Seditious anti-war protesters use kids as human shields
Update: I found another photo of the kiddie human shields, whose parent/guardian endangered them by dragging them right up to one of the trucks…
The Olympian has more on the aftermath:
Olympia Mayor Mark Foutch released a written statement Sunday that said any reports of excessive police force that are filed with the city will be “thoroughly and impartially” investigated. But he said police reported that some demonstrators have acted in ways that exceeded their rights to use public roads for political expression. And he said demonstrators need to “express their opinions in ways that do not block the public rights-of-way for unreasonable periods and to respond promptly to lawful requests and orders of police officers on the scene.”
Between 30 and 40 officers worked Sunday as a result of the protests, said Dick Machlan, Olympia police administrative services manager.
Olympia police got additional support from Lacey, Tumwater and Thurston County law enforcement agencies. The additional staffing needed for such protests can cost the city of Olympia between $2,000 and $15,000, Machlan said. “It’s so dependent on the individual event,” he said.
The latest port protest could end up being on the more expensive end if additional police are needed to work today because it’s the observed Veterans Day holiday, Machlan said. That means working staff members earn one-and-a-half times their typical wage.
Sunday’s events
The confrontations Sunday began after about 8:45 a.m., when protesters began marching back and forth across Franklin Street at the Market Street intersection. As 18-wheelers towing cargo began rolling down Market Street about five minutes later, two protesters lay down in the road, creating a human blockade. Police officers sprayed both with pepper spray. Another caravan of vehicles began leaving the port about 9:45 a.m., prompting protesters to run out ahead of the vehicles. Police arrested at least one man who witnesses said was in the road and later arrested two others. Those arrested on suspicion of violating the city’s pedestrian interference ordinance were Joshua Elliott, Montgomery Gondolfi and Luke Noble, according to Olympia City Jail.
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Sondra K has been blogging from the moonbat protests in Olympia, Washington, where the far Left is showing its support for the troops by…blocking military shipments from the troops. Seditiously interfering with military shipments is nothing new, of course. They’ve been doing it since the invasion of Iraq. What does seem to be new is this–using children as human shields in their quest to prevent vital equipment from getting to and from the battlefield (click for full pic at Sondra K’s):
Port and military officials are justifiably angry at the police for the lack of support they have received during the obstructionist demonstrations. The presence of the kiddie human shields complicated the response:
Protesters declared victory after port activity ended Friday night with the unsuccessful attempt to drive out two trucks, one carrying a Stryker vehicle and the other carrying two cargo containers.
“We’re a little disappointed that we didn’t get some police support, but we understand that with the resources they expended the other night, they had problems pulling all the necessary officers together,” Port of Olympia Commission President Paul Telford said. “But they did a great job the other night.”
He also noted that by the time the protesters stopped the two trucks from leaving about 4 p.m., the day’s operations at the port were almost complete anyway.
Two nights earlier, on Wednesday, police clashed with protesters, moving groups and arresting two people who were attempting to block convoys from the port. The protests were organized by Olympia Port Militarization Resistance in opposition to the use of the port for what members say is an illegal, immoral war in Iraq. There were no convoys Thursday.
The problems the protesters are causing at the port “aren’t winning them any friends,” Telford said Friday. Added port spokeswoman Patti Grant, relaying a comment by port Executive Director Ed Galligan, “it’s unfortunate that the protests can’t be peaceful and nonobstructionist.”
For most of the day Friday, trucks were able to leave unimpeded. Friday’s standoff started after 3 p.m.
Olympia Police Commander Tor Bjornstad acknowledged the department’s difficulty in pulling together the resources needed to remove protesters who stood or sat in the path of the trucks.
“We understand that the port and the military are disappointed about this evening,” he said.
Bjornstad added that police didn’t anticipate protesters blocking trucks Friday afternoon. Police also didn’t anticipate that small children would be among them, he said.
Two grade-school-age boys and a toddler were among the people in the path of the trucks Friday, a development that Bjornstad said was “quite disturbing” and “quite appalling, in my opinion.” Police want to ensure the safety of the protesters, should they have to be removed, and police were not prepared for safely removing children Friday, he said.
“We’re going to have to figure out how to address that issue,” Bjornstad said.
In addition to protest arrests, the anti-war thugs have also targeted local churches for vandalism:
Over the weekend vandals smashed windows at the New Apostolic Church in west Olympia and at the Flood the Sound Church just a few miles away and spray-painted anarchist graffiti along the path between the two churches.
“That kind of made us suspicious,” Lt. Chris Mealy with the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office said.
Graffiti left on a nearby store said “No Port Militarization—Oly unite.”
According to detectives, they are wondering if the attacks on the church are somehow a twisted effort to protest war.
“We’re most definitely going to be looking into it,” Mealy said.
The vandalism took place just before the arrival of the U.S. Naval ship Brittin, which is carrying Fort Lewis military hardware back from the war in Iraq.
Patriotic, huh?
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On-my-soap-box, Maybe we should use PIH the way islamists use PBOH.
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All right, BanjoBiscuitBoy! Chapter and verse. Schnel!
I think I’ll bless him with the sock puppet bazooka blast this morning.
Here we go. I gotcha. THOOOMPF!!!
Re the “protest”. This crap got blessed during the anti-nuke protests back in the 80s when the train cut off that Moon Loon’s legs. Wonder how that’s workin for him now, anyways?
Is anybody surprised these morons are out there doing this crap? They have been functioning in a virtual news blackout since 24 hours after 9/11.
If they are gonna be stupid they are gonna have to be tough as well.
This aint no tree sitter protest.
No Prob RaisedRight.
We should support any disenting opinion. I welcome Chap when he bashes me because he adds to the topic and has a great flip-side opinion.
He/She is not the case.
Ahhh, the sleeping Bear has arisen and has eaten his first snack.
A little boy fer ya’ there Bear?
Christ remains neutral in matters of war. He takes no side except the side of Peace.
My nephew fought at First Fallujah and in Najaf. He was just recalled to do 18 more months in Iraq. New baby due in February; my nephew ships out in January.
Nice to see the “sacrifices” these pumpkin heads in Washington are so joyously celebrated by our enemies within.
Whoops!
Billy: Mommy, who is Jesus?
Mom: Where did you see that name?
Billy: On your bumper sticker.
Mom: Jesus is the name of a man that we use to hurt or discredit conservatives.
Mom: Now let go of that bumper and get into the car!
Soap- a lil target practice.
priceless! lmao
TESC is a pass/fail school – ’nuff said.
I would like you to turn your attention further south, to Vancouver, where a group is collecting funds to build a fallen soldier’s family a new house. This is the type of story that should get our attention today. I e-mailed Michelle with a tip, but she may not see it, so I would like to pass it along here.
Jesus opposed the death penalty and war. Was He a moonbat?
30 pieces.. Saw that, Amazing.
Southernboy…The more you type, the less relevant you become, so please keep typing.
Soap… I’m sorry. My bad. No feeding allowed but I’ve always had a hard time following the rules.
Bear… Your nephew is in my prayers and he has my eternal gratitude for his courage. Now, go get em.
No. He is our saviour but I’m pretty sure you are.
If His Word becomes irrelevant that is a symptom of the failure of modern culture, not me.
I am just His messenger.
I don’t think you should call His children “moonbats,” especially children of God.
To the wacky left, perception is the reality. What we see as them putting innocent children in danger, they see as nasty Bushitlerites threatening their
gaia given right to use whatever means necessary to fight the gaialess warmongers.
They know they will get favorable coverage in the MSN. The same Seattle paper that refused to publish the pictures of the suspicious character on the ferry will undoubtedly scream in outrage if some child is harmed by the thugs of the warmongering Bushitlerites.
