Quick post on RNC suppression

This post is brief - just to bring to my scant readership's attention media suppression of the riots that were what really postponed the RNC. Not Hurricane Gustav. Also get the story here.

Thinking this over, esp. the headline of the second source ("RNC 8 Charged with "Conspiracy to Riot in Furtherance of Terrorism"), I'm realizing just how goddamn fascist it all is. What's "furtherance of terrorism?" I mean, remember when everyone criticizing the Iraq War was "furthering terrorism?"

So either the Grand Old Party didn't prosecute the doves then just out of the goodness of their hearts, or they knew the press would raise a stink. This time around, though, the press is securely under their thumb, so with nothing to worry about, the Man and the American Machine ooze on down towards "They came first for the Communists..."

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