Occupy-Linked Protesters Toss $5,000 in Bills Off Seattle Building
- Posted on July 5, 2012 at 6:31pm by
Madeleine Morgenstern
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Image source: Seattle Times
Occupy-linked activists rained $5,000 in bills off a downtown Seattle building Wednesday to protest money in politics.
#MicCheckWallSt, an affiliate of Occupy Seattle, held its “4th of July Money Drop” to “[declare] independence from Citizens United,” the landmark Supreme Court ruling lifting restrictions on corporate and union campaign spending.
Video posted online shows stacks of bills emblazoned with the words “Money as speech silences us all” and “End Citizens United” being unloaded from a duffel bag and set up beside a window. A voice says “Go” and two people begin hurling the money out the window, the bills fluttering toward the ground. According to the Guardian, the bills thrown were mostly ones and fives.
“Money is the new tea,” #MicCheckWallSt stated on its website. In throwing bills onto the street, “the money will naturally go back into general circulation. As it passes from hand to hand, from one person to the next, it will continue to spread it’s [sic] message.”
Image source: YouTube
Image source: YouTube
The group had solicited the funds on its website, calling the drop “as much installation art as protest.”
“All donations will go directly towards being thrown off a building! And are tax deductible! What more could you ask for?” it stated. A counter on the site indicated the group met its full $5,000 donation goal.
Matthew Toles, a photographer taking pictures of the drop, told the Seattle Times the “shower of money” lasted between five and 15 minutes. He said the wind blew some of the bills onto a bar awning and into an alley, sending people scrambling for cash on windowsills and Dumpster lids.
Image source: #MicCheckWallSt
In a post on its Twitter feed #MicCheckWallSt clarified that their “friends” Occupy Seattle did participate in the money drop, though said some #MicCheckWallSt members are also active Occupiers.
#MicCheckWallSt held a similar money drop on Valentine’s Day, stamping bills with the phrase, “Money can’t buy love…but can it buy speech?”
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Comments (64)
blanco5
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 8:55pmLike everything else….that’s probably OUR tax money that leftys seem to get so freely from prez islama and the gang.
Report Post »BryanB
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 9:33pm“Occupy-linked activists rained $5,000 in bills off a downtown Seattle Building ”
It just shows you how cheap they are, Occupy needs to add more zeros to their protest…….
Pray for Jett………
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 10:49pmIt’s kinda like what Obama did with Solyndra………..
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 2:24amEvery Dollar that the Liberals take out of Circulation… should result in an Increase in Dollar Value: Burn Obama’s Stash!
Report Post »HKS
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 6:50amFor a protest that’s pretty wimpy, a decent fireworks show cost more than that.
Report Post »chadc1179
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 8:33am“All donations will go directly towards being thrown off a building! And are tax deductible! What more could you ask for?” it stated. A counter on the site indicated the group met its full $5,000 donation goal.”
It is our tax dollars as they are clearly calling it a donation….wtf?!?
Report Post »Redleg99
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 8:51pmUnion donations I bet.
Report Post »rickc34
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 8:41pmThis has got to be one of the dumbest stunts ever. If you do not love this country please leave and find someplace that will make you happy. I love God and the USA, my family and friends have served this nation some with their life , some with their blood but all sacrificed. So please leave and make us happy. I here Tehran is looking for some village idiots.
Report Post »blazingaway
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 7:59pmAren’t they using money to condemn the use of money. … Idiots!
Report Post »Now if they burned the money then perhaps their point might have some relevancy, although they would still be idiots … Just not hypocrits
CatB
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 8:04pmLittering .. what they do best.
Report Post »lassiegirldawn
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 7:56pmThe only problem is they did it down town where all the wealthy people work. All the middle class were tucked away in their offices actually working.
Report Post »gbfreak
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 7:51pmGood for them…..5K less for them to spend on their stupid cause. Give it to someone who will use it wisely!
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 8:11pmYeah, but 5 grand will do what in the hands of how many?
Report Post »EqualJustice
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 7:33pmMakes me wanna support CITIZENS UNITED reallllllllllll bad. lol
Report Post »John 1776
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 7:27pmI though defacing money was a Federal crime…
Oh, and I wonder how George Soros feels about how is donated George Washingtons are being spent by this group… dumping piles off buildings…. ;)
Report Post »Melvin Spittle
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 7:56pmThe current administration only enforces the law when their enemies break the law. We have several examples of retaliation against conservative and Christian groups by administration henchmen of the DOJ, the IRS, and any other department. Selective enforcement is the name of the game and is blatantly practiced: They feel this is social justice and are reparations for past wrongs to include slavery, Jim Crow laws, and their absolute hate for capitalism.
Report Post »lfoa
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 11:00amI believe defacing money is only a crime if there is intent to defraud…
Report Post »KangarooJack
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 7:26pmNo fines for littering????
Report Post »Inlandmar2
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 9:25am……..or defacing money?
Report Post »Ghostmaker
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 7:18pmDemocrats all….
Amazing that it is ok for unions to pump up Democrat policies and politicians. Yet it is evil if Corporations do it. Liberal non logic at it’s best.
You want to fix it
Make a simple law
Report Post »Only voters can contribute 1 time up to a max of $50.00 No other contributions will be allowed.
