‘Golden Voice’ Homeless Man Turns Up at Occupy Wall Street
Occupy Wall Street has seen a steady stream of famous and otherwise notable people pass through New York City’s Zuccotti Park. The latest one to turn up? Ted Williams, perhaps better known as the homeless man with the “golden voice.”
Williams skyrocketed into the national spotlight in January, becoming a YouTube sensation after a reporter with the Columbus Dispatch noticed him on the side of a highway with a sign advertising his “God-given gift.” From there, it was job offers, a stint on NBC’s “Today” and reports of a reality show, as well as run-ins with the police and rehab.
GBTV producer Nick Rizzuto spotted Williams in Zucotti Park Friday, where he said Williams was “greeted like a rock star” by people in the camp.
“He was shaking hands and taking photographs with both passersby and occupiers. He was telling everyone he stood in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street,” Rizzuto observed.
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whatthecrazy
Posted on November 13, 2011 at 4:42pmThat figures now we know why he ended up homeless in the first place………………….
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sissykatz
Posted on November 13, 2011 at 4:50pmI am going to post on several stories because I do want
people to read this. I think we could beat Obama in a fair
election but things like this is what I am afraid of. the CHICAGO
MAFIA.
Please read this about Axlerod and Herman Cain….. it is very interesting..
PLEASE READ…..
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=47438
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coindexter
Posted on November 13, 2011 at 5:49pmthis guy is sammy davis jr’s illegitimate child. the resemblance is uncanny
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V-MAN MACE
Posted on November 13, 2011 at 5:56pmDude looks like Geraldo on crack!
I know, I know… I shouldn’t have said that…
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leumas
Posted on November 13, 2011 at 7:03pmThat’s crazy. Should have left the punk on the roadside. You can’t change stupid.
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db321
Posted on November 13, 2011 at 8:35pmHe is now a Capitalist – signed a big contract – he should give all of his new found money to the Occupiers.
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A Conservatarian
Posted on November 13, 2011 at 10:24pmCoindexter, I was thinking John Stewart :P
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GdHUs
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 12:37amSISSY- Thanks, this is dynamite information. I hope Glenn gets hold of this.
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motonutt
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 12:15pm@V-MAN…..What do you mean you shouldn’t have said it…..I think you’re right…….
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mend54jc
Posted on November 15, 2011 at 2:16amYea and i think he works with nbc right? So he wouldn’t be getting fired saying he is in solidarity with them. Well i take that back because Fox didn’t fire heraldo for backing them up too. Although he is probably living down there with them since he was so proud of his March and bragging about it to them to try to say hey i’m with you. He would be fire if he work on my network sure he has freedom but my business what not be shown to have one of my employes back a movement with rapes, anti-Semitic,killing. But hey as geraldo said bragging to them i march too. Once he came in my office i would have to say here is your last check. Call me whatever you want but my bussiness WILL NOT back or be in solidarity with a group like that.
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Mr.Fitnah
Posted on November 15, 2011 at 4:59amI think you may be onto something.
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pwatkins
Posted on November 13, 2011 at 4:33pmHe does make a better poster boy for the OWS crowd than Michael Moore and they can get more protesters in the photo with him.
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hidden_lion
Posted on November 13, 2011 at 4:58pmAccept for the fact he was rescued via evil corporate sponsors, who like to hire people with talent. What a tool.
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GumRock
Posted on November 13, 2011 at 4:14pmI Hate to fall off the “pick on everyone wagon”
but I actually like the guy,
as a reminder we all go thru some tough times
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mtnclimberjim
Posted on November 13, 2011 at 5:14pmI used to like the guy, Now he is the enemy. Pathetic drunk a$$ed bltch.
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spysea
Posted on November 13, 2011 at 4:05pmI love all the douche-bags with there $399 iPhones
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olddog
Posted on November 13, 2011 at 4:02pmI thought we already had a guy in the white house with a golden voice, only problem with it is we can’t get any Truth out of it…As for williams if you hear him on the radio or tv, just switch him off..
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Walkabout
Posted on November 13, 2011 at 4:23pmIf Ted Williams can’t get ahead in life it is his own fault not the 1%.
“According to Williams, his life started falling apart in 1986 with a combination of drug and alcohol abuse plus a loss of interest in his career. During this period Williams was arrested at least seven times on charges including theft, drug possession, escape, and robbery.” – wiki
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NHwinter
Posted on November 13, 2011 at 4:30pmWhat a disappointment. I doubt anyone of the OWS people helped him get back on his feet. Wasn’t it the Capitalists that helped him. On the wrong side again, how sad.
