How To Attract A Large Crowd Of Protesters In Ames

From the Des Moines Register's wishfully-headlined story "Large anti-war rally planned Tuesday in Ames":

Four years after the Iraq War began, hundreds of central Iowans are expected to rally and march Tuesday, March 20, to call for the war's end.

A similar event held in 2006 drew more than 300 people.

"With public opinion polls showing two-thirds of Americans supporting a timetable to bring U.S. troops home, we expect more to turn out this year," said Phillip Cryan, program director for the Iowa Citizen Action Network.

The event begins at 5:30 p.m. With a rally at the Lincoln Center parking lot at the corner of Grand Avenue and Lincoln Way. Participants will march to Ames City Hall auditorium, 515 Clark Ave., where a public meeting will be held, starting at 6:15 p.m.

Organizers have moved the public meeting inside because last year participants complained of the bitter cold, Cyan said.

Wow! 300 people on a university campus against the war! You could probably get the same 300 people together every night of the week for a different cause: Universal Health Care, Immigration Amnesty, Requiring Classes About Anal Sex In The First Grade, and Why The J-E-W-S Are The Problem In The Middle East. Stuff like that.

I also enjoyed the bit about how protesters wanted the event held inside because, you know, they didn't want to sacrifice their personal comfort for the cause of getting US troops out of Iraq.

Maybe they should try something that will guarantee a large turnout of unruly students in Ames: Way Too Much Free Beer