Olympia riots to celebrate International Workers Day
May 2nd, 2008So May Day or International Workers Day, or Celebrate Socialism Day, whatever, but of course here in Olympia we had riots. What fun!
Images and videos from The Olympian may be viewed here.
Not only was their a ‘march’ to support workers rights or something, it was an opportunity for the communists/socialists/liberals to demand that Olympia become a sanctuary city. Going one better than other cities in the county they also want to be a safe place where war protesters can hide from the law, and military personel can desert from the military branch they chose to enlist with. (We have all branches very close here, USAF,USN,USMC,USArmy) These people who took to the streets to march and give speaches and generally disrupt people trying to actually work and go about thier lives, they want to remake this city in a fashion they feel is ’safe’ and ‘fair’ and equal. But that is not what the result would be of course. Usually people are smart enough to understand that we have the rule of law for a reason. What no city needs is foolish policies which directly contradict federal law. One can make the argument that an unjust law is no law at all. If you believe that, fine, but having laws which make it a crime to desert the military to break a contract you have made voluntarily, is a just law. Laws which establish a rule of law for those outside our nation, establish a border and a regulated means by which you can enter our country legally is also just.
No what these fools want is to alter society into an a moral circus of chaos. Olympia has a culture which is ultra progressive, and is continually in direct conflict with the police, sheriffs, and elected government. We saw this in November when the military tried to move equipment to Fort Lewis through the port and resulted in riots. We saw it when a person assulted another at a “Dead Prez” concert and they attacked law enforcement and did $50,000.00 worth of damage to a patrol car.
The protesters activly supported those who dressed in black, hiding thier faces attacked banks, and the state capitol. They went to city hall to demand release of those who were arrested. We even have reporters in our local fish wrap… er… newspaper who report that some poor pedestrian just trying to pick up their bicycle was hit with a baton by an officer and hit with three ‘pepper bullets’. We here in Olympia have people who have posted comments on this blog like Robert Whitlock, who believe that these criminals are just ‘expressing themselves’ but they supposedly abhor violence. We have people, and a lot of them who will pretend the problem was just a minor subset of people in a larger group. What they deliberatly try to obfuscate is the fact that the larger group give explicit and implicit permission for this behavior. Did any of the people try to perform a citizens arrest, when the windows at Bank of America were smashed? How about when the capitol was vandalized? Not a single instance or report have I been able to find on line. I have seen the Moon Bat Left try to perform a citizens arrest on a truck driver leaving the port with a load of military equipment. They will do it if they disagree with whom they are arresting. But if they agree with the action, the issue, the motivation, or the ‘feeling’ they don’t intercede.
C.
There is lots of info out there, look at the TheOlympian.com. I will post more later as I get time.
Posted by Tchsida
May 2nd, 2008 at 8:32 pm
Thanks Chris for the story!
May 6th, 2008 at 5:27 pm
Great to have you around again Tschida.
On a personal level I wouldn’t mind sanctuary for deserters - I realize we’re not going to agree on that and I have no wish to fight with you, let’s just assume we know the other side’s rhetoric on this - but to (hopefully) separate me from moonbats I wonder how the Hell anyone in Olympia would expect to back that up? Would PMR be deputized to point their weapons at the MPs and order them out of town? Would [docent I’d rather not sling mud at] be delegated to sit the military-police down and explain to them how their actions are “hurting America”?
May 8th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
I have a feeling that you are meaning in your comment more than I am able to find in it. You say on a personal level you wouldn’t mind sanctuary for deserters, which I understand. I have a question though, what other felonies would you like to offer sanctuary for? Some levels of murder less than deliberate homicide? How about sedition, or treason? How about a place for accused pederasts?
Hopefully you see where I am going with this, in that we should not and as a society can not permit this sort of behavior of our locally elected officials, and the citizenry at large.
C.
mdhpiper reply on May 8, 2008 3:06 pm:
On a personal level, since I think the reasons behind the war are baloney, I’m “on the side” of Deserters - but at the same time I believe and expect that they should know what kind of trouble they’re getting themselves into. It’s like with Marijuana Laws - I think they should be abolished - but I don’t dare push any bar, I don’t buy or sell, while I obviously don’t judge any potheads I won’t allow it in my house or car - and if someone gets busted for pot they knew their risk and have to be willing to face the consequences.
I can’t think off the top of my head other felons my gut wishes sanctuary for - perhaps certain Vigilants who removed someone this World doesn’t need. But I must make it clear when I put a little bit of Reason in the equation that I don’t have a sincere wish for any of this to happen.
I think where a lot of Bloggers make their mistake in discussions is not being able to separate What would make their Perfect World - from what Common Sense (and sometimes Common Decency) dictates. What I mean is, separate What I Wish Was So, from what I Demand and/or Try to Change. Sure, car exhaust is pollution and walking/cycling is healthy - but you’ll never see me sign any petition to ban cars downtown.