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Anonymous's Occupation Of Wall Street Begins At Noon (Slept Late)
Gothamist ^ | 9/17/2011 | Christopher Robbins

Posted on 09/17/2011 8:49:07 AM PDT by RightGeek

A loose coalition of left-leaning groups like Adbusters and Anonymous are beginning their "occupation" of Wall Street today at noon. Their goal is to "see 20,000 people flood into lower Manhattan, set up tents, kitchens, peaceful barricades, and occupy Wall Street for a few months." According to the protest's website, a "leaked bulletin from the New York Police Department reveals that they expect at least 5,000" to show up today, and ask participants to being "warm clothing" along with other provisions due to the recent cold snap. Mayor Bloomberg told his eponymous news organization, "People have a right to protest, and if they want to protest, we’ll be happy to make sure they have locations to do it. As long as they do it where other people’s rights are respected, this is the place where people can speak their minds …"

Once in place, the protesters claim they will "incessantly repeat our one simple demand until Barack Obama capitulates," but what exactly is that demand? We won't know until a week from now, when they "publicly deliver [their] manifesto to the White House and to the American media," but looking at their list of possibilities, they are anything but "simple." Then again, neither are the problems.

The occupation won't be entirely "peaceful," as Anonymous is promising to roll out a new, more powerful hacking tool to cripple websites. According to ITWorld, the group recently tested it by bringing down WikiLeaks and Twitter. If the protesters make it until Monday, they'll be able to greet President Obama as he swings into town to speak to the UN and schmooze with wealthy donors.

"If we have peaceful assemblies and debates about what our demands to President Obama should be, then bit by bit we can create a situation that will rival what happened in Egypt," the editor of Adbusters tells CNN. While the occupation begins at 12:00 p.m. at North Bowling Green, the protest will amass in earnest at 3:00 p.m. at Chase Plaza.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: anarchists; anonymous; hippies; lefties; radicals; usefulidiots; wallstreet
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To: john drake

Ah yes, the good old days - http://www.examiner.com/conservative-politics-in-national/hard-hat-riots-a-forgotten-chapter-sixties-history-echo-tea-parties-of-today

Construction workers at the World Trade Center building site got wind of the plan. When anti-war protester assembled at the George Washington statue on Wall Street that day -- complete with Viet Cong flags -- suits and hard hats joined forces against the hippies...

41 posted on 09/17/2011 10:07:37 AM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: john drake

Ah yes, the good old days - http://www.examiner.com/conservative-politics-in-national/hard-hat-riots-a-forgotten-chapter-sixties-history-echo-tea-parties-of-today

Construction workers at the World Trade Center building site got wind of the plan. When anti-war protester assembled at the George Washington statue on Wall Street that day -- complete with Viet Cong flags -- suits and hard hats joined forces against the hippies...

42 posted on 09/17/2011 10:07:58 AM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: RightGeek

A Few Months””

Obviously, these butned out hippies & trust fund babies don’t have calendars in their possession.

Rain-Sleet-Snow- will not be very pleasant in tents in the coming months.


43 posted on 09/17/2011 10:11:10 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: RightGeek

Can anyone come up with a live video feed address for this; wanna see how many are dressed up as the Grim Reeper.


44 posted on 09/17/2011 10:13:02 AM PDT by joelt
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To: RightGeek
I'll let folks like Glenn Beck get all apocalyptic about this phony, baloney, fake rage protest. I think these artificial protests are a joke.

You just know these creeps envy the true protests that are the Tea Party. They've never seen anything like the Tea Party...which is a true, grassroots movement.

45 posted on 09/17/2011 10:16:25 AM PDT by Artcore
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To: joelt
http://www.livestream.com/globalrevolution - Interviewing moonbats for the most part
46 posted on 09/17/2011 10:17:28 AM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: mnehring

Resist we much...


47 posted on 09/17/2011 10:18:58 AM PDT by Zeppo ("Happy Pony is on - and I'm NOT missing Happy Pony")
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To: ZOOKER
I'm still trying to get my head around the fact that 5000 people will show up and risk arrest, when they don't even know what they're protesting against.

Do leftists *ever* know what they are protesting against?

