i attempt to discuss local news
It’s a safe bet that most Twin Cities bloggers will mention something like this at some point, so you can probably just consider this joining in the crowd.
The RNC is taking place in St. Paul right now. Minneapolis/St. Paul as a whole, as far as I know and want to believe, is a pretty liberal locale – it’s one of the main reasons I like living here so much. Considering this, I can’t really say I’m surprised by the 250+ people (all protesting the RNC in some fashion, including a 78 year old nun and even four journalist) that have wound up in handcuffs since Saturday.
We didn’t have any source of news while we were camping this weekend, with the exception of occasional twitters about what was going on and a quick glance at the StarTrib through my phone’s tiny browser once or twice while we were there. I just know it was bad enough that I was a little scared of coming back.
I mean, seriously? This happened in a downtown metro area:
Granted, everything that’s going on like this, including the houses that were raided on suspicion of “terroristic activities” (according to the police warrant) aren’t all that close to my apartment, I’m definitely not looking forward to going into work tomorrow – most of the delegates and important RNC-type folks are staying in hotels within a pretty tight radius of where I work and I really don’t want to deal with worrying about someone dumping a 5-gallon bucket of weaponized urine on my head.
My thoughts are clearly scattered about this whole situation and I’m sure it’s because I’ve never experience anything of the nature and never thought I’d experience anything like it.
Downtown St. Paul looks like a scene from a movie, where there are 10-12 feet barbed wire fences blocking off a radius from the RNC’s locale, choppers flying overhead, and gaggles of cops full of testosterone and what they’re treating as instant and unlimited power. It’s gross and I kind of hate it right now.
I’m just glad it will all be done after Thursday. And I’m kind of glad that Bush, Cheney, and what appears to be McCain have decided to band together and physically stop the hurricane from smashing into Louisiana. My suggestion is to probably offer up Sarah Palin’s whore daughter* to the hurricane as a peace offering to God; she could totally save the world.
*I don’t really think Bristol Palin is a whore. I think her mom’s a whore for naming her after a NASCAR racing location.
