Smoke Signals

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Protestors displayed a variety of signs during the April 21 demonstration. Some were witty, some were dumb. Some interesting—others were bland. Smoke signals examines some of the best and worst of the rhetoric protestors had to offer during the event.

	What are your priorities? Out of Iraq! Into Darfur! Now!!	This sign if very characteristic of the Stanford liberal—protest of the Iraq war and support for another one in Darfur. It’s still unclear how anyone priorities preventative action against one genocide over another.
	No more blood for Oil!	Sadly, this sign is completely unoriginal. The same statement has been used countless time in a countless number of other liberal protests. One continues to wonder, no doubt, why oil prices are so high if the war was really fought for oil.
	Bite it you scum!	This sign is probably one of the most dramatic demonstrations of the sheer intellectualism among the protestors. The sign is directly to the point, and commands a great wealth of wit and personality.
	Smart people against Bush!	More evidence to prove that liberals think they’re smarter than everyone else and thus need to control the lives of others. Keep this sign in mind when reading the Daily editorial claiming that the protest showed that Stanford students aren’t completely “self-absorbed.”
	Thank you, Mr. Bush	A few brave conservatives staged a protest to the protest. Most conservatives, however, disguised their political identity during the demonstration. Luckily, the lives of the few who spoke-out were spared.