Predictable

Posted on October 28, 2011 by myiq2xu

Rain, rain, go away . . .

Village Voice:

If the protesters are to stay in the park, they need something to provide heat and power; people need to be fed, the media team has a ton of equipment that needs to be charged, and winter is fast approaching. A representative of the Comfort working group told us that “We are currently in the process of writing legislation to get funding from the GA for our three stage insulation plan for the tent city” and added that Comfort never supported gas generators in the first place.

In a prescient move on Tuesday, the General Assembly approved a $4,000 budget for new bike-powered generators, according to GA minutes. We’re trying to find out if and when those will arrive.

However, Columbia j-schooler Andrew Katz just tweeted that an OWS rep told him that “As always when the police take, people give. New generators on the way.”

I figured this would happen – OWS is determined to defy the law and Mayor Bloominidiot is determined to let them, but only after generating lots of attention. I like the idea of the bike generators though. I can picture it now – the wimmins pedaling away so the boys can play video games.

Here’s the key point though:

If the protesters are to stay in the park

How much OWS time, energy and resources are devoted to “staying in the park” as opposed to actually protesting?

Imagine if the protesters met at Zuccotti park each morning after breakfast and stayed all day then went home for dinner. They would need one meal (at most) at the park and would be able to recharge batteries, bathe and sleep in a warm bed every night. They could poop at home too.

The protesters are not homeless – in fact they don’t want the real homeless there at Zuccotti Park bumming free food.

So what’s the point?

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32 Responses

  1. yttik, on October 28, 2011 at 12:21 pm said:

    They have a really cool foot generator out now, only costs about 200 bucks. You just pump it up with your foot and it’s strong enough to run power tools. Also on the safety issue, no fumes, no carbon monoxide, no fire hazard, so it can be safely used inside a tent.

  2. DeniseVB, on October 28, 2011 at 12:28 pm said:

    Looks like both the Occupiers and Tea Party protested Mrs. Obama’s fundraiser in Ft. LaLadale last night. Progress?

    http://miami.cbslocal.com/2011/10/27/michelle-obama-visits-davie-tampa-jacksonville-thursday/

  3. WMCB, on October 28, 2011 at 12:36 pm said:

    Breitbart (yeah, I know, he’s the devil) is compiling a rap sheet so far on the Occumob. Headline links are live in the article at the site:

