Funk The War!

I feel much safer now that those dangerous protesters are off the street, don't you?

Thanks, John . . . but I think that I'm probably an infamous CM member, lol . . .   Be that as it may, I am more comfortable without a gag in my mouth . . . . though I daresay some others are more comfortable with it in . . . And this is a decent segue for my new signature:  If you weren't living in a cage, I wouldn't be rattling it . . . . Which is a lot more inciteful (not a misspelling) than I feel . . . Sometimes I just feel that the kindest thing a person can do, when the house is on fire, is to shake people awake . . . .

Edit:  Isn't it mid-afternoon in Istanbul?  G'day to you!

War is a Racket  nuff said.  The Video shows police who can't think for themselves.  Let the hippies protest, then everyone can go home.  The police should be stopping crime not this crap.  piggs.

From Reuters --

KABUL (AP) - U.S. forces have withdrawn from an isolated base in eastern Afghanistan that insurgents attacked last week in one of the deadliest battles of the war for U.S. troops, the NATO-led coalition said Friday.

The pullout from the Kamdesh outpost near the Pakistani border is likely to embolden insurgent fighters in the region. The Taliban swiftly claimed "victory" for forcing the coalition to leave and said they had raised their flag above the town.

The withdrawal, however, had been planned well before the Oct. 3 battle and is part of a wider strategy outlined by the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, who has said for months he plans to shut down such isolated strongholds to focus on more heavily populated areas in an effort to protect civilians.

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20091009/D9B7HP4G0.html

Right-o, pal, you betcha. Here's how THAT end game plays out:

I'm speechless. It's such an overreaction to what was going on. They could have easily given warnings if the case was just a matter of needing some sort of permit (which in itself is tyrannical - if you need a permit to complain, how easy is it to just deny the permit and you've effectively removed the right to petition.) 

To me this shows TPTB are expecting more of this and have warned police to nip the slightest agitation in the bud so that things cannot escalate. Thousands more will join a demonstration of 100,000 but it takes a lot of guts to participate when it's small. So if they are effective in wiping out any chance of people gathering in small clusters, they can avoid ever having to deal with larger numbers. 

But ... they just may have done the opposite if people start viewing the video and realizing our first amendment was pretty much trampled on. Quote from the video:

"... he's arrested for swearing on the sidewalk." 

Twenty-seven cop cars for this?

I hope you're right Saffron . . . about the brutality inspiring people to speak out  . . . Unfortunately, I sometimes wonder whether the intimidation will cause Americans to do what they do best:  Keep their heads low, and hope somebody else deals with it . . . .  Land of the Free, and Home of the Brave, and all . . . . Eeesh, I'm cynical . . . .