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Kanye West Crashes Occupy Wall Street With Russell Simmons
Reuters ^ | October 10, 2011 | Lucas Shaw

Posted on 10/10/2011 8:38:40 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Ladies and gentleman, Kanye West is in the building. Or in this case, outside of it.

The outspoken rapper paid a visit to the Occupy Wall Street protests Monday afternoon, led by rap mogul Russell Simmons. Simmons was there to appear on Reverend Al Sharpton’s radio show, which the MSNBC primetime host was broadcasting live from the park.

The media spotlight on the movement has not faded and celebrity interest hasn't abated. Organization, however, is still lacking and political goals still need unpacking.

As the protests enter their fourth week, and copycat demonstrations proliferate as far as Fort Myers, Fla. -- population 48,000 and change -- media attention continues to grow. But that attention is often uncontrolled as the organization continues to find its footing.....

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Local News; Music/Entertainment; Politics; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: fleabaggers; hippies; newyork; occupywallstreet; rap
When will Chumley, the Kardashians and Jersey Shore crew show up? The Storage Wars people could let some of them live in empty units!
1 posted on 10/10/2011 8:38:49 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Kanye West is a gay fish!


2 posted on 10/10/2011 8:40:49 PM PDT by Hugin ("A man'll usually tell you his bad intentions if you listen and let yourself hear it"--- Open Range)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“Guys, I’m happy for ya, and I’ma let you finish, but the Million Man March was the greatest demonstration of all time. OF ALL TIME!”


3 posted on 10/10/2011 8:43:04 PM PDT by RichInOC (Sarah Palin is at war with the left. Most Freepers are just playing the video game.)
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To: RichInOC

As further evidence of the mob’s cluelessness, I wonder how many of them remember or know that their messiah reportedly dubbed their Kanye a “jackass”.


4 posted on 10/10/2011 8:48:30 PM PDT by treetopsandroofs (Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
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To: RichInOC

LOL!!! YOU BEAT ME TO IT. That was exactly what I was going to post.


5 posted on 10/10/2011 8:49:07 PM PDT by Ronin (If we were serious about using the death penalty as a deterrent, we would bring back public hangings)
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To: Hugin
They're all gay.
6 posted on 10/10/2011 8:52:22 PM PDT by rabidralph
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

But ... those guys ARE the “corporations”

I’ll just sit back and be amused I guess.


7 posted on 10/10/2011 9:06:34 PM PDT by dk88 (Keep your laws off my body)
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To: rabidralph

Can’t be, he converted to Islam, and we all know there are no gay people in Islam. /s


8 posted on 10/10/2011 9:13:15 PM PDT by doc1019 (You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I love it! hope this freak show goes on all year till a day before the election. Hannity was arguing with these moonbats as was Levin. WHY? Just shut up and let them mouth off! Repubs can save a ton of time and trouble campaigning. Just say “This is what your President supports”


9 posted on 10/10/2011 9:25:31 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Mark Halperin - Learned the hard way what happens when you speak the truth on PMSNBC.)
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To: dk88

maybe these 2 came to WallStreet to check out the people and see if this crowd would be marching on THEM to THEIR homes -it’s hard to tell with these college kids who have parked their boney azzez demanding what? these kids are so clueless-they should get with it & go back to class-these lowlifes.


10 posted on 10/10/2011 9:25:31 PM PDT by Mrs.ThurstonHowell
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

maybe I can approve him ripping microphones out of peoples hands there... God knows he makes a perfect spokesman.


11 posted on 10/10/2011 9:32:34 PM PDT by Walkingfeather
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Too bad they weren’t eaten.


13 posted on 10/10/2011 9:53:47 PM PDT by Mike Darancette (Psalm 109:8)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Here’s Russell getting programmed...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsK2WeO7VbQ


14 posted on 10/10/2011 10:11:11 PM PDT by ltc8k6
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
To be honest with you I am always amazed by the level of sheer lunacy (dare I say idiocy?) shown by these protestors. So, Kanye West (a guy with so much money that for his last video he trashed a US$350,000 Maybach ....had it ripped up with guys with saws and torches so he could drive around in a torn up car), and Russel Simmons is a businessman mogul who is not only one of the most powerful figures in the music industry (especially hip hop), but also one of the richest with a vast array of business interest spanning many areas (beyond music). So, those two chaps are part of the '99%?' Do the OWS people not see the irony? One person who not only trashes a Maybach like it is nothing and wears clothes only once; and another person who is far far far richer than the first and has a zen meditation room specifically built for that?

Yep, they are the 99%. Next you will see Russian oligarchs addressing the crowd and the Waltons feeling their needs.

As someone one said, commonsense is not common.

15 posted on 10/10/2011 10:42:12 PM PDT by spetznaz (Nuclear-tipped Ballistic Missiles: The Ultimate Phallic Symbol)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

It would amke an effective YouTube Campaign.


16 posted on 10/11/2011 12:11:39 AM PDT by Niuhuru (The Internet is the digital AIDS; adapting and successfully destroying the MSM host.)
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To: spetznaz

The liberal’s strategy is to apologize for his success in order to appease the envious.

Liberalism is thus not a political ideology or set of beliefs. It is an envy-deflection device, a psychological strategy to avoid being envied.

(excerpted from http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2002/1/20/231252.shtml)


17 posted on 10/11/2011 12:45:57 AM PDT by Blado (Audemus jura nostra defendere)
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