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Pro-Military Protestor Throws Shoes At Socialist Mayor
This is one of those man-bites-dog stories. We all know about the shoes thrown at George Bush , Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao , and yesterday at the Israeli Ambassador to Sweden. In Ithaca, NY, the prevailing power structure is represented by Socialist Mayor Carol Peterson. Last year Peterson ...
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TURNABOUT: Pro-Military Protestor Throws Shoes At Socialist Mayor. “So you have a former Weather U…
Instapundit — ... TURNABOUT: Pro-Military Protestor Throws Shoes At Socialist Mayor. “So you have a former Weather Underground member who now is pro-military, throwing shoes at the anti-military Socialist Mayor, in a protest that would fall under the ‘community of sanctuary’ protection if the protester still was a member of the Weather Underground and protesting against the Iraq war. Only in Ithaca.” ...

The times they are a changin'
Classical Values — The times they are a changin' I've had no time to get online lately, but I loved the nostalgic nugget that Glenn linked earlier : So you have a former Weather Underground member who now is pro-military, throwing shoes at the anti-military Socialist Mayor, in a protest that would fall under the "community of sanctuary" protection if the protester still was a member of the Weather Underground and protesting against the Iraq war. Only in Ithaca. I'd like to see such antics spread to Berkeley and Ann Arbor. But for now I'll just be glad when I can finally stop having ...

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