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| Protesters plan bigger showing in N.Y. |
| 2004-07-30 |
| EFL.You could tell their hearts weren't really into it up here. The Dems really aren't their enemy, right? The protests were muted, the arrest tally small. But the mix of anti-war, anti-corporate, anti-government-as-usual groups are leaving Boston and the Democratic National Convention with a promise: Wait until New York. The NYPD welcomes you! "We never advertised massive turnouts in Boston," said Leslie Cagan, national coordinator for United for Peace and Justice, a coalition of anti-war groups. "There is, though, a tremendous amount of energy for the protests at the Republican convention." And they like that Tides Foundation money. Embarrass the boss's husband and maybe the checks stop coming. In the months leading up to this week's convention, local and federal authorities built an army of 5,000 law enforcement officers and prepared for as many as 2,500 arrests. Recent history gave them the impetus. Anti-war rallies have drawn tens of thousands of people around the country over the past year. The political conventions in Los Angeles and Philadelphia in 2000 saw hundreds of arrests.But arrests related to protests reached a grand total of four this week. The most action took place in court, where demonstrators unsuccessfully challenged rules that limited protests to a small area adjacent to the convention center. Kooks in a Cage. |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #9 One of my abiding memories of the pro-Osama riots in the fall of '01 was a brief video of mounted police in Los Angeles charging straight at a mob of moonbat blackshirts. The assembled mumia-cong masses dropped their hostile sneer and scattered in all directions, abandoning backpacks, water-bottles, posters, and the occasional ill-fitted Birkenstock. I think we should put all of the NYC police on horseback, give them those odd fur caps, and arm them with sabers so they ride down the latter-day Bolsheviks cossack-style. |
| Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2004-07-30 9:12:14 PM |
| #8 they've been running on fumes for years. Yep, and we all know what those meth fumes, second-hand reefer smoke, and hell, who knows, probably airplane glue to boot, will do to your mind over time... Just look at Michael MHore... Just think, he could have been a Cub Scout once. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2004-07-30 7:37:24 PM |
| #7 Yank: If these were the kind of people who took pride in their work (and did work worth being proud of), they wouldn't be there. |
| Posted by: jackal 2004-07-30 7:19:13 PM |
| #6 They've been putting on the giant puppet show for what, 5 years? Probably more because I think they had them a the WTO protests in Seattle. So they've got at least 5 years of experience and inevitably the work looks like a junior high threw the thing together over a weekend. Haven't these people any pride in their work? They should be making masterpieces by now. Wonderful works of art that CNN and Fox would both be delighted to show footage of. Instead the best I've seen is the pink tank. Something tells me they're hearts aren't in it and they've been running on fumes for years. |
| Posted by: Yank 2004-07-30 5:44:56 PM |
| #5 The freaks and the terrorists love the Dims--Boston hardly registered with any of them, but NYC is gonna get hit hard You are plain wrong, #4. The "freaks and terrorists" were indeed "registered" at the Democrat Party Convention...as delegates. |
| Posted by: rex 2004-07-30 1:43:35 PM |
| #4 The freaks and the terrorists love the Dims--Boston hardly registered with any of them, but NYC is gonna get hit hard, unfortunately. I feel for you, growler! It's gonna be ugly... |
| Posted by: Dar 2004-07-30 1:38:26 PM |
| #3 growler - just piss out your window; they'll probably think it's raining outside. |
| Posted by: Raj 2004-07-30 1:05:08 PM |
| #2 I work a few avenues over from Madison Square Garden. I am not looking forward to sidewalks crowded with smelly hippies and their giant puppets. Nor the inevitable subway delays due to bomb scares. Nor the re-enactment of Chicago '68. |
| Posted by: growler 2004-07-30 12:02:29 PM |
| #1 Bring them on! Show the country who really supports the Democrats. Maybe they can bring in soime oakland PD? They did a good job at the dock protest. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2004-07-30 10:49:56 AM |