"May I suggest using your nightstick, officers?"
Posted on 07/05/2008 2:29:04 PM PDT by writer33
Denver—With a recent move to relegate peaceful protestors beneath the Denver homeless population, Re-create 68 has now vowed that there will indeed be “a bloodbath” at the Democratic National Convention should they try to keep them fenced in.
The American Civil Liberties Union and several advocacy groups have filed an amended complaint to their lawsuit, stating that their First Amendment rights have been violated by security restrictions.
“What the hell do they think we are? Barnyard animals,” asked Tom Mestnik, a member of The Re-create ’68 Alliance, an umbrella group organizing the protesters. “They’re giving the homeless a free pass while we’re being shoveled away like excrement! If they want dissent, we’ll give them a Boston Tea Party they’ll never forget!”
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Satire ping to those enjoying their Indpendence Day holiday!
Couldn’t happen to a nicer bunch of folks.
Agreed.
It got me... ;)
There, fixed it...
“You normally wouldn’t want anyone hurt, but this is one of those rare circumstances where a few hospitalizations would be good for the country.”
Classic!
LOL
“SATIRE!”
It’s getting harder to tell every day.
Nice adjustment. Thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it, JJ. Thanks for reading.
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for reading. I appreciate it.
I love the name re-create 68.
Hammer time?
Thanks for reading, ac.
Thanks for reading, LTGOP. I appreciate it.
It’s definitely Hammer time.
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Don’t fence me in, Give me room, lots of room..
How will the Denver (Fence)Post cover this?
DNC Rodeo 2008 .. Here we come.
"May I suggest using your nightstick, officers?"
I can’t wait! he he
Thanks for reading, NR. Glad you enjoyed it. I appreciate it.
You know the old adage:
Sticks and stones. Well, nightsticks can break bones.
:-)
Thanks for reading, dfwgator. I appreciate it.
I can’t wait either. I hope it’s legendary.
Thanks for reading, Ditter. I appreciate it.
Thanks for reading, Clay Moore. Glad you enjoyed it. I do appreciate it.
Great graphic as well. Thanks for posting.
I forgot to say.... you are GOOD! ;9)
Of course. How could I not be? Born in the great state of Texas.
:-)
Just kidding. I do appreciate the nice compliments. More than you know.
Like it or not, the 1968 convention brought us to where we are today. The war between government and its citizens was on. The Chicago 7 became household names with a stupid judiciary doing its best to egg them on.
It will take conservative activists to turn it around. Not bloody likely they’ll give up the comfort of 401k’s to ruffle the feathers of the politicians who take them for granted.
They’ll spend us into destruction with the left cheering them on all the while.
Agreed.
“SATIRE!”
I was going to say that thats fine as long as its their blood.
Satire, o.k.; but, these folks really are fired up and especially now with B. Hussein flip-flopping on the FISA bill and on the Iraq War...... Then, throw in Hillary’s gals who are pissed to the max and, hey, it could get really, really ugly in Denver.
PLEASE GOD; LET IT BE SO.
Yeah, but all those kids in ‘68 wanted a “revolution” then.
How about say, today though? :) GROOVY!!!! Better stop now, what’s that soouund, everybody look what’s goin DOWN...
This is going to be great!
A revolution isn't required. Hounding the hell out of politicians everywhere they go might get their attention. When they are in Washington, they are guarded by the sock puppets in their offices and really don't care what you think.
1968 worked.
Thanks, for the Ping.
Great piece, but uh..... sure seems real to me. Indeed, leftie satire by a writer with a normal brain is bound to fall short of genuine Left outrageousness.
I saw Chicago `68 on TV at the time and could never figure out why the lefties attacked the party most likely to give them at least some of their whacko demands anyway. That year the Republican convention in Miami heard hardly a hiccup from the crazies, even while their soon to be archenemey “the hellish Nixon” was being nominated.
Any idea why this is so?
One can only hope it happens.
Thanks for reading, skink. I do appreciate it. Glad you enjoyed it.
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Aw. Why'd you have to go and ruin it for us? :)
Marx said (somewhat paraphrased):”History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.” So we shall see if his observation proves true when it comes to the actions of his ideological descendants, Re-Create 68.
My only thought is that it had more to do with a power struggle within the Democratic Party, and far less to do with hating Nixon.
Of course you have a much broader view of history than I do, and could probably reflect back on exactly why it happened. There is, also, the possiblity that the Republican convention security was far greater with a less likely approach to appease the wackos.
We shall see indeed, Robwin. Thanks for posting and reading. I do appreciate it.
I’m sorry for ruining it, trisham. I know that the thought of hospitalized liberals is exciting, but you can take solace in the fact that because of conservatism we have an Independence Day.
That’s all I can offer you. I’m deeply, deeply sorry. :-)
Thanks for reading. I appreciate it. Glad you enjoyed it.
No not required, but the point is - they certainly don’t want one NOW!
I'm looking forward to the convention. I hope your words will prove to be prophetic.
When the web first came online, there was a 1968 Chicago website (that has since disappeared, I guess) written from the viewpoint of an officer on duty that night.
What happened was a certain element was determined to start a riot, and it wasn’t the police. Grant Park was declared off limits - and ignored. They ran up a North Vietnamese flag and started throwing bags of excrement on the police, not sure of what order but that did it. None of this, of course, made it on camera, but when the billy clubs were brought out, THEN the klieg lights went on, cameras rolled, and the news orgs had a field day.
GROOVY!!!! Better stop now, what’s that soouund, everybody look what’s goin DOWN...
I say que up The Ramones
Beat on the brat
Beat on the brat
Beat on the brat
with a baseball bat
Oh yeah!
Oh yeah!
Oh yeah!
Gabba gabba hey!
One can only hope. :-)
Well I can’t vouch for the accuracy of the account, but it was compelling. I tried to look for it a few years later and didn’t succeed in finding the account.
Chicago is a great town, and there’s a “blue collar” element to the 60s that is pretty interesting, this was a voting block that had to be dealt with in any event. Looks to me that it’s been outsourced all over the world....
But now the “rust belt” (Remember a swath from Indiana through PA to New York?) industries have gone green, to meth, and unemployment checks, the casinos, and a telemarketing call center. Yay!
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