Well you're not gonna end the war like THAT!

[Mona Lisa]

Some people should learn to check their addresses first...

Protester picks wrong spot to lock himself

SCOTT GUTIERREZ THE OLYMPIAN The Olympian Online

OLYMPIA -- A man spent hours chained to the wrong building Tuesday in an ill-planned effort to protest war with Iraq, police said.
Jody Mason padlocked himself to an entrance of the Washington State Grange building at 924 Capitol Way S., thinking it was a sub-office of the U.S. Department of Energy.

Grange employees found him about 11:45 a.m. Tuesday and asked what he was doing.

He told employees he'd chained himself to the building in civil disobedience Monday night after listening to President Bush's televised ultimatum to Saddam Hussein.

Mason padlocked one end of the chain around his neck and the other to a door, which opens to a bottom-floor office. He told onlookers he was protesting Bush's foreign and domestic policies. He had affixed a sign to the building reading, "Reduce Deficit."

Grange employees explained that he was at the wrong building. The Grange is a nonprofit, nonpartisan group that advocates for residents in rural areas.

"I don't think that's ever happened before," said Larry Clark, Grange communications director.

No charges

Police officers used heavy-duty bolt cutters to free Mason.

"He asked for help because he didn't have the key," Olympia police Cmdr. Steve Nelson said.

Mason wasn't arrested and won't face any charges. Officers let him go and didn't take his name, Nelson said.

"He was our first protester since President Bush's speech," Nelson said.

Mason, who identified himself to a photographer, said he had looked up the Department of Energy in the phone book. The phone book, under the Department of Energy, lists a Bonneville Power Administration Office at 924 Capitol Way S.

 

[bad kitty]

LMAO

 

[Purrde Flower]

I wondered what happened to pp_man. That explains a lot.

 

[islandman]

Farking Olympians!

 

[Mona Lisa]

If at first you don't succeed...

Protester gets right building



OLYMPIAN STAFF
OLYMPIA -- This time, Jody Mason picked a more appropriate location to protest war with Iraq and President Bush's policies.
Mason was arrested Wednesday after he locked himself to a downtown office building that holds offices belonging to a few federal agencies, including the FBI, Olympia police spokesman Dick Machlan said.

On Tuesday, Mason mistakenly padlocked himself to the Washington State Grange building in an act of civil disobedience directed at the federal government. He thought the address belonged to the U.S. Department of Energy. The Grange is a nonprofit group that advocates for citizens in rural areas.

Mason spent about 18 hours Tuesday chained to a door until Grange employees informed him he had the wrong building.

Mason was cut loose by officers with heavy-duty bolt cutters because he didn't bring a key.

Mason was booked into the Olympia City Jail on Wednesday on suspicion of criminal trespassing, Machlan said.

 

[Linedrive]

Redwave is off breaking into a military base today