48 posted on 09/17/2011 10:35:47 AM PDT by exDemMom (Now that I've finally accepted that I'm living a bad hair life, I'm more at peace with the world.)
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To: RightGeek

Yep, this takes me back to 1970, when smelly people raised hell on the Ohio State campus making things difficult for people trying to get to classes and to work. They didn’t get out of bed until noon, however, so it was possible to get the buildings where the science classes were concentrated if you went there in the morning.


49 posted on 09/17/2011 10:36:14 AM PDT by Nepeta
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To: RightGeek

Put that energy into getting a job. Any job is better than protesting and being a nuisance.


50 posted on 09/17/2011 10:42:15 AM PDT by pallis
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To: RightGeek

Anonymous is the same group causing trouble in the BART system of Mass Transit in San Fran.


51 posted on 09/17/2011 11:00:11 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: ken5050
There are actually quite a few bars and pubs down there that should be open.

Stone Street (off Pearl Street) is having their Oysterfest today. I was thinking about going later for the music.

52 posted on 09/17/2011 11:15:41 AM PDT by Tanniker Smith (I didn't know she was a liberal when I married her.)
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To: ridesthemiles

Anonymous is also the group that is hacking and crashing all of the websites including Sony and others.
YouTube “Anonymous “ they are a creepy bunch.


53 posted on 09/17/2011 11:19:23 AM PDT by PMAS
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To: ridesthemiles
Rain-Sleet-Snow- will not be very pleasant in tents in the coming months.

Really. This will last until the rains come in October. Hopefully though, not until pneumonia thins the herd a bit...

54 posted on 09/17/2011 11:36:55 AM PDT by Kenton (Barack Obama - Lowering American Expectations Since 2008)
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To: brytlea; steve86

You think what we have now is free market capitalism??

Gov/corporate cronyism backroom deals with industry/and their handmaidens writing legislation? The ordinary regular people are getting the shaft, huge corps are getting bailouts and special deals, and politicians are getting their cuts.

Crony crapitalism slash crony socialism.

Oh, I just saw this headline, looks relevant,, I will read in a bit:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2779887/posts

Credit Crisis the Result of Greatest Financial Crime in World History: Where are convictions?
FINANCIAL SENSE ^ | 09/16/2011 | James J Puplava

Posted on Saturday, September 17, 2011 10:34:06 AM by delacoert

Where are all the convictions?

(more at FR link)


55 posted on 09/17/2011 11:42:56 AM PDT by little jeremiah (We will have to go through hell to get out of hell.)
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To: mnehring

Been busting their ba**s all morning as I am home sick in bed. rational_jingo


56 posted on 09/17/2011 11:49:23 AM PDT by riri
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To: little jeremiah

I didn’t address any of that. I simply stated that anarchy is not an acceptable alternative. If that’s what you want, have it for yourself. As for myself and my family, I’m not for it. And if the anarchists win, the vacuum will be filled with far worse than crony capitalists.


57 posted on 09/17/2011 12:05:11 PM PDT by brytlea (Wake me when it's over...)
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To: RightGeek

Oh, found this if anyone wants to see images.
http://twitcaps.com/s/%23occupywallstreet%20


58 posted on 09/17/2011 12:08:09 PM PDT by brytlea (Wake me when it's over...)
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To: RightGeek

Just curious about something.

How do you go about having a “Day of Rage” with a bunch of pot heads?

Shouldn’t they call it a “Day of Mellow”?


59 posted on 09/17/2011 12:16:58 PM PDT by IMR 4350
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To: brytlea; steve86
This is what steve86 said, he didn't choose anarchy (nor do I!) so I don't know where you got that idea from:

Your comment:

.I didn’t address any of that. I simply stated that anarchy is not an acceptable alternative. If that’s what you want, have it for yourself. As for myself and my family, I’m not for it. And if the anarchists win, the vacuum will be filled with far worse than crony capitalists.

Steve86's comment:

I am equally opposed to the Anonymous anarchy culture and the fascist-facilitating Wall Street culture. No favorites at all.

60 posted on 09/17/2011 12:32:42 PM PDT by little jeremiah (We will have to go through hell to get out of hell.)
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