And You Too Can be an Occupy Angel - Satire Video

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Conservatives, Occuppiers, & Union Thugs; Oh, My

So the occupiers have nothing better to do Friday afternoon and they have decided to get together with their union thug buddies to converge at The Marriott Wardman Hotel to "protest" this year's CPAC. One can hope they will behave better than they did three months ago at the AFP gathering at the Washington Convention Center.

They have set up a facebook page to help organize this little field trip for themselves. I feel no need to link to that, but I suppose if you search you can find it if you are so inclined.

The first of two demonstrations will be noon on Friday and the second planned for the Reagan dinner Friday night.

Oh, darn, noon on Friday is when Ann Coulter will be speaking. Oh, well I guess I will have to forgo that.

I say Bring.It.On

CPAC will have a much younger crowd then the AFP conference had. Wardman will also provide much better security for the attendees.

If you happen to be in the DC area on Friday at lunchtime, come on down to the Wardham. The smell might be bad, but the sight of them will be worth the price of admission.

What Jay-Z Really Thinks of the 99%

Over the weekend Jay-Z and Beyonce became the proud parents of a healthy baby girl, Blue Ivy.  Wonderful, good for them.  It is nice to see a high-powered couple happily married and bringing children into the world.  


Jay-Z is a big supporter of the Occupy Wall Street movement.  He wants to pay more taxes.  Why exactly he just doesn't fill out a 1040 EZ and pay the full 35% is beyond me, but he wants to see more tax dollars go to the "underprivileged".  Of course the meaning of underprivileged is a relative term.  


Jay-Z is also a man who decided to sell T-Shirts for the Occupy Wall Street movement on his Roca-Wear website, but didn't feel the need to share the profits with the movement.  After being publicly shamed, the shirts came down off his clothing line's website.  As far as anyone knows, no profits off what were sold was ever given to the movement.  


But, getting back to his daughter.  She made her way into the world at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan.  One of the busiest hospitals in the most populated city in America.  The Carter's (Jay-Z's given name) pulled out all the stops to protect the privacy of their new bundle of joy.  While I completely agree that no woman would ever want pictures of her in the middle of child birth to show up on some rag paper for worldwide consumption.  Who can blame them.  They wanted to protect their baby.  I would want to do the same. 


So they decided to make sure no one could bother them.  They hired security and bought out the entire floor of the hospital to ensure the big moment was a private family affair.  The problem is that the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit was also on that floor.


Newborn and preemies that are fighting for their lives were on that floor.  Parents who are dealing with the stress of having a child in that precarious position had to deal with their security.  

Neil Coulon, 38, of Brooklyn said the stress of his wife delivering two premature girls was tripled by Beyoncé’s bodyguards treating Lenox Hill Hospital like an exclusive nightclub.
Coulon griped that he’s been repeatedly barred from the sixth-floor neonatal intensive care unit, once for 20 minutes, by the superstar couple’s private security.
He said bodyguards wearing headsets even cleared the sixth floor waiting room, booting his relatives out.

He goes on

:“I know they spent $1.3 million and I'm just a contractor from Bed-Stuy, but the treatment we received was not okay,” Coulon said. “My wife is just terribly upset. She had a C-section. She gave birth to twins. She is sore. Nobody needs this.”

No brand new mom of preemies who are dealing with their babies in distress should be forced to deal with this.  It is reported that they paid $1.3 million dollars for the floor.  For that kind of money she could have gone to a more private hospital setting and given birth there instead of inconveniencing stressed out parents.  

Hey occupiers, this is what he really thinks of the 99%.  Oh, and by the way, blue is a color, not a name.  

Occupy Wall Street Quote of the Day - Edition 11

"When we do march in the street, our intent is largely civil disobedience. People will be arrested, and a permit doesn't really help,"

Mario Lozada on Occupy DC's refusal to get a permit for their March on January 17.  

What an End to the Year - Occupier Heckling Romney

I hadn't planned on posting again this year, but this was too good to resist.  Enjoy!!

Do You Talk to Your 8-Year-Old about Your Sex Life?

I didn't think so.  I don't have one, but I can guarantee you if I did I wouldn't be talking about it with them.  Michele Bachmann is currently promoting her new book Core of Conviction - My Story.  During a book signing a young boy leaned over to her and said:

"My mommy's gay, but she doesn't need fixing."

I realize that gay is something that young children through around when they have nothing better to say when they are trying to hurt someone else's feelings.  But, the reality is an 8 year old doesn't really understand what that means.  Children are curious and ask questions.  But a child that age will usually be fine with a simple explanation, some families have two mommy's or two daddy's whatever the case may be, and they don't require any further information. 


This is how this is being characterized in the media:

The candidate, who is an outspoken opponent of same-sex marriage, met her match with the soft-spoken, pint-sized activist

 Pint-sized activist?  You really expect me to believe that an 8 year old went up and said to his mom, hey mom, I heard that Michele Bachmann is in town for a book signing.  Could you please drive me over there so I can tell her that there is nothing wrong with you, even though you are gay?  


This is a woman who decided to use her own child to score cheap political points against a woman who believes that gay marriage is wrong.  The same gay marriage that has been voted down every time it has been put on a ballot, including in very progressive leaning California.  