You can bet that the perception fostered by the left wing press will be all in favor of the protesters, no matter who is at fault.
Thus, perception really is the leftist reality.
BTW PIM
See what happens when you play with a skunk? Everyone adound you pays!
Christ Jesus was punished for His sedition with death.
Sorry Soap…
You’re right. I’ll be good…. for now.
Heya Feebz
Bcubed= messenger of Christ? Okey dokey. Now we’re getting somewhere. It isn’t about what is going on in the world relative to Christ’s word: it is all about BanjoBiscuitBunny being Christ’s messenger.
Interesting mutation of strategy. So now we are not only throwing stones from the balconies of our glass houses.
We are stoning the defenseless messenger of The Divine Manifestation of God.
Wow. I had no idea I’d be playing this role in history.
Image: Bear1909 being hit by a Reality Boulder in his thick noggin.
WHOA! What was I thinking. I started staring into his beady little Biscuit Boy eyeball spirals.
This is typical moonbattery.
I think he is sniffing glue.
BanjoBiscuitBunny! Might I recommend you move in with Michael Moore so he can mutate into a messenger of Christ?
He needs some religion to go with his jelly donuts.
Maybe he would be a more socially cognizant stock investor.
LMAO
O-M-S-B Do you think we could maybe send the skunk as a good will gesture to the Olympia protesters the next time they show up? Scent glands intact, of course!
BEAAAAAAR! LMAO!!!
Be careful Bear, you might be hit by that single lightning bolt that suddenly apears from the cloudless sky. I’d hate to see your new equipment fried. LOL
bear – banjobiscutbunnyy…….boulders….jelly-donuts….
still trying to re-group.
roflmao!
It’s not an easy thing to do. I don’t know how many times I wrote something, deleted it and walked away from the computer in general. PIH, PIH, I’ll be chanting this in my sleep.
Not enough L to cover that much A …
TESC – If I’m remebering correctly, my sister had a friend that went there. When she came home over a break I talked to her for a little bit. Wow!
Me: So, what are you majoring in?
Her: I’m studying the concepts of time and animation.
Me: Oh… So, What do you want to do when you graduate?
Her: Well, I’m really interested in teaching. Not, like, being a teacher in a clasroom, but, like, the idea of imparting knowledge.
Last update my sister had on her was that she was working on a topless organic farm. I kid you not. I couldn’t make this stuff up if I tried.
While I agree with others on this thread that they should be charged with treason, wouldn’t it be more productive to use them as “human shields”, and to make sure they don’t endanger their offspring, take them away from them?
Bear1909 Now you’ve done it. I have this image in my head of a rabbit eared biscuit strumming a banjo. Atop his head is a fragrant pile of POO surrounded by a neon halo!
Another chorus of mealy biscuit mouthed Kum By Ya!
Bear, you rock!
I wonder how the Washington protestors feel about the murder of the 59 school kids in Afghanistan?
They will, of course, bring about the opposite effect than what they desire.
This pushing they do will bring about a push back they had not intended.
The government will be in their business for a long time. Ways that will make them grow paranoid in front of their children.
That is the saddest affliction of a parent in front of their own kids.
The middle school was not invented to be a puppy farm system for moon loon politics.
You see the artwork around here in Berkoland where the kids are espousing the views of their parents against Bush and the war.
But not a word of the 59.
Not one word.
PIH PIH PIH please, before I fall out of my chair LMAO!
ha ha ha.
Seriously, I am never buying organic again!
No time to comment Etan, we are loving Bear right now. Maybe later.
Never whack a Bear with a shtick – it’ll hurt you more.
Bear rules!
does anyone have any research on those two “Arab looking” dudes that were hangin out at Port Angeles a few months back?
ROFL Bear
must.go.back.to.work
RaisedRight: What in the world is a topless organic farm. Do they remove the tops of their heads and pour the organic fertilizer right in? NAW, maybe they use the product of naked crapweasels. NAW, they employ the code pinko boobs not bombs bimbos to fertilize the fields.
