More today from Mike "Are we still doing the Kool Kid thing?" Allen

[Rose Siding]

In a frenzied effort to retain his Bush-given nickname, today Allen gives us:

They Are Stardust, And in Texas
At the Crawford Protest Camp, Growing Echoes of Woodstock

Other than a confusing preoccupation with what everyone was eating, there's a heavy reliance on stock cliches'. There's the one he could write without leaving home:

"...liberals from throughout the West who are double-parking their hybrid-fueled cars"

One from a caterer, that O-thank-God! he could attribute:

Ann Spicer, 46, an event designer from Dallas who is in charge of the kitchen, said she can tell this is not the usual "nuts and berries" crowd that is more typical at peace events because "hardly anyone asked if we had vegan dishes last night."

And one that must have been more than a little painful to reach:

For a crowd of peace activists, many seemed angry. Andrew J. Weaver, 58, a Methodist minister from Brooklyn, N.Y., who led a brief outdoor service in a clerical collar and a colorful stole from Guatemala, said he wanted to move into the shade before giving an interview. "It's like a near-death experience, here in this sun," the minister said. "Think this is a taste of eternity for George?"

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/21/AR2005082101113.html?nav=rss_politics

Woo, boy. That's anger. Just imagine the wild-eyed fury of that minister as he led his interviewer
into the shade. :eyes:

With luck, CNN can do a special next year about what really happened.