Protest Report, With Twist -

Protest Report, With Twist - John from Blogs of War has an excellent report, with photos, from yesterday's pro-dictatorship, pro-Israeli-extinction rally in Houston.

But this story has a fun twist:

Things really got interesting around 2:00 when two guys ran up to our vantage point overlooking the protesters, held up a sign, and started making more noise than the entire crowd of protesters with a wicked airhorn [ Listen to Rhett.wav ]. Turns out Rhett Boren and his friend left the U.S. Marines three weeks ago and were there to stand up for George Bush, America, our troops, and common sense. [ Image 5 ]

Rhett had five or six different signs and was rapidly switching between them to counter specific protesters across the street from us. Things almost got ugly when some young punk got pissed and screamed "If you're pro-war why don't you go?" to Rhett. In what was easily the best moment of the day Rhett screamed "I just got back", held up his sign, and started blasting on his airhorn again.

It was totally sweet.

The protesters then moved to a nearby park while Rhett and his friend moved on to confront them. Police (very amused police) kept him a few feet away at all times but he continued to get up close and personal. [ Image 6 ] I couldn't help laughing each time he managed to drown out the entire crowd with blasts of his airhorn.

You know, I almost hope someone tries to throw another protest here in the Twin Cities on some weekday before I find another job.

Posted by Mitch at February 16, 2003 08:40 AM