Out of the Loop - Priceless
The head of Chicago’s NATO Host Committee said Thursday she was blindsided by the federal government’s decision to create a militarized “Red Zone” in the Loop to protect federal buildings in the run-up to the May 20-21 summit at McCormick Place.
The image of federal agents on downtown streets far from McCormick Place — in battle gear, weapons slung — three weeks before the summit is certain to have a chilling effect on those who live and work in the Loop. It also calls into question Host Committee Executive Director Lori Healey’s oft-repeated message that Chicago will remain “open for business” during the summit.
On Thursday, Healey found herself in the difficult position of having to convince the public that a scary headline that blindsided even her is not an indication that the feds are bracing for weeks of trouble.
Don't worry Lori, we knew you were an incompetent political hack from the word "go" anyway. We couldn't possibly think of you in any lower terms than we already do. Remember the No-lympic bid? We thought that was your finest hour. This might prove to be better though.
And this was absolutely great:
Andy Thayer, a spokesman for the Coalition Against NATO-G-8, accused the federal government of creating the Red Zone to send a “message of intimidation” to protesters expected to descend on Chicago for the summit.
“It’s reminiscent of what happened prior to the Trans-Atlantic Business Dialogue, when the city got all Rambo-ed up as a way of scaring people from exercising their First Amendment rights,” Thayer said.
“If security measures are necessary, there are ways to go about it rather than getting hyper-militarized in a very visible way. It does nothing to stop any violence, but it does send a message of intimidation. This is a political show. It’s not about security.”
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posted by SCC at 12:03 AM
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"...a scary headline that blindsided even her..."
EVEN HER?
Lori Healey could be "blindsided" by a stiff breeze.
“If security measures are necessary, there are ways to go about it rather than getting hyper-militarized in a very visible way."
...just because you're dealing with trained, paid, violent professional demonstrators who did $4 million of damage in Oakland, Calif. alone. Russian RT TV keeps telling us that their motto is to "use any tactic. Use any tactic."
Shut up, Andy.
Andy should feel right at home in the 'Red Zone!'
I thought this summit was going to be a "family event". Bring the whole family down to the loop and celebrate the NATO weekend. Citizens will be dancing and singing in the streets of our downtown. Sure sounds more like a battle zone.
...............uhmm....blame George Bush?
"The red zone, is for the loading, and unloading of passengers..."
Still no word on a work schedule for the event. I've heard the rumors, but nothing officalfrom the department. RDO'S are canceled effective when? 12 hour days begin when? Sure would be nice so I could manage my life.
History has shown us that these "protesters" who prattle on to the media are the cannon fodder for the real dangerous agitators who are the catalyst for violence. They are the shot-callers who don't smash windows or throw rocks, but instead quietly coordinate the chaos.
Read in a business article that women and minority CEOs are selected when a company's corporate board faces a desparate situation that is unattractive to male white CEO candidates who don't want to "fall on their sword" for the crises that can't be resolved. Here three women, one a minority, have been selected to oversee the G8/NATO conference. Yes, they're all incompetent merit-promoted hacks that are unable to lead, manage, or solve the pending NATO crisis. But each is also their departments' "sacrificial lamb" when blame must be assigned.
Both Rahm and McCarpetbagger will put blame squarely on these three women without accepting any personal responsibility for their own ineptness and inattention. Wait and see.
Rahm's political career is based upon his big mouth and aggressive personality, starting out as a political fund raiser and becoming a political aide. No intellect or management skills necessary. Look at Rahm's educational background: Dance major at Sarah Lawrence College. This college is SAT/ACT test optional, and known to be a refuge for underperforming but wealthy students that need a prestigious degree without much academic compunction. "Dance" is the ultimate non-academic major. Rahm is likely both ADHD and dsylexic, because a nice North Shore Jewish boy doesn't go to Sarah Lawrence (particularly so soon after it went co-ed) unless ALL other college options weren't viable. It was more palatable to go the Sarah Lawrence, where it might be confused with the other New England preppy liberal arts colleges than Northeastern Illinois, which is it's academic equal.
