Don’t I Wish!
By Dell Hill
Want to take a sneak-peek into the Occupy DC camp?
OK! The good folks over at Power Line have this revealing report.
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Showing posts with label OWS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label OWS. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Occupy DC Moving To The White House Lawn?
Occupy DC Moving To The White House Lawn?
Don’t I Wish!
By Dell Hill
Want to take a sneak-peek into the Occupy DC camp?
OK! The good folks over at Power Line have this revealing report.
Don’t I Wish!
By Dell Hill
Want to take a sneak-peek into the Occupy DC camp?
OK! The good folks over at Power Line have this revealing report.
OWS Loses Key Support - TEA Party Approval Goes Up
OWS Loses Key Support - TEA Party Approval Goes Up
“The establishment of “rape-free zones” and the pressure on victims to refuse to cooperate with police became big stories”
By Dell Hill
As I’ve always said, there’s nothing like a “rape-free zone”. I insist on such a zone everywhere I go! And should a rape occur, the victim should never, ever contact the police. After all, they’re part of the dreaded 1% and are only there to split your head open for something as innocent as slashing them with razor knives. I mean, C’mon....
Where’s Ed Morrissey when you need him? Oh! Here he comes now...
“Looks like the party’s over — and I’m not talking about the Tea Party. Democratic pollster PPP’s new national survey shows support dropping dramatically for the Occupy movement. In fact, it now ranks below the national support for the much-maligned conservative grassroots movement:
The Occupy Wall Street movement is not wearing well with voters across the country. Only 33% now say that they are supportive of its goals, compared to 45% who say they oppose them. That represents an 11 point shift in the wrong direction for the movement’s support compared to a month ago when 35% of voters said they supported it and 36% were opposed. Most notably independents have gone from supporting Occupy Wall Street’s goals 39/34, to opposing them 34/42.
Voters don’t care for the Tea Party either, with 42% saying they support its goals to 45% opposed. But asked whether they have a higher opinion of the Tea Party or Occupy Wall Street movement the Tea Party wins out 43-37, representing a flip from last month when Occupy Wall Street won out 40-37 on that question. Again the movement with independents is notable- from preferring Occupy Wall Street 43-34, to siding with the Tea Party 44-40.
It’s not the only movement in PPP’s polling that favors conservatives, either:
The Republicans’ leader in Congress has far better favor with voters, but is still quite unpopular. Speaker John Boehner gets the nod from 30% of Americans and a thumb’s down from 46%, a five-point improvement from 27-48 last month.
If voters had to choose between the candidates of these two hated parties on their congressional ballot, they would tie at 45%, a three-point improvement for the GOP from a 45-42 Democratic advantage last month.
Why have opinions shifted so dramatically in regard to OWS and the Tea Party? The media coverage began to shift as the crowds got more out of control. Instead of talking about income inequality, media outlets were forced by circumstance to cover violence in Oakland and New York. The establishment of “rape-free zones” and the pressure on victims to refuse to cooperate with police became big stories, and those provided an entree to more media scrutiny of the use of funding in the movement, other violent episodes in the camps, and the general lack of a coherent agenda besides squatters’ rights.
Their sample certainly should have tilted this survey in favor of the Occupiers. Democrats comprise a ridiculous 41% of the sample, with Republicans slightly oversampled at 36% and independents far undersampled at 23%. In a sample weighted to the turnout model shown in 2010 exit polling, the Tea Party would actually lead OWS 44/35, and the generic Congressional ballot would be 46/42 for Republicans. On the better/worse question comparing the House GOP to its Democrat-controlled predecessor, the PPP split of 37/41 favoring the Pelosi-led 111th House would become 37/39.
As I wrote yesterday, the Occupiers have lost control of the narrative, thanks to their own excesses that even a friendly media could no longer ignore. They claim that they will move on to a new phase of the movement, but since the only coherent agenda they ever produced was squatting on public and private property, it’s difficult to see what improvement a Phase II could possibly bring.”
Read Ed’s excellent synopsis in its entirety by clicking here.
The poll results are troubling. Independent voters are said to be among the more intelligent and to think that the more intelligent would result in just a slightly better approval rating for the occurturds over the TEA Party is a cause for concern. These are the voters that will have considerable wallop next November and for them to be this far removed from the obvious differences between the two movements is really confusing.
