‘Eat the Rich and Smash the State!’: Up to 1,000 Protesters March Through Chicago
- Posted on May 20, 2012 at 11:00am by
Madeleine Morgenstern
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Image source: Chicago Tribune
Up to 1,000 protesters flooded the streets of Chicago Saturday night, protesting NATO and spreading an Occupy Wall Street message.
The Chicago Tribune reported protesters and police clashed repeatedly, resulting in 18 arrests, according to the Associated Press. Still, the night was relatively peaceful and without reports of major damage as demonstrators marched and chanted for hours.
Image source: Chicago Tribune
Large contingents of police officers were on hand, some in riot gear and others on bikes, but they generally let protesters remain in the streets, according to the Chicago Sun-Times:
At one point, a police van with sirens flashing drove down the middle of Jackson, forcing the marchers to disperse. A protester jumped on the front fender of the van, then got off, and someone screamed, “They hit him! They hit him!”
Before 10 p.m. an ambulance arrived and took away someone in a wheel chair.
Friends said it was Jack Amico, 24, of Staten Island, N.Y., who had been active in Occupy Wall Street.
Lauren DiGioia, 27, Amico’s girlfriend, said he was hit after “the police van started coming straight at us. It was moving slowly at first, and people in the crowd were trying to form a soft block to stop it from running people over. … The van accelerated when it got by me. It started speeding up. As soon as it went past me I turned and Jack was lying on the ground. He’d just been hit.”
WMAQ-TV captured this footage of protesters attempting to stop a police van, though it was unclear whether it was the same incident:
Other video posted online showed protesters marching through the streets chanting “1-2-3-4, no war but class war!“ and ”5-6-7-8, eat the rich and smash the state!”:
The Tribune:
Earlier in the day, the first big confrontation of the summit week flared at Washington and State Streets when protesters tried to push through a line of police on bicycles. An officer went down, police in heavy garb and riot helmets moved in and several protesters were detained.
Later, a female protester tried to take a police officer’s bike. When a police officer grabbed her, other protesters came to try to free her. As the crowd surged toward the officers, at least one officer took out a baton and struck a protester. Another officer pushed a protester to the ground.
The Associated Press:
Organizers pledged a larger crowd when protesters from the Occupy movement will join forces with an anti-war coalition to mark the opening day of the summit later Sunday.
“We want the world to focus on NATO – they’re not important and have no mandate anymore,” said Micah Philbrook, an Occupy Chicago spokesman, who criticized the large police presence Saturday. “They’re pushing us around and not letting anyone get out of the protest even if they want. They’re very aggressive.”
McCarthy said police would be ready with quick but targeted arrests of any demonstrators who turn violent Sunday.
“If anything else happens, the plan is to go in and get the people who create the violent acts, take them out of the crowd and arrest them,” warned McCarthy, at the scene of protests after dark. “We’re not going to charge the crowd wholesale – that’s the bottom line.”
He said officers had been hit by batteries and bottles thrown by protesters during the day.
“You can’t control what other people are going to do, but I can tell you our cops are doing a great job, and they’re prepared,” he said.
Image source: Chicago Tribune
UPDATE:
The Associated Press:
After the clash near McCormick Place, Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy said at a news conference that the protests of the NATO Summit resulted in 45 people being arrested and four officers suffering injuries — one from a stab wound in the leg. Those numbers seemed certain to rise as new clashes erupted later in the night.
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Independent4233
Posted on May 20, 2012 at 11:24amIf these people think they’re going to usher in the nanny state, which is in danger of failing BIG TIME in Europe, they don’t know one iota about economics.
To have what they want isn’t possible without an economic base where there is a strong amount of income. We‘re going through a period where there isn’t enough money to fund the programs we have and if the imploding economies of California and Europe don’t give them at least a clue, then they’re totally unable to understand the situation even on an elementary level. Just desiring a redistribution of income won’t make it happen, and confiscasting even ALL the income of the wealthy won’t be enough to pay for their socialist utopia.
Big government totalitarianism is a problem, as are crooked corporations who squander billions on low caliber talent, but the vision these oddballs embrace will only make the government even more powerful…..and more unjust….and it will chase out the big money types who inject profits into the economy that creates a lot of income for a lot of people.