Oh, and they just happened to have someone video tape it for them too.  





I could care less that this women is gay.  What I do care about is the fact that she is willing to exploit her own child for her own self interests.  Shocker, she is part of the occupy movement.  Remind me to add her name to the Mother of the Year award.

Occupy Wall Street Quote of the Day Edition Part 10

It was fairly clean, no urine or fecal matter. There weren't things strewn about."


Jeremy Baratta, 32 year old Army vet and Occupy Wall Street Protester on NYC citing health concerns on clearing out Zucotti Park.  


Is that how he judges if his house is clean?  

Occupiers Occupy Michele Bachmann Campaign Stop

They have yet to learn to speak for themselves.

Bachmann handled it very well; especially when she got back on stage she touted the first amendment.

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This is Scary Beyond Words - Occupy Denver Has Dog as Leader

Above and beyond the dog being the leader is the drone repeating of the words from the man on the microphone.



The dog is cute though.

Quote of the Day - Sarah Palin on Occupy Wall Street Edition

"They say, 'Wall Street 'fat cats' got a bailout, so now I want one too,' and the correct answer is, 'No one is entitled to a bailout.'"

Sarah Palin on the Occupy Wall Street Protests 

Occupy Wall Street Quote of the Day Edition Part 9

“Some kids looking to blow off some steam.”

Hale Nicholson - OWS Oakland Protester.  

 “OaklandPolice responded to a late night call that protesters had broken into and occupied a downtown building and set several simultaneous fires,” the statement read. “The protesters began hurling rocks, explosives, bottles, and flaming objects at responding officers.

I mean who doesn't do that when they just want to blow off some steam?  


Yeah, they are just like the Tea Party.   

Occupy Wall Street Quote of the Day Part 7

“We’ve got five bike-powered generator systems that are coming from Boston and we’ve got five more plus other ones that are going to supplement as well so we’re completely, completely off the grid"

Lauren Minis - Occupy Wall Street Protester on New York City removing the gas powered generators due to safety reasons.  


My question is are they going to ask the homeless back to ride the bikes for them?  

Occupy Wall Street Photo of the Day

And yes I know it was photoshopped.  It is still funny.

Occupy Wall Street Quote of the Day Edition Part 6

“We need to limit the amount of food we’re putting out to curb the influx of derelicts,”

A Kitchen Volunteer at Occupy Wall Street in New York.  


I thought they were trying to help the "little" guy.  


Truly disgusting.   


Can you say hypocrisy?  They say they want a world that is fair, and gives to the needy.  But they only want to take yours, they have no desire to share their own.  

Occupy Wall Street Quote of the Day Edition Part 5

“I’m super passionate about the movement, but the frustration is feeling like you’re in a war zone with barricades in front of my apartment and cops with big guns standing around, we were okay being a little uncomfortable for a couple of weeks, but after six weeks it gets to be a little much.”

Winbush, 28, said inside a Brooks Brothers store across the street from Zuccotti Park.

Quote of the Day - Occupy Wall Street Edition Part 5

“The other day, I took in $2,000. I kept $650 for my group, and gave the rest to Finance. Then I went to them with a request -- so many people need things, and they should not be going without basic comfort items -- and I was told to fill out paperwork. Paperwork! Are they the government now?”

Bryan Smith, 45 TV Producer from Los Angeles who is now in charge of the comfort group at OWS.  

But, but, but, I thought the government was a good thing?  Don't they want you to pay more taxes so the government can take in more money and give people comfort items?  


Honestly, do these people think their belief systems through to the logical conclusion?  

Occupy Wall Street Quote of the Day Edition Part 4

“They are defecating on our doorsteps, a lot of people are very frustrated. A lot of people are concerned about the safety of our kids.”

 Catherine Hughes, who lives one block from Zuccotti Park, on the Occupy Wall Street Protesters.   

Occupy Wall Street Quote of the Day Edition Part 3

"I don't expect any violence, but I don't expect it to be easy. The eviction is just a small thing in the bigger struggle. I don't think the struggle is going to dissipate in the near future at all. You have 400 to 500 people who have lived with each other for a week and dreamed to live in another world."

Jason (declined to give last name) about the eviction notice served to the Occupy Oakland camp site. 

Conditions have become unsanitory and the occupiers are refusing to let police do their jobs and not reporting crimes.  They will be allowed to protest from 6 am to 10 pm, but no over night camping to be allowed. 

Occupy Wall Street Quote of the Day

I agree with the inclusion principle, but I believe we have to be VERY wary of certain Tea Party elements. Clearly those who are against the banksters and the Fed share a lot in common with us. However, many are deeply opposed to liberalism and socialism and view those on the left as much of an enemy, if not more so, than the banks. I believe it is the INDEPENDENT voters who should be courted. They are a lot more important in the grander scheme of things.

Eric, part of the 99%. 

Shouldn't all Americans be opposed to socialism? 

Dennis Miller on Occupy Wall Street, the GOP Debates, and Halloween

I have been on a self imposed TV hiatus.  This weekly segment is one of the things that I really miss.  Luckily, I remember to look up the videos from time to time.  This is Dennis Miller at his finest.  Enjoy: