Occupy Philadelphia Protesters Force Cantor to Cancel Economic Speech
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House Majority Leader Eric Cantor was forced to cancel an economic speech ahead of a planned Occupy demonstration against him. (AP)
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor abruptly canceled an economic speech at the University of Pennsylvania after learning his Friday address was likely to be packed with Occupy Philadelphia protesters.
Cantor (R-Va.) was expected to address the issue of income disparity in a speech titled “A Fair Shot at the American Dream and Economic Growth” at the university’s Wharton School of Business, according to The Hill. He reportedly canceled it just three-and-a-half hours beforehand.
Occupy Philadelphia, the city’s offshoot of the ongoing Occupy Wall Street movement, had planned an “Occupy Eric Cantor” demonstration and march, according to the group’s Facebook page. They planned to march from City Hall to the campus to protest Cantor.
A Cantor spokeswoman said the last-minute cancellation was because the school couldn’t guarantee the previously set attendance policy.
“The Office of the Majority Leader was informed last night by Capitol Police that the University of Pennsylvania was unable to ensure that the attendance policy previously agreed to could be met,” Cantor spokeswoman Laena Fallon told The Hill. “Wharton is a educational leader in innovation and entrepreneurship, and the Majority Leader appreciated the invitation to speak with the students, faculty, alumni, and other members of the UPENN community.”
Cantor said earlier this month he was “increasingly concerned about the growing mobs occupying Wall Street and the other cities across the country.” He later walked back those remarks, saying the frustration they represent is “warranted.”
As news spread of the cancellation, Occupy Philadelphia celebrated on its Twitter account with the post: “#Winning. #OccupyPhilly.” It also changed its plans from a protest against Cantor to a “March for Integrity.”
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Comments (143)
HKS
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 3:41pmLooks like Obummer has his folks out in force.
Report Post »SavingtheRepublic.com
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 3:56pm~^~v~~^~~v~^~
Yep they are clearly using thug tactics because “this is what democracy looks like”. Wonder who really initiated it though was it a true Occupy_ drone of some union thug infiltrator educating on thuggery 101! Its Obama style though as he made it clear at an SEIU event he’s been working with SEIU his entire adult life… he’s been there, done that! Its only about free speech when it concerns them or someone in their favor. Anyone else freedom of speech is optional. I wonder what other rights are open to interpretation to the #Occupy_ dolts? Keep in mind folks these are the same people who want to take everything over, bring the system down. This is in fact a clear example of what would happen in their world… NO FREEDOM OF SPEECH from anyone in opposition.
Now I will say Cantor should have manned up and gone ahead with it so he has in fact empowered them. Please be sure to slam his social media and thank him! He isnt off the hook for doing this, DC is fair game especially when the cower to bullies and threats. TAPGW http://SavingtheRepublic.com
Report Post »NHwinter
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 4:08pmAre the Republicans afraid to call it what it is? Why recant what you said? Come on Republicans, get some courage and speak out against OWS. Tell them they should be protesting the WH, Capital Hill, and Obama’s crony Capitalism. Oh my gosh, how are we ever going to win this election if everyone is afraid of the truth?
Report Post »TexasHunter
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 4:15pmNHWINTER- We dont need the republicans to speak out against them. The American People will speak out when the elections come. If you do not vote for something different then you are going to get what is coming. PERIOD.
Report Post »Ditto Head
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 4:20pmCondition of the United States of America:
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Anamah
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 4:24pm…and practicing fascism and Alinsky’s revolutionaries rules to destroy our country.
Report Post »SlippedThroughAWormHole
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 4:29pmThat’s why Obama is pulling the troops out of Iraq – so when the civil unrest turns violent he will have the troops to put it down so he can keep his dictatorship. It’s going to get ugly. Just what they planned.
Report Post »jzs
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 4:31pm“Forced to cancel?” Like they blocked the doors?
Nah, he chickened out. He might have to explain why his “fair shot at the American dream” includes firing teachers, policemen and firefighters and raising taxes on the poor and middle class, while lowering taxes on the wealthy. He might be asked why he’s actually tilting the playing field against those who want that “fair shot” and in favor of those who already have the American Dream, meaning the people who are already in a position to donate large sums of money to his campaign.
Report Post »Bum thrower
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 4:36pmWonder if they will be out in force to “protest and protect” on election day? There was a 600% increase AL bat sales in the UK during thieir riots; seems like a good idea here; guns are too noisy!!
Report Post »hidden_lion
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 4:42pmCantor is a spineless wuss along with most of the other republicans. Thats why they left Obama run roughshod over them. They no longer matter. 2012 is too late.
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 5:32pmOK, Blaze, it’s time you stop playing into the hands of the radicals by calling them “protesters.” They are revolutionary communist pigs.
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 5:49pm@HIDDEN_LION
Report Post »Cantor is a spineless wuss along with most of the other republicans. Thats why they left Obama run roughshod over them.
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Come on, man. America as a whole did that when we voted the commie in. What did you want the Republican politicians to do? Start a revolution? Why are some of you bashing a man who has confronted Obama the best way he knew how? America is just beginning to awaken to the fact that we have a traitor in office. I blame the FBI and the upper echelons of the military. You recall “against all enemies foreign and domestic.” Who is that oath directed to, huh? Tell me, who??
ProbIemSoIver
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 6:15pm@NHwinter
So it‘s Obama’s Crony-Capitalism ? Crony-Capitalism hasn’t been going on for 100 Years when both Parties have been in control of D.C.? Did you all know that Obama is Cousin of Bush ?
Wake up people !!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ldZS9PL9KE
Report Post »ProbIemSoIver
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 6:27pm@kryptonite
Report Post »I can’t sit back and observe you make such generalizations about the protesters, without chiming in.
This kid is an exception to most of the protesters according to the MEDIA. This 20 year old community college student knows more about politics and world affairs than about 90% of Blazers.
If you don’t watch the video, don’t make odious, uninformed assumptions and bloviate arcane rhetoric. I will edify, humble and embarrass anyone that does.
ProbIemSoIver
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 6:44pmThe OWS protester :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQow0Fhua1A
Report Post »hidden_lion
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 7:00pm“What did you want the Republican politicians to do? Start a revolution?”
Yes, if that is what it takes. They need get out there, say what they mean. Enforce the constitutional limits placed on the President. Letting commie, dirtbag protesters keep him from speaking is weak, unbecoming of a representative of the people. They need to write their own bills, not farm it out to non-elected companies. They need to do what they are hired to do. Would you want our military to perform the same way?
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 7:31pm@PROBLEM SOLVER
Report Post »It’s good you posted that second video. You upped your status from fruitcake to useful idiot. You are at an age when you won’t listen to reason, so you and your friends will have to learn the hard way not to join in protests organized by communist pigs.
lillymckim
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 8:35pmObamas “Civilian Army” of misfits, thugs, and stoners…
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 9:15pm@HIDDEN_LION
Can we discuss this within the confines of viable actions? Republicans can curb some of Obama’s presidential overreach now that they have control of the House, but only a Congressional majority can put a stop to his abuse of executive power. We both know the commies have hijacked the Dim Party, so they need to go as well and that MAY take a civil war. Nevertheless, Cantor stood up to Obama when Obamacare was rammed through, and I salute him for that, considering how vicious the commie organizer can be.
In re Cantor canceling his speech, I already expressed my view, but let me add that I believe the outcome would have been far worse if Cantor had shown up. The disruption these “protesters” caused would’ve been aired on all the networks over and over again – and that’s taking the best of all likely outcomes. These scuumbags wanted to draw blood from a REPUBLICAN Majority Leader, they wanted their video to go viral like the one where shoes were thrown at Bush, and Cantor effectively gave them the finger.
==> “Would you want our military to perform the same way?”
I told you how I grade our military brass and intel agencies. I give them an F for failing to perform their sworn duty.
Report Post »jhaydeng
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 9:25pmYou can’t back down Eric!
Report Post »StevoMiami
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 10:02pmNoooooo SlippedThroughAWormHole Noooooooooo.. Obama pulled the troops out of iraq BC the iraqi president told him to get the Fk out. Now was it on orders from iran????? i dunno?? What do u think?
