tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3862216000300765627.post3990570088195648996..comments2024-01-16T03:42:46.705-05:00Comments on The Downward Spiral: MSNBC: Washington's Air & Space Museum Shut After Protesters "Storm In"Bill Hickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17551954408189665078noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3862216000300765627.post-40838663419623576472011-10-10T14:55:00.668-04:002011-10-10T14:55:00.668-04:00@MNG - interesting that you would mention the '...@MNG - interesting that you would mention the '68 Democratic convention. The organizers of the '12 version have to be getting a little nervous right now.Bill Hickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17551954408189665078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3862216000300765627.post-73316443875437245022011-10-10T14:09:53.450-04:002011-10-10T14:09:53.450-04:00@Bill - Why oh why do TPTB tend to recycle their g...@Bill - Why oh why do TPTB tend to recycle their gameplans?<br /><br />This (The OWS protests) seems to be a remix of the "Summer of Love" leading right up to a mashup of Kent State and the '68 DNC Convention next summer. Makes me wonder if the Tea Party and Oathkeepers are going to have a "Redux Bonus March" soon, maybe even an East LA Watts-style riot over immigration for a trifecta.<br /><br />All I hope is my asparagus does well this year as it goes into first harvest next year.MrNiceGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15956428291969275973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3862216000300765627.post-7474458887256395962011-10-10T11:55:00.353-04:002011-10-10T11:55:00.353-04:00You know what scares people in America more than a...You know what scares people in America more than almost anything else? The specter of people who potentially cannot be bought.<br /><br />The great fear of the right, the left, the media, etc. is that these folks might actually be so pissed off that they can't be either bought or dismissed. In a capitalist society, what the hell good is money if you can't buy people off? That's why you see all these people trying to pigeon-hole the protesters into identifying some kind of "goals" or "list of demands" (like they were kidnappers or terrorists). Once you have goals or demands, you can start to negotiate, by which I mean, buy people off.<br /><br />Who knows if this movement will really maintain that feel of an amorphous groundswell that it seems to have at the moment. Personally, I hope so. After all, a little revolution every now and then is a good thing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3862216000300765627.post-4654736452808348652011-10-10T11:50:55.017-04:002011-10-10T11:50:55.017-04:00The civil rights movement(s) of the 60's were ...The civil rights movement(s) of the 60's were equally fragmented at the start. As with any system where people are involved, order will grow out of the chaos. <br /><br />Question is, who is trying to direct and control that emergence?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3862216000300765627.post-61957678990635155872011-10-10T10:14:37.224-04:002011-10-10T10:14:37.224-04:00http://thinkprogress.org/special/2011/10/09/339788...http://thinkprogress.org/special/2011/10/09/339788/conservative-infiltrate-99-percent-movement/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3862216000300765627.post-67428229761799724812011-10-09T18:07:18.122-04:002011-10-09T18:07:18.122-04:00@MrNiceGuy - I take more of a long-term view of th...@MrNiceGuy - I take more of a long-term view of the protests. These are merely the opening salvo. They'll likely die down without accomplishing anything. But the stage is set for much larger and more vehement protests later on as things get progressively worse.Bill Hickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17551954408189665078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3862216000300765627.post-44490391407867601602011-10-09T18:04:20.829-04:002011-10-09T18:04:20.829-04:00In true Washington DC fashion there are several co...In true Washington DC fashion there are several competing factions, of which "Occupy DC", "Stop the machine" (aka "October2011") are apparently the prime groups and are split between MacPherson Park and Freedom Plaza.<br /><br />The machinists (pun intended) from Freedom Park were apparently behind things.<br /><br />Adam Kokesh has at least two good videos, one for each group, that show general obliviousness to their espoused value.<br /><br />Either way it seems to me that even the protesters can't seem to get anything done in DC at this point.MrNiceGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15956428291969275973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3862216000300765627.post-60358116273604473962011-10-09T16:02:43.889-04:002011-10-09T16:02:43.889-04:00@Joan - I actually take it as a good sign if Wall ...@Joan - I actually take it as a good sign if Wall Street stooges are going to the trouble of planting troublemakers among the protesters. That means they are worried that the usual tactic of just ignoring them isn't going to work this time. :)Bill Hickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17551954408189665078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3862216000300765627.post-62410238091316735482011-10-09T12:39:43.948-04:002011-10-09T12:39:43.948-04:00The Daily Kos had an interesting write up on the f...The Daily Kos had an interesting write up on the fact that there are plants in the crowd specifically trying to stir things up.<br /><br /> http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/10/08/1024352/-Conservative-Magazine-Brags-of-its-Agent-Provacateurs-Role-in-Provoking-Police-Action-in-DC-?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com