An amusing scene from today's anti-Palin/Beck rally in Anchorage

[Blue_In_AK]

You know protests always draw counterprotests, but check out this guy with the countercounterprotest. :rofl: Stuck to his target like glue all afternoon. The other side of this "hate is a liberal value" guy's sign said "Sarah Palin 2012." I guess there's one in every crowd. :shakinghead:




I'm not sure what to expect tonight. I know some people have chosen not to go downtown to protest this evening because of the possibility of unfriendly confrontation -- and Sarah's people tend to be armed. I think I'll just run down there, maybe get a vantagepoint from a high-rise parking lot or something, and just hang out and see what happens. It's my downtown after all, and I can do what I want.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. That is hilarious, my dear Blue!

Be careful, but I'd love to hear what you see!

:hi:

[proud2BlibKansan]

2. LOL!

[soleiri]

3. If you go

please take pictures. I love seeing your Alaska pictures, even if they include Palin/Beck fans.

[pinboy3niner]

4. Yes--we DEFINITELY need more of Blue's pics! nt

[d_b]

5. nice

[malaise]

6. Fabulous

:rofl:

[twenty20]

7. You gotta love it!

[704wipes]

8. the liar's body language says:

sheepishly nervous...?

[blue sky at night]

9. hate is a liberal value....

hey I can get behind that, I have lot's of hate left in me from the last thirty years of right wing devastation.....I can admit I hate the fuckers, so why can't they? This guy is your typical hypocrite right-wing douche bag!

But back to what really matters; PLEASE go downtown and keep tabs on what happens and THANKS for a very interesting post!!

[Joe Chi Minh]

29. What was good enough for Christ and John the Baptist is good enough for me.

He hated injustice and the true lawlessness of the World, run as it is by Big Money.

[blue sky at night]

42. that is a very good point....

one I didn't think about...

[lunatica]

10. thanks for sharing this and thanks for being a member of DU

We're such a cool crowd!

[pacalo]

11. K&R!

Aside from being amusing, your picture reveals just how lovely Anchorage must be. :)

[Bitwit1234]

12. Oh yeah...the liberals go on TV and urge people to protest

the mosque. They go on TV and urge people to kill the president and kill Democratic members of congress. And to get in the fact of the representatives. They call people names, they call the president a Nazi a communist a racist.....oh yeah all that hate that is constantly be spewed by the liberals.

See this is what the media does, it turns the real culprits around to be the victims and blame US FOR WHAT THEY DO. IT SUCKS. And until the MSM is brought under control we will continue to see this happen. Because the right wing nuts have no brains at all and have to led around by that invisible ring in their nose.

[BetterThanNoSN]

43. Ummm...

M$M=Monopolistic Corporations=Corporate news=Propaganda

Never, amd i mean never, expect the MSM to be anything but a mouthpiece for Corporate interests. Expecting real news is foolishness.

[66 dmhlt]

13. Reminds me of the rejoinder to the Westboro

Talibangelical christianist hate-mongers:

[Blue_In_AK]

16. Oh, that's wonderful!

I never saw that one before. :wow:

[blue_roses_lib]

50. delete

wrong spot

[BEZERKO]

34. That's great.

[LiberalFighter]

39. What would had happened if he had used the past tensed?

And then at the bottom put "But I was drunk"

[blue_roses_lib]

51. +1000

Never seen this one. Will make it my desktop image for a while. Blue_roses mom and I were hysterical when we saw it.

:rofl:

edited to fix typo

[Quantess]

14. Hate is a human trait.

There are haters all over the world, of every political spectrum. However, the Right definitely eminates a stronger ray of hate than anyone else.

[elleng]

15. Yes, Blue, you CAN do what you want, but SHOULD you?

BE CAREFUL!!!

[Blue_In_AK]

17. I'll be fine.

I'm going down early so I can walk around for a while and just look like a casual tourist who happened to stumble upon some sort of concert or event going on at the convention center, something I knew nothing about beforehand. I can be casual.

[elleng]

19. Good. Have fun (?)

[one_voice]

18. k&r

:rofl:

[Catshrink]

20. Kick

Can't wait for the update!

[opihimoimoi]

21. KnR 56 :o)

[earcandle]

22. Thanks for this.

Let us know what happened when you get back.