The last RED zone I saw was during last years Bears games...
WooHoo
Andy is a huge asshole but he has a good point.This is not just to intimidate him and his pathetic crew,it is to remind all Americans that the power of government can crush anybody at anytime.Beware of the all powerful Uncle.
All we need now is monique bond to tell the story also!
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Obama Organization who is responsible for this mess.
Lighten up. They've been busy working on this, soon to replace Sinatra's "My Kind of Town". http://www.usatoday.com/video/index.htm?bctid=1586089716001#/Umphrey%27s+McGee+%27Chicago%27/1586089716001
Who is Lori Heavy?
OUT HER CLOUT!
Maybe the word was on a need to know basis. Lori may not have had the need to know. Eyes Only.
We had a "practice building lockdown" in our office this week. All doors were locked, nobody in or out. The indoor parking garage will be restricted during the summit, the door closed for security.
And we're west of the river.
What are they going to do for the Crosstown Classic at Wrigley that weekend, lock everybody in for the series? Cub fans might actually realize there's a game going on.
Never thought I would say it, but thank the feds for having the BALLS to take a stand and initiate proper preparations and to throw a monkey wrench into Andy Thayer's plans. Also, for throwing a curve to the likes of TD 9.5, clueless Lori Healey and the conceited, arrogant Debra Kirby. I thoroughly enjoyed seeing and hearing Lori Healey's facial expressions and words of indignation when asked about the red zone. It was great!
andy is in it for the money
dingbat
"...just because you're dealing with trained, paid, violent professional demonstrators who did $4 million of damage in Oakland, Calif. alone. Russian RT TV keeps telling us that their motto is to "use any tactic. Use any tactics"
SHOW ME SOME PROOF OF THIS BOLD LIE. PAID VIOLENT PROTESTORS COMMITTING DAMAGE? MORE LIKE PISSED OFF AND PISSED ON CITIZENS, JUST LIKE YOU.
You can usually tell who comes to riot by how they dress. Stop blaming people for standing up to the gross violence & economic inequality that continues to suck the life out of police departments everywhere. Fucking simpleton.
"We would be amused as hell if Andy stumbled into one of those Federal zones and they decided to hold him incommunicado for 72 hours as they are permitted to under their detention rules."
Andy will be twelve rows back with his bullhorn, agitating his dumbshit followers to rush in there and "engage the capitalist enemy."
"The head of Chicago’s NATO Host Committee said Thursday she was blindsided by the federal government’s decision to create a militarized “Red Zone” in the Loop..."
Yeah, here she was telling everyone that it was going to be "just like the Restaurant Show."
Now this.
Somebody call Vanecko Board-Up, quick.
If the NATO summet is to bring attention to how great chicago is, if I were an out-of-towner I would be fearful of coming to chicago with the police, nat'l guard, fbi, making chicago a terrible place to visit, even when nato is gone.
epartment sending second watch out next to protesters without their helmets!!! The guys in the "turtle suits" will be ready to swoop in if things go up. Except that if the thing that causes it to go up is a brick to the head of any officer without a helmet, be damn sure there will be a lawsuit. You have helmets, we know these people have a hate for the police and a proclivity for throwin things, but you can't wear your helmet!!! we don't want to "appear" threatening. Start saving your money Mcjerkoff, cuz you are going to get personally sued by any officer who gets hurt because of this insane decision!!!
ANDY THAYER?
INCOMMUNICADO?
He wouldn't last three hours. He'd explode.
"Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) is a personality disorder in which the individual is described as being excessively preoccupied with issues of personal adequacy, power, prestige and vanity. This condition only affects one half percent of the population...first formulated in 1968, it was historically called megalomania, and it is closely linked to egocentrism...."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissistic_personality
_disorder
"...the gross violence & economic inequality that continues to suck the life out of police departments everywhere."