How can a group of clean, admittedly older, flag waving Patriots be just three or four percentage points higher than are raging band of anarchists?
It’s the type of survey that makes me go “Hmmmmmm”.
The answer to that “Hmmmmm”, of course, is the ridiculous survey sample results. Ask a majority of any political ideology what they think and you’re guaranteed to get their political parties opinion. So, Ed’s right, this survey was set up to shine a bright light of popularity on the occuturds...and only a dim light resulted. Very dim, in fact.
“The establishment of “rape-free zones” and the pressure on victims to refuse to cooperate with police became big stories”
By Dell Hill
As I’ve always said, there’s nothing like a “rape-free zone”. I insist on such a zone everywhere I go! And should a rape occur, the victim should never, ever contact the police. After all, they’re part of the dreaded 1% and are only there to split your head open for something as innocent as slashing them with razor knives. I mean, C’mon....
Where’s Ed Morrissey when you need him? Oh! Here he comes now...
“Looks like the party’s over — and I’m not talking about the Tea Party. Democratic pollster PPP’s new national survey shows support dropping dramatically for the Occupy movement. In fact, it now ranks below the national support for the much-maligned conservative grassroots movement:
The Occupy Wall Street movement is not wearing well with voters across the country. Only 33% now say that they are supportive of its goals, compared to 45% who say they oppose them. That represents an 11 point shift in the wrong direction for the movement’s support compared to a month ago when 35% of voters said they supported it and 36% were opposed. Most notably independents have gone from supporting Occupy Wall Street’s goals 39/34, to opposing them 34/42.
Voters don’t care for the Tea Party either, with 42% saying they support its goals to 45% opposed. But asked whether they have a higher opinion of the Tea Party or Occupy Wall Street movement the Tea Party wins out 43-37, representing a flip from last month when Occupy Wall Street won out 40-37 on that question. Again the movement with independents is notable- from preferring Occupy Wall Street 43-34, to siding with the Tea Party 44-40.
It’s not the only movement in PPP’s polling that favors conservatives, either:
The Republicans’ leader in Congress has far better favor with voters, but is still quite unpopular. Speaker John Boehner gets the nod from 30% of Americans and a thumb’s down from 46%, a five-point improvement from 27-48 last month.
If voters had to choose between the candidates of these two hated parties on their congressional ballot, they would tie at 45%, a three-point improvement for the GOP from a 45-42 Democratic advantage last month.
Why have opinions shifted so dramatically in regard to OWS and the Tea Party? The media coverage began to shift as the crowds got more out of control. Instead of talking about income inequality, media outlets were forced by circumstance to cover violence in Oakland and New York. The establishment of “rape-free zones” and the pressure on victims to refuse to cooperate with police became big stories, and those provided an entree to more media scrutiny of the use of funding in the movement, other violent episodes in the camps, and the general lack of a coherent agenda besides squatters’ rights.
Their sample certainly should have tilted this survey in favor of the Occupiers. Democrats comprise a ridiculous 41% of the sample, with Republicans slightly oversampled at 36% and independents far undersampled at 23%. In a sample weighted to the turnout model shown in 2010 exit polling, the Tea Party would actually lead OWS 44/35, and the generic Congressional ballot would be 46/42 for Republicans. On the better/worse question comparing the House GOP to its Democrat-controlled predecessor, the PPP split of 37/41 favoring the Pelosi-led 111th House would become 37/39.
As I wrote yesterday, the Occupiers have lost control of the narrative, thanks to their own excesses that even a friendly media could no longer ignore. They claim that they will move on to a new phase of the movement, but since the only coherent agenda they ever produced was squatting on public and private property, it’s difficult to see what improvement a Phase II could possibly bring.”
Read Ed’s excellent synopsis in its entirety by clicking here.
The poll results are troubling. Independent voters are said to be among the more intelligent and to think that the more intelligent would result in just a slightly better approval rating for the occurturds over the TEA Party is a cause for concern. These are the voters that will have considerable wallop next November and for them to be this far removed from the obvious differences between the two movements is really confusing.
