Comments on: No, They Wouldn’t Do That http://www.stageleft.info/2007/08/21/3854/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 07:56:03 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Bow. James Bow. http://www.stageleft.info/2007/08/21/3854/comment-page-1/#comment-122284 Bow. James Bow. Fri, 24 Aug 2007 23:03:37 +0000 http://www.stageleft.info/2007/08/21/3854/#comment-122284 <strong>The Government Shouldn't Try to Make People Afraid of the People</strong> Have a look at this video. It’s about five minutes of video shot by protesters at the Security and Prosperity Partnership talks in Montebello, Quebec. These talks are being hosted by Canada and featured Prime Minister Stephen Harper meeting with...<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('122284','Bow. James Bow.'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('122284','Bow. James Bow.','<strong>The Government Shouldn\'t Try to Make People Afraid of the People<\/strong>\n\nHave a look at this video. It’s about five minutes of video shot by protesters at the Security and Prosperity Partnership talks in Montebello, Quebec. These talks are being hosted by Canada and featured Prime Minister Stephen Harper meeting with...'); return false;">Quote</a></div> The Government Shouldn’t Try to Make People Afraid of the People

Have a look at this video. It’s about five minutes of video shot by protesters at the Security and Prosperity Partnership talks in Montebello, Quebec. These talks are being hosted by Canada and featured Prime Minister Stephen Harper meeting with…

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]]> By: Fredericton Geek Speak » Union leader accuses undercover cops attempting to incite violence in Montebello, Quebec protest http://www.stageleft.info/2007/08/21/3854/comment-page-1/#comment-122163 Fredericton Geek Speak » Union leader accuses undercover cops attempting to incite violence in Montebello, Quebec protest Thu, 23 Aug 2007 16:13:32 +0000 http://www.stageleft.info/2007/08/21/3854/#comment-122163 [...] Red Tory Art Threat Exile Infoshop Brian’s Thoughts Exposé Skateboard Magazine Pacific Tribune Canadian Cynic HawkEyeNews LiveJournal Goudaille Cent Papiers (boot shot) CUPE (boot shot) O’Neil Brooke Cathy from Canada Stageleft Bene Diction Gazetteer Gazetteer Rusty Idols Larry Hubich Galloping Beaver Climate and Capitalism Big City Lib Welcome to 1984 blogx Your Dirty Answer Impolitical A Canadian Lefty in Occupied Land This Canadian Unrepentant Old Hippie Vanity Press Getting It Right Dodosville Far and Wide The Last Minute Blog (good hi-res pic of one of the “protesters”) Les Enragés.org Voice of Grant Drinking Liberally in New Milford Matthew Good Skippy the Bush Kangaroo Paulitics (interesting boot analysis) Audette-o-Blog Kate (good flikr photos, with commentary) YaYaCanada (comprehensive photo essay of the Montebello events) Torontoist Daily Kos AOL Newsbloggers CTV Ottawa Sun Harper Index Ottawa Indymedia National Post (if you can believe it) Toronto Star CBC CBC As It Happens (interview with David Coles) Maclean’s (columnist Kady O’Malley calls for an enquiry) [...]
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]]> By: stageleft http://www.stageleft.info/2007/08/21/3854/comment-page-1/#comment-122152 stageleft Thu, 23 Aug 2007 11:06:19 +0000 http://www.stageleft.info/2007/08/21/3854/#comment-122152 If you've never attended a protest, demo, or rally - you should. You'll get a whole different perspective from what the media spoon feeds the masses on the 6:00 news. That is a significant breach of trust don't you think? Would you really want people who would incite a riot and willfully endanger the public safety in any sort of uniform that has a pistol strapped to it?<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('122152','stageleft'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('122152','stageleft','If you\'ve never attended a protest, demo, or rally - you should. You\'ll get a whole different perspective from what the media spoon feeds the masses on the 6:00 news.\r\n\r\nThat is a significant breach of trust don\'t you think? Would you really want people who would incite a riot and willfully endanger the public safety in any sort of uniform that has a pistol strapped to it?'); return false;">Quote</a></div> If you’ve never attended a protest, demo, or rally – you should. You’ll get a whole different perspective from what the media spoon feeds the masses on the 6:00 news.

That is a significant breach of trust don’t you think? Would you really want people who would incite a riot and willfully endanger the public safety in any sort of uniform that has a pistol strapped to it?