    NY: 10/1/2011 — Police Arrest More Than 700 Protesters on Brooklyn Bridge
    Madison, WI: 10-27-2011 — Madison Occupiers Lose Permit Due to Public Masturbation
    Phoenix: 10/28/2011 — Flier at Occupy Phoenix asks, “When should you shoot a cop?”
    NY: 10/18/2011 — Thieves preying on fellow protesters
    NY: 10/9/2011 — Stinking up Wall Street: Protesters accused of living in filth as shocking pictures show one demonstrator defecating on a POLICE CAR
    NY: 10/7/2011 — Occupiers Rush Police … More
    Cleveland: 10/18/2011 — ‘Occupy Cleveland’ Protester Alleges She Was Raped
    NY: 10/10/2011 — ‘Increasingly Debauched’: Are Sex, Drugs & Poor Sanitation Eclipsing Occupy Wall Street?
    Seattle: 10/18/2011 — Man accused of exposing self to children arrested
    10/12/2011 — Iran Supports ‘Occupy Wall Street’
    Portland: 10/16/2011 – #OccupyPortland Protester Desecrates Memorial To U.S. War Dead
    Portland: 10/15/2011 — #OccupyPortland Protesters Sing “F*** The USA”
    Chicago: 10/17/2011 — COMMUNIST LEADER Cheered at Occupy Chicago
    10/15/2011 — American Nazi Party Endorses Occupy Wall Street‘s ’Courage,‘ Tells Members to Support Protests and Fight ’Judeo-Capitalist Banksters’
    Boston: 10/14/2011 — Coast Guard member spit on near Occupy Boston tents
    Boston: 10/11/2011 — Boston police arrest over 100 from Occupy Boston
    New York: 10/11/2011 — “You can have sex with animals.”
    New York: 10/15/2011 — Harassing police with accusations of phony injuries
    New York: 10/9/2011 – ‘Occupy Wallstreet’ Protesters Steal from Local Businesses
    New York: 10/25/2011 — Three men threatened to kill 24-year-old Occupy Wall Street protester for reporting rape
    Baltimore: 10/18/2011 — #OccupyBaltimore Discourages Sexual Assault Victims From Contacting Police
    Portland: 10/27/2011 — Occupy Portland’s Attempt At Wealth Redistribution Ends In Theft
    Los Angeles: 10/14/2011 – Anti-Semitic Protester at Occupy Wall Street
    10/27/2011 — A Death Threat From an Occupy Wall Street
    10/27/2011 – Anti-Semitic Tweet From Occupier or Sympathizer
    Boston: 10/20/2011 — Occupy Boston Doesn’t Want police Involved in rape
    New York: 10/5/2011: Anti-Semitic Occupier Screams About Jews, Israel
    New York: 10/4/2011 — Occupier Taunts Jewish Man
    Boston: 10/2011 — Occupiers Block Street
    New York: 10/2011 — Occupier tries to steal police officer’s gun
    New York: 10/27/2011 — Occupiers Block Traffic, Get Arrested
    Oakland: 10/27/2011 — Occupiers throw things garbage at police
    Oakland: 10/19/2011 — Abusive #OccupyOakland Protesters Ban Media From Tent City
    Eugene, OR: 10/19/2011 — Occupiers Displace Farmers’ Market Threatening Hundreds of Jobs
    Portland, OR: 10/18/2011 — Capitalist Offering Jobs at Occupy Portland Finds Few Takers
    NY: 10/20/2011 — #OccupyWallStreet Threatens Businesses, Patrons
    NY: 10/14/2011 — Violence Breaks Out During #OccupyWallStreet March Toward Stock Exchange
    NY: 10/14/2011 — Protesters March On Wall Street, Scuffle With Cops
    Oakland: 10/19/2011 — #OccupyOakland Protesters Threaten Reporter
    Oakland: 10/26/2011 — Occupiers scuffle with Police
    Oakland: 10/24/2011 — Protesters Storm, Vandalize, Shut Down Chase Bank
    Dayton, OH: 10/22/2011 — Protester: ‘F*ck The Military, F*ck Your Flag, And F*ck The Police’
    Chicago: 10/14/2011 – Protesters’ Message At #OccupyChicago Rally: ‘Destroy Israel’
    NY: 10/23/2011 — #OccupyWallStreet Supporter Rants Against Israel, Jews
    NY: 10/22/2011 — #Occupy Kid: ‘Burn Wall Street, Burn!’
    NY: 10/21/2011 — New Yorkers Fed Up With Noisy, Defecating Protesters
    Oakland: 10/21/2011 — Occupy Oakland Evicted After Reports Of Crime And Intimidation
    Oakland: 10/19/2011 — #OccupyOakland Out Of Control: Rats, Graffiti, Vandalism, Sexual Harassment, Public Sex and Urination
    Chicago: 10/26/2011 – Occupiers Under Investigation By FBI For Links to Terrorism
    Cleveland: 10/29/2011 — Rape reported at occupy Cleveland
    Dallas: 10/24/2011 — Police Investigating Possible Sexual Assault Of Teen At Occupy Dallas
    Bloomington, IN: 10/26/2011 — Man claims Occupy Bloomington protesters drugged, handcuffed him
    NY: 10/10/2011 — Sex, drugs and hiding from the law at Wall Street protests
    Glasgow: 10/26/2011 — Woman gang-raped
    Boston: 10/23/2011 — Occupy Boston Protesters Arrested For Dealing Heroin – With 6 Year-Old in Tent
    Portland: 10/16/2011 – Sex offender registers Occupy Portland camp as address
    Denver: 10/15/2011 — Occupy Denver demonstrator accused of groping TV photographer
    Lawrence, KS: 10/25/2011 — Sexual Assault Reported at Occupy camp
    Minneapolis, MN: Bricks, rocks, ‘riot supplies’ discovered by police
    Phoenix, AZ: 10/27/2011 — Neo-Nazis Patrol “Occupy Phoenix” With AR-15′s
    Chicago: 10/26/2011 — Occupy Chicago Invades City Hall
    10/26/2011 — ACORN, Occupy Email talks about assault on banks
    10/26/2011 – OccupyWallStreet Strategy for Reports of Violence Against Cops
    Chicago: 10/26/2011 — Unrepentant Domestic Terrorist Bill Ayers wows Occupiers
    Chicago: 10/25/2011 — Ayers Coaches #OccupyChicago, Callsg for School ‘Occupations’
    10/26/2011 — Occupy protests have Jewish leaders concerned
    Wash DC: 10/27/2011 – OccupyDC Leftists Provoke Police – Hang Flag on Top of DC Statue
    Albuquerque, NM: 10/26/2011 — Occupy Squatters Riot With Police
    San Diego: 10/25/2011 — Flag Used as Chew Toy By Occupier’s Dog
    Oakland: 10/25/2011 — Occupiers throw bottles at police
    NY: 10/27/2011 — Occupy Wall Street Protesters: Rush Limbaugh Is Bigger Threat Than Al-Qaeda
    10/27/2011 — Occupy Wall Street Launching First Nationwide General Strike In America Since 1946
    NY: 10/28/2011 — Fox 5 News Reporter Assaulted At OWS
    10/28/2001 — Total Occupy Arrests made thus far: 2750
    Nashville: 10/28/2011 — 30 arrests made at Wall St. Protest
    NY: 10/20/2011 — Former Marine tries to taunt police into violence
    NY: 1023/2011 — Islamist group joins with Occupy Wall Street
    Los Angeles: 10/13/2011 — Round up of Overt Occupy anti-Semitism
    NY: 10/12/2011 — There are No Anti-Semites at Occupy Wall Street. Except for This Guy
    Missoula, MT: 10/20/2011 — Drunk 11-Year-Old At Occupy Missoula, Adult Arrested
    Oakland: 10/28/2011 — Bounty Out On Police Officer?

