in more or less the same position, in terms of height in the sky at noon, from about December 20 through 24. For you engineers and mathematicians, it's like a sine wave - minimum change at the extremes, maximum change at the extremes.

December 25 is the first day in which the sun is noticeably higher at noon following the Solstice - thus it is (re)"born" on that day.

Halloween/All Saints Day is on or about the midpoint between the Autumnal Equinox and the Winter Solstice; Candlemas/Groundhog Day is on the midpoint between the Winter Solstice and the Vernal Equinox; May Day is on the midpoint between the Vernal Equinox and the Summer Solstice. There used to be a festival on the midpoint between the Summer Solstice and the Autumnal Equinox, on or about August 1, but that has passed into insignificance.

Isn't that the same tank that ran over Corrie?

VFI
I found my crowbar.
You still seem to need it.

#14 Viking the Kitten

LOL

By the way, in point 5, don't you mean "Prepare for ludicrous speed!"

In 1845, the Irish brought Halloween to the U.S. On this “Day to the Dead” – Samhain - Muck Olla, the sun god, was in danger of becoming overpowered by the Grim Reaper. Samhain assembled the dead spirits from the previous year, confined in animals' bodies as punishment for their evil deeds. On October 31st, they were allowed to visit the living.
As protection from them, Druid priests led worship ceremonies in which powerless human beings and animals (especially cats) were burned alive in wicker cages.

Tom Sanguinet, former high priest of Wicca said, "Halloween is purely and absolutely evil, and there is nothing we ever have or will do that would make it acceptable."

This is the biggest load of crap I've yet to see about Samhain. Read some real Celtic history, sir, and get away from Chick tracts.

The Gaels never worhsipped any deity called "Muck Olla." The Gaelic sun god was named Lugh. The Grim Reaper is a comparatively recent Christian invention and had nothing to do with the pre-Christian (or post-Christian) celebration of Samhain. Where you got your "animal's bodies" thing is beyond me, and the thing about burning people alive in wicker cages comes from a fourth-hand report passed along by Julius Caesar and referred to practices in Gaul (now France), not Ireland. Tom Sanguinet is an ignorant liar who was never a Wiccan priest, and even if he was, Wicca has absolutely nothing to do with northern European native religions. Wicca is a 20th-century development based in 19th-century romanticism.

Re #74.

I was serious - is there a way to stop those popups w/out rebooting? Somebody he'p me!

#67 Ann Northcutt Gray

VFI, the Celtic Eva Braun.....LOL

[Link: www.catharton.com...]

#83 Thom
Depends on your OS. Which do you have?

Looks like mommy and daddy let the children borrow the tinfoil helmets. Whatever will they do now??

#83 Thom

pray?

#83 Thom

Use an end task command:

On windows:
Keys "CTLR" + "ALT" + "Delete"

Choose end task. Select your browser.

#83 Thom

Is it the "You are an idiot" flash.

Friendly fire incident, huh.

Thom -

Sorry about that! :(

To close the multiple browser windows, hit CTRL+ALT+DELETE - select "End Task" (instead of "Shut Down") and select ALL the browser windows to close. You may have to hold the CTRL key to highlight all the browser windows.

Jim -

Aw, c'mon. She's actually talking sensibly for a change. (With the possible exception of the first sentence.) Let's hope this isn't just a will-'o'-the-wisp.

Slow news day: Arafish is not near(er) death; no homicide bombings today in Israel, Istanbul, Bali; no new threats from Al Qaeda; the State Dept hasn't sucked up to the Saudis yet today. So LGF entertainment is pink tanks, loony lefties and the origin of Halloween. I like it. Wish it would last.

Thom I dont know if it will help the current situation but it may help in the future PopSwatter

#83 Thom

Re #74 - I was serious - is there a way to stop those popups w/out rebooting? Somebody he'p me!

Go here. It's called Adaware.com

#79 Stan LS

Isn't that the same tank that ran over Corrie?

No, but maybe they could paint one pink in her memory.

That protest is just pitiful.

A clarification to my warning in my #40:

WARNING!!! This link launches multiple windows. If you choose to activate the link, you MUST position your fingers over CTRL+ALT+DELETE - when necessary, it those, select "End Task" (instead of "Shut Down") and select ALL the browser windows to close. You may have to hold the CTRL key to highlight all the browser windows.

#91 Jim in Virginia

If you want to feel good, stay in this thread. The one below with the Robert Spencer interview, and the one above about the latest anti-Semitic outrage in France, aren't quite so mood-enhancing.

