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#OccupyThis

by Bunk Five Hawks X ( 151 Comments › )
Filed under Astronomy, Free Speech, Humor, Multiculturalism, OOT, Open thread, Political Correctness, Politics, Science at October 28th, 2011 - 11:35 pm


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Someone’s shirking their duties here, but I won’t complain. I’ll fill in in a pinch, just for the sake of The Overnight Open Thread.

When The 1% Went To Wall Street To Defend Their Good Name

by Flyovercountry ( 101 Comments › )
Filed under Politics, Socialism at October 28th, 2011 - 8:30 am

Meet Peter Schiff. He is a Wall Street Investment Banker. For those of you who have 401k’s, there is probably, and this is nothing more than a guess, about a 40% chance that Peter Schiff is managing a sizable portion of your retirement assets. He manages a mutual fund which specializes in international investing, it is called the Europacific Fund, and he has a marketing agreement with American Funds. His track record for success is undeniable. In short, he is no fool.

I give Schiff a lot of credit. He is brave, and has the patience of Job. How quickly revolutions eat their own, at 7:20 we get an idiot who screams about Steven Jobs being evil, and I would bet you anything he owns at least 2 pieces of technology invented by Jobs. Let’s not forget that Jobs has usually been a darling of the left as well. At 8:09 the same fellow asks this fundamental question which I believe really defines the difference in philosophy between the left and the right. He asked, “do you agree that the government has the right to govern the lives of the American People?” To that I must answer, besides a resounding no, simply stunning. It is unbelievable to me that anyone could have grown up in America and not realize that our nation was founded in direct opposition to the concept of the government having the right to govern our lives. I believe the time has come for we Americans to go our separate ways. It might be time to seek an amicable divorce between the people who wish to remain free, and those who wish to impose Socialism. My next posting will be a proposed division of the marital assets.

Cross Posted at Musings of a Mad Conservative.

Does the #Occupy Movement Speak for You?

by 1389AD ( 117 Comments › )
Filed under Anti-semitism, Barack Obama, CAIR, Communism, Democratic Party, Economy, Elections 2012, Media, Muslim Brotherhood, Nazism, Socialism, unemployment, Unions at October 26th, 2011 - 8:30 am

Lech Walesa
Lech Walesa rejects OWS

Some of the #Occupy movement signs and slogans seem to resonate with many onlookers. Maybe it’s because they’ve stolen a few talking points (but very little else) from the Tea Party. Maybe it’s because the sympathetic mainstream media carefully edits out what they don’t want you to see.

Let’s take a closer look.

Is this you?

Are you frustrated and angry about unemployment, inflation, the decreasing economic opportunities, the burden of debt, and the declining standard of living in North America, much of Europe, and elsewhere? Are you worried about the sovereign debt problems that bedevil the international financial system?

So am I.

Do you empathize with those struggling to make ends meet in low-paid, part-time jobs? Do you consider bailouts to be unconstitutional, politically and economically unwise, and morally wrong? Do you believe that the Federal Reserve system puts too much power into the hands of too few people who are not accountable to the voters and taxpayers?

So do I.

The Occupy movement blames our predicament on “billionaires”, “rich corporations”, and “Wall Street bankers”. They offer no basis for their accusations, but merely pander to the temptations of envy, sloth, and greed to which all of us are prone.

I agree with Herman Cain in placing most of the blame on Barack Obama and his failed policies. I also blame other public officials in the US and elsewhere whose policies brought about our financial downfall.

Whose side are they on?

Let’s see…the Occubaggers have got the commies, the socialists, the anarchists, the American Nazi Party, the George Soros front groups including the Open Society Institute, the Tides Foundation, and MoveOn.org, along with Code Pink and Michael Moore, the Muslim Brotherhood and its front group CAIR (more about CAIR and its connections here and here), the SEIU, the AFL-CIO, the leftist establishment media including the New York Times and the Washington Post, Frances Fox Piven, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Ayatollah Khamenei, Hugo Chavez, David Duke, and, of course, that architect of failure and scapegoater-in-chief, Barack Hussein Obama himself.

Along for the ride are the aging drugged-out hippies reliving Woodstock, the young drugged-out prep school and college kids looking for a place to fornicate al fresco, the paid shills, the student loan debtors with useless degrees, the trust-fund babies, the anti-Semites, the LGBT nudists, the race-card players, the outdoor urinators and defecators, the pro-abort feminazis, the tree-huggers, the vegans, and the mentally ill. (Many of these categories overlap.) Rounding out the rogue’s gallery are various drug dealers, crackheads, junkies, thieves, rapists, street bums and other lumpenproletariat, and felons hiding out from the law.

