Protesters Scale Golden Gate Bridge

AP via SFGate ^ | 4/7/8

[SmithL]

San Francisco (AP) -- Three protesters are climbing up the suspension cables of the Golden Gate Bridge as part of a protest to the coming Olympic torch relay.

[SmithL]

I don't care what their cause is, they need to be brought down immediately.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Hope it’s windy.

[AntiKev]

Hope they’re wearing climbing harnesses, if not they deserve to fall. Darwin award nominees?

[Owl558]

I saw some workers on the Bay Bridge a couple of weeks ago and thought, “I’d pay money to be able to walk up to the top on the giant cable and then back down again!”

[ladtx]

Wish daddy would cut off their allowances so they would have to get a job and do something productive.

[Bahbah]

Well, you beat me to that one. :)

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Well, not a big stretch...I’ve never been there when it was NOT windy....

[bmwcyle]

[Rebelbase]

The more protests against China the better.

[TheZMan]

I’ve made this point to friends of mine repeatedly. The reason conservatives rarely if ever march in a protest is because we’re all too busy paying our own bills.

[New Perspective]

I can see it now, they slip and fall, hit the water and spread out like hot cookie dough. Their parents sue and the taxpayers lose.

[Hodar]

Isn’t climbing these bridges illegal? I would wager a Coke that there are signs posted stating the punishment and fines associated with climbing on the bridge.

Arrest them, and give them the maximum permissible fine. There are other ways to protest that do not endanger the lives of others. If a protester falls and dies; they deserve that for being stupid. However, if a rescuer gets hurt in the attempt of saving an idiot from his own illegal and stupid stunt ....

[kingu]

Little tiny image of it, there are some semi-live webcams pointing at the bridge, but the view is about the same as above.

[armymarinemom]

Big banners. One World?

[spectre]

They are brave young men making a point. Free Tibet!

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[mngran2]

The reason conservatives rarely if ever march in a protest is because we’re all too busy paying our own bills.

Well maybe we should be out there protesting once in a while. I can think of a few things worth getting off your duff and doing something about: Chinese communist dictatorship, abortion, gun rights. How long does it take you to pay your bills anyway? Ever heard of online banking? :)

[keat]

Gotta have a certain amount of stones to pull this off.

[SevenofNine]

OH YEAH especially on Windy Frisco day

I got give props to the dude who doing it

[Petronski]

Great cause, idiotic stunt.

[ArrogantBustard]

Wonder if zombietime will get any pictures of it?

He specializes in covering the looney-left, but this is in his backyard.