Report Post »weeblewacker1
Posted on October 22, 2011 at 3:31pmonce more total B.S. on the part of the G.O.P.!! it is widely known for a FACT that:”The Wharton speaker series is typically open to the general public, and that is how the event with Majority Leader Cantor was billed,” the university said in a statement.hmmm,imagine that. so now tell me how “he was FORCED to cancel” his little Joseph Goebbels like speech? he was just too scared to face real Americans and to asked about his corporation whoring ways.
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on October 22, 2011 at 6:53pmawww, poah witto Ewik fewt foahced. Pull up your big boy panties and give your “protect the wealthiest” speech. Say it loud, say it proud. Put some substance behind those tweets.
Report Post »Misleading Headline
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 4:22amThis is yet another misleading headline on TheBlaze. As others have noted, the protestors did not do anything that could be described as “forcing” Cantor to cancel his speech, all they had done was plan on Facebook a potential march and protest.. It appears that Cantor chickened out of his own volition.
Report Post »Gary Fishaholic
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 3:41pmHow can they call themselves the 99% when there is at least 53% of us tax paying citizens that don‘t agree with these idiot’s. I want my percentage back. Maybe it’s college math?
Report Post »saranda
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 3:49pmReally? This confuses you? Did someone type this for you.
Report Post »NOBAMA201258
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 3:58pmThese idiots pretend to speak for 99% of America? Won’t they be shocked in 2012 when the obamanation that causeth desolation is trounced like jimmy carter was ! or maybe we normal decent folk need to make our presence felt before these mental midgets do any more damage!
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on October 22, 2011 at 6:47pmErikson’s 53% is FUNNY, but it’s been examined: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfEtywGAR0o&feature=player_embedded BTW, Erikson then found a little love…. http://www.redstate.com/erick/2011/10/14/what-the-gop-must-do-finding-common-ground-with-the-occupiers/
Report Post »rosie1000
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 3:41pmDo you SEE that these thugs are taking away our Liberty??? No longer will they allow freedom of speech. I would not feel safe attending something they are marching on, so I lose my freedom entirely due to their threats. I already do not put any bumper stickers on my car due to not wanting my car keyed….they are taking away my freedom and imposing their tyranny on us all. How are we going to stop them?
Report Post »mad_hatter
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 3:46pmThey are out of control. They are throwing out their own leaders and group creators. They are attacking the media and sending their dogs after them. ( http://www.americanparchment.com/video/2011/oct/ows_threatens_media.html ) They are stealing and raping each other. Something tells me this is coming to an end soon. Plus the weather.
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 3:49pmTechnically the thugs didn’t disallow this, rather, Cantor took the coward’s way out and fled. A man of conviction can stand before a multitude of enemies without fear.
I am absolutely *not* impressed with his actions here. He‘s emboldened them and you can bet your last dollar that they’re going to crank it up more now because of this. The only effective way to deal with thugs is to stand up to them. Running away from them only makes them feel good.
Report Post »NHwinter
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 4:12pmI have a great little bumper sticker – Jan. 20, 2013 – The End of An ERROR – and I, too, am afraid to put it on my car. How truly sad
Report Post »hidden_lion
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 4:46pmIf you don’t feel safe and refuse to speak than you have given up your rights on your own. It is called courage. Apparently it is sorely lacking in the Republicans.
Report Post »matt708
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 3:37pmhe should have went and had a security force with him, those punks don’t have a right to stop anyone.
Report Post »mbriz
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 3:57pmAh, yes they do, especially to a punk like him. He is so bought, and paid for.
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 4:07pmThank you for being so truthful in your endorsement of fascism, MB.
Report Post »Mapache
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 4:17pmThe ‘protesters’ want a situation where there is force involved so they can use it in their propaganda against law enforcement and conservatives. The extreme activities that these activists engage is never reported while a tea partier littering would be front page, above the fold news with graphics!
Report Post »mbriz
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 4:20pmHey Jeff, you have a lot of nerve invoking the name of such a great man, who would have supported these people, and it not fascism when your trying to get the boot of 1% off your throat. You may like being their puppet, I don’t, and I can promise you Jefferson wouldn’t ether.
