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Occupy Wall Street rallies headed to Wisconsin
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ^ | Oct. 3, 2011 2:08 p.m. | Sharif Durhams

Posted on 10/03/2011 2:13:17 PM PDT by Hunton Peck

Local offshoots of the Occupy Wall Street demonstration that has taken over a park in New York's financial district are being organized in Wisconsin.

Participants have rallied near Wall Street for three weeks against what they perceive as corporate greed and economic inequality. A flash point sparked over the weekend when about 700 participants were arrested as they marched in vehicle travel lanes of the Brooklyn Bridge.

Organizers in Milwaukee, Madison and Appleton are planning rallies Oct. 15 as part of an International Day of Action in support of the protests.

Organizers of the Milwaukee event plan a rally at the Chase Bank branch in downtown Milwaukee, according to Facebook page set up for the event. Those in Madison plan a rally "on or around" Oct. 15 at the State Capitol square. Both pages were linked to a site put together by organizers of the Wall Street rally that was featured in Monday's Wall Street Journal.

The Occupy Milwaukee Facebook page created a week ago had nearly 2,000 followers Monday afternoon while Madison's page had more than 2,200 followers. A page for Appleton has more than 500 followers.


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People get ready...
1 posted on 10/03/2011 2:13:22 PM PDT by Hunton Peck
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To: Hunton Peck

Wisconsin? I assume there is an indoor venue there?


2 posted on 10/03/2011 2:13:56 PM PDT by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Zombie alert ping!


3 posted on 10/03/2011 2:14:11 PM PDT by Hunton Peck (See my FR homepage for a list of businesses that support WI Gov. Scott Walker)
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To: Hunton Peck

Great, just what WI needs. More hipsters screaming on the streets.


4 posted on 10/03/2011 2:14:21 PM PDT by therightliveswithus
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To: Hunton Peck

—People get ready...—

I have been waiting for almost three years for a “critical mass” event to finally collapse the house of cards. Could these silly rally’s be it?


5 posted on 10/03/2011 2:14:57 PM PDT by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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To: cuban leaf

Or will these events just be the multiple exploding-bridgewire detonator for the REAL critical mass explosion.


6 posted on 10/03/2011 2:16:07 PM PDT by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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To: Hunton Peck

I wonder if we took photographs of the protesters at the Wisconsin capitol earlier this year and compared them to the protesters on Wall Street if we would see a lot of the same people running the protests.


7 posted on 10/03/2011 2:18:21 PM PDT by Rad_J
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To: Hunton Peck; TaMoDee; P from Sheb; Shady; DonkeyBonker; Wisconsinlady; JPG; bushwon; ...
Wisconsin Politics Ping List Ping!
8 posted on 10/03/2011 2:18:35 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: Hunton Peck

—near Wall Street for three weeks —

Gerald Celente warned “When people have lost everything and have nothing to lose, they lose it.”

I think we may finally be seeing that critical mass in action. these folks, missguided though their proposed solutions may be, have no jobs and are beginning to figure out that they and their country have no future. So they have the time and inclination to “lose it”. It is possible these really could go nationwide and, possibly, go violent, with the right catalyst.


9 posted on 10/03/2011 2:20:32 PM PDT by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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To: cuban leaf

Well if it gets chilly out and they need to take a leak or sleep over for a few weeks, there’s always the Capitol building...


10 posted on 10/03/2011 2:23:55 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: Hunton Peck

Just wondering....who the heck pays for the i phones they all seem to have, as well as travel money? Who is paying their rent while they are “protesting”? Who is paying for the college bill they seem to be complaining about? Who is taking care of their family and pets while they “travel” the US in their protests?

And what the heck exactly are they protesting against?


11 posted on 10/03/2011 2:25:34 PM PDT by NoGrayZone ("Islamophobia: The irrational fear of being beheaded." Andrew Klavan of PJTV)
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To: cuban leaf

Shhhhhh! Don’t tell them it gets cold there.