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sissykatz
Posted on November 13, 2011 at 4:47pmNHWINTER
I was going to say the same thing. The Capitalists have been very good
to Ted. He has gotten new teeth, clothes, Rehab,Jobs,clothes, a car,
a home,a new start in life and everything he has furnished by the evil
Capitalists… He doesn’t even know what he is talking about. I am
thankful people have done this for him, I wonder if he is????
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Texan4ever
Posted on November 13, 2011 at 4:00pmUh, did I pay for the new teeth via handouts, or did some kindly corporation donate them?
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chips1
Posted on November 13, 2011 at 9:38pmThe only charities I donate to are churches. They take care of their own people and the money is well spent. None of this freeloaders coming in to beg for drug money. Stand by your church and your beliefs. Corruption even creeps into things like Muscular Destrophy donations.
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sawbuck
Posted on November 13, 2011 at 10:35pmI’m sure our “Uncle Sam” will help them all,one way or another.
New suit and teeth, I’m sure he ……likes the way he looks.
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bjornskis
Posted on November 13, 2011 at 3:50pmthe man with the golden voice errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
hummmmmmm was it not for corporate America that this guy has a new life?
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tankyjo
Posted on November 13, 2011 at 3:36pmGuess they don’t know he’s not a 0.0099%er anymore.
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mils
Posted on November 13, 2011 at 3:53pmyeah yeah yeah…trash begets trash or something like that…
seriously doubt he realizes why they’re supposedly there…
Oh, yes, to set lower levels for us to live by..murder, rape..pillage..
sounds like the last legs of the roman army..or hannibal..or democrat part if it doesn’t stop..
this is ALL their baby..and Republicans had best be sure everyone knows this fact..scream and yell , push shove do what ever it takes to be sure the rest of the voters realize what these people are up to..with Obama’s blessings.
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lukerw
Posted on November 13, 2011 at 3:35pmWater… always finds it’s own level!
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YoungBloodNews
Posted on November 13, 2011 at 3:27pmYou folks do realize all this is going to be recorded as the weirdest time in our history.
Or the greatest thing to happen since sliced bread if the progressives get their way… hehe
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ThomasUSA
Posted on November 13, 2011 at 3:25pmIf the “coming out” of the socialist/ communist/ marxists/ progressives have shown anything, it is how their values and principles are not founded in personal responsibility or deeds, but rather popularity, and said intent. They can’t stand individuality because they hate themselves. What is there to like about themselves?
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Affirmative Blaction
Posted on November 13, 2011 at 3:22pmDam guys, I think yall need to chill. I would hardly call this showing up to support it, more like breezing by on his way to make some money, and not wanting to cause a media confrontation. This man has seen the worst of the worst, I really doubt he wants to back to that-he’d be robbed for his pealy whites.
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TunaBlue
Posted on November 13, 2011 at 3:58pmWhat dribble. It’s the liberal mindset to see people as victims, instead of seeing them as victims to their own thinking and actions. This man abandoned his wife and children and chose drugs and debauchery as a way of life.
Because he lives in America, and because HE chose not to continue to be a victim of his thinking, he was able to get the help he needed to get straight, find gainful employment and a second chance, and mend his relationship with his family.
Why is that so difficult to understand?
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Smokey_Bojangles
Posted on November 13, 2011 at 3:09pmGuess the poor fella knew where the “Good Stuff” was at.
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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on November 13, 2011 at 3:26pmNo suprise.
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UlyssesP
Posted on November 13, 2011 at 3:04pmSo the story never says… did he finally score the crack he came to OWS for?
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Salamander
Posted on November 13, 2011 at 4:23pmI’m surprised Bill Clinton hasn’t visited for a nickel bag! Remeber during his Harlem office rental stomp when he talked about East er West er Harlem and how he took that great big old bus from LGA to 125th Street on his flight back from London (and Moscow)? Well the problems are (1) nothing from London lands at LGA, (2) since his office was in neither East nor West Harlem, but Central Harlem and he wasn’t travelling by bus from the airport, but by train from New Haven, where he’d stop in Harlem and buy toots for his friends! He got his metaphors mixed up a bit!
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katy
Posted on November 13, 2011 at 3:04pmHey, he got a nice set of choppers out of the whole deal… ;o)
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Delta D-5-3
Posted on November 13, 2011 at 3:09pmKaty…..I thought I was the only one who noticed that, lol……..