Report Post »pamela kay
Posted on October 22, 2011 at 12:53amI have a feeling that this will happen everywhere a consevative is scheduled to speak. I can’t put him down for this. The repubs need to sit down and work out a plan for protection against not only the OWS but the unions etc. These people are violent and will stop at nothing. Unlike the progressives who always have a backup plan, our repubs don’t seem to realize the degree of danger that they are in simply because they disagree with the progressive agenda.
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on October 22, 2011 at 7:03pmThey’ve been In 200 cities across the country. What do you have for evidence of violence? Even one person criminally charged? The arrests have been for civil disobedience, sitting and not moving….
Report Post »THX-1138
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 3:37pmYou have to shut up the ones that preach Freedom and Responsibility. Those are far too dangerous concepts for most of those Bible thumpin’, gun totin’, fly-over country types. Might give them Ideas!
Payback for this (Bowel) Movement is going to be EPIC.
Report Post »tranymike
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 3:34pmyou know there’s going to come a time when the OWS,OFR and the tea party find out that there piss for the same and at the same thing and on that day the light come on i wouldn’t want to be the law makers that sold us out.
Report Post »mbriz
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 4:14pmThey’ve sold us all out, that’s why OWL protesters are standing up all over the globe.
Report Post »timej31
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 3:34pmCan’t we just start doing teleconferences and stop with all the travel?? That would suffice would it not?
Report Post »EqualJustice
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 3:33pmA MARCH FOR INTEGRITY? They wouldn’t know integrity if it slapped them accross the FACE! What a bunch of brain washed idiots.
Report Post »mbriz
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 3:55pmBoy if you aren’t the pot calling the kettle black. There is no more brainwashed group then the becky’s.
Report Post »NHwinter
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 4:20pmBMRIZ – Lets just shorten you to BM. You wouldn’t know the truth if it hit you right between your eyes. Beck has a very accurate record of truth even when idiots like you laugh at him. Everything he said would happen has happened. Only people completely missing brain cells cannot see the truth.
Report Post »NHwinter
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 4:24pmMBRIZ – keep following your yellow brick road. When you get to the end you will see that your Wizard Obama is nothing but a phonyand a Marxist. And you think we are brainwasher.
Report Post »EqualJustice
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 3:31pmTHIS IS THE TACTIC of COMMUNISTS and DICTATORS.. shut down ALL opposition speech. Wait until the OWS pawns realize that they may be the NEXT group that will have to sit down and SHUT UP.
Report Post »SouthP
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 3:30pmBah, weak as water ! If anything, he pissed off whoever was willing to listen to him speak. Now these goons and loons think they have power
Report Post »NOBAMA201258
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 4:25pmcantor did us all a disservice by letting these seiu? thugs deny freedom of speech! maybe he should have frances DOG piven open for him? that would be hilarious!
Report Post »pwatkins
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 3:29pmCantor has more to offer the future of our country as one individual than all of the thousands of occupying protestors, matter of fact they have nothing to offer but chaos. They certainly aren’t going to attain what Obama wants them to do, get him re-elected. My granddaughter saw them on TV and said “are they at a carnival or something.” I asked her why she thought that and she said bc they have all those funny looking mask on and stuff. I said no carny people work for a living and one day I will explain to you what I mean by that. She just turned six and she said I know what that means; if you don’t work you have no money ….so that tells me I either have an extra smart granddaughter or there are some mighty dumb protestors….I put the bet on my granddaughter.
Report Post »GramSam
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 3:25pmWhy is it they can shut us up but they are allowed to preach their hate and no one protest them. This is the Saul Alinsky all the way.
Report Post »EqualJustice
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 3:34pmAND the Chicago way….. and the COMMUNIST way… and the NAZI way… and the UNION way.. etc etc etc
Report Post »mbriz
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 4:04pmNo, moron, these are pissed off American’s that are sick of the powerful controlling this country. There is more love at these protest then the teabaggers could ever muster. If your going to be critical, maybe you should stop be a puppet for the 1%, and do some research.
Report Post »hidden_lion
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 4:53pmSo MBRIZ-
Report Post »you think the weak can control the country? What are yo smoking. They are weak because they are stupid and lazy. Anybody that is willing to work and has a good brain can become the 1%. How do you think the billionaires got there in the first place?
TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 3:24pmYou shoulda ‘manned-up” Cantor. I’m disappointed. But not surprised.
Report Post »mrsmileyface
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 3:37pmI totally agree with your statement. There is no one with the courage anymore. Just a bunch of spineless asshats that dont want confrontation.
Report Post »EqualJustice
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 3:57pmI’m so glad he did not let them USE him as a PAWN in their stupid protest. GOOD FOR HIM. I’ts like a nose snub!
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 4:01pmDid you read carefully, friends? Cantor was not guaranteed the controlled environment needed to be able to SPEAK. So what is the point of needlessly exposing himself to an angry mob? Didn’t you see what happened to Qaddafi? Do you think these mobs are not capable of harming someone they hate? It looks like they have already raped. We know they have stolen, looted and clashed with the policy. Who are you to say they are not capable of inflicting serious bodily harm to a Republican leader? Get a clue about what is taking place before our very eyes. These are communist revolutionaries who have been unleashed to create a state of anarchy.
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 6:02pmcorrection: “clashed with the police”
Report Post »Vital
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 3:23pmIf these oucc pest had any integrity they would go out and find a job or create a few
Report Post »JLGunner
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 3:22pmLets be honest, he was worried about sanitation.
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 3:21pmHow do you know when the occupy protesters have invaded your town?…Check the status signs on the port-a-johns.
Report Post »booger71
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 3:31pmThey don’t use them, they crap on peoples porches
Report Post »DanielBurke
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 3:18pmMOWS – Maggots Occupying Wall Street and their sister protests around the nation are clearly interferring with others Freedom of Speech. Sadly, under Obama we have degenerated into a lawless country so this will continue and grow worse until we finally have the Marxist out of the WH.
Report Post »kalli
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 3:36pm@DANIELBURKE
Report Post »Or, we end up with a dictatorship. The way these maggots are getting to do anything they want because leaders will not stop their idiocy, it would not be surprising that the majority who have respect and patriotism for this nation are shipped to FEMA camps. These anarchists will stop at nothing until they get their small minded ways. obama is to blame along with all his cronies feeding the frenzy. He’ll do anything to stay in power and continue the decline of America. Only God can save America.
GhostOfJefferson
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 3:40pm@Kalli
Are you suggesting that 100 million gun owners will shrug and get on train cars to be carted to FEMA camps because a small handful of hippies threaten to crap on their front porches? Seriously?
Report Post »DesertRose1960
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 3:44pm@DANIELBURKE, unlike the TeaParty celebrations, which were heavily promoted, staged, and underwritten by Fox and corporate backers, the Occupy Wall Street came with their own money and have managed to stay with donations. And contrary to what you see here, on Fox, and the rest of the Conservative blogsphere, they are not dirty, smelly, lacking in principles, or anti-Semitic. They don’t want everything for free, they just want the chance to earn a decent living and to get what they have bought and paid for in their lives.
I’ve been to both Zucotti Park in NYC and Liberty Plaza in D.C. I also attended 9/12 and 8/28 and I was in Congress the day before Healthcare passed. I’ve seen TeaCons in action. These folks can think for themselves, they don’t have to repeat Fox talking points. That’s the difference between grassroots and Astroturf. I was there at the same time the one guy with one anti-Semitic sign was there. They sang “Hey, Hey, Good-bye” when he yelled his anti-Semitic slurs and they held signs in front of the “Google Zionist Millionaire” sign and made it clear that they didn’t agree. And while this was going on, in the center of the park dozens of people were celebrating Sukkot courtesy of Chabad, who brought the Lulav and Etrog, but one of the protesters had already brought a popup Sukkah. I also saw observant Muslims in the park, and middle class people, and older people who had marched against the Vietnam War and I saw veterans, too. But whe
Report Post »Johnny Cocheroo
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 3:51pm@ghostofjefferson
Nah – it won’t be that quick or easily identifiable.
- Were already letting strangers (TSA) look at our wives and kids naked.
- You cannot own a gun without having it registered – remember they collected guns after Katrina
- They are printing money out of thin air – devaluing our money & resources – in effect stealing.
