by Peter Joseph Swanson
Member since:
April 13, 2007

Join the happy hippies at Food Not Bombs

September 01, 2008 10:32 AM UTC
views: 0 | comments: 19

Well, they aren't happy today in Minneapolis, the Minneapolis police in swat team gear and semi-automatic weapons have raided their office and homes and taken their computers. 

http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/08/30/police_raids/index.html

But otherwise, Nationally, they are also trying to gear up to provide food for Gustov hurricane victims.  Visit their website and see for yourself.  Be a hippie.  Be happy (er- until the police come for you). 

http://www.foodnotbombs.net/

 

The White House trembles at the peaceful power of VEGETABLES !!!

Comments: 19

Peter Joseph Swanson Sep 1, 2008, 10:33am UTC
And you can read about the Minneapolis police raids at the Food Not Bombs web site, too.
William Dotani Sep 1, 2008, 10:44am UTC
They are just emulating Chicago.
Carol Lloyd Sep 1, 2008, 11:02am UTC
Dear All with 1078 emails I have llittle or no time for any other comment than thanks for sharing
Peter Joseph Swanson Sep 1, 2008, 11:03am UTC
While Minneapolis has its own strong proud hippie tradition, emulating Chicago is always fun to do, too.
Peter Joseph Swanson Sep 1, 2008, 11:03am UTC
ha ha Carol
Denise B. Sep 1, 2008, 11:09am UTC
what the ?????
Kay M Sep 1, 2008, 11:24am UTC
Maybe I better check and make sure my firewall is enabled. Power to the people and power to the veggies.
Kay M Sep 1, 2008, 11:26am UTC
Oh and thanks for the link to the food not bombs site. Sounds like my kind of place. I'm going to go check it out.
Kylee S. Sep 1, 2008, 11:54am UTC
I checked out both links, Peter and what surprised me the most about the riots is that the few that were arrested were charged with conspiracy to commit the riot. I had no idea that one could be charged with conspiracy to commit riot.
Peter Joseph Swanson Sep 1, 2008, 1:24pm UTC
On the noon radio it just said that the police raided Anarchist groups who were going to be disruptive. It all sounded like the police made the city safe for us against those "scary People" !!!!

Carrots are dangerous !!!
The Fine Art of C.C. Miranda Sep 1, 2008, 3:19pm UTC
weird.
Tracy Fabre Sep 1, 2008, 3:42pm UTC
I need a carrot cake. That's healthy, right?
Heather M. Sep 1, 2008, 4:14pm UTC
A vegan group that delivers food to the hungry is "disruptive".... Good to see taxpayer money hard at work.
They caught me eating carrots, Peter. I'm a goner! :)
dee b. Sep 1, 2008, 11:23pm UTC
I'm beginig to wonder if were still in America.
D.B. D. Sep 2, 2008, 1:47am UTC
Carrots are dangerous !!!

They weren't genetically modified. That's against the FDA and USDA's safe food initiative. Only hooks and hardware are supposed to be free of heavy metals and toxic chemicals and colorings. Not our food. Just be thankful for our heros and all those people who's lives they've saved by prevented from choking to death.
Barb Carlson Sep 2, 2008, 9:34am UTC
That's awful! The only way to stop this sort of thing is for all people to object. We can object by spreading the word, but also by NOT electing officials who were resonsible for things like this. The hard part is figuring out who was responsible. What happened to freedom of speech for heaven's sake??

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