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| 2004-06-17 | ||
| EFL Passing up road trips, beach vacations and barbecues, thousands of anti-Bush demonstrators are heading to summer school to learn how to stage successful sit-ins and what to do if pepper spray burns their eyes. Welcome to Convention Protesting 101. Hey, Vladimir did you remember the s'mores? Before the GOP convention begins Aug. 30, veteran activists will train protesters in street tactics, legal issues, public relations and first aid. Their aim: creating a force of demonstrators to carry out safe and organized protests. "When youâre protesting in New York City," said John Sellers, the director of a California-based group that trains activists, "youâre definitely in the big leagues."
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| Posted by:Super Hose |
#16 Weâre doing it for ourselvesThat perfectly sums up the Left - totally self-absorbed. The only surprise is that he was honest. Bet that won't happen again. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2004-06-17 10:34:00 PM |
| #15 Like I said, sadistic streak .... LOL |
| Posted by: rkb 2004-06-17 10:27:46 PM |
| #14 Not the Hare Krishnes! NO! NO! My ears are still pounding from those bloody finger symbols. 4 years of them at Berkeley! I'm having flashbacks! Orange robes... begging for money..... Singing hare Krishna hare krishna hare rama hare rama.... HELLLLLLLLPPPPP MMMMMMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-06-17 10:26:13 PM |
| #13 Nah, that's just what they want. I say, bring out the Moonies, Hare Krishnas and maybe the door-to-door-with-earnest-tracts folks and let them prosletize up and down the demonstration ranks. But then, I have a hidden sadistic streak .... LOL |
| Posted by: rkb 2004-06-17 10:20:48 PM |
| #12 AP - I bet they're infiltrated...heh heh...and even if not, it F*&ks with their pointy little heads to speculate so ;-) |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-06-17 10:20:01 PM |
| #11 Intel needs to go after the leaders. If they preach distruption, etc, then they should be targets of surveillance, and with the Patriot Act, the leaders could be scooped up if they advocate and plan for street brawls, distruptions, and riots. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-06-17 10:14:03 PM |
| #10 Don't forget to bring the Big Giant Puppets! |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-06-17 9:14:48 PM |
| #9 If the terro... um ... activists riot in NYC, would those who ran these classes (madrasses?) be guilty of criminal conspiracy? |
| Posted by: Jackal 2004-06-17 5:02:04 PM |
| #8 Democrats can't think their way out of a box. Example? ...activists are quietly learning how to block doorways or street intersections and when to use passive body language - such as sitting down - to disarm police officers trying to make an arrest..."The Republicans would love to have images...that make them look like the reasonable ones, like they're about responsibility and law and order and creating a safe society, and that the left was unreasonable and violent," Sellers said. Maybe not violent (we'll see) but certainly prohibiting the free movement of others-is that reasonable, responsible, law-abiding in the free society they say they want? |
| Posted by: jules 187 2004-06-17 2:18:36 PM |
| #7 biggest potential disaster in Boston? If Ted Kennedy drives himself to the convention |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-06-17 2:07:33 PM |
| #6 "...Neubauer says activists like himself are less interested in ?trying to sway an unconvinced Middle America?type audience? and instead are ?trying to create these temporary autonomous zones where we can experience a little piece of a world that we?d like to be our everyday reality. We?re doing it for ourselves. That?s a revolutionary switch.? In other words, Mr. Neubauer and friends are just j**king off. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2004-06-17 1:48:49 PM |
| #5 Neubauer says activists like himself are less interested in âtrying to sway an unconvinced Middle Americaâtype audienceâ and instead are âtrying to create these temporary autonomous zones where we can experience a little piece of a world that weâd like to be our everyday reality. Weâre doing it for ourselves. Thatâs a revolutionary switch." ... could you please elaborate? Or do I have to drag you away because you're so stoned your fellow lefties might trample you in orgasmic frenzies at the very mention of the president's name and being in the company of fellow Bush-haters? (Sorry if that sounded completely incoherent, it's 70-degrees up here.) |
| Posted by: Edward Yee 2004-06-17 1:21:22 PM |
| #4 Anonymoose - the ONLY reason I'll even consider stepping foot in Boston that week is to meet Tim Blair (he scored press credentials to cover it). My roommate's HQ is in Somerville; he's depressed just thinking about it. I love this part: Passing up road trips, beach vacations and barbecues, No mention of jobs, is there? |
| Posted by: Raj 2004-06-17 12:59:30 PM |
| #3 I expect the real chaos to be in Boston. Many of the ingredients of anarchy pie are already there, so much so that editorials in both the Boston Globe and the Boston Herald are saying that the convention should be called off. The main website for Boston anti-DNC news is: http://blackteasociety.org/index.php (check out news items on the right column) Plus, all the other fruitbats in Boston in their ongoing struggle against sanity website. This one should be interesting as the convention gets closer: http://boston.indymedia.org/ |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2004-06-17 10:52:25 AM |
#2 Longer, older, better article here. These moonbats are going to be one of Bush's best assets. And they don't care:Neubauer says activists like himself are less interested in âtrying to sway an unconvinced Middle Americaâtype audienceâ and instead are âtrying to create these temporary autonomous zones where we can experience a little piece of a world that weâd like to be our everyday reality. Weâre doing it for ourselves. Thatâs a revolutionary switch.âUh, yeah. |
| Posted by: someone 2004-06-17 9:19:46 AM |
| #1 I waiting for the bell guy. At least you will know where he is all the time. Wednesday Morning Laura Ingraham had on her show some of the protesters. Including the bell guy who wants to "Ring Out Bush", and there was some other whacko who had the fake Southern Accent. This was a performance artist who seemed to blame W for the theft of a pack of his twinkies. |
| Posted by: BigEd 2004-06-17 1:32:57 AM |