Little Old Ladie

Here is a quote from a government employee who witnessed a recent
interaction between an elderly woman and an antiwar protester in a DC
Metro station.



"There were protesters on the train platform handing out pamphlets
on the evils of America. I politely declined to take one. An elderly
woman was getting off the escalator and a young female protester offered
her a pamphlet, which she politely declined. The young protester put her
hand on the old woman's shoulder as a gesture of friendship and in a
soft voice said, "Ma'am, don't you care about the children of Iraq?"
The old woman looked at her and said, "Honey, my first husband died
in France during World War II, my second husband died in Korea. They
both died so you could have the right to stand here and bad mouth our
country. If you touch me again, I'll stick this umbrella up your ass and
open it."