Zuccotti Park Reopens… But Where Are the ‘Occupiers?’
- Posted on January 11, 2012 at 11:03pm by
Mike Opelka
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As reported on The Blaze this morning, the metal barricades were removed from Zuccotti Park and reportedly hundreds of protesters streamed into the park.
The atmosphere was celebratory but calm on Tuesday evening as about 300 protesters began filling Zuccotti Park a couple of hours after the barricades were taken down. Protesters milled around, eating lasagna on paper plates and playing chess.
After reading that early update, this reporter donned his best Occupy-like attire, grabbed a camera and jumped on the R train to lower Manhattan, ready to meet the returning horde.
There was one small problem. The horde never returned. At least, they were not visible during the hour I spent wandering the park.
Take a look;
I did wander the perimeter and interior of the park, but it was difficult to locate many of the 99%-ers.
Some of the original crew did show up. . . Like this gentleman who wanted to say “Thank-you” to the park’s owners, Brookfield Properties.
The gentleman walked the entire park for at least an hour, shouting “Yes! Yes! Freedom!” as he held his sign above his head. Efforts to get him to stop and chat were unsuccessful.
As stated earlier, it appears that very few of the original OWS crew was on hand for the park’s re-opening. However, they were the people who were more interested in making a buck off of the circus known as “Occupy Wall Street.”
This festive lady had set up on the east entrance of the park and was announcing to all that she was “open for business.”
An unscientific count of the people in the park showed more members of the NYPD and Zuccotti Security than OWS / 99%.
The early report also mentioned that the “People’s Library” had returned to Zuccotti Park. The previous collection of several hundred books fascinated me, I was curious to see how the OWS crew managed to re-assemble it so quickly.
This is how they managed.
The NEW People’s Library is “a tear in the salted sea” when compared to the previous collection of books. But there was also something curious lurking in the small selection.
Take a closer look inside the green bag.
Glenn Beck has mentioned “In The Garden of Beasts” several times on the radio show, and in August of 2011 Beck listed it as a “must read.”
One wonders what the OWS crowd might think, knowing that a book in the “People’s Library” was on Glenn Beck’s Book List? Perhaps Eric Larson’s work will get a free pass now that Tom Hanks is developing it for the big screen.
When Glenn Beck heard about the book’s presence in the OWS library he remarked;
“You would think if they are reading it, they might see the role they are playing.”
The first day of Occupy Wall Street 2012 was not exactly a resounding success as through the afternoon we counted fewer than 50 protesters assembled in Zuccotti Park. But we are reminded that the early days of the movement were also not so well attended.
The Blaze will be watching.
Stay tuned…
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Comments (53)
AnAmerican111
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 2:55pm“Where are the occupiers?”…..
Are you kidding!
Report Post »They are all back on mommy’s couch waiting for their welfare handouts like the rest of the useless people!
gmoneytx
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 2:37pmcockroaches go into hiding when it gets cold.
Report Post »Paul -Indiana
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 6:53pmRight on!
Report Post »Dr. Joel Fleischman
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 2:15pmThe occutards missed their daily fixes of child porn.
Report Post »OneTermPresident
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 10:21amThey made a mistake when they didn’t come out with an official 99% Brown shirt.
Report Post »classicalgas
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 9:51amThey ran out of diapers.
Report Post »SIG40ONDAHIP
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 7:32amall the fleabaggers are back in their parents basements getting their marching orders from Van Jones, they’ll be back when the weather gets better.
Report Post »txbigfoot
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 7:54amSo if the pictures are right, most there are SELLING items.. isint that capitalism? Isnt that what they are against? By selling something rather than giving it away they loose thier “99%” (which does nto exist anyway) status. Typical hypocrites.
Report Post »smithclar3nc3
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 8:09amWith all the robberies,rapes,drug use,public urination,deaths,child endangerment,..ect the democrats have stop the OWS because it represents their party.
Report Post »politicalstickers.net
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 7:24ammommy… it got cold out! make me some hot chocolate….
OWS was laughable at best. wait till february when the temps really get chilly. they’ll be huddled in dorm rooms and basements.
Report Post »Papa Joe
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 6:35amIt’s getting a little too cold for their candy asses too handle, the poor babies. They rather stay home where it’s nice and warm, heat provided by the 1%. Same as the the protesters who protest nuclear power plant’s which keep their precious bodies toasty and warm. But, you’ll notice, they only protest in the spring or summer…
Report Post »piper60
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 8:06amThat’s because their mommies said they need to focus on the ivy league education that their PARENTS are paying for. I’d be willing to bet that their parents were hippies, too.
