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San Francisco celebrates the 4th

If you wonder how they celebrate the 4th of July in Nancy Pelosi's home district, Zombie has the pictures:


I was tempted at first by a public event celebrating the "impending fall of the American Empire" where partiers could learn "flag burning techniques" while cheering on '70s-era proto-terrorists during a guerrilla screening of the documentary film The Weather Underground. Nice!


And as an opening act, in the very same park, I could attend the premiere performance of the San Francisco Mime Troupe's new play "Making a Killing", a delicious wish-fact fantasy about "a cabal of military-industrial-Neo-Con colluders" who trick the US into invading Iraq so they can make money. Starring Dick Cheney, Condoleezza Rice, and the whole gang (and I do mean gang).

But I faced a terrible scheduling conflict -- the day was so crowded with anti-American July 4th events that if I went to those two celebrations I'd end up missing the Propaganda III art show and the Act Against Torture Guantanamo street theater.

A dilemma! What's a progressive to do?

I flipped a coin and it came up heads -- which meant it was the propaganda art show for me!


Read the full report at the link above, but above all see the pictures. They speak for themselves.

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Which one was Lee? Or the o... (Below threshold)

Which one was Lee? Or the other Lefties infecting this site? Looks like their type of party.

Wait a minute did I land on... (Below threshold)
dr lava:

Wait a minute did I land on The Onion site by mistake???

It's hilarious that the entire concept of America and the freedom of self expression just goes sailing right over the head of Jim.

In Jims infantile view of the world these "Monsters" should not be allowed to display such filth and should probably be under arrest.

And to add to the hilarious absurdity...if these pictures are so offensive why publish so many???

Conservative right wing nutjobs never fail to get it wrong and get it wrong in the BEST way.


In Jims infantile view o... (Below threshold)
Veeshir:

In Jims infantile view of the world these "Monsters" should not be allowed to display such filth and should probably be under arrest.

Dude, making fun of somebody isn't the same as saying they shouldn't be allowed to do what they're doing.

Or are you saying that Jim should shut up an probably be put in jail? I would note that the answer to free speech is more free speech. Unless you're a lefty and then you herd people into "free-speech" zones and pass all sorts of "hate-speech" laws.

I do have to say one thing about that show, it was called "propaganda". So couldn't an argument be made that they were using that term in its negative connotation and that they were putting down the obvious, heavy-handed propaganda on display?

I mean, if they were going to put down America, they would have put up "Uncle Sam Wants You" posters and some of the realy heavy-handed, anti-Hun and anti-little-yellow-bastids posters from WWII or anti-commie stuff from the 50s?

Just saying is all.

Oh, and comment preview isn't working so if this comment is messed up it's all Paul's fault.

What a total disconnect fro... (Below threshold)

What a total disconnect from reality the "Dr." is showing.

No where did Jim call for the arrest of the protesters.

If they are so offensive, why publish so many? To clearly display the magnitude of the depravity on the Left.

I think it is the people pictured in Zombie's collection who don't get the "entire concept of America and the freedom of self expression". They use a right protected by the American government to accuse that same government of not allowing them to practice that right. At the same time they support governments and people; Iran, Hamas, Che, Hugo Chavez, et. al., who wouldn't allow them to protest as they are now.

I like to be reminded what ... (Below threshold)
WildWillie:

I like to be reminded what liberals think. Usually they try to dress it up here, but deep down, there is a huge disdain for all things American. ww

The most interesting part o... (Below threshold)
taz:

The most interesting part of the Propaganda show was the fact that real propaganda was entered from foriegn governments. That's hilarious.

I hear talk about Connectic... (Below threshold)
bobdog:

I hear talk about Connecticutt seceding from the Union. Is there anything in the Constitution about banishing an area of the country, like San Francisco? I can't remember a city that does a better job of abusing their freedom. Obviously, they don't appreciate it or even want it.

Maybe we could turn San Francisco into an overpriced penal colony and start shipping them our malcontents from other areas of the country. A camp, sort of, to concentrate them all in one spot. Make their paranoid dreams come true. Orange jumpsuits for all.

Perhaps they could apply for citizenship again before they can leave, using the normal naturalization process.

I checked out the Zombie li... (Below threshold)
Mac Lorry:

I checked out the Zombie link; Wow! While Islam really wants Jerusalem maybe they'll settle for San Francisco. It's the only city I can think of that deserves Sharia law.

Zombie is the greatest.... (Below threshold)
Son Of The Godfather:

Zombie is the greatest.

I, for one, want to see what the Scum of San Fran is up to... It amuses me that the idiots congregate in one spot... Their lunatic antics basically preach to the choir there (oooh, look how outrageous I can be!).

Burn a flag in front of me. Yes, you have the right to "express" yourself in this idiotic manner (though I may choose to break the law myself and punch you in the nose).