How can a group of clean, admittedly older, flag waving Patriots be just three or four percentage points higher than are raging band of anarchists?
It’s the type of survey that makes me go “Hmmmmmm”.
The answer to that “Hmmmmm”, of course, is the ridiculous survey sample results. Ask a majority of any political ideology what they think and you’re guaranteed to get their political parties opinion. So, Ed’s right, this survey was set up to shine a bright light of popularity on the occuturds...and only a dim light resulted. Very dim, in fact.
Who’s Up For A Terrorist Attack On Macy’s?
Who’s Up For A Terrorist Attack On Macy’s?
Just in time for the Thanksgiving Day parade!
By Dell Hill via Verum Serum
Just in time for the Thanksgiving Day parade! The headlined quote comes at about a minute in, but there is plenty more of the sort of “non-violent” talk OWS has become known for leading up to this point.
On the 17th, we going to burn New York City to the f-cking ground.
…
“Ain’t no more talking, They got guns we got bodies. They got bricks we got rocks. Let’s see what they got.”
[Young man in the background] “They got missiles, we got bombs.”
“I want them…I want them to make that decision so they can see…in a few days you going to see what a Molotov cocktail can do to Macy’s.”
Now just “generally speaking”, such an utterance would be compelling probable cause to arrest on a felony count of “threat to commit a terrorist act with an incendiary device”. Of course we have no knowledge of what this fool was actually charged with, but it’s comforting to know that the Occupy Wall Street occuturds are planning on enjoying turkey day in the Big Apple.
Just in time for the Thanksgiving Day parade!
By Dell Hill via Verum Serum
OWS Protester: In a Few Days You’re Going to See What a Molotov Cocktail Can Do to Macy’s
Morgen on November 15, 2011 at 7:38 pmJust in time for the Thanksgiving Day parade! The headlined quote comes at about a minute in, but there is plenty more of the sort of “non-violent” talk OWS has become known for leading up to this point.
On the 17th, we going to burn New York City to the f-cking ground.
…
“Ain’t no more talking, They got guns we got bodies. They got bricks we got rocks. Let’s see what they got.”
[Young man in the background] “They got missiles, we got bombs.”
“I want them…I want them to make that decision so they can see…in a few days you going to see what a Molotov cocktail can do to Macy’s.”
Now just “generally speaking”, such an utterance would be compelling probable cause to arrest on a felony count of “threat to commit a terrorist act with an incendiary device”. Of course we have no knowledge of what this fool was actually charged with, but it’s comforting to know that the Occupy Wall Street occuturds are planning on enjoying turkey day in the Big Apple.
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
NYC - 1 Occupy Wall Street - 0
NYC - 1
Occupy Wall Street - 0
End Of The First Quarter Of play
By Dell Hill
Here’s the court’s order in the matter of NYC v Occupy Wall Street & Zuccotti Park:
“The parties dispute whether the First Amendment applies to the actions of the owner in enacting the rules. For purposes of this application, the Court assumes that the First Amendment applies to the owner of Zuccotti Park, thus obviating petitioners’ request for a hearing as to whether Zuccotti Park is traditional public forum, or a limited public forum. Assuming arguendo, that the owner’s maintenance of the space must not violate the First Amendment, the owner has the right to adopt reasonable rules that permit iUo maintain a clean, safe, publicly accessible space consonant with the responsibility it assumed to provide public access according to law.
The Court is mindful of movants’ First Amendment rights of freedom of speech and peaceable assembly. However, “[e]ven protected speech is not equally permissible in all places and at all times.” (Snyder v Phelps, 131 S Ct 1207, 1218 [2011], quoting Cornelius v NAACP Legal Defense
& Ed. Fund, Inc., 473 US 788, 799 [1985].) Here, movants have not demonstrated that the rules adopted by the owners of the property, concededly after the demonstrations began, are not reasonable time, place, and manner restrictions permitted under the First Amendment.
To the extent that City law prohibits the erection of structures, the use of gas or other combustible materials, and the accumulation of garbage and human waste in public places, enforcement of the law and the owner’s rules appears reasonable to permit the owner to maintain its space in a hygienic, safe, and lawful condition, and to prevent it from being liable by the City or others for violations of law, or in tort It also permits public access by those who live and work in the area who are the intended beneficiaries of this zoning bonus.
