tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3862216000300765627.post1237561207609533835..comments2024-01-16T03:42:46.705-05:00Comments on The Downward Spiral: Charlotte, North Carolina, is Already Getting Nervous About Next Year's Democratic ConventionBill Hickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17551954408189665078noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3862216000300765627.post-64480059562279309772011-12-24T13:35:53.023-05:002011-12-24T13:35:53.023-05:00Why again is DNC having a convention? It's no...Why again is DNC having a convention? It's not like anyone is running against Obama in that party...<br /><br />It'd be quite funny if they were told, 'changed our minds, go elsewhere' and no other city wanted to host them either.signalfirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15318361590633535352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3862216000300765627.post-87506768437071118992011-12-18T22:38:20.317-05:002011-12-18T22:38:20.317-05:00The powers that be have already prepared. If need...The powers that be have already prepared. If need be they will just indefinitely detain without trial anyone that protests the DNC. Whether they will or not I do not know, but they have sure made sure to grant themselves that power. They will hope that very few notice, that most people won't even be aware of it and that those who are will just say: "oh OWS, I always hated those dirty hippies that don't want to work for a living anyway" or "that's what they get for trying to give up the election to the Republicans - the Republicans, can you imagine?". But even if people wake up and are very very aware, they now have the full in total legal machinery of a totalitarian state to use against the people. A few people indefinitely detained and is surprising how quiet the people will get.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3862216000300765627.post-35802166105160041102011-12-14T17:49:14.823-05:002011-12-14T17:49:14.823-05:00@bemerson - 2012 is certainly going to be "in...@bemerson - 2012 is certainly going to be "interesting," and not because of some old Mayan prophecy about the end of the world.Bill Hickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17551954408189665078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3862216000300765627.post-71261485936828924102011-12-14T12:22:06.114-05:002011-12-14T12:22:06.114-05:00Kunstler has said it before, but next year's c...Kunstler has said it before, but next year's conventions have the feel of dry tinder. You get the feeling that things could get very far out of hand, very quickly, with just one spark.<br /><br />What's worse, the economic news in the real world that spawns Occupiers, Tea Partiers and their ilk (as you regularly show here), shows no signs of improving. There is no sign that the European Sword of Damocles is likely to be sheathed any time soon. If the feeling among the populace is already tinder-like, what will continued months of economic pain produce before people converge on the conventions?<br /><br />One shudders at the thought.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com