Rousing the rabble from Daily Pundit
Nemo isn’t much for conspiracy theories, but today, hundreds of “demonstrators,” mostly union members, occupied the lobbies of two banks in New York City, shouting “Bust up big banks.”
How the hell did that happen?
Please don’t tell me that they thought this up themselves. Or that labor leaders did. What’s really in it for them? Why would a mob of people take a day off from work and do this? It’s hard enough to get a union members to work when you pay them; getting them to demonstrate for free would take some serious arm-twisting by the leadership.
Nemo smells a rat. Did someone at a certain colonial edifice down in DeeCee make a few phone calls to the AFL-CIO?
As unlikely as this seems, the coincidences are starting to pile up. Goldman charged with fraud — but no one can find any fraud. Goldman seared like ahi tuna by a coven of congressional chumps, who are outraged that Goldman didn’t have the decency to flounder like Citi. For all the self-righteous indignation and fierce declarations, the hearing was a complete waste of time. We learned absolutely nothing we didn’t already know, including the fact that most of our congressmen are pandering morons desperate to find a fall guy lest the voters conclude that maybe it was the legislature that was asleep at the switch.
It’s hard to accept that these events are not part of a concerted and coordinated effort to demonize the financial industry. And if things get out of hand, and people get hurt, I hope someone asks some questions. Fires are easy to start. They can be hard to extinguish.
Now suddenly, “demonstrations.” Shades of Hugo Chavez.
http://dailypundit.com/?p=38295
Obama Zombies Invade Wall Street
These idiots are down there whining about lost jobs? How about blaming their man Obama for making about five million of them disappear the last 15 months?
Thousands of workers and union leaders marched on Wall Street on Thursday to express their anger over lost jobs, the taxpayer-funded bailout of financial institutions and questionable lending practices by big banks.
The rally was organized by the AFL-CIO and an association of community groups. It included a diverse mixture of union workers, activists, the unemployed, and homeowners threatened by foreclosure.
"These guys are like pirates," said small business owner Karen Casamassima, of New York, who called for "economic patriotism" and held up a jewel encrusted skull with the words, "Financial Terrorists."
The protesters, carrying signs saying "Wall Street Overdrafted Our Economy" and "Reclaim America," rallied at City Hall Park, then marched down to the Merrill Lynch Bull statue demanding good jobs and accountability from banks.
"I think Wall Street is responsible for the collapse of our economy," said Bennett Silverstein, an attorney from Brooklyn who said his savings were depleted by the recession.
Earlier in the day, noisy protesters with signs took over two bank building lobbies on Manhattan's Park Avenue in a prelude to the rally.
More than 100 people entered a midtown building housing JPMorgan Chase offices. They handed a bank executive a letter requesting a meeting with the CEO, and chanted "Bust up! Big banks!" and "People power!"
A half-hour later, they were calmly escorted outside by officers, who remained expressionless as the protesters chanted, "The police need a raise."
They then walked a few blocks up the avenue and crowded into the lobby of the Seagram Building, where Wells Fargo and Wachovia, the bank it merged with in 2008, have offices.
Could you imagine the uproar if Tea Partiers brazenly invaded some businesses and began making demands? This instead is met with stifled yawns.
Of course as we predicted earlier today nowhere is it mentioned this "diverse mixture" was organized primarily by an Obama "economic adviser" and assorted Obama-supporting groups. Here's some of that "diversity":
Associated Groups: Diversity4Obama, Downtown West Side Manhattan for Obama, Flight Attendants for Obama, Grandparents for Obama, Group Administrators for Obama - Collaboration Group, New York Petition Drive 8th Congressional District, New York Union Members for Obama, NY Seniors for Obama, NYC4Obama (New York Coordination), NYCLabor4obama, Organized Labor for Obama, TriBeCa 4 Obama, Tribeca For Change, Union members for Obama, USA.CAN, Writers for Obama
An amazing array of diversity.
http://jammiewearingfool.blogspot.com/2010/04/obama-zombies-invade-wall-street.html
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