The empire is well into its expected implosion and will suffer a greater impact when the dominoes begin to fall in Europe. Instead of the rainbow, socialist utopia that they think they are helping to create there will be large scale civil upheaval on a scale that will violently divide this country into ethnic and political enclaves.
Report Post »vox_populi
Posted on May 20, 2012 at 1:56pm“Big government totalitarianism is a problem, as are crooked corporations who squander billions on low caliber talent, but the vision these oddballs embrace will only make the government even more powerful.”
Exactly what vision do you think it is we embrace? Because I‘m pretty sure it’s not the one you think it is…
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on May 20, 2012 at 3:08pm@VOX…
Report Post »The Founders thought that all Governmentts are Evil… so, they put in Place a Small Government, Limited Power, System… of Inefficient Law Making… which has been Subverted by Modernists who want a Big Government, Efficient, System.
On the other hand, any Money spent or invested is a Stimulus to Capitalism. Only Crime and the Misuse of Power interfers with Capitalism. Simply, Corporations are never a problem… unless a Monopoly.
Ruler4You
Posted on May 20, 2012 at 3:37pmWhom do you eat after you’ve consumed all of the rich?
Report Post »GetRight
Posted on May 20, 2012 at 4:08pmWell said Independent!
Report Post »HKS
Posted on May 20, 2012 at 4:44pmFinding a thousand idiots in Chicago would not be a particularly large problem.
Report Post »blackyb
Posted on May 20, 2012 at 5:25pmUnder a large government there is no accountability. They have it layered so and push complaints from department to department until the complainer dies of old age.
Report Post »Jaycen
Posted on May 20, 2012 at 5:38pmTo all of that, vox_populi replies, “Nuh uh!”
That was a stunning rebuttle of an anti-Communist rant, Vox. You’re blowing my mind.
Why don’t you get yourself involved in the “real issues”, Vox? Get out and get a life. Even you must know that Communism has failed over and over. True Constitutional Republicanism is what made America the powerhouse it was, but it’s been co-opted by Statists. Educate yourself. Stop listening to people around you who’re willing to spoon-feed 100 year old failonomics to the undereducated.
Report Post »drphil69
Posted on May 20, 2012 at 7:01pmWith enough disruption they will succeed – in bringing about their own demise. Either police/national guard take them out, or all hell breaks loose and they kill each other and whoever is left starves to death…
BE PREPARED. And remember, DON’T FEED THE LIBS, THEY MULTIPLY LIKE RABBITS!
Report Post »hypnos
Posted on May 20, 2012 at 7:02pmCronnie capitalism does not work whether it is the US or state capitalism. This is dysfunctional capitalism. We need to restore honest free markets, not punt to European socialism/ communism.
Report Post »TXPilot
Posted on May 20, 2012 at 7:42pmAll these retarded, lazy, useful idiots, will be among the first to die, as the Communists and global elitists destroy our country. The only good that will come from our descent into tyranny and slavery, is the fact, at least a large majority of the useless humanity in this country will soon be culled.
Report Post »Independent4233
Posted on May 20, 2012 at 9:24pmvox_populi
Posted on May 20, 2012 at 1:56pm
“Big government totalitarianism is a problem, as are crooked corporations who squander billions on low caliber talent, but the vision these oddballs embrace will only make the government even more powerful.”
“Exactly what vision do you think it is we embrace? Because I‘m pretty sure it’s not the one you think it is…”
You have some confused idea that you’d like everything free, with a powerful central government, but not one of you is able to express yourself adequately enough to make any kind of statement that could be considered above an uninformed, moronic level, which numerous interviewers on the street have found out first hand.
But you’re no threat, nor are the flakes, oddballs and misfits that comprise your loose-knit gang of space cadets.
Hahahaha. You aren‘t going to get what you want specfically because you don’t know what it is you want.
Report Post »ericthebarbaric
Posted on May 20, 2012 at 10:49pmWell said, Rome is falling again.
Report Post »IndyGuy
Posted on May 20, 2012 at 11:48pmCan you say…..IDIOT….I thought you could…
Report Post »IndyGuy
Posted on May 21, 2012 at 12:23amAll I see in the pics is homosexuals….is this a gay thing???
