Widely varying accounts of the Children's Crusade march. The Planet runs it as a sweet, 'only-in-Berkeley' moment of community togetherness, with only the last few paragraphs devoted to eye-rolling. They devote a much larger article to the continuing flag crusade.

Drivers honked and flashed peace signs. Folks stopped their bicycles to cheer on the procession as it marched up Milvia Street toward City Hall. Children leaned out the windows of their after-school program at the Calvary Presbyterian Church to wave.

The Patriot, in an impressive show of news-saviness, runs it as a disturbing 'only-in-Berkeley' moment of thought control. Their website was down, probably because of an Instapundit / Wall Street Journal link. Mr. Sexton finds lots of great quotes proving that this is sick.

Though most students at the rally could not even name Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, many seemed certain the pending U.S. led war in Iraq is about oil.

Celia, age 6, who could not spell her hyphenated last name, told the crowd President Bush “wants to make war because he wants oil.”

“What is so important about cars anyway,” she asked.

Later, when asked if she could name the president of Iraq, Celia, stumped, turned to a friend and asked, “Is it a boy or a girl?” Her friend, equally puzzled, responded, “I think it’s a boy.”

Noah, who declined to give his last name, also age six, asserted the looming war is not only about oil, but also “other things, like Bush wanting land.”

“It is like us squashing ants,” he said.

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