"The trouble happened not far from the Xcel Energy Center convention site, and many of those involved in the more violent protest were clad in black and identified themselves to reporters as anarchists. They wrought havoc by damaging property and setting at least one fire. Most of the trouble was in pockets of a neighborhood near downtown, several blocks from where the convention was taking place."

"Members of the Connecticut delegation said they were attacked by protesters when they got off their bus near the Xcel Center, KMSP-TV reported. Delegate Rob Simmons told the station that a group of protesters came toward his delegation and tried to rip the credentials off their necks and sprayed them with a toxic substance that burned their eyes and stained their clothes.

One 80-year-old member of the delegation had to be treated for injuries, and several other delegates had to rinse their eyes and clothing, the station reported."

"At one point, people pushed a trash bin filled with trash and threw garbage in the streets and at cars. They also took down orange detour road signs. One of them used a screwdriver to puncture the back tire of a limousine waiting at an intersection and threw a wooden board at the vehicle, denting its side. Another hurled a glass bottle at a charter bus that had stopped at an intersection. The bottle smashed into pieces but didn't appear to damage the bus."

There's more...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080901/ap_on_el_pr/cvn_convention_protests

Once again, proof that the male gender primarily processes all information through the groin. It's no wonder the world is in this sorry state. Looks what has been in charge for all these eons. ...it's about to change....She's female, she's good lookin' and she's in charge and she doesn't give a fig about your penis.

"Palin has a right to her religious beliefs, as do fundamentalist Muslims who agree with her on so many issues of social policy. None of them has a right, however, to impose their beliefs on others by capturing and deploying the executive power of the state."

It is the nature of politics. Christians and Muslims do not have a corner on the market supporting laws the have roots in a particular belief system. Socialists have a particular belief system which would increase taxes to pay for a one comapny health care system with no incentive to make you a customer.

Have you ever noticed how good your car insurance is? Why? Could it be because there are hundreds of car insurance providers to choose from?

Sarah Palin has not supported the passage of any law directly tied to her religous beliefs. Nothing in her track record points to that.

She has a track record, unlike Obama. Of course, Obama has a track record on his belief system. It's called God Damn America in the Church.