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Submitted by The Original Yoda on Wed, 11/14/2007 - 9:54pm.

In Olympia, The War Is Over?

Olympia, WA…Today, more than 1000 peaceful demonstrators, many carrying signs that read “Welcome Home! We support you and want the war to end,” surrounded the Port of Olympia property and the USNS Brittin which arrived in the capitol city last night, after returning from Iraq.

“Welcome to Olympia’s “Circus of the Sane,” shouted Skip Crackle, public relations liaison for the local group, “P.E.A.C.E. or Peaceful Eccentrics Against Crazy Ethics

The apparently, well-organized event is being touted as “three hours of music, magic, burlesque and satire against the war in Iraq.”

Through a bullhorn, directed towards the US Navy vessel, Crackle and fellow P.E.A.C.E. member, Melony Bottom explained, “We are so happy that you’ve returned safely and we just want three hours of your time. We’ve prepared a great show for you!”

Cameras from local, National and International news organizations covered the elaborate variety show, which included a barber shop quartet, a self-styled, rapping-cowboy, an Olympia based burlesque review and some biting one-liners from Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert.

Onlookers from the deck of the ship flashed peace signs and, at one point, “mooned” an effigy of the Vice President.

After the show was over, as Stryker vehicles were unloaded and began the final leg of their journey home, crowds shot silly string across the roads and at each other.

Doctors Without Borders passed out pamphlets to many of the returning soldiers on the dangers of depleted uranium. One group in attendance, Boobs Not Bombs, had a special appeal to some of the returning troops.

“It just makes me very happy to be home,” remarked one soldier.

The crowd, which included both young and old, was very family friendly and Crackle said he was pleased that no one was hurt and that everybody had a good time.

Tor Bjornstead from the Olympia police said, “Everyone was so well behaved. I think they’ve really changed some minds. Today, in Olympia, the war is over.”

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Shh...

Someone might get some funny idea you are for true non violent protests or something silly like that.  Great thoughts though!

 I liked the silly string across the road as the Strykers passed.

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And if a frog had wings

my dad used to say, "it wouldn't bump its ass everytime it jumped." Would be nice indeed if such an effort could be mobilized. Change minds? Cough... I can imagine the Olympian comments already.
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Too Funny!

I got a good mental picture of a frog with wings bumping it's ass!  I love it! 

"Understand, it's not always about being right. You can win every argument, but if it opens the door to turmoil, brings division, and tears you apart, in the end you didn't win at all - and you may have lost a lot." - Joel Osteen

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Is

this OlyBlog or The Onion?
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Are you

Always going to do that? 

Olyblog or the Onion?  Who gives a rip.  It's a beautiful vision, and would haven gotten much more press than the violent protesters and done more good. 

 

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Tor Bjornstead of the Olympia police...

was my favorite part, but then I'm Swedish.
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always do what?

Be clever? Yes, most likely until I die. That, and be incredibly good looking too.

I figure it's better than making fun of things I don't understand.

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Don't flatter yourself there...

You're a legend in your own mind... :-)
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yes,

and in various media sources.
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Nothing like a little street theater.

I can't want to see how The Olympian and the commenters handle this.

Did I get that right?  The soldiers mooned the effigy of Cheney?  How dare they.  They must be greener soldiers.

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Yoda

That was the best short story I've read in a long while.
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Thanks for the nice comments...

I was thinking how cool would it be to make a wiki-type document out of a story like this...and let everyone edit it.... in turns or something. I bet it would be hilarious.

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Thanks Yoda

Great ideas! I hope you come to some PMR meetings to share them!
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Well done

I love humor that makes you think.
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Imagine indeed

Someone marked this photo in my Flickr account as a “Favorite:”

_MG_6504

The Flickr account of the person who tagged it is Bullneck. He describes himself as someone “[b]orn with an eye turned toward the thick-set lugs of the world -- uniformed ones, especially. I like to dabble as an amateur photographer, drawer, and 'chronicler' of meaty, burly lugs (a.k.a. 'bullgoons') and their intersections with uniforms, hypermasculinity, politics and authority.” Facinating.

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wow

What a truly fascinating hobby.
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Indeed!

How often do you run into a

chronicler of meaty, burly lugs (a.k.a. 'bullgoons') and their intersections with uniforms, hypermasculinity, politics and authority?

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Howdy, this is 'Bullneck'

Howdy, this is 'Bullneck' from Flickr. Cool to see you noticed I favorite'd that shot of yours, and intrigued that you picked up on my hobby. It's definitely not the most routine of interests :-p
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Wow...

...I just checked out this old thing.

Whatever happened to Bullneck? He only posted once...

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