tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141070.post1288475606809817195..comments2023-12-09T00:49:20.257-05:00Comments on WWVB : What Would Vannevar Blog?: Pittsburgh's G-20 and the Battle in SeattleVannevarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08513110035186346571noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141070.post-13214642945585301742009-09-14T06:53:06.963-04:002009-09-14T06:53:06.963-04:00Everybody Anarchist wanna SMASH G20 !
Students SMA...Everybody Anarchist wanna SMASH G20 !<br />Students SMASH G20 in Pittsburgh, US 24-25th September! Smash G20 !<br />All goverments = all problems, they r LIARS !<br />i know that ! )<br /><br />resistG20.orgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141070.post-45615036566648555042009-09-01T21:52:52.270-04:002009-09-01T21:52:52.270-04:00The protests in Europe tend to be MUCH larger and ...The protests in Europe tend to be MUCH larger and far more militant -- so a larger police force is to be expected. But the fact is that the police are as likely to abuse their power whether they are vastly outnumbered by the protesters or not -- and regardless of if those protesters are peaceful or not.<br /><br />The Group of 20 International Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors are the ones who are largely responsible for bringing about the current economic crisis. They orchestrate things like the trillion dollar bailouts of their corporate friends. They have very simply robbed the taxpayers (in whose names they could have paid off a lot of debt) and gave that cash to the corporate banks with no strings attached. This is reverse Robin Hood CORPORATE SOCIALISM and it is only the tip of the iceberg in terms of misappropriation and malfeasance which the G20 bankers are involved with. They can't continue to go around pillaging and plundering without facing some well-deserved protest.<br /><br />I mean really... do you think that Corporate Socialism is a good thing? Did you approve of the bailouts? Do you agree with both Bush and Obama in this regard? Well, I don't -- and neither do a lot of others.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141070.post-5814899610942484792009-08-25T12:55:37.119-04:002009-08-25T12:55:37.119-04:00this is sad. why don't people never get along....this is sad. why don't people never get along. everybody should get along so the g-20 isn't a crises.a 11 year old kidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141070.post-26232096040880189602009-08-20T19:14:00.798-04:002009-08-20T19:14:00.798-04:00I was in Seattle for the WTO Ministerial studying ...I was in Seattle for the WTO Ministerial studying global civil society. The point about the numbers of police officers misses the real problem. The protesters set up shop earlier than the police officers did. Delegates couldn't even get from their hotels downtown to the convention center because the protesters already owned the streets.<br /><br />The stuff about the anarchists is horseshit. They were late to the show. It was chaos before any of them showed up to smash the windows of McDonalds or Starbucks. But that got all the press. Too bad.Jim Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13078184665418828961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141070.post-37302309240238391022009-08-20T09:39:18.967-04:002009-08-20T09:39:18.967-04:00Brian O'Neill today in the P-G talked about th...Brian O'Neill today in the P-G talked about the loss of trees in Mellon Square, but noted in aside that he suspects the city of closing off a possible demonstration site by barracading the square just before G-20. I think they are counting to some extent on the constricted streets of Pittsburgh to assist their control of crowds.<br /><br /> There is also the issue of unapproved permits, which the city claims are being held up by more specifics from the Secret Service. One might suspect that they are starting to predict greater than previously suspected numbers of protesters.Marknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141070.post-88745648381042202442009-08-19T22:44:37.907-04:002009-08-19T22:44:37.907-04:00"Tell me again - why are we doing this?"..."<i>Tell me again - why are we doing this?</i>"<br /><br />Because it's there.<br /><br />Because it's a chance to tap into something huge. Because it's the world and the President and the global economy. Can I draw a straight line as to how the physical presence of these things in this format is supposed to benefit us? No, not a convincing one. Do I understand the urge? Yes, and I think it's a no-brainer on a human level. This represents a chance to be a big shot, and if Pittsburgh has been about anything for at least thirty years it's been about missing that feeling of being a bigshot.<br /><br />The information you provide (repeat and expound upon, actually) on the numbers of officers that seem to be required and that we are lacking scares me. In truth, if we had that many officers encamped and on-duty in Pittsburgh, that would scare me also. But ... one has to pursue these things. It is the human way.Bram Reichbaumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05620172942925293407noreply@blogger.com