--4/27/2012 12:34:00 PM
Oh, man. Frantic Andy's gone up another octave.
I didn't know it could get any shriller, any more ridiculous, but he keeps outdoing himself.
Andy is so busy posting here 24/7 that he's gonna forget and miss NATO!
to the poster with the new chicago song. omg what a piece of shit...sounds like a bad 80's show.. were so fucked...the feds have a secret plan to bug out of the city if the shit hits the fan. it's so nice they told us about red zone...
The NATO Host is a twit, so is the command staff that going to treat this event as a pageant.
We may be able to host a Mickey Mouse Michigan Ave parade or a Homecoming for Oprah-Obama, but this Occupy/G8/NATO crowd is not by any means a cake and coffee soiree.
BTW-
I just bought a trailer load of plywood. Got a great deal too, it's stamped "Mohammed Ali Board Up Service".
Actually, when Lori Healy was Daley's chief of staff, I had an issue with our benefits section, I have a special needs child and they needed documents ashe is an adult to continue his coverage, well they said they did not receive it in time which was solid Bullshit and he had no coverage, I sent an E-Mail to lori healy and in about 4 days the benefits section called and had the balls to say that I had caused alot of trouble for them and that my son was now covered, On another ocassion she was walking around the Taste of Chicago and came up to the police andsaid theywere doing an outstanding job and offered us all water and soft drinks. I know that she is leaving her job for a new one in the private sector because she has no faith in Rahm.
"Stop blaming people for standing up to the gross violence & economic inequality that continues to suck the life out of police departments everywhere."
--4/27/2012 12:34:00 PM
Yeah, Andy Thayer is real worried about police departments, protects them like you would a nest of baby birds. He wants them to grow and prosper.
This loon needs to be strapped down and given an injection.
"...the Coalition Against NATO-G-8..."
Aren't most coppers & many citizens also against NATO/G8?
Maybe we should JOIN forces, rather than act against each other!
rb
“If security measures are necessary, there are ways to go about it rather than getting hyper-militarized in a very visible way."
Just wait until you see their INVISIBILITY response!
(Oh you'll NEVER see that, dickhead!)
"History has shown us that these 'protesters' who prattle on to the media are the cannon fodder for the real dangerous agitators who are the catalyst for violence. They are the shot-callers who don't smash windows or throw rocks, but instead quietly coordinate the chaos."
Yep. They're just tools, in the most literal sense of the word.
These are the idiots that get locked up, while the real troublemakers go on about their business.
Expect many at NATO/G8.
"We had a 'practice building lockdown' in our office this week. All doors were locked, nobody in or out. The indoor parking garage will be restricted during the summit, the door closed for security.
And we're west of the river."
We're west of Franklin, but my company is forcing us to all work from home during NATO-G8.
I'll be in a local watering hole that has wi-fi, with my laptop...and a beer!
"Never thought I would say it, but thank the feds for having the BALLS to take a stand and initiate proper preparations and to throw a monkey wrench into Andy Thayer's plans."
The G has nothing to lose-whether Obama gets re-elected or not, he's a lame duck.
Why not bring out the heavy artillery; it'll drive the protesters to softer areas...like CPD's front lines.
Guess what they found in 010???? Thousands of water bottles filled with piss and who knows what else. Yep, inside plastic bottles with a nice nozzle to help the urine squirt farther. Hope we have Hazmat teams, portable showers and those "Tide" trucks ready to wash and clean our uniforms. Get ready for the fun boys and girls..... T-minus what? A few days?
No protection from this. But guess what? My TARA training advised me of biological warefare and terrorist threats. That is definitely something we were told to use deadly force against. Whats the trainers saying, "better to be judged by twelve than carried by six?"
