Aloha: ‘Occupy Wall Street’ Movement Hits…Hawaii?
- Posted on October 9, 2011 at 3:33pm by
Madeleine Morgenstern
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The "Occupy" movement has officially hit Hawaii, with protesters railing against "Wall Street greed," just like in New York City and elsewhere. (Media credit: KHON-2)
It’s a long way from Wall Street, but the “Occupy” movement has officially hit the Aloha State.
According to local station KHON-2, about 75 people gathered in Honolulu Saturday to protest corporate greed. Other demonstrators gathered in Maui Friday, and similar protests are reportedly in the works elsewhere on the Hawaiian islands, more than 4,800 miles from New York City.
“My name’s Renee, I‘m here to represent people’s needs not Wall Street greed,” one protester said Saturday. “I’m tired of living like a slave, I want to be free.”
“I’m Grace, I‘m a teacher and I’m here to make sure my students have a future,” another said.
KHON reported the protesters have been organizing themselves online, the same way other “Occupy” participants throughout the country have been.
“We’re going to stand up against them, against the bankers who got bailed out and we’re here just to fend for ourselves and that is the greatest thing we can do because every single person is affected by this,” organic farmer and protestor Jeremy Ornellas said. “The only ones who aren’t are the less than one percent whose getting those trillions of dollars from our tax dollars.”
Orneallas said he hopes one day “everyone wakes up and realizes they are part of the 99 percent and join their brothers and sisters in this protest.”
As for how long they’re planning on staying?
“Until we win, until we win,” he said.
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Comments (83)
qpwillie
Posted on October 9, 2011 at 6:12pmThey can‘t make up their minds if they’re all named Renee or if they’re all named Grace.
Report Post »motonutt
Posted on October 10, 2011 at 9:58amThis is no surprise……I’ve lived in Hawaii, it’s beautiful, once they accept your white howlii face they are some of the nicest people you would ever meet. But for the most part they are of a socialist
Report Post »mentality. It’s part of their culture. For the lib howlii‘s who move there it’s like nirvana.
korbin
Posted on October 10, 2011 at 10:12ammotonut, I really thought I was the only one to say that. I to lived on big Island for almost two years, racists lazy stoned welfare. sums it up, I worked at a water treatment plant and did some maintenance my first week i was told to slow downI am making people look bad, we are in no hurry brah,. Its beautiful, but not worth it. Thailand way better.
Report Post »ACLUHater
Posted on October 10, 2011 at 3:31pmHippies know no boundaries. Slaves? The balls and chains must have been retouched out of the photo.
Report Post »Gerrymanderer
Posted on October 10, 2011 at 5:34pmFirst it’s Obama backlash and the birth of the tea party. Now it’s the Obama backlash and the birth of the OWS movement. When both the left and right do this, it says a lot about how bad Obama’s doing.
Report Post »Renalden
Posted on October 10, 2011 at 6:53pmNot to sound anything, but with over 15 yrs military and contractor jobs on Oahu, I always laughed and shook my head when a local bra decides to rob a bank, with absolutely no disguise or cover-up, and expects to get away with it. Um, its an island? Um, wait, come to think of it, never heard many, “oh we caught so and so for the robbery” on local media’s. Made me think.
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 7:35amI lived there for 4 years when my husband was active duty. They had Aloha Fridays, where you get to dress casually, and get a half day off.
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on October 9, 2011 at 6:05pm”living like a slave”, ”want to be ‘free”….?!?! so they want it ALL FREE. so they do not want to work to get a paycheck anymore. or is it they do not want there to be businesses so WE the TRUE TAXPAYING 53% can work to pay taxes so they can get a FREE WELFARE CHECK & FOOD STAMPS, fine. fine, let them starve TO DEATH.
why don’t we just shoot those miserable obamaite bastards and put them out of their obama-induced obama-inspired misery.
Report Post »jnobfan
Posted on October 10, 2011 at 9:44amDecaf anyone?
Report Post »mauijonny
Posted on October 9, 2011 at 5:41pmHI is a very socialized state. Although unemp. is relatively low, it doesn’t reflect that many jobs are 20 hrs/wk. Needless to say, a lot of peeps work multiple jobs and get no healthcare. Also, unemployment varies from island to island. Bottom line, though, this place chronically shoots itself in the foot through union & Dem near total control. BTW, collective bargaining is required in our state constitution…
Report Post »geonj
Posted on October 9, 2011 at 5:36pmso corporate America is destroyed. then the federal govenment feeds, clothes, provides healthcare etc for all of America. and how do they pay for that with no tax base? so how did that work out for the rest of the socialist world. lets ask the now defunct soviet union. these loons taking to the streets and draining the limited resources of the cities they are cr@pping on are a shining example of dim witted sheeple drum circling to the beat of the lestist criminals they are following.
