Oh my.
It's going to be a riot, a barrel of laughs, a rib-tickling comedy.
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/jul/17/protest-groups-have-big-plans-dnc/Dozens of protest groups are planning a full schedule of classes, concerts, marches and other actions during the Democratic National Convention, hoping to capture the world's attention and recruit new activists.
They are both energized and organized, and most insist they are not looking for trouble.
"We are completely peaceful," said Rob Weiland, a 37-year-old courier from Denver and member of the group We Are Change Colorado. "We follow the ideals of Ghandi."
Yeah, right, we all know how pacifists follow the ideals of Ghandi.
Police, meanwhile, are doing some preparing of their own.
By the time the convention starts, most officers working the DNC will have completed at least 30 hours of special training, Mayor John Hickenlooper said. It includes how to diffuse problems, so that nonviolent situations don't escalate.
While the majority of protesters don't want to break the law, the city is readying for "some bad characters," Hickenlooper said.
Uh-huh. It's going to be fun.
But a local company announced last month it had sold Denver 88 guns that fire a pepper spray-like substance instead of bullets for use during the DNC. The weapons may be used to incapacitate people, stop riots or disperse crowds.
Those purchases worry Ben Yager, 23, of Unconventional Denver, a local offshoot of the national group Unconventional Action.
The group is often mentioned as one most likely to cause problems for police during the convention.
Its approach is one of direct action, such as blocking access to corporate-funded parties or blocking delegates from leaving their hotels to go to the convention and vote.
The activities could land members in jail, the group's Web site acknowledges.
One surely hopes so.
This, from the reader comments:
An update for those that are research challenged:
Here’s the group Unconventional Action’s BLUF: “We aim to organize militant direct action that manifests opposition to both the Democratic and Republican Parties.†http://www.unconventionalaction.org/
These guys are strait Communist activists, don’t let their rhetoric fool you; they advocate violent overthrow of our government. These guys are completely aligned with Marxist doctrine of violent revolution.
“We Are Change Colorado’ are just wishing that we loose the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan or other nations. The videos they play show them interviewing McCain and complaining about FISA or the Patriot Act.
Let’s get something straight here, we do not listen to American telephone calls unless they are made to a foreign country (which assumes no Constitutional protection). We simply need to know if some terrorist is communicating with others planning an attack on our soil.
But here’s the big thing about ‘We are Change Colorado’, they’re tools of the left. Yep, there it is. Watch the videos and what you see is them making the DNC talking points on YouTube. That’s all it is; nothing but a Democratic propaganda machine. It works, we’re talking about them now. http://wearechangecolorado.org/
‘The Alliance for Real Democracy’, are just more Communists. They obviously haven’t read our Constitution and clearly don’t understand that we live in a constitutional republic. That’s right, a republic, not a democracy. They simply want to re-establish a new government under Marxist ideals. Don’t let these guys fool you either, and body that graduated political science 101 can tell you that we live in a republic. http://realdemocracy2008.org/
Well, the bottom line is this, they’re radical nuts. They’re Communists, and have no respect for any private property (that includes your homes, your cars, your money, or your family. If it was up to them the human population would be 1/10th what it is right now living in the 1800’s on a river.
These guys are have faulty, dangerous ideologies, don’t be fooled with their calls for freedom as they want to bring slavery to every man, woman, and child here. Don’t believe me, look at what other communist states have done.
Obama is one of them; clearly he is.
The Communist Manifesto can be found here; here is where you find slavery, death, and oppression. http://www.anu.edu.au/polsci/marx/cla...
