The streets of downtown Denver are definitely rowdier today

[Elad]

than they were yesterday. Nonetheless, I did not encounter any major protests in my excursions. I walked all the down to Civic Center Park (where the protests originated yesterday), zigzagging through 15th, 16th and 17th streets. The protesters I did run into were what you would expect, generally. And there were definitely more of them out and about today, walking around the atmosphere seemed a lot more charged.

Also, don't miss the return of the Hummer protesters (check out an an earlier post of mine if you missed it), with both a funny and sad twist.

Religious/anti-abortion/anti-gay protesters

There was a confrontation between leftists and a group of religious protesters on the corner of 16th and Court. Many police were standing by in riot gear, in case something happened. The religious dudes were shouting into megaphones and a crowd of leftist counter-protesters started to form around them. Eventually one of the anti-war protesters stopped and lent her megaphone to the cause of shouting down the religious protesters.

I also finally saw the "Abortion Bus," but I won't post pictures of it, because I don't want to promote their ridiculous propaganda machine. Basically it's a giant van with disgusting photos of fetuses on it telling us all that we're going to burn in hell for supporting abortion rights. I'm surprised that it took this long to spot this one, in 2004 in Boston this group of protesters was far more noticeable, they seemed to be everywhere.

Dumb sign...



Young kid shouting down religious bigot...



Cops keeping watch over confrontation...



Guy with a cool sign...



Anti-war protesters

These were the only anti-war protesters I ran into. They were advocating third party support and not support Obama or McCain.



9/11 protesters

There was a large group of 9/11 protesters who marched by, the cops generally ignored them, which seemed to annoy the protesters, actually.



The almighty anti-Obama Hummer returns!

This was the highlight of my day so far. I saw the Hummer again, and if you look closely at the picture, you can see that they wiped out the misspelling of "plagiarize" and fixed it. It seems that perhaps they read DU, and saw my post, heh! Or that someone who can spell finally clued them in. Either way, quite funny.

The sad part about seeing them again, is that they were now posing as Hillary supporters, shouting pro-Hillary and anti-Obama slogans from the top of their ridiculous ride. I don't believe for a second that they are real Clinton supporters.



Other random cool shots

Here are a few more random cool things I ran into.

This guy was recording passersby saying "goodbye" to Bush.



Funny pic...



Obama street musicians...



So that's it, I don't know if the protests are supposed to be bigger tonight, but there was not much protest action going on this afternoon. I am heading to the Pepsi Center soon to get a seat for Hillary's speech. I'll post updates later tonight.

[Mother Of Four]

1. Kicking this for you-

Thanks for the pics and info It helps me feel better because I couldn't go.

[Coexist]

3. I wish I were there

it looks like so much fun!

[Suich]

2. LOL!

Glad to see the Hummer fixed the spelling!

[sufrommich]

4. "Life begins when you stand up to christian fascists"

I love that one.

[moriah]

8. So do I. Gotta love the counter-demonstrators.

Any PUMAs will likely get similar treatment.

[Barack_America]

5. "Rebellious women"...OH NOES!!!!!11!!1!1!

And I noticed that "Mormons" were on there too. Uh oh, Mittens, that doesn't bode well for you!

[Arugula Latte]

18. And if you're a rebellious Mormon woman ... fuhggedaboudit!

[flvegan]

6. Rec #10. Great shots

and information, thanks.

[arcadian]

7. Porno freak/sex addict here.

Proverbial God damnit, I should have been organizing a counter-protest.

[VolcanoJen]

9. "Life Begins" sign is CLASSIC!!!1

Thank you so much for your posts this week, Elad! You always seem to cheer me up.

[sandnsea]

23. I love that one too

I think a t-shirt is in order!

[swishyfeet]

10. Great pics, great circus!

[Froward69]

11. About the humme guys

Thats a Good shot of their plate... It ts from Jefferson county... I will keep their address confidential. (hint) Its Not a working class neighborhood that vehicle is registered to..

[NBachers]

19. These guys really think they're gettin' over

on the stoopid libruls. Oh well, they provide some comedy relief, and they're the ones who have to pay for the hummer gas. Maybe they can submit a bill to the Misery of Information the Repulsives have there.

Too bad I don't have an address to send a letter to.

[Canuckistanian]

12. Wait! Is that a cannibis plant on the sign in the first pic?

Sure looks like it to me. And "drug addicts" isn't even mentioned in the sign.

And BTW, I think I've seen this sign before. 2004 convention maybe?

[RebelOne]

26. Definitely looks like a cannibis plant.

[cwydro]

13. I like these updates from Denver and thank you

for pointing out how they are trying to create a Hillary/Obama division.

I really believe this is media and rightwing driven.

[RollWithIt]

14. The first sign actually made me laugh when I got to the end of the right sign....

Mormons... HELLO MITTENS!

Actually, if you read through the whole sign, it's almost like a fake sign meant to make them look bad. They even decorated it with 411 leafs.

[proud2BlibKansan]

15. Thank you for not posting pictures of the abortion truck

That thing is repulsive.

Love all the pics!

Tell hissyspit I said hi!

[GreenPartyVoter]

16. Thanks for the update

[sfam]

17. Electile Disfunction??? I'm lovin it!!! Keep'em coming! nt

[Dem2theMax]

21. I'm howling at that one. I'm actually trying to find a t-shirt on the web.

So far, no luck. Sigh. I live around a whole bunch of, shall we say, older Repukes. That shirt would be perfection here. LOL.
Anyone finds it online, please PM me.

[TexasObserver]

20. Kicking

[PatSeg]

22. Great photos!

Love the "Life begins" one.

[K8-EEE]

24. fantastic!

LOVED these pix, thanks for sharing!

[Forkboy]

25. Great pics.

Thanks!

[Kurovski]

27. K&R.

Thanks!