Posted on 07/29/2013 3:25:48 PM PDT by Shout Bits
Media in general do not report things that are not happening; perhaps an artifact of human nature, but important non-events simply are not news. The fact that nobody in the US starves to death for lack of food is a non-event, as is the decreasing rate of cancer or the absence of polio infections. These non-events are actually bigger news than the latest warehouse fire or shark attack, but such is the news business. Another non-event worthy of reporting is the complete death of Occupy Wall Street. Once billed as the future of political discourse, and heralded by many left-wing politicians, OWS will not even merit a footnote in the history books. Indeed, the only one who still stirs OWS's turgid hate-speech is