# Monday, September 26 is Rock the Capitol Day in Harrisburg, PA **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 19, 2005, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monday-september-26-is-rock-the-capitol-day-in-harrisburg-pa/322297 "2005-09-19T01:09:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monday-september-26-is-rock-the-capitol-day-in-harrisburg-pa/322297/21 "2005-09-20T21:23:53Z")
Y’all will have to ogle the pig without me. I’ve got an interview that afternoon. Robin ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monday-september-26-is-rock-the-capitol-day-in-harrisburg-pa/322297/22 "2005-09-20T23:25:52Z")
> [@UncleBeer](#): > > 'Cuz I’m a dick? Or maybe, just maybe, rather than bother the mods, I thought perhaps somebody in this thread could answer the question? I vote for the former. Dope fests are purely local, we have threads on those all the time. And I fail to see how someone’s “pet issue” doesn’t belong in the Pit. Hell, seems the Pit is specifically for the venting about “pet issues.” It affects all the citizens in the state of PA, **danceswithcats** is rallying support in the community. Not like he’s endorsing showing up with ordinance or anything other than showing up and making voices heard. Cool your jets. If threads like this rile you so much that you have to piss in them, you should’ve stayed a mod so you could close them. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2005, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monday-september-26-is-rock-the-capitol-day-in-harrisburg-pa/322297/23 "2005-09-22T23:36:43Z")
Now that I’m back in town-it wasn’t my intent to piss off anyone with this thread-I debated between bumping one of the previous threads and starting a new one. The latter was selected owing to new evidence of egregious abuse by state judges. From what I’ve observed, state, as well as national and local issues are fair game when politics is the topic on SDMB. Should my understanding be flawed, advice by a Mod is welcomed. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monday-september-26-is-rock-the-capitol-day-in-harrisburg-pa/322297/24 "2005-09-27T01:04:08Z")
So was the Capital Rocked? The news coverage sucks badly. Apparently Rita held attendance down to ~1000, or is that not true? Did no one take any pictures? [Capitol rally draws hundreds to protest pay raises](http://www.timesleader.com/mld/timesleader/12745813.htm) [Pay-grab foes rally ’round the Capitol](http://www.ldnews.com/news/ci_3063757) [Protestors Rally to “Rock The Capital”](http://kdka.com/local/local_story_269101216.html) > [@](#): > > Organizers of an anti-pay-raise demonstration at the Capitol sold naming rights for the four green toilets and, as preparations for a rally got under way Monday morning they already were plastered with yellow signs containing potty-joke references to legislative leaders and other state officials responsible for the law that gave lawmakers raises of 16 percent to 54 percent. ---
**Author:** ![CapnPitt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/edb3f5/32.png) [@CapnPitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CapnPitt)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monday-september-26-is-rock-the-capitol-day-in-harrisburg-pa/322297/25 "2005-09-27T21:13:54Z")
Just to throw in a little more weak coverage: [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette anti-pay raise article](http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05270/578427.stm) ---
**Author:** ![Creaky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@Creaky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creaky)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monday-september-26-is-rock-the-capitol-day-in-harrisburg-pa/322297/26 "2005-09-28T21:26:22Z")
Will there still be anything going on there on Friday? I have to go to Harrisburg this Friday and it might be interesting to watch some civil disobedience! ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monday-september-26-is-rock-the-capitol-day-in-harrisburg-pa/322297/27 "2005-09-29T00:40:31Z")
I stopped by, it was eh. Young Conservatives, Club for Growth, those militia Border Patrol guys, a Rush radio station…I really only saw a right-wing Jamboree. Not sure where the League of Women Voters are on the political spectrum. Granted, I agree with the reason for the protest. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monday-september-26-is-rock-the-capitol-day-in-harrisburg-pa/322297.md?page=1)