Uh-oh Fire

[eleny]

the dragon is on fire

[Gelliebeans]

1. oh god this cant be good

[seabeyond]

45. gosh this has only just started. are we gonna do this with each event

if this isnt feeding repugs with what they want. what happens happens. and we will deal with. but this is not indicitive of dems or election, it is a protest with anger.

dem convention we allowed all to say, be nice to bush. no bush bashing. havent done the same with repug convention. now we have allowed repug and media to say to protestors anything happens bad you. be peace. that is only thing allowed be peace

well peace may not happen. tough shit. we deal with

but i really dont want to come onto board and with every angry reaction hear a bunch of people say

oh no that isnt good

uh oh we are in trouble

oh no sky is falling in

enough, dont fall into their line

[MrSlayer]

2. You can bet that'll get big play on the "news".

Unfortunate.

[GingerSnaps]

12. It was so peaceful so far

Possibly right wingers wanting to start trouble so that they cops can bust some heads and start removing people.

Who knows?

[Dickie Flatt]

3. Oh, that's just great. Just great. [n/t]

[Paradise]

4. uh oh! n/t

[GreenPartyVoter]

5. Please elaborate for the clueless folks here? *l*

[eleny]

11. There was a big green paper dragon

And it was set on fire. Getting the fire out now. People are cheering and waitng for the cops to put it out.

[Dickie Flatt]

13. CSPAN coverage

Big dragon thing burnt up in front of McDonalds; cops moved everyone away and put it out.

[grasswire]

14. a big puppet type thingy is on fire

firefighters just foamed it out.

Sirens in the background.

The marchers are halted.

[TheDonkey]

17. There was a giant dragon float riding down the street

and all the sudden the pulled away from the shot and then back and the dragon was on fire. Completely set ablaze in the middle of the street. Now it's extinguished and the parade is at a stand still.

[tridim]

6. Well, there's Faux's front page pic

$1000 says a protest warrior flicked his Bic.

[grasswire]

7. oh boy

Who lit it?

Scary, scary.

[cal04]

8. just seeing that too

[TheDonkey]

9. What happened!?! That came out of nowhere... maybe the terrorists

trying ot take our freedom.

But really what just happened and what are they going to do to the rest of the march now.

[DemWitch]

10. oh shit...

I can hear the repugs now... All liberals are arsonists... here's the video...

jeeeezus peeps, be careful...

[cal04]

22. It was probably a repug who did it

why would a dem burn their own signs

[lapfog_1]

15. Fox now has its news bite

and photo op

It's in the middle of the street.

Quickly contained and put out.

Nobody hurt, apparently.

But not a good moment for us.

[ezee]

16. fire is out now

[democrank]

18. This saddens me.

The protest had been so peaceful. What part of the march do you suppose they`ll be covering on the news tonight?

[TheDonkey]

29. They need to investigate, why would they burn their own float

in the middle of a parade. I think it could have been counter protesters.

Anyway I doubt something this random is going to be covered that much, it's not like the float ran into a building and torched an entire block.

[Cha]

34. It's not what happens ..it's how you handle it...

and it sounds like no one was hurt and the fire is out. So they Handled it just fine.

[acmavm]

19. Disruptors at work maybe?

on edit: If this is the most serious thing that happens, no sweat.

[Dickie Flatt]

20. MSNBC shows smoke footage, "smoky scene"

But end of route correspondent says march is "peaceful, for the most part"

[goondogger]

21. I can just hear the lead-in:

Protests today in NYC, police made some 50 arrests and there was some anxious moments when a fire erupted in the middle of the parade.

Meanwhile, President * was on the campaign trail today . . .

[faithnotgreed]

23. at least the reporter on msnbc said it may have been due to the heat

she said its incredibly hot right now

great.... watching the smoke billow

[liveoaktx]

24. Where is that? the 6th and 34th cam still shows tons of people

[ClassWarrior]

25. But nobody panicked.

Everyone stood back and let it be handled. I think the protesters did extremely well. Kudos!

[Feanorcurufinwe]

26. Finally the NYFD shows up

[proud patriot]

27. They are putting it out crowd cheering them putting it out

I wonder if it was accident . Firefighters on the scene
being cheered as well . Could an errant ciggarette started it ?

[ezee]

33. I was thinking the same

but you know the "liberal new" wont see that way

[ET Awful]

38. Yup, and there is no adverse reaction from the crowd.

They won't be able to say a single negative thing about it.

[Catt03]

28. I'm sure a Bush supporter did it

it was that man from North Carolina...who loved Bush.

Seriously...maybe it was a Republican.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

32. "Fox News Set the Fire!"

That's what some are chanting. You never know.

[Democrat 4 Ever]

37. No big deal

No one was hurt, firemen got to it quickly, tempest in a teapot.

Of course, MSNBC didn't have a clue what was going on, their reporter on the street was doing her best to stir up a little "panic" "they have no idea where the smoke is coming from," commentator said they would try to find out was the problem is, yadda, yadda, yadda. Already seeing drama where none exists. Good for ratings, tho.

"They are now getting things under control." Good grief, 53 arrests out of a half a million?

[DemWitch]

30. crowd looks pretty in control considering...

i wonder if they were hoping for a riot? funny that it burst into flames at that exact spot isn't it... right in front of FOXNews... funny how that happens like that sometimes...

[TheDonkey]

36. I feel bad for them, it must be even hotter now just standing there

[TheWebHead]

31. Dragon malfuction can be blamed on CPSC

Republicans have regularly defunded the Consumer Product Safety Commission, and this defective dragon is the latest example of Republicans letting manufacturers put out defective and dangerous products. :)

[Catt03]

39. I knew it was something like that

Consumer Product Safety. Didn't Clinton sign a bill to upgrade the safety of products and Bush reversed it as soon as he got into office?

[cal04]

35. When it's suspicious or no one saw anything

you know it's a repuke

[eleny]

40. Hubby walked through here

Took one look at the tv and said - "It was a Republican with a Bic". I love my man!

[union_maid]

41. Funny when MSNBC is saying they'll let us know what's happening

when they know more. Don't they get CSPAN?

[AirAmFan]

42. My totally uninformed guess: Flammable glue, a tossed cigarette that

still was lit, and plenty of paper for fuel is the most likely explanation.

My question is, who would toss a lit cigarette at a protestors' float?

[Dickie Flatt]

43. Looks like NYPD is about to let people start marching again [n/t]

[Dickie Flatt]

44. There they go. [n/t]

[Francine Frensky]

46. "liar liar, pants on fire" great opportunity for a chant, though

that's what I heard on C-Span

[captainjack]

47. i want to hear

the hundreds of thousands of libs chant all at once...that'd be...powerful; even faux couldn't ignore it...

[blondeatlast]

48. Welcome to DU.

I had to get that in fast.

"Libs?"

Ahem, what are those???