[blue_roses_lib]

23. Righteous!

I live a mile from there and I avoided it at all cost. The fact that it was some 09/11 rally isn't what pissed me off, it's the fact that they charged, charity donation or not, for a ceremony honoring the victims 09/11. As Blue_roses mom said today... "anyone that charges one cent for anything to remember Sept 11th is heinous and evil and a cold hearted son of a..." Go mom!!!

Can't believe that fucker and that skank were in my town. Must go do a cleansing ritual. Uggghhh.

[AC_Mem]

30. Cleansing Ritual

LOL! I would do the same - get out the sage!!!

And about Glenda donating to charity thing, I would be interested in seeing if this was mentioned in the original invitation or if it was something he came up with when people started commenting on him profiting off those who were needlessly killed on 9/11 and who's families he has publicly stated that he "hated" and "wished would shut up".

As of yesterday evening, they still had 700 tickets left out of 4500. Tomorrow he will probably say that he had "hundreds of thousands". ((sarcasm))

Wonder how many got drunk at the "wet" area? Way to be classy on a night of honoring the victims of a tragedy, get the crazy conservatives drunk.

[LiberalFighter]

40. Can they legally charge for a rally on public land?

Do they have all of the proper paperwork for the financial part of it?

[Catshrink]

41. Maybe a fee for police and cleanup?

[NBachers]

24. "a vantagepoint from a high-rise parking lot or something"

and what kind of picture did THAT statement put into my head?

Plus- I don't quite understand the "Freedom = Hate" thing. Is she aligned with the Liberals Hate guy of the Liar guy? I'm confuuuused.

[Ken Burch]

26. Actually, she MEANT the sign to say "Freedom does NOT equal Hate"

She was pretending that the Tea Party isn't a hate-based effort.

[pinboy3niner]

28. PRETENDING being the key word here

They may be able to white-out the racism from their signs and even proclaim their innocence, but the the racist stuff on the internet is VILE!

SPLC has documented a dramatic increase in the numbers of extremist and hate groups in the U.S. What a coincidence that that happened only after we elected a black President...

[ClayZ]

25. Hahaha! K and R

[janx]

27. This is great!

:rofl:

Do you have more pics?

[Blue_In_AK]

37. Lots.

I'm going to a fundraiser for Diane Benson for Lt. Gov. today, but when I get home I'll start sorting them out.

[XOKCowboy]

31. Hey Blue wake up!!

Waiting for the update from last night! ;)

[Octafish]

32. K&R for Truth

Outstanding work for the common good, a True Democrat. Thank you, Illa-Blue.

[BEZERKO]

33. Good job.

I'm always surprised to see grass in Alaska. When I think of Alaska, I think of sheets of ice.

[Blue_In_AK]

38. That reminds me of a funny story I read in the paper this morning.

Some tourist who was very, very disturbed that the tundra had been clearcut. :rofl:

[blaze]

35. K&R

...so I can find the updates when I'm done cooking. :)

[Maestro]

36. I love stuff like this!

Awesome!

[sam sarrha]

44. Sweat.......!!

[Catshrink]

45. Blue you are a tease - where's the update?

[Blue_In_AK]

46. I'm sorting pictures.

Just got back from a Berkowitz/Benson fundraiser (governor/lt. gov.) so I'll get back to the photos now.

Here's my post from last night.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9118449

I have some great shots. I'll try to get them up by this evening.

[Catshrink]

47. Sorry - I missed last night's thread and this is one that was kicked today.

I haven't heard much about the big event last night.

[Blue_In_AK]

48. There will be a lot of blogging coming out of Alaska.

If people at DU are interested at all, I'll repost or link to them here. Sometimes when I do Palin stuff, people get annoyed, so I tread gently.


ed. I just read that whole Wonkette piece. :thumbsup:

[PatrynXX]

49. very true

But really, there's so many uninformed zombie's , so when a Republican citizen meets as a friend a Democrat friend.. and the Republican says why do you hate us so much. Obviously the Democrat's mouth will hit the floor and say. ??? was thinking the same thing about you...

yes freedom does not equal hate. Republicans get with the program. Freedom also does not equal anarchy. There is no freedom in anarchy. And that is what the tea party hedges on. Every time there's a peace protest, the violent ones are the anarchists :(