RNC

[mraynrand]

Not these guys, Tex. I'd be happy to kick the shit out of the guys vandalizing store fronts and causing mayhem in Minneapolis.

[HowardRoark]

Not these guys, Tex. I'd be happy to kick the shit out of the guys vandalizing store fronts and causing mayhem in Minneapolis.

I'm OK with ass kickings here too. Let Sarah roam the streets with some of her firearms.

[LL2]

There was a 300-400 person protest in StP apparently. There was pepper spray and a group of some anarchists were apparently causing some problems.

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/pol...2.protests.cnn

ah yes, the all accepting non judgemental crowd being obnoxious enough to get themselves pepper sprayed again.

It was some anarchists that were causing the problems. The protest had already concluded before anything went down.

You didn't here about this stuff during last weeks Democratic convention. I guess liberals do not know how to be peaceful and get their point across.

[Zool]

Again, not liberals, anarchists. You can read, correct?

[mraynrand]

liberal anarchists. Is that better? I posted a list of the participants on another thread.

[LL2]

Again, not liberals, anarchists. You can read, correct?

There isn't that much of a difference. Anarchist support the liberals and I'm sure they love Obama.

[Zool]

But the protest was over before the problems started.

[retailguy]

Again, not liberals, anarchists. You can read, correct?

There isn't that much of a difference. Anarchist support the liberals and I'm sure they love Obama.

This has to be true. If they aren't "liberal anarchists" then why didn't they protest the DNC convention last week?

Seems to me that last week there were some nutcase anti abortion protesters who didn't even make the news, and every liberal around here would associate those with the republicans so fair is fair, right? If we get stuck with those abortion nutjobs, then I guess the liberals get the anarchists who are incapable of behaving. Seems like a fair trade.

[Zool]

Cant we just tear gas all of them? Oh wait...

[hoosier]

You people who are arguing that "liberals" and "anarchists" are essentially the same are either being intentionally dense or are so far out there to the right that anything to the left of Mussolini looks identical to you. Consider that liberalism in the US has always stood for governmental activism in solving social problems, whereas anarchism is in principle opposed to any form of government other than self-government. Liberals despise anarchists as being forces of disorder; anarchists despise liberals as being tools of the capitalist system. If your political horizon begins with Barry Goldwater and ends with the Bushies, I can sort of see why those two positions might blend together a little. But try to have a little perspective.

[retailguy]

You people who are arguing that "liberals" and "anarchists" are essentially the same are either being intentionally dense or are so far out there to the right that anything to the left of Mussolini looks identical to you. Consider that liberalism in the US has always stood for governmental activism in solving social problems, whereas anarchism is in principle opposed to any form of government other than self-government. Liberals despise anarchists as being forces of disorder; anarchists despise liberals as being tools of the capitalist system. If your political horizon begins with Barry Goldwater and ends with the Bushies, I can sort of see why those two positions might blend together a little. But try to have a little perspective.

So, then, why weren't they protesting last week, and why was one of the organizers that were arrested late last week claiming to be a democrat?

If they "hate" liberals then they should demonstrate there too, right? But they didn't....

and look, I didn't call you "dense" once... Imagine.

[mraynrand]

There were all sorts of nutjobs protesting at the DNC. They had barricades to keep them far away from the convention site. I'm not sure if they have the same thing at the RNC. The people that are involved in the destruction of property in Minneapolis are NOT the same as the far lefty groups like Code Pink for example. They say so on their own site. These are real crazies, who want to 'bring down society' Hoosier is correct on this point. That of course, doesn't make Code Pink any less weird - but it doesn't make them anarchists.

[texaspackerbacker]

Not these guys, Tex. I'd be happy to kick the shit out of the guys vandalizing store fronts and causing mayhem in Minneapolis.

I'm OK with ass kickings here too. Let Sarah roam the streets with some of her firearms.

Yeah! Way to Man Up, AR and HR.

[LL2]

Boy...did Guliani and Palin come out with a lot of punches. Guliani was especially strong against Obama. I was like Wow! I guess I was expecting some feel good "We are family" speeches like the Dems gave last week. After the DNC I told my wife that I had a feeling Obama was going to win, but I'm sot so sure now.

[Tyrone Bigguns]

Boy...did Guliani and Palin come out with a lot of punches. Guliani was especially strong against Obama. I was like Wow! I guess I was expecting some feel good "We are family" speeches like the Dems gave last week. After the DNC I told my wife that I had a feeling Obama was going to win, but I'm sot so sure now.

While Giuliani threw some punches...i can say quite fairly, that he is one of the poorest pols at public speaking in a long time. Makes W look like Obama.

I started to drift off during his brilliant 2 applications for a job section.

More interesting was watching the camera scan endlessly for the minority faces in the crowd.