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Monday, November 12, 2007

Oregon Liberals Support The Troops

By Rob on November 12, 2007 at 07:40 am
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They’re like children…

At least a dozen people were arrested Saturday as demonstrators rallied to protest military-cargo shipments at Olympia’s port.

Saturday’s actions by police came one day after protesters halted two trucks from removing military equipment that had been unloaded from a ship coming from Iraq. The equipment was bound for Fort Lewis.

Protesters blocked traffic downtown about noon by jumping in front of large trucks with cargo containers.

Thankfully, law enforcement dealt with them quickly.

Olympia police in riot gear moved in quickly, spraying pepper spray in the faces of the protesters, pushing them with their batons and dragging them away.

The protest was part of a weeklong series of demonstrations by the group Olympia Port Militarization Resistance. They have been protesting the use of the port by the USNS Brittin, which arrived Monday.

Freedom of speech means the freedom to say what you want.  It doesn’t mean you’re free to impede others in doing their jobs, or endanger lives by blocking traffic.

Comments

Daniel

Olympia and Ft. Lewis are both in Washington, not Oregon.  But either way, people on that side of the mountains have always been a bit crazy.

"No Sane man will dance.”—Cicero

Daniel on November 12, 2007 at 09:34 am
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I love Rob’s definition of free speech.  Thanks for acknowledging that it doesn’t mean impeding the roads.

Dakota Lifestyle: Beyond the Weather on November 12, 2007 at 10:49 am
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Never be deceived for one moment… these creeps are ANTI-BUSH, not anti-war! More than anything else, they want Bush to fail… even if it means losing the war… even if it means death and violence for thousands of Iraqis and a further threat to our safety. Does any intellgent person believe that we wouldn’t be at war if Al Gore were President? The only thing that would be different is that the left-wing-radical-slugs would stay under their rocks. We have the Woodstock generation - now in control of our colleges and universities - to thank for this systemic poison spreading through our body-politic.

PLP on November 12, 2007 at 02:16 pm
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