Report Post »Oldbutnotsenile
Posted on May 21, 2012 at 12:25amIf this is what education does for you, I would rather be dumb or stupid than act like stupid idiots, not smart enough to think on your own, blabbering over and over the same rheteric, which makes no sense when you have any inkling of the state of economics. Youth of America wake up before it is too late and you really do something dumb than dumber. What do they really think they are contributing to the welfare of this great nation besides looking like morons.
Report Post »GETLIFE
Posted on May 21, 2012 at 7:04amThe nasty truth about most European socialists is that they are no longer after any sort of socialist “utopia.” They know very well it is not logical economically, privately they will laugh at the idea of using the words “austerity measures” and how the socialists own this meaningless vocabulary. Then they go into the voting booth– and vote socialist–just this one last time, just for themselves….
Report Post »GETLIFE
Posted on May 21, 2012 at 7:14amA whole 1000! Wow!
Report Post »Oh, I mean “up to” a whole1000!
And what if the real problem is not the hippy idealogues, but those— like TONS of voters, who are just turning on the msm 30 min. a day and otherwise not paying attention– a much more disturbing problem.
progressiveslayer
Posted on May 20, 2012 at 11:22amThis is the crowd that says how much money is enough? Income inequality and more BS,bunch of candyass idiot communists and anarchists.
Report Post »Mandors
Posted on May 20, 2012 at 11:51amYou forgot, “silver spoon and trust-funded,” candyass idiot communists and anarchists.
Report Post »football lady
Posted on May 20, 2012 at 1:40pmBet they have never made their own bed or cleaned their own bathrooms. What a waste of time and these brats cannot comprehend that.
Report Post »nobammy
Posted on May 20, 2012 at 11:21amhonestly, can you imagine if the tea party acted like these tools?!? the horrible lies the “left” has made about tea party rallies (and their members) are everything these occupied protesters represent. the liberal media is 99% responsible for this disgrace/uproar. if there is anything to be thankful for that barrack hussein obama has done is that it has exposed the liberals progressive agenda to turn our country into a socialist nation (liberal media, congress members, president, hollywood celebrities, illuminati/bilderberg members… consider yourself ExPoSeD!).
Report Post »dah.rackemup
Posted on May 20, 2012 at 11:20pmnobammy you are so right.the progressive slime will soon push the button of no return and then we can start putting bounties out. lets just say bring it on fools,make our day.
Report Post »y2big1
Posted on May 20, 2012 at 11:19amI stand with the police!They are doing a great job with those fools!
Report Post »TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on May 20, 2012 at 11:18am“Chicago, Chicago, that topplin’ town.” Gonna go put on my Paper Lace 45; “The Night Chicago Died.”
Report Post »hauschild
Posted on May 20, 2012 at 11:32amPlease don’t.
I have early childhood memories of having to hear my sister play that song – only she had the album.
Report Post »TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on May 20, 2012 at 12:11pmHahahaha!! I know what you mean.
Report Post »shirleyandpearl
Posted on May 20, 2012 at 6:39pmDisgusting imbeciles… they don’t know what they are fighting against, or the dangerous Orwellian predicted society they are rooting for. Hopefully, they know that King Obama’s regime is supporting the entities they claim to detest and they will opt out of voting in Nov.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on May 20, 2012 at 11:16amI have no empathy for them nor their fate!
Report Post »BeingThere
Posted on May 20, 2012 at 11:15amWell, come to think of it, I’m pretty much finished with Chicago … and Illinois! A city dumb enough to elect Rahm Emanuel Mayor really isn’t smart enough to be part of the USA.
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on May 20, 2012 at 11:28amWe can’t be sure he was even “elected.”
Report Post »MAMMY_NUNN
Posted on May 20, 2012 at 2:20pmMiss guided children they got the right places but the wrong messages would the country be better off without the corruption from these areas NY, Chicago and California just look at the leaders who represent those area’s.
Report Post »2Chronicles7 14
Posted on May 20, 2012 at 7:38pmNot everyone in Illinois is a corrupt liberal idiot. In November IL Reps. Bill Mitchell and Adam Brown proposed legislation for Illinois to secede from Chicago. This isn’t a new idea, it has been talked about many times before. Most people downstate would LOVE to get rid of Chicago and Cook County. They bring all the debt, corruption and crazy Marxist ideas to the rest of the state. Of course, we in downstate Illinois can only dream of that wonderful day when we finally rid ourselves of the likes of Rahm Emanuel, Pat Quinn, Bill Ayers, the Obama’s and all the others like them!