None of them speak for me.

Nor do they speak for Lech Walesa.

Former Polish President Won’t Attend #OccupyWallStreet After Citizen Journalists Expose Its Radical Roots

Lech Walesa, former president of Poland, champion in the fight against communism, and winner of the Liberty Medal and Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1989, has decided to not make a trip to New York in support of the Occupy Wall Street protests.

Last week the AP reported that Walesa was backing the Occupy “movement” and considered traveling to New York in support of the growing nationwide mob activity that currently plagues the United States. However, when former Illinois gubernatorial candidate Adam Andrzejewski, (For the Good of Illinois) found out about this, he quickly reached out to his contacts in Poland to alert the former president to the truth behind this radical movement.

“We made the point that the political themes of Occupy Wall Street may have started out with some of the principles that we share, but OWS themes were rapidly being morphed into anti-freedom and anti-liberty messages. At the core is the want for a big, powerful central government to dominate the lives of individual citizens.” -Andrzejewski

In his write-up last night at BigGovernment.com, Andrzejewski stated that with the help of BigGoverment and other sources, he was able to convey an accurate picture of the Occupy movement, particularly that it is “…organized by anarchists, Code Pink, the American Communist movement, jihadists, anti-Israel, socialist, and anti- free enterprise interests.” After reviewing this information about the true nature of the demonstrations, Walesa and his team withdrew their support and will not be attending any Occupy protests.

We were overjoyed to learn that recent Rebel Pundit investigative reports and footage were able to play an an important role in Walesa’s decision. According to Andrzejewski:

“They appreciated the inside info- they weren’t getting that in Poland from the European media.”

Much more here.

Also see:

So…does the #Occupy movement speak for you? Unless you truly are a leftist, with all that this implies, the answer is no.

SMH smiley saying 'No'


Only 10% of tents at St. Paul’s “Occcupy London” camp are occupied at night

by Mojambo ( 48 Comments › )
Filed under UK at October 25th, 2011 - 11:30 am

Fake tents and inflated numbers of protestors,  sounds familiar? By the way check out the video on the link.

by John-Paul Ford Rojas

The camp forced St Paul’s to close for the first time since the Blitz and is costing local businesses thousands of pounds a day.

But footage shot by The Daily Telegraph on a thermal imaging camera appeared to show most of the dozens of tents in the cathedral churchyard were empty. And when the remaining protesters realised what The Telegraph was attempting to verify this, the mood turned ugly.

The site was quiet at around 12.30am with the faint smell of marijuana smoke in the air. A handful of police officers stood back on the fringes of the encampment.

Some of the occupiers were still outside their tents talking to fellow protesters.

The Daily Telegraph was able to establish that of three tents by the foot of the steps up to the cathedral, two were occupied and one was not, before being surrounded by at least a dozen activists, anxious to find out what was happening.

Some were simply curious and seemed keen to engage in debate, in keeping with the peaceful and good-natured atmosphere that organisers have been keen to promote. But others began to object.

One female protester said “these are our homes”, to which a male fellow activist pointed out that they were not.

Another demonstrator threatened to call over police, alleging harassment.

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The situation deteriorated after a man claiming to be “from security” approached and also asked The Daily Telegraph to leave.

When his request was politely refused, two other men joined him, surrounding and physically intimidating the reporter and calling him “slime”, and it became clear that the situation was likely to become unsafe.

On Monday the revelation was described as a “charade” and pressure was growing on the church and other authorities to evict the camp.

“It is like a phantom camp – a big charade,” said Matthew Richardson, a Corporation of London councillor, who is calling for action to be taken.

“It just shows that most of the people don’t have the courage of their convictions and are here just to make trouble and leaving your tent here overnight is a good way to do that.”

Mr Richardson said it does not bear contemplating that services at St Paul’s could be disrupted through Remembrance Sunday and all the way up to Christmas.

“If you cannot commemorate the people who died for your right to protest then it is awful and having no services at Christmas would be even worse,” he said.

He said that the Corporation of London was ready to proceed but that St Paul’s, which is losing £20,000-a-day, was holding up any action.

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Read the rest: Telegraph’ evicted’ from St. Paul’s Occupy London camp as the mood turns