Here is a clip from a speaker at yesterday’s Occupy Wall Street demonstration in Los Angeles. Here’s what he says after calling for a bloody worldwide revolution (note the cheers afterward.) Are these the protests with which the Democratic Party really wants to align? Nancy Pelosi might want to begin backtracking.
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President Obama is being wrongly accused of failing to lead the nation. His leadership is now on clear display in lower Manhattan any day of the week. It’s in the 1968-retread slogans painted on cardboard signs in Zuccotti Park. It’s on the faces of the young people scrawling them day and night. It’s in […]
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Must-read piece by Weekly Standard senior editor Matt Labash on his time with the politically scatter shot Wall Street “occupiers.” It’s a real gem. Guaranteed to make you laugh. Here is an excerpt: But on one of OWS’s many affinity-group websites, they did take a stab at quasi-officially listing their grievances. Get a snack. This will […]
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Many years ago, while waiting for a bus to arrive in New York City’s grimy old Port Authority Bus Terminal, I picked up a tattered copy of Forbes “Richest Americans” that had been left behind on a bench. It included short interviews with about a dozen titans of industry, who, in a nutshell, were asked […]
Read the rest of this entry »Occupy Wall Street, Live Video Feed
In case anyone is interested, here’s a live video feed the Wall Street protests. It’s provided by a group called “Global Revolution” that’s probably funded by Wall Sreet’s George Soros. I hate to give them ink, but hey, it’s not like this site is Drudge. Interested in your reactions. Makes me want to scream, but it’s addictive. In […]
Read the rest of this entry »Idea: All In on Wall Street
Gay rights activists have now joined the Occupy Wall Street fray, casting their lot with disgruntled college students; Socialist Party members; neo-Marxists; Michael Moore; the so-called Working Families Party; a half dozen public employee unions; Susan Sarandon; former ACORN troublemakers; bewildered homeless people; candidates for public office; and groups with made up names like Strong Economy for […]
Read the rest of this entry »Wall Street Theft, Courtesy of the Public Service Unions
I can’t believe I’m linking to a story by Mother Jones, but here it is. It describes in greater detail than previously reported the extent to which the Occupy Wall Street rallies are being hijacked by organized labor and other special interests. The teachers unions are there, so is 1199 SEIU, CSEA, AFSCME, the “Working […]
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