Report Post »MAMMY_NUNN
Posted on May 20, 2012 at 11:23pm@ 2Chronicles7 14
Report Post »Wish you luck with seceding if the rest of the state could isolate it would show light on where the corruption really lays.
Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on May 20, 2012 at 11:15amSo what will today bring, and how many more shouts and claims of “police brutality” and such will come forth; is today the day Obama’s allies start carrying out true terrorist strikes? Or will God stop that from happening (I hope and pray so)?
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on May 20, 2012 at 11:13amI don’t get it. The countries of NATO are our allies. These punks hadn’t lived through the Cold War, where anyone, anywhere, could or would be evaporated in the blink of an eye…and that‘s if you’re lucky.
Nowadays we face enemies more sinister, those that don’t care about mutually assured destruction (MAD). I’d think we need our allies to watch each others back more than ever.
War is bad, but war is reality. And war will never go away. Be prepared at all times.
Report Post »TEARS FOR AMERICA
Posted on May 20, 2012 at 10:19amI still say that if every one of these crybabies had to live in a third-world communist jail (or better yet, a socialist hospital that gives “free” medical care-ha!) for just 2-weeks, they would sing another song about America…ya think?
Report Post »TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on May 20, 2012 at 11:56amIf Conservatives read here (The Blaze) very closely regarding some posters and pay attention in other venues and connect the dots of the anti-war movement as a start (including the current NATO Summit/G-8 protests), paranoia in general and ALL the punks involved… they will see that the “right fringe” has a connection to this OWS style activist mess and has from the beginning…
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on May 20, 2012 at 2:52pm@TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Report Post »It’s the “libertarian fringe” and all libertarians are anarchists to some degree or another (just like all liberals are socialists to some degree or another). Thus they are left wing. Thing is, the Paulists have infiltrated the right using the Constitution as a tool, just like the Nazis infiltrated the right using “nationalism” as a tool. It is the only way they can compete politically with the commies, but they do NOT represent right-wing ideology. The right wing is conservative, period.
TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on May 20, 2012 at 3:24pmKRYPTONITE. Points well taken. And libertarians are NOT Conservatives.
“…but they do NOT represent right-wing ideology. The right wing is conservative, period.”
That’s why I label them as the “fringe” because they ARE here and they ARE mingling with well-rounded Conservatives, while at the same time insulting well-rounded Conservatives… all the while telling us they ARE Conservatives. People need to know the difference and read them very carefully here and elsewhere.
Report Post »EndTheFedNOW
Posted on May 21, 2012 at 12:29amblah blah blah you war mongers who hate all muslims are going to loose.
Report Post »TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on May 21, 2012 at 9:39amEND. Throw in some “Military Industrial Complex” and “neo-con” code words for good measure so you can get all the Dem, er, Ron Paul anti-war/anti-Military/anti-Israel talking points in with one fell swoop.
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on May 20, 2012 at 11:13amThe anarchists are restless and getting violent,apparently we’re not paying them enough not to work.
Report Post »smokeysmoke
Posted on May 20, 2012 at 12:45pmupwards twinkle fingers
Report Post »Kathleen
Posted on May 20, 2012 at 4:28pmWhy do protestors always look like bums?
Report Post »ShawnB
Posted on May 21, 2012 at 2:10amI dont maybe because they cant get a job. Being in the Corps and now being out I cant get a job for ****. I bet if the economy was better then things like this would not happen but screw NATO and Beck doesn’t want to address that issue! Are conservatives for NATO?
Report Post »GeeTee001
Posted on May 20, 2012 at 11:13amtime to start cracking some heads. These morons are out of control.
Report Post »HorseCrazy
Posted on May 20, 2012 at 11:52amyes a a friend of mine called me from chicago last night, she was trapped in her home with her children, the protestors were smashing the stores below her condo while helicop. and f16′s flew above he building. atleast her 2 boys were excited about the “air show”. trapping a families in their homes, these people should be so proud of themselves. Every last one of these protestors needs to be billed for the cost of this. but no, they get away with everything everytime while the rest of the tax paying locals foot the bill.
