How Are Occupy Wall Street Protesters Preparing for Frigid Winter Weather? Like This…
- Posted on October 28, 2011 at 7:14am by
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Anti-Wall Street protesters around the country who are vowing to stand their ground against the police and politicians are also digging in against a different kind of adversary: cold weather.
With the temperature dropping, they are stockpiling donated coats, blankets and scarves, trying to secure cots and military-grade tents, and getting survival tips from the homeless people who have joined their encampments.
“Everyone’s been calling it our Valley Forge moment,” said Michael McCarthy, a former Navy medic in Providence. “Everybody thought that George Washington couldn’t possibly survive in the Northeast.”
More than a month and a half into the movement, Occupy Wall Street activists from New York to Colorado have pledged to tough out the snow, sleet and cold as they protest economic inequality and what they call corporate greed.
But the dangers of staying outdoors in some of the country’s harsher climes are already becoming apparent: In Denver, two protesters were hospitalized with hypothermia this week during a storm that brought several inches of snow.
The activists also know full well that the number of demonstrators is likely to drop as the weather gets colder.
Some movements are scouting locations indoors, including vacant buildings or other unused properties, possibly even foreclosed homes, though some question the wisdom of holding a protest outside the public eye.
Lighting campfires is probably out of the question in most places because of safety regulations.
Boston’s Occupy movement, which has roughly 300 overnight participants and could face some of the most brutal weather of any city with a major encampment, has set up a winterization committee that will try to obtain super-insulated sleeping bags and other winter survival gear. Activists from the movement’s flagship encampment, consisting of hundreds of people in New York City’s Zuccotti Park, are sorting through packages arriving daily that include coats and jackets.
In Providence, where city officials are threatening to go to court to evict hundreds of campers from a park across from City Hall, a core group said it will remain through the winter months – if not there, somewhere else. Rhode Island’s capital has an average low temperature in the 20s from December through February and recorded nearly 3 1/2 feet of snow last year. Many of the more than 100 tents are not built to withstand harsh conditions.
Temperatures were expected to drop into the 30s across much of the Northeast by Friday morning, and forecasters said snow is possible in some places over the weekend. Boston got its first dusting late Thursday night.
In Denver, as protesters prepared for this week’s snow, a few dozen sympathizers stopped by to drop off blankets, gloves, chili and hot chocolate. Police refused to let activists erect a tent. That left some sleeping on the wet ground, covered by snowy tarps.
“I welcome the challenge of this cold weather,” said Dwayne Hudson, a landscaper who has been living at the Occupy Denver site for nearly two weeks. “This is like war. You know, soldiers do it when they occupy a place. I’m sure the mountains of Afghanistan get pretty cold.”
But after the first snowfall, he admitted: “It’s getting tough.”
Eric Martin, who is on Occupy Boston’s winterization committee, said the group had raised about $35,000, which could help buy winter supplies. Various ideas are being discussed to keep tents warm without using combustion-based heaters, which are forbidden. Another proposal: igloos.
“We’re looking at ideas from military vets to survivalists, to the homeless community to indigenous peoples,” Martin said.
Activists in Philadelphia are also researching sturdier, warmer structures that could replace the 300 to 400 tents set up on the concrete plaza surrounding City Hall.
Chris Goldstein of Riverside, N.J., owns one of the tents, though he sometimes sleeps at home. He learned the hard way during the first rainfall that the site has poor drainage: “I occupied a puddle.” The self-employed writer and activist put pallets under the tent to lift it off the ground, and outfitted it with small carpets for insulation.
In the meantime, he and other activists have access to a Quaker community center two blocks away where they can shower and thaw out in common rooms.
In Chicago, where winters are famously bitter, protesters living in Grant Park are working to secure several indoor locations to get them through to spring. A church nearby is letting some demonstrators sleep overnight. Activists in Portland, Ore., likewise said that moving the protest inside is the only realistic option.
Patricia Phelan and her fiancee, Savanah Kite, have been camping in the Providence park in a $20 tent from Walmart. As temperatures dipped into the 40s in the morning this week and people could see their breath, they hadn’t yet employed their hand warmers or a down comforter Phelan had in the car just in case.
Their plan is to add layers as necessary.
