Protest Warriors -- Two fewer protest virgins!

Tio Jaime came out to San Diego this afternoon for a quick visit. We were headed out to the Yard House in the Gas Lamp district for lunch when we happened to drive past a protest. Tio Jaime, accustomed to the anti-war protests in the San Francisco Bay Area, immediately began exhibiting his disgust at the protestors. As I could feel his blood starting to boil, I noticed that on the other side of the street were some Protest Warriors! Tio Jaime honked the horn for the Protest Warriors, and I clapped and gave the 'thumbs-up' sign to those supporting our troops. Tio Jaime, in his usual Tio Jaime Flava', proceeded to flip off all the anti-war protestors on the other side of the street as we drove past.

We decided to postpone our lunch and join the protest warriors--our first ever protest. We found parking close to the event and walked on over. In our ranks were several retired and active military, quite a few young marines, goths (!!), and just a bunch of other good, decent San Diegans. We were outnumbered, of course, but we were the only ones smiling and enjoying ourselves. The liberal nutcases, terrorist sympathizers, hippies, and communists on the other side of the street were their usual angry selves, often resorting to flipping us off instead of engaging in intelligent verbal dialogue. They carried their Palestinian flags, "No Blood For Oil" signs, and the other usual fare. Their purpose today? Protesting the Fallujah offensive, getting the troops out of Iraq, etc...as well as trying to promote their communist agenda. We got quite a few overt displays of support from passers-by, and we pissed off the commies just enough to get our point across! All-in-all a very successful protest!

After we were done (just over 2 hours supporting the just cause), Tio Jaime had to go back up North to Riverside. We stopped at Santana's instead (an excellent San Diego, CA burrito place) for a victory meal!

Some of our favorite quotes of the day:

"Corporate America built that bike you're riding on!!"
--SixHertz, in response to a bicyclist's invective of: 'Down with corporate America'

"I think I'm missing the real point of the protest. I just want to make out with the goth GOP chick..."
- Tio Jaime, because man that hipster/goth chick was cute *and republican*

"I AM pro-Human first! How much more pro-Human can you get by supporting freedom, democracy, and protecting our way of life?!"
--SixHertz in response to a passerby's belief that we should be 'pro-Human' first instead of pro-war.