http://digg.com/politics/Popular_Mechanics_Responds_to_Rosie_s_Mainstrea...

http://digg.com/politics/Popular_Mechanics_Responds_to_Rosie_O_Donnell_s...

BURY BURY BURY

Popular Mechanics DONT Deserve 100k Visitors to there site, and Increased Profits.

Please BURY Asap!!

Incredible the degree of harassment the NY group has suffered at the hands (or should I say hooves) of those jack-booted thugs known as the NYPD. Their appearance and demeanor reminds me of the fascist stormtroopers in Terry Gilliam’s Brazil.

One of the interesting asides to all this is that it was none other than Ghouliani himself who was largely responsible for implementing what you see in this video, namely “zero tolerance policing”.

The idea is that “small crimes” like, say pan-handling or protesting on private property, lead to an atmosphere of “tolerance” where larger crimes like assault are allowed to flourish. The statistics supporting this theory are highly dubious, as Christian Parenti reveals in his work “Lockdown America”. The evidence does not support the assertion that it reduces crime.

What zero tolerance IS effective at doing is intimidating the public, criminalizing dissent and making life a living hell for people in general and working class people in particular. It creates an authoritarian atmosphere (hell, lets just call it what it is: a police state) where people are constantly looking over their shoulder and fearing arrest or assault by the police for minor infractions. The NY model has been exported to the rest of the country and is in the process of being implemented worldwide. Thanks Ghoul!

Anyway, I’m really impressed with the activists in this video. They have suffered constant abuse by both the police and (during the early stages) an angry and ill-informed public. But instead of wrapping up their banners and going home as lesser warriors would have done, they weathered the storm and are emerging triumphant. Luke in particular, despite his age, is very adept at diffusing potentially dangerous situations.

If you check out the GNN video on Copwatch, they recommend viewing the police rather like wild animals; you have to be very delicate in your dealings with them lest they attack.

Dan Wallace’s confrontation of that mediawhore is priceless. May he RIP.

P.S.: Does anyone know what happened to Dan yet?

The Eleventh Day of Every Month

Dan didn't know that he was going to be given the challenge of heroism, when he last said good bye to his father. He accepted the challenge and turned his grief and loss into courage and we will not forget him.
We are witnesses to the rise of a new America.

It's been stuck in my head now for hours. It's awesome. It's haunting in a way, but fucking strong. We should make it our anthem. This song should be heard by all.