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malaise

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18. I'm sorry they didn't try to scale the WH fence

Sun Oct 13, 2013, 06:24 PM

Oct 2013

They would have been in jail or in the hospital by now.

Good point about the difference in treatment. No pepper spray here.

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those tea party fucks were totally out of control today [View all] cali Oct 2013 OP

vandalizing government property and stealing it, trespassing. WHAT??????????????? trueblue2007 Oct 2013 #1

the police were probably afraid NewJeffCT Oct 2013 #42

"It was a manufactured scandal" Turbineguy Oct 2013 #52

likely assumption would be... PatrynXX Oct 2013 #120

Where did you hear about this? ZombieHorde Oct 2013 #2

there are several threads with links right on GD cali Oct 2013 #7

Just post the links, pls. Not in the top twenty GD threads at this time. Maybe titles are obscure?nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2013 #29

here cali Oct 2013 #44

Thanks. nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2013 #50

...so.ok..so d_r Oct 2013 #79

From the Post story; greiner3 Oct 2013 #98

OWS gets the pepper-spray to the face, T-baggers get the red carpet rolled out for them. LAGC Oct 2013 #3

EXACTLY. n/t reflection Oct 2013 #15

I don't think OWS were pepper sprayed in DC ThomThom Oct 2013 #59

. AnotherMcIntosh Oct 2013 #68

Might want to do a wee bit of research chervilant Oct 2013 #123

Because the teabaggers have big money with a lot of influence backing them up Blue_Tires Oct 2013 #116

Today? Those assholes are out of control everyday lostincalifornia Oct 2013 #4

I hope there's video of them shoving cops hootinholler Oct 2013 #5

I just saw it on the ABC nightly news. the cops were pushing back cali Oct 2013 #9

They should have arrested Lee, Cruz and Palin and charge them with inciting violence and Buddha_of_Wisdom Oct 2013 #19

"Refusing to disperse" vs "not even being asked to disperse." Funny how that works. arcane1 Oct 2013 #32

Yeah, amazing isn't it? mountain grammy Oct 2013 #106

Most of the "cops" I saw were wearing bicycle helmets! AAO Oct 2013 #102

Local news video: Glimmer of Hope Oct 2013 #10

They had the cops backed up against the fence... kentuck Oct 2013 #20

Looks like they had someone to arrest and then let him escape hootinholler Oct 2013 #25

also, seems quite a bias in their reporting.. very tender toward the barricade removers Voice for Peace Oct 2013 #94

Here's the video.... Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2013 #71

How pathetic are the people commenting on that site ChangeUp106 Oct 2013 #24

I believe some are paid, or are using software I heard about recently that allows 1 person to... rwsanders Oct 2013 #46

I would love to get hired to do that LittleGirl Oct 2013 #61

Well I think most of them will hear from Him "depart from me I never knew you"... rwsanders Oct 2013 #121

Worth noting, too, is the fact chervilant Oct 2013 #124

I agree cali and had same thoughts as I was reading and watching videos. On a related note, Emit Oct 2013 #6

Promoting idiocy among idiots isn't dangerous, as long as orpupilofnature57 Oct 2013 #13

Incitement is the sort of thing that normally gets one arrested. Buns_of_Fire Oct 2013 #22

"normally"? how often do you think people are arrested for incitement? onenote Oct 2013 #88

you mean dangerous like putting gun sight crosses on politicians they disagree with? VanillaRhapsody Oct 2013 #67

Exactly. Emit Oct 2013 #73

How do you sign a veto "threat"? VanillaRhapsody Oct 2013 #81

Difference: Teabaggers are useful idiots for the 1% NuclearDem Oct 2013 #8

They're a christo-fascist political movement RainDog Oct 2013 #28

winner (NT) The Wizard Oct 2013 #101

Yep. mountain grammy Oct 2013 #108

Then the story was reported on CNN as if it really mattered, politically flamingdem Oct 2013 #11

They are pushing the unpaid public servants (thanks to Cruz etal.) who are keeping them ScreamingMeemie Oct 2013 #12

Couldn't agree more... Buddaman Oct 2013 #14

Memo to Occupy: Don't stay in one place.... FarCenter Oct 2013 #16

We know who they are and their bunks at FEMA Camp 7 are being readied today. NYC_SKP Oct 2013 #17

Gravel Pits??? hootinholler Oct 2013 #21

Oh crap. NYC_SKP Oct 2013 #30

awesome job comrade d_r Oct 2013 #80

Gravel pits are too cushy for them. Send them to the salt mines. Erose999 Oct 2013 #92

I'm sorry they didn't try to scale the WH fence malaise Oct 2013 #18

teabaggers clash with police... Historic NY Oct 2013 #23

you mean they weren't corraled and tear gassed? They weren't arrested on charges everybody.... marble falls Oct 2013 #26