Report Post »momrules
Posted on May 20, 2012 at 12:20pmHORSECRAZY………….Twice now I have voiced my concern for the decent people of Chicago and twice I was told that there are no decent peope in Chicago.
Report Post »I hope and pray your friend and her children come through this OK, as well as the other good people of that city.
starcross1
Posted on May 20, 2012 at 4:17pmVERY NICELY PUT ====can I get an AMEN??
Report Post »starcross1
Posted on May 20, 2012 at 4:26pmcan we get an AMEN?
Report Post »MAMMY_NUNN
Posted on May 20, 2012 at 4:39pmAdvanced warning was given in the spring anyone who lives in the big cities will tell you as the heat of the summer rises so will the chaos and violence this summer will be unusually hot.
Report Post »GeeTee001
Posted on May 20, 2012 at 11:11amAnyone notice you haven’t been able to “comment” on Foxnews site?
Report Post »Metallicat
Posted on May 20, 2012 at 11:22amyou can only comment on Bieber and Kim Kardashian now at FOX. you know,the really important stuff.
Report Post »Metallicat
Posted on May 20, 2012 at 11:25amyou can only comment on important stuff at FOX now,like Justine Bieber
Report Post »Bob_R_OathKeeper
Posted on May 20, 2012 at 11:31amYep, haven’t been able to for 3 days now, many have mentioned it. Not a good sign.
Report Post »Watchyer6
Posted on May 20, 2012 at 12:18pmYeah, what’s up with that?
Report Post »teddie888
Posted on May 20, 2012 at 12:25pmI haven’t been able to for months. I see others say different time frames, so that tells me it isn’t Fox, it’s hackers
Report Post »teddie888
Posted on May 20, 2012 at 12:34pmThe “comment section” has been off my Fox site for months now on all articles. being that others have different time frames for which this has happened to them, it tells me it’s hackers and not Fox
Report Post »MAMMY_NUNN
Posted on May 20, 2012 at 4:44pmIt‘s not just Fox News pay attention to this sites postings also it’s eerily out of sinc
Report Post »RougeFastFingers
Posted on May 20, 2012 at 11:11amThey don’t even try to hide their totaly unamerican postions anymore do they.
‘Class warfare’.
Get out of the 19th century jackasses, you are dinosaurs and the communism you worship is a joke and never happening again.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on May 20, 2012 at 11:17amNo .. now it’s “cool” to be a socialist Marxist .. just like the President.
OMG 2012 .. LIBERTY!
Report Post »tommyg524
Posted on May 20, 2012 at 11:20am…actually corporate welfare is a form of communism. all for one, and one for one.
Report Post »db321
Posted on May 20, 2012 at 11:22amThis could not be going on in a Better City – Enjoy, if it feels good do it – because soon you will have everything you want in that City and I know for a fact that you are not going to like it.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on May 20, 2012 at 1:47pmChicago could sure use another COW1
Report Post »wdittgasn
Posted on May 20, 2012 at 2:11pmThe ows idiots are not old enough to remember what the cold war was like….They all need to be forced to watch video of history until they understand what they are truly asking for…..They do not have a clue!!
Report Post »blkbelt7
Posted on May 20, 2012 at 11:10amthis is the OWS people that Obama and his bunch support…until they decide not to….then they will again….ABO/OMG
Report Post »mpierce
Posted on May 20, 2012 at 11:10amcommunist sympathizers. Look what the feel good has done for the country. Parents giving everything to their children.
Report Post »conservatype
Posted on May 20, 2012 at 11:09amPerfect time for a good ol’ daisy cutter………
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on May 20, 2012 at 11:14amMake big boom boom,problem solved.
Report Post »copper107
Posted on May 20, 2012 at 10:13amA college professor addressed his class thus, “We have many students who have really excelled and earned A‘s and B’s on their tests, however there were others who only achieved C‘s and D’s. In order to provide a more equal and fair share of the rewards the A and B students will receive, I have decided, in the future, to average all of the grades and distribute them equally to all the memebers of the class.” The C and D students were thrilled, the A and B students were wary. The next exam saw the A and B students now receiving C‘s and D’s. They were appalled, they had worked so hard. Their grades were brought down by the under achievers! The under achievers were elated. We are now equal!!! The students who had strived so hard to get A’s now stopped bothering, why should they strive and study when others who did nothing received the same benefits. Well, next test time the professor addressed the class thus, “I am sorry to tell you class, you have all FAILED, the top achievers have stopped earning A‘s and B’s and now the class average is D.” Just an analogy for those who might not get it.
