Anonymous wrote:It's the beginning of the beginning. You must be too young to remember the sixties.

I suppose I'm too young, but it does sound silly to say I'm only 45.

What do you mean by your statement?

A very good friend of Italian descent has been living in Italy for over 20 years. Last year she told me the country was deteriorating rapidly and mentioned how grateful she was to have updated passports for her entire family and to have kept her dual citizenship.

It's the beginning of the beginning. You must be too young to remember the sixties.

Below is another clip, which includes more of the same correspondent. He points out that the violence is a tactic by a small number from a revolutionary group, and that the peaceful majority has handed some of the agitators over to the police. I was in yesterday's rally for DC voting rights, which joined up with Al Sharpton's jobs rally and Occupy DC . The DC demonsatrations did not seem to get a lot of coverage, but I ound an article in the local section of the Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/dc-marchers-rally-for-jobs-and-justice/2011/10/15/gIQAFWmvmL_story.html
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It's the beginning of the end - http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2011/10/2011101515123592784.html