So I Went to the Anti-war Protest

I went to Seattle's version of the anti-war protest yesterday. It was organized by ANSWER, one of many lame organizing groups on the left these days.

One of the first things the main speaker said was to encourage smokers to move out of the crowd and "be sensitive" to those around us. Was this an anti-war protest or a public health rally? Is the left really that confused?

My other beef with the protest is that ANSWER is one of those activist groups that insists on attendees standing around for 90 minutes listening to tedious speech after tedious speech, before marching in the streets. Do they really think people coming to an anti-war march are going to be further edified by listening to more speeches? Do they need further convincing that the Iraq War is bad deal?

I just don't get the left anymore.

I lit a cigarette and left the protest long before the speeches ended.