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Hundreds of Occupy Activists Gather in Iowa to Plot ‘Anti-Caucus’ Distruptions

Hundreds of Occupy Activists Gather in Iowa to Plot Anti Caucus Distruptions

AP

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Already they have interrupted Michele Bachmann and drawn a withering putdown from Newt Gingrich as “all noise, no thought.”

Now, to the dismay of Iowa Republicans, Occupy activists in Des Moines are vowing to expand their protests as GOP presidential hopefuls converge on the state that speaks first in the race for the party’s presidential nomination.

“The 99 percent have woken up and we’re not going to take it anymore,” Occupy activist Stephen Toothman, of Des Moines, said as an advance guard met Tuesday to decide which candidates to target in the coming week.

Hundreds of Occupy Activists Gather in Iowa to Plot Anti Caucus Distruptions

AP

 

Hundreds of Occupy activists from at least 10 states were expected to participate in a “People’s Caucus” near the Capitol to plot activities between now and the Jan. 3 caucuses. The activists are promising to interrupt candidates at events and camp out at their Iowa campaign offices. They say they want to change the political dialogue, but critics fear their tactics could tarnish Iowa’s reputation for civil political discourse ahead of the contest. Activists say mass arrests are possible.

They planned to break up into preference groups based on which candidates they want to target and present with a list of grievances.

Organizers are encouraging activists who live in Iowa to show up on caucus night and vote “no preference” as a protest but say they have no plans to interfere with the voting itself. Nonetheless, state Republican Party officials have instructed precinct leaders to report any disruption to police and the party.

Iowa GOP Chairman Matt Strawn criticized Occupy activists for targeting the caucuses, which have long been held up as a model of democracy where citizens in the months leading up to the event can directly question candidates and then gather with their neighbors on caucus night. Strawn said he worried most of the problems would be caused by those from out of state.

“It would be an absolute shame if outside agitators ruin the Iowa caucus experience,” he said.

Occupy activists, who came from as far away as New York and Seattle, said the caucuses were largely meaningless because the parties and candidates were overly influenced by wealthy, special interests that led them to ignore key issues.

“The caucuses are really a statement as to where the nation is as a whole. I think this occupation is really a statement that they are dissatisfied with all the choices that we’ve been given,” said Ivan Burghart, an activist from St. Louis who mingled with others at the group’s Des Moines headquarters.

Occupy Des Moines organizer Jess Mazour, 24, said protesters wanted candidates to address issues ranging from campaign finance reform to college debt to the home foreclosure crisis. She said the weeklong set of actions marked a new phase for the nationwide Occupy movement, and would be a test of whether activists could flex political muscle as one group.

The group insists it will practice non-violence, and activists were going through civil disobedience training Tuesday. Still, police fear scuffles could break out between frustrated candidates’ supporters and protesters at events.

Hundreds of Occupy Activists Gather in Iowa to Plot Anti Caucus Distruptions

AP

Already, the tactics have annoyed candidates and angered supporters.

When Occupy activists started chants against Bachmann at an Iowa City diner last week, campaign aides blared Christmas songs from a sound system to drown them out. That prompted one activist to yell in the face of a Republican organizer to turn down the music, and the restaurant manager called police as tensions rose. Bachmann soon departed – and her supporters left upset by what had transpired.

Stephany Hoffelt, a member of Occupy Iowa City, said protesters believed the in-your-face tactics were justified because their message hasn’t gotten through in the past.

“It’s perfectly appropriate if you were listening to what we were saying,” Hoffelt said of the group‘s chant blasting Bachmann’s positions on health care and taxes. “She is part of the 1 percent.”

Protesters with Occupy Des Moines startled Gingrich when he started speaking at a news conference at the Capitol this month, surprising him from behind and shouting “put people first,” before being ushered out. Protesters later trailed Gingrich through the Capitol halls and taunted him. “You can run but you can’t hide,” one said.

Gingrich dismissed them as the “one-tenth of one percent” and noted he’d been similarly heckled during an earlier stop in Iowa City. “All noise, no thought, tried to drown out conversation,” he said.

In the Des Moines suburb of Urbandale, where Gingrich, Bachmann and former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum, have campaign offices, police met with staffers to discuss how to handle protests.

