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Is St. Paul, MN under martial law??
It sure sounds like it is...
Beginning last night, St. Paul was the most militarized I have ever seen an American city be, even more so than Manhattan in the week of 9/11 -- with troops of federal, state and local law enforcement agents marching around with riot gear, machine guns, and tear gas cannisters, shouting military chants and marching in military formations. Humvees and law enforcement officers with rifles were posted on various buildings and balconies. Numerous protesters and observers were tear gassed and injured.
This is not happening in Russia, China or some apocafic. This is the real deal. I realize that hurricanes and crazy vice-presidential picks have been dominating the news but I have not seen any major national coverage of what's happening in St. Paul.
ETA: In case you're wondering who vetted Sarah Palin before she was chosen as the Republican Vice-Presidential running mate, it was a secretive organization of rightwing, theocratic lunatics called the Council for National Policy:
Last week, while the media focused almost obsessively on the DNC’s spectacle in Denver, the country’s most influential conservatives met quietly at a hotel in downtown Minneapolis to get to know Sarah Palin. The assembled were members of the Council for National Policy, an ultra-secretive cabal that networks wealthy right-wing donors together with top conservative operatives to plan long-term movement strategy.
This isn't America anymore. It's some batshit crazy banana republic where people are hauled off to jail just for planning protests, military patrol the streets and shadowy gangs of religious maniacs confer in secret to pick the country's leaders. WTF is going on here?
Beginning last night, St. Paul was the most militarized I have ever seen an American city be, even more so than Manhattan in the week of 9/11 -- with troops of federal, state and local law enforcement agents marching around with riot gear, machine guns, and tear gas cannisters, shouting military chants and marching in military formations. Humvees and law enforcement officers with rifles were posted on various buildings and balconies. Numerous protesters and observers were tear gassed and injured.
This is not happening in Russia, China or some apocafic. This is the real deal. I realize that hurricanes and crazy vice-presidential picks have been dominating the news but I have not seen any major national coverage of what's happening in St. Paul.
ETA: In case you're wondering who vetted Sarah Palin before she was chosen as the Republican Vice-Presidential running mate, it was a secretive organization of rightwing, theocratic lunatics called the Council for National Policy:
Last week, while the media focused almost obsessively on the DNC’s spectacle in Denver, the country’s most influential conservatives met quietly at a hotel in downtown Minneapolis to get to know Sarah Palin. The assembled were members of the Council for National Policy, an ultra-secretive cabal that networks wealthy right-wing donors together with top conservative operatives to plan long-term movement strategy.
This isn't America anymore. It's some batshit crazy banana republic where people are hauled off to jail just for planning protests, military patrol the streets and shadowy gangs of religious maniacs confer in secret to pick the country's leaders. WTF is going on here?
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I hadn't heard a single word about this! Of course, I've been paying attention to Gustav, but I assumed anything big would at least be mentioned in passing. Wow.
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How many more years before singing "I'm Proud To Be An American" becomes a joke?
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Did you notice how even mother nature intervened and (excuse the pun) stole the thunder right out of the opening day of the RNC?
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It's not heartless assholery, it's "compassionate conservatism." Try to get our Republican overlords' talking points right, please.
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