The trick will be keeping morale up, Phelan said, “and not letting the climate get to us.”
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Comments (279)
AnAmerican111
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 8:07amIt would be a shame if all the garbage froze!………………………….
Report Post »Polwatcher
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 8:15amThese juveniles are equally as prepared for the oncoming winter as they are prepared for what will happen to them and the world if they get their destructive wishes.
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 8:35amI say they do a sweep at night and all unoccupied tents get taken away and you can go down to the police station and claim them. If no one is sleeping in it, it’s abandoned and take it away.
Report Post »motonutt
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 8:54amTraining for dirtbags…..from dirtbags, hey why not.
Report Post »Shiroi Raion
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 9:04amBlack Sabbath
Close the city and tell the people That something’s coming to call
Death and darkness are rushing forward To stamp light from the wall!
Oh! You‘ve nothing to say They’ll drag you away!
If you listen to fools, The mob rules!
Kill the spirit and you’ll be blinded The end is always the same
Play with fire, you‘ll burn your finger And you’ll get hold of a flame!
It’s over, it’s done The end is begun
If you listen to fools The mob rules
You’ve nothing to say
They’re breaking away
If you listen to fools
Break the circle and stop the movement The wheel is thrown to the ground
Just remember it might stop rolling And take you right back around!
You’re all fools! The Mob Rules!
Report Post »LibertyGoddess
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 9:16amIt would be nice if they could put just as much energy and thought into…I don’t know, looking for employment, starting a business, putting away food storage, taking a night class to upgrade their skills, or whatever it takes to step up in life….ummm…
Report Post »janedough1
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 9:32amLeave ‘em to it. Don’t try to take them out. Turn the cameras off, and leave them to it. Either they’ll get cold and go home and realize how weak they are, or they’ll find out they are made of sterner stuff than they thought and become better people for it. At that point, they may not think they want the government to mother them anymore.
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 9:35am@Libertygoddess
I was thinking the exact same thing. Amazing how much free time they have to devote to doing nothing isn’t it? Yet somehow, the world is “unfair!”. Bunch of sad sack mopes.
Report Post »demint.disciple
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 9:36amDon’t you just love seeing all the little children the parents bring to these riots umm Rallies ?
Report Post »Ruler4You
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 10:32amBeing clueless is who they are. It’s what they are about. They wouldn‘t be where they are if they hadn’t been TOLD to go there by someone else. Too bad they didn’t tell them to prepare for changing weather conditions. But, I’ll bet you that tax payers end up paying for their warmth.
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 10:43amIt’s such a damned shame that the “occupy where-evah” here in my town was a one day event featuring *dozens* of people. I was really hoping to get in some good face time trying to talk to these folks and swaying them back into sanity. Unfortunately (or fortunately), despite this being a huge college town, there just weren’t enough people that revved up about this crap to put in anything but a token effort.
You should hear the whinging from the token Leftist rag “newspaper” about this. Huffing and puffing and all grumpy that people in central Ohio care more about getting a job and being decent than they do going out and hurting others and protesting capitalism. It’s quite entertaining. :)
Report Post »TH30PH1LUS
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 11:51amThe REAL OCCUPIERS of OWS: pneumonia, streptococcus, syphilis, and gonorrhea.
Many Darwin Awards will be handed out this winter.
Report Post »capitalismrocks
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 12:00pmThe difference is 200 yrs ago people were far more hardened to harsh weather – todays people are not used to living in such conditions on a daily basis and most will not mentally be able to cope with the harsh winter…
This is the time to break them mentally and morally… because those who can survive into the spring will come back in greater force, so they must be broken…
If you drive past any of these encampments, try to do the right thing – make sure you run through a nearby puddle to throw water onto them – nothing makes the cold even worse then being wet.
Many will foolishly go through the winter and may end up with some lost fingers and toes in the end, maybe some of these idiots will realize a nice warm job at McD‘s isn’t so bad after all, huh?
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 12:04pmIt’s good to the 99% of all household germs working hard on their careers and schooling. I’m still trying to work out how stinking up an area, making noise and trying to stay warm is going to “change Wall Street”, get them a job and pay their college tuition.
Report Post »lillymckim
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 12:15pmLooks like its time for those whose occupation it is to Occupy Space to move to Hollywood!