Urbandale police Lt. Kent Knopf said offices may keep their doors locked to prevent sit-ins, and he advised campaign aides to call his department if they want protesters to leave. Knopf said protesters would be cited for trespassing if they ignore orders to leave or camp directly outside offices instead of a public space within 15 feet of the street.

“It‘s a waste of everybody’s energy for what they are trying to accomplish,” Knopf said. “They think they’re doing something. We’ll see if it makes a difference or not, but it hasn’t yet.”

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Foley reported from Iowa City, Iowa.

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  • TH30PH1LUS
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 2:44am

    These OWS liars don’t care about the “1%” or they’d be equally rude to the likes of Pelosi. Their agenda is simple: communist transformation of America.

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    • scheduler
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 3:10am

      Bunch of idiots.

      http://politicalbowl.com – Political Videos

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    • Thatsitivehadenough
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 3:21am

      The ones who disrupt other citizens are DISTURBING THE PEACE and need to be arrested, fined, and jailed.

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    • 100 Million Patriots Standing
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 3:52am

      How does one go about directing the movement of the OWS crowd? sheep herding, and fish schooling come to mind, as does the pied piper….

      Individually they appear as clueless outcast followers, seeking approval; but in the group they appear to be just one of the many. Today they sit in that park, next week they sit in another, they go here, they go there….and with such a ‘big demand’ agenda,

      The ‘school of followers’ does not write the agenda, they just recite it….and believe the indoctrinated B.S. simply because the others in the herd do. But the big question still remains…who’s writing the script….and more importantly…why is the media buying into the frenzy of the herds natural and independant intelligence?

      Rather than highlight the next movement of the ‘zombie fish school’ it would be refreshing if some media outlet would expose the un-seen director of the play that is being crafted to make it appear spontaneous.

      In so many ways, all the media is responsible for granting the herd an authentic credibility, by not exposing the source of their collective thoughts and movements.

      Who will pull back the curtain? and keep it back….

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    • drst4scss
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 5:05am

      Agreed… Time to rise up against these Obama Protesters and take a stand against them and the corrupt Gov.t

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    • beebacksoon
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 5:28am

      To TH30PH1LUS:
      “These OWS liars don’t care about the “1%” or they’d be equally rude to the likes of Pelosi.”
      We know who the real organizers are (Soros; Trumka), and who’s paying a lot of Occupiers for their time and effort. Pelosi and a host of others, including Obama know exactly what is going on.
      Remember Eric Holder decided to no longer pursue lawsuits against the (new) Black Panthers for intimidating voters? I’m sure if these Occupiers do the same, he‘ll be there to help ’em out.

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    • loriann12
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 6:55am

      @100 Million Patriots Standing

      The public school system has prepared them for this. They not only teach “new age” and communist ideas, but they discourage individual thought. My son, who is only 12, goes to a magnet school. It‘s the best one of 3 he’s attended in just a short 6 years (we have school of choice and I’ve been trying to find a good fit). They don‘t like kids who don’t fit the mold, or are not willing to change to fit the mold. They claim they don’t support bullying, but do nothing about it when it happens. I‘m sure it’s been going on for a long time. That’s why you see young people and old hippies at these things.

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    • grandmaof5
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 6:59am

      We don‘t need to ’spread the wealth’, or pay off student loans, as it is apparent these people have more money than they know what to do with. It is also obvious by the size of some of these ‘occupiers’ that they don’t need money for food either. Someone is paying them very well! There is a reporter somewhere (Breitbart, where are you?) who could have a brilliant piece if they could follow the money and report it. It is time to let people know who is funding these occupiers – bottom line.

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    • Jomil48
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 7:06am

      I got news for ya Bub, they are not 99%, I doubt if there is 3% of them. They don’t speak for me or anyone else that I know. They are nothing more then a bunch of dead brain deadbeats, abnd some left over 60s socialist crowd leading them.

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    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 7:08am

      GBMBULLETSSKNRD count to ten……… chill

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    • ThemDemsLie2much
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 8:06am

      How is 15 people Hundreds of people? Funny how 800,000. people at a Tea Party are labled a few thousand and 15 Left Wing idiots become Hundreds to the Media! Really?

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    • KeystoneState
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 8:40am

      I hope these OWSers keep disrupting, relieving themselves on the street, demanding their handouts, trashing public areas, pretty much everything they have been doing except the drugging and raping, because the more they disrupt the normal Americans, the more they disrupt their own cause!

