People in the Street: The Protestors

This past weekend, people united to protest the war in Iraq, the occupation of Palestine, and just about any cause supported by the extremist Left. This demonstration in Los Angeles was particular in two regards. First, it was sponsored by A.N.S.W.E.R. Los Angeles, a Stalinist organization that has defended dictators from the late Slobodan Milosevic to Kim Jung Il, and whose leader, Ramsey Clark has participated in the defense of Saddam Hussein. Second, it attracted members of the Hollywood Elite: Paul Haggis, double Academy Award winner ("Crash" Best Picture), Maria Bello, Golden Globe nominated actress ("A History of Violence"), Diane Lane, Academy Award nominated actress ("Unfaithful"), and Martin Sheen, award-winning actor ("The West Wing"). Surely, it was an event not to be missed ...

If only Martin Sheen and Paul Haggis were to march for "peace" in occupied Iraq

Actress Maria Bello "apologized" for initially supporting the war.

But most important of all, it was an incredibly rich educational experience for me. I learned really clever rally calls: "Bring the troops home now," "CNN, NBC, show the peace march on TV," and my favorite, "2-4-6-8, the United States is a terrorist state." President Bartlet, I mean Martin Sheen, reminded me that "we are living in an occupied country," and the protest's organizer, Muna Coobtee, taught me another insightful lesson:

[Weapons of Mass Destruction] are spread out around the world on U.S. bases, and U.S. war ships. They’re stockpiled in Israel , the Zionist state designed to threaten all of the people of the Middle East , to maintain their illegal occupation of Palestinian lands. These are the real terrorists.

So, if we're the real terrorists, who are Saddam Hussein, Osama Bin Laden, and Yasser Arafat? Coobtee doesn't say ... in fact, she did not once mention any one of their names during her speech. That's because the real enemies are Bush, Cheney, and other leaders in their cabal.

Coobtee also indicates that the protest is not just about protesting the War in Iraq. In fact, it's about something much greater:

This demonstration—like protests going on all over the world today—reaffirms the will of people everywhere to continue to build a global movement for peace with justice everywhere. The people’s needs must come first. We must disarm and dethrone the centers of militarism and repression centered in Washington and Wall Street, to rebuild and redistribute the wealth which we, as working people around the world, have created. It is through a mass, independent movement in the streets that this will happen.

And I thought Marxist-Leninism was dead -- how silly of me. Apparently, it lives on in the streets of Hollywood (see below).

Surely, the families of fallen soldiers would approve

Is this woman a Guantanamo Bay Prisoner? Or Jesus Christ?
A Pacifist? Or Suicide Bomber?

Now I'm really confused
I pledge Allegiance to the United Nations of the World ...
At least no Molotov cocktails were to be found

Because a protest wouldn't be complete without a reminder that Bush is Hitler
Or that the United States and Israel were behind the 9/11 attacks

A.N.S.W.E.R. claims that "more than 20,000" participated. The Los Angeles Times puts the figure at "several thousand." My guesstimate is 2,500. You decide ...

I know that some like to claim that Hollywood is out of touch with the American people and that its movies have a predominantly liberal bias. I guess we'll just have to wait until a Support The Troops Rally hits Hollywood and Vine to be proven otherwise. In the mean time, I won't hold my breath.