CNN reported small fire set by Boston protestors.

[blm]

They just did a segment on those they called anarchists.

Given their track record, I'd say GOP operatives were tired of waiting for matters to explode so they are the ones instigating for violence.

[Renew Deal]

1. The anarchists wanted to start some shit.

This is their last chance. http://blackteasociety.org/index.php

[Endangered Specie]

2. small fire - could be someone just striking a lighter

after all, this is CNN, make news out of nothing and make nothing out of the news.

[SoCalDem]

3. I love how Judy Woof-woof said that the protestors were

getting little attention, and they would interview a few to FIND OUT WHY.....Uh...could it be that YOU and your TEEVEE pals have not deigned to "notice" them before now??

Can they really be this dense?? (rhetorical question)

[Endangered Specie]

9. What really pisses me off...

Is when the media talks about shortcomings of the media. I hate it when people talk about themselves in the third person, as though they were the media above the media.

And I really hate how CNN keeps saying to TRUST CNN or whoever every other commercial break (and in all their own commercials).

[shawmut]

4. They burned two flags and effigies of Bush and Kerry

It's on the news live here in Boston. It's not a large group, though.

[The Spirit of JFK]

5. Fox is calling it "Boston in Flames, Terrorists Not Just Inside the DNC"

...kidding.

[comsymp]

10. Okay, THAT was funny

And thx for pointing out that you were kidding- one can never be sure with Faux.

[kimchi]

11. My heart leapt into my throat...

because unfortunately that joke is all too believable.

[LiberalEsto]

6. Marinus van der Lubbe started it*

The guy the Nazis accused of starting the Reichstag fire that gave them an excuse to clamp down with martial law.

[readmylips]

7. Local TV said....700 demonstrators only....

I thought the republican brown shirts were taking over the streets of Boston? I forget, this is the home of John F. Kennedy and John F. Kerry. Those republicans chicked out.

The republicans must be having nightmares....their convention is 65% democrat state of New York, and in the center of New York City...that was very stupid. I can't wait to see New York City Rock. Guiliani, Bloomberg, nor pataki can ever intimate the people of New York City. That is also the city of Al Sharpton.

[DinahMoeHum]

8. Number of protestors arrested in 3 days: ONE

That's right, ONE.

Link:
http://www.boston.com/news/politics/conventions/articles/2004/07/29/activists_appear_to_save_anger_for_nyc/

(snip)
To prepare for the protesters expected to swarm Boston during the Democratic National Convention, security planners amassed a force of 5,000 law enforcement officers. The city built a razor-wired protest zone that attracted comparisons to the Guantanamo Bay prison camp. Suffolk County officials cleared enough jail cells and courtrooms to handle 2,500 arrests.

Total number of protest-related arrests so far this week: One.

As the convention culminates today, protesters are planning a bike ride, a flashlight peace vigil near the FleetCenter, and unpredictable "decentralized actions" throughout the city. But signs suggest that there simply aren't enough activists here to create the kind of chaos that hit Miami, Seattle, or even the major party conventions in Los Angeles and Philadelphia in 2000. Now the question on the minds of activists, police, and local residents is: Where are the protesters?

"Clearly, what this represents is that folks on the left have decided it would be counterproductive to protest the DNC," said Jason Pramas, a labor organizer from Cambridge who helped create the Boston Social Forum, which attracted 5,000 people last weekend for several days of lectures, discussions, and performances.

"At this moment you could call it a truce" with the Democrats, he added.
(snip)

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