Pleas somebody stop me!!!
You’re right, I shouldn’t have interupted the “Bear hug”. Let me know when it’s over.
Did i say “Arab looking” dudes out loud?
Heya Soap! Did i miss any updates on yer G-paw status?
No you didn’t Bear. I didn’t hear anything.
Soap, what’s wrong with yer link?
Bear and all,
Today or tomorrow. Today they turn him today for entry into the atmosphere!
Not to worry. I will be sure to do a big off-topic thingy that may cost me my posting rights!
Trinitytim,
Yah-spew.
Need I say more. Working on moving the site. Thanks for noticing.
MTNEER!
“baby, if ya gotta ask, you’ll never know!”
I think the Code Pinkinis got their cue from Tim Robbins’ “partner”, when it comes to showing the chee-chee flesh.
Susan “TakeALookAtTheseBigBoy” Sarandon is always leading with hers. Seems to have inspired the older females to stand out and be proud.
I’m sure it is all part of a “well orchestrated protest strategy” as well as a prudent “sustainable food security policy” (as is Whole Foods importing vegetables-organic of course- from China.)
Okay so this is a wild birthday sugar induced rant that tries to tie together the politics of organic food, chee-chee flashing, and protesting.
Image: Bear1909 lifting the knife slowly, deftly using it as a dozer blade to scrape the cake icing off two sides of the platter.
Come to PawPaw, bebe. omg! is this good.
Coma secure.
Big OT: Soapie!
We are putting up smoke right now for your wee one and the Mawmee. When a loved one’s body is open to the world as the Mawmee is now with the child, it is our way to take out the big Abalone
shell and fill it with ground sage, sweet grass, and kopal (sap from some of the oldest trees in north america) and call for a blessing.
We light it and place it out in the open air as offering to the Great Mysteries, to the Four Directions, that you and us are always at the center of wherever we go.
At no other time is a family so vulnerable to the Great Mystery as when we are accepting the fruit of our invitation to the Unborn.
We here, and I am sure all of your friends and family, are holding your little family in close for the duration.
May you, Soap, your wife, and your offspring and descendants all continue to walk in beauty.
Aho! Kop”i ki Chipn’i.
Your Bear
CPS? In Washington State?
It seems that about every six months there’s another example of their failures making local news. The latest story broke this weekend.
Couple warned state about Adhahn years ago
This is the man arrested for the kidnap and murder of Zina Linnik.
Kids who were supposedly under the protection of CPS have been neglected, beaten, tortured, killed and molested. But CPS investigated a church in Wenatchee for an alleged sex ring that was based on lies from a teenage girl. Her friends repeatedly told investigators that she was known for lying, but they pursued it anyway. The result, after numerous false imprisonments, was acquittal and a lawsuit that resulted in a $100 million judgment against the state.
Our children need protection from CPS.
conservativesRus said:
It’s been tried. Years ago, a no-nuke protester laid down in front of a worker’s car as he was trying to drive into some plant. The protester went to the hospital and the worker was hauled into jail.
What’s particularly telling is the local government’s complete lack of will in enforcing the law to permit lawful egress of vehicles from the facility and failure to protect the children brought into harm’s way by negligent parents. If the local politicos will do nothing, Bush as commander in chief can bring home how serious the issue is. He could by fiat shut down all Federal gov’t activity at the port. Close customs and inspection, and you effectively shut down the port as a center of international trade. When their economy gets impacted, they may find it within their budget to pay the cops OT and start hauling in the more serious law-breaking protesters. Of course this is Bush we are talking about, the same goofball who refuses to end Fleet Week at the Soviet Socialist Republic of San Francisco AND has completely intentionally neglected our border security (which makes me no longer trust his seriousness WRT to Global War on Islamofascism).
southernboy said:
But He was never against the troops of any uniform.
Luv ya Bear!
