RNC Protest Plans Already Under Way

RNC Protest Plans Already Under Way
The Associated Press



MINNEAPOLIS - Shrouded in black, with a bandanna masking her face, a self-proclaimed anarchist slips into her combat boots and dashes through town, tossing a Molotov cocktail here, launching a bowling ball there.

The YouTube video is more parody than threat: The flaming cocktail ignites a charcoal grill, and the bowling ball knocks down pins instead of crashing through a Navy recruiting office window. But as the video fades to black, the message on-screen is clear: “We’re getting ready. What are you doing?”

With less than 10 months to go before the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis-St.Paul, activists are already plotting to crash the party.

On the drawing board: A mass march to protest Iraq; human roadblocks; schemes to disrupt public transportation; and talk of a temporary free state near the main convention site, St. Paul’s Xcel Energy Center.

With tens of thousands of people expected to visit the Twin Cities during the convention Sept. 1-4, local and federal law enforcement are getting ready as well.

Civil rights groups and attorneys are talking with police and demonstrators to ensure laws are followed during what will likely be the largest crush of people the state has seen in years.

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http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/11/13/5182/

:rofl:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=j6PLwOt0Bls

The vast majority of people are already against the war, and they're planning to go into conflict with those people by setting up roadblocks and disrupting transportation. These people need to learn how to pick their enemies if they want to get what they want.

And before anyone rails on me, keep in mind I was one of the people blocking Lake Shore Drive when the war started. That was when only 30% of people were against the war. This all smacks of "taking a stand" and not knowing where it leads. By far my most controversial posts are on the subject of cause and effect.