[lbo-talk] Local, Austin anti-bailout protesters...

Mike Beggs M.Beggs at econ.usyd.edu.au
Thu Oct 2 17:47:41 PDT 2008


I watched Richard Linklater's Slacker again recently (Austin, 1991? or thereabouts) and couldn't help but notice a big Ron Paul poster in the background of one scene. So he's been around down there a while?

Cheers, Mike

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From: lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org on behalf of B. Sent: Fri 10/3/2008 6:13 AM To: LBO Talk Subject: [lbo-talk] Local, Austin anti-bailout protesters...

...have been shown on the news with an inordinate amount of Ron Paul signs and banners.

Any fellow Austinites noticed this? That the weird Austin "enlightened yuppie," spoiled college kid element here is still very much pro-Ron Paul and are the ones on the Capitol steps, with their bullhorns, getting the local media coverage against the bailout?

They even have a huge banner with Paul's face painted on it in that Soviet Constructivist visual style, with the "rEVOLution" slogan on it. Still holding on to the dream....

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