New York ready to unleash fury on Republicans

The Guardian ^ | 8/15/04 | Paul Harris

[Slings and Arrows]

Amen, brother. It's tough being the only sane person in a madhouse.

[GeronL]

what does the t-shirt say? (I have probably asked this before..)

[SirLurkedalot]

FMCDH...MOLON FRICKIN LABE! Anyone with 3-4 functioning brain cells knows that gun control is almost always followed up by genocide of the newly-diarmed. Screw that noise.

[giotto]

I realize that, but even after 9/11, people still managed to get home. Some rented cars, some took buses, trains and even taxicabs across the country. We're only talking about 2500 delegates. You're telling me that 2500 people, plus maybe another 2500 media people, couldn't find a way to get to Houston by August 27? Accomodations? Houston has a lot of Republicans, and--last resort--a few thousand of them open their homes to one or two convention guests each for the four days.

It would be worth it just to see the expressions on the faces of the punks in NY, when they suddenly discover they're in the wrong place. They'd still try to move the protest to Houston, but Houston just would not put up with it.

[ladyinred]

You are closer to the truth than most people would imagine.

[RandallFlagg]

A question to any who would know:

Are they going to corral The Smelly Ones in a tiny area like they did at the rats' convention?

[Watery Tart]

I hope the Puppeteers and the body-painters get good camera time.

And the yahoos whose signs indicate they want to frag our troops. (THAT'LL get those swing voters.)

I suppose these people have jobs? (Stop laughing!) Well, I guess the Human Shields (remember them?) have to find an "occupation" of sorts. There is no WMF or G8 summit scheduled that week....

[SirLurkedalot]

I've got 2. The "War has never solved anything but..." and the "hive of scum and villiany" U.N one.

[Kornev]

I hope Triumph the Insult Dog will be there to berate the protesters!!

[SirLurkedalot]

I hope so. The problem is that they'll let them back out.

[SirLurkedalot]

LOL Just thank the Lord you live in S.C. ( my lady and I are NV-bound in about a year)

[Rome2000]

'We already have a permit. It is called the American constitution. The idea that I have to ask for permission to protest my own government is ridiculous,' Flanigan said

[7.62 x 51mm]

"Media coverage is going to be minimal anyway..."

For the convention, yes, But the riots will be covered 24/7, and it's all the GOP's fault. The presstitutes will revel in the destruction and disruption.

[RandallFlagg]

I read a Wired article a couple of weeks ago about an MIT engineer who invented a dot matrix sidewalk printer that he could tow behind his bicycle and print anti-Bush slogans all over New York with the week of the convention.

I wonder if there'd be any way to "Accidentally" zot the contraption with a bit of static.

[Spacetrucker]

HMMMM....I smell..... COCKAROCHES!!

[GeronL]

The judges won't allow it apparently. They have some huge space to deal with, they just have to keep a certain distance from MSG apparently.

Are they going to corral The Smelly Ones in a tiny area like they did at the rats' convention?

[GeronL]

The liberals must love you.

[Dont Mention the War]

I read a Wired article a couple of weeks ago about an MIT engineer who invented a dot matrix sidewalk printer that he could tow behind his bicycle and print anti-Bush slogans all over New York with the week of the convention. Wish I could see him.

Sounds like a typical MIT loser. He spends all his time perfecting his invention, while forgetting that the entire thing can be destroyed by one person shoving a stick into his bicycle's spokes as he's committing his crimes.

[PianoMan]

bttt

[BlessedBeGod]

Jamie Moran certainly hopes so. He is one of the main driving forces behind the protest movement which has sprung up since the Republicans announced they would gather in New York. He and others have been collecting information on all aspects of the convention.

They run a 'snitch line' where people involved in the convention can leak details of events and where delegates have been staying. The protesters are widely believed to have infiltrated several people into working at the convention who will smuggle information out. Moran's plan is to send out teams of activists to disrupt as many events as possible.

And I wonder if the terrorists have infiltrated your group, Jamie.