Report Post »markthespark
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 6:29amThe Acorn office hasn’t doled out the paychecks-for-protesting yet…
Report Post »ProudTeaPartyMember
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 5:25amThey’re down at the Social Security office receiving “their” checks.
Report Post »Gary S
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 5:17amI have a shotgun, a rifle, and a Ford F250, 4 wheel drive. This country boy (70 yrs) WILL survive OWS.
Report Post »Living In NYC
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 7:39amHey Gary agreed…I have my F-250 4×4 with a V-10, a Wall Street Journal on the seat and maybe a gun under it.
When I go into the city they have no idea who I am and not quite sure what I am! It sure is fun though when they that truck! They leave me alone cause they aren’t sure what I will do…..drive over them, through them or what!
What they don’t know is I have a 1% car back in the garage..keep it for the suburban use, where people work hard to buy (not get) one. People in my neighborhod would ever consider trying to take anything from me..like the real 99% of American we work hard to get where we are and care for our families, neighbors and communities!
Like me you, I am a tax paying American! Just one last note, I just love the carry laws in my Commonwealth and my local police protect my family, neighbor and property!
Report Post »OperationNorthwoods
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 3:51amMaybe they realized that its really cold in winter.
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 4:13amMaybe the (commie) money dried up……
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 2:13amThey are back home wiith mom and dad, and the x box…..
Report Post »samuelwcordrey
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 2:11amThe Peace sign is the symbol of the broken cross. We do not know where it originated, but we know: Nero used it on the tops of the torches where he burned christians to light his garden at night; Hitler used it as the seal for the death warrants of the jews they killed and used a different version on their flag; Russia painted it on the doors of churches they shut down and on top wrote the word, Ichabod (the glory has departed); It was used in every communist take over, and it was used in the hippie revolution of the seventies during the rejection of morals. The symbol of the broken cross.
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 1:52amI see a few “Peace Signs” for sale in the photos. Do any of you really know where the peace sign originated from? Look up “semaphore signals“ and look at the signals for ”N“ and ”D” and overlap the two. You will get the “Peace Sign”.
Report Post »http://www.anbg.gov.au/flags/semaphore.html
Let me know if you want to know what ND stands for and where it came from.
Kilroy_Smith
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 8:44amND stands for Nuclear Disarmament.
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 10:56pm@Kilroy_Smith
Report Post »Yes… we have a winner!
The-Monk
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 1:18amWhat happened to the $300K+ the Zuccotti OWS people had in a bank account from donations? Where did all thet money go to? Van Jones? The Van Jones 2012 MLK events? Where is the IRS when… oh, that’s right… Eric Holder and Obama.
Report Post »masters11111
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 12:14amComing to a city near you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8no3SMt1Ek
Report Post »Slayer
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 11:56pmI’m betting Zucotti is quiet because a lot of the Occuslobs are in jail, fled to warmer climates, are recuperating from sickness and venereal disease, on the lam, or just plain dead.
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 12:03amThe new Modern Warfare on XBox came out, they are busy. Plus, no kitchen, free food, free clothes, what is the incentive to come down, shoot, even the hookers are charging now. Free ride is over, see what happens when you take the freebies away, clean park, and entrepreneurs. Now if we could just clean up DC, hey, take away the freebies.
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 1:39amMaybe the College Professors weren’t going to be paid if the College students didn’t come back to school and now they are back at College for more socialist/commie training?
Report Post »Access Denied
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 11:52pmThis is a new semester. It was last semester professors who offered credit for camping out in NY.
Report Post »That and ma and pa threatened non payment of tuition if the little aššholes didn’t get back to school.
Apparently, mom and pop are part of the 1% and were a wee bit piššed.
The-Monk
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 1:42amYou got that exactly correct.
Report Post »IMAWAKENOW
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 2:18amThis isn’t exactly a surprise. The usefull idiots are in hibernation for the winter. Look for all the S*IT to start up again in May. We have a couple of months to figure out how to deal with this trash, if not, it is going to be a long stinky summer.
Report Post »scout n ambush
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 11:35pmThe owsers are busy getting out the vote for obama.Guess they thought that book was the guidelines for occupation of the park and how to co exist with others..
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 11:33pm.
They all moved back into their Mom’s Basement, and are busy eating Cheetoes, looking at Porn, & trying to figure out why their Junk turned Orange…………
That’s my best guess…………
Report Post »Dr. Joel Fleischman
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 2:13pmthe porn you speak of, is it child porn or gay porn?