Report Post »orionreplay6607
Posted on October 9, 2011 at 5:34pmI enjoy how all the iPad. iPhone, and Blackberry wielding protesters rail against “The Man” for making them work a part time job at Starbucks. Tired of being a slave? Clearly you don’t have to work a full time job and support your family, if you have all the time in the world to post Twitter updates from your spot underneath the shade of a palm tree.
Report Post »Teufel Hunden
Posted on October 9, 2011 at 5:30pmBarack may be a ****** president, but he sure can organize his communities.
Report Post »Xkiller
Posted on October 10, 2011 at 11:47amYeah, too bad he can’t get these dicks to get jobs. If this comes to the end they want, I will stop working and get a check from obummer too. Stock up, it’s coming. By the way, I like the name, devil dog….
Report Post »qpwillie
Posted on October 9, 2011 at 5:17pmSo, the Battery Of Witless Emptyheaded Leftists (BOWEL) movement is in Hawaii. Maybe they’ll sacrifice themselves to a volcano.
Report Post »Bill Rowland
Posted on October 10, 2011 at 6:29amLove your acronym LOL
OMG – Psalm 109:8
Report Post »Gootch
Posted on October 9, 2011 at 5:14pmHmph! Where did these dipsticks get money for college? Parents who succeeded in the corporate world or student loans from banks who invest in corporations? If not for corporate “greed” aka making a profit by new developments and international competition, do you think we would have any of the technology and standard of living we enjoy? Would Steve Jobs have developed Apple in Russia or China or Iran? Enjoy your computers, smart phones, high-tech comfortable shoes, debit cards, cutting edge medical procedures and medications, safe cars, etc., etc. All modern benefits are the result of corporate “greed.” Nimrods!
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on October 9, 2011 at 5:01pmThis is silly… this is the most Socialist State in the US!
Report Post »IndianaJan
Posted on October 10, 2011 at 8:25amNo, California is the most Socialist state in the union. Hawaii comes in a close second. Except for maybe NY…. But Hawaii, which used to be a beautiful place, is now a dump, full of obnoxious Japanese tourists, druggies, and hippie leftovers who have camped out there for YEARS. It only took some Soros money to get these slugs to hold signs and try to sound like they stand for anything. I think we should start IGNORING these idiots, and focus on FAST AND FURIOUS, which is what they DON’T want us to focus on. Thank you.
Report Post »dnewton
Posted on October 10, 2011 at 10:49amThe way I remember it, HI lost or had to seriously restructure their state run healthcare system because they could not afford it. It was the poster child for a failed state run healthcare system for a while and then Tennessee tried it and added about 25% to the cost of basic government.
Report Post »AxelPhantom
Posted on October 9, 2011 at 5:01pmSomebody on an earlier thread asked if there was a more comprehensive place to see what is going on. This link has several video strings for different “occupy” locations. http://www.GoNewsNOW.TV
Report Post »TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on October 9, 2011 at 4:55pmSteve McGarrett would “book ‘em”…The Jack Lord McGarrett, not that wuss in the remake. {:
Report Post »decendentof56
Posted on October 9, 2011 at 4:52pm“My name’s Renee, I‘m here to represent people’s needs not Wall Street greed,” one protester said Saturday. “I’m tired of living like a slave, I want to be free.”
Hi ‘Renee’. My name is Decendent of 56, and I’m tired of paying for you living like a slave, Renee. I‘ll teach you why we are called ’crackers.’
Report Post »Annie Fields
Posted on October 9, 2011 at 4:46pmWhat excuse will they give when they leave? It‘s not like snow’s gonna drive ‘em out. If they‘re anything like the geniuses we’ve heard from so far, it’s gonna take them ’til winter to manufacture a coherent sentence on the subject, that’s for damned sure. In the meantime, they could talk story… Oh… wait… there again, we have the problem of subject-verb-object, don’t we?
