They like to push the weak around.
Regarding the brutal beat down of OWS protesters in Berkeley, UC police captain Margo Bennet was quoted as saying:
“The individuals who linked arms and actively resisted, that in itself is an act of violence. I understand that many students may not think that, but linking arms in a human chain when ordered to step aside is not a nonviolent protest.”
So linking arms in nonviolent civil disobedience is now officially “An act of violence.” One that warrants a beat down, evidently.
You know who else liked to lock arms in nonviolent civil disobedience:
The last time I checked, it was 2011 and not 1984 (the novel).
Where are all the cries of totalitarian fascism from the right? Try to give the country health care and it’s the end of the free world as we know it. Beat down a group of people that are demanding access to the American dream for everyone and future generations and they cheer from the stands.
Is it any wonder that our citizens are leaning more toward Socialism with each passing month? We’ve endured 10+ years of failed conservative policies. All the blatant lies and cheating. Destroying the lives of most Americans so a handful of elites can live their lives with more money than they could ever spend.
People are realizing that any system that doesn’t put money before human lives has got to be better than this one. The people need something to get the taste of the Republican Shit Sandwich out of their mouths. Democratic Socialism: It’s what’s for dinner!
Once again, I will tell you that future historians are watching as we speak. The future we build today is the life our children and grandchildren will have to either endure or enjoy. The choice is ours. Will they be slaves or free men and women?
Speaking of which, did anyone else hear about the Wisconsin Tea Partiers that planned out a felony on Facebook? (You should really check that out, and click the links to the screen shots too). They had volunteered to run around and get petitions filled out for Gov. Scott Walker’s recall. Then they boasted about how they were going to destroy the petitions.
Yet again, the right shows that they will cheat at the drop of a hat. But we’re supposed to believe them when they say they’re outraged by voter fraud. Bullshit!
BTW, did anyone see Todd Kincannon’s tweets about Nancy Pelosi? After Herman Cain referred to her as “Princess Nancy”, Todd evidently got in on the woman bashing mood and tweeted these lines of venom:
@ToddKincannon: “The Crabby Cunt from the California Coast”? #NancyPelosi
@ToddKincannon: Or how about “The Botox Bitch from Buggeryland”? That seems to work for Nancy Pelosi too.
@ToddKincannon: Would you prefer Nancy the Crooked Whore? More accurate, but also more words.
Does anyone else remember when Republicans cried their eyeballs out whenever anyone tore into Palin and Bachmann for saying stupid things? Remember the tired old line of “The left doesn’t respect strong conservative women!”?
Where’s the outrage now? Wasn’t the GOP supposed to be the party of respecting strong women? Now they’re trying to brush it all off as “a joke”.
Maybe if everyone tweeted that Todd’s mother was a “Crabby Cunt”, we could simply dismiss it as a joke and tell him to lighten up?
In related news, did anyone else see Jame’s O’Keefe (the guy that doctored video to smear ACORN) get laughed at during his latest attempt at a smear operation? It looks like his last few shreds of relevance have left the building. Something tells me Fox News won’t have that interview on 24/7 rotation anytime soon. Lulz!
Speaking of Neocon bullshit, did you see that the CEO of American Electric Power said that tougher EPA regulations would actually create jobs? It’s true. About 250,000 jobs. So there goes the tired old line about destroying the EPA in order to create jobs.
I’ve had this song in my head for a couple days now.
Lyrics:
Circumventing circuses lamenting in protest
to visible police presence sponsored fear
batallions of riot police with rubber bullet kisses
baton courtesy service with a smile
Beyond the staples center you can see America
with it’s tired poor avenging disgrace
peaceful loving youth against the brutality
of plastic existence
pushing little children with their fully automatics
they like to push the weak around
pushing little children with their fully automatics
they like to push the weak around
A rush of words pleading to disperse
upon your naked walls, alive
A political call the fall guy accord
we can’t afford to be neutral on a moving train
Beyond the staples center you can see America
with it’s tired poor avenging disgrace
peaceful loving youth against the brutality
of plastic existence
pushing little children with their fully automatics
they like to push the weak around
pushing little children with their fully automatics
they like to push the weak around
push them around
A deer dance, invitation to peace
war staring you in the face, dressed in black
with a helmet, fierce
trained and appropriate for the malcontents
for the disproportioned malcontents.
The little boy smiled, it’ll all be well until
The little boy smiled, and it’ll all be well
Pushing little children with their fully automatics
they like to push the weak around
Pushing little children with their fully automatics
they like to push the weak around
Pushing little children with their fully automatics
they like to push the weak around
Push the weak around
Push the weak around
Push the weak around
They like to push the weak around.
“Where are all the cries of totalitarian fascism from the right?”
From the right…?
Surely you must be kidding….The Right are all for totalitarian fascism …pssstttt they always have been.
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I’ll be later to finish reading….brilliant blog…..I have to say real quick have twice removed cousin in police force…he says they are given specif orders and a speech from their captain before heading out to scene of protest and thats why this is getting nasty…..police are only doing what they are drilled to do..some are for the safety of both sides though….he said their are those hiked by Fox news and other officers talking bad about OWS! Hes thinking of complaining but he said being in the force and you tell you cross the line and no longer family.
My heart goes out to those risking their safety and lives of all protesters!
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SOAD ROCKS!!
The right makes it very clear what they support and that any means necessary to implement their agenda will be used.
Awesome write Moose.
Holy shit, Moose, that quote from the cop surprised even me. I gonna steal that quote and plaster on Facebook.
As far as the Wisconsin petitions goes, it’s not surprising. Look at what the Conservatives right here on the Burst said they were doing about the Census. I always thought us on the left were supposed to be the morally corrupt?
Doesn’t that guy Todd remind you of mtrg? I went and looked at his facebook and found him disgusting.
O’Keefe?? lol wanna be has been, but the video did make me laugh.
The stuff just pisses me off.
And I ain’t nonviolent.
Just sayin.
Awesome blog. Peaceful demonstrators have been in New York, Oakland, etc for over 2 months. Now they are disbanning them for “safety concerns”. Where are all the TeaBaggers who cry about our rights being taken away. I admire the people who spent days in the snow to prove a point.
As for the unfair distribution of wealth, Warren Buffett bought shares of IBM today for almost 11 billion dollars. People in America are suffering and Michelle Bachman wants to bring back waterboarding, Herman Cain doesn’t know what happened in Libya a few months ago (hint:former home of bad guy Kadafi), and Rick Perry can’t even remember his own platform. Does America really want to break up the OWS, send the people with passion home and let the morons take over? 😕
The Occupy movement is all about sacrifice for freedom. We veterans know more than most about sacrifice. We sacrifice our comfort zones, our warm houses, our sleep, our time. If one is not willing to sacrifice for freedom, one does not deserve that freedom.