11. August, 2000 - a political day. Lighter stuff on Monday.
- First, on a non-political note, I updated Dave's Intellimouse Review.
The product has been downgraded from Fully Doesn't Suck
to I'm not so sure.
- From BSNN.net: Bush announces Jesus Christ will be running mate.
BSNN's tagline: Striving to be accurate 25% of the time.
- 'Dubya' has character of a hypocrite.
When politicians act with such staggering callousness and
hypocrisy, their character becomes a legitimate political issue.
- Traficant accuses Reno of high treason. He says the truth is going to
come out. Hmm. I'd stay away from
skiing
vacations
if I was him. Y'never know when those killer trees are going to
strike again.
- I don't think I'm dancing the White Man's Ghost Dance, but there
are those who would probably disagree.
- To Philly: Remember MLK.
Philadelphia invited the RNC in. By doing so, Philly acquired the
duty to accept and facilitate the protests, and not to try and make
itself into a gated community for the powerful.
- Also see the Village Voice's RNC coverage, the
FreeSpeech GOP convention coverage and the
Philadelphia Independent Media Center.
- The reason this worries me is a trend for the police forces to take
preemptive action against protesters (or possible
protesters) before any crime has been committed. This is behavior
bordering on that of an Orwell-esque police state. Similar things
happened here in Minneapolis in response to protests against a genetic
engineering conference. Dark Days for Camelot and WTO Smackdown
tell part of the story, but doing a search of the major local papers
won't find any mention of the stories. In fact if you search the
Strib's archive, the only story you'll find says everything about
the protests was peaceful (though if you look in the archives on
the right dates, you can find some editorials).
- In fact, the general police buildup downtown that weekend was enough
that I was afraid to simply go downtown for a walk, since the police
had Downtown Placed On Lockdown for the duration (this is actually
a very good link, since it includes links to other stories, video and
external sites).
The WCCO search for genetics protests will unearth more stories.
Copyright 2008, Dave Polaschek.
Last updated on Mon, 07 Jan 2002 15:45:13.