The Republican Convention is over. We can all come out from our bunkers and claim back our city, Saint Paul. But what did all the smoke and noise mean? I’ll break it down into parts.
Monthly Archives: September 2008
HISSy
It threatens to destroy our very culture, ripping us apart and disemboweling what our nation stands for. In the end, a HISSy defenestrates civic life and leaves our vital public realm nothing more than a head on a pike.
The Children’s Crusade
It’s not a riot unless something is set on fire.
Concrete and Life
The walls around the Republican Convention were not enough. As protesters flooded the streets, police had to form walls of warm human bodies behind shields, movable walls designed to keep the damage confined and the culprits identifiable.
The RNC Wall
I awoke one morning to find that I had been put into a prison. It was not that I had been placed there, rather one had been built around me. I went on my morning walk to inquire what my crime had been, and encountered a policeman in clean, sharp uniform. I was told that there was no crime, but that necessary precautions were taken and a lengthy speech about the importance of civil liberties. The words were enough to take my mind off of the prison for a while. When I read that out side of our walls raids had taken place in which people were handcuffed for “Intent to cause a riot”, and then released. One of those detained was four years old. I wonder if they had the same chat about civil liberties that we have inside the walls.
Barataria - The work of Erik Hare 