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primitive says 500,000 now camped out on Wall Street
« on: September 17, 2011, 04:59:39 PM »
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1957987

Oh my.

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dixiegrrrrl  (1000+ posts)      Sat Sep-17-11 05:52 PM
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Twitter: 500,000 now in protest. ( can any one find another source for this #?)

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5K, if they are nice 50K... official police numbers.

No you will not find any,

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2. I cannot believe this. Actually I can.

Media? Really?
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Re: primitive says 500,000 now camped out on Wall Street
« Reply #1 on: September 17, 2011, 05:02:47 PM »
500,000 would be worthy of a drudge report...all I've seen is a couple of hundred.
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Re: primitive says 500,000 now camped out on Wall Street
« Reply #2 on: September 17, 2011, 05:07:14 PM »
Quote from: Mr Mannn on September 17, 2011, 05:02:47 PM
500,000 would be worthy of a drudge report...all I've seen is a couple of hundred.

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Re: primitive says 500,000 now camped out on Wall Street
« Reply #3 on: September 17, 2011, 05:32:03 PM »
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6. What protest?
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Re: primitive says 500,000 now camped out on Wall Street
« Reply #4 on: September 17, 2011, 05:35:30 PM »

Found a pic thread.  I don't see how it could more than 2K, tops, and that's counting plainclothes cops, security guards, and gawkers.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=1957712&mesg_id=1957712
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Re: primitive says 500,000 now camped out on Wall Street
« Reply #5 on: September 17, 2011, 05:44:05 PM »
Hey, lurkers . . .

Care to explain this headline?

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Hundreds of protesters descend to 'Occupy Wall Street'

By Julianne Pepitone @CNNMoneyTech September 17, 2011: 5:37 PM ET

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets of Manhattan's financial district on Saturday in a largely peaceful protest aimed at drawing attention to the role powerful financial interests played in wreaking havoc on America's economy.

Modeled on the "Arab Spring" uprisings that swept through Egypt, Tunisia, Syria and other countries this year, Occupy Wall Street is a "leaderless resistance movement" orchestrated through Twitter, Facebook and other social media tools. The Twitter hashtag #OccupyWallStreet lit up Saturday with coordination messages and solidarity tweets. (See CNNMoney's coverage in photos and tweets.)

Activist magazine Adbusters spearheaded the event, putting the call out two months ago for participants in a Sept. 17 demonstration in lower Manhattan. Protestors arranged to meet and discuss their goals at the iconic Wall Street Bull statue at noon, as well as at a "people's assembly" at One Chase Manhattan Plaza at 3 p.m.

"The NYPD is aware of various protests and we have planned accordingly," Deputy Commissioner Paul Browne told CNN late Friday.

Early Saturday morning, police barricaded off Wall Street, erecting barriers around the bull statute that protestors had planned to make their rallying point. Protestors instead took to the surrounding streets, blocking traffic. By 2 p.m., nearly two dozen uniformed police officers surrounded the bull, while others worked to disperse the crowd.

The rest of the article is here:

http://money.cnn.com/2011/09/17/technology/occupy_wall_street/?hpt=hp_t2

A quick scan of the PMSNBC site shows that they don't have it!

It's not on FNC, either.

"Hundreds," primitive.  Hundreds.  Not "500,000."

"Hundreds." :lmao: :rotf: :lmao: :rotf: :lmao: :rotf:
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Re: primitive says 500,000 now camped out on Wall Street
« Reply #6 on: September 17, 2011, 05:45:14 PM »
Quote from: DumbAss Tanker on September 17, 2011, 05:35:30 PM
Found a pic thread.  I don't see how it could more than 2K, tops, and that's counting plainclothes cops, security guards, and gawkers.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=1957712&mesg_id=1957712

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Re: primitive says 500,000 now camped out on Wall Street
« Reply #7 on: September 17, 2011, 05:56:57 PM »
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Throughout the afternoon hundreds of demonstrators gathered in parks and plazas in Lower Manhattan. They milled, held teach-ins, engaged in discussion and debate and in some instances embarked on marches through the streets and sidewalks, brandishing signs with messages like “Democracy Not Corporatization” or “Revoke Corporate Personhood.”

Organizers said the rally was meant to be diverse, and not all of the participants were on the left. Followers of the right-wing figure Lyndon LaRouche formed a choir near Bowling Green and sang “The Star Spangled Banner” and “The Battle Hymn of the Republic.” Nearby, anarchists holding a red and black flag carried knapsacks, sleeping bags and tents.