Idea I'm batting around: we need to encourage emigration of the "peace protester" types. I, personally, would happily help to fund their emigration to the socialist or islamist utopia of their choice. I'd even be in favor of identifying some large, unoccupied tract of land somewhere on the globe, and letting them set up their own country. True, it would collapse in a matter of weeks, but that would no longer be our problem.

I'm trying to laugh at the pink tanks and giant puppets, but my usually durable sense of humor is just deserting me today. I'm sick to death of these useful idiots and the evil puppetmasters, both islamist and communist, who are manipulating them. I'm sick to death of the extent to which their imbecilic, whining "ideology" (if it can be called that) has infected even normally reasonable people that I know.

#69 ploome

ROFLMAO!

A little knowledge will do you more harm than good Ann.

And you should know ... ;)

By the 800s, the influence of Christianity had spread into Celtic lands.

Much earlier than that, actually. Roman-style dedications to Christ are recorded in Northern England in the second century AD, and Christianity began making a serious impact in Ireland by the fourth century.

In the seventh century, Pope Boniface IV designated November 1 All Saints' Day, a time to honor saints and martyrs. It is widely believed today that the pope was attempting to replace the Celtic festival of the dead with a related, but church-sanctioned holiday.

Did I say otherwise? Samhain and All Saints Day are not the same. Do you disagree?

The celebration was also called All-hallows or All-hallowmas (from Middle English Alholowmesse meaning All Saints' Day) and the night before it, the night of Samhain, began to be called All-hallows Eve and, eventually, Halloween.

These are Christian developments, which I was not addressing. The festival of Samhain was not a Christian festival. All Saints Day is a Catholic festival.

Even later, in A.D. 1000, the church would make November 2 All Souls' Day, a day to honor the dead. It was celebrated similarly to Samhain, with big bonfires, parades, and dressing up in costumes as saints, angels, and devils. Together, the three celebrations, the eve of All Saints', All Saints', and All Souls', were called Hallowmas.

Yes, and this reflects the fact that the Church was able to take hold in Gaelic lands because it adapted to the culture rather than crushing it - in most cases.

If only Islam was the same, eh? ;)

#82 -
1. Thanks for the education.
2. Not from Chick tracts.
3. Enjoy your life.

#71 Steve Hall

Got a link for that Tom Sanguinet quote? Sounds interesting.

#91 Jim in Virginia:

I like it. Wish it would last.

Notwithstanding my previous gloomy post, I guess I do, too, except for that first item you cited. I'd be happy to see more news of Yassir's impending death.

BTW, we missed you at the Brickskellar last week, qué pasó?

OT: but very lighthearted

This falls under the heading, You know you've been watching too much news when...

Yesterday after dance lessons with my 5 year old, we drove past a Baptist church with a big decorated cross in front (just as background, we are Catholic).

My 5 year old asked, "Is that a Baathist Church?" in all innocence.

Seems she had gotten the discussion where we were talking about the Pastor of the church being married to a friend's mother and Saddam Hussein mixed up.

I still wonder what was running through her head. Maybe she thought that was the church where they arranged mortar fire or something.

#99 Barking Pumpkin

:-)

andrew, ploome (;^þ), Kelly, Frank IBC (;^þ), elBarto (abu D'oh), kayawanee,

Thanks for your help!

In my #96, second paragraph, third line - please replace "it those" with "hit those.

#79 Stan -

Isn't that the same tank that ran over Corrie?

Hilarious!!!

Maybe some LGFers could get together and do some "Street Theater". Our own Zulubaby could be St. Pancake. She would of course have to apply some "ugly makeup" to her beautiful self.

CORRECTION: In previous paragraph, please replace "some" with "a lot of".

CORRECTION TO CORRECTION: In previous paragraph, please replace "a lot of" with "a s##tload of".

#98 Occasional Reader - Ideology? Try sophistry.

I hope American protestors can afford to build such wonderful pink tanks and put on such a nice puppetshow now that George Sorros is donating millions to MoveOn.org. I do hope MoveOn.org spreads the wealth.

Puppets, puppets, puppets!

Very sad. That tank has "Flaccid Cannon Syndrome." Must be one of the Arab models.

#104 Militarybrat -

Baathist Baathist is my name

And Baathist till I die

When I am dead

It can be said

You've laid a Baptist by

Sorry, f-ed up the last line. :)

#79 StanLS

Isn't that the same tank that ran over Corrie?

Nope. That was Keith and his bulldozer.

Re the picture just above the Pink Tank on the Nazimedia link: Oh no, they arrested Santa Claus!