12 posted on 10/03/2011 2:26:31 PM PDT by liberalh8ter
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To: NoGrayZone
Just wondering....who the heck pays for the i phones they all seem to have, as well as travel money? Who is paying their rent while they are “protesting”? Who is paying for the college bill they seem to be complaining about? Who is taking care of their family and pets while they “travel” the US in their protests?

George Soros, Tides Foundation, Ford Foundation and re elect Obama.

13 posted on 10/03/2011 2:27:39 PM PDT by scooby321
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To: Hunton Peck

“Participants have rallied near Wall Street for three weeks against what they perceive as corporate greed and economic inequality.”

Economic inequality? I’d suggest spending less time protesting and more time actually gaining skills or doing WORK.


14 posted on 10/03/2011 2:29:48 PM PDT by Made In The USA (This post may be recorded for quality purposes.)
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To: cuban leaf
They do not care about jobs! One guy that was interviewed said - That if the rich were taxed more that "he" would have enough money to buy more. And a young gal was ask if a corporate came down and offered her a job, would she accept it? Absolutely Not!

These people do not want responsibility they want hand outs. They want to have their school loans forgiven.

15 posted on 10/03/2011 2:29:56 PM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: cuban leaf
"I think we may finally be seeing that critical mass in action. these folks, missguided though their proposed solutions may be, have no jobs"

Have you seen any of the videos? If they have "no jobs" who the heck is paying for all their i phones? Who is paying the rent? Who is taking care of their families and pets while they are out "protesting"?

16 posted on 10/03/2011 2:30:53 PM PDT by NoGrayZone ("Islamophobia: The irrational fear of being beheaded." Andrew Klavan of PJTV)
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To: cuban leaf
these folks, missguided though their proposed solutions may be, have no jobs and are beginning to figure out that they and their country have no future. So they have the time and inclination to “lose it”. It is possible these really could go nationwide and, possibly, go violent, with the right catalyst.

Most of these are unemployed rich spoiled-brat humanities majors who have never actually had a coherent thought in their entire lives, and have done only about 2 hours and 37 minutes of actual labor since birth. They are not angry because they don't have jobs. They are angry because, upon graduation, they will be required to get them.

17 posted on 10/03/2011 2:32:51 PM PDT by Thane_Banquo
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To: cuban leaf
these folks, missguided though their proposed solutions may be, have no jobs and are beginning to figure out that they and their country have no future. So they have the time and inclination to “lose it”. It is possible these really could go nationwide and, possibly, go violent, with the right catalyst.

Most of these are unemployed rich spoiled-brat humanities majors who have never actually had a coherent thought in their entire lives, and have done only about 2 hours and 37 minutes of actual labor since birth. They are not angry because they don't have jobs. They are angry because, upon graduation, they will be required to get them.

18 posted on 10/03/2011 2:32:53 PM PDT by Thane_Banquo
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To: cuban leaf

The people who’ve lost the most under 0bama and the rest of the Corruptocracy are the ones at Tea Party rallies. These Leftish protesters seem to be mostly trust-funders, chronic college students and the other usual whining ne’er-do-wells who don’t have a lot to worry about nor the brains to worry with.

I don’t think these “Occupy” protests mean squat except as an annoyance and opportunity to watch dumb animals without paying an admission fee at the zoo.


19 posted on 10/03/2011 2:33:21 PM PDT by Hunton Peck (See my FR homepage for a list of businesses that support WI Gov. Scott Walker)
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To: Rad_J; Hunton Peck
"I wonder if we took photographs of the protesters at the Wisconsin capitol earlier this year and compared them to the protesters on Wall Street if we would see a lot of the same people running the protests."

We don't have to take photographs of them. They're all doing it themselves with their i phones and expensive equipment "to get the word out". I just wonder, if they have no job or money, who is paying for these i phones and equipment?

20 posted on 10/03/2011 2:34:57 PM PDT by NoGrayZone ("Islamophobia: The irrational fear of being beheaded." Andrew Klavan of PJTV)
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