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Ben:
Two quotes from the article that I find comical:


--- Quote ---We have to put our own lives on the line, and Im willing to do that, said activist Diane Wilson, who pledged to fast until the United States withdraws from Iraq.Followed by:

--- Quote ---Dearborn said 2,700 other activists nationwide, including actors Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn, would work as a relay team passing the fast daily from one to another....which kinda negates the severity of "putting their lives on the line".

And I guess a third funny line was:

--- Quote ---The demonstrators crouched in the muggy evening next to a piece of pink plastic, spread down the road as a table and tablecloth in one. It was covered with wilted pink sunflowers and plates of vegetarian curry, white rice and beans.That was their "last" meal. Me, I'd choose a big old T-bone followed by a few hamburgers for dessert, but whatever floats your boat I guess...

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Sheehan, antiwar protesters begin July 4 fast
Some say protest will last until American troops return from Iraq
Reuters

Updated: 6:36 p.m. PT July 3, 2006

WASHINGTON - About 150 protesters sat in front of the White House Monday to savor their last meal before starting a hunger strike that some said will continue until American troops return from Iraq.

The demonstration marking the Independence Day holiday was organized by CodePink, a womens antiwar group that called on volunteers to abstain from eating for 24 hours from midnight on Monday.

Some protesters said their fast would continue beyond July 4.

Antiwar activist Cindy Sheehan, whose son was killed in Iraq, said she would drink only water throughout the summer, which she said she would spend outside President Bushs ranch in Crawford, Texas.

This war is a crime, Sheehan told a crowd of clapping, cheering protesters. We represent millions of Americans who withdraw their support from this government.

The demonstrators crouched in the muggy evening next to a piece of pink plastic, spread down the road as a table and tablecloth in one. It was covered with wilted pink sunflowers and plates of vegetarian curry, white rice and beans.

The demonstration aimed at highlighting the costs of the war, in which more than 2,500 U.S. soldiers and thousands of Iraqis have died, said CodePink spokeswoman Meredith Dearborn.

We have to put our own lives on the line, and Im willing to do that, said activist Diane Wilson, who pledged to fast until the United States withdraws from Iraq.

Dearborn said 2,700 other activists nationwide, including actors Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn, would work as a relay team passing the fast daily from one to another.

URL: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13692516/

Fly320s:
Let 'em fast.  In three weeks they won't be a nuisance anymore.

The Rabbi:
If I thought about it, I'd get angry at their expressions of "putting their lives on the line."  Let them go over to Iraq and see people really putting their lives on the line so we can get out of there.
But I can't get angry at people so obviously clueless.

grislyatoms:
"Dearborn said 2,700 other activists nationwide, including actors Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn, would work as a relay team passing the fast daily from one to another."

WOW! THEY ARE WILLING TO GIVE AWAY THAT MUCH FOR SOMETHING THEY BELIEVE IN?!

 I am underwhelmed.

garrettwc:
If you do the math 2700 fasters working in a relay could fast for one hour, eat the other 23 and still only have to do it once every 112.5 days. If they fasted for one day, allowing for the usual three meals a day, they would only have to do it once every 900 days, basically skipping a meal once a year.

In other words, once they get their 15 minutes of TV time they still can make their reservation at Spago's.

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