103 Occasional- Thanks. Sorry I missed Brickskeller, I sent Scott an email.With wife and two eight year olds it is tough to be out that late (don't laugh) on a school night. Hope I can make next one- maybe lunch downtown sometime?
The trouble with "Arafat is dying" threads is they generate so much excitement and then nothing happens. (I'm trying to come up with G- rated analogies and failing.)

#100 Ann Northcutt Gray

Once again:

I said:

Halloween is derived from 'Hallowed Eve' a festival of the saints. It's another festival that was lifted by the church from pre-christian beginnings.

You said:

You're getting Halloween mixed up with All Saints Day.

Halloween was not originally a festival of saints.

I'm not sure what you are arguing now, but since Halloween is derived from Hallows Eve; a catholic festival of the saints, and it was originally from Ireland, and supplanting a pre-christain festival (just like Christmas and the Harvest Festival), I'd say that I'd proved my point.

#102 Papijoe -

I got it in an email long, long ago... #82 says it's "the biggest load of crap I've yet to see about Samhain." VFI has her own take. But here's some links to Sanguinet articles:

[Link: www.google.com...]

Re the pics in the UK Nazimedia article:

Can one of you PhotoShop experts check out the pic captioned "Distinct lack of cheering crowds around buck house"? It looks like it was deliberately underexposed or darkened to hide the people actually on the street.

In retrospect, I take back my first comment in #52, and apologies for posting my #78. SWSNBN is hard at work, trying to derail yet another thread, even though the chosen "minutiae" is less contentious than usual.

I'd say that I'd proved my point.

WHICH IS??

I'd say that I'd proved my point.

WHICH IS??

Which is that VFI cannot ever, ever admit that she is anything other than 100% correct about everything, all the time.

Right Wing Conspirator (#118)

I'm sure that belongs on Nazimedia and not LGF. Puke.

If I wasn't laughing so hard at these losers, I might actually be pissed. I guess the "expected multitudes" found something better to do today.

#102 Papijoe -

I got it in an email long, long ago... #82 says it's "the biggest load of crap I've yet to see about Samhain." VFI has her own take. But here's some links to Sanguinet articles:

Steve, I'm sorry I was rude. But I am pagan, and it hurts me to see these lies perpetuated. And lies they are. Tom Sanguinet is a con man who has been in and out of trouble with the law. He knows as much about real Wicca as, well, you do. Despite its continued abuse from fundamentalist Christianity, Wicca is actually a very benign religion that has its roots in 19th century romanticism. It is pantheistic rather than polytheistic and people who practice it really just want to be left alone. They're not out to sacrifice your children, in fact sacrifice is not allowed in Wicca. Now, I am not Wiccan, but I know many Wiccans and I have been a part of many Wiccan rituals. Wicca is not a threat to Christianity or any other religion, Wiccans are not violent, abnormal people, Wiccans have no concept similar to jihad, and Tom Sanguinet tells lies that are quite frankly on the level of some of the kind of anti-Jewish hysteria Charles posts here.

Neither does Wicca have ancient origins, and any Wiccan (including fake Wiccans, like Tom Sanguinet) that expounds on early European religions without citing appropriate scholarly sources is generally not to be taken as anything serious. There are plenty of competent Celtic scholars out there, including Proinsas MacCana, Damian MacManus, Miranda Green, Barry Cunliffe, and Anne Ross.

Tom Sanguinet is a holy roller carnival barker who makes a quick buck from people who are frightened of the unknown - namely, a new and misunderstood pantheistic religion called Wicca.

Is that Michael Jackson in the orange jumper suit, surgical facemask and handcuffs?

#120

I'd say that I'd proved my point.

WHICH IS??

on the top of her head... like most trolls.

#119

As for the Buckingham picture, who knows when that image was actually taken? During midday? Dawn? Dusk? The sky is uniformly gloomy so there's no cue there. If the picture was taken early in the morning or late in the afternoon, it could account for the lack of crowds. Also, it does appear that the picture is underexposed. There's also no baseline to normal crowds here either.

It's as though someone could take a picture of Times Square at dawn of an overcast day and say that NYC is empty, when in fact just a few hours later it's full-up with people.

Also, note that there aren't any crowds of anti-Bush protestors present; where are the huge crowds of protestors? If the anti-war/anti-Bush crowds are so huge, where are they? Everyone is anti-Bush, but there's no one to say so? How can that be?

In Case Anyone Missed This Poem from Indymedia

Lill Pink Tank
19.11.2003 17:21

L'il pink tank o' love,
Sent from heaven above,
Give ol' Bushie a shove,
With my l'il pink tanky o' Love!