Report Post »jzs
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 12:26pmNews you won’t read here:
A new survey from Spectrem Group found that 68% of millionaires (those with investments of $1 million or more) support raising taxes on those with $1 million or more in income. Fully 61% of those with net worths of $5 million or more support the tax on million-plus earners.
http://blogs.wsj.com/wealth/2011/10/27/most-millionaires-support-warren-buffetts-tax-on-the-rich/?mod=e2tw
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 1:52pmAt least in sub-zero temperatures they shouldn’t smell as bad.
Report Post »Shotgun167
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 1:52pmCapitalismrocks, I’ve got two words for you:
Water Balloons. We could all show up with our supersoakers and have a water war.
Report Post »mils
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 2:16pm.let ‘em freeze.
If they had a serious grievance that they could articulate in English that we all understand…it might be different. But the people that have been interviewed are no smarter than my goldfish on the reason they are there. Why are these people not OCCUPYING in Washington?
I don’t care what the tax rates are..IF THERE ARE LOOPHOLES…the rich will never pay taxes..
If you take out a student loan…you must repay it..period.
If you buy a house, you must pay for it or move out.
etcetcetc
As said, I bieve Obama and friends are behind it all…
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 2:28pmThat’s wonderful JZS…so these same survey takers may elect to pay more taxes if they so wish. They’re free to do so. Even and eggplant like you should be able to understand that.
Report Post »jzs
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 3:10pmAvengerK, you’re confused. Actually Herman Cain wants to raise your taxes in order to reduce taxes on the rich. The Democrats want to bring taxes on the rich more to what they were not many years ago, and lower yours. See the difference? OWS street isn’t trying to raise your taxes, that’s what the Republicans want (unless, of course, you’re a millionaire).
Anyway, you’ll love this: 43% of Americans support the OWS movement, and 27% of Americans disaprove. So, despite all the sound and fury here, the plurality of Americans support the movement.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20125515-503544/poll-43-percent-agree-with-views-of-occupy-wall-street/
Report Post »Therightsofbilly
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 5:32pmJZS
We as conservatives appreciate hard work.
And you sure do work hard at employing alinsky’s tactics. He would be proud.
As for your stats, what about the other 30% ? Have they weighed in yet?
Time is not on the owsers side. Watch those numbers swing. Word is getting out that the Marine they are holding up as a hero and poster boy was not what you would call a model soldier.
That saul folks.
Brrrrrrrr, it’s starting to get a bit chilly ows side. Time to put another log on the fire
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 5:46pmYes JZS…the left and their useful idiots at OWS only want what’s best for me. I like the insidious way you use the subliminal “you” as if it’s meant to personalize my “suffering” at the hands of “the rich”. Of course..my personal decisions have nothing to do with what I may have or lack in my life..it’s all “the 1%’s” fault and gosh darn it..taxing them more is just right…right? Let me make this clear to you you eggplant…I don’t begrudge anyone their success, I dont’ covet their wealth, I don‘t want them paying for a college tuition that can’t get me a job, I dont’ want them paying for a loan on a house I should never have bought. I don‘t want the government being the arbiter of success and I don’t want leftists like you determing anything for me. As for your assertion of support for the 99% of all household germs infesting the various OWS Fecesfests around the place I’m not surprised at the number. The media has done it’s best to hide the drug use, anti-semitism, statutory rapes and anarchists among the useful idiots. I see article after article trying to sanitze the idiots. I saw the AP try to sell the stinky OWSers as some kind of charitable group giving food to the homeless..a few days later..the “cooks” at Zucotti park are complaining about feeding the homesless, complaining about being underappreciated and will only serve “gruel” until the homeless go elsewhere to eat. As soon as the protests get ugly..and they will..that number
Report Post »4blackhorses
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 6:13pmPerhaps someone should light 99% of their tents on fire to give them a little warmth.
Report Post »Mountain Mama Martha
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 9:54pmDoes that include the human garbage?
Report Post »NYHuguenot
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 10:49pmI was hoping for a day of freezing rain or sleet so heavy their tents collapse.
Report Post »NYHuguenot
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 10:52pmPerhaps a day of freezing rain or sleet heavy enough to collapse their tents?