I was thinking that also gopiscrap Oct 2013 #27

How many were there? And how many were GOP operatives? n/t melody Oct 2013 #31

I think this says it all... hexola Oct 2013 #33

They're just fuckin' with us now, aren't they? TDale313 Oct 2013 #35

...and an apostrophe s!!! hexola Oct 2013 #36

Oh, alway's TDale313 Oct 2013 #39

And I imagine there were probably enought people there landolfi Oct 2013 #84

Lol n/t lordsummerisle Oct 2013 #37

I'm surprised they didn't use quotations for "Veteran's" ScreamingMeemie Oct 2013 #38

Ask and ye shall receive... hexola Oct 2013 #41

Ha! ScreamingMeemie Oct 2013 #62

The mis-spelled defund too! hootinholler Oct 2013 #40

Ugh! BlueJazz Oct 2013 #43

Getting closer!!! hexola Oct 2013 #45

They noticed people taking pictures and changed the spelling? grantcart Oct 2013 #48

*snorpft* grantcart Oct 2013 #47

The revolution will not be spellchecked NuclearDem Oct 2013 #83

The apostrophe-s is what makes that art. WilliamPitt Oct 2013 #91

armed revolution is the teabaggers' wet dream. Better get used to escalating incidences n/t Blaukraut Oct 2013 #34

How many of these mouthbreathers showed up? backscatter712 Oct 2013 #49

I was waiting to hear that a tea bagger was carrying a gun. texanwitch Oct 2013 #51

Brooks Brothers Riot? backscatter712 Oct 2013 #53

+1000 JCMach1 Oct 2013 #65

Three Stooges Riot: Cruz, Palin, and Mike Lee. Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2013 #66

I'd love to know how this was organized and by whom. drm604 Oct 2013 #54

they wanted images of veterans angry at the Whitehouse and KurtNYC Oct 2013 #104

I am a peaceful person but I will fight for the Constitution and if I was there there would be a Lint Head Oct 2013 #55

With the contempt the Right has for Muslim Martyrs they sure are eager for another Horst Wessel... Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2013 #76

If this crap keeps up these cowards will regret what they started. Lint Head Oct 2013 #85

It's classic to provoke and then claim the status of victim.... Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2013 #87

They shut shit down and then bitch about it. AngryOldDem Oct 2013 #56

Tea Baggers are Very Hitler-esque fasttense Oct 2013 #95

Merely touching a cop zbdent Oct 2013 #57

Merely touching a cop can result in this: AnotherMcIntosh Oct 2013 #70

I saw two large confederate flags. What veteran would carry a confederate flag? Justice Oct 2013 #58

People who wanted to get yesphan Oct 2013 #105

Don't forget Cruz, et al were there. caseymoz Oct 2013 #60

Tell that to Representatives Crowley, Rangel etal. ScreamingMeemie Oct 2013 #63

Shock troops for the Tea Party advance on the government kiranon Oct 2013 #64

I take them serious. texanwitch Oct 2013 #69

They would called brown shirts in another time. texanwitch Oct 2013 #90

They are a truly disgusting, classless bunch of assholes. Initech Oct 2013 #72

Lefties are a threat to the 1%. And Teabaggers work for the 1%. That's explains why the Lefties are blkmusclmachine Oct 2013 #74

I wonder if Rachel Maddow will notice? N/t zappaman Oct 2013 #75

if only we had a real investigative journalist, instead of that chattering chatterer maddow... dionysus Oct 2013 #112

I am pleased to see the DC police acting cautiously here... Demo_Chris Oct 2013 #77

Just watched the raw video from NBC on Roku, deliberate provocation today JCMach1 Oct 2013 #78

But but...the cops were macing the shit out of them Rex Oct 2013 #82

Truly and utterly disgusting... mountain grammy Oct 2013 #109

i am 100% right there with ya. FirstLight Oct 2013 #86

OWS had months of non-interference. This is the same and yet it isn't. randome Oct 2013 #97

no shit. unbelievable. spanone Oct 2013 #89

Is there video of them shoving cops and the cops doing nothing? Incitatus Oct 2013 #93

At least they changed the conversation. randome Oct 2013 #96

Nazis, but without the snappy uniforms (NT) The Wizard Oct 2013 #99

Grasping at straws now trying to invoke the ex military to support them Johnny Ready Oct 2013 #100

Exactly! ctsnowman Oct 2013 #103

They are trying to provoke a revolution. NEVER feed these trolls. Coyotl Oct 2013 #107

That's an understatment as pertaining to "NEVER feed those trolls" nolabels Oct 2013 #110

where's that security guard with the mace? ZRT2209 Oct 2013 #111

Well, what else are you going to do? bobclark86 Oct 2013 #113

Yet conservatives always say that ... JEFF9K Oct 2013 #114

Yep libodem Oct 2013 #115

All to get closer to an "open air" monument EC Oct 2013 #117

They still left that superfluous apostrophe in "veterans" - a sure sign of poor verbal skills! raging moderate Oct 2013 #118

Say, should we call somebody about this? raging moderate Oct 2013 #119

Wasn't it this weekend when all that happened?? nt barnabas63 Oct 2013 #122

Yup, if that had been an OWS demonstration, the tasers would have had to be re-charged ... 11 Bravo Oct 2013 #125