Report Post »Want our country back
Posted on May 20, 2012 at 5:04pmSuppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to $100…
If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this…
The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing.
The fifth would pay $1.
The sixth would pay $3.
The seventh would pay $7..
The eighth would pay $12.
The ninth would pay $18.
The tenth man (the richest) would pay $59.
So, that’s what they decided to do..
The ten men drank in the bar every day and seemed quite happy with the arrangement, until one day, the owner threw them a curve ball. “Since you are all such good customers,” he said, “I’m going to reduce the cost of your daily beer by $20″. Drinks for the ten men would now cost just $80.
The group still wanted to pay their bill the way we pay our taxes. So the first four men were unaffected. They would still drink for free. But what about the other six men? The paying customers? How could they divide the $20 windfall so that everyone would get his fair share?
They realized that $20 divided by six is $3.33. But if they subtracted that from everybody’s share, then the fifth man and the sixth man would each end up being paid to drink his beer.
So, the bar owner suggested that it would be fair to reduce each man’s bill by a higher percentage the poorer he was, to follow the principle of the tax system they had been using, and he proceeded to work out the amounts he suggested that each should now pay.
Report Post »Want our country back
Posted on May 20, 2012 at 5:13pmAnd so the fifth man, like the first four, now paid nothing (100% saving).
Report Post »The sixth now paid $2 instead of $3 (33% saving).
The seventh now paid $5 instead of $7 (28% saving).
The eighth now paid $9 instead of $12 (25% saving).
The ninth now paid $14 instead of $18 (22% saving).
The tenth now paid $49 instead of $59 (16% saving).
Each of the six was better off than before. And the first four continued to drink for free. But, once outside the bar, the men began to compare their savings.
“I only got a dollar out of the $20 saving,” declared the sixth man. He pointed to the tenth man,”but he got $10!”
“Yeah, that’s right,” exclaimed the fifth man. “I only saved a dollar too. It’s unfair that he got ten times more benefit than me!”
“That’s true!” shouted the seventh man. “Why should he get $10 back, when I got only $2? The wealthy get all the breaks!”
“Wait a minute,” yelled the first four men in unison, “we didn’t get anything at all. This new tax system exploits the poor!”
The nine men surrounded the tenth and beat him up.
The next night the tenth man didn’t show up for drinks, so the nine sat down and had their beers without him. But when it came time to pay the bill, they discovered something important. They didn’t have enough money between all of them for even half of the bill!
And that, boys and girls, journalists and government ministers, is how our tax system works. The people who already pay the highest taxes will
Want our country back
Posted on May 20, 2012 at 5:20pmnaturally get the most benefit from a tax reduction. Tax them too much, attack them for being wealthy, and they just may not show up anymore. In fact, they might start drinking overseas, where the atmosphere is somewhat friendlier.
Report Post »This is the link to the above
http://www.fortunewatch.com/the-obama-tax-system-explained-in-beer/
chanteuse
Posted on May 20, 2012 at 9:38amObama’s reelection strategy on full display. Incite anarchy with “class warfare” until it reaches a peak this fall and then declare marshal law so he and his dirty, America-hating regime can stay in power in November!
Report Post »pamela kay
Posted on May 20, 2012 at 5:11pmCHANTEUSE, Looks like it is al part of the plan. Perfect location so the whole world will see what turmoil we are in. All the world leaders will go back and have horrible things to say about the unrest here in the USA, giving the UN even more reason to make demands and further reason to send the Russian troops in to save the day. I bet BHO is having tingles run up and down his legs. Meanwhile these brainwashed puppets have no clue that they are being used. They just go the direction that they are pointed to without question.Somebody sure has funded these Owsers pretty darn well. They don’t work, the money has to come from somewhere. Being paid, I am sure.Making their professors proud. There are some veterans, I understand them wanting better benefits but this is a poor choice, it makes our country look foolish and could backfire if martial law goes in effect. All of their fellow soldiers will have died in vain for protecting our freedoms and honoring our constitution. I feel sorry for those who have businesses and for those who live in the area. , Just creating a “CRISIS” clearing the path for BHO’s progressive agenda..
