Stop looking-maybe they’ll leave
The pictures and video were staggering. Rioters and troublemakers the media politely called “protesters” made a mess of central London, breaking windows, attacking policeman, and shutting down traffic because London was hosting a meeting of the world’s top economic nations. One guy caught in the mob was pushed down by a policeman, had a heart attack and died – so his family will probably sue the police. Ironic, since police trying to help the man did so despite being attacked by protesters.
The public no idea how staged these things are. In this country, special interest groups with respectable names collect dues from unsuspecting members, and then quietly funnel money to pay the protesters. The mainstream media simply does not report on the real sources of these rent-a-mobs’ power, portraying them as heroically concerned citizens.
Several years ago I was at an international conference in Geneva, Switzerland. I needed a cash machine, and was told the nearest one was down the street at the World Trade Organization building. I went there, but met a couple hundred quiet protesters standing outside the gate. I went up to a guard, told him I just needed to use the cash machine inside, and after carefully scrutinizing my passport and other documents he let me in. A moment later, the crowd started screaming and chanting – because cars containing television cameras had just pulled up. The photographers shot videotape of the seething throng as I passed through a metal detector and went inside to get my money.
Fifteen minutes later I came out of the building and it was dead silent. There was no one left except for the two guards at the gate. As I departed I asked where everyone went. They told me that the guys with TV cameras shot their video and took off – so the protesters left, too. Mission accomplished for the mob – they made the evening newscast. The comical thing is that news viewers probably though the protesters dedicated their entire day fighting for change, when in fact even the protesters found better things to do once no one was paying attention anymore. Wouldn’t it be great if the newscasts would stop paying attention to them altogether?
