OK. Let me start off with kudos where kudos are due. ANSWER hit a home run with this one. Brian ... you're the man. Ironically, it took a bunch of hyper-religious Muslims and anti-Semites with a message that they (the anti-Semites) just needed to share to pull their (ANSWER's) atheist "peace loving" commie asses out of the fire. And life is full of ironies. Still, I've made fun of ANSWER in other posts on this site (deservedly so!). And, while I don't regret that, this particular rally was a real doozie. Brought me back to my Vietnam days. Bravo. The attendance was probably in the range of 30,000. Mostly bused in but no matter ... numbers speak. 30,000 is significant in any language. Except perhaps Italian. Right. Down to business. ... Speaking of ironies ... let's start with this. Where to begin ... Let's start with the image itself. I don't know. "Bush Loyalists" OK. Did we need to be so graphic? Was there a gentler way of illustrating our point? Perhaps. What really gets me here is this is my second photo of this sign. My first was pretty run-of-the-mill "do you mind if I take a picture of your poster" full-frame example of the depths to which these folks will descend. Then ... I noticed. These people wanted a "family" portrait. They were posing. This is a family. This was a moment. I have no idea what to say. I couldn't help but oblige. Next. We're staying on a theme here folks ... trust me on this. I told this guy I was taking a photo ... hence the shit-eating grin. That sign? Wow. What perhaps you don't realize is that he has a wife ... and a child. That's his "better half" with the "Cold Blooded Killers" sign. Adorable child in between. It was a weekend "outing". Cute, mai oui? This is less unusual than you, as a rational human being, would likely suppose. Or wish. My job has certain benefits. It also has certain risks. Such as experiencing [sadly and at first hand] the reality of what you, thankfully, only experience as images. These people and their lovely child are real to me. I try to keep my sense of humor regarding these things. It's harder than you may think. Sometimes my gorge rises. OK. What you all should understand is that with a protest like this we suffer from an embarrassment of riches ... in other words ... where to next? One after another after another.... Sometimes we have the gift that just keeps on giving. ...Sign after sign after sign... This was the same guy, same bizarre preoccupation. He just didn't have enough hands. He proudly unshuffled these images for me. I unshuffle them for you. Enjoy. And yes... the last one offers any number of critique starting points. Every line a mine. I got quite lost. Share. When dealing with the ANSWER braintrust, one inevitably runs into examples of their superior spell-checking skills. I mean really, folks. If you're going to run a demonstration against something, learn how to spell it first. This sign was probably kinda pricey, too. Of course sometimes words just fail. Here's what I find sort of interesting about this one (in addition to the obvious)... Check the size ... this was printed using some sort of laser or ink-jet printer and the printer needed to be of the type that accommodates pages of these dimensions. That type of printer is not commonly found at the average American home. This guy probably paid to have this done. Can you imagine? The loneliness of the long-distance Jew hater. A common ... if often unspoken ... belief for these types. Frankly, I kinda think it's refreshing when they just put it all out there. I gotta say ... the balloons are an unusual touch. The text of this difficult to read sign is thus: "Frankly, we Support the Troops of the oppressed. And, to be blunt, only a petty minority of earth's inhabitants choose otherwise. Do the math. Join us." Worthy of the Third Reich. Speaking of which ...