Incident was Friday, story came out Saturday. How did I not hear about this until now? Students successfully blocked Dubya's way? Is that not news? Go fightin' whatever-your-mascot-is!
Posted by Jason at April 24, 2006 05:35 PMWhen protesters blocked the route Bush was to take to the Hoover Institution, somebody apparently thought it was a good idea to create a ruse by driving a firetruck toward the crowd and claiming that it needed to get through for an emergency.
The protesters didn't buy it, ugly words were exchanged, and Bush ultimately had to have lunch with former Secretary of State George Shultz somewhere else. If officials at the Secret Service or the White House had a hand in this -- and given recent events and our own experiences, we wouldn't be surprised -- they owe the protesters, the firefighters and the people they're supposed to be protecting some kind of apology. If local cops or firefighters took this one upon themselves, then they have only themselves to blame the next time someone doesn't yield to their flashing lights.