The first rule of secret action camp is....

...you don't talk about secret action camp.

In Denver this weekend, a group of anarchists who have pledged to disrupt the Democratic National Convention will hold a secret action camp to learn about medical training and legal rights and to practice nonviolent tactics.

Uh, guys, putting up a myspace calendar and having your demonstrations announced isn't the best way to surprise people with your actions. Now we're expecting you to make spectacles of yourselves during the convention, which means that if the cops don't arrest your whiny disrupting asses as soon as you look cross-eyed at a single delegate, they're not doing their jobs. As a matter of fact, I'd be surprised if they haven't infiltrated your group and pick you all up on conspiracy charges before the convention. Let's see how well your anti-anxiety medications work against that thought, eh?

As much as I dislike what the Democratic Party has become, especially over the last twenty years, I don't want to see convention business disrupted. Heckled, sure, but let the conventioneers get their business done. Having the power to choose our candidates, even with the lousy choices we have this election cycle, is what keeps the rest of us from having to become mired in the day-to-day crapfest that is politics.