Cardboard cruiser with a kewl skull mask
For my luv mission it's up to the task
Gotta chicky-babe gunner with a chrome helmet on
When she starts pedalin' this beast is gone!

Got a handmade, tie-dyed hippie peace flag
The fuel it costs a "nickle" a bag,
The main barrel 's made of shippin' tubes
Blastin' 88mm shots of good vibes at uptight dudes
Got machine guns made of empty bog rolls
With happy paper flowers sticking out of the holes

Trucking down the road in my peaceful pink tank
Gonna scare the hate out of that Bushitler yank
Scare him all the way back to the US of A
And we will then have, forevermore, happy daze!

My li'l pink tanky brings mental pain
To them right wing fascist nazi brains!
You'll see my pink tanky again and again
Unless it gets caught in the pouring rain...

Clutch

#122 zulubaby

I'm sure that belongs on Nazimedia and not LGF. Puke.

Your right. Sorry everyone for having that here where you have to see it.

Charles, if you want to delete that post, by all means do.

Ann -
If you've read any of my posts, I'm just as guilty of frustration: when you're right, you have every right to defend yourself and your beliefs. And a lie is a lie, no matter if from pagan, pope or rabbi.
While I am neither Christian nor Jew, I have no doubt that G-d will reward every righteous person, and dole out appropriate punishment and training when the time is right: no eternal damnation to a Greek Hades.

I knew extasy was bad, I just didn't know how bad...

Thanks Charles.

Thanks Charles (and Right Wing Conspirator, for being gracious about it).

#130 - thanks Steve - I believe we are on the same page. :)

#128 Jakester

LOL

I don't know why I'm getting into this, may be because VFI is successfully hijacking the thread, but:

Halloween isn't an American holiday, It's originally an Irish festival. The British don't really have a history of Halloween since it's essentially a catholic festival.

What in this world is Catholic about the winter equinox? Halloween is just so obviously PAGAN. VFI, once again, you have no idea what you are talking about.

Photo Caption:

"Love is a Deadly Thing".

LGF Contest:

Predict the subject to which SWSNBN will hijack a new thread.

-From Peace Moonbat Idiots to the origins of Halloween.

G-d Almighty!!!

{slapping hand on forehead}

Li'l Pink Tank o' Love, meet the Robin's Egg Blue JDAM of Global Ridicule.

Halloween isn't an American holiday, It's originally an Irish festival.

And The Cranberries are named after a fruit that originates in North America, not Ireland.

So there. :P

BH - "JDAM"?

Reminds me of Steve Martin and his "gangsta of love" line.

Now...
If you can imagine that pink tank in the "West Bank"

This may well be the only thing on Earth weirder than the pink tank.

Holy Lug Samildananch and Angus Mac Og, Séamus! I agree with #58:

Don't forget that we are here to mock the idiots, not talk to idiots.

But, if you all must know, here is what Britannica has to say about Halloween.

HALLOWEEN, also called ALL HALLOWS' EVE or ALL HALLOWS' EVENING a holy or hallowed evening observed on October 31, the eve of All Saints' Day. In modern times, it is the occasion for pranks and for children requesting treats or threatening tricks.

In ancient Britain and Ireland, the Celtic festival of Samhain eve was observed on October 31, at the end of summer. This date was also the eve of the new year in both Celtic and Anglo-Saxon times and was the occasion for one of the ancient fire festivals when huge bonfires were set on hilltops to frighten away evil spirits. The date was connected with the return of herds from pasture, and laws and land tenures were renewed. The souls of the dead were supposed to revisit their homes on this day, and the autumnal festival acquired sinister significance, with ghosts, witches, hobgoblins, black cats, fairies, and demons of all kinds said to be roaming about. It was the time to placate the supernatural powers controlling the processes of nature. In addition, Halloween was thought to be the most favourable time for divinations concerning marriage, luck, health, and death. It was the only day on which the help of the devil was invoked for such purposes.

The pagan observances influenced the Christian festival of All Hallows' Eve, celebrated on the same date. Gradually, Halloween became a secular observance, and many customs and practices developed. In Scotland young people assembled for games to ascertain which of them would marry during the year and in what order the marriages would occur. Many Halloween customs have become games played by children.

Immigrants to the U.S., particularly the Irish, introduced secular Halloween customs that became popular in the late 19th century. Mischief-making on this occasion by boys and young men included overturning sheds and outhouses and breaking windows, and damage to property was sometimes severe. In later years, the occasion has come to be observed mainly by small children, who go from house to house, often in costume, demanding "trick or treat" (the treat, often candy, is generally given and the trick rarely played). Since 1965, Unicef, an agency of the United Nations, has attempted to incorporate into the Halloween observance the collection of money for the United Nations Children's Fund.

