Tasteless Rachel Corrie Pancake Breakfast and Meetup

I didn't make that up.

Steve Plaut drew my attention.

Here it is:

Workshop / Training
Rachel Corrie Pancake Breakfast and Meetup

Date/Time
November 1 (Saturday),  8-11:00 AM
Location
1535 11th Ave ( Third Floor), Seattle
Sponsored by
The Seattle Stranger

One last chance before the election is stolen! Meet, network, learn how to man the barricades without letting the fascists bulldoze us out of their way! Free organic, vegan breakfast provided courtesy of the staff of The Seattle Stranger.

full description & details:

Following a satisfying breakfast, participants will be able to network, conceptualize, actualize and plot constructive ways to prevent the evil McBush forces from seizing power for a third term. From creative visualization to verbal judo to righteous action, every tactic is fair! No holds are barred! Come learn how to stand firm in the face of the neocolonialist fascist bulldozer!!!1!
Clinics on emergency first aid and revolutionary hygiene will also be provided. Participants willing to undertake direct revolutionary action can sign up to have their bail posted by the staff of The Seattle Stranger.

Contact Person:
Diderot's Dog

BTW, Nov. 1 was a Saturday last in 2008.

But that doesn't alter the crassness of our leftist/progressive activists.

(k/t=LR-RB)

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Rachel Corrie's Trial in the NYTimes

From what I know, which is not minimal, Ethan Bronner's piece on the Rachel Corrie trial taking place in a civil suit in Haifa, urged by an US government official (Lawrence B. Wilkerson, who was chief of staff to then-Secretary of State Colin L. Powell), is relatively fair.

But this last punchline is misleading:

Cindy Corrie added, “An Israeli colonel said at this trial that there are no civilians in a war zone. But there are. If that hadn’t been the army’s attitude, maybe my daughter would still be with us.”

What the officer meant to say, and was a bit garbled by his poor grammar, was that once an area is declared a military zone, as was that specific strip of land where the bulldozer was working, an area that was a terrorist hotbed, it is the responsibility of civilians not to be there. Any protests are at their own risk, especially if not coordinated as happens in other places.

This, of course, is beside the actual point of how and why Rachel Corrie died, whether she was a 'peace' activist or a supporter of Arab violence against Jewish civilians and other issues.


See, though, here and also here.


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