FWIW, these guys are planning on protesting in Denver this week:
http://recreate68.com

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"What then does the name Recreate 68 mean? The 1960s were a time of profound, positives social and political change in this country. The civil rights movement ended legal segregation and broke down barriers to the full participation of African Americans in American life (still yet to be fully achieved). Other movements followed that achieved the same for women and for other oppressed communities of color. That in 2008 the two leading candidates for the Democratic nomination for President are an African American man and a woman¬something unimaginable at the start of the 60s¬is a direct result of the changes brought about in that decade."

One of the reasons the radical left and the anti-war movement continue to fail to gain any sort of real traction is their complete inability to let go of the 1960s. One of the benefits of a campaign between a post-baby boomer candidate and a baby-boomer in name only, is that whoever wins, we'll finally be shod of this self-righteous generation and their penchant lecturing us on how great they are.

Quote :

"Recreate 68! Back to the Future! In Solidarity, Members of Recreate 68 Alliance (an alliance of over 40 national and local progressive groups)"

far out man, far out.

8/25/2008 3:59:58 PM

It seems a bit silly, but they are free to do what the want. To be honest a few protests could make things more interesting. Now that nominations are decided well before conventions, it never hurts to have something to add a little fire to the event. Kennedy's surprise appearance doesn't hurt either.

8/25/2008 4:42:29 PM

Funny thats the year they pick...when a Democratic president named Lyndon Johnson sent half a million troops into Vietnam...are they sure they want to recreate 1968?

8/25/2008 4:48:10 PM

8/25/2008 4:56:18 PM

also a Republican President was elected (to replace a warmongering Democrat, huh, who woulda thunk it)...MLK was assassinated...race riots around the country...but who cares man you could get a fucking garbage bag of acapulco gold for $10 and the cops, man the cops didnt care about it man, we took freakin LSD before school every morning, 1968 was a great year

8/25/2008 5:05:37 PM

demoncrats suck

8/25/2008 5:06:53 PM

Apparently the group never gained the traction it predicted. Several hundred versus the 50k+ that the group was hoping for. Given that the nominee is an African-American running on an anti-war platform, I suppose that its taken a lot of energy out of the movement.

8/25/2008 5:09:21 PM

Our generation has its own share of self-righteous know-it-alls... Since when do we need help from the 60s self-righteous folks? (See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WTO_Ministerial_Conference_of_1999_protest_activity)

8/25/2008 5:10:52 PM

yeah, i don't really get the motivation of this group.....
If they are so hell-bent on protesting the war (which is fine with me), i don't see why they're stampeding the anti-war democratic candidate. Why not just go camp out at the White House or Capitol Hill, or at least make the main even at the Republican convention.

8/25/2008 5:19:47 PM

looks like treetwista is completely oblivious to what they actually want to recreate


btw these people are idiots

8/25/2008 5:27:17 PM

ok smart guy, why don't you explain to us what they want to recreate

8/25/2008 5:29:19 PM

marko already did

8/25/2008 5:30:12 PM

^^

so, they want to create chaos at the convention? why dont YOU tell me what they're trying to recreate since YOU told me i didnt have a clue what I was talking about

8/25/2008 5:30:56 PM

^^

8/25/2008 5:31:41 PM

weak copout

please dont talk shit to me if you're too much of a bitch to back it up when i ask you a simple question

8/25/2008 5:32:19 PM

and i gave you a simple answer.

it's not up to me whether you understand the history or not

8/25/2008 5:33:00 PM

TreeTwista knows alot of knowledge

8/25/2008 5:33:06 PM

^whats up Chance

^^i'm glad you don't mind saying i'm oblivious to something, then when i cordially ask you to explain yourself, you tell me to look at a JPG...if you didn't have time to answer my question, its pretty sad that you had time to point out how I'm supposedly oblivious

8/25/2008 5:33:22 PM

i enjoyed fox trying to interview them. they kept cutting to the reporter and everyone refused to talk to him. later on, on live tv, they all started chanting fuck fox news and flicking off the camera.

they looked like a real bunch of winners...

8/25/2008 6:22:11 PM

^ Sounds pretty fair and balanced to me.

8/25/2008 6:27:26 PM

ahahaha, "Fuck Fox News!"


via videosift.com

8/25/2008 10:02:12 PM

what was that reporter's point?
"do you not believe in free speech" because they wouldn't talk to him? i think someone is confused about what free speech is....
obviously trying to make it look as rowdy as possible by walking head on into a thick crowd, then blaming getting jostled around on a "rough crowd"

8/25/2008 10:11:49 PM

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"Republican18 demoncrats suck"

are you really that much of a retard? does that make you chuckle every time you post it?

i mean, really?



i swear to god, you're such a fuckwit. it's really too bad what kind of knuckledraggers are attracted to police work.

Raleigh Police Department would (should) be embarrassed you're representing them, even anonymously.

8/25/2008 11:24:28 PM

VIVA LA ONE-PARTY SYSTEM

8/26/2008 8:40:38 AM

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"i don't see why they're stampeding the anti-war democratic candidate"

Well despite the democrats being "anti-war" they haven't done very much to stop it, although they did say they would. To me thats as bad if not worse than being pro-war, atleast the pro-war people aren't lying to you.

8/26/2008 9:59:33 AM

"Which is a reference to the 1968 riots..."

Yeah. That's some real in-depth reporting there.

Quote :

"What then does the name Recreate 68 mean? The 1960s were a time of profound, positives social and political change in this country. The civil rights movement ended legal segregation and broke down barriers to the full participation of African Americans in American life (still yet to be fully achieved). Other movements followed that achieved the same for women and for other oppressed communities of color. That in 2008 the two leading candidates for the Democratic nomination for President are an African American man and a woman¬something unimaginable at the start of the 60s¬is a direct result of the changes brought about in that decade."

8/26/2008 10:06:24 AM

TV News, Fox included, isn't exactly known for it's "in-depth" reporting.

Either way, holding a reverence for the 60s is cool and all, if that's your thing, but it is about as effective a political tactic as Civil War re-enactors discussing tariffs and slavery as causes of the war around a campfire. Because that's all these clowns are, re-enactors who won't let go of another era, but they take themselves seriously.

8/26/2008 12:03:23 PM

Considering how much the 60s have shaped our current time in American history, you'd think somebody like Fox News would have a little better understanding of the specifics. (Especially given that their take on the "news" is basically just a prolonged reaction to 60s liberalism.)

As much as these guys are trying to re-enact the 60s, a lot of today's "conservatives" are trying to re-enact 80s conservatism.

Neither group is really willing to deal with the unintended consequences of either period, and the American public is still stuck with big fat national debt, a bloated federal government, a devalued dollar, and the disintegration of the family unit. Go Team!

8/26/2008 1:51:05 PM

Quote :

"VIVA LA ONE ZERO-PARTY SYSTEM"

would be better

8/26/2008 1:57:33 PM

^^ True, but every victorious political campaign in recent years has been at least framed as moving on. Regan offered a new hope in America after the malaise of the 70s. Clinton offered a New Democratic platform of caring about the average American after the decade of greed. The congressional Republicans in 94 offered a small government alternative to the corruption of 50 years of Democratic rule, George Bush 43 offered a return to dignity and small government through compassionate conservatism, the Democratic party in 2004 . . . well they just ran against Bush, but Obama is offering a way forward, not just a replication of a long-lost decade.

I'm partly biased because I despise the baby-boomer mythology, but I still think that this is ass-backwards.

8/26/2008 2:24:15 PM

He is offering a way forward, in theory at least. The follow-through or lack thereof will be what really matters. I sincerely hope that if (/when) he gets elected that he brings Washington DC back down to Earth, rather than continuing to write Billions in checks that we cannot cash with the expectation that my children will pay the bill with interest.

Here's to Hope

8/26/2008 2:36:12 PM

right, I wasn't commenting on the delivery of said promises, just their effectiveness as a sales pitch.

8/26/2008 2:47:25 PM