At one point in the early afternoon, dozens of protesters marched in a circle around the famous bronze sculpture of a bull on lower Broadway. Among them was Dave Woessner, 31, a student at the Harvard Divinity School, who had traveled to New York with several fellow students.

“When you idealize financial markets as salvific you embrace the idea that profit is all that matters,” he said. “You start thinking only as yourself.”

A few minutes later about 15 people briefly sat down on a sidewalk on Broadway, leaning against a metal barricade that blocked access to Wall Street. For a moment things grew tense as officers converged and a police chief shoved a newspaper photographer from behind.

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/17/wall-street-protest-begins-with-demonstrators-blocked/

I am sure the mayor is beyond pissed he spent money on those barricades and police OT for this pathetic showing.
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Re: primitive says 500,000 now camped out on Wall Street
« Reply #8 on: September 17, 2011, 06:05:32 PM »
Five hundred thousand hundred people on Wall St. Hmmm...  :confused: :shrug:

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Re: primitive says 500,000 now camped out on Wall Street
« Reply #9 on: September 17, 2011, 06:07:35 PM »
CNN Money reporting

Hundreds of protesters descend to 'Occupy Wall Street'
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Re: primitive says 500,000 now camped out on Wall Street
« Reply #10 on: September 17, 2011, 06:11:49 PM »
Quote from: formerlurker on September 17, 2011, 05:56:57 PM
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/17/wall-street-protest-begins-with-demonstrators-blocked/

I am sure the mayor is beyond pissed he spent money on those barricades and police OT for this pathetic showing.

Turn it around by having a real 'running of the bulls' Monday.



The bulls running on Wall Street could take on a whole new meaning and sure would be fun to see them hippies scatter or splatter! :yahoo:
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Re: primitive says 500,000 now camped out on Wall Street
« Reply #11 on: September 17, 2011, 06:21:07 PM »
Ooops, didn't see BSS's post.
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Re: primitive says 500,000 now camped out on Wall Street
« Reply #12 on: September 17, 2011, 06:35:57 PM »
BTW, are these kooks going to be camping out on Wall Street? it's supposed to go down to 40 degrees tonight.
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Re: primitive says 500,000 now camped out on Wall Street
« Reply #13 on: September 17, 2011, 07:27:48 PM »
Quote from: BlueStateSaint on September 17, 2011, 05:44:05 PM
Hey, lurkers . . .

Care to explain this headline?

The rest of the article is here:

http://money.cnn.com/2011/09/17/technology/occupy_wall_street/?hpt=hp_t2

A quick scan of the PMSNBC site shows that they don't have it!

It's not on FNC, either.

"Hundreds," primitive.  Hundreds.  Not "500,000."

"Hundreds." :lmao: :rotf: :lmao: :rotf: :lmao: :rotf:

Not much of a Rage! without some window smashing and car burning. Sure seem to be a bunch of polite anarchists.
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Re: primitive says 500,000 now camped out on Wall Street
« Reply #14 on: September 17, 2011, 07:29:57 PM »
Quote from: Ballygrl on September 17, 2011, 06:35:57 PM
BTW, are these kooks going to be camping out on Wall Street? it's supposed to go down to 40 degrees tonight.

Oh, good! Anarchist-cicles.

My money's on they're gone by midnight.
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Re: primitive says 500,000 now camped out on Wall Street
« Reply #15 on: September 17, 2011, 09:37:19 PM »
Quote from: BlueStateSaint on September 17, 2011, 05:44:05 PM
Hey, lurkers . . .

Care to explain this headline?

The rest of the article is here:

http://money.cnn.com/2011/09/17/technology/occupy_wall_street/?hpt=hp_t2

A quick scan of the PMSNBC site shows that they don't have it!

It's not on FNC, either.

"Hundreds," primitive.  Hundreds.  Not "500,000."

"Hundreds." :lmao: :rotf: :lmao: :rotf: :lmao: :rotf:

It might come out to 500,000 if they are using the yen conversion.   :-)
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Re: primitive says 500,000 now camped out on Wall Street
« Reply #16 on: September 18, 2011, 05:06:50 AM »
But how many are hanging from trees?  That's what I want to know.
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Re: primitive says 500,000 now camped out on Wall Street
« Reply #17 on: September 18, 2011, 06:10:25 AM »
Quote from: whiffleball on September 18, 2011, 05:06:50 AM
But how many are hanging from trees?  That's what I want to know.

