Mike McGinn is the definition of "moon bat ass clown".

Without a Mayor Quimby, our town would really stink.
We wouldn't have a tire yard, or inside roller rink.
We wouldn't have our gallows
Or a shiny Bigfoot trap.
It's not the mayor's fault that the stadium collapsed!

EWreckedSean: So she was amongst a group of protestors that were physically blocking traffic, endangering the lives of every commuter on the road, and she got pepper sprayed, and we should feel badly why? Get you 84 year old ass out of traffic next time.

You're funny.

Rich Cream: Bringing the elderly to a demonstration is akin to bringing little children. Have you no regard?

/human shields indeed

We can't bust heads like we used to, but we have our ways. One trick is to tell 'em stories that don't go anywhere - like the time I caught the ferry over to Shelbyville. I needed a new heel for my shoe, so, I decided to go to Morganville, which is what they called Shelbyville in those days. So I tied an onion to my belt, which was the style at the time. Now, to take the ferry cost a nickel, and in those days, nickels had pictures of bumblebees on 'em. "Give me five bees for a quarter," you'd say.

Now where were we? Oh yeah: the important thing was I had an onion on my belt, which was the style at the time. They didn't have white onions because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big yellow ones...

Brother_Mouzone: "we're sorry you're offended that we shot pepper spray in your face, you old hippie"

Now, why are we doomed to this Quimby Quagmire, you ask, oh reasonable listener?

Because this town is under the stranglehold of a few tie-dyed tree-huggers who would rather play hackeysack than lock up the homeless.

itsjr: The_Sponge: Mike McGinn is the definition of "moon bat ass clown".

Why compliment the guy?


Ha! I like you.

royone: tdyak: Where do I even being with the problems of signing singing petitions against highway projects.

FTFY

/where do I being
//to tell the story of a love that would not die?

Well, how's this? I'll not only build the Matlock expressway, I will spend the rest of this afternoon patiently listening to your interminable anecdotes.

EWreckedSean: So she was amongst a group of protestors that were physically blocking traffic, endangering the lives of every commuter on the road, and she got pepper sprayed, and we should feel badly why? Get you 84 year old ass out of traffic next time.

The confrontations began Tuesday afternoon after demonstrators blocked downtown intersections, delaying commuters

You are a partisan hack. Know how I know? Because in the first article about this event, what she was doing there was clearly described:

From this article greenlit yesterday: Rainey, a community activist since the '60s, decided to walk by the protest on her way to a transportation meeting in the Northgate neighborhood of Seattle. As she told the Stranger, Seattle's alt-weekly paper, "Cops shoved their bicycles into the crowd ... If it had not been for my Hero (Iraq Vet Caleb) I would have been down on the ground and trampled."

So, what have we learned?

1) That this 84 year old woman was NOT part of the protest. She was nearby and on her way elsewhere. The worst she was guilty of was curiosity about what was going on.
2) That this 84 year old woman probably has at least somewhat limited mobility, as indicated by her fear of being thrown to the ground and trampled by the actions of the police.
3) That you could not be bothered to do basic background research before condemning her, and attempting to justify the actions of the police.
4) That you think that it is even possible to justify a police officer pepper spraying a frail 84 year old woman who is clearly not capable of offering resistance to the police, let alone a physical threat.

We've had good conversations and bad ones, EWreckedSean, but this is truly contemptible on your part. Shame on you.

Now, the only question is, are you going to recognize how shameful your knee-jerk partisan reaction was and own up to it, and think about what that means about your worldview more generally, or are you going to double down and insist that the police were justified in using pepper spray on an 84 year old woman.

I don't care if to you she is a faceless nonentity that is part of some organization you dislike because it threatens cherished ideological assumptions in your worldview. I do not give even the slightest of farks. Basic human empathy should be enough for you to understand why this is completely unacceptable. The ethical and moral standing of a society is determined by how it treats its most vulnerable members.

To that cop she was a nearly helpless old woman standing near him that he chose to pepper spray. That cop deserves to lose his job and be summarily tried for assault & battery and have his ass tossed in jail for as long as the sentencing will allow.

EWreckedSean: Harv72b: EWreckedSean: So she was amongst a group of protestors that were physically blocking traffic, endangering the lives of every commuter on the road, and she got pepper sprayed, and we should feel badly why? Get you 84 year old ass out of traffic next time.

You're funny.

If you don't think unexpected road obstacles causes accidents, well, you must not drive. All it takes is one person not paying attention for a minute, and traffic unexpectedly stopping because some idiot protester thinks the best way to show the man how serious his is, is by playing in traffic, and people are dead.

You obviously don't commute.

Also, you're losing your focus--the allegation you provided was that she was "amongst a group of protestors (sic) that (sic) were physically blocking traffic." That does not equate to "some idiot" showing "the man how serious his (sic) is."

