Occupy Protesters block cars at DNC

[Wamitoria]

I thought it weird how they choose to protest Obama and not us Republicans. If occupy turns on the Obama camp, which they have, all the better I say

I think some see Democrats as turncoats because they say they're pro-middle class and pro-worker but often don't come through. The GOP...Occupy knows where it stands. It's the hypocrisy, for many. I see it too, but I play both outside the system in Occupy and inside as a member of Progressive Democrats of America.

Good for you. The unwillingness of many in the movement to work inside the Democratic Party is what limits their strength, IMO.

[Communal Ecotopia]

I think some see Democrats as turncoats because they say they're pro-middle class and pro-worker but often don't come through. The GOP...Occupy knows where it stands. It's the hypocrisy, for many. I see it too, but I play both outside the system in Occupy and inside as a member of Progressive Democrats of America.

Good for you. The unwillingness of many in the movement to work inside the Democratic Party is what limits their strength, IMO.

There's a fear of control, though. Occupy is still trying to figure out how not to be used but, instead, to use the connections it can and disregard those who dismiss it.

[The Land Fomerly Known as Ligerplace]

Good for you. The unwillingness of many in the movement to work inside the Democratic Party is what limits their strength, IMO.

There's a fear of control, though. Occupy is still trying to figure out how not to be used but, instead, to use the connections it can and disregard those who dismiss it.

Never getting dependent on money would be a good thing to keep up.

[Wamitoria]

There's a fear of control, though. Occupy is still trying to figure out how not to be used but, instead, to use the connections it can and disregard those who dismiss it.

Never getting dependent on money would be a good thing to keep up.

At least not dependent upon money gifted from people with an agenda.

[Typhlochactas]

Given who wrote the OP I made sure to read this source carefully.

Says nothing about the president.

I repeat.

Says nothing about the president.

I beat you to it.

[Capitalist Running Dogs]

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/occupy-protesters-block-dnc-buses-184907071--politics.html

So the occupy protestors choose to descend on the DNC rather than the RNC. That was a surprise.

I think it is good they are not letting themselves become the DNC's tea party. Though I think they were a little disruptive and overboard in the manner of their protest.

What says NSG ?

Indeed, Occupy only seems to be "disruptive" and "overboard" when the protest liberals. And yet, they actually were at the RNC but, like the pussies and idiots they are, they ran away because the big bad tropical storm was coming. On a side note, I noticed how all reporting of storm damage in New Orleans has ceased since DNC started. Apparently storms are now political as well.

[Forster Keys]

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/occupy-protesters-block-dnc-buses-184907071--politics.html

So the occupy protestors choose to descend on the DNC rather than the RNC. That was a surprise.

I think it is good they are not letting themselves become the DNC's tea party. Though I think they were a little disruptive and overboard in the manner of their protest.

What says NSG ?

Indeed, Occupy only seems to be "disruptive" and "overboard" when the protest liberals. And yet, they actually were at the RNC but, like the pussies and idiots they are, they ran away because the big bad tropical storm was coming. On a side note, I noticed how all reporting of storm damage in New Orleans has ceased since DNC started. Apparently storms are now political as well.

In God We Trust.

[Sphyxia]

I had the fortuitous opportunity to speak at length with an Occupy organizer after he spoke at a debate earlier this year. Based on the views he espoused, I can see the Occupy movement taking a shot at the DNC and the Democratic party in general.

[North Calaveras]

I had the fortuitous opportunity to speak at length with an Occupy organizer after he spoke at a debate earlier this year. Based on the views he espoused, I can see the Occupy movement taking a shot at the DNC and the Democratic party in general.

They will take a shot at almost anything, then pee and shit on it(quite literally in some cases) then leave a trail of garbage and 911 calls in their wake

[Forster Keys]

I had the fortuitous opportunity to speak at length with an Occupy organizer after he spoke at a debate earlier this year. Based on the views he espoused, I can see the Occupy movement taking a shot at the DNC and the Democratic party in general.

They will take a shot at almost anything, then pee and shit on it(quite literally in some cases) then leave a trail of garbage and 911 calls in their wake

Dirty hippies *garblegarblegarble*

[Sphyxia]

I had the fortuitous opportunity to speak at length with an Occupy organizer after he spoke at a debate earlier this year. Based on the views he espoused, I can see the Occupy movement taking a shot at the DNC and the Democratic party in general.