So enough of this, and if anyone keeps this up, go salaí na gráinneoga cealgrúnacha do chuid calóga arbhair! Aye, laddie.

Why doesn't the EB article include any information about Devil's Night?

Frank IBC (#137)

LGF Contest:

Predict the subject to which SWSNBN will hijack a new thread.

Hmmm, that won't be necessary. JWarrior and I have been doing the Hora!

I did a websearch for pink tanks. It's amazing:

permanent pink tank in London (more images)

gay pink tank

U.S. pink tank

the adoration of the pink tank

Japanese pink tank (I love this one)

And, best of all: The Page of the demonstrators who make Pink Tanks (loads of pics)

Queers playing the useful idiots of theocracy... I wonder why the Islamists didn't harrass them such as described in this account.

#142 Viking the Kitten

Whoa! Did you see the caption:

A giant condom is displayed on the roof on a building in Taipei. Thailand's teenagers are shunning the use of condoms in an alarming trend, the health ministry warned as it called for more campaigns to encourage their use for protection against diseases like HIV (news - web sites)-AIDS (news - web sites).(AFP/File/Sam Yeh)

Taipei is in Thailand? Who knew?

#141 PDM

You are not fair, and thank you.

Viking the Kitten (#142)

Thailand's teenagers are shunning the use of condoms in an alarming trend, the health ministry warned as it called for more campaigns to encourage their use for protection against diseases like HIV.

Now that display makes me just wanna rush out and buy all the condoms I can find. You?

Thom (#148)

LOL!

Thom Taipei Thailand was the first thing that leaped out at me when my friend sent me the link.

zulubaby Strangely, it makes me want to go see the stand-up comedy of Howie Mandel.

BTW, Zulu...

"Ding-Dong, the witch is banned
Which old witch?
The Celtic witch!"

#148 Thom,

You are not fair, and thank you.

:) I'll never read that line the same way again.

They're so sensitive there, they took down my Pro-Saddam messages.

#150 zulubaby

dB^)

#151 Viking the Kitten

And they think Amerkins are ignernt?! Oy.

#152 PDM

Yasser Arafat. Metrosexual. And one hell of a funny guy!

Zulubaby:

ULULULULULULULUTURALURA!!!!!

Her last post, #112 on that thread, is both ironic and delightful - accusing ME of attempting to derail the discussion. And since it was directed at me, I will of course shamelessly claim credit for her demise.

{patting self on back to annoy trolls}

Charles: looks like your server bills will be substantially lower for the next month. I'm glad you did what needed to be done, and at the same time I admire your strength in putting up with her so long.

Just to drop a note, I was scrolling through the days' posts with my two year old daughter in attendance (must start brainwashing early!) when this pink tank picture came on the screen.
My daughters reaction: Scawy*.

Might I be able to sue for mental distress on behalf of my daughter?

"The Pink Tank-o-Death"

*Translation for the parentally challanged: Scary.

Yasser Arafat. Metrosexual. And one hell of a funny guy!

That explains where the missing $100 million went... one would require at least as much to give that man a pedicure.

#128

Thanks for the reposting of my ditty, but I never posted it at Idiotmedia, only over here with my LGF homies! Now if someone stuck a copy over there, I'm down wit dat!!!

(digging a) PIECE (of LLL protestor) OUT (of my treads; omiGAWD, it's St. Pancake!!!)!

If I had only this ridiculous attempt at retro-60s street theater as the basis for a conclusion, I would have to say that it is still about 1972 in Europe.
This is important only because such techniques depend on their freshness and originality for effect.
By American standards, they are almost quaint, reminiscent of gonzo journalism and the other trappings of pop-culture's absolutist era.
Yet, as our favorite authority tells us, we must not ridicule and mock the Left's moth-eaten display of ridicule and mockery, lest we reveal our ignorance of the hallowed traditions of political humor and satire.
What would Jonathan Swift make of a pink tank? I cannot say, since I do not believe in spiritualism or other forms of clairvoyance.
I ask, though, because we can infer from many sources that the presumption of European cultural-elitist sycophants is almost boundless. Consequently, they may be willing to speak for Mr. Swift.
(BTW, did you know that the presumption of clairvoyance is a clinical symptom of alcoholism?)
Even so, according to the opposition, it is important that we not dismiss and demonize our opponents as mentally ill simply because they, for example, misuse the authority of professional privelege to lampoon GWB as mentally ill. After all, we are not invoking coercive authority.
Could that be the real test of a protest's validity for the Left?

