Another Decaying Orbit?

I was at the Cafe Wellstone in Second Life last night when the Occupation went bad in Oakland and the police attacked, so like just about everyone else there, I pulled up the live feed and tweet channel. The following is what I personally saw.

 The tweets were talking about flash-bangs, rubber bullets, and a sound cannon.  The live feed from ABC was cut.  Howls went up on twitter. The story was that two news choppers were being refueled.  Ten minutes later the live feed came back.  The cops were lined up in a double phalanx, clearly getting ready to move against the protesters.  Then the live feed went down and didn't come back.  The TV news channels and networks were showing nothing of any of this.  Normal moronic programming.   This morning it's obvious that things went from bad to worse last night after the feed was cut. 

I have a few thoughts.

I saw this before with the antiwar movement in the late 60's. It didn't take long for some to become radicalized and start blowing things up. The Occupation threatens the status quo far more than the antiwar movement did.   Look to the early history of the labor movement for a better parallel. 

In the 60's we all saw blood.  We saw war footage every night, we saw the bodies at Kent State, and we saw the police brutality in Chicago.  When's the last time you saw footage or photos from the war in Afghanistan? 

And here's a question:  Is there a difference in kind--a qualitative difference--between governments here in the US and those anywhere else, like Egypt, Israel, or Syria?  I don't know.

You can be sure of one thing, at least.  Your TV is spewing kool-aid.  Turn it off.  Better yet, kill it and toss the corpse into the street.  Look elsewhere to find out what's going on.  Good luck!