Report Post »phishing4men
Posted on October 29, 2011 at 11:58amJZS
Report Post »Why aren’t you down on wall street doin your thing with your people???
Ronifer
Posted on October 29, 2011 at 1:28pmHow dare they compare themselves to the soldiers at Valley Forge ! Today’s protesters are aided and abetted by every left-wing, ultra-left-wing, and left-wing union in the country ! SOONER OR LATER BLOOD WILL BE SHED, CARS WILL BE BURNED, AND STORES RANSACKED – IN THE NAME OF WHAT ??
Report Post »ksrhodes777
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 10:22pmThese people need to get a J-O-B! The rich got rich by HARD WORK–and HOURS and HOURS of HARD WORK!! McDonalds is hiring everywhere and all the time everywhere, including the McDonalds restaurants that are right down the street from these protesters in any city! But these protesters refuse to do McDonalds jobs! You must start SOMEWHERE, get an employment history going, just so that employers would be more willing to hire your sorry a** in a more “desirable” position. As for the student loans–there would not have been student loans to be paid back if you would have worked part-time and gone to school part-time and taking longer to get your degree; instead of going to school full-time and not working and thus not paying down your student loans. These OWS people want everything handed to them but don’t want to work for anything. It’s funny how these OWS people are against feeding the TRULY homeless people! That is just a symptom of the “me, myself, and I” generation–generation Y!
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 8:05am“Everybody thought that George Washington couldn’t possibly survive in the Northeast.”
General Washington was a man among men, you people are whiny GenX wimps.
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 9:34amThey’re not even vaguely close to GenX Gonzo. GenX is in its late 30‘s to mid 40’s (I’m 44 and in GenX).
Hell, these kids probably don‘t even qualify for GenY but I’m not entirely certain of their birthdate range. These kids more along the lines of Gen-What-Evah.
Report Post »pavnvet
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 10:11amPeople born before 1946 were called The Silent generation..
Report Post »People born between 1946 and 1964 are called The Baby Boomers.
People born between 1965 and 1979 are called Generation X.
And people born between 1980 and 2010 are called Generation Y.
Why do we call the last group Generation Y?
Y should I get a job?
Y should I leave home and find my own place?
Y should I get a car when I can borrow yours?
Y should I clean my room?
Y should I wash and iron my own clothes?
Y should I buy any food?
Rogue
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 10:16amI believe the term for these kids is GenMineMineMine!
Report Post »RighteousTyrant
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 10:28amWe call them (us, from my POV) Gen Y because guess what letter comes after X?
Report Post »GulfPeg
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 10:45amYes, especially this retired teacher in Chicago who gets a retirement pension of almost $8,000 per month (doesn’t include his health benefits…). He sure isn’t going to be out in the cold.
Report Post »capitalismrocks
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 12:02pm@Ghost – you are very correct…
No this is Generation ZERO — the loser generation of gimme gimme idiots, who don’t understand the basic idea – if you want something – work for it, you want more, work harder…
Report Post »Notsureishoulddothis
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 12:17pmSo true, plus Washington and his troops had to shoot their dinner, they had no Nikes, and there was no Starbuck’s around the corner. And they definitely didn‘t have Mom’s house to go to when it got cold. Comparing these products of the public schools to Washington and his men is obscene.
Report Post »GPS-Tech
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 12:45pmDont slander the good name of Gen-X. We grew up seeing things like the end of the vietnam war and the anti war protests, hippies, psychedelia movies, disco, gas shortages and worst of all Jimmy Carter. It wasnt until Ronald Reagan became president that I ever saw people show any real sense of national pride and patriotism. Once we hit adolescence it seemed like all you heard about in the news was the coming nuclear winter once the button was pushed. Once we graduated from high school we joined the military and were the grunts that fought in the most lopsided war in history known as Desert Storm. I remember all my former classmates from high school and family members returning home in the summer of ‘91 from the war and we welcomed them as heroes. We felt that we had redeemed our country and our fathers who fought in Vietnam. It was my generations finest moment. Then when we struck out on our own and struggled to make a living in the early ’90s and we were dubbed Generation X by the baby boomers in the media. We were told that we would never achieve what our parents did but we were the ones who worked the ground floor in companies like Best Buy and helped make them what they are today. We were far too busy working and trying to get some where in life to waste time protesting someone elses success and we are still busy working at the evil corporations. We have lived under the shadow of the leftist radical baby boomers for a long time and we are beginning to seriously resent it
Report Post »GPS-Tech
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 12:57pmOne thing I noticed about the ocuppy Houston protest is that its members are either really old hippies or young college kids. Neither are a match for Gen-X’s physical strength, personal resources and experience. We are in our prime right at this moment. Mature and wise but not old and weak. We are the gears of the corporate machines. We are what makes this country run.