Southernboy says he’s God’s messenger…okay, God was about love…southernboy, you are garnering anything BUT love from this blogsite…it’s kind of like self-flagellation, huh? You love the pain and rejection…a true zealot in every sense of the Word!
30 pcs – #124…I hear you….same struggle here. But you’ll notice a complete absence of my comments (not that I don’t have many – complete with chapter and verse)
Haven’t gotten around to reading the Bible yet, have you?
When you do, you’ll find he often used war to achieve his goals. The Book of Joshua alone will be a real eye-opener for you.
Christ even used war, with nary a word of disapproval, to illustrate how to go about life:
“What king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?”
Christ opposed war and taught us to love all His creations.
I go to church every Sunday and am told this. Is my pastor lying to me?
What part of
PIH
are we not getting here? You guys think he is going to add anything. We are all having the same thoughts. He is going to the KOS site and showing how much we hate Christians and telling them to read post “such-n-such”.
He said His followers would be misunderstood.
Other than being a royal pain in the butt I hope these idiots (not even useful ones really) realize that they did absolutely, positively, unequivocally, without a doubt, ZERO to advance their cause. All they did was give the other side a bunch of pictures of them looking like horrible parents and total idiots.
They did not stop the military. The did not stop one single mission in Iraq from going forward. They caused very little inconvenience to the military. Really these supplies were being redeployed — so they have already been used in Iraq. They just need to get back to base for recovery. The troops wouldn’t be doing that work today anyway — it’s a Federal holiday. So, all in all they did absolutely nothing but cost the tax payers a bunch of money and act like lunatics. Same crap different day… they should all be oh so proud of themselves (insert the rolling of eyes right here).
Please, can we open a moonbat theme park with rides that simulate the Ports so that these people can go somewhere else and pretend they are doing something important in the world?
Doubtful, considering KOS does not uphold His support of the sanctity of human life.
My pastor says the smallest among us can make the biggest change.
southernboy, isn’t that special? I am happy for you, really. Judas didn’t have to do much to accomplish his own role in the death of Christ. So, yes some who do the smallest things can reap very big consequences for those actions. Good point.
Thank you, the smallest thing can be good or for evil
On which book, chapter, verse, are you basing your feelings that Jesus expounded, denouncing war?
If you can’t answer that then your persona here has just been exposed as an obvious fraud.
Gotcha, laddie.
So what is he doing with the bingo proceeds?
purplepeep! where did you buy that crossbow from?
nicely done.
I am also a native of Washington living now in Tennessee. I went to grade school in Tumwater and played in downtown Olympia. These euro-trash collaborators are Cali imports (and their kids) that have been flooding the NW area for the last 25 years – escaping the very same mess they caused in California. They settle in metro areas then begin their infestation of the local communities. I was gone before this started but friends have been keeping me posted. Trust me, these alien emigres are not indicative of the average Washingtonian.
feebiebabe said:
Oh, I don’t know. I kind of like the idea of topless chicks picking the grapes that they will stomp into my wine.
It is certain passages in the Bible where He opposes suffering and war, my pastor is very good at reading and translating His message. I don’t really know which specific passages they are but my pastor says Christ’s message was anti-war and pro-life.
Would that be Father Mapple?
P.S. That would be a MOBY Dick reference.
I don’t know what that is.
Be careful what you wish their Bob…you could get some crazy and unwashed Boobs not Bombs gals (watch if you are at work) slushing through your vintage …..think about it.
#171 – I meant say CAREFUL if you are watching at work.
Not WATCH if you are at work.
Sorry folks.
Actually just needed a pea shooter for that one, bear
It’s easy enough when someone claims to have a religious-based opinion, especially one based on Christ’s teachings. There is the “source document” (the bible) to check it against.
Unless someone claims to have personally “channeled” Jesus, of course. In that case the lad would have more problems than just a nothing-based opinion, lol.