- We are forced to pay for welfare babies
- We are forced to pay for welfare mommies locations
- Trillions of debt being loaded onto our shoulders
- They are trying to force us to pay for others’ healthcare
- Rising food prices, cars we cannot fix by ourselves, news bias
- You cannot smoke weed if alone in your house
- add your own
We being carted off alright…. but we just don’t realize it yet. We need to seriously shrug off some government.
Report Post »kalli
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 4:00pm@GHOSTOFJEFFERSON
Report Post »I actually pray that we gun owners will be enough to overcome the evil dirtbags that permeate this nation. I know I will not go quietly. I pray that our military, both current and veterans, will uphold the oath taken to protect the citizens of this nation and the Constitution, that they will do what is necessary if a president moves to take total control of this country. I pray that someone right now is thinking that this may have to be acted upon. But, it makes me wonder when you have a Cantor who cowtows to making a speech because of the few, or a Bloomberg who cowtows to clearing out a park due to the few, or a so-called president and his master soros who actually are pushing this agenda to take out America, are we just going to wait and “hope” we can rid the country of these two and their armies of lackeys that want to live off everyone else come Nov 2012? I never dreamed America could come to this.
GhostOfJefferson
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 4:11pm@Johnny
“- Were already letting strangers (TSA) look at our wives and kids naked.”
I don’t.
“You cannot own a gun without having it registered – remember they collected guns after Katrina”
The hell you can’t. Where do you live, New York/New Jersey/California/Illinois? I’ve never had a gun registered, ever.
I agree with the rest, except maybe the car fixing thing. My motorcycle has been apart and together in my own garage without issue, and I only had a small handfull of parts left over when I reassembled it!
What I don’t buy is the notion that folks will line up for FEMA camps as political prisoners, if any camps ever actually materialize.
Report Post »hidden_lion
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 5:00pmghost-
Report Post »if you have ever purchase a firearm from a dealer, you filled out the little yellow form. You are registered. The know you have the gun you bought. If you bought privately and didn’t fill out the little yellow form, you have an illegal firearm that can get you in trouble if caught, since the government still thinks the original owner has the gun. It is sad but true. It is even worse here in Michigan. In addition to background check, if you buy a handgun you have to get a permit from the Sheriff. If you move here from another state and you own a handgun, you have to buy a permit, even though you already own the gun…..Damn Nazi’s are already in control of everything.
Acesup
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 3:18pmThe gross hypocricy continues. The “occupy” movement just want their voices to be heard and yet they shout down and ultimately shut down a forum for someone whom they disagree with. Not to mention 2 weeks ago when I, and about 2000 or more other people got shuffled out of the back door at the Air and Space Museum in D.C. when they crashed the front door. Then the spin in the media was that the poor “peaceful” protestors got maced. Such a shame the peaceful demonstrators could not crash the Smithsonian filled to capacity with families and kids in strollers to protest a Predator drone exhibit.
Report Post »Locked
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 3:40pm“Not to mention 2 weeks ago when I, and about 2000 or more other people got shuffled out of the back door at the Air and Space Museum in D.C. when they crashed the front door.”
Pssst: This was caused by a conservative blogger who purposely “infiltrated the group” and tried to escalate the situation and convince people to rush into the museum.
Report Post »http://gawker.com/5848083/conservative-writer-boldly-infiltrates-dc-protest-group
IAMMADDOG
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 3:17pmAre ALL conservative this wishy washy. Quit bowing and apologizing to these idiots. None of them, have a clue as to what they are doing anyhow.
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 3:21pmSeriously. The way to deal with a bully is to stand up to the bully. Fleeing like a little coward just emboldens them.
Report Post »UlyssesP
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 3:17pmFree Speech for protesters means NO FREE SPEECH for anyone else.
Welcome to doublespeak.
Could it be any more obvious?
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Posted on October 21, 2011 at 3:12pmThis is an example of failed parents in their duty to teach their kids responsibility and about government. Hell, half the kids didn’t even know what they are protesting, just a great way to hang out and meet girls I guess.
Report Post »Locked
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 3:10pmI’d actually like to read his speech; anyone know if it’s available online? Would be fun to find out that the pieces about which he’s talking actually would help the so-called “99%”.