Didn't look like there were too many people protesting.

Re: the discussion of the origins of Halloween: you people all have it wrong. On Halloween, the Great Pumpkin arises from a pumpkin patch, and delivers toys to children all around the world.

Well, okay, so he didn't quite show up this year, but next year I just know he will.

Tony Sousa

Well said.

Too many set ups, so little bandwidth-

"The Fire Island Junior Militia on Parade"

"Neverland Ranch Security Force unleashed on public"

"Willy Wonka finally says ENOUGH, and sends out the Oompa Army"

"That's the last time I drop a hit before a May Day Parade"

"ANSWER and ISM send crack reinforcements to the Muhajadeen ALLAHOOO SNACKBAR!!!"

From Bush in England:

"Israel should freeze settlement construction, dismantle unauthorized outposts, end the daily humiliation of the Palestinian people and not prejudice final negotiations with the placement of walls and fences," Bush said in the keynote speech of his three-day state visit to Britain.

He must be scared by the pink tank.

It's the "EAT ME" cake float from Animal House.

From the National Post:
British media reacts to visit with hysteria

Not since the Spice Girls broke up has so much hyperbole been lavished on so little news.

Typical trype in the British press regarding the Americans.

Hey, haven't I seen that pink tank somewhere before? Oh, right, that's the Palestinian tank from earlier this year!

The beautiful child being used as a prop in the front of the pink tank is 6-year-old Juan Stone from Daventry.
The balloons are bio-degradable, naturally.

Could you call that tank a "pink panzer"?

#168 Tony Sousa: Juan? Dang, I thought it was a little girl! And from your link:

Nancy Elan, a musician from New York who has lived in London for 10 years, said she welcomed the opportunity to register her opposition to Mr Bush. She said: "George Bush doesn't represent many Americans, I mean he wasn't even voted in. [emphasis mine]

This always slays me! What, he ascended to the Presidency via coup de'etat? I'm afraid Colt is correct: they really are that stupid. Like it or not lady, he represents all of us.

#169 ralph: I'm laughing and groaning at the same time.

#146 leo

That Japanese tank, is it a statement about war, or is it a statement about love?

I believe that this Peacenik Panzerkrapwagen can be easily defeated by an Armor-Piercing Discarding-Sabot Water Balloon (APDSWB).

I've taken the trouble to design this device, but Donald Rumsfeld won't answer his damn phone.

The young girl looks to be the most mature one there.

Asshelmets.

#141 PDM

Love your work! Now, how about a shot of the Arafish in a pink (fish) tank, looking at the world through rose-tinted glass?

In the town where I was born
Lived a girl who was a hippy
And she told us of her life
In the lands of Stalin and Mao

So we rode up to the Thames
Till we found the tank of fools
And we lived without bathing
In our pink cardboard tank

We all live in our pink cardboard tank,
Pink cardboard tank, pink cardboard tank
We all live in our pink cardboard tank,
Pink cardboard tank, pink cardboard tank

And our friends are all on board
Dozens more of them march along
And ANSWER begins to scream

We all live in our pink cardboard tank,
Pink cardboard tank, pink cardboard tank
We all live in our pink cardboard tank,
Pink cardboard tank, pink cardboard tank

As we live a life of ease
Everyone of us has all we need
Who needs jobs when you have the dole
In our pink cardboard tank

We all live in our pink cardboard tank,
Pink cardboard tank, pink cardboard tank
We all live in our pink cardboard tank,
Pink cardboard tank, pink cardboard tank

We all live in our pink cardboard tank,
Pink cardboard tank, pink cardboard tank
We all live in our pink cardboard tank,
Pink cardboard tank, pink cardboard tank

'I’m a Smelly Old Crank in a Sissy Pink Tank on the Streets of Downtown London with my Saudi-Araby Mama Doin’ Those Jihad, Jihad, Stickin'-Up-My-Seat-o, Bushitler Blues' by Hokey Card-carrying-Red-Michael

(a parody of "'I’m a Cranky Old Yank in a Clanky Old Tank on the Streets of Yokohama with my Honolulu Mama Doin’ Those Beat-o, Beat-o Flat-On-My-Seat-o, Hirohito Blues' written by Hoagy Carmichael in 1943. He later claimed the song title ended with “Yank” and the rest was a joke. )

#168 Tony Sousa

The balloons are bio-degradable, naturally.

