“Day of Rage:” Alinskyites call for pointless mass sleepover on Wall Street

What do they want? They’re not really sure.
When do they want it? For a couple of months, or until the weather gets too cold, anyway.
A bunch of adrift Alinskyites and disorganized organizers from a group called “Adbusters” are converging in New York City for some reason or other. They’re bringing tents, sleeping bags, yoga instructors, face paint — and at some point, they’ll get around to deciding what their “one demand” is:
On Saturday thousands of us will occupy Wall Street. We will wave our signs, unfurl our banners, beat our drums, chant our slogans … and then we’ll get down to business and hold several people’s assemblies to decide what our “one demand” will be.
Shall we demand that President Obama reinstate the Glass-Steagall Act; outlaw flash trading; impose a 1% tax on all financial transactions?
These are good ideas but not very energizing.
How about we demand the revocation of corporate personhood?
Feels a bit too abstract. Many Americans don’t fully grasp what’s at stake with this one. And besides, even if he wants to, President Obama cannot deliver this immediately. In the wake of the recent Supreme Court ruling, a reform project like this requires a constitutional amendment that would take a few years and a whole movement to achieve.
We could demand Obama set up an American Democracy Reform Commission tasked with ending the monied corruption in Washington? Or perhaps a Presidential Commission to rethink the American banking system?
Most Americans know that Washington is awash with corporate money and undue influence and would like to see democracy vibrant again. And most would also love to see the “too big to fail” banks broken up, downsized and made to serve the people, the economy and society again. A demand along those lines just might capture the public’s imagination.
What if, try as we might, we just can’t come up with only one demand? Well, then maybe we can decide together on an END THE MONIED CORRUPTION OF AMERICA MANIFESTO – a rousing compendium of our most urgent demands. And on the seventh day of our occupation we publicly deliver our manifesto to the White House and to the American media, letting Obama know that we won’t leave Wall Street until he responds.
The Left’s slumber party protesters say they’ll stay “at least a few months” until they get their way, whatever it is! Occupy Wall Street!:
On September 17, we want to see 20,000 people flood into lower Manhattan, set up tents, kitchens, peaceful barricades and occupy Wall Street for a few months. Once there, we shall incessantly repeat our one simple demand until Barack Obama capitulates.
Hey, someone notify Attttaaaaack Waaaaaatch!
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Steve Eggleston tweets: ” If it’s anything like the Madison [WI] Days of Rage, they’re in Cabela’s tents with a Starbucks in 1 hand & an iPhone in the 2nd.
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Gas and riot shields. We must be guerilla
Posted 3 days ago by anonymous
Be prepared. We need to be a mobile force. A modern army of nonviolent protest. They will bring tear gas, riot shields, undercovers, and rubber bullets. I’m sure they’ll have choppers a waiting too.
We will bring our bodies, spirits, our legs to stand on, our voices to speak with, and our hearts.
America will know the truth. We are legion. We do not forgive, we do not forget.
Our strength will be in our numbers, and our ability to mobilize. We can blend in with the general population. And we will carry our message by standing with signs and sleeping on our homeland, our right as Americans. We are tired of the never ending lies. America needs to find her new path, and we will not rest until we are there.
Get ready to stand, speak, and sleep for months on the streets of NYC. This revolution will not be stopped by riot shields, teargas, or force. We are legion. We demand change. Our force is in our multitude, and our ability to mobilize.
Guerilla style…
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The aimless revolution will be televised. Day of Rage festivities are streaming here.
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It’s fitting that the name of the biggest “celebrity” promoting Day of Rage rhymes with “Loopy Fiasco:”
Rapper Lupe Fiasco has donated tents for the day, and written a sort of poem called “Moneyman” to inspire protesters. On Twitter, supporters rallied around the hashtags #usdor, #sept17, and #occupywallstreet. The plan to “occupy” Wall Street has already spread to plans for protests in Los Angeles, Austin, Portland, Ore., and other cities.
It is unclear exactly what these protests might look like — whether they will take on energy of the protests in Egypt or fall flat like those in Israel today. Survival Web site Off the Grid Living is worried that the protests could turn violent.
But one supporter, a geographer in California, wrote Thursday: “I’d like to say (that to begin) to take back your freedom, all you need is to stand on the sidewalk on September 17.”
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“We will bring our bodies, spirits, our legs to stand on, our voices to speak with, and our hearts.”
In the next breath:
“America will know the truth. We are legion. We do not forgive, we do not forget.”
So these people will bring their hearts but will not forgive or forget. Judging by that they should be able to transport all their hearts in one small Starbucks cup.
This is just practice for them until they really have to live on the street full time. Socialism creates poverty. Demanding prosperity doesn’t create skills to create wealth. The ideas from the 60s were bad enough the first time, recycling hasn’t made them better.
According to Fox News “Hundreds of demonstrators gathered”. If the protest spreads, who will notice?
Woodstock without the music and mud! Demanding money earned by others while they have a sit in. We have an entire generation knowing nothing except how to be lazy and boring. Boring each other into staying home might be a good thing.
By this time next week, NYPD will have to use a water cannon to clean these twits up and get rid of the stench. That-is, unless Mayor Bloomberg provides them with portable bath houses and porta-potties, which he (another twit) is likely to do.
…and still have room for a double shot of expresso.
Why?
Wall Street is one of Obama’s biggest allies.
The crony captialists and marxists go hand in hand.
Wall Street isn’t worried, this is all theatre, street theatre. They’re still getting bailed out of their recklessness and fraud. Fannie just bought more bad mortgages from Bank of Amexica.
