Our “American Hats”
John McCain asked his fellow Republicans to “take off their Republican hats and put on their American hats” while calling for a postponement to the start of the Republican convention, set to begin tomorrow in St. Paul, due to hurricane Gustav.
Senator McCain should perhaps be asking the FBI, Minneapolis police, and the Ramsey County Sheriff to take off their police thug hats and stop harassing and detaining American citizens.
A friend, who lives in Minneapolis, alerted me to a series of raids carried out over the weekend by Ramsey county sheriff SWAT team with the assistance of FBI agents.
At least four homes were entered, computers, personal journals, and political pamphlets seized while occupants were handcuffed and forced to lay on the floor. Repeated demands to see a search warrant were apparently ignored until the heavily armed officers left.
Dozens of people were also handcuffed, photographed, and detained at a public venue and meeting place for an organization called the “Republican Welcoming Committee” for “fire code violations”.
There were no reported illegal acts nor has there been any evidence proffered by any source that I could find of any conspiracy to commit any illegal acts.
It appears nothing more than an abridgment of the constitutional rights of left-wing dissidents intent on carrying out their once-guaranteed freedom of speech and assembly.
Where is the Outrage?
Any American should be concerned when they see such tactics used, but little is being reported on this, save for the links below.
We all hope for the safety of those in Gustav’s path, but there is perhaps an even larger storm brewing in this country, one that has been gaining strength for some time. And it is one for which we must not evacuate but meet head-on.
George Bush and Dick Cheney have done much to eviscerate American principals, and too many have gone along for too long, either through agreement, ignorance, or apathy.
We are left with a police state in Minneapolis on the eve of the nominating convention of the party that has given us eight years of national tragedy. What’s next?
We’re losing America and too few seem to care.
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http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/08/30/police_raids/index.html
http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/08/31/raids/index.html
http://www.minnesotaindependent.com/6158/breaking-food-not-bombs-house-among-saturday-raids
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Reports recently show “startling evidence” that Republican presidential candidate John McCain is the Antichrist, according to “biblical scholars”.
The analysis was conducted by the True Bible Society and will be published next month in the End Times Journal. McCain may be trying to throw us off his trail, it is said, by subtly implying that Barrack Obama is the Antichrist by calling him “The One”.
My gut reaction to all this is:
“Oh, Dear Christ! Haven’t we been through enough already? You mean to tell me that both candidates for president after George Bush might be the Antichrist?!!?”
Perhaps they’ve got a co-Antichrist thing going on. But I doubt it. Because we all know who the Antichrist is, don’t we?
Dick Cheney
Besides, even if the position weren’t already filled, do we really think that John McCain is the best they could muster down there in hell to represent evil incarnate?
For evidence I offer this John McCain montage:
On the other hand, a bumbling idiot can really do a lot of damage…. Hmmm….
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Hmmm…. Seems like the typical crew I see when I walk down Polk St.
At least they’re voting (except for the one who doesn’t want to get blamed for anything).
-Have a Nice Day!
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Chastise Man recently had a brief sense of regret that soon his old nemesis George Bush, The Man Who Broke the Country, would soon be gone and there would be no easy outlet for his wrath (which he soon got over). Then Chastise Man remembered a couple weeks ago, watching Keith Olbermann’s “special comment” about Hillary Clinton’s unfortunate reference to the RFK assassination.
While Hillary used the word “assassination” once in her comment, Olbermann kept repeating it, over and over. He was upset, outraged, indignant, but for what? It seemed that he was becoming a bit unhinged in his righteous indignation (unlike many of his previous rants in which he expressed appropriate outrage).
This got Chastise Man to thinking; it’s a fine line between righteous indignation and insanity – simply barking at yourself.
I think we’ve all become so accustomed at being pissed-off, at how the Bush administration has wrecked things, at how Congress can’t get anything done, at how liberals are immoral, unpatriotic, terrorist-loving scoundrels and conservatives are war-mongering, lying, thieving, fear-loving scoundrels.
Since we’re all scoundrels in some form or another it becomes our choice to let it either divide or unite us – at least in a time of crisis. And this is a nation in crisis.
And so we look beyond George Bush and to the possibility of a new presidency and a new start.
There are smart folks that Chastise Man respects who have expressed concern over Barack Obama – rhetoric over substance and inexperience being foremost. These are valid concerns. But after eight years of neither good policy or soaring, inspirational rhetoric, Chastise Man is happy to take the soaring inspirational rhetoric, at least for now.
This country needs inspiration, it needs to be reminded that the American experiment is still, and always will be, a work in progress. It is a country that was founded on change, and if ever there was a time we needed change in America, it is right now.
It remains to be seen of America can overcome her worst tendencies toward fear, hatred, and racism. Right now I choose to believe she can.
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