Report Post »bullcrapbuster
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 3:10pm“It also changed its plans from a protest against Cantor to a “March for Integrity.”
Oh yes why didn’t anyone think of that before. March and chant and then the politicians will have more integrity. All of these robots are part of the left wing democratic party. Stupid buttheads.
Report Post »NOBAMA201258
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 4:33pmif what you said wasn’t true these Obnoxious Weird Sheeple would be occupying the White House lawn!
Report Post »Firebrand
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 3:10pmThere‘s nothing like using your right to free speech to deny someone else’s.
This is what hypocrisy looks like!
Report Post »RightUnite
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 3:14pmYup, free speech only for me!
Report Post »RightUnite
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 3:15pmNice spin on the “This is what Democracy looks like!!” I like it!
Report Post »DesertRose1960
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 3:23pmRight, Cantor chose not to show up because he didn’t want to answer any tough questions. He chose to censor himself.
Report Post »Firebrand
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 3:55pm@desert
You make a valid point. But, do you think the protesters would have gotten into a civil debate or do you think they just would have become disruptive when they heard something they didn’t like? How many examples exist of left leaning dissenters throwing eggs, glitter, powder…etc? So there is a safety issue.
I agree that politicians feet should be held to a proverbial fire, but it should be a civil way. The left has time and again shown they can’t engage in civil disagreement. If they can’t shout you down then they pull the race card. If that doesn’t work, then they say you want people to get raped and robbed.
With all that being said, I‘m making assumptions and the reality is I don’t know what would have happened. Nor will we ever know, since Cantor didn’t proceed regardless of the oppositional occupation. I can only guess what the outcome would have been based on what I’ve seen in the past.
Report Post »DesertRose1960
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 4:14pm@FIREBRAND, I was there in front of the Capitol when the TeaCons were yelling “Nancy, Come out and PLAY-AY” in one of the most menacing tones I ‘ve ever heard from a crowd. There were also waving Gadsden flags and the Three Percent flag and the black and white “Come and Take Them” flag, the one with the assault rifle on it. I was also in Congressional offices that day and I can’t tell you how many staffers told me they feared for my safety because I was walking among the “patriots.” I talked to one staffer for a female Congress member who said they had to form a ring around her and escourt her through a shouting, pushing crowd of TeaCons so she could vote on the House floor. And then there was the man who said he was looking for Congressmen to yell at. Cantor couldn’t pick his audience, so he chose not to show up.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 6:33pmHas Rose Ellen gone “desert?”
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 3:10pmThanks for empowering them, coward.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 3:21pmIndeed, the Republicans have become so browbeaten over the years, save for a few who still stand for principles, and integrity, they will flinch at the first scent of anything that may become a scene of discord…which is what the Democrats want to have happen either way.
Report Post »wzanesdad
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 3:56pmThis is incredible. As an acting member of congress, he could have asked for….and would have recieved….any amount of security he needed to protect his right to free speech. Why do we continue to empower these fruitcakes? Cantor, Boehner, all of you…..QUIT BEING AFRAID !!!!! Stop being so PC. We strusted you to do what’s right. Now you have to trust us….we will support you but you have to stand up here.
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 5:27pm@GHOSTOFJEFFERSON
If you want to start a civil war, or a clash between patriots and commie revolutionaries, bring it on. Until then, don’t call a good man a coward. Cantor is not stupid, and he rightfully refused to become a pawn in the hands of these pigs. This was not the usual annoying group of useful idiots looking to harass an unwanted speaker with chants, eggs, and constant interruptions. These are radicals who want to create an anarchic state in America, being fueled by a left-wing university that refused to bar their intended invasion of the premises. The commie revolutionaries have organized, they have marching orders, and they can and will strike in unpredictable ways.
You say Cantor’s cancellation emboldened them. On the contrary. It frustrated their plan to film what would have been a victorious takeover of the event. They were forced to regroup and come up with a lame “March for Integrity,” much to their chagrin and that of clueless Pauline fools like you. FYI, they have already been emboldened by the commie in the WH and his state-controlled media, and that’s the only driving force they need.
I know what mobs are capable of. Unless you have found yourself surrounded by an organized radical mob in an environment where you cannot respond with lethal force, don’t call another man a coward.
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