There are some moments when I wish I could have a camera with me. One of those moments occurred around 1:00 today when I was driving into the State Capitol grounds from the south entrance on Boulevard Ave. As I approached the entrance it became apparent that there was some sort of commotion since about 4 people were standing around talking to each other. A few moments later as I began to turn in, I noticed that there was an “ND PEACE” sign placed in the ground where the group was standing. When I drove past the group, it appeared that a man had been ordered to pull the sign out of the ground, and he proceeded to do so. After pulling the sign out of the ground, the man and another woman started walking towards his car. It was pretty easy to spot the car they were headed for, since it was filled with bumper stickers like “Stop the War Now”.

I was somewhat shocked by the whole sequence of events. Its obvious that the ND Peace protesters simply parked their car, grabbed a sign, stuck it on the state capitol grounds, and expected to get away with it. I’m not sure who forced them to take down the sign, but I’m guessing it was a state employee out on break. It just goes to show how removed the members of the ND Peace Coalition are from reality. They somehow believe that they can plaster their anti-American, anti-Capitalism propaganda all over the city - even the capitol grounds!