Random Thoughts From Marybeth

I Thought Children Quit Throwing Food When They Grew Up

Obviously growing up isn't the same as maturing.

Pie throwing has to be one of the stupidest ways to protest something. Assault is a bad idea to begin with, but wasting a perfectly good pie too? Not good at all.

Medlin said he threw the pie as a protest of what he calls "superficial dialogue with no real chance for debate."

Not that protesting with food is a totally bad idea. I think that if I wanted to protest a speaker I would have everyone in my group bring cotton candy. If we thought the speaker's statements were all fluff (superficial dialogue) we could wave our cotton candy in the air. The rest of the time, just having the group sitting/standing there eating cotton candy would show we think the speech has no more to offer than a carnival sideshow. (I'm not implying that I would have protested William Kristol's speech, my complaints about lack of substance would probably be aimed at someone from the other end of the political spectrum.)

At least with my idea I could have my cake cotton candy and eat it too.

The pie-throwing protestor was arrested again on Saturday following a protest against the expansion of I-69. (More on this protest which included spray painting slogans on the statehouse.)

Michelle Malkin has comments on the pie throwing and a link to the video.