{"id":7645,"date":"2011-02-24T14:40:05","date_gmt":"2011-02-24T21:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.struat.com\/election\/?p=7645"},"modified":"2011-02-24T14:53:35","modified_gmt":"2011-02-24T21:53:35","slug":"the-mideast-and-the-midwest-and-protests-compare-and-contrast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.struat.com\/election\/2011\/02\/24\/the-mideast-and-the-midwest-and-protests-compare-and-contrast\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mideast and the Midwest and Protests … compare and contrast"},"content":{"rendered":"

A few dozen rotesters are chanting\u00c2\u00a0Pioneer Square.\u00c2\u00a0 I’m wondering what their cause is, so I take a closer look.\u00c2\u00a0 They’re Libyans marching aginst Qaddafi, joining the massive protests in Libya.<\/p>\n

For a second I thought they might have been showing Solidarity with breathens in Wisconsin.\u00c2\u00a0 As per usual, as the Left does, “solidarity” has been drawn between the various protests in the Mid-East and the Public Employees Union protests in the Midwest.\u00c2\u00a0 We see signs saying “Wisconsin = Egypt”.\u00c2\u00a0 If you say so — I like the Mother Jones q and a on events in Wisconsin — “Q:\u00c2\u00a0 Is Wisconsin the same as Egypt?\u00c2\u00a0 A:\u00c2\u00a0 No.”\u00c2\u00a0 (And there’s a link to a story explaining the key differences, as if they aren’t glaring.)<\/p>\n

If it is the “Bizarro Tea Party” — like the Tea Prty is the Bizarro War Protests — I will say that the prank call of “Koch” to the Governor was a lot more productive and useful and successful than the Brietbart actor\/activist\/pimp wannabe’s attempted phone thinging with Senator Landrieu.<\/p>\n

I will say that one neat thing about the events in the Middle East, even if it ends up being\u00c2\u00a0only “1848 Europe all over again” (ie: a somewhat disappointing end) — is to see different nationalities come out as we move onto different nations.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s a little like the World Cup Soccer Title game showing at Pioneer Square, which was packed this summer with Spaniards.<\/p>\n

I only wish that the Midwest march produces a similar effect.\u00c2\u00a0 I want everyone from Wisconsin that lives here in Portland to be marching at Pioneer Square.\u00c2\u00a0 When we move on to Ohio, everyone from Ohio needs to come out.\u00c2\u00a0 Etc. Etc.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

So.\u00c2\u00a0 Memos like this flowing out of the Obama Administration right now?<\/p>\n

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