Report Post »smokie
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 2:13pmGonzo, I get confused by Gen letters, too. It’s easy to remember the current generationss label with the device, “Gen Y-ner.”
Report Post »Channel3
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 2:24pmThey are “D-Gen”
Report Post »Cold War Vet
Posted on October 29, 2011 at 2:06amLet’s just settle it and call them Generation Stupid. If they had the first clue what they were agitating for (Marxism), they‘d go running back to mama’s basement so fast it’d make your head spin. They’re too “smart” to listen to the reason of people who have actually survived communism, famine, starvation, freezing, murder and real oppression. Not the kind from which they claim to be suffering. These mental midgets think that they know everything, and that communism is good. Morons. Let’em freeze. Maybe they’ll learn something. Fools…
Report Post »Sandy
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 8:05amWhere do you think the stimulus money has been going? Soros 501-3C’s organizations have been getting grant money. They use it to pay these useful idiots. If not, the unemployment numbers would be much much worse.
Report Post »LibertyGoddess
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 9:18amWell said. Why can’t this information be put into a headline at all the news outlets?
Report Post »kathleenlee
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 10:13amhttp://www.impeachobamacampaign.com/articlesofimpeachment/
Report Post »This is the link. Sign and pass to all friends and family that you know want to sign. We can stop him. Let’s try to get 10 million signatures over the next few weeks. We can do it Patriots!!! Be sure to respond to the email they send to officially sign the petition. God Bless America!!! We The People CAN WIN!!!
Sicialian Eyeball
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 8:01amI dont see any of the global warming clowns bringing these shivering fools a blanket. Oops. Sorry……. They are the same clowns.
Report Post »quicker
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 8:06amJust seen the weather report for the North East .hahahahahahahahahahahhaahhaha
Report Post »STS2_SS_Iver
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 8:28amI live just north of Boston, got a coating of Global Warming on my car last night and had to dig out my ice scraper before I left of work today. Expecting a “record setting” snow fall tomorrow night, that is to say, the most snow we’ve seen in October, a few inches along the coast and in Boston, higher amounts inland.
This should be entertaining.
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 9:39amWell, to be fair, you have to keep in mind the following things.
1. If the weather is warmer than normal, that’s a sign of global warming.
2. If the weather is colder and snowier than normal, that’s a sign of global warming.
3. If the weather follows traditional patterns in temperature and precipitation, that’s a sign of global warming.
I hope I cleared that up for you chief. :)
Report Post »NJTMATO
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 10:20amThis thread had me laughing so hard I spit my coffee out!!! I CAN’T WAIT to see the snow bunnies in Boston!!! Hope they show them on the news…I might even watch some of it then to get my laugh!!! I, on the other hand will be enjoying the snow with my fireplace burning in the livingroom, the bon-fire outdoors and the jacuzzi bubbling outside(tht I’ll go in and out of) whilst I meander in and around my carbon laden existance!!
Report Post »conservativeone
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 7:59amThese people are idiots … While they’re outside making no impact on society, workers on Wall Street are making money and trying to get the economy going again.
Report Post »I see Occupy Wall Street as a bunch of lazy whiners that want to blame someone else for their poor decisions in life and for their inability to create their own success. Blame … Blame … Blame … That’s what liberalism has taught people today.
If these people believe so much in “spread the wealth around” … “Fairness” … then go become rich and do it themselves. Stop trying to MAKE everyone else do what THEY think is right.
They’re like mooches …
Darla_K
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 9:08amThey are mooches. :)
Report Post »@leftfighter
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 9:36amDon’t underestimate them. Reposting from a different thread from the other day:
We’re simultaneously in different places and times of pre-revolutionary (or civil war) history.
