I Can't Believe They Pay Me for This!

Two days ago, one of our staff members received an email from MoveOn.org about a protest that they were planning in D.C. later that week. The basic message of the protest: gas prices are high and it's because Conservatives/Republicans/Bush/McCain are just pawns of the evil Big Oil Companies that want to rape the planet and kill puppies.

Never ones to miss a chance to have a little fun at the expense of the looney left,* several of us decided to go and join the fun. We showed up about 30 minutes before the protest was scheduled to start and mingled in with the MoveOn folks. Once the march began, we unveiled our signs, which read: "Drill! Drill! Drill!", "Buy Local: Drill American", "Campaign for American Oil", and (my favorite) "Drill? Yes We Can."

It actually took about 20 minutes for the MoveOn crowd to realize that we weren't on their side. Once they realized that they had been infiltrated, they became confused and started a mini witch-hunt for the "mole" in their organization.

To the credit of both sides, the protest remained civil. There were no physical altercations or shouting. In fact, I had a very pleasant conversation with one of the older MoveOn protesters. It had to have been a sight for the drivers who passed by: a conservative with a sign advocating an increase in domestic drilling standing next to (and laughing with) a liberal holding a sign decrying the twin evils of conservatives and big oil. Who says diplomacy is dead?

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*Note for my liberal friends: I use the term "looney left" to refer to the radical wing of your ideology that reacts rather than thinks about issues. I have nothing but respect for those of you who have studied the issues and decided that you agree with the liberal viewpoint; you're just wrong :-)