The court could have ruled that the First Amendment doesn’t apply to Zuccotti Park because it’s privately owned, but it skipped that step and ruled more broadly that the new rules banning tents are permissible time, place, and manner restrictions in principle. In theory, that means even if OWS tries to move to a fully public park, the city could stop them from setting up a tent city. On to the appeal!
And bear in mind that this is just one court’s ruling...in New York. This will have no affect on any other occupy location, although it may be referred to.
The next step is an anticipated motion to reverse, which will go to an appellate court in New York.
Occupy Wall Street - 0
End Of The First Quarter Of play
By Dell Hill
Here’s the court’s order in the matter of NYC v Occupy Wall Street & Zuccotti Park:
“The parties dispute whether the First Amendment applies to the actions of the owner in enacting the rules. For purposes of this application, the Court assumes that the First Amendment applies to the owner of Zuccotti Park, thus obviating petitioners’ request for a hearing as to whether Zuccotti Park is traditional public forum, or a limited public forum. Assuming arguendo, that the owner’s maintenance of the space must not violate the First Amendment, the owner has the right to adopt reasonable rules that permit iUo maintain a clean, safe, publicly accessible space consonant with the responsibility it assumed to provide public access according to law.
The Court is mindful of movants’ First Amendment rights of freedom of speech and peaceable assembly. However, “[e]ven protected speech is not equally permissible in all places and at all times.” (Snyder v Phelps, 131 S Ct 1207, 1218 [2011], quoting Cornelius v NAACP Legal Defense
& Ed. Fund, Inc., 473 US 788, 799 [1985].) Here, movants have not demonstrated that the rules adopted by the owners of the property, concededly after the demonstrations began, are not reasonable time, place, and manner restrictions permitted under the First Amendment.
To the extent that City law prohibits the erection of structures, the use of gas or other combustible materials, and the accumulation of garbage and human waste in public places, enforcement of the law and the owner’s rules appears reasonable to permit the owner to maintain its space in a hygienic, safe, and lawful condition, and to prevent it from being liable by the City or others for violations of law, or in tort It also permits public access by those who live and work in the area who are the intended beneficiaries of this zoning bonus.
The court could have ruled that the First Amendment doesn’t apply to Zuccotti Park because it’s privately owned, but it skipped that step and ruled more broadly that the new rules banning tents are permissible time, place, and manner restrictions in principle. In theory, that means even if OWS tries to move to a fully public park, the city could stop them from setting up a tent city. On to the appeal!
And bear in mind that this is just one court’s ruling...in New York. This will have no affect on any other occupy location, although it may be referred to.
The next step is an anticipated motion to reverse, which will go to an appellate court in New York.
Military & Law Enforcement Joining Occupy Protest?
Military & Law Enforcement Joining Occupy Protest?
“To suggest this report is “slanted” would be a gross understatement, but there are those who watch it, drink the kool aid and take to the streets believing it as gospel truth.”
By Dell Hill
Pretty much a classic example of one form of “news” broadcast that is inaccurate, contrived, totally biased and pretty much a bald-faced lie. With just a few exceptions, this is exactly how the lamestream media outlets produce what you see every day. To suggest this report is “slanted” would be a gross understatement, but there are those who watch it, drink the kool aid and take to the streets believing it as gospel truth.
From this “report”, by something called RT, one would believe that military men and women by the scores were joining the occupy cause. That’s a gross exaggeration, of course. Active duty military personnel are allowed to exercise their right to Freedom of Speech, but not in any official military capacity and not in uniform. It would be an excellent way to earn a less than honorable discharge, not to mention immediate penalties that would directly result.
You’d also be be inclined to believe that the Occupy Wall Street movement is one that will be on-going until the end of time or the entire nation abandons capitalism and pivots 180 degrees toward socialism/communism.
Today, the vulgar pile of filth that is Occupy Wall Street is being dismantled and arrests for a variety of criminal acts taking place. One percent does not rule in the United States of America.
The First Amendment Right to Freedom of Speech will be sustained - always. But, that constitutional right does not extend to creating a sex crazed, drug abusing, weapons toting (and using!), health hazard of the highest order, better known as a tent city. You can protest here; but you can’t live here.
