The occupation of Freedom Plaza stretches into another day.
A deadline for protesters with the October 2011 Stop the Machine demonstration came and went on Monday morning. National Park Police said the group's permit ran out on Sunday, but protesters were given until 6 a.m. to clean up and vacate the Pennsylvania Avenue plaza. Early Monday, the hundreds of demonstrators showed little sign of stirring.
Freedman Plaza has drawn a diverse group of disaffected and angry protesters. Organizers said the October 2011 Stop the Machine demonstration was scheduled to coincide with the 10th anniversary of the start of the war in Afghanistan, and carries an anti-war and anti-corporate greed message.
On Monday, labor unions plan on joining with those encamped blocks from the White House.
3 comments:
If you ask permission to be there, then you are not protesting. You certainly are not engaged in revolution.
Hilarious
Excuse me, but can I get permission to stand here and protest? NO? Oh, OK. Well how about next week? NO? Oh OK. Well can I at least just hold a sign here that says I am unhappy with you? NO? Oh, OK. . . .
Doesn't sound like they are still asking for permission to me. And who ever thought it was right that the government should have the final say in whether or not "we, the people" got the chance to complain about something? Freedom isn't always neat, organized, and orderly. We CHEER and preach the virtues of protest and civil uprising when OTHER nations do it (for their own freedom), but when WE do it, its "unruly mobs" and "paid socialists" and "spoiled brats with no jobs". Spin it any way you want, but these "Occupy Wall Street" crowds are protesting unbridled GREED and unrestrained and ravenous gluttony. And notice, they aren't protesting on 7th Street in DC. They KNOW where the problems are....and I'm not saying they are right (though I think they may be), I'm just saying they are DOING SOMETHING...and it's about time...
I'm just saying they are DOING SOMETHING...and it's about time...
October 10, 2011 7:17 PM
Yes, they are doing something besides the whining, sniveling armchair quarterbacks that constantly feel the need to criticize, mock, belittle and spew falsehoods.
They are standing up for these same morons who can't pour piss out of a boot with directions on the heel.
But that's ok. These same morons will enjoy the benefits to come, no matter how hard they fight against them. lol
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