Tom Lehman
Christine Peterson wrote:
> >Ah, there is nothing like the smell of tear gas accompanied by the
> >screams and cries of outrage in the morning. It smells like
> >... victory.
> >
>
> Yes - definitely we won. maybe I shouldn't say 'we' because I didn't go out
> and sacrifice myself like a few others who might be in for some unpleasant
> jail time. I have a lot of normal friends and acquaintances who ran downtown
> yesterday morning and are coming in with tear gas reports - but they seem
> almost giddy about it, and were listing off all the famous people they saw
> and stuff they did. Someone else driving near the seattle center got his
> tires blown out by a booby trap strip that someone had thrown down. But
> winning is an unusual joy. The TV news in the bay area had either nothing or
> 2 minutes on the riots, but NPR was saying just want I wanted, playing
> activists delegates saying that the WTO needs to be seriously reorganized or
> democratized. they aren't going to be able to meet in us or europe again.
>
> >I sure hope so. But to keep it from fraying, a leadership committee
> >has to emerge from this scene that at least coordinates the rhetoric
> >so that the news media gets it right. Media should never be left to
> >think on its own.
> >
> Clinton totally spinned it into support for his side. Laura Dandria Tyson of
> Berkeley Business school gave this super snide statement about how all the
> protesters are completely clueless and illiterate - a common theme in a lot
> of WSJ articles. there is a similar article in the NYTimes today by T.
> Friedman where he took the tone 'oh, aren't they silly'. I am waiting for
> the media to try to explain the concept of crusties and anarcho punks to the
> country.
>
> >
> >I look forward to Clinton's slime tomorrow--some variation of how
> >trickle down imperialism provided us with jobs and feeds the starving
> >children of India. All happy win-win crap.
> >
> >And, another thing I noticed was the absence of minority
> >people--black, hispanic, and asian groups with something to say on
> >this scene and these issues. This means that minority national
> >leadership is dragging its feet. What gives here?
>
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