But what’s nice in this type of case is you can – and should – literally ask for “Chapter and Verse”. The onus is on the person to hunt down any applicable text. (But if the person has to hunt them down it’s a tacit confession s/he didn’t have anything at the start!)
Even then, they better have a good working knowledge of biblical hermeneutics.
The government needs to pursue these people for treason. That is the only way now to deal with these people.
The fact they were attempting to sabotage the war by blocking shipments is prima fascia proof of treason. It wasn’t “dissent,” or “protest,” but an attempt to prevent reinforcement and supplies to our troops in the field.
Will the government get convictions? Maybe, maybe not. But the expense of defending themselves from a capital crime, the time held in jail under no bail, and the disruption of their local network as the individuals in the movement try to hide from the FBI, will end this nonsense, and provide a needed lesson in what are the legal methods of dissent that our government FAILED to teach when Hanoi Jane went to North Vietnam to commit treason.
“When a nation is at war many thing which might be said in time of peace are such a hindrance to its efforts that their utterance will not be endured so long as men fight and no court could regard them as protected by any Constitutional right.” [Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Schenk v. US, 249 US 47, 52 (1919)]
BTW, the punishment for treason is death or 10 years in prison.
Soapie:
I thought you were IGNORING HIM.
did you give up…?
Okay, I’ve been good long enough.
Southernboy… Maybe you should read the Bible yourself and come up with your own interpretation. I’m sure your left wing pastor would support open border, making piece with the Muslims, and giving the land of Israel to the Palestinians who have been occupied for all these years.
I’m sure YOUR Pastor would also benefit from reading and studying the Bible. Just curious, is your pastor the pastor of Westboro Baptist Church. Oh that would be just too perfect.
When I told these idiots to go play in traffic, I didn’t think they’d take it literally!
southernboy, you innocence is touching… and lamentable.
Christ is my source. My pastor isn’t very left wing, and I agree with his condemnation of the sodomites.
“purplepeep said:
southernboy said:
Christ opposed war and taught us to love all His creations.
On which book, chapter, verse, are you basing your feelings that Jesus expounded, denouncing war?”
Which passages? I’m up for reading Jesus’ anti-war speeches – and the Bible has a handy way of indexing and referencing what Jesus said about everything via book, chapter and verse.
So as to not leave you completely hung out to dry, you can start on a ” passage scavenger hunt” here:
http://www.biblegateway.com
I’m always happy to turn a bible-believing Chistian on to the bible.
Feebs,
Forgive me
Soap couldn’t pass on the Father Mapple reference because MOBY is present.
What is MOBY?
Peep,
Good one!!
Snoooooorrrrrttttt!!!!! Snoooooorrrrrttttt!!!!!
Snoooooorrrrrttttt!!!!!
Soapie. You are your worst nightmare! lol…he’s fooollloowwwinnggg yoooouuu.
FWIW Mayor Foutch was honored at the capitol Veteran’s Day ceremony. He’s doing the right thing – but there’s some on the city council who would rather he wasn’t there to oppose them (WARE and JOHNSON come to mind)…
Foutch also helped defeat the Olympia – Rafah Sister City proposal.
He’s even-handed and just.
If it were a Father Dowling reference I would’ve jumped in there. I love a mystery.
Feebs,
Naw, if it was following me, it would have a clue and be able to have a rational thought! I follow it and harpoon it with with:
PIH
Running them over would be cheaper, and more effective. You’d be amazed at how quickly these folks move once they realize you aren’t stopping.
I’m always happy to turn a bible-believing Chistian on to the bible.
Well, for every guy that’s just yanking your chain there’s another fellow who is just honestly confused. F’instance, many people will quote the bible: “Money is the root of all evil”. That’s an incorrect quote in that it leaves out the first part of the sentence; “The love of”.
The subject is avarice and greed- not about money, which is neutral.
But it’s a common misquote.
Christ wouldn’t want this.
Insanity!
I’ve heard of hiding behind a skirt. But hiding behind a diaper is an all time low.