Post in Saint Paul (and may-be that city across the river) during the RNC
All marchers: please dress telegenically. And no wardrobe malfunctions. Or
dorky socks. Check your teeth for blueberry skins, etc. Point your legible
signs at the cameras. We intend for you to end up in the MHS archives and on
the BBC World News.
We've got some super stuff in the can, and more on the way. The "protest
community" is all around us and between us, and it is coming together when
America needs it the most. Despite what you read (or write) at the end of
on-line newspaper articles, protesters are engineers, lawyers, architects,
artists, electricians, flooring specialists, doctors, nurses, chemists,
waitrons, bike messengers, sewer workers, plumbers, ironworkers, firemen,
massage therapists, technical writers, shopkeepers, restaurateurs, ... you name
it. We'll show the world that it is ALL SORTS of people who are fed up with
lies, greed, and unaccountability. It doesn't even matter what party a person
is from - this is now so beyond the RNC for me. It's basically about morality.
I have conservative friends who are fine people - I would never lump them in
with liars, cheaters, or traitors. (And interestingly, one of my most moral,
upstanding friends is an atheist - go figure.)
Another new friend (you will be proud to know how many great Minnesotans are
out there - I never knew... Some days I just want to run away from all the
horrible things I am digging up, but then I meet a working class hero and we
carry on together...) just got back from Viet Nam. She photodocumented victims
of Agent Orange. The images of deformed people will turn your stomach and
twist your heart. There are still barrels of the toxic stuff sitting over
there, and the USA won't remove them. Hello?! Is that what responsible
countries do? Is that setting a good example? Sorry, I digress...
Looking at the dollars spent on protecting and serving us is alarming
(Charley's post). I believe there was also a line item in the newspaper for
rubber gloves. That figure, if I recall correctly, is about the amount True
Blue Minnesota needs to fulfill our financial obligations. Yes, WE CAN CHANGE
THE WORLD for the same amount of money spent on GLOVES!
BTW, IMHO, most of the anti-police sentiment should really be directed toward
Agent Kirkwood, who has conveniently pulled a Rumsfeld and disappeared. I
still believe Matt Bostrom is a man of his word and has a good heart, and that
any radical moves will be the doing of Kirkwood. He should be held as
accountable as anyone, Secret Service or not. Granted, the easiest way to
provoke them is to provoke them, so let's not. There is a terrorist threat, I
suppose, (if they can find Minnesota) so I do appreciate the fact that there
must be preparations for that unlikely event. But if it's just us Americans
doing our patriotic thing, I hope the SWAT teams end up feeling like a woman
who wore a nightgown to a hoedown.
Won't you please help us help everyone? If you have some money to spare, you
are welcome to come to a very special True Blue Minnesota Sneak Preview a
fortnight from today. See attachment. Be forewarned: I won't hesitate to ask
you for $100, or even $1,000 or more. But even $10 will get your name recorded
in history. The Team of 17,999 is one short because I have spent my season
ticket money on this venture (>$3,000; please don't tell my wife). This is not
about making money by hiring Journey, REO Speedwagon, or other crap bands, or
by selling Anheuser-Busch products. It's about being an American and putting
our money where our mouths are. And the bulk of our creative programming is
homegrown.
Now is the time for all good SPIFfers to come to the visual aid of their
country. If e-Democracy wants to put a promo on the screens, we've got a
special deal for you - considerably lower than Super Bowl or Olympic rates.
Andrew Hine
True Blue Minnesota
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