G20 here in Pittsburgh

[davidpizzica]

Pittsburgh will be the center of attraction for the G20 talks. I just hope it isn't the center for violence, too. The city has made all the preparations they can for this event. It's the biggest event for Pittsburgh.

[RICHARD]

Pittsburgh will be the center of attraction for the G20 talks. I just hope it isn't the center for violence, too. The city has made all the preparations they can for this event. It's the biggest event for Pittsburgh.

Let's hope the pinheads who 'protest' are well behaved......

[smokey the elder]

Bigger than the Steelers' 6th Super Bowl and the Penguins' Stanley Cup wins?

[davidpizzica]

Not quite, but close!

[bobsmom]

today. Already people who work downtown and don't want to be bothered by any crazy potential protestors are taking off. Many businesses are closing. I ride the bus into town and it is usually full and standing. It was about a third full - both in and back.

[blue]

Since the USA's Big 3 are dominated by Democrats, Ild be suprised if we see the type of riots we have seen in the past.

[Edwina's Secretary]

Let's hope the pinheads who 'protest' are well behaved......

Enquiring minds want to know..."pinheads who protest"....does that go for the Tea Party folks too? Are you calling protesters "pinheads"? Or only protesters with whom you disagree?

[Lady's Human]

Any protest group which starts with the intent to start riots is a bunch of pinheads.

I was just perusing some of their plans.......seminars on how to deal with chem attacks, an absolutist statement that they won't allow police into their "affinity space", now the G20 is a neo-LIBERAL organization instead of neo-con........

I'd post the links but the language is less than friendly.

Want to protest? No problem, but leave the idiots at home instead of begging them to come.

[RICHARD]

an absolutist statement that they won't allow police into their "affinity space", now the G20 is a neo-LIBERAL organization instead of neo-con........

Those are the wussies that grew up on playgrounds without dodgeball and tag.

Affinity space. LOL, if we run across the line we won't get beaten or tasered!!!

meh.

[Trinityagain]

Hubby and I both work in Oakland and the whole G-20 crew is coming thru here to go to Phipps Conservatory tomorrow for a dinner...so we did it the easy way and we both took tomorrow and Friday off. They are closing so many roads it is insane....I hope it stays peaceful....

[DJFyrewolf36]

Any protest group which starts with the intent to start riots is a bunch of pinheads.

I wholeheartedly agree. My stance on the current state of politics is this: We as a country have been groomed into thinking This or That, A or B, Liberal or Conservative and on and on for years. Now there are a couple generations of people who believe that comprimise means failure. Our system has painted itself into a corner because people are spending time arguing instead of coming to a consensus on how fix what is broken. The broken wheel will keep turning until it eventually fails, and then we'll be totally stuck on the side of the road with no one that knows how to change a tire but we'll have a ton of people who sure do know how to argue about changing a tire!

[bobsmom]

Saw my first couple of demonstrations today. Quite peaceful actually. I enjoyed the small group of hippies who were singing for a greener world. Police everywhere though. Police, police and more police - police walking, riding bikes on horses and many, many motorcycle groups. Lots of State Troopers. People were boarding up their storefronts today with flower painted plywood. All were flower painted (sort of 60's style) so must have been provided to them by the city. I am going to try and take some pics tomorrow. If none turn out, I'm sure my husband (Dan Yazvac) will get some good ones. He is a prof photographer and Pittsburgh's Best Retoucher!!! Here are some pics he took the other day.

[Cinder & Smoke]

Here are some pics he took the other day.

Photo 1:
What's an Incline Car ??

Like a trolly car or a San Francisco Cable Car . except the Incline has only two cars
operating on a track that is "inclined" about 45* and runs straight UP and DOWN the
side of Mount Washington. While one goes UP, the other car goes DOWN.
Don't worry - the floor is counter-inclined 45* too - the passengers ride
on level seats on a level floor. FHAN-TASTIC view of Pittsburgh!

Photo 2:
The Incline "Upper Station" where the winch cables are controlled by the Operator.

PS: The entire Incline System - down to two lines from a high of a dozen,
is a Card-Carrying "Antique" - but still hauls passengers up & down Mt Washington
EVERY Day! The "Inclines" are a Must Ride if you're ever in P-Burgh!

Phto 3:
"The Point" - aka Point State Park ... the juncture of our Three Rivers !

1 ~ the Allegheny River - flowing south towards the point is visible above
the Indian's nose.

2 ~ the Monongahela River - flowing west towards the point from the east / southeast,
is visible under the settler's chin.

Those two rivers flow together at "The Point" and become
3 ~ the Ohio River - which heads west under the Indian's chin.

When I was a lil kid growing up in the P-burg suburbs, standing near that statue's
location on Mt Washington - you'd be hard pressed to see the other side
of the Monongahela River because of the famous Pittsburgh SMOG!
And there was NO fountain at the Point!
Instead there was a horrible collection of old, run-down steel mill production
and processing buildings, railroad tracks, and steel products covering every
inch of what later became the "Golden Triangle" - a modern group of
skyscrapers, parks, and Interstate highways.

Pittsburgh has come a LOOOOOONG Way in my lifetime!

[blue]

Big difference from the 9/12 Tea Party.

Police threw canisters of pepper spray and smoke at marchers as US President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, arrived for a meeting with leaders of the world's major economies.....

Elsewhere in the city, there were reports of rocks being thrown at buses in the Bloomfield district, where the windows and ATM of one bank were damaged.....
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In the city's Lawrenceville district, about a mile from the summit venue, police deployed tear gas in order to disperse crowds after warning everyone in the area to "leave the immediate vicinity regardless of your purpose." Protestors responded by throwing bottles at the officer.

Those gathered came from a variety of groups and causes, including Code Pink – which is a female-led anti-war group - Greenpeace, and some calling themselves the G20 Resistance Project.

Source.

[RICHARD]

Go police!
I saw some clips of the idiots running up the street with trash bins, sticks and masks on.

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DJ,

You are so right.

We focus on the divisions rather than the answers.

Beat them all up, let the ER docs sort them out.