Babci
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 8:06pmNo limits…you can give as much as you want…corporations can give as much as they want…the catch is it is all must be given ANONYMOUSLY. The party doesn‘t know where it came from and the candidate doesn’t know. No favors requested, no favors granted.
Report Post »Individualism
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 7:09pmMoney doesn’t silence people, ex military terrorist cops do.
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 7:39pm@Individualism
“Money doesn’t silence people, ex military terrorist cops do.”
So are you saying that every person that doesn’t reply to your post are silenced by “ex military terrorist cops”? Inquiring minds want to know….
Report Post »Individualism
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 10:15pmGo out and protest and it won’t be the money that pepper sprays, tazes and pushes around protestors. it will be those cops i talked about. they suppress your rights its true.
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 7:02pmSo now we know why there weren’t too many OWS protesters in Philly.
They all went to Seattle for some free Obama cash stash. Thank you Twitter and Facebook. : )
Report Post »ColoradoMaverick
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 7:02pmArrest them for littering
Report Post »Matt
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 8:01pmYou guys are so dumb!!! Citizens united gives unions MORE POWER. This is one issue that the tea party and OWS can be on the same side on. You agree with them here, I know you do because you dont believe that Unions should control politics.
What they are saying is that political candidates should not be controlled by money, they should be controlled by the will of their constituents.
We need to come together and love each other and work together as Christ would have us do. OWS was set up by the elite to keep college students who get pissed off because of the elites manipulations from joining the tea party. As long as they have an organization they can go to to vent their frustrations that is controlled by the elite, the elite can keep them in their system of manipulation. The best way for us as tea partiers to get the young people into our party and believing in libertarian principles is to show our love for them and to come together with them on things we agree on. Does that mean we are going to agree with them on everything? No, not even close (hell they have communists in their midsts, no communist could be a tea partier, its ideologically impossible)
But we SHOULD come together on what we can and work together in the spirit of brotherhood.
I want to organize one of these money drops here in california!!!!
We can have an end the fed, end inflation money drop too!!!!
Report Post »Fubared
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 8:37pmMatt
Report Post »You say “we” are dumb, but you want love, and blah blah blah do the same in Cali. Do it with pesos, and incorporate yourself into the actual drop, and then have your peeps post the vid. K? K.
welloddyfriggindah
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 7:02pmWhat a ridiculous parody they are of themselves!
Report Post »Banter
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 6:59pmThis is obama’s message on a micro-scale. Free money for everyone! No need to work hard, just open your hands and money will fall right in.
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 6:59pmMust have been tax dollars
Report Post »RT4
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 6:59pmThe money is fake!!!!!!!!
Report Post »welloddyfriggindah
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 6:59pmI’M SHOCKED…liberals (and worse) throwing money away?…say it ain’t so.
Report Post »Meyvn
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 7:03pmYeah… They’re pretty good at that.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 6:57pmHow much of this funds have been counterfeited by the thugs? This will be used to stir up more and more trouble; as the announcing of ‘money from the heavens’ and such rot will enable them to all too easily start a riot that can cause massive damage.
Report Post »Captain Crunch
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 6:54pmI thought it was illegal to deface US currency?
Report Post »Captain Crunch
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 7:16pmFor those of you who don’t remember or know what this is about….
Report Post »http://www.theblaze.com/stories/why-is-a-hangin-truck-driving-around-nyc-with-president-obama-on-a-noose/
Captain Crunch
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 7:19pmlol
Report Post »WaterTheTree
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 9:17pmYou can deface currency to your heart’s content. But you can’t do so with the intent to defraud. Technically, you can be imprisoned for printing dollar bills that are blank on one side and have Hillary’s picture on the other, if the intent is to fool people for a minute.
We can use the same tactic ourselves, by using a rubber stamp to put conservative political messages on currancy. But instead of tossing it out the window, you can go buy something of value.
Report Post »RT4
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 6:52pmFor all of you that picked up some bills be aware that the bills are fake, sorry!!!!
Report Post »Constructionist
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 6:51pmUnfortunately, because of Quantitative Easing, the money was only worth $1,500 by the time it hit the ground.
Report Post »Tractorboy
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 10:22pmObama says there is no inflation, as long as you don’t count fuel, food, and energy.
Report Post »Vet003
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 6:49pmHypocrites – why not give the money to the homeless. All they did, was to do what they are protesting. Schmucks!
Report Post »HorseCrazy
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 7:03pmand why don’t they have jobs? they have all day to fart around and throw money that doesn’t belong to them off buildings….hmmm sounds to me like someone is paying these turds bills. either the dnc or the taxpayer I am so tired of this garbage
Report Post »snapperman
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 6:45pmIsn’t it illegal to deface the currency?
Report Post »Vet003
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 6:48pmYes!
Report Post »Captain Crunch
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 6:57pmHey Blaze NY Staff….here is someone else you can call the Secret Service on. Don’t pick and choose…don’t be hypocrites. Lynching Obama in effigy or defacing Obamas’ money, it’s a crime.
Report Post »lfoa
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 11:04amOnly if there is intent to defraud….
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 6:41pmthey should have used the money to buy some soap and then get a job
losers
Report Post »HorseCrazy
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 7:05pmagreed but then again it wasn’t their money like usual typical liberals just throwing money at nothing productive
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