With both Sadly, No! and Crooks and Liars apparently suffering the slings and arrows of outraged Michelle Malkin stalkers, we were feeling a bit left out, and wanted to get in on some of that sweet, sweet, Denial of Service action. Specifically, we were curious to see if we could find some –or really, any — images that would help to substantiate or refute the wingnut claims that 30,000 would-be warriors attended the Gathering of Eagles counter-demonstration in Washington, D.C. Naturally, I was inclined to declare that it was a figure randomly fished from Kristinn Taylor’s anus, except I’m pretty sure that Kristinn Taylor was a girl I dated in my junior year of high school (dirty blonde hair, as I recall, about 5’7″, good in field hockey, vice president of the Latin Club) and I don’t like to kiss and tell. However, after an adroit bit of Googling, we discovered, to our astonishment, incontrovertible photographic evidence that supports the GoE’s claims:
A Gathering of Fleagles.
You can just make out the Washington Monument in the background, proving beyond a doubt that literally thousands of Fleagles (many of them wielding felt tongues and Fender Telecasters) gathered to defend the somber black granite monument that honors those brave souls who gave their lives in combat on Danger Island. Dr. Hayden. Link. Chongo. The list goes on. What dirty hippie would dare approach this hallowed ground and let fly with their urine bombs and Silly String, knowing they must first fight their way through an army of Saturday Morning mascots voiced by Paul Winchell?
To paraphrase Henry V on St. Crispin’s Day:
One Banana, Two Banana, Three Banana, Four
Four Bananas make a bunch, and so do many more.
And so do many more. And so….do many more.