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2011-10-04 Home Front: Politix

Small, but front-page WaPo stuff, building on yesterday's editorial about the lefty tea party dream.
New York's budding anti-capitalism protest movement began last month with a vague sense of grievance over the widening gap between the rich and poor in America.
So it should be anti-crony-capitalism.
But in three weeks, it has provided fuel for a broader national anti-corporate message, drawing inspiration from the Arab Spring but struggling to define its goals beyond a general feeling that power needs to be restored to ordinary people.
Power to the people! Why didn't we think of that slogan before? Oh, wait...somebody did.

On Monday morning, the scene at the heart of the self-styled Occupy Wall Street movement -- Zuccotti Park, two blocks north of Wall Street -- had the feeling of a street fair, with women in brightly colored wigs playing with hula hoops. The site www. occupytogether.org serves as a clearinghouse for information on the movement and includes a list of events around the country.
Check it out, Dudes! Front-page face time!
A collection of protesters wearing white face paint with streaks resembling blood at their lips conducted a "zombie parade" down Broadway to underscore what they see as the ghoulish nature of capitalism.
We want to model our movement after the Greeks - they aren't capitalists!
Despite having no single leader and no organized agenda, the protesters insist they are on the verge of translating their broad expression of grievance into a durable national cause.
Yeah! Just like the Tea Party! All they needed was a little media attention. And Sarah Palin. But we don't need Sarah - we got Arthur!
"The criticism has focused on the lack of cohesion in our message and demands," said Arthur Kohl-Riggs, 23, a political activist from ~~the loony farm of the midwest~~ Madison, Wis. But what the critics don't understand, he said, is "the value of forming a direct democratic movement" that is not controlled by political elites.
Sort of like those Tea party dudes, but more fair.
"Never mind those strings on my own back!"
The protests have drawn an assortment of anarchists, anti-globalization activists and disaffected 20-somethings from North Carolina, Minnesota and Wisconsin -- the type of polyglot crowd that has been known to disrupt International Monetary Fund and World Bank meetings.
What, there aren't any international meetings coming up? How will we fill our days?
But the efforts have also drawn support from union members, including New York transportation workers who allowed some of the protesters to take shelter inside the subway system.
Yeah! Our union brothers!
The primary theme is that corporate capitalists, backed by corrupt politicians, have tipped the balance of the economic system too far in favor of the powerful, thus condemning the regular guy to a sea of debt and little opportunity.
Where do the union big-shots fit in there - capitalists or politicians?
What he's really protesting is the current crony socialism...
The movement has struck a chord in some liberal New York circles, attracting ~~the usual fools, rubes and washed up~~ celebrities such as actress Susan Sarandon and ~~disgraced Democratic celebrity~~ former New York governor David Paterson. It also got a seal of approval from one of the world's most successful capitalists, billionaire George Soros, who said the demonstrators had every reason to be angry at the U.S. financial system for jeopardizing their future.
My irony meter melted and bubbled when I read that!

Posted by Bobby 2011-10-04 06:13|| || Front Page|| [11139 views ] Top

#1 I wondered why someone carried a coherent sign with an unusual message "End corporate personhood".

Well I can understand that, but thinking about it I wondered why he wasn't against all non-person personhoods...., corporations aren't the only ALE (Artificial Legal Entity). I think it's a power play for the Union-ALE that paid for his bus in...

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2011-10-04 07:42|| 2011-10-04 07:42|| Front Page Top

#2 The MSM is fawning over these clowns, but just can't grasp anything about the vastly larger Tea Party other than to demonize and slander. Their insolence is only compounded by ignoring one of the key messages of the Tea Party that is equally outraged at government crony capitalism and bailouts. Somehow the MSM disconnects the inbred relationship of its beloved massive government and the cronies.

Posted by Procopius2k 2011-10-04 08:05|| 2011-10-04 08:05|| Front Page Top

#3 I'm doing my part by boycotting big corporate newspapers like the Washington Post. Are you doing yours?

Posted by Eohippus Phater7165 2011-10-04 10:40|| 2011-10-04 10:40|| Front Page Top

#4 If you consider NPR part of the MSM, NPR has given minimal coverage to the OWS (Occupy Wall Street) people, and are receiving angry comments from their constituency about their failure to publicize it.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-10-04 15:27|| 2011-10-04 15:27|| Front Page Top

#5 Susan Sarandon, David Paterson, George Soros support this gathering? Wall Street, contrary to the notions of these street protesters, is largely liberal. I seems that this ends up being a blue-on-blue protest.

Posted by JohnQC 2011-10-04 17:13|| 2011-10-04 17:13|| Front Page Top

#6 I believe that much like the anti-war protests eventually these protests will start to backfire as people see the wacky-side of the socialist/anarchist/communists. Yeah the media will try to hide it but people have eyes and the freaks are drawn to these things like flies to dung.

Posted by rjschwarz 2011-10-04 22:54|| 2011-10-04 22:54|| Front Page Top

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