Protesting palin and beck: Alaska's other 9/11 rally

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As Alaska's Sarah Palin made a surprise appearance at a Sept. 11 rally in Wasilla, another rally was in the works protesting her upcoming appearance with Fox's Glenn Beck Saturday night in Anchorage.

The sign-waving crowd of about 80 to 100 people in downtown Anchorage waved at motorists to the return honks of support and, on occasion, a middle finger extended in their direction.

At about noon Saturday, rally organizer and longtime Alaska activist Desa Jacobsen had the crowd gather around the veterans memorial on the Anchorage Park Strip. She asked for two minutes of silence to honor those who died in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Then she urged the crowd of about a hundred to sign a "blue ticket" to send Glenn Beck out of town -- reminiscent of how Alaska in its early history exiled undesirables.

"Don't be afraid to show yourself when you are standing up against hate and fear," she told the crowd.

Jacobsen offered the mic to a fellow protestor who joined the rally only after driving by. Abdellatif Rochdi spoke of Islam's peaceful teachings and its loathing of violence. The 9/11 attackers, he emphatically told the crowd, don't represent the religion.

http://www.alaskadispatch.com/dispatches/politics/6774-protesting-palin-and-beck-alaskas-other-911-rally-

[BrklynLiberal]

1. I know therer are many, many intelligent, informed, coherent Alaskans.

You guys cannot let the few noisy nutjobs out message you all...

[missheidi]

2. The best thing: The lady in the above picture spelled everything right.

[opihimoimoi]

3. These peeps knows Better than to be DOMINATED, EXPLOITED, FOOLED.....

GOP = DECEIVERS

[gratuitous]

4. The woman on the right with the WASP shirt

Stands for "Women Against Sarah Palin."

Heh, heh, heh.