Greenpeace hangs protest banner on Mt. Rushmore

I generally think Greenpeace gives environmentalists a bad name, but this is actually pretty awesome.

He is just Washington's pawn, he has no real power! Your asking the wrong person for help? Obama cannot make any decision's, the GOVT officials make all the decisions. He is just so they didn't bomb us for George Bush's stupidity as the last President. Obama wishes he could run the country, if he could he sure would be doing a better job than these freaks have ever done yet?

Awesome!

Come on Ras and Deb. No one benefits if we don't stay on topic.

I've read two articles today about Greenpeace. The first was that they took over four power stations. That kind of thing has the short term benefit of alerting people to the vulnerability of such stations. But overall it hurts the cause of environmentalism, making it seem violent.

This Rushmore thing was the second. I like this much better. Just as much publicity, but symbolic and non-violent.

ya gotta love greenpeace. this might be a favorite.

these guys are everywhere.

Yeah that banner will show them!

allow them to pay for the expenses of the Parks Department for removing the banner, too....

yeah, like if they didn't do this, nobody would be aware of global warming.... riiiiiiiight.....

any penalties on the books for "defacing national monuments"?

this is different from tagging the Lincoln Memorial in what ways?

greenpeace is mad littering

This is ridiculous. Any truly aggressive action taking on climate change could devastate an already battered U.S. economy. (Ex. Obama's climate bill). More aggressive action simply means more gov't regulation. I think some action must be taken towards using greener technology, but it should be slow and steady. There are numerous examples around the globe of how gov't regulation to benefit the environment just doesn't work. Just look at Spain, and Australia. I mean global warming has not even been proven as being caused by human interaction with the environment.

Not sure I agree with the tactic, but if nothing else, it's certainly ballsy.

Yawn.

I remember Greenpeace from a U2 video... and I remember little else about them. Now that you have my attention, tell me so...me...th...ing... oops, my attention has already been diverted. New times call for new tactics. Ketchup.

BTW, nice choice hanging your sign over Lincoln's face. Of the 4, you desecrate him. Classy.

I wonder....

Will an Obama face appear someday?

Anywho, where can I buy some TNT?
Lets blow it!

That's pretty cool. I'm not really a fan of any group that pushes their beliefs on others, but, that's pretty cool.

I don't know how I feel about them doing that on a national monument like Mount Rushmore. It seems pretty rude, actually. But I do applaud them for getting attention.

i'm all for peaceful protesting even though i think their message is incorrect. Just don't do it on national monuments.

Right message. Right time. Wrong place. If they keep it up they will be "in the dog house" with PETA. I think most Americans would agree with the message Greenpeace was trying to convey here but the delivery is still going to get a negative reaction.

I do not understand why people seem to think using the monuments to get a message across is so wrong. If nothing is destroyed and no innocent people are hurt or put in danger I do not see the issue. Yes, they could have put the banner up somewhere else but no one would have cared. The Alice Pauls and King Jr.s of the last century didn't just hand out flyers or post blog articles.