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    • Bum thrower
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 9:04am

      Who are these people? Where is Breitbart when you need him? These guys must be ‘professoinal community organizwrs” like BHO. Are they ‘future presidents in training’?

      I hope they will need to get a job to pay off their medical bills……the economy is ‘improving’, right?

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    • ishka4me
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 9:38am

      just what we all thought and said months ago, occupy is just campaign obama. this is just a soros , vann jones, bill ayers operation. The poor useful idiots that spent months in tents have to be angry now. By the way, the union that my wife must belong to is paying people to go to occupy events.

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    • cosette
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 10:18am

      Correct me if I‘m wrong but isn’t it illegal to disrupt, in any manner, the voting process? Oh wait, I forgot. It’s perfectly legal since Eric Holder is the Attorney General and the head of the “Just-us” dept. Since OWS is doing the bidding of the Destroyer in chief they will certainly get a pass. Nothing to see here- move along.

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    • DrFrost
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 11:03am

      I couldn’t agree more. If it were truly a grass roots movement against special interest group wielding too much influence they would be targeting democrats as often as republicans. The truth is they don‘t object to special interest groups getting a disportionate amount of influence AS LONG AS IT’S THE GROUPS THEY CHOOSE. The extremists are trying to take over. What are we going to do about it?

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    • TomFerrari
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 11:25am

      1) If they were the 99%, wouldn’t they simply VOTE and it would be done with?

      2) Are there no FEC laws regarding interfering with the ELECTORAL PROCESS?

      3) The answer to “2)” is irrelevant. Our DOJ is corrupt and would never prosecute, unless it they were interfering with an obama campaign / electoral event.

      4) How many times have they “occupied” an obama event / socialist democrat event? Vs. how many times have they occupied CONSERVATIVE events? – This points out that they are clearly an operating arm of the obama campaign / dnc / ala sheila whats-her-name-shultz.

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    • Whirling Dervish
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 11:58am

      The occupiers??, they are called operatives in this case.
      Now republican caucus counts are being moved to “undisclosed” location just as Ron Paul is leading the polls, so they can “ensure” safety.
      How convenient, They are using this (probably paid) operatives as an excuse to attempt steal the caucuses.

      NWO punks wetting their panties as Ron Paul takes the lead.

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    • dnewton
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 12:14pm

      Disruption of these caucuses represents a theft of time and thus the theft of campaign money that was intended to promote a candidate. Who would be shocked to learn that the leftist are pro theft since they warmly embrace the idea that the government should do their stealing for them. It will be interesting to see if they avoid locations that have been rented pr owned, thus risking trespass charges.

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    • last frontier
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 12:31pm

      Hitler used the brown shirts in the 30′s to destabilize the country so he could rise to power in the mayhem, people were so over whelmed by the economy and the day to day chaos, created by the brown shirts that they did not pay attention to what was going on behind the scenes. The SA, who was also made up, and run by a large number of homosexual’s would pick and choose who in their view, was breaking the law. Obama has grown his own version with the MEDIA, TSA VIPR teams, OWS protesters, EPA, ACORN, SEIU, and the COURTS.

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    • last frontier
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 12:36pm

      It’s nice that Obama keeps extending these peoples unemployment so they can have time to destroy this nation.

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    • Ne_FAL
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 12:38pm

      Benito Mussolini had his Blackshirt Fascisti ( yes that is the correct Italian spelling) Barack Obama has the occupy movement . The problem is that we on the political right are not determined enough to state this fact in front of the press repeatedly! We on the right need to get some steel in the spine it’s bad enough that the GOP elites are more interested in sucking donkey dick than fighting for the survival of this Constitutional Republic.

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    • PossumRoadkill
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 1:12pm

      I agree. This is a transparent Leftist agenda driven attack on the Republican Party. I think the police should stay out of it and let the voters take care of the problem. I think that a good helping of tar and feathers would send a strong message to others who might think they can get away with this in future primary elections.

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    • Ruler4You
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 3:43pm

      You are correct. What could be more ‘democratic’ than the process of the Caucus?

      These are communists. Pure and simple. They don’t stand for any principle that “IS” American. But they DO stand for every plank in the communist manifesto.

      Do you have to be a rocket scientist to figure this stuff out? Do you have to have some one else tell you what their intentions ‘really’ are? Can you really not figure this out on your own (Americans)?

