{"id":3159,"date":"2008-08-26T08:00:27","date_gmt":"2008-08-26T13:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=3159"},"modified":"2008-08-26T08:00:27","modified_gmt":"2008-08-26T13:00:27","slug":"ground-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=3159","title":{"rendered":"Ground Support"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, like a couple thousand of our fellow Minnesotans, I’m going to be downtown on September 1, standing along the route of the big “demonstration” by the Republican National Convention.<\/p>\n

I’ll be among a group of a few thousand Minnesotans carrying signs that look like this…:<\/p>\n

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…and if you support the troops and their mission, I’d like you to join us.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Here’s the current plan:<\/p>\n

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  1. Meet at Triangle Park in Saint Paul.\u00a0 It’s right by the Cathedral, northeast of the Capitol
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    It’s got a memorial in it to the First Minnesota Regiment; the park looks like this:<\/p>\n

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  2. Pick up a sign.\u00a0 The current plan is to have a lot <\/em>of them spotted at Triangle Park, ready to go.<\/li>\n
  3. After you get a sign, amble down to West Seventh Street, by the X.\u00a0\n

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    I say “amble” because you don’t need a permit to amble in Saint Paul.\u00a0<\/li>\n

  4. We’ll meet.\u00a0 And as the cloud of smug rolls by on the street, we’ll wave our signs, and smile, and let them bellow their precious little hearts out.\u00a0 And we’ll show the media that not everyone in the Twin Cities is a kool-aid sotted loser.<\/li>\n
  5. We’ll go forth and win the election in November.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    So you might be asking yourself – “How do I get<\/em> to Saint Paul, especially given that traffic is going to be a madhouse even without a bunch of screeching weasel demonstrators trying to blockade traffic”.\u00a0<\/p>\n

    I’ll be posting some shortcuts and easy transit routes to downtown later this week.\u00a0 It’ll save you a lot of hassle.\u00a0 Trust me.<\/p>\n

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