Nevermind.
http://www.anniefields.com/blog
Report Post »FEMALL
Posted on October 9, 2011 at 4:43pmTo: “I’m tired of living like a slave, I want to be free.”
From: The Eagles
“Well I know it wasn’t you who held me down
Heaven knows it wasn’t you who set me free
So often times it happens that we live our lives in chains
And we never even know we have the key”
O=Occupy White House
Report Post »randy
Posted on October 9, 2011 at 4:39pmBUMS! Every last one of them!
Report Post »tobywil2
Posted on October 9, 2011 at 4:33pmThe objective of the ”Occupy Wall Street” movement is to create the chaos that justifies the declaration of martial law and suspension the constitution, thus creating a Dictatorship. This is the final phase of the Obama agenda and the Wannabe Tyrant expects to be a Dictator at the conclusion.
President Obama’s agenda is creating an economic crisis. If that agenda continues the economic crisis will reach its peak before the 2012 election. This latest stimulus plan guarantees that economic crisis. Politicians are not reelected during an economic crisis. The wannabe tyrants cannot afford free elections in 2012.
Only by creating the chaos that justifies martial law and suspension of the Constitution can the wannabe tyrants retain their power.
The American Revolution has not been in such danger since the War of 1812. Will we allow the tyranny of King George III to be reinstated under new management?
Report Post »http://commonsense21c.com/
BurntHills
Posted on October 9, 2011 at 6:08pmno doubts obama pictures himself the FUHRER HITLER after he destroys America in soros’s pipedream land: the FOURTH REICH aka the new world order.. soros must believe he can split world domination with islam.
obama loves to compare himself to the 100% AMERICANS Abe Lincoln and MLK and JFK. well fine, we can only pray his last 30 seconds on Earth goes the exact same way theirs did, and quickly, Lord!
Report Post »taxedout
Posted on October 10, 2011 at 2:01amI keep saying that he (Odumba) is the antiChrist!!
Report Post »ladyda
Posted on October 9, 2011 at 4:18pmI guess huge loud jumbo trons need to be placed at each of these “set ups” with true history, Jimmy Carters community reinvestment act…Clinton’s doubling down on it….Barney Frank & Chris Dodds meddling in Freddie & Fannie…..they need to refocus their ignorance of the truth and aim it at he big house on Pennsylvania Ave. That and cronyism and a lot more ism’s is the real cause of all this horror. (I doubt they would watch & listen….they will be too busy breaking and burning soon, no doubt.)
Report Post »YepImaConservative
Posted on October 9, 2011 at 4:06pmMaybe Roseanne Barr can sing these particular nuts their version of the National Anthem to get them energized. That is after she’s done playing with her nuts on her macadamia farm…
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on October 9, 2011 at 4:15pmNow would that not constitute cruelty to animals with having her sing? No, these are progressives and radical socialists…never mind.
Report Post »YepImaConservative
Posted on October 9, 2011 at 4:20pmLol….. Let’s ask PETA!
Report Post »steveh931
Posted on October 9, 2011 at 4:06pmOne of these days the protesters will wake up and know that they have just helped the Socialist Progressive movement, along with Factions and Unions, continue their march and ultimate goal of changing our Republic to a Democracy, with a little Marxism thrown in to control their lives, like they have never been controlled before. Moveon.Org and anyone associated with them or their affiliates are not your friends! Not everyone telling you why you should stand with them is your friend, they want to attach strings, why do you repeat everything they tell you to say? Please wake up and stand with those that truly want to let you keep your Republic and provide the Liberties that were promised to you by our Constitution. We agree, the system is broken, but if We The People stand as one, in time we can take our government back, send the Tyrants home and truly give you a say.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on October 9, 2011 at 4:17pmThe main problem is by the time the “useful idiots” of the socialist led movements do in fact wake up, its just as the new masters of the nation put them to the walls with the words “Ready, aim…” already being called out en mass.
Report Post »thegrassroots
Posted on October 9, 2011 at 4:37pmAmazing how blatantly obtuse and transparent the pseudo-intellectual libs are. They actually believe that WE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE are as dumb and easily led as they are.
AMERICA RECOGNIZES the work of The-Community-Riot-Organizer-In-Chief in the White House. AMERICA KNOWS that BHO and his minions are behind these “wall street riots!”
BHO, et al, are desperate! They tried playing the alleged “race card” for a while. However, Herman Cain is quickly proving that the libs are the only ones playing that worn out and obsolete race card. WE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE are only interested in a Constitution Loyal President and race doesn’t matter. BHO and his minions are scraping the bottom of their bucket and it’s all dregs.