      If you can’t read the writing on the wall during the last 3 years and currently you are exactly what these communists have been waiting for.

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    • fangbanger
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 3:46pm

      as a native and resident of des moines i feel oblighed to weigh in.
      first: occupy des moines is a joke. when it first started there were about 100 members. now they are down to roughly 20 or 30 and im convinced many of the tents are unoccupied.
      2nd: they have been planning to disrupt the caucuses for months now. sort of like rush limbaugh’s operation chaos. to his credit ed fallon has stated that occupier should not go to the caucuses but rather annoy the candidates hqs. the occupy dm facebook page shows that they are planning on going to the caucus however.
      3rd: most people in des moines think these guys are a joke and they are the butt of many jokes. most people here are libertarian minded though there is this team mentality of republicans and democrats that is hard to get through, but im trying. most are whatever party their parents were and thats how they vote.

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    • AvengerK
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 4:31pm

      Myself and many others both in the conservative media and “civilians” have stated very clearly that OWS will seek to disrupt as many GOP and Tea Party events as they can. They’ve got the wink and a nod from Obama. Obama is happy to play American against American, we’ve seen him do it often, including recently where his website (led by his little troll Jesse Lee) instructs Obamabots to confront their “conservative” relatives at the Christmas..sorry…“holiday” table. DO NOT DELUDE YOURSELVES…OWS are Obama and the left’s brown shirts. They are seeking to disrupt GOP and Tea Party events in order to provoke an incident. The complicit media will then run with that to smear and tarnish conservatives during this all too important election cycle. Pundits have been saying this will be the dirtiest election in living memory…and it’s already showing signs of exceeding even those expectations. Obama is truly a vulgar man.

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    • Secret Squirrel
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 8:32pm

      .
      Baseball bats.
      You never know when a game will break out.

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    • Macman1138
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 10:21pm

      You are so very right.
      It’s the 1960s all over again.
      Sort of.

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  • Windsong
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 2:40am

    The ‘democratic’ party has a major problem. They stand arm in arm with sign carrying socialists, marxists and communists. Subsequently, it’s difficult to tell them apart now. When I see Nancy Pelosi or Harry Reed or any other ‘democrat’ speaking on television now, I don’t wonder if they are un-American, I only wonder how un-American they’ve become. How far have they gone? How much of their souls have they sold to the evil George Soros’s of the world?
    Just for the record, ‘democrats’, you have made this election about Freedom vs Socialism/Marxism/Communism. That‘s the choice voter’s will be making in November.
    The fact that the ‘democratic’ party says and does nothing about this fiasco when -deep down- they know it’s wrong, unjust and un-American, tells every hard-working American exactly what kind of people they are.
    Most ‘republicans’ have transformed themselves into John Kennedy democrats, which is why so many of us have become Independents. Remember John Kennedy, ‘democrats’? He‘s the one who told you to ask what ’you could do for your country and not what your country could do for you’. Or, have you changed that history too? The fact is, john Kennedy wouldn’t bother having lunch with Mr. Obama, Ms. Schultz or any other member of the ‘democratic’ party of today. He’d be thoroughly disenchanted with all of you.
    What a shame you have no honor and no sense of right and wrong. It’s disgusting!

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    • Diane TX
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 4:01am

      @ WINDSONG

      I used to like the Democrat Party when JFK was President. Although current day Democrats claim that the Tea Party has taken over the Republican Party, they are in complete denial that the Progressives (aka Socialists, Marxists, and Communists) long ago took over the Democrat Party. There aren’t anymore JFK Democrats left, because they have been driven out. Democrats are no longer allowed to compromise with Republicans. So sad that the Democrats want to be more like an European Democracy, while the Republicans want to keep our American Republic. As in – I pledge allegiance to the REPUBLIC of the United States of America.

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    • GeorgieJo
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 4:06am

      WINDSONG—–
      WELL said. Thank You.

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    • drst4scss
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 5:11am

      Very well said!

