Bozeman protest

[BuzzH]

Have you ever put the two actions together? Why he hates our Social programs and his desire to get Mars colonized? They say follow the money. BTW this Boomer gets his news from a variety of sources none of which are cable news networks. I also was at a protest in the Belly of the beast where over 500 others felt the urgency to pass up a weekend day to protest.

https://ravallirepublic.com/news/lo...s3PxJ9mEaluNRhjIvK_aem_skgp71ghDUXxfoulf-1auQ

Public land advocates, federal workers, Vets, were all on hand.

That's pretty impressive for Hamilton, heard 2-3K in Missoula.

 

[shoots-straight]

That's pretty impressive for Hamilton, heard 2-3K in Missoula.

Yea, only got flipped off 3 times, so that was a win. Hundreds of cars honking in support. One guy drove up close and started yelling Fauci lied, Fauci lied, ..................... Not sure if there was a sign supporting Fauci in sight. Oh, one young guy yelled at me to go home. I thought that funny considering all the transplants in the Root now, and me being the 5th generation of 7 living here.

 

[shoots-straight]

a friend of mine was in Missoula today. Kinda funny sign she held.

 

[Rack Daniels]

No, protect our public lands.

At least someone was there for the right reasons….

 

[BuzzH]

At least someone was there for the right reasons….

Lots of folks with signs for FS lands, National Parks, BLM lands, etc.

 

[Djfan]

I saw a fb post where a news guy interviewed a protester. The kid had two pages of talking points he kept trying to read from. He finally just gave them to the news guy.

Can't figure how to post it here.

 

[Labman]

There were all kinds of signs saying" hands off our public lands" at the protest in my state.

Over 6000 at our state capitol, a thousand in Rochester, a thousand in Bemidji, two thousand in Duluth...

See any Hamas or Palestinian flags?

 

[Big Fin]

Mrs. Fin and I had a tourist day in DC, yesterday. We come out of the Library of Congress Jefferson Library and see the flow of traffic headed somewhere, with us oblivious to what was planned for the day. Seeing how far it was to the Natural History Museum, I figure an Uber was the better option to get there.

Jump in the Uber and it’s taking forever. Eventually I ask the guy to just drop us off and we’ll walk from here.

Now, everyone is carrying signs and they obviously are here for a purpose. I look ahead and it’s a mosh pit.

One dude is on a corner with a sign protesting circumcision. Seriously. I didn’t know that was a public policy issue.

I’m starting to feel like a Forrest Gump scene is unfolding. I look at Mrs. Fin. I can tell this is not on her Bingo card for this trip.

I see a lady carrying a sign (should have taken a pic) “Enough of this DOGE Shit,” with a dog taking a dump. I don’t care who you are, that one was funny.

I ask a guy what’s going on. He looks at me like, “Why you here if you don’t know what you’re here for?” Seeing my ignorance he tells me it’s something about “Hands off.”

Now I’m processing this, confused, recalling some dude, or at least it seemed like a dude, worried about his foreskin, another dude has a sign about “Hands off,” and a lady upset about DOGE shit.

I tell Mrs. Fin we can visit the Natural History Museum when we return in July. She needs no encouragement or incentive to agree with the audible. We hang a right and head north, swimming across the current of people headed to either Lincoln Memorial or Washington Monument. Being “signless,” most folks see us wanting out and give passage between.

We end up at an amazing restaurant called “Succotash” where others seem to be taking refuge and recollecting their thoughts. Situation avoided. Barely.

On the Uber ride back to the hotel, I asked the driver what was going on down there. He explained it to me. Full on “Bumpkins ‘R Us” mode.

Was interesting to see how many folks were headed that way. Did see a few public land signs, even in urban DC. Good to see that many citizens engaged in “peaceful assembly,” no matter their cause.

Glad to be at the airport and headed home. Regrettably without a pic of the DOGE shit sign.

 

[Deleted member 56631]

I was in the same situation as you Big Fin. When I posted this I thought it was a localized public land protest, which is why I posted it in MT section.

If it needs to be moved or axed feel free.

 

[Bonasababy]

I drove past a protest today as they were shaking fists, yelling and screaming to meet my wife for lunch. I had to park three blocks from the restaurant because all the spots were full. I’ve never seen so many Tesla’s in one block.

Wow, sounds like your wife is really popular!

 

[MTGomer]

One dude is on a corner with a sign protesting circumcision. Seriously. I didn’t know that was a public policy issue.

About 5 years ago I was in Missoula and they were doing this on some random corner on Reserve street. Walking around with signs and fake blood soaked crotches on their pants.

 

[Straight Arrow]

"Hands Off!" refers to protests against a vast array of recent defundings, firings, and weakening of many valued programs, services and institutions ... all done with a dictatorial heavy-fisted hand widely considered to be contrary to the US Constitution's democratic processes.

I attended the rally centered at the Gallatin County Courthouse and spreading with folks on both sides of Main Street in Bozeman. My wife was there with a sign showing support for the Ukrainian people. I was there as one major theme was protection of public lands and another was in support of the VA and Veterans. There were literally hundreds of signs protesting more of the recent DOGE actions, Whitehouse orders, and weakening of America than can be enumerated here. It was not one theme or one issue, but hundreds of protests and thousands of politely pissed off protesters.

Another HT guy and I spent much of the time discussing The Crazies Mtns, corner crossing, and public lands.

The impressive perspective was that it was not just old fart folks and Veterans protesting ... it was people of every stripe, every age group, every imaginable social group, and particular gripe. So don't belittle such a publicly exposing effort as a naysayer, because likely something about recent news which concerns you was likely represented at this rally.

 

[corndog1]

Mostly about biological confusion in Bozeman.

 

[noharleyyet]

Singing songs and they’re carrying signs….
Mostly say hooray for our side

-Stephen Stills 1966

 

[Straight Arrow]

Mostly about biological confusion in Bozeman.

Disrespect only exceeded by corndog confusion.

 

[MTTW]

Kind of ironic how we belittle protesters out one side of our mouths while sounding the rally cry out the other to call your reps, show up at the capital, etc.

 

[mtmiller]

This counter protester from the heartland checks a lot of boxes.

 

[Deleted member 56631]

Maybe 150million people not paying taxes would be more profound to get the attention of our representatives

 

[hank4elk]

"Hands Off!" refers to protests against a vast array of recent defundings, firings, and weakening of many valued programs, services and institutions ... all done with a dictatorial heavy-fisted hand widely considered to be contrary to the US Constitution's democratic processes.

I attended the rally centered at the Gallatin County Courthouse and spreading with folks on both sides of Main Street in Bozeman. My wife was there with a sign showing support for the Ukrainian people. I was there as one major theme was protection of public lands and another was in support of the VA and Veterans. There were literally hundreds of signs protesting more of the recent DOGE actions, Whitehouse orders, and weakening of America than can be enumerated here. It was not one theme or one issue, but hundreds of protests and thousands of politely pissed off protesters.

Another HT guy and I spent much of the time discussing The Crazies Mtns, corner crossing, and public lands.

The impressive perspective was that it was not just old fart folks and Veterans protesting ... it was people of every stripe, every age group, every imaginable social group, and particular gripe. So don't belittle such a publicly exposing effort as a naysayer, because likely something about recent news which concerns you was likely represented at this rally.

A thankful boomer who appreciates the effort.

 

[corndog1]

Disrespect only exceeded by corndog confusion.

Living in reality is not disrespectful. I know what I saw and heard. Sorry your confused about the basics of biology.