Alert reader Helen gram cracker posted a link to this CNN article in comments earlier today:
Occupy Wall Street activists plan to amass in Iowa one week before the Iowa caucuses – up to the day they’re held on Jan. 3, CNN has learned.
The plan has been dubbed the “First in the Nation Caucus Occupation” – a play on words for the first-in-the-nation presidential contest. The idea is to have activists from across the nation, and possibly beyond, descend on Iowa.
The plan: “people coming to Iowa, occupying every presidential (candidate’s) office, shutting them down until they start talking real turkey about what’s going on in this country, where the 99% of the people who are not benefiting, at the expense of the 1% who are getting away with murder,” said Frank Cordaro, one of the organizers.
So, I did a little research on this article after Helen gram cracker posted it. The guy who says he organized it is Frank Cordaro, a well-known enough (I can’t make this stuff up) Christian Anarchist to have his own Wiki page:
Frank Cordaro (born 1951) is a peace activist and co-founder of the Des Moines, Iowa Catholic Worker group. He frequently attends protests and gives lectures at school and community events in Nebraska and Iowa. He was a Roman Catholic priest from 1985 until leaving the priesthood in 2003 for personal reasons, including his wish to be released from the vow of celibacy.[1][2] He is known as a Christian anarchist and frequently participates in peace rallies involving civil disobedience.
So Frank used to be Father Frank, but renounced his vows at least in part because he said he wanted out of the vow of celibacy. (But not into the sanctity of marriage, Father? Tsk, tsk.)
Now, here’s where it gets interesting. Apparently there’s a video that’s gone viral on YouTube over the event, put out by Anonymous. Now Father Frank is taking pains to make sure that his idea is distanced from the Anonymous idea.
Cordaro said, “We’re not anonymous. We put out our names. You know where we live. We’re transparent. Everybody’s going to know exactly what we do and we’re going to be absolutely non-violent.”
Good luck putting the violence-cat back in the bag, Father. Actions have consequences, dude. Some of them are unintended.
Here’s the video:
I’m sure FOX news is behind this.
I have absolutely no evidence, but I believe it so it must be true.
Just come to a rally and try the Koolaid for yourself.
/zombie
{{sips kool-aid}} yea, come down man. Otherwise you just won’t “get it”.
And once you get bit there’s no coming back.
it’s the roach motel man.
“First In The Nation Caucus Occupation”
WTH… didn’t that already happen in 2008 Dem primary caucuses?
The locals would be all ” Hey, not this sh%$ again!
LOLsob–that is exactly what I came here to say! Dude — been there done that.
Hey!
What’s the baby news?
Little Amelia was born on Thursday afternoon. She is very sweet and although she still kind of looks like a pirate, she is rapidly cutening. We got home from the hospital last night.
Congratulations!
congratulations. I won the bet, the little lady has her own personal birthday.
Tell daddy the for the next 10 years he will have a female that thinks his is a god. then they become teenagers
Congrats! Babies are so wonderful!
Congratulations!
And what a beautiful name, Amelia. It probably sounds even better when your husband says it in French. đŸ˜‰
Thanks for sharing such wonderful news.
Congrats!!!!!!!!!
Woo hoo!! Congrats!
… although she still kind of looks like a pirate, she is rapidly cutening
Wait, you say that like pirates aren’t cute.
Thank you, everybody!
@HK–That is such a nice way to think of it! Her very first birthday present was that she got her OWN birthday. I think that my husband is really enjoying being the center of our little girls’ worlds–teenagerhood will undoubtedly be a rude awakening!
@Karma–It does sound nice in French, although I have already called her by her older sister’s name approximately 200 times.
@DT there are some very cute pirates out there. : ) But I’m not sure if she will enjoy seeing pictures of herself as a newborn looking like she came out with a parrot on her shoulder and an eyepatch. I think she was going more for a “little princess” kind of theme.
Congrats Jadzia!!! Squeeze that little one for me. Nothings better than a fresh, new baby. Hope you are feeling ok, too, mama.
WE WANT PICTURES! WE WANT PICTURES!
WHOSE PICTURES?
OUR PICTURES!
Wait . . . what?
Here she is:
http://toddlerism.blogspot.com/2011/11/quinta-est-nee.html
Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!
Girls are adorable until they are about 12-13, then it’s “Who are you and what have you done with my daughter?”
What a beauty! Look at all the hair, mine were all bald till they were three.
She is ADORABLE!
So sweeeet!
I bet they don’t occupy Obama’s offices.
They actually say they plan to. But I bet they won’t. Even if they did, what good would it do? He’s not being primaried.
Which is the main point of OWS. Surprise suckers, you’ve been had. Oh sorry, keep sipping the kool-aid, you’re changing the world man.
police raid zuccoti park
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Occupy-Wall-Street-Protests-Sweep-Cops-Riot-Gear-133859263.html
http://www.livestream.com/occupynyc
i just watched some of the live stream, these people are idiots
I already have a new post up about this
MORE: NYC mayor’s office orders protesters out of Zuccotti Park, says they can return – AP
this does not make good sense