They’re leftists. Thus they will impose on others. They’ll come to some guy’s home or business and plug in there, running up their electric bill.
Losers.
I hope they broker and and accomplish nothing (surprise) when they are done.
Shouldn’t it be taxpayers who should have a day of rage? It should be in November in 2012.
I’ll pray for an early winter in NY, see how strong their resolve is against “global smarming”
Day of FAIL: Nationwide anti-capitalist revolution flops
Zombie
September 17 was supposed to be the Day of Rage, the starting point of an anti-capitalist revolution that (in theory) was going to sweep the country coast-to-coast. As I noted yesterday, “The plan is to protest in state capitals and major cities across the nation, but the focus of the revolution will be in New York, where a hoped-for 20,000 anti-capitalists will ‘occupy’ Wall Street.”
I dutifully sent my operatives out to cover what were to be three of the largest Day of Rage protests — in New York, San Francisco, and Los Angeles — so humanity would have a full record of this pivotal moment in history.
Really, I should have learned my lesson by now: The bigger the build-up to a protest, and the more grandiose the promises, the louder the sound of the bellyflop onto the dustbin of irrelevancy.
In other words: “Day of Rage” was a massive FAIL.
http://pajamasmedia.com/zombie/2011/09/18/day-of-fail-nationwide-anti-capitalist-revolution-flops/?singlepage=true
I can’t figure that out Green eyed Lady they had face painting and everything. Shesh what more can a communist want?
Maybe if Country Joe and the Fish were there…
forgiveness takes intelligence. it means looking at the big picture with understanding and objectivity. if you say you can’t forgive, then you’re saying you can all go to hell.
They fail to grasp the irony of that idea. “Monied corruption” thy name is Obama.
Know what is Ironic? Every time I log into the LIVE stream of the event, I am greated with a 30 second commercial by an “EVIL” Corporation.
LOL
These protestors rely heavily on Facebook, Twitter and other internet resources that are provided to them at ZERO cost by evil corporations.
Its supposed to rain tomorrow in NY. By Wednesday these losers will be gone…
Pony rides, a petting zoo and a clown making balloon animals.
As with our current adminstration, this is another replay on history. As in Russia 1917, Germany 1933, and Austria 1938. It all comes from the same play-book.
Their left coast counterparts do the same thing every day on the streets of San Francisco, and look where that got ‘em. Just a lot of poop in the parks.
Errah, Ahhh unwashed aging liberal hippie douches camping out reminds me of this quote . . . . .
“It did sound a little wet, there didn’t it? Right at the end! Oooh! Heh-heh-heh. Let’s have a smell all right? Hmmm, wafting, wafting. Ooh, everyone likes their own brand, don’t they? Oh, this is magic! All right, analysis. Smells like carrots in throw-up! Ooh, that could gag a maggot! I smell like hot sick ass on a dead carcass! Even stink would say that stinks! You know when you go into an apartment building and you smell the other people’s cooking on each floor and you go “What are they cookin’?” That, plus crap!”
Errah, Hopefully New York’s finest will be out in force and passing out wood shampoos. Apply, Rinse, Repeat!
Speaking of commies, they’re getting too close to home from my perspective. I just heard from a friend that some elementary school teachers in Lynn, MA are now suddenly being forced to use a lesson plan developed by commie Lev Vygotsky called “Tools of the Mind” to convert kindergarteners on up into useful little collectivists.
In his own words: http://www.marxists.org/archive/vygotsky/works/1926/educational-psychology/ch12.htm :
So just throw all discipline to the wind and let a group of children decide what is acceptable behavior! Let me guess, because the parents of children in places like Lynn tend to be immigrants with less command of the English language and therefore more trusting of what their children are being taught – they’ll be less likely to complain about their children being indoctrinated with atheistic collectivist claptrap.
Many came to the USA to ESCAPE communism and here it’s being taught to their children! I didn’t think I could despise commies any more than I already did – and then I heard about this….
OMG…I cant stop laughing at the live video feed….BWAHAHAHAH..
not even 300 drunken hippies lying around on the sidewalk, waiting for a text from mommy to come home for dinner, BWWWAHHHAAAA!
Here’s another attack watch parody video, it’s kind of funny!
http://youtu.be/M-I4qwaskxg
If these smelly hippies are still there they’ll be gone by tomorrow. Why? The weather forecast is for thunderstorms and a high of 65 degrees.
First of all, these scummy leftists hate getting wet as it reminds them of bathing. Two, getting wet and chilly temperatures is going to send them back to local CPUSA headquarters for a cup of soy tea and a charge for their iPhone.
My favorite part of the Adbusters live video feed is that it starts with an ad.
My second favorite part of this is that the aim of their “global revolution” is to set up a committee.
So they decide to get together to figure out a reason why they need to get together. They’re upset, and they’re not going to take it anymore, just as soon as they figure out what “it” is.
For some reason, the entire charade reminds me of the scene from “History of the World Part I” where Captain Mucus has gotten stoned from the smoke from the giant joint, gotten off his chariot, and says:
I used to watch Jerry Springer to feel better about myself…the live feed of freaks and geeks camping out in NYC is better. I don’t need a shrink no mo’.
Thanks for everything as usual, Michelle.
So…I had to go back to the “live” feed…I don’t think it’s exactly “live” anymore…
Anyway..NYPD is demanding that tarps tied to trees be removed (its raining in the NYC area today)….
So..the smelly, hairy, whiny and now wet hippies are calling for “GENERAL ASSEMBLY”…and drones all repeat “GENERAL ASSEMBLY” and decide what to do about NYPD’s demand….
I’m sorry if I find this thing too entertaining, it’s perfect with my morning coffee.