    http://biggovernment.com/jjmnolte/2011/10/28/occupywallstreet-the-rap-sheet-so-far/

    • DeniseVB, on October 28, 2011 at 2:51 pm said:

      Love the Devil :)

      • WMCB, on October 28, 2011 at 3:06 pm said:

        I don’t always agree with Breitbart, or his way of being sensationalistic – but the man has big brass ones when it comes to challenging the establishment media on their bullshit, I’ll give him that. :D

  4. Lola-at-Large, on October 28, 2011 at 12:38 pm said:

    I like the idea of bicycle generators. Seems like a reasonable compromise.

  5. myiq2xu, on October 28, 2011 at 12:49 pm said:

    “That’s what this whole thing is about – occupying public space,” said Josh Chavanne, 29, of Oakland, one of several people who have moved back into the plaza. “We’re here because many of us believe it is our right as human beings to decolonize property.”

    http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/10/28/BANB1LNK52.DTL#ixzz1c6kBAKkP

  6. swanspirit, on October 28, 2011 at 2:07 pm said:

    Speaking of banging heads on desks ..someone posted a sign from OWS that said ” I don’t mind you being rich , I mind you buying my government ” and commented ,even Fox viewers should get that !!!
    Really, someone, please , explain to me HOW STUPID you have to be, not to know ; that you cannot buy anything that is not for sale??

    • DandyTiger, on October 28, 2011 at 2:33 pm said:

      Which of course begs the question, why are they protesting the buyers only and not the sellers? If it isn’t wall street buying influence, it will be oil, auto, china, etc., etc. Oh wait, that would mean protesting Obama… ah, yea. Never mind.

  7. WMCB, on October 28, 2011 at 2:23 pm said:

    You know, re: Oakland, it is very hard to know what happened when there are protestors in the crowd deliberately trying to make it worse.

    In this video with the tear gas cannisters going off, you can also hear the distinctive popping of firecrackers all throughout the crowd. At around 36 seconds, you can see some sort of firework hit the ground midscreen – it is way too small to be teargas, and looks to have been tossed by one of the running young men. Who the fuck knows what else the insane dudebro anarchists set off to make the police “attack” look worse than it was?

    The problem with lying about what you are doing, and trying to manufacture police brutality (which has consistently happened at OWS
    sites – from charging police to lying under their motorcycles claiming to have been “run over”) is that people wonder to what lengths you would go to provoke violence or the illusion thereof.

    • yttik, on October 28, 2011 at 2:31 pm said:

      I know! We don’t know what hit that Iraqi vet. It could have been a bottle from another protester. If you watch the video there is no smoke or tear gas anywhere near him and you can clearly see him on the ground. It stands to reason that if he was hit by a tear gas container, he would be surrounded by smoke and gas, but he isn’t.

  8. votermom, on October 28, 2011 at 2:40 pm said:

    OT Anyone know who Herb Allison is?

    The White House has ordered a review of the Energy Department’s loan guarantee program in the wake of a growing scandal over Solyndra, a California-based solar company that went bankrupt after receiving a $528 million federal loan.
    …
    Daley said he’s tapping Herb Allison, a former Treasury official, to conduct the 60-day review. Following the review, Allison will issue a report to the administration.
    “I look forward to getting to work examining the Energy Department’s loan portfolio,” Allison said. “This administration clearly recognizes the challenges and opportunities that coexist with these programs. My goal is to assess the current financial state of the portfolio and to ensure effective monitoring and management of the loan portfolio going forward.”

    Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/10/28/white-house-to-review-energy-department-loans-in-wake-solyndra-scandal/#ixzz1c7BuGP4n

  9. votermom, on October 28, 2011 at 3:18 pm said:

    Grizly Fest has a survey on what to talk about tomorrow

    http://grizzlyfest.com/2011/10/28/vote-on-the-restoration-principles/

    (and if you give your email there is a raffle for free stuff)

  10. soupcity, on October 28, 2011 at 3:51 pm said:

    OT but seasonal: Really cool pumpkin carving here

    http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/39421834?gt1=43001

  11. parentofed, on October 29, 2011 at 12:14 am said:

    Uh, I can’t believe NYC and other places want this kind of ugliness going on now that the holiday season will soon start. What will Bloomie and the rest do about that? Can’t imagine tourists wondering if stuff will turn nasty now that the protesters want to spread out at will.

    While NYC holds holiday charms that can’t be replicated elsewhere, the Rockettes have a group tour Nashville in Dec and Branson does shows, etc.
    I wonder if the protests will affect tourist $$.

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