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    • SkunkWorks
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 5:58am

      Marxist classes being taught in San Diego back in November.
      check it out:
      http://activistsandiego.org/node/3231
      http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/205347

      From Egypt to Occupy: Marxism and the Global Fight Against Austerity
      Sherman Heights Community Center
      San Diego, CA

      This part of San Diego is low income just blocks away from the Coronado bridge and Barrio Logan. This is the neighborhood where the Barrio Logan Mexican Mafia gang is located. The same gang that killed a Arch Bishop Cardinal in Mexico City in the early 90′s

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    • Drakkhanlord
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 6:27am

      MarxiSocComs for short…

      The thing is , The Republicans have been helping these Demo’s…Who agreed to the War powers act ? who voted for the Ndaa …Both Repubs and Demo’s…
      We have a bunch of corrupt sobs in office that need to be pardon and pacified…
      We have MarxiSocComs running the Govt , We have a 2 headed Snake running our Lives…
      The media has been complicit with pushing the MarxiSocCom agenda…
      They (media) picks the Candidates that the American People get to choose…
      Then blitz the airwaves with the BS…
      Perfect example: Romney , Newt…All MSM has been pushing these 2 Rino’s …
      Were is the investigative Reporting…? Where is the in depth coverage…? where are the Background checks…? The reports on past votes and donations…? The Insider Trading , The mass increase of wealth that reps and senators make once in office.

      obama / soetoro / brounel SS# 042-68-4425 E- Verified Fraud…
      obama’s illegal Aunt living on the Govt welfare…Stolen SS# still in USA…
      soetoro’s illegal Uncle , arrested for dui , stolen SS# still in USA…
      obama sr , British Citizen , deported by US Govt…FOIA (obama sr / S.dunham-obama)
      (FOIA -Freedom Of Information Act)

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    • BillyPenn
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 6:28am

      Terrific, straight to the point !

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    • TomFerrari
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 7:38am

      Great post, @windsong!
      I have LOTS of “democrat” friends. They agree with us on almost all the issues. But, their grandfather was a democrat, their father was a democrat, and they swear they will be democrats to the day they die.
      (More like a fraternity?)
      Anyway, the party has left them.
      They have trouble even BELIEVING the stuff I tell them, until I show them the proof – video of big-time dems agreeing with socialists, marxists, occupiers, etc. Even then, I find, if it is ONE video, they dismiss it. I have to give them PILES of evidence all at once before they start to listen.
      Thanks for the post!

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    • lel2007
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 8:49am

      The Rainbow Coalition of 1968 dem convention IS the democrat party of today. The rainbow includes sign carrying socialists, marxists and communists, progressives, animal rights activists, homosexuals, conservationists, BP foot soldiers, illegal immigrants any and all have band together under the unifying slogan “the enemy of my enemy is my ally”.

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    • 13th Imam
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 11:45am

      Wind

      I thought I wrote your post. Dittos

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  • Californiasodbuster
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 2:21am

    I have a lifetime friend living in Des Moines, he said barry set up shop in the down town, lots of his people walking around with wires coming out of their ears, trying to act incognito, but says everybody knows who they are, kind of troubling when you think about it, just wanted to post this, so more people know whats going on, it’s getting uglier by the minute.

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  • Tide_Rider_2
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 2:12am

    I hope a major winter storm comes through Iowa and freezes half of the occupiers to death. They deserve no better fate.

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  • Tide_Rider_2
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 2:10am

    Why don’t these so called occupiers go to Hawaii and occupy thre golf course the so called president is playing? What a f”king jerk Obummer is. I sure hope his days are numbered. This is the 90th time he has played golf while in office while the economy seeks jobs, That idiot doesn’r even know what a job is.

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  • Quagaar Warrior
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 2:06am

    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    These, “Useful Idiots”, are an absolutely pathetic joke. I can’t stop laughing. I’ve always known the Democrat party was a conglomerate mass of disgusting, anti-American, filth-riden reprobates but I never thought they would actually come out of their closets with such fervor. I guess Obama brings out the best in them. And to put icing on the cake, the morons in the Whitehouse and all the way down to the DNC actually believe it’s helping their cause.
    Well guess what, you imbeciles, we’re Americans, not a bunch of 3rd world peons who bend over for every Marxist dictator who comes our way.
    Please continue your, “Occupy”, joke.
    The louder you get, the greater you solidify, “We the Peoples”, resolve to dispose of you in the 2012 elections.
    We’ll weed out the R.I.N.O.s in the primaries and the Dems in the general.
    AMEN!!!
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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  • Cosmos102
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 1:58am

    From all that I’ve read, OWS isn’t happy with Obama either. Of course, they hate republican politicians more…

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    • FormerLib
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 2:06am

      Disrupt the election process? I guess “this is what democracy looks like” in Kookburger land.

