Dumbasses

Callie and Cathy point me to this bit of local news that I completely missed:

Anti-war protesters slowed traffic on the inbound lanes of the U.S. 59 South and may have caused a minor accident this morning.

Southwest Freeway traffic slowed as a group of protesters draped a banner bearing an anti-war slogan over the Hazard Street bridge inside Loop 610 about 8 a.m., police said.

A man and a woman were arrested as they attempted to climb the railing along the bridge, police said. The charge pending against the two is obstructing a roadway.

I'm surprised someone didn't shoot at the dumbasses. This is Texas, after all.

Cathy had this to say:

This incident on the Southwest Freeway was reported on briefly this morning. Fine with me if people want to protest, but what really irritates me is that I heard the man and the woman involved being interviewed this afternoon on the radio. The man said something to the effect that "there were only a couple of fender benders. No one was injured."

Do they have any idea what a bloody hassle a fender bender is? Do they not realize that the people involved were most likely going to work, as it was 8:00 in the morning? Do they not realize that when one has a fender bender (or worse -- growl) they have to fill out a police report, exchange insurance information with the other driver, call their insurance company, give a recorded statement to their insurance company, argue with their insurance company, have their car towed or drive it to a body shop to get an estimate, leave it at the body shop, find someone to pick them up and drive them to work, or maybe rent a car? This all takes time, and some people get paid by the hour and lose income while doing all of the above.

Beats me, Cathy. This crowd's just nutty. The liberal crackup continues.

[Posted at 21:11 CST on 02/18/03] [Link]