Brave men have died so the Scum of San Francisco could display the manifestations of piss-poor upbringing and self-loathing. That doesn't mean they have the right to escape scrutiny.

I'm ashamed I ever lived in... (Below threshold)
Peter F.:

I'm ashamed I ever lived in the Bay Area.

It's sick, truly sick.

Nice art display by the lea... (Below threshold)
ODA315:

Nice art display by the leading cultural association "Assclowns for Any Cause".

If Bush closes Gitmo, I say move it to the corner of Polk and Castro.

I have always maintained th... (Below threshold)

I have always maintained that America could simply lose Kalifornistan... oh... wait... that really would not be that much of a loss, now, would it? And I even have the remarkable misfortune of living here now.

Sure, those people had the right to do whatever they so desired on the Fourth - the irony is that a lot of the people they were protesting against guaranteed them that right. However, having the right to do it does not make it any less stupid, or any less of a disgrace.

Nurse, a valium for "Dr" La... (Below threshold)

Nurse, a valium for "Dr" Lava, please. Make it a double.

He gets this way every time someone uses their free speech rights to disagree with something he agrees with.

Hey Lee, JFO, Dr. Lava, etc... (Below threshold)
Jo:

Hey Lee, JFO, Dr. Lava, etc.

Remember: these are your people. You must be so proud.

In some ways, I can imagine that Sharia Law might almost be worth it to see these kinds of sickos suffer under it.

These kids wouldn't suffer ... (Below threshold)
jpm100:

These kids wouldn't suffer under it. They're crying out for tough love, and because free speech is a right, we're abhorred to give it to them. So they despise us and embrace those that would slather them with all the tough love they could ever want.

You see, they don't want responsibility for their own lives. They want to turn their responsibility along with their rights over to whatever dictators will step up to the plate.

I like to be reminded wh... (Below threshold)
mixti:

I like to be reminded what liberals think. Usually they try to dress it up here, but deep down, there is a huge disdain for all things American. ww


For me it is usually a disdain for morons like Vile Willie and not a hatred of America. Somehow though willie keeps mixing himself up with America. you are not America willie.

No, these people really do ... (Below threshold)

No, these people really do hate America. The bulk hate America for no better reason than their personality requires hatred, vandalism both real and virtual, and just being offensive. They lack any coherent reasons for their bile. Nonetheless they do hate America.

A wiseman once said the dif... (Below threshold)
mixti:

A wiseman once said the difference between a nationalist and a patriot, is that a patriot loves his country for what it does; A nationalist loves his country no matter what it does. In this definiton a nazi would be a nationalist.

So what do you call a perso... (Below threshold)
Mac Lorry:

So what do you call a person who hates his country no matter what it does; a liberal?

A wise man once answered a liberal who boasted they were "progressive" with the retort that "so is a fatal disease." Looking at the Zombie site shows just how prophetic that comment was.

a patriot loves hi... (Below threshold)
jpm100:
a patriot loves his country for what it does; A nationalist loves his country no matter what it does.

So a patriot only has to love his country if it does what he agrees with. How convenient.

"So a patriot only has to l... (Below threshold)
mixti:

"So a patriot only has to love his country if it does what he agrees with. How convenient."

So you are saying if you lived in germany in 1941 you would have loved your country and not complained about or wished for the fall of the nazis? Hypothetically speaking of course.

A wiser man once had sex wi... (Below threshold)
mixti:

A wiser man once had sex with mac's wife then sobered up and left.

"A wiseman once said the... (Below threshold)
rrita m:

"A wiseman once said the difference between a nationalist and a patriot, is that a patriot loves his country for what it does; A nationalist loves his country no matter what it does. In this definiton a nazi would be a nationalist."

http://www.mahablog.com/2006/02/19/patriotism-v-nationalism/

Another comment by mixti:</... (Below threshold)
rrita m:

Another comment by mixti:

(quoting another commenter) Is it just me,or does Mixti keep calling Hugh the dumbass dimwitt yet my 10 yr.old daughter could spell
better than her.

(mixti's comment against this commenter) And she probably turns a trick better than you.
Careful, now. Are you suggesting pædophilia?

Now that mixti has resorted... (Below threshold)

Now that mixti has resorted to a nazi reference, this thread is officially Godwin'd. Good job mixti of showing just how unserious you are.

By the way, one of the signs of a leftist in my taxonomy is that such try to find the shortest distance in any thread to self-justifying name calling of "nazi".

A wiser man once h... (Below threshold)
Mac Lorry:
A wiser man once had sex with mac's wife then sobered up and left.

Spoken like a true San Francisco liberal and likely proud of it.

So you are saying ... (Below threshold)
jpm100:
So you are saying if you lived in germany in 1941 you would have loved your country and not complained about or wished for the fall of the nazis? Hypothetically speaking of course.
No mixti,

assuming you believe that the Nazi government was still a legitimate government of the people at that point and you are willing to oppose them and facilitate their downfall, then you surrender being a patriot.