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  • Aloha Kaleiohi
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 1:46am

    This is just a taste of what is in store for all non democrats!…..wait until spring it seems we the people have lost our freedom!….It is going to get a lot worse ….can you image how bad it will be as election time gets closer!…we need to get on our knees and cry out to the Lord for mercy.

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  • 4X4in
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 1:25am

    Occupy oh I don’t know, A shower
    A barber shop, A job!

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  • Diane TX
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 1:24am

    The Republicans should have signs made up in advance which say: “These are the kind of people that Obama, Biden, Reid, and Pelosi support – loudmouth bigots.” The signs should also have an arrow on it, so that it can be pointed at the appropriate loudmouth bigots.

    Definition of a bigot:

    A bigot is a person obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices, especially one exhibiting intolerance, and animosity toward those of differing beliefs.

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    • slimster
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 1:25am

      To all, The blaze has become the largest collector of your private information for advertising purposes. If you use FireFox web browser, install the ghostery addon(it tells you all the cookies that try to install when you visit a page.) and you will see as I have seen that TheBlaze is one of the worst offenders.

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    • UpstateNYConservative
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 1:35am

      @Diane,

      Who needs signs, when the Occupoopers are the very definition, of themselves, of why we are Conservative. These trust-fund limousine liberals may well be passionate, but they do not persuade.

      Just an idea, Lady, but I think that’s all we Conservatives need. The rest is just gravy.

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    • hippyhater
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 2:22am

      @slimster….man you werent kidding. 14 attempts on just one page. this will definately make me reconsider using this site.

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    • Drakkhanlord
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 6:32am

      yep love the ghost …getting 14 also

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  • neiman1
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 1:21am

    Occupy = Committe to reelect the President…… CREEP

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  • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 1:21am

    Simple question – now that these bands have openly declared criminal intent to invade and cause chaos in these debates and such, can they not be swept up for criminal conspiracy and such charges by the police?

    Something about the timing of these actions and the new manual of urban violence survival by annonymous shown earlier today on the Blaze are linked.

    As usual with the administration and Soros; more is here than meets the eye, especially as now they can order anyone swept up and detained indefinitly w/o trial – say anyone running against Obama in the 2012 elections?

    What are the new connections coming about?

    Most people have gotten to the point of dismissing the #Occupy bands as harmless (most of the time) yet even useless idiots pointed in the right direction by their puppet masters can inflict considerable pressure and damage.

    What is next?

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    • UpstateNYConservative
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 1:30am

      Oh, c’mon Snow! After so many years of SCOTUS rulings on the definition of free speech, can we dare presume for an instant police are finally going to clear out the trash from public places? C’mon!

      Liberals presume a ‘right’ to stop traffic, impede an honest business from doing its thing, and keeping average folk like you and me from getting to work on time. Courts have ruled on this, and politicians in major cities have allowed this nonsense to go on unimpeded. Police aren’t going to do a thing. I can‘t decide if cops are ’victims’ of the elites, or if they’re willing partners.

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    • pamela kay
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 1:47am

      SNOWLEOPARD, I have the same thoughts. If I were being totally honest I would have to say that we have no chance in 2012. This progressive agenda is far bigger and goes much deeper than we could have ever imagined. As far as what is next, more of the same. Lies, corruption, destruction, and greed straight from the pits of hell. They have no conscious, compassion, morals, or faith in God which means they will stop at nothing. They will continue to brainwash and use their followers to gain ground and push their agenda. God help us. I want to think positive but it gets more difficult as each day passes. They have endless funding and resources that we can not begin to match. I keep praying and asking God to give me the wisdom and strength needed to face the wrath that is sure to follow. Nothing will stop them. This next year will mark a time in our countries history that I never would have imagined that I would see in my lifetime.

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    • UpstateNYConservative
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 1:57am

      @pamela kay

      I’m not trying to engage a fight but, realistically, what you posted is exactly what the liberals want: a defeatist attitude. Just to further my point…why do you think the MSM writes and/or broadcasts nothing but puff pieces on Democrats? And look at the last several elections, when the MSM tries all the time to choose Pub candidates, telling us someone like McCain is a really good choice.