They will take a shot at almost anything, then pee and shit on it(quite literally in some cases) then leave a trail of garbage and 911 calls in their wake

*Ahem* Ignoring that rather worthless comment and moving on...

[North Calaveras]

They will take a shot at almost anything, then pee and shit on it(quite literally in some cases) then leave a trail of garbage and 911 calls in their wake

Dirty hippies *garblegarblegarble*

meh, I would say " hordes of college students and hippies, plus some drugs and crying" as an overall look at the movement, but there are some legitament concerns.

[North Calaveras]

They will take a shot at almost anything, then pee and shit on it(quite literally in some cases) then leave a trail of garbage and 911 calls in their wake

*Ahem* Ignoring that rather worthless comment and moving on...

Moving on to what? the tent camps and shouts of "down with wall street" lol

[Meryuma]

Good.

It's sad to see it dwindle down in America though

I agree on both points.

What does the Occupy movement support? I think they might be socialist/communist revolutionaries.

It's a broad coalition rather than having a specific goal.

[Selsada]

What are we supposed to say ? If it's legal, authorized protest, fine. If it's not, might as well debate about the reasons that protest was not allowed.

[Coccygia]

Proving once again they are a bunch of idiots. I wish they weren't but they are.

[The Dragonwyck Empire]

Couldn't they have run the protesters over?
I mean, it's against the law, but still.

[Shadowlandistan]

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/occupy-protesters-block-dnc-buses-184907071--politics.html

So the occupy protestors choose to descend on the DNC rather than the RNC. That was a surprise.

I think it is good they are not letting themselves become the DNC's tea party. Though I think they were a little disruptive and overboard in the manner of their protest.

What says NSG ?

I think doing something like this at the RNC would have been a complete waste of time. The DNC is supposed to be the group looking out for the 99%. Recently, they have failed to do so. This makes all the sense in the world, and I hope they get their message across to these Obama cheerleaders.

[Caninope]

I don't know how the Tea Party did it, because they've taken over the Republican Party.

It's simply really. Money.

No, it's far far simpler than that.

They showed up. They showed up to protest, to vote in the primaries, and to vote in the general. They have the thing ever more valued than money- men who are willing to turn out.

[The Old States]

OWS won't amount to anything. No one knows what they are protesting anymore. It was good when the first started out, now it's just people wanting handouts.

They know something's wrong with the system, unlike most people.

Then they need to be in DC, not on Wall Street.

[Phocidaea]

I'm amazed that anyone still has the will to fight for the Occupy cause anymore. I though police brutality and suppression of free speech had crushed 'em this spring.

Anyway, I think the reason they're at the DNC is because their main cause was to draw the DNP to the left in the same way the Tea Party successfully dragged the RNP to the right. Of course, they didn't succeed, and they won't this time, but whatever.

[Sulamalik]

I'm amazed that anyone still has the will to fight for the Occupy cause anymore. I though police brutality and suppression of free speech had crushed 'em this spring.

Anyway, I think the reason they're at the DNC is because their main cause was to draw the DNP to the left in the same way the Tea Party successfully dragged the RNP to the right. Of course, they didn't succeed, and they won't this time, but whatever.

The best way to invigorate a populous against a system is for that system to make martyrs. People love being victims, it makes everything you say so much more legitimate.

[North Calaveras]

I'm amazed that anyone still has the will to fight for the Occupy cause anymore. I though police brutality and suppression of free speech had crushed 'em this spring.

Anyway, I think the reason they're at the DNC is because their main cause was to draw the DNP to the left in the same way the Tea Party successfully dragged the RNP to the right. Of course, they didn't succeed, and they won't this time, but whatever.

The best way to invigorate a populous against a system is for that system to make martyrs. People love being victims, it makes everything you say so much more legitimate.

That's why I never took Occupy seriously, they would always say the cops were being harsh and such

[Sulamalik]

The best way to invigorate a populous against a system is for that system to make martyrs. People love being victims, it makes everything you say so much more legitimate.

That's why I never took Occupy seriously, they would always say the cops were being harsh and such

To be fair, in many cases the cops were using way too much force to subdue peaceful protesters.

[North Calaveras]

That's why I never took Occupy seriously, they would always say the cops were being harsh and such

To be fair, in many cases the cops were using way too much force to subdue peaceful protesters.

They asked for it in mass a lot of the time though, and they were given ample reminders in some cases but when they were legitmently subdued by law enforcement they would bitch and cry wolf.