"I haven't been following this...what's everyone pissed off about now?"
Same old shit. Basically someone has more than someone else and so on . . . Personally, I don't really give a damn why they are protesting. What concerns me is the preemptive attempt to stifle the first amendment and the potentially brutal methods they are willing to use in order to stop it. The same thing is happening, only more so, in Charlotte in preparation for the DNC convention. From wikipedia: Charlotte will receive a $50 million grant from the federal government<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_government> for convention security. The city plans to spend $25 million on undisclosed weapons for the police.[21]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Democratic_National_Convention#cite_note-20> The city has also passed a variety of new laws, intended to curtail protest activity. These include: - Rules prohibiting camping on public property. - Restricting the use of a list of different items: "cables, bars, projectiles, spray guns, breakable containers," aerosol containers, fireworks, smoke bombs, pepper spray, mace, masks, scarves, body-armor, helmets, and police scanners. These laws are permanent and will remain effective after the end of the convention. They may also have ramifications before the convention: namely, the eviction of Occupy Charlotte<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupy_Charlotte> from its encampment downtown.[22]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Democratic_National_Convention#cite_note-21> J - Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. - Henry Kissinger Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnel. - John Quinton ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:351142 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
