{"id":78,"date":"2008-11-12T11:00:21","date_gmt":"2008-11-12T18:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zombietime.com\/zomblog\/?p=78"},"modified":"2008-11-12T13:20:09","modified_gmt":"2008-11-12T20:20:09","slug":"stop-the-world-cant-wait-i-want-to-get-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.zombietime.com\/zomblog\/?p=78","title":{"rendered":"Stop the World Can't Wait — I want to get off"},"content":{"rendered":"

Please God, make it stop!<\/p>\n

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\nDid you naively think that Obama’s election as President and the nearly total cessation of any hostilities in Iraq would finally spell the end of the anti-war protests that have occasionally erupted since 2003? Silly you. Because on November 10, 2008, the relentless members of the anti-American political cult World Can’t Wait uncorked a fresh new protest in downtown Berkeley, this time calling on Obama to withdraw all troops from Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

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\nZombietime reader “Jackanape” filmed this video of a shouting match between World Can’t Wait and some pro-American counter-protesters who were dogging them.<\/p>\n

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\nThe Daily Californian<\/i> had a videographer on hand as well, and produced this report about the protest, with scenes from earlier in the afternoon when it started on the U.C. Berkeley campus.<\/p>\n

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\nWorld Can’t Wait wore their now-standard Guantanamo prisoner uniforms, with some big plastic chains for extra impact.<\/p>\n

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\nTo complete the illusion of time travel to a different era, a Ron Paul for President volunteer showed up to observe the anachronistic proceedings.<\/p>\n

Will these kinds of protests ever<\/em> end? I have a terrible suspicion that the answer is “No.”<\/p>\n

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\nAfter a pause for some more arguing with the patriotic counter-protesters, off everybody trooped to the Marine Corps Recruiting Office. Even though Code Pink finally had the wisdom<\/a> to call it quits<\/a> and permanently end their futile year-long siege of the office, World Can’t Wait didn’t get the memo, and has now apparently assumed the mantle of leadership in the anti-Marines cause.<\/p>\n

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\nAnd remember: Stop thinking like an American!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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