A New Circus Act

What's crazier than a barrel of monkeys, more alarming than a town-wide invasion of Snoopy statues, and more astounding than dancing elephants? What's as laughable as a GOP delegate trying to get into the Minneapolis Convention Center for the big event and more absurd than Norm Coleman mentioning on prime-time television that he -- he, personally -- revitalized the oh-so-bustling area around "The X," which he most assuredly will do sometime next September?

Here's what: anarchists having planning meetings. From the Strib:

A group of activists who describe themselves as "anarchists and anti-authoritarians" will hold a private strategy session over the Labor Day weekend to discuss plans to protest at the Republican National Convention to be held in St. Paul Sept. 1-4, 2008.

2008: The Return To The Bridge

Mark my words: when the elephants come for their convention next year, there will be a major photo op, and much dramatic praying, at the site of Wednesday's bridge collapse. Perhaps even a speech by a faux-quasi-liberal about how we need to elect Republicans so that this won't happen again, because, like, they care and stuff.