Liberals, like yourself, want it both ways.

In this definiton ... (Below threshold)
In this definiton a nazi would be a nationalist.

I always find it interesting when a lefty brings up the Nazi party.

Did you know, Mixti, that Nazi is short for Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, which is German for "National Socialist German Workers Party? I suspect not. The full name itself, including "Socialist" and "Workers" brings it much closer to the modern American left than to the right.

A quick glance at their party platform also shows far more similarities with the American left than the right. To be sure, there are the nationalist planks which have you so up in arms, Mitzi, but there's also these:

13. We demand the nationalization of all trusts.

14. We demand profit-sharing in large industries.

15. We demand a generous increase in old-age pensions.

16. We demand the creation and maintenance of a sound middle-class, the immediate communalization of large stores which will be rented cheaply to small tradespeople, and the strongest consideration must be given to ensure that small traders shall deliver the supplies needed by the State, the provinces and municipalities.

17. We demand an agrarian reform in accordance with our national requirements, and the enactment of a law to expropriate the owners without compensation of any land needed for the common purpose. The abolition of ground rents, and the prohibition of all speculation in land.(emphasis added)

And then at the end, there is this statement that would make Stalin, or even Hillary, proud:

COMMON GOOD BEFORE INDIVIDUAL GOOD

So think long and hard before equating Nazism with conservatism. It's very clear that Nazism is far closer to socialism, which I presume you support.

Oops, looks like the blockq... (Below threshold)

Oops, looks like the blockquote tag didn't work quite the way it used to. I think you can still tell where the large quote ends, tho.

Linoge,I... (Below threshold)

Linoge,

I have always maintained that America could simply lose Kalifornistan... oh... wait... that really would not be that much of a loss, now, would it? And I even have the remarkable misfortune of living here now.

I've maintained for years that if that blue strip along the coast from north of San Diego to north of the Bay Area would just crack off and move out a couple of miles, they could have their own state. Call it New California.

That way they can attempt to establish their socialist nirvana and leave the rest of us Californian's alone.

Has to be the worst (city) ... (Below threshold)
Knightbrigade:

Has to be the worst (city) of demented asshats in the country.

Do I feel an earthquake ????..............................................lol

Che on Mount Rushmore?... (Below threshold)

Che on Mount Rushmore?

Why, oh why, do these leftists iconize such a despicable communist, murderous thug? They do that, and yet want to be taken seriously?

The lefties at Wizbang can protest all they want that is not what they believe, but it never fails that at one of those counter-culture displays, Che will make an appearance.

Look at pictures of almost any lefty protest and you will be sure to find people wearing t-shirts with Che's likeness adorning them.

Again, they want to be taken seriously, and protest that they are true Americans?

The way history is taught i... (Below threshold)

The way history is taught in schools today, a lot of those folks probably think Che was an American.

Here is how those traitors ... (Below threshold)
nogo war:

Here is how those traitors who served multiple tours ruined Downtown Denver on the 4th
http://picasaweb.google.com/cblikeshikes/OperationFirstCasualtyDenver/photo#s5083489366148290866
this was done by that lefty group
Iraq Veterans against the war...
I tried to google Iraq Veterans for the War and could not find any...any patriot here have a link for "Iraq Veterans for the war" Surely there must be one...I thought I could find a link here
http://icasualties.org/oif/ ..but it was just another lefty site using the DOD and hometown newspapers trying to pretend the Surge is not working...

As a vet my heart goes out ... (Below threshold)
nogo war:

As a vet my heart goes out to the families of the 13 troops KIA in the past two days...especially the three SEALS...they were a part of the same unit as the son of our next door neighbor..
She said she met two of them when she visited her son in Norfolk last summer..she did get a chance to talk to "Nick"..he is safe..
So many of you respond with scorn to those that say "enough"...well this is no longer 2003...
The majority of Americans are saying enough..
Hell Rep. Doolittle (CA) is saying enough!
So if you want to scorn an increasing number of Americans...Dems..Republicans..Independents..

from July 2003...he has not changed..obviously many of you have not either..

"More than 65 U.S. troops have died in Iraq since Bush declared on May 1 that major combat had ended. Twenty-six were killed in combat, the rest in accidents.

Bush pledged to find and punish "anybody who wants to harm American troops," and said the attacks would not weaken his resolve to restore peace and order in Iraq."

"There are some who feel like that the conditions are such that they can attack us there. My answer is bring them on," Bush said. "We've got the force necessary to deal with the security situation."

One last thought before I d... (Below threshold)
nogo war:

One last thought before I depart

the above article was dated July 2 2003
65 dead from may first...through then..
from May 1st 2007 through yesterday
254 KIA