On Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh is full of communists, anarchists, and lunatics.

And I'm not talking about Penguins fans either. Pittsburgh is hosting a G-20 summit this week, and there has been a massive protest. I have no problem with this. It is a constitutional right.
However, it must be done in an orderly manner. If they had bothered applying for a permit, they would have been able to protest peacefully for a longer period of time, and they wouldn't have wasted tax dollars as police tried to contain them.

I guess this sort of stuff happens. The resulting "violence" consisted of some rock throwing and rolling of trash bins, which I suppose is mild compared to shooting, assaulting, running over with a car, or setting on fire.

One man proclaimed in a speech, "To love democracy and to love the earth is to be a radical now." Now, I'm sorry, but if I'm not mistaken, anarchy is not democracy.

However, the best part of the article by a mile is the following: "Officers fired pepper spray and smoke at the protesters. Some of those exposed to the pepper spray coughed and complained that their eyes were watering and stinging." I can only wonder if they were expecting pepper spray to be a soothing experience filled with fairies and bunnies.

Anyway, this being Pittsburgh, they're probably all fair-weather bandwagon anarchists.