Look Out! They Have Hula Hoops!

Like a moth to the flame, I couldn't restrain myself from heading into Pittsburgh late last week to see some of the G-20 hoopla.

The summit itself is an event where 20 of the world's leaders get together and pretend to fix all of the problems on the planet, like the economy, global warming, terrorism, world peace, blah blah blah. In reality, it appears that they mainly stand around and have photos taken of themselves shaking hands with one another while wearing dark suits. But perhaps that's just my perception.

More importantly, the G-20 gave throngs of very credible people the opportunity to express their opinions on a very wide variety of global issues. I have no idea what most of those issues might be, but the city was certainly full of protesters representing a wide variety of issues as well as vastly varying hygiene practices.

I can't help but wonder where these people come from. They certainly didn't come from anywhere that features showers, that's for certain. Some of the protesters, particularly the anarchist ones, were remarkably stinky people. It was hard to tell what they were protesting against, but the women took a strong stance against the issue of armpit shaving, for one.

Some of the things I saw:

- A whole lot of monks, honked off about Burma.
- A group of protesters who made their point via the fine art of hoola-hooping.
- People insisting that China get out of Tibet. And soon!
- A guy riding a bike while wearing a polar bear head.
- John Oliver of The Daily Show joining some protesters in a whacky dance (see picture).
- and of course, a man wearing a Batman outfit with a sign that said "Watch Family Guy"

In all of this I realized that I missed out on a great money-making opportunity. I'll share that tomorrow.