Altercation At Republican Headquarters Injures 2

Newsnet 5 Cleveland ^ | 10/29/04 | Newsnet 5

[Travis McGee]

CW2 PING

CLEVELAND -- Cleveland police were called to the Republican Party headquarters Friday after a scuffle reportedly took place there, reported NewsChannel5.



Two volunteers were reportedly injured. Ebony Garntond told police she was roughed up by volunteers with the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now.

But ACORN said it was simply trying to deliver a letter calling on the Republican Party to stop questioning the validity of 35,000 registered Democrats.

ACORN volunteers say they were the ones under attack, and they will ask police to file charges.

[Squantos]

Guess I'm gonna have to get one of the cell phones with the digital camera.... Wonder if they come with night sights and

ACORN traitor trash.......Doom on em !

[spodefly]

We are already in CW2. At this point it is a 'cold war', but it's getting warm ...

[clee1]

And getting warmer; damned quickly!

[Bonaparte]

Next time, I'll bring along a "friend".

We can all use a "friend" from time to time. :-)

[A CA Guy]

Take digital or disposable cameras with you.

I heard of one great case where a Republican happened to electrify his sign (a little) and has been zapping Democrat thieves.

Be careful.

[Grampa Dave]

What is the best one for the price?

[Cubs Fan]

use ricoh on them

[Barlowmaker]

We are already in CW2. At this point it is a 'cold war', but it's getting warm ...

Really? How are you preparing young warrior?

[in the Arena]

But ACORN said it was simply trying to deliver a letter calling on the Republican Party to stop questioning the validity of 35,000 registered Democrats.

ACORN volunteers say they were the ones under attack, and they will ask police to file charges.

Stir up trouble and cry foul when they bite off more than they can chew...what a bunch of "nuts"...

[Squantos]

Not a clue....I like the treo or blackberry series as it's a PDA/toy while waiting per se.....alledgedly GSM ? is due in my boondocks in the very near future so I'll get back to ya on it. If ya find one better that ya like let me know as I'm shopping !

[spodefly]

First of all, ass, I am not that young. Secondly, since you have physically threatened me on previous threads, I ask politely that you never post anything to me again. You are a flamethrower and a self-righteous prick, nothing more. I have no wish to correspond with you in any way.

[Barlowmaker]

Considering you are an individual who believes we are IN America's Civil War 2 right now, I'll take your admonishments with all the consideration they are due.

We are NOT in a civil war. Get some persepective for God's sake.

[Grampa Dave]

I have no need for a PDA, and I use my cell phone less than a 100 to 200 minutes a year.

There are all types of stories where people have used a photo cell phone stop harrassment by other and maybe worse. The perps have no idea where their new mug shot in action might end up. So most of the time they will get out of Dodge beford doing something really stupid with their picture being transmitted.

[BobS]

I don't have any WD-40 for my 7.62s and should I get a spray can? They're clean.

[Squantos]

I have to babysit some friends and family more these days as we get older when they have surgery or a short hospital stay. I like the web and PDA features for my waiting room entertainment and freepin.....

Works pretty well.......Ya can tell when I'm posting with that as it'll be BTTT, FYI, HUA etc etc.... responses.

I Freepmailed ya a link to my first choice.....:o)

Stay safe !

[Barlowmaker]

Spend a little more time wielding the 7.62 your wife always loved, maybe you'll won't feel so besieged all the time.

[oceanperch]

Need good resolution too.

[spodefly]

I said it was a 'cold war', and I believe that to be the case. The attempts by the 'mainstream media' to influence the election using forged documents, politically timed stories, accentuating the negatives in a partisan way, etc. are not simply the political disagreements which we have always had in this country, but are instead a strategy using deception and misinformation in an attempt to seize power.

This, and the recent (and numerous) accounts of actual physical attacks and vandalism, all point to a breakdown in decorum and civility. The semantics can be argued (i.e., is it really a civil war, cold or not) but the trend is not a healthy one. The ideological divide is widening. The 'culture war' as it has been called, is in the political arena, and the goal (of the 10,000 democrat lawyers, and the DNC itself) seems to be to undermine faith in the political process, to foster this idea of 'disenfranchisement' even when no one has truly been disenfranchised. Throw in the liberal tendency to 'legislate from the bench', and all of the precursors are there for a divide ever bit as serious as the previous divide in the 1860's.

Of course, no one is wearing uniforms, no one is lined up facing north and south, so this will not resemble anything that might be called a 'civil war'. But the trends are that it will become a dirty war at some point unless there is something that will bridge the widening gap. I don't see that happening when a major party Presidential candidate seems to trust the UN more than he trusts the American soldiers and military.