All the puppets in the world won't change the fact that Bush won...

Dirty hippie protesters are complaining about the fact that they won't be able to easily protest the Bush inauguration.

I never understand what protesters think they are accomplishing. I think when the average American sees a bunch of people blocking traffic, carrying giant puppets, and cursing at police, they tend to side with the other side. Besides, Bush won, and all the protesting in the world will not change that.

I have a big problem with the fact that these people keep claiming that this is an attempt to crush their dissent. They act like there is no terrorist threat, like Bin Laden didn't release a tape last month talking about how the streets were going to run with blood, and like 4 planes didn't crash into buildings a little over 3 years ago. They also seem to ignore the fact that the posters at the Democratic National Convention were kept in a giant cage - so it's not just the Republicans who see danger from terrorists in public places.