Report Post »Proud Stray Dog
Posted on May 20, 2012 at 9:18amThese “protesters” are nothing more than spoiled hippie brats. I guarantee you, if the lead starts flying, they will start crying. Seen it too many times before. A couple get “ventilated”, and the rest scatter like blackbirds.
Report Post »Pogue
Posted on May 20, 2012 at 9:17amLet them occupy Chernobyl, Siberia, Folsom, Alcatraz, Haiti, Tehran, Somalia…
Teach them to swim at the sewage treatment facility.
Serve them Jimmy Jones Kool-Aid.
I am tired of these “Gimmie Communism” Children.
They want the Freedom to impose a lack of Freedom! Morons!
I have a cure for the common Commie… Hollow points.
Report Post »dah.rackemup
Posted on May 20, 2012 at 11:27pmI got your back brother.amen.
Report Post »Tankertony
Posted on May 20, 2012 at 9:16amThis is your modern democrat party. These are the kinds of people they cater to.
Report Post »burke
Posted on May 20, 2012 at 9:11amRubber bullets, if they don’t work then use real ones. Simple, & game over.
Report Post »22AUTOMATIC
Posted on May 20, 2012 at 9:05amJust as you can find the source of a company’s culture by looking at the leader (CEO, President, Owner etc), you can do the same with our country. Former Presidents in our lifetime did not go around speaking against successful and hardworking individuals and hence the temperament of the country followed suit. You never saw this under President Bush or even President Clinton because, whatever you may have thought of them, were not out to “divide and conquer.” President Obama cannot seem to go a day without putting down someone. People see that and say in their heads “Well Yeah!! It‘s all the prosperous people’s Fault! It must be because our leader says so! Eat the Rich!.“ Just look into the eyes of some of the ”protestors”, they have this almost glazed over look as they shout their rancor out to whomever will listen just hoping a camera will pick them up so they can be on television and show their twitter followers what “important” things they did today. They’re eyes remind me of the quote from Quint in Jaws, ” you know, the thing about a shark… he’s got lifeless eyes. Black eyes. Like a doll’s eyes. When he comes at ya, doesn’t seem to be living… until he bites ya, and those black eyes roll over white and then… ah then you hear that terrible high-pitched screamin’. The ocean turns red, and despite all the poundin‘ and the hollerin’, they all come in and they… rip you to pieces.” They have no idea they’re just being used as “useful idi
Report Post »cemerius
Posted on May 20, 2012 at 8:58amCan’t wait until these “people” win!! They will have a HUGE awakening when there are no more government checks for them to cash for their drugs!! Ask a hippie about the 60′s and that awesome successful venture called “communal living”….. the ONLY people that believe that crap now are the ones that are still riding out acid trips!!!!
Report Post »landofaahs
Posted on May 20, 2012 at 9:13pmWhen they have eaten the rich, they will continue the downward spiral until they cannibalize each other. Nobody will be safe from these bits of human trash.
Report Post »rickroland
Posted on May 20, 2012 at 8:57amOnly 1000 protesters? I am sure the union and OWS organizers of this “protest” aren’t very happy about poor showing — and anything that makes such ilk unhappy, is a good thing.
Report Post »Unix
Posted on May 20, 2012 at 2:01pmSo, they want to eat the rich, huh? And whom, may I ask are they going to get a job from after that, uncle Obama? Nope, because he will be out of money too you see! He will have no tax revenue, because they ate the people who pay the taxes, create the companies who hire people to give them jobs. These amoebas, cannot think things through at all, good luck with your communist revolution LOL!!! When the REAL Patriots stand up and be counted, your communist revolution will be KAPUT! I don’t defend this current administration at all, because it is Marxist to the bone, so TRUE Patriots will stand up and VOTE these communist/liberal/progressive bunch out as well…things could get ugly, no matter what we do, but on the other side of this, we can rebuild our great country, using the TRUE Constitution. That is our only hope, use the vote, exact term limits on the career blood suckers in our government. We shall defend our honor!
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