All Hail His Majesty King John Hickenlooper!

[DeusExMachina]

Hear ye, hear ye! Let it be known that in this 10th month of the first year of His Majesty King John Hickenlooper's reign, the sovereign governor of the Kingdom of Colorado handed down an edict closing the grounds of the Capitol palace to the public and ordering his praetorian guard to arrest the peaceful Occupy Denver protestors assembled at the castle gates.

This royal order, which made big headlines last week, was all about intimidating imagery. Just as King John had hoped, the iconic photograph to emerge from the sweep was a front-page Denver Post photo of a heavily armed police officer menacingly guarding the Capitol - a deliberate visual message telling the despot's subjects to retreat or face consequences. He later told a reporter that he was aiming to preemptively crush "something that could easily catch on."

Back on the East Coast, it was much the same, as His Majesty King Michael Bloomberg issued a decree stating that as a benevolent despot, he would "allow" his Manhattan subjects to occupy Wall Street (as if the mayor has the power to grant - or withhold - democratic rights). But then King Mike quickly sent his police force in for mass arrests, only standing down after a wave of outrage from the larger serfdom watching on television.

This might all sound like Medieval Europe, but it's not. It's America circa 2011, as these clashes are now taking place everywhere.

Here's the rest of the article: http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_19167335

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I don't agree with Occupy's demands but I definitely support their right to question their government and protest it's actions.

He later told a reporter that he was aiming to preemptively crush "something that could easily catch on."

What government would want the questioning of it to catch on? That might lead to change or some other crazy result.

[DOC]

Whatever. These stinky hippy's are no different then the Tea Party protest that were outcast as racists and homophobes and non recyclers a few months ago. The only difference is these people are violent r tarded and messy. The Pee party as I call them should be the ones that people get livid over. Since they are the ones that can't demonstrate peacefully. They should be thrown into the nearest jail and then a shower. And they are the ones that are astro terf not grass roots.

And here I thought that Lickenpooper was going to do something really deserving of praise like repeal the last hundred years of tax's, gun laws and car oppression.
I guess he is a politician now. He drank the Kool-aid.

[Elhuero]

I think the 99%ers are very different from the tea party.

[DOC]

They are not better. Not even close. They are copycats.

[Ridge]

Who said better?

[Elhuero]

Who said better?

not me

[DOC]

Thanks for clearing that up. That's all I wanted to hear.

[DOC]

Not to lessen the rest of your post but I wanted to comment here."Give Hope a Chance, 2012". Amazing.

We did. Now we want a plan. Hope is not a plan and change isn't always good.

[Jumpstart]

To compare OWS with the Tea Party Movement is a far stretch indeed.