The whiny, immature, intellectually challenged libs can keep it up with their silly substanceless riots. They Are Campaigning Against Themselves And AMERICA APPRECIATES IT!
BHO, Et Al, Are Guaranteeing An Easy Win For AMERICA IN 2012!
GOD BLESS AMERICA! IN THE NAME OF JESUS!
Report Post »MARCH4HIM
Posted on October 9, 2011 at 4:02pmTher must have not have any wave action at the beach..
Report Post »ARE YOU KIDDING ME..!……your in HAWAII……go suck on a pineapple
mammacub
Posted on October 9, 2011 at 3:56pmSeems power for the course, Hawaii is big time welfare state, high unemployment mostly by choice.
Report Post »Wall street is actually this White House, all Obama’s advisors are from Wall Street or University. All the policies have been Democrat controlled for 6 years under Pelosi. How’s that been working out for you America. Aloha!
GoingBeck
Posted on October 9, 2011 at 3:51pmNe’er-do-well would be a step up for the LOWS – Losers Occupying Wall Street.
Report Post »82dAirborne
Posted on October 9, 2011 at 3:51pmTell you what…. I will take these fools seriously when they have 24/7 protests in the streets of …say Barrow, Alaska. Show some commitment folks!!
Report Post »CatB
Posted on October 9, 2011 at 3:59pmLet’s see how long they last in New York come November .. they say they will stay .. time will tell. While they are out in the streets the TEA Party is organizing and planning for the next election.
TEA!
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on October 9, 2011 at 4:19pm@82nd — At least in Barrow, Alaska the polar bears would be well fed indeed. Here in Phoenix when these idiots start their rampages next saturday, and in Prescott AZ, I hope we have a storm to end all storms that will show these radical socialists just what AZ is really about…and then the people can show them in peacefull protest as well.
Report Post »cloudsofwar
Posted on October 9, 2011 at 3:48pmwall street out of washington? how about washington out of wall street. these dummies don’t realize Obama is the problem. Obama is destroying our system and he is getting away with it. this is going to get more ugly.
Report Post »Shasta
Posted on October 9, 2011 at 4:00pmYep, Obummer and his socialist policies are destroying the country. But these protesters feeling entitled to free stuff, and wanting even more, are also the problem. I hope 2012 will be ‘Bedtime for OBonzo’.
Report Post »82dAirborne
Posted on October 9, 2011 at 4:01pmYou sir have insulted dummies!
Report Post »Questionman
Posted on October 10, 2011 at 2:08pmyour right it is Obamas people there now but the pronlem was there when he got the job.it takes 8 years to fix something that took 8 years to Messup…why you think hes a tard. he saying give the jobs to the people but the one that hire are reluctant to do so.. not he’s fault. you got laid off because the owner did not wanrt to comply with the new guide line fhaf in place now so inseed of following the guide lines thier laying you off to save they’er money once again still not the Presidents fault.
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on October 9, 2011 at 3:41pmLOL! You can’t get any farther from Wall Street! BTW, I need to join a union, so they can ship me out to Hawaii! I could use a vacation.
Report Post »Shasta
Posted on October 9, 2011 at 3:44pmHawaii is great, but it is not worth loosing your soul to get there. Stay away from greedy unions!
Report Post »CatB
Posted on October 9, 2011 at 3:50pmi’m pretty certain they can find deadbeats and losers to pay to “protest” anything even in Hawaii …. remember they don’t need many for the MSM to turn it into thousands .. and NBC will try to paint them as “peaceful” !!!
TEA!
Report Post »chazman
Posted on October 10, 2011 at 5:13am…Hawaiian‘s don’t care for mainlanders, especially white mainlander’s. To them we are all ‘howlies’. So, it won‘t be hard to round up a couple hundred ’useful idiots’ on the islands to protest against Wall Street, which will then turn into a protest against white people, which will then turn into a protest against American statehood, blah blah blah. The messed up mind of Liberal Marxism …
Report Post »KAHILI
Posted on October 10, 2011 at 9:34amCHAZMAN- you are wrong about “Hawaiian‘s don’t care for mainlanders”. As a Native Hawaiian, that is the most stereotypical thing to say. “Hawaiians” as if you know all family’s that feel this way?
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