The FEMA ice trucks are where . . . ? :tongue:
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Re: primitive says 500,000 now camped out on Wall Street
« Reply #18 on: September 18, 2011, 07:41:14 AM »
These live streaming cams are fascinating, good work  to those that make it available to us.

Now a major rant about these demonstrations.    The world sure has changed from the 60-70's when people knew how to put on a good show.   

What a difference in the demonstrations of today and that yesterday.    Demonstrators today just don't put their heart in it as the San Francisco people did in the long ago demonstrations.

Demonstrations at one time pulled in people with their own agenda as well as that of the people for a specific demonstration.   

I looked and watched in vain for the American Indians with feathers and big drums to show up, where were the Illegals in native clothing and flags or their mother country???  Anyone see  the groups that want to make pot legal, don't we have any protest folk singers anymore??? 

Where did everyone go when it got cold as night fell, are these fair weather demonstrators that put their own comfort above some agenda they wish to demonstrate against ????

Darn it all this was in no way a demonstration of people that are in any way serious, matter of fact there is more of interest to watch the same number of people waiting for an amusement park to open.

Poor cops and riot squad, as was once said way back, "what if a war was declared and nobody came"
Over time for them and city workers that put up barricades against a couple hundred polite folks.

Depressing when people feel what is the good with using rights to demonstrate and find they feel helpless as they know the government will do as it pleases anyway.

Sad that the fun and joy in life is being sapped from the citizens, No Frontier thinking, no reason to go to jail for beliefs as if they have a job, they need to get back to work.

Today is Sunday, I am sure more people are going to be let out  after services, in a medium size church then congregated yesterday.

Sign or the times, bad people riot, the employed and unemployed looking for work just do not care enough to as Nathan Hale ,did regret having just one life for their Country.

You know back in the 1700's the town next door had a pole the size of a telephone pole in the town square and the people that could read and write posted grievances against the Crown.   After a time of non violence they had had enough and formed bands of citizens and physically removed the British Governor from town, no harm to the Governor and family but was a wake up call to the Crown that in today's words ---We're not going to take it anymore--





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Re: primitive says 500,000 now camped out on Wall Street
« Reply #19 on: September 18, 2011, 08:16:12 AM »
What if you threw a protest and nobody came?.......... :lmao:
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Re: primitive says 500,000 now camped out on Wall Street
« Reply #20 on: September 18, 2011, 08:22:15 AM »
Quote from: JohnnyReb on September 18, 2011, 08:16:12 AM
What if you threw a protest and nobody came?.......... :lmao:

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Re: primitive says 500,000 now camped out on Wall Street
« Reply #21 on: September 18, 2011, 08:28:02 AM »
OMG! only 300 showed up! this is the entire article, 3 small paragraphs! :lmao:

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/sparse_day_of_rage_MrTG7UDAV9u29hAGGWNHpO

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Sparse ‘Day of Rage’

By MAURA O’CONNOR

Last Updated: 2:38 AM, September 18, 2011

Posted: 11:55 PM, September 17, 2011

Only about 300 protesters, mostly college kids and aging hippies, showed up near the Stock Exchange for yesterday’s anti-Wall Street rally -- far fewer than the 20,000 that organizers of the so-called global “Day of Rage” had predicted.

Police barricades were put up to protect both the exchange and the iconic “Charging Bull” statue on Broadway. The barriers hardly needed.

Police said two members of the anemic crowd -- which carried signs declaring “Wall Street is our Street” -- were arrested after they tried to enter a Bank of America office at Broadway and Liberty streets wearing masks.


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Re: primitive says 500,000 now camped out on Wall Street
« Reply #22 on: September 18, 2011, 11:18:44 AM »
Quote from: Ballygrl on September 18, 2011, 08:28:02 AM
OMG! only 300 showed up! this is the entire article, 3 small paragraphs! :lmao:

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/sparse_day_of_rage_MrTG7UDAV9u29hAGGWNHpO

Well, too bad for the primitives.

But they outnumber us anyway, remember.....
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Re: primitive says 500,000 now camped out on Wall Street
« Reply #23 on: September 18, 2011, 11:26:26 AM »
Quote from: franksolich on September 18, 2011, 11:18:44 AM
Well, too bad for the primitives.

But they outnumber us anyway, remember.....

And they're ever so much smarter, of course...
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Re: primitive says 500,000 now camped out on Wall Street
« Reply #24 on: September 18, 2011, 11:28:55 AM »
It's pretty lame when your entire "Days of Rage" riot will fit inside a single drunk tank.
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