It's A Dirty Job, But I'll Do It

I think it was the REVerand Jesse Jackson who invented the progressive hunger strike. You stop eating until you get hungry and then you pass the baton to someone else. That sounds suspiciously like what Cindy Sheehan and her bovine followers are doing.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - About 150 protesters sat in front of the White House on Monday to savor their last meal before starting a hunger strike that some said will continue until American troops return from Iraq. The demonstration marking the Independence Day holiday was organized by CodePink, a women's anti-war group that called on volunteers to abstain from eating for 24 hours from midnight on Monday. Some protesters said their fast would continue beyond July 4th. Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan, whose son was killed in Iraq, said she would drink only water throughout the summer, which she said she would spend outside President George W. Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas.

This cannot go unchallenged. How do you protest against a hunger strike? You eat. I have steaks thawing in the fridge. I DO eat quiche. I will drink nothing but coffee and Coke Zero all summer. I will eat three meals a day, whether I'm hungry or not. Let the battle of wills begin!