From the aspect of the Jews, it’s Berlin,February, 1933.
For the Right, it’s America, March, 1775.
For the Socialists, it’s Moscow in February, 1917.
For the Communists, it’s also Moscow, February 1917, looking forward to Moscow, October, 1917.
For America as a whole, it’s December 1860.
I’m not a believer in coincidence. Notice the common thread there: The seasons. By early spring, I fully expect this thing to have already popped off.
(end repost)
There’s another thread there. The majority of the people in those times and in those places didn;t think it could happen then, either. Open your eyes ad stop minimizing them. That’s the worst thing you could do right about now.
Prepare.
Report Post »Simple Skeptic
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 11:40amConservativeone;
Report Post »You mention their inability to create their own success…I‘m not sure they’ve ever tried to create their own success, so we’re not sure what they are capable of. This is what gets me more than anything, how do people of this age determine that their opportunities are thwarted by capitalism when they’ve never tried to accomplish anything.
cloudsofwar
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 7:57amjust heard a us congressman on the radio, a republican, say that Obama hasn’t done anything to warrent an impeachment. we need to occupy DC to force an impeachment of Obama and Biden. Congress: see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil when it comes to Obama. the us congressman name is Andy Harris from Maryland. my congressman Todd Platts(R) told me the same thing about Obama seems they stick together. nothing to see here, move along.
Report Post »steveh931
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 10:52amThe inability to perform the duties of his elected office is impeachable, right along with losing the faith of the people. However, you have a majority in the Senate that supports him.
Report Post »let us prey
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 7:53amThey think ows is like war, but they forget how many froze to death during WW2.
Report Post »cloudsofwar
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 7:59amwait to they get cold feet.bye bye.
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 8:06amSince the Nazi Party has associated itself with these low lifes, perhaps they should repeat the same battle plan as old Adolph did in Stalingrad and Moscow.
Report Post »Exrepublisheep
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 7:53amWhen someone dies from the cold then they will have a martyr to look up too. They’ll start demanding the locals government bring in giant heaters and stuff.
Report Post »Dirty Harry
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 8:14amA martyrcycle?
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 8:23am@Dirty Harry, LMFAO!!!!!!!
Report Post »LibertyGoddess
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 9:20amIf they can’t get the heaters, maybe they could get a plaque on one of the doors at the capital.
Report Post »TxMadMac
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 7:52amYou need to propose this question to them that brought them there because we really don’t care !
Report Post »MKFlyboy
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 7:50amIf all else fails, I think the snow plows might have some say in this matter.
Report Post »cloudsofwar
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 7:48amsoon to move in empty buildings? who will allow this? the city mayors? must be domocrats. Obama and Peelosi must be so proud. this is the army that Obama wanted, just waiting for government funding. another executive order?soon.
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 10:09amIt’s so bloody clear that this is a staged event with the progressive politicians clearing the way for violence and chaos, intentionally.
Report Post »SIG40ONDAHIP
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 7:47amLOL mama’s warm basement is going to sound pretty good once the cold weather slips in
Report Post »ChoozLiberty
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 7:45amI sure hope nobody opens up a fire hydrant in the middle of the night near these winter camps. That would break my heart! (wink wink)
Report Post »Will4Freedom
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 7:44amThese OWS kids have raised a LOT of money. Enough to buy a lot of land in New Mexico, or some place out of the way, but warm. They are free to set up a “communist” camp where everybody works together for the common good.
That’s the great thing about freedom. Communists can do that. Of course, in a full Socialist or Communist country, I would not be free to set up a camp where the inhabitants could operate on a Free Market Capitalist society.
I’ll take Freedom, thank you.
Report Post »FreeWilly
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 7:53amDon’t send the bums this way, we have enough already!
Report Post »csinnm
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 8:42am@freewilly – my thought exactly!
Report Post »ComingUnglued
Posted on October 29, 2011 at 6:03amI have a great place they can settle. How about Detroit? Homes are cheap, land is cheap. They can set up there own little commune.
The democratic leadership in the town will welcome them with open arms, and maybe the city will be vital again.