      Again, not to argue with you since I can relate to how you feel–this is the worst time to be defeatist in any way. The presidency, in my view, is nothing in the end. It is in Congress where We the People hold the key to our liberty. That is where, I believe, we should sustain the hardest fight.

      Just some ideas, to bolster you a little if I dare presume such a role. We don’t dare give up now. And maybe not ever, no matter how the chips fall.

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    • Honorific
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 2:30am

      Wise words, well done.

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    • Drakkhanlord
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 7:08am

      cops are the enforcement arm of the elites…
      Has Not been a TRUE PEACE OFFICER since….50+ years or so, most are just revenue collectors.

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    • lel2007
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 9:08am

      The group most committed to its goals will prevail. I believe the voter fraud of 2007 was just a practice run for 2012 (in case there is a 2012 election).
      I expect no one will be arrested for plotting or conspiring to disrupt until the majority cry out and demand such action. At that point we’re all in deep doodoo.

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  • KickinBack
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 1:18am

    The people’s caucus. Fancy name for mob.

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  • UpstateNYConservative
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 1:09am

    I find nothing but comedy in all this. These spoiled trust-fund brats actually think they have a ‘statement’ to make, one that is going to linger and somehow change the course of history. Pffft!

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  • abbygirl1994
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 1:09am

    I hope Iowa’s finest. arrest them all.. I am sick of these unAmerican’s! God help us!

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  • AzCowboy
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 1:02am

    I think the Iowa folks need to seperate the wheat from the chaff. Maybe we need to go to Iowa and help them. This is BU%^ SH&*…

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  • Phluffy666
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 1:00am

    Does that sign say “Do Come In All Welcome”? I bet that would be a great place to have a Tea Party. I wonder how the Occupiers would deal with a Tea Party gathering at their front door… or better yet, inside… Do you think the Tea Party would be welcome?

    Bwahahahaha

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 1:24am

      Somehow I doubt the Tea Party would be welcome at all.

      Do not underestimate the larger picture at play here – I do sense the timing of the band ‘annonymous’ releasing that ‘urban violence’ boom mentioned on the Blaze earlier is connected. There is something bigger coming, and soon, Obama and Soros have begun the next move of the chess board, and we need to watch and warm once its found out…

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  • Zpro
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 12:50am

    I‘d like to know who’s funding the trips for all these occupiers.

    Here’s my opinion of THE 99 PERCENT http://goanimate.com/movie/09ctUSJB8p_U?utm_source=linkshare&uid=0GVVTfOjymE4

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    • Smug
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 7:13am

      Good question……………….MSSMUG

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  • sillyfreshness
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 12:36am

    Okay Iowa, you can do it. You’re almost there. Vote RON PAUL or none at all!! He has the momentum going into this. Don’t listen to the Bolshevik Zionist news that are going all out to discredit him and trying to convince you not to vote for him (he’s unelectable, he’s crazy, etc). Instead of the news reporting on the results, we have the Jewish media trying to influence and skew the results ahead of time and then report on them. The Jewish media is against Paul because he had the audacity to say he wasn’t going to let America stay a puppet government of Israel. How dare he! Vote Ron Paul or none at all Iowa!! Make us proud.

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  • possom
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 12:36am

    100‘s of people from 10 state’s, I’m not very impressed!

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 8:43am

      Those bipartisan Occupiers seem more interested in disrupting Republican events than Democrat events. Your bias is showing…you disgusting, smelly, pierced, worthless, knit cap wearing, good for nothings. Miss anything?

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  • Sibyl
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 12:33am

    As a precaution, they have moved the vote count to an undisclosed location…to prevent hacking?

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  • Rick in Iowa
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 12:33am

    Do all you can to piss off these jerks. The louder they are, the more stupid they look. Rave on “occupy” rave on.

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  • brother_ed
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 12:29am

    Their message HAS been heard and we don’t care.

    Typical temper tantrum…turn up the volume if you don’t get your way.

    Pathetic.

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  • COFemale
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 12:26am

    These yahoos are so dense. They just don’t get it. We aren’t listening because you are idiots. Smart people do no listen to idiots. Now go home and back to your gaming computers; your Ocean Marketing buddy just got fired, he needs friends.

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  • BJC
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 12:26am

    Obama’s private army. He’s been cooking this up for three years now. He’s got em primed and pumped!!! Sorry POS!!!

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