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"First They Came for the Drums..."

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Samson's strength. according to legend, lay in his hair. Popeye only needs a can of spinach to kick ass. (Imagine if he switched to raw spinach.)

Occupy Chicago's strength is in numbers. But this tweet still made us laugh, if only for the gallows humor that assumes the protests are on the downside now that the drums have been confiscated.

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  • Nicholas

    One of my MAJOR pet peeves, is the constant use of that the poem by Martin Niemoller beginning with "First they came for...."

    It was OK when talking about the Nazis. Now, it is used for everything. I hate it!  Please stop.

  • First they came for my Martin Niemoller poem ...

  • ChicagoD

    When I went by last Sunday afternoon they were pounding 55 gallon shipping drums. Seems like they'd be able to get their hands on more of those.

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