Bring it. We may have thousands of of prime terrorist targets coming to our party... The least, a few may swallow their bottled weapon of choice :)
Andy is a huge asshole but he has a good point.This is not just to intimidate him and his pathetic crew,it is to remind all Americans that the power of government can crush anybody at anytime.Beware of the all powerful Uncle.
4/27/2012 07:50:00 AM
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Why, how nice of you to drop by, Occupy. Now, get off the blog.
Why is Andy an asshole? He never communicated violence or harm against the police. They have a right to protest and 1st ammendment rights.
when you get off the bus have your helmet on then have a supervisor give you a direct order to take it off. document the time and name of that supervisor who gave you the order to take it off and put on the crown hat. god willing you wont have to use that info later because you were hurt.
To 07:46 - you're a troll, clearly. But good comment. Thanks for stopping by.
I feel real safe now that I know the people in charge were blindsighted.
"These are the idiots that get locked up, while the real troublemakers go on about their business...."
--4/27/2012 10:32:00 PM
Works exactly the same way as street gangs. See it every day.
"Andy is a huge asshole but he has a good point."
--4/27/2012 07:50:00 AM
Hi, Andy.
Thousands of bottles of urine. I must have missed that on Facebook
Come to the pissing party, bring your own bottles
What a sight thousands of protesters pissing in a bottle or have they had the same guys drinking mega loads of water and doing this for months
Where do you get this shit and how do you think of it
Maybe the CPD should pay attention to calls of "a thousand protesters standing in line for handouts and just close the place down
I love these comments
Anonymous said...
I feel real safe now that I know the people in charge were blindsighted.
4/28/2012 12:05:00 PM
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BlindSIDED. Not blindsighted. Good grief.
I have Andy Thayers' telephone number, It was on the application of the permit to march and I was watching the news and saw it, This is no BULLSHIT, it is real, I don't know if it is his office, home or cell but I think that on march day we should give him a call and say HI! here it is 773-209-1187.
Guess what they found in 010???? Thousands of water bottles filled with piss and who knows what else. Yep, inside plastic bottles with a nice nozzle to help the urine squirt farther. Hope we have Hazmat teams, portable showers and those "Tide" trucks ready to wash and clean our uniforms. Get ready for the fun boys and girls..... T-minus what? A few days?
No protection from this. But guess what? My TARA training advised me of biological warefare and terrorist threats. That is definitely something we were told to use deadly force against. Whats the trainers saying, "better to be judged by twelve than carried by six?"
Bring it. We may have thousands of of prime terrorist targets coming to our party... The least, a few may swallow their bottled weapon of choice :)
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Are you saying a city employee trained you to shoot people who have water bottles because the water bottles might have urine in them?
I can only imagine how well that defense will work for the city in federal court, or any court for that matter.
Actually, when Lori Healy was Daley's chief of staff, I had an issue with our benefits section, I have a special needs child and they needed documents ashe is an adult to continue his coverage, well they said they did not receive it in time which was solid Bullshit and he had no coverage, I sent an E-Mail to lori healy and in about 4 days the benefits section called and had the balls to say that I had caused alot of trouble for them and that my son was now covered, On another ocassion she was walking around the Taste of Chicago and came up to the police andsaid theywere doing an outstanding job and offered us all water and soft drinks. I know that she is leaving her job for a new one in the private sector because she has no faith in Rahm.
4/27/2012 08:09:00 PM
Thanks. I now think a little better of her. I never before thought of her as caring enough to be a champion of the little guy.
Anonymous said...
Andy is a huge asshole but he has a good point.This is not just to intimidate him and his pathetic crew,it is to remind all Americans that the power of government can crush anybody at anytime.Beware of the all powerful Uncle.
4/27/2012 07:50:00 AM
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Why, how nice of you to drop by, Occupy. Now, get off the blog.
4/28/2012 12:29:00 AM
Hi Andy. How's it goin' ya fuckin' libtard??
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