Someone ought to tell those bozos that their balloons (in the picture) are made of Mylar, which isn't really all that biodegradeable. What a bunch of balloons, errr, buffoons! They will believe anything...

The barrel of that tank reminds me of Bill Clinton in a certain way.

The "Hands off Cuba" meme has been done already. In '63 , it was called "Fair Play for Cuba"...by Lee Harvey Oswald.

The saddest thing about the kid in the pink tank is that she is evidence that these numbskulls do breed.

If this is what the “thoughtful, committed peace activist” looks like, we have nothing to worry about.

#175 Connecticut Yankee,

Love your work! Now, how about a shot of the Arafish in a pink (fish) tank, looking at the world through rose-tinted glass?

Will you settle for a rose-tinted fish bowl and some poetry?

Some of the protesters look like they may have a bit of a drug problem, but this putz made me laugh.

Zulubaby -

Note the expression of the policeman on the right.

Zulubaby -

Re "The Putz"

Hopefully he'll wander into a bollard that's exactly crotch height.

Is anyone else here reminded of the sketch in Benny Hill with the bank robber wearing a stovepipe over his head?

Here's another shot of the Pink Lovemobile, although why they couldn't have dressed the little girl to coordinate with the tank is beyond me -- the red and black stripes against the pink is just not working for me.

Frank IBC, LOL! Wait, I'm trying to find more.

Everyone! Stop making fun of the pink tank. It's so . . . so meaningful.

Here are a couple of lovelies from Scotland and somebody needs to slap her, she's getting hysterical.

Hey punks! Don't mess with Texas.

#190 zulubaby -- "Here are a couple of lovelies from Scotland . . ."

I can't help but notice these things. Even though it's only a toy shotgun, one would expect the LLL to be sensitive to demonstrating at least some awareness of safe firearms handling. If the LLL ever really armed themselves they'd be responsible for the greater part of their own casualties.

Rule 3: "Finger OFF the trigger until ready to fire". The only other person I've seen handle a firearm that way is in a photo Diane Feinstein. Hmmmm. Where was she today?

Back to the link in #142 Viking Kitten...

This is in Taiwan - so why does the evil Mr. Sperm appear to be Caucasian? Is there a eugenic angle here?

Stop Hillary (#192)

Even though it's only a toy shotgun, one would expect the LLL to be sensitive to demonstrating at least some awareness of safe firearms handling.

Avoid disappointment and expect nothing but stupidity and selfishness from the LLL-types. I'm always amazed at how violent the "peaceniks" are.

Interesting claim that Wesley Clark mostly spent expensive missles blowing up Serb fake decoy tanks.

[Link: www.aeronautics.ru...]

#191 Zulubaby

Allright, call me sexist if you will but . . . open your "Punks" photo again. Look at the face of the guy with the megaphone. I don't know what he's shouting but you know he's thinking "Man, if I play this right I can't miss getting laid tonight".

Zulubaby:

#184 -

You're damned right he's got a "drug problem" - he's...he's.... SMOKING!!! A slave to Phillip Morris and Jesse Helms!!!

#187 -

Er, the "child" is a boy. See #168.

#190 -

For the "Lovelies from Scotland", look at the poster. They have the wrong Bush on it.

I'd love to see that American flag sewed into a Burqa.

#191 -

The "Punk" on the right looks like s/he should be on the bow of a ship.

And the "Punk" in the middle looks like he's about to go down on the megaphone.

To the "Punk" on the left: Penny for your thoughts?

Oh, and I forgot to mention...

If I see Islamic Jihad leader Abdullah Shami's ugly face again, I think I'm going to scream!!!

Back from Wichita Falls.

I had a Halloween costume once, when I was about 5, that had a plastic mask ( Batman? Spiderman?), I don't remember. But I do remember my face got kind of sweaty, I think partly from the recycled breath.

The Balsers, the people that lived next door, had a weathervane on their house, and when I was about 3 years old I thought it was a witch, and it used to scare me. I think I had seen "The Wizard of Oz" not to long before then.

That giant white thing behind the carriage w/ the faux Bush, was that supposed to be a dildo or something?

Since the meaninful discussion ( the true origins of Halloween, and the origins of Count Chocula) appears to have ended:

Does anybody know why the shower heads in the La Quinta in Wichita Falls is about 4' above tub floor level, such that one needs to either bend over or squat to rinse hair?

