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Archive for January 8th, 2006

Hugely Successful? Or Successfully Huge?

Or neither?

Upcoming NASA launch draws anti-nuke protesters…a whole thirty of ‘em.

I’ve had barbecues bigger than that. Maybe next time GNAW-N-PIS should offer free weenies and beer.

ADDENDUM: It’s not the size of your protest, it’s how many people your handful of protestors ‘really’ represent:

“We are few, but we represent many,” said Peg McIntire, a 95-year old woman with the group Grandmothers for Peace, who protested Cassini and other nuclear-powered space missions.

“We do represent thousands of people, just this little group here,” she said.

[hat tip: brucekgag]

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