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Philo Beddoe
Posted on November 13, 2011 at 3:02pmHe’s become everything that the OWS morons are protesting about.
Big corporation, corporate greed ad high salary
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Islesfordian
Posted on November 13, 2011 at 2:54pmThis not the pathway to prosperity and happiness, Ted.
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Delta D-5-3
Posted on November 13, 2011 at 3:01pmYep, I also got a feeling that Glenn is going to be more then just a little disappointed in Mr. “Voice”………..
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GeneTracy
Posted on November 13, 2011 at 2:53pmOWS just seems to draw out all the talent!
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last frontier
Posted on November 13, 2011 at 2:50pmSumbody get dat man atent!
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don4logo
Posted on November 13, 2011 at 2:49pmWhen a recently homeless drug addict, thief and abuser is lauded for supporting your cause, it’s time to find a new cause.
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Delta D-5-3
Posted on November 13, 2011 at 2:58pmWhat do we expect, really. The guys been taking handouts for quite some time, not unlike the idiots from OWS who WANT more and more from people like us. You know, the people who actually WORK for a living………….
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progressiveslayer
Posted on November 13, 2011 at 2:47pmGolden voice just doesn’t have that capitalism thing figured out yet.
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KickinBack
Posted on November 13, 2011 at 2:47pmTed may feel sympathy for the OWSers, since he was once homeless and a drug user. But lets face it, Ted won the lottery. He was discovered, just a face in the crowd at the right time, and at the right place.
Like a runaway teen hoping to make it big in Hollywood, these OWSers don’t have a chance.
Ted has talent. OWSers only have lice.
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The-Monk
Posted on November 13, 2011 at 2:45pmHe sure got those teeth cleaned up nice. There’re whiter than mine.
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drago
Posted on November 13, 2011 at 3:05pmThey are whiter, and he has more than i do……..im just a diabetic, yet hes a junkie….wtf…..
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KickinBack
Posted on November 13, 2011 at 3:12pmThose are dentures.
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The-Monk
Posted on November 13, 2011 at 3:22pm@KickinBack
I was thinking the same thing.
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YepImaConservative
Posted on November 13, 2011 at 2:45pmDag’nabbit! That’s Geraldo Rivera without the ‘stache… who are they trying to kid???!!!
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Exrepublisheep
Posted on November 13, 2011 at 3:36pmlol
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mwhaley
Posted on November 13, 2011 at 2:39pmI thought “Golden Voice” went back under gound when job offers started to come in?
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motonutt
Posted on November 13, 2011 at 2:47pmThe Lord dug him out of the gutter, now he’s back with the gutter rat’s.
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RJO
Posted on November 13, 2011 at 2:56pmSoooo, let me get this straight – in a time when up is down, right is wrong and evil is good.
Mr. wonderful voice was discovered, on the streets with – nothing. No hope, no support, no purpose. He has since benefited from the good-will of many Americans and the capitalistic system that has groomed him, corrected his disgusting teeth to “pearly whites”, provided a very nice suit, employment and income the surpasses what I make in a year.
The key here is that he had the freedom and the opportunity to succeed in a free and capitalistic society that allows for personal improvement and rewards personal work/effort….
And this idiot shows up to “support” the anarchists who are challenging the very system that allows them to challenge and the system that brought “Mr. Voice” from the depths, to a plateau of success and wonderful possibilities.
So much for sincere gratitude….so much for a fundamental understanding of what he has in his freedom……and so much for the damage that he is doing for others who are in need of a helping hand – but may not have that opportunity – due to a large, overwhelming majority of American who view the “Occupy” pimple an assault to their country.
“Mr. Voice” is yet another stooge for Soros, Van Jones, Trumpka and the others who want to “CHANGE” the United States of America.
Those who are now silent or not heard/covered by the national media prostitutes, will find their voice next November.
That voice will be loud
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Rajabear1
Posted on November 13, 2011 at 3:53pmRJO-couldn’t say it better myself. It is astonishing the lack of commonsense and logic from libs/progressives. The lack of being able to think objectively, if even just a little is scary. Hey golden voice, you bring that check book with you so you can spread your new found wealth equally among the folks? Because that is the goal, right? Once someone ‘makes it’, Take only what you need to live and disperse it to those that haven’t made it (for whatever reason). I hope he realizes it’s not fair that he has a voice that can earn money and they don’t.
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