Interesting, the local CBS morning news for the Texoma region had a two minute weather report, thirty seconds of news headlines, and the rest of the half hour was the farm report. It was a real farmer looking guy, with a bottle of what I think was some kind of cattle pharmaceutical, talking about how he thought the new tax breaks for ethanol fuel from corn would help Texoma farmers, even though they don't grow much corn. Also, will a looming trade war with China hurt wheat exports?. Enquiring farmers want to know.

I also didn't know there were so many varieties of cattle that could be auctioned.

I did some channel surfing, and every local affiliate had the farm & ranch report. I never realized how deprived people in Dallas, Austin and Houston are not to be able to watch thirty minutes of the farm report every morning.

#199 Ed Moran:P'd at the Exxon in Decatur, TX 11/19/2003 08:12PM PST

Back from Wichita Falls.

Howdy, Ed!

That giant white thing behind the carriage w/ the faux Bush, was that supposed to be a

Missile - a deadly, scary, *lethal* missile. And its not even pink--RUN AWWAYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!

(Sound of coconut shells clapping together)

/Monty Python and the Holy Grail sound effects

I cheated - saw it from a different view. There was another pic with a group of females in um--um-- clown/ballet/cat suits with optional face paint and mandatory giant-crayon-of-death missles that walked alongside the carriage (unless they were posing in a group w/it - gotta hand it to 'em. Must be hard to "pose sexy" outdoors with a 2-meter crayon missile).

It is really truly sad - to imagine this would make a "difference" in the world.

Comes the shari'a, the druggie/boozie guys get gunned down and the wenches get divvied up. The little boy goes to a high-ranking officer, of course. (Wonder if they'll be using modern medicine if they get to start making eunuchs?)

And the lefties play on with their cardboard WMDs....

Oops, Ed - I forgot to ask: How are theCharolais doing?

;^D

Oh, c'mon people! That is indeed a real tank.

It's from the San Francisco National Guard unit....

#183 PDM

Thanks! I particularly like your use of the Cat in the Hat-- I have three of the furry critters, and I sometimes get evil fantasies of turning the Arafish into cat food. Unfortunately he's probably poisonous, and feeding him to cats would bring down the wrath of PETA on me. Not to mention that my cats would take their own revenge outside the box.

Connecticut Yankee -

Thanks to you, I will have to forcibly restrain myself from giggling everytime I hear the phrase "thinking outside the box".

Hrm, maybe they played Carmageddon when younger? I find skulls and pink don't go very well.

Many made the association with carnaval, and I think it's a correct observation. It's the world upside- down. 'Bush is the greatest terrorist, etc.' It's a carnavalisation of the world. James Ensor made a very profetic painting about this [Link: www.getty.edu...]

Take notice of the skull on the left, and the slogan on the red flag: vive la sociale! Long live socialism.

I spent two years in England, and loved it - the people, the countryside, the history, the foreign food... At the same time, the Brits have a patent on "lunatic fringe", as that pathetic pink tank demonstrates. That small child, in one photo, was obviously thinking "This is the dumbest thing my parents have ever forced me to do." That should be labeled child abuse, and the poor kid sent to a farm in the Lake District for a few years to compensate.

The comentary is excellent! Any day I can laugh is a good day, and some of you have definitely made this a good day!

Think of what this girl will experience at school tomorrow... if her parents bother to take her to school, that is.

Firstly, a few hundred protestors? check your dates. There were a few hundred on wednesday. On thursday, the police estimated 70,000. The organisers estimated 400,000. It is traditional in Britain that the organisers overestimate and the police underestimate, so it's probably somewhere in the middle. I helped push that pink tank and it recieved a great amount of attention. I got to know the girl and she loved being at the centre of attention, as she was talking into the microphone a lot.

Did Bush's visit recieve much attention in the US? All those who went on the march did so to stop Bush from using it as an election tool. The people of Britain are for the most part opposed to Bush, whether they supported the war or not. The supporters tend to be patriots and right wingers, who object to the amount of control Dubya seems to have. The anti-war movement tend to be left wingers so obviously dislike the American foreign policy.

DO NOT THINK THAT WE HATE AMERICA!!! Americans marched under their flag on the demo, and recieved support from all. Many of us have a love of America which will outlast this president and many more to come.
A fine example of this is the way the American way of celebrating Hallowe'en has become popular in Britain in a way it never was before.

Roger

OK. Only a lot of you really seem to hate America but it's good to beware the guy behind the pink tank's more devious.

Or deeply vapid.

actually the kid in the tank is a boy. Popular movements need people with a sense of fun and street theatre as well as serious talkers and writers. And if you give up a day to come to London and protest you appreciate someone like the tank -maker who has gone to much trouble to transform an emblem of aggression, through colour, into one of peace.