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]]> By: stageleft http://www.stageleft.info/2007/08/21/3854/comment-page-1/#comment-122150 stageleft Thu, 23 Aug 2007 11:02:42 +0000 http://www.stageleft.info/2007/08/21/3854/#comment-122150 Sorry RossK, ended up in the general area of Ogdensburg NY last night and didn't make it back to the bunker until almost 1:00AM - will post in a bit.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('122150','stageleft'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('122150','stageleft','Sorry RossK, ended up in the general area of Ogdensburg NY last night and didn\'t make it back to the bunker until almost 1:00AM - will post in a bit.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Sorry RossK, ended up in the general area of Ogdensburg NY last night and didn’t make it back to the bunker until almost 1:00AM – will post in a bit.
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]]> By: UpMyKilt http://www.stageleft.info/2007/08/21/3854/comment-page-1/#comment-122140 UpMyKilt Thu, 23 Aug 2007 06:41:02 +0000 http://www.stageleft.info/2007/08/21/3854/#comment-122140 <blockquote>"If they really are cops, I hope they get demoted to writing parking tickets in the boonies."</blockquote> No Candace.. trust me on this one.. you don't even want them types writing parking tickets. Honest.. I know.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('122140','UpMyKilt'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('122140','UpMyKilt','<blockquote>\"If they really are cops, I hope they get demoted to writing parking tickets in the boonies.\"<\/blockquote>\r\n\r\nNo Candace.. trust me on this one.. you don\'t even want them types writing parking tickets.\r\n\r\n\r\nHonest.. I know.'); return false;">Quote</a></div>

“If they really are cops, I hope they get demoted to writing parking tickets in the boonies.”

No Candace.. trust me on this one.. you don’t even want them types writing parking tickets.

Honest.. I know.

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]]> By: Candace http://www.stageleft.info/2007/08/21/3854/comment-page-1/#comment-122133 Candace Thu, 23 Aug 2007 04:56:17 +0000 http://www.stageleft.info/2007/08/21/3854/#comment-122133 Having never attended a protest, I will bow to your guys's experience. I don't have a problem with cops going undercover, even in a demonstration, if their goal is to observe and report, particularly if things start looking ugly. However, I draw the line at trying to MAKE things get ugly. If they really are cops, I hope they get demoted to writing parking tickets in the boonies.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('122133','Candace'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('122133','Candace','Having never attended a protest, I will bow to your guys\'s experience.\r\n\r\nI don\'t have a problem with cops going undercover, even in a demonstration, if their goal is to observe and report, particularly if things start looking ugly.\r\n\r\nHowever, I draw the line at trying to MAKE things get ugly.\r\n\r\nIf they really are cops, I hope they get demoted to writing parking tickets in the boonies.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Having never attended a protest, I will bow to your guys’s experience.

I don’t have a problem with cops going undercover, even in a demonstration, if their goal is to observe and report, particularly if things start looking ugly.

However, I draw the line at trying to MAKE things get ugly.

If they really are cops, I hope they get demoted to writing parking tickets in the boonies.

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]]> By: RossK http://www.stageleft.info/2007/08/21/3854/comment-page-1/#comment-122112 RossK Wed, 22 Aug 2007 21:14:27 +0000 http://www.stageleft.info/2007/08/21/3854/#comment-122112 C'mon s.l. You're killin' us here...... (especially after Mr. Akin's softpeddle) .<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('122112','RossK'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('122112','RossK','C\'mon s.l.\r\n\r\nYou\'re killin\' us here......\r\n\r\n\r\n(especially after Mr. Akin\'s softpeddle)\r\n\r\n.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> C’mon s.l.

You’re killin’ us here……

(especially after Mr. Akin’s softpeddle)

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]]> By: anon http://www.stageleft.info/2007/08/21/3854/comment-page-1/#comment-122110 anon Wed, 22 Aug 2007 20:52:57 +0000 http://www.stageleft.info/2007/08/21/3854/#comment-122110 photos: http://tinyurl.com/2qu5sr<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('122110','anon'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('122110','anon','photos:\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/tinyurl.com\/2qu5sr'); return false;">Quote</a></div> photos:

http://tinyurl.com/2qu5sr

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]]> By: Montebello Summit - non-slip soles - the yellow triangle pictures at Bene Diction Blogs On http://www.stageleft.info/2007/08/21/3854/comment-page-1/#comment-122103 Montebello Summit - non-slip soles - the yellow triangle pictures at Bene Diction Blogs On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 18:47:13 +0000 http://www.stageleft.info/2007/08/21/3854/#comment-122103 [...] prior post here   Stageleft went to the news conference and will post an update   Published 1 hour, 19 minutes ago // Used for showing and hiding user information in the comment form function ShowUtils() { document.getElementById(”authorinfo”).style.display = “”; document.getElementById(”showinfo”).style.display = “none”; document.getElementById(”hideinfo”).style.display = “”; } function HideUtils() { document.getElementById(”authorinfo”).style.display = “none”; document.getElementById(”showinfo”).style.display = “”; document.getElementById(”hideinfo”).style.display = “none”; } [...]
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]]> By: Treehugger http://www.stageleft.info/2007/08/21/3854/comment-page-1/#comment-122099 Treehugger Wed, 22 Aug 2007 17:54:56 +0000 http://www.stageleft.info/2007/08/21/3854/#comment-122099 I'll take a pass on the mead...but Balbulican's corner office with the comfy chair...hmm...<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('122099','Treehugger'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('122099','Treehugger','I\'ll take a pass on the mead...but Balbulican\'s corner office with the comfy chair...hmm...'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I’ll take a pass on the mead…but Balbulican’s corner office with the comfy chair…hmm…
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]]> By: stageleft http://www.stageleft.info/2007/08/21/3854/comment-page-1/#comment-122098 stageleft Wed, 22 Aug 2007 17:49:47 +0000 http://www.stageleft.info/2007/08/21/3854/#comment-122098 Short comment, for now, the press conference was good. There is a separate post coming this evening on what was covered and the questions that were asked. I gotta thank you for the heads-up treehugger, at the very least there's an extra ration of mead headed your way.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('122098','stageleft'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('122098','stageleft','Short comment, for now, the press conference was good. There is a separate post coming this evening on what was covered and the questions that were asked.\r\n\r\nI gotta thank you for the heads-up treehugger, at the very least there\'s an extra ration of mead headed your way.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Short comment, for now, the press conference was good. There is a separate post coming this evening on what was covered and the questions that were asked.

I gotta thank you for the heads-up treehugger, at the very least there’s an extra ration of mead headed your way.

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]]> By: Treehugger http://www.stageleft.info/2007/08/21/3854/comment-page-1/#comment-122094 Treehugger Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:54:51 +0000 http://www.stageleft.info/2007/08/21/3854/#comment-122094 Heh! Looks like I got him all fired up this morning. There's no telling what he will come back with.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('122094','Treehugger'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('122094','Treehugger','Heh! Looks like I got him all fired up this morning. There\'s no telling what he will come back with.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Heh! Looks like I got him all fired up this morning. There’s no telling what he will come back with.
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]]> By: Throbbin http://www.stageleft.info/2007/08/21/3854/comment-page-1/#comment-122092 Throbbin Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:36:51 +0000 http://www.stageleft.info/2007/08/21/3854/#comment-122092 GO SL GO! What do you think will be the spin? "They were off-duty" maybe?<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('122092','Throbbin'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('122092','Throbbin','GO SL GO!\r\n\r\nWhat do you think will be the spin? \"They were off-duty\" maybe?'); return false;">Quote</a></div> GO SL GO!

What do you think will be the spin? “They were off-duty” maybe?

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]]> By: stageleft http://www.stageleft.info/2007/08/21/3854/comment-page-1/#comment-122091 stageleft Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:26:06 +0000 http://www.stageleft.info/2007/08/21/3854/#comment-122091 Am heading for the news conference treehugger linked, taking the camera in case a good shot presents itself, and will let y'all know what happened when I get back.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('122091','stageleft'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('122091','stageleft','Am heading for the news conference treehugger linked, taking the camera in case a good shot presents itself, and will let y\'all know what happened when I get back.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Am heading for the news conference treehugger linked, taking the camera in case a good shot presents itself, and will let y’all know what happened when I get back.
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]]> By: Peter D http://www.stageleft.info/2007/08/21/3854/comment-page-1/#comment-122087 Peter D Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:21:50 +0000 http://www.stageleft.info/2007/08/21/3854/#comment-122087 You'll notice that some of the younger anarchists also talk about how the three "protestor cops" were telling them to be more aggressive. The clincher for me is watching the one cop in protestor garb siddle up to the police and talk to them and then the three of them just happen to bust the line and get "arrested." Such b.s.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('122087','Peter D'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('122087','Peter D','You\'ll notice that some of the younger anarchists also talk about how the three \"protestor cops\" were telling them to be more aggressive. \r\n\r\nThe clincher for me is watching the one cop in protestor garb siddle up to the police and talk to them and then the three of them just happen to bust the line and get \"arrested.\" Such b.s.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> You’ll notice that some of the younger anarchists also talk about how the three “protestor cops” were telling them to be more aggressive.

The clincher for me is watching the one cop in protestor garb siddle up to the police and talk to them and then the three of them just happen to bust the line and get “arrested.” Such b.s.

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