Oh, the squealing fear of Americans stumbling over themselves to dismantle everything that once made America great.

The terrorists have won. We're afraid. Desperately, pathetically afraid. That Osama bin Laden, he sure knew how to push our buttons, didn't he?

So-called "normal" people don't wet themselves in fear at the sight of a few flashing lights. Only red-blooded Americans, apparently.

I say again, what the fuck happened to the home of the brave?

It's populated by so many terrified nitwits afraid of their own shadows, and LEDs. All you people attacking this poor girl and defending the hysterical freakout by these idiot cops need to get therapy for your irrational fears, or at least take a fucking Xanax. Good god. What the hell ever happened to the home of the brave? Oh, right. "9/11, 9/11, 9/11 -- wah, where's my binkie? I'm skeered Daddy George. Protect me by destroying everything that once made America special and unique."

Pathetic.

Airport security screeners aren't cops, but then from all appearances neither are the Massachusetts State Police, nor anyone else ostensibly associated with "law enforcement" in the greater Boston area.

Shoot it! Shoot it!

Yes, Holly. I agree with the unknown stranger who called your bullshit for what it is.

For what it's worth, I think that first "anonymous" was absolutely correct in her assessment of your post.

My name is Bukk63, though my homies call me Bee-sitty-tree.

Just wondering.

They'll find something else to hate, and someone else to kill, other rights to trample.

Are regarding the troops, it's clear you don't know the first thing about being a soldier from your comments. You just want them to keep on being maimed and killed to sate your bloodlust. You don't care about them at all.

Abortions fuel their hate, which is what they survive on. The right wing is made up of a vast collection of bitter psychological vampires, desperately afraid someone else might be having sex or making a decent living. The right doesn't feel alive unless they're killing someone or grinding someone's throat under their boot.

Ok...now for an INTERESTING question...you say you support the troops by wanting them home now with their families...but what about those who BELIEVE in what they are doing and WANT to stay there to finish it? How is bringing them home prior to finishing it "supporting THEM"??

Let 'em go to work for Blackwater, but not on our dime. Let Exxon/Mobil fund this shitty war, and stop using our as troops corporate mercenaries and Bush's Viagra substitute.

Right wing loves the dead and hates the living, which explains why conseratives in this country are always so hell-bent on creating more dead people and making the lives of survivors so miserable.

But it is an abomination that we continue to throw our soldiers into a pointless meat grinder. The only reason we NEED more cemetary space is because the First Occupant loves war, hates what America used to stand for, and can only get an erection when our troops are dying for oil.

What else is there to say?

And so devoid of critical thinking and self-reflection.

You don't even have to READ the responses to a column like this to know exactly what tired, old responses are going to get wheeled out.

If the guy was an asshole looking for attention and was a known quantity in the community, the cops reaction is even more unprofessional.

Salon's 'disruptive and civilly disobedient protest' scorecard:

Cindy Sheehan = heroic.

Right to Life = quasi-criminal.

That about sums it up.