Your Governments message to you.

The G8/G20 summits took place over the weekend in Toronto.

To me, there's nothing more utterly worthless than a bunch of corrupt, irrelevant, incompetent bureaucrats who generate enormous pomp and circumstance to gather together at taxpayer expense in order to accomplish absolutely nothing.

Yet this is what happens at these 'summits' year in, year out. They're not exactly staying at the Holiday Inn Express, either. The events are always in some posh resort where legions of underlings can enjoy champagne and filet mignon, courtesy of Joe Public, all the while their bosses strut and glad hand in front of the cameras.

This year, the focus of the summits was on the state of the world economy. They spent the weekend arguing, debating, and deal making... yet by Sunday evening, the only real accord reported by the group was an insipid statement about halving budget deficits by 2013.

The truth is, these summits carry absolutely no weight whatsoever; the G8/G20 are not sovereign bodies with any authority to enforce any of the resolutions. At the end of the day, each of the member countries is going to march to the beat of its own drum, no matter what it may have signed up for at the summit.

Regardless, the media ate it up. Newspaper headlines around the world heralded the governments' progress to reduce their budget deficits... apparently failing to realize that half of a budget deficit is still a budget deficit, generating yet another uptick to the national debt.

Needless to say, voters are understandably unhappy about this-- the 'leaders' who gathered in Canada this weekend are the same people who have been effectively stealing from their voters and squandering every penny on wasteful programs designed to get them re-elected.

Despite nearly 2-years and trillions of dollars spent, little has improved. Politicians can smile in front of the camera and talk about how wonderful the global economy is, but the people standing in the streets have an entirely different perspective. Protesting at the summits is one small way for them to express their views.

This is the thing that made me so angry: Canada spent over a billion dollars of taxpayer money to turn itself into a police state and send a very clear message-- that the government is the boss and in complete control, and all the little people singing in the streets will be stamped out like bugs.

All weekend long, riot police viciously assaulted unarmed, nonthreatening protesters in the streets of Toronto, as well as designated 'free speech zones.' Sure, there were a handful of people who shattered windows and even lit a police cruiser ablaze, but the vast majority of protests were entirely peaceful.

After the weekend, politicians (including the Mayor of Toronto) stepped up to defend the police actions and sell the public on the idea that assaulting peaceful protesters is a reasonable way to maintain order.

I find myself disgusted by the idea that serially, criminally incompetent politicians can pillage their countries, then hide behind armies and police forces, protecting themselves against the public that they're supposed to be representing.

The message is clear: If you question the government's authority, you will be crushed.

Edit: Look at these violent protesters.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qynihO0WFHc"]YouTube- OH CANADA G20 TORONTO

 

because if you question you are not following blindly... yet many people still do.

 

The United States has ceded its sovereignty to corporations and banks so should we not be represented by a banking president funded by TARP money instead a political sock puppet at taxpayer expense?

 

These summits should have a video feed of the proceedings to let the general public know all the great things that the summit members are supposedly doing for them.

All I've seen in years past are sketchy vague press releases every few days filled with some glittering generalities.

Maybe I missed something. If anyone knows of any feeds of the proceedings, let me know.

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Daily Show had a great little thing about how USA got pwned at the summit.

Obama was, of course, encouraging the world governments to keep on spending. The other world governments said no.



Also, being in Pittsburgh, during the last G20 --- the cops did little, if any of the wrong they were accused of.

I am disgusted by all the bullshit I see of cops "attacking innocent protesters" that doesn't show any of the destruction that the protesters caused.

They didn't only attack corporations when they bricked the windows on Forbes, many small diners got hit.
And of course, none of them touched Pitt, the only institution on the street that is actually evil.

 

I mentioned this in years past, and HF members who are corporate apologists directed me to a link showing the vague press releases. That's not what I'm referring to. I'm referring to transcripts or video of the proceedings.

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ignore this post

 

http://g20.gc.ca/for-media/other-services/g-20-media-program/ It was probably me, bro.

 

Maybe the ones that trashed things could be from the other side. It's happened before. They instigate to make legitimate protestors look bad.---

 

If you think about it, everyone is a criminal really to some extent. And the more power you have, the bigger and more dangerous a criminal you are.

 

It is a possibility that the ones who started things were from the other side, but when the G20 was in Pittsburgh, a whole long block of windows got busted out --- including a family owned diner +_+ +_+ +_+ They would have had to be continued.


Over closer to my house, which I have pictures of, the damage was mostly so light, that it suggests protesters.

Over at the Boston Market near my house, a mob of people took bricks from a nearby construction site, and while people were inside eating, threw bricks through every window but one. (pictures coming soon)

 

This is now a cliche.

 

No need for concern. Most people will ignore this post.

 

Plenty of videos in there of rolling out the red carpet for the arriving dignitaries.

This is the same PR stuff that they posted in years past.

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It changes slightly every 4 years.

 

Yeah. Looks like more videos of the arrivals this time.

A couple years ago, demonstrators managed to block some of the entrances. The arriving dignitaries in their limousines had to go down the back allies through narrow streets with garbage on them.

Of course, none of that was shown in the videos or on the mainstream U.S. news networks. I saw it on EuroNews.

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I would not know. I was just joking.

I remember you saying this at the time. I presumed you would have gathered more news than Euronews by now. Come on, dude. You can do better than this.

 

At least Wolfowitz is no longer in charge of the World Bank.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/17/AR2007051700216.html

What a nice guy to put in charge of the World Bank.

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Gordon Brown is. The difference being?

 

There's not much to discuss regarding the summit when they publish public relations glitter. They can do better than this.

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