WWGP?

That is, What Would Greenpeace pimp?

I don't even know how this kind of thing gets as far as it does. So were Bishop Don "Magic" Juan, Rosebudd, Fillmore Slim, and Charm out there with the Greenpeace crew? In terms of outright laughability, this case is up there with the woman who sued McDonald's after spilling hot coffee on herself.

The case is unprecedented, not just because of the bizarre nature of the crime.

Six Greenpeace activists were charged after the 2002 protest in choppy waters off Miami, pleaded guilty and sentenced to time served -- the weekend they spent in jail.

But U.S. prosecutors were not satisfied, and 15 months later came up with a grand jury indictment of the entire organization for sailor mongering.

FREE SPEECH CONCERNS

U.S. prosecutors argue Greenpeace did something like that when two "climbers" clambered aboard the Jade to hang a sign demanding, "President Bush: Stop Illegal Logging."

If convicted, Greenpeace could be placed on probation, and pay a $10,000 fine.

As significant as the prosecution itself, are the implications, free speech campaigners say.

Not once since the Boston Tea Party have U.S. authorities criminally prosecuted a group for political expression.

I'd like to thank John Ashcroft (R-Choad) for concentrating on rounding up terrorists, rather than picking on some starry-eyed environmental protestors. Oh, wait--did I get that backwards again?

Again, you cross the famiglia, you pay.