Slog - Comments on Postcards from the Protest http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/postcards_from_the_protest It was mostly peaceful. Seven people got arrested, including a septuagenarian surgeon. This lady sang improvised gospel songs on an anti-war theme: These guys were ready to rumble. No rumbling was needed: These kids briefly blocked an intersection, then surrounded a police car, but were charged by cops on horses. They kept shouting: "We're here, we're queer, we're anarchists, we'll fuck shit up." One of the group, a feisty lesbian, charged one of of the Phelps "God-hates-fags" people. (They were there claiming "McCain loves fags.") The cops broke it up, and the feisty lesbian shouted, "I'm staying right here and... Copyright 2008 Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:21:37 -0800 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:18:29 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Will I will never vote for Obama because he is a bastard son. What was his mom thinking when she didn't abort?

]]> Will http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/postcards_from_the_protest#c1118494 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/postcards_from_the_protest#c1118494 2008 Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:33:04 -0800 Comment by Jubilation T. Cornball Double posted = twice as boring.

]]> Jubilation T. Cornball http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/postcards_from_the_protest#c1118496 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/postcards_from_the_protest#c1118496 2008 Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:34:23 -0800 Comment by PC Most of all, it's a way to convince swing voters that the protestors stand for all lefties and Dems, and don't give a shit for people like those swing voters.

Meanwhile the double barrled hurricanes aimed at Florida and SC compel us to give up all of coastal Texas and LA. all fo Florida, and most of SC, too. Those dumbass folks living in paths of hurricanes. WE certainly should stop helping them and their all-too-frequent "disasters."

Hey did you catch the view of Mt. Rainier today? Awesome. I was driving in that really flat plain you know the only flat parts around here down south through Kent valley and neat Tacoma and boy, it was beautiful. God those dumbass southerners they live somewhere dangerous, instead of somewhere pretty like it is here. With Mt. Rainier, Mt. Adams, MT. St. Helens, Mt. Baker, etc.

Weird huh?

]]> PC http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/postcards_from_the_protest#c1118500 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/postcards_from_the_protest#c1118500 2008 Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:40:01 -0800 Comment by it needs to be said PC @3, for the love of Christ, will you just shut up and/or drop dead?

]]> it needs to be said http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/postcards_from_the_protest#c1118504 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/postcards_from_the_protest#c1118504 2008 Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:42:14 -0800 Comment by demo kid @3: Like the saying goes... the opposite of love is indifference. I think it'd be a radical change to get a bunch of protesters together in St. Paul... and build a playground. Or paint a community center. Or work in soup kitchens. Ignore the shit out of the convention.

THAT would be a powerful statement. Especially if they brought their puppets.

]]> demo kid http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/postcards_from_the_protest#c1118536 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/postcards_from_the_protest#c1118536 2008 Mon, 01 Sep 2008 14:13:27 -0800 Comment by John Bailo
Imagine if all that hatred turned to aid...to helping the people of NOLA!

These zombies have too much time on their hands.

]]> John Bailo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/postcards_from_the_protest#c1118555 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/postcards_from_the_protest#c1118555 2008 Mon, 01 Sep 2008 14:32:48 -0800 Comment by rain The MSP-area City Pages is reporting that protesters were pepper-sprayed:

http://blogs.citypages.com/gop/2008/09/city_pages_vide.php

]]> rain http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/postcards_from_the_protest#c1118558 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/postcards_from_the_protest#c1118558 2008 Mon, 01 Sep 2008 14:35:41 -0800 Comment by Jason Josephes 7: Good. They're acting like jackholes. (I know, not all of them, but it's always the bad apples, you know?)

More info from the St. Paul Pioneer Press here:

http://www.twincities.com/rnc/ci_10356273?nclick_check=1

]]> Jason Josephes http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/postcards_from_the_protest#c1118571 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/postcards_from_the_protest#c1118571 2008 Mon, 01 Sep 2008 14:50:22 -0800 Comment by Jason Josephes Whoops, URL has been updated.

http://www.twincities.com/rnc/ci_10356224

]]> Jason Josephes http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/postcards_from_the_protest#c1118574 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/postcards_from_the_protest#c1118574 2008 Mon, 01 Sep 2008 14:51:16 -0800 Comment by um I love those little queer protestors, so cute!

]]> um http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/postcards_from_the_protest#c1118619 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/postcards_from_the_protest#c1118619 2008 Mon, 01 Sep 2008 15:55:38 -0800 Comment by live from msp the protests are largely peaceful? regardless of what side you fall on politically, at this point, that is just not true.

]]> live from msp http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/postcards_from_the_protest#c1118641 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/postcards_from_the_protest#c1118641 2008 Mon, 01 Sep 2008 16:29:46 -0800 Comment by RHETT ORACLE It's instructive to discover that when people thrust sticks into the cages of kept animals they react - almost without exception - violently. Is that worth a coma? blood loss? broken limbs?

I'm on your side intellectually, but seriously wasn't WTO a "teaching" experience that ended up proving precious little for either side?

]]> RHETT ORACLE http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/postcards_from_the_protest#c1118699 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/postcards_from_the_protest#c1118699 2008 Mon, 01 Sep 2008 17:45:12 -0800 Comment by Patrick As a Minnesota native, it's nice to see those pictures - St. Paul's Cathedral, the Capitol Building... They're impressive structures.

]]> Patrick http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/postcards_from_the_protest#c1118824 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/postcards_from_the_protest#c1118824 2008 Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:14:01 -0800 Comment by explosive beauty @3, yes it is strange that not everyone chooses to live here in the northwest where they could be living at the base of volcanoes and atop shifty tectonic plates.

while it is beautiful here, it's kind of like eating a spicy mexican meal. everything is all good until it passes through and you become painfully aware that you're sitting on a ring of fire.

]]> explosive beauty http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/postcards_from_the_protest#c1118827 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/postcards_from_the_protest#c1118827 2008 Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:49:57 -0800 Comment by CJ Olsen The shot of the young gay protesters is a rather pitiable one. No doubt they'd love passing citizens to shout "f-----t" and other obscenities at them for the cameras, but it seems they've been reduced to having to supply their own obscenities against themselves.

Well, protesting imaginary oppressors is certainly an industry with a future. All it takes is imagination, and a few funders like PIRGs to put you up in hostels and buy you pizza.

]]> CJ Olsen http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/postcards_from_the_protest#c1119597 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/postcards_from_the_protest#c1119597 2008 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:17:38 -0800 Comment by Seajay The shot of the young gay protesters is a rather pitiable one. No doubt they'd love passing citizens to shout "f-----t" and other obscenities at them for the cameras, but it seems they've been reduced to having to supply their own obscenities against themselves.

Well, protesting imaginary oppressors is certainly an industry with a future. All it takes is imagination, and a few funders like PIRGs to put you up in hostels and buy you pizza.

]]> Seajay http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/postcards_from_the_protest#c1119599 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/postcards_from_the_protest#c1119599 2008 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:18:29 -0800