“To suggest this report is “slanted” would be a gross understatement, but there are those who watch it, drink the kool aid and take to the streets believing it as gospel truth.”
By Dell Hill
Pretty much a classic example of one form of “news” broadcast that is inaccurate, contrived, totally biased and pretty much a bald-faced lie. With just a few exceptions, this is exactly how the lamestream media outlets produce what you see every day. To suggest this report is “slanted” would be a gross understatement, but there are those who watch it, drink the kool aid and take to the streets believing it as gospel truth.
From this “report”, by something called RT, one would believe that military men and women by the scores were joining the occupy cause. That’s a gross exaggeration, of course. Active duty military personnel are allowed to exercise their right to Freedom of Speech, but not in any official military capacity and not in uniform. It would be an excellent way to earn a less than honorable discharge, not to mention immediate penalties that would directly result.
You’d also be be inclined to believe that the Occupy Wall Street movement is one that will be on-going until the end of time or the entire nation abandons capitalism and pivots 180 degrees toward socialism/communism.
Today, the vulgar pile of filth that is Occupy Wall Street is being dismantled and arrests for a variety of criminal acts taking place. One percent does not rule in the United States of America.
The First Amendment Right to Freedom of Speech will be sustained - always. But, that constitutional right does not extend to creating a sex crazed, drug abusing, weapons toting (and using!), health hazard of the highest order, better known as a tent city. You can protest here; but you can’t live here.
Crude Weapons Stockpile At Zucotti Park?
Crude Weapons Stockpile At Zucotti Park?
Court Hearing Underway In NYC
“It was our understanding that the protesters may have had a significant number of items that could potentially be used as weapons”
By Dell Hill via Jammie
“Via the Gothamist, it will be interesting to see if this is demonstrated in the court hearing.
Deputy Mayor Cas Holloway filed a motion on behalf of the city today opposing a court order requiring the NYPD to allow Occupy Wall Street demonstrators back into Zuccotti Park. In filing the motion, Holloway asserted that “people who have a known history of violent interaction with the police” have been gathering in the park, and “makeshift items” that he said could be used as weapons, “such as cardboard tubes with metal pipes inside, had been observed among the occupiers’ possessions.” He also noted that after the October 1st Brooklyn Bridge march, “knives, mace and hypodermic needles were observed discarded on the roadway.”
“It was our understanding that the protesters may have had a significant number of items that could potentially be used as weapons,” Halloway writes in the motion, adding that there had been little to no crime in Zuccotti Park before the occupation began, but since there had been “73 misdemeanor and felony complaints” and about 50 arrests. Although the initial order to vacate (see below) promised demonstrators they would be allowed in—though without tents and sleeping bags—Bloomberg is now refusing to comply with the court order, and the park remains closed. A growing throng of demonstrators have gathered around it.
Here’s the filing. A ruling may be issued at 3 pm.”
Court Hearing Underway In NYC
“It was our understanding that the protesters may have had a significant number of items that could potentially be used as weapons”
By Dell Hill via Jammie
“Via the Gothamist, it will be interesting to see if this is demonstrated in the court hearing.
Deputy Mayor Cas Holloway filed a motion on behalf of the city today opposing a court order requiring the NYPD to allow Occupy Wall Street demonstrators back into Zuccotti Park. In filing the motion, Holloway asserted that “people who have a known history of violent interaction with the police” have been gathering in the park, and “makeshift items” that he said could be used as weapons, “such as cardboard tubes with metal pipes inside, had been observed among the occupiers’ possessions.” He also noted that after the October 1st Brooklyn Bridge march, “knives, mace and hypodermic needles were observed discarded on the roadway.”
“It was our understanding that the protesters may have had a significant number of items that could potentially be used as weapons,” Halloway writes in the motion, adding that there had been little to no crime in Zuccotti Park before the occupation began, but since there had been “73 misdemeanor and felony complaints” and about 50 arrests. Although the initial order to vacate (see below) promised demonstrators they would be allowed in—though without tents and sleeping bags—Bloomberg is now refusing to comply with the court order, and the park remains closed. A growing throng of demonstrators have gathered around it.
Here’s the filing. A ruling may be issued at 3 pm.”
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