Report Post »drago
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 7:41amWith any luck, they will all freeze to death………
Report Post »quicker
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 7:50amYep ,protester popcycles.Well at least frozen they won`t smell as bad.
Report Post »Gripes
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 7:54amThere is no hope for them. No amount of cash for caulkers will save them. They do not know cold-weather-fu. They will likely start to feel the effects of cold-weather-flu. The best hope they have is the fire made unavailable to them. Those plastic tents might serve against the rain but the cold is not hindered by polyester. Trust fund kids and frosty chill don’t mix. It will be only the hardened troops that remain… if there are any.
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 8:41am@gripes
Wow, never thought of the flu….it will be rampant with all the hanky-panky going on in the tents. We’ll really have a pandemic….with the hundreds of protestors.
Report Post »RichNGadsden
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 7:41amI can see a variety of diseases swarming across some of these encampments. I’m sure their benefactors/puppet handlers will provide medical attention. But, it bound to happen regardless.
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 10:46amOh no doubt.
What’s bizarre is that they honestly believe that this is the way to effect political change. Sure, we protested as well, but our protests were registering our discontent and then they served as a place to gather personal information and organize. Once organized we’re all now working quite hard *within the system* to get these rat socialists out of office. These kids though? They think if they just scream loud enough and threaten enough, that somehow that will cause laws to appear out of thin air.
What a sad statement about the state of education these days.
Report Post »RichNGadsden
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 2:25pmGhost, How right you are. Glad to see that my 21 year old son has his head so securely in place. I became a conservative in ‘64 that I know off and was still in grammer school. I didn‘t think I was wrong and I don’t think he is wrong today. He occasionally does have fun with his college instructors but not to the point that he affects his grades. He has sense enough to back off and play dumb to some of them for his grades.
Report Post »dgktowntx
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 7:39amWe can just set back relax and watch old man winter kick their azz es….
Report Post »piper60
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 9:47amPray for sleet.
Report Post »Carol in Indy
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 9:48amYep,
Report Post »that is the plan,.
curl up next to my fireplace with the laptop and hot cocoa watching these young-uns make fools of themselves.
j4diceusmc
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 7:38amI want to see Inferred photos of Zulu park like we saw in the UK How many are actually staying over night?? I say let those who are stupid enough to be used freeze… The truth is out there but they refuse to listen to it.. There on there own.. you can lead a horse to Zuki park but you cant teach them anything… God save this country..
Report Post »Ron Staiger
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 7:34amThe only big thing about this movement is the size of the resulting excrement deposited on the sidewalk and the media coverage of each tapered turd!
Report Post »Desert Dog
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 7:32amI vividly remember the 60′s. The protesters can hassle the police, public and the press. But the cold always won.
Report Post »The weenies go crawling home to mamma and dadda.
paulusmaximus
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 7:30am“getting survival tips from the homeless people who have joined their encampments” Are these not the same people that the camps wanted to leave because they were eating the fancy food that is served there? Typical use abuse and discard, the disposable plastic AstroTurf!
Report Post »dogpatch65
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 7:37amPoor Occupiers… Well, here’s something to warm your heart, even if it won’t keep your toes warm at night:
Report Post »http://markamerica.com/2011/10/28/one-reason-to-love-texas/
Darla_K
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 7:28amWith the cold winter coming on it will get alot colder. I have a feeling the mess left behind will be baaaad. Maybe we could hire some of these people to clean the mess up with Obama’s money stash.
Report Post »freedomweiner
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 7:32amHow about an igloo dog house from Petsmart ?
Also check out the heated dog dishes for bathing purposes.
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 7:28amI wonder if urine and feces smells as bad when it’s frozen?
Report Post »RichNGadsden
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 7:49amProbably not when their sinuses are stopped up due to the weather.
Report Post »NOBALONEY
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 7:24amWill the OWS withstand the “killing” frost?
Report Post »Shotgun167
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 2:16pmI don’t know, but we should run down there with some super-soakers. Not to target them, but we can’t help it if they get hit with the overspray, can we? It’s our park, too!!
Report Post »I.Gaspar
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 7:22amI heard Al Gore has a company that offers big discounts on prepaid finger and toe amputations due to frostbite, provided you’re a card-carrying “99%-er” in good standing with the White House.
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