I still am unsure what to think about all this Occupy stuff.

I laughed at the tea party and their sillyness, stupid misspelled signs, and dumb stuff like 'get your government out of my medicare' crap. I was also confused by the Taxed Enough Already slant, which is odd since (R) or (D) doesnt really matter, they all raise taxes, and (R) seems to like big government just fine.

Then came the Occupy stuff. So I read everything about how the Great Depression happened and look at the parallels of today and it is concerning. I am not one of the 1%, or even close.. I went to a community college because i could not afford a 'party school'. I also didnt want the huge loan. I was able to get a job in my field and I've worked my ass off to get where I'm at. (which is a normal house in suburban generica).

Who the hell am I supposed to support? I agree with some of their cause, but I'm not sure this is the way to go. I also stand by the Police if its about keeping the few jackasses in line that spoil it for the actual protestors.

Finally, I dont have much love for a bunch of hipster douchebags that have iPhones and $800 cameras but are mad that they took a $80,000 loan to attend college and major in windchimes..

meh..

I really had no point. I guess I'll STFU and GBTW.

boyvoyeur: Civil disobedience is still disobedience. Do what the cops ask you to do

Come gather 'round children,
It's high time ye learned,
'Bout a hero named Homer
And a devil named Burns.

We'll march till we drop,
The girls and the fellas,
We'll fight till the death
Or else fold like umbrellas.

So we'll march day and night,
By the big cooling tower,
They have the plant,
But we have the power.

/

VarmintCong: Criticize all you want from your bleeding heart ivory tower

Well, little girl, I've had lots of jobs in my day: whale-hunter, seal-clubber, president of the Fox network, and, like most people, yeah, I've dealt a little ivory.

/off sick from work can you tell

royone: StreetlightInTheGhetto: boyvoyeur: Civil disobedience is still disobedience. Do what the cops ask you to do

[...]
So we'll march day and night,
By the big cooling tower,
They have the plant,
But we have the power.

/

Now play Classical Gas!

Look at them all, through the darkness I'm bringing
They're not sad at all, they're actually singing!
They sing without juicers
They sing without blenders
They sing without flunjers, capdabblers and smendlers!

Derek Force: I really had no point. I guess I'll STFU and GBTW.

Hey, you've got a job! If it isn't too terrible, you can be thankful for having an income...

boyvoyeur: Civil disobedience is still disobedience. Do what the cops ask you to do

I've never been "asked" by a cop to do anything.

Rich Cream: Bringing the elderly to a demonstration is akin to bringing little children. Have you no regard?

/human shields indeed

Ah, yes. Once you hit fifty, you have no say in government policy.

Knara: StrangeQ: This brings up an interesting point...who will break first; the protesters or the city's pocket book?

I noted to a coworker a day or two ago how ridiculous these particular cost quotes are.

You know what would cost a lot less? Not bringing out the riot police at all.

But hey, there's people camping out in parks, and that's obviously a threat to the entirety of the city. Get out the riot gear!

OWS is a cancer in this fair city. They are the cancer, and the cops are the, um... what cures cancer?

Allen. The end.: Rich Cream: Bringing the elderly to a demonstration is akin to bringing little children. Have you no regard?

/human shields indeed

Ah, yes. Once you hit fifty, you have no say in government policy.


"It's awful being a kid. No one listens to you."

"It's rotten being old. No one listens to you."

"I'm a white male, age 18 to 49. Everyone listens to me -- no matter how dumb my suggestions are!"

/nuts & gum, together at last

Knara: I noted to a coworker a day or two ago how ridiculous these particular cost quotes are.

You know what would cost a lot less? Not bringing out the riot police at all.

But hey, there's people camping out in parks, and that's obviously a threat to the entirety of the city. Get out the riot gear!

I was kinda boggled to hear this argument a few weeks ago. I was visiting a buddy, and his MIL was there biatching about the Occupy Denver protesters. Her daughter is a Denver cop, and has been talking about how much overtime this city has been having to pay during the protests. MIL was outraged about the protesters costing the city so much money, and was saying they should just shut up and go home. In the interests of not kicking over a hornets nest in my buddies living room I just left it, but I really wanted to ask her how she came to the conclusion that it was the protester's fault that the city decided to send every available officer to the park, and keep them there for a few days.

EWreckedSean: So she was amongst a group of protestors that were physically blocking traffic, endangering the lives of every commuter on the road, and she got pepper sprayed, and we should feel badly why? Get you 84 year old ass out of traffic next time.

The confrontations began Tuesday afternoon after demonstrators blocked downtown intersections, delaying commuters

She wasn't one of the protesters. She decided to go past the protest on her way to a
transportation meeting to see what was going on.