Boston Protesters

On Friday, on my commute home, I was listening to Air America (Al Franken's all-liberal radio network); specifically, the Randi Rhodes show.  She was complaining that the people protesting the DNC's convetion in Boston this weekend got to be one block away, versus the RNC's convention in New York, where protestors will not be allowed near the convention site, but on the West Side Highway.  A legitimate complaint, I thought (though some of her suggestions of how to fix it were ridiculous).

So I was really interested to read the article entitled: Convention Protesters Upset With Site

Here's some key lines from the article:

"The maze of overhead netting, chain link fencing and razor wire...Abandoned, elevated rail lines and green girders loom over most of the official demonstration zone that slopes down to a subway station closed for the duration. To avoid hitting girders, tall protesters will have to duck at one end..."

Doesn't sound like they will have a good time either.