Friday - September 19, 2008

Voices From The Left

I’ve mentioned before that I get daily emails from some lefty who’s trying to convert me? Talk about willful blindness. Or extraordinary projection. What we say about them is exactly what they say about us. Or worse. The media is controlled by the right wing machine in their opinion. There is no foul deed the GOP hasn’t already stooped to, to win this election. It’s frightening. Today’s screed was all about some journalist who got arrested at the GOP convention (Amy Goodman of Democracy Now!). Terrible! But gosh, finally, charges were dropped. Because of concerted efforts of all good thinking Dems you know. That was followed by this ( I added the underline ):

Subject: Republican police state: Stunning video footage
http://www.alternet.org/module/printversion/99433/?type=blog

This is stunning footage of a mass of people being arrested in St. Paul, Minnesota with NO Probable Cause, in clear violation of the 4th Amendment of the United States Constitution, on the first day of the Republican convention.  I do not see how it could be any clearer.  The videographer had buried this video to prevent its confiscation.  The Republicans had protected Minneapolis against liability by providing insurance to allow police to act illegally without fear of legal consequences. I have no idea whether or not St. Paul was similarly protected.  I just hope that for the sake of our country the lawyers for those kids can cost both the Republican Party, the police agencies, and the individual police officers all a LOT of money.  THIS IS AMERICA, NOT SOME PISS-ANT DICTATORSHIP! THEY SHOULD PAY!!!

Note that the video has a full screen mode button.

“LI”

Now, I’ll leave it up to our intrepid readers to fully Google up what actually happened that day, but even this far left leaning blog can’t hide all of truth:

Perched above the Mississippi, the boulevard played host to tear gas clouds and a handful of arrests. The provocateurs weren’t all innocent: I witnessed bottles thrown. (I hope the shots I heard were only rubber bullets fired over the river.)

The goal, apparently, was to block delegates from traveling to the convention. I doubt the clash produced this result, but it did temporarily stop guests staying in hotels along the boulevard from going anywhere. (It also made a bogus convention day genuinely interesting.)
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UPDATE: I wrongly assumed the group of protesters clashing with police along Kellogg Boulevard was connected to the RNC Welcoming Committee. In fact, the demonstrators toting boom-boxes on wheels were members of DC Students for a Democratic Society,

Funny thing ... the news media didn’t exactly see things the same way our resident lefty did. Nor did they see the same thing the really well edited “secret video” that “had to be buried” (which is why it’s all over the internet. Try Googling “labor day arrests St Paul”, you’ll see). The way the news media (that fully owned whore of the GOP) put it, WITH VIDEO:

Anarchists who had threatened to “crash the convention” wreaked havoc Monday in downtown St. Paul as the Republican National Convention opened, shattering windows, throwing rocks, slashing tires and blocking traffic. Their violence on the first day of the convention overshadowed an anti-war march that drew a fraction of the number expected. The march, which sparked at least three free-speech court challenges, came off without a hitch. But breakaway groups of anarchists — some clad in black and others dressed as colorfully as clowns — kept police busy. Nearly 300 people had been arrested as of late Monday night.

Spasms of violence erupted throughout downtown as tear gas was fired and protesters — some angry, some insistent on dancing amid the chaos — played a game of cat-and-mouse as police, backed up by 150 Minnesota National Guard soldiers, alternately accommodated, confronted and chased roving bands intent on disrupting the convention.

I think Captain Video has been doing Moore than a good job with the editing, what what?

Posted by Drew458     on 09/19/2008 at 10:59 PM   
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