NATO Summit Protests

NATO's a warmachine?  Really?  I'm sure the Libyans would love to chat with this protestor.

Anyway, the big story this past week is about the NATO Summit in Chicago and the OWC protestors it has attracted. 

While protestors run rampant, our nation's military memebers, especially sailors at the nearby Great Lakes training base, have been ordered to stay away.  Breitbart News has the story.

One of my friends in Chicago was on-scene and had these interesting observations:

I'm not too surprised the recruits aren't being allowed into the downtown - the Loop today was pretty full of nutcases who I'm sure wouldn't react to a uniform very well. And, there's supposed to be a lot more protesters around during the weekend itself.

We've been having protest marches up and down the streets on leftist themes all week:

• Monday: Green Transportation and Education are Fundamental Rights!
• Tuesday: Immigration - No Human is Illegal!
• Wednesday: Forclosure - Housing is a Right: No Evictions, No Foreclosures. (This group was pretty hilarious, actually. They were marching around with an evicted family's furniture to highlight the family's plight. But, the couch and the refrigerator were pretty heavy, and I heard/saw the protestors arguing about whose turn it was to help carry them.)
• Thursday: Occupy Chicago Day of Action
• Friday: March for the Robin Hood Tax
• Saturday: The Environment!!
• Sunday: No to Imperialism!
• Monday: Democracy Now!

Much interesting stuff going on.

Interesting indeed.