Report Post »Dr. Joel Fleischman
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 2:14pmWouldn’t surprise me if it was both, the Occutards are sick twisted bunch.
Report Post »Jeffersonian in CA
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 11:21pmT’was a flash in the proverbial pan. Or, they all were given government jobs by the Obozo administration.(?)
Report Post »pamela kay
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 11:29pmJEFFERSONIAN IN CA, They might be holding up in some plush apartments that are provided for them since it is so cold. Or probably being bused elsewhere to protest. Your right they are most likely being paid by our government to do just that.
Report Post »BetterDays
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 11:18pmIt very difficult to voluntarily sleep walk, that’s why the 47% isn’t there. That and the Gubmint checks just came in this week I think, so they are out buying necessities at Neiman Marcus.
Report Post »Birkinstocks and protesting, pricelessly moronic.
pamela kay
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 11:36pmBETTERDAYS, I don’t think they liked sharing with the homeless people and the convicts. They think they are better than them and the rest of us low lives that dare to disagree with the progressive agenda. The whole rat thing probably freaked them out. I think some decided that redistribution was unfair if they didn’t recieve all of it. I thought the dems were for fairness for everyone? That is until they have to share with people who are beneath them.
Report Post »BetterDays
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 12:47am@Pam
Report Post »All you say makes sense about them. Redistribution has always been “from your pocket to ours, or who we give it to” in their minds. The rats, well since the animal rats were indistinguishable from the human kind, and both went away at the same time? Perhaps the newest progressive socialist agenda will be protesting for legal, government approved marriages for rats of different species. And of course they’ll want to get the vote for all rats, illegal and legal without identification. I can see the signage now ” ratism, rats have feeling too!“ and ”rights for RATS!”
I’m sure the homeless were much more problematic to them than the rapists. Because having to actually “help” the downtrodden homeless put such a strain on their collective supply chain, why they barely had eneough caviar and goose liver patee for themselves prepared by world renown chefs for free. That and how dare the homeless actually smell better than the occutards, oh the humanity!
V-MAN MACE
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 11:14pmThe Nazis beat them up and ran them off. Probably tied some of them up and waterboarded them with pepper spray.
Official Oppression by Nazi Thugs.
Report Post »phillipwgirard
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 11:21pmThey’re a bunch of MAGGOTS,,,
Report Post »Jeffersonian in CA
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 11:54pmOr perhaps… ungrateful parasites.
Report Post »BV FROM TX
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 3:01amRead “You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows” by Bill Ayers, etal published in 2010 to see their game plan. If they read it, they would know how they are being used and for what purpose. They don’t have a clue. The paperback has already been pulled “out of print” but the e-book is available from Amazon for 99 cents.
Report Post »V-MAN MACE
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 11:24amWhatever you think about their political views or how you feel about them personally, that’s irrelevant to my point.
The Police State heavy-handedly ran off those protestors and it was coordinated nationwide by Homeland Security- your friendly servant Janet Napolitano, who really cares about your safety and rights.
Report Post »BonnieBlueFlag
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 11:11pmStop.Running.Stories.About.These.Irrelavent.Losers.
Report Post »BetterDays
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 11:21pmNow, now the right to “peaceably assemble” you were crowing on the other thread, what it’s situational?/
Report Post »Sorry, just couldn’t resist a friendly jab, and I wish I could give the OWS a somewhat less friendly one ( but only the socialists !). Lol
phillipwgirard
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 11:25pmOccupiers? Like roaches right? LOL
Report Post »barber2
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 11:27pmSure, as they stop Occupying public space and costing us taxpayers lots for their hippie camp-ins. They play. We pay. And the Blaze should “say” what they are doing. The Lefty media is downplaying this from the public who are PAYING for these juvenile temper tantrums because they know this will only win with their Far Left ( General Be-Try-us ) base. I think we should expose these little anarchists for being the Obama Re-Election campaigners that they are !
Report Post »db321
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 3:10amYou guys are really hurting Van Jones’ feelings with your comments – this was to be his master piece – using useful idiots to help get Obama re-elected – Van promised Obama and Soros that the Occupied movement would work.
All I have to say Van, “he who thinks he to be wise – becomes a fool.” Your 15 minutes are up – go over turn another Country – Too many patriots in America – plus we have the 2nd Amendment to protect ourselves from morrons like you.
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