A Tale of Two Protests

There has been a fuss over determining the attendance at the Washington DC TEA Party protest. Our good friends living in the land of left-believe want to ensure that low estimates are reported so that they can take solace in their belief that this is not a meaningful movement. With all the hoopla over the size of the crowd at the DC TEA party, though, I want to point out that the preparation for the protests did not include much of a beefed up security. It's not too hard to figure out why... the demographic of the participants - mainly conservatives I'm guessing - indicated that there would be virtually no trouble. And there wasn't.

Fast forward now to Pittsburgh & the G20 conference. Last night, I watched the report on how many thousands of law enforcement & National Guard troops have been activated for crowd control. And they're not there to control the everyday citizens. They are there to control the protestors. There have already been acts of vandalism. Where are all the calls from those living in the land of left-believe for civilized behavior and debate? This graphic from a radical activism website will give a clue that there will be no civilized behavior (warning: vulgar language content). Night & day difference between the two types of protests, yet who do the Democrats fear the most? This is speaking volumes, folks.

photos: TEA party protest, Washington DC, 9/12/09 (left) & G20 protest, Pittsburgh, PA, 9/24/09 (right)