Well, I am sure the image of hundreds of police in riot gear on the Capitol lawn brings about that warm, fuzzy 'Minnesota Nice' feeling, right? I dare say the
nice thing to do when a small group of individuals partake in property destruction is to corral a group of 300 peaceful protesters,
mace them and then arrest them... Even
nicer to arrest
clearly credentialed press and random Sears shoppers who happened to walk out of the store and into the parking lot where police had corralled the 'criminals.' Property destruction aside, was this country not founded by oppressed peoples being vociferous in their denunciation of the oligarchs ruling them? Does this not seem relevant at present? As the
first commenter on CNN's politicalticker blog alluded to, I wonder how the Boston Tea Party would be handled today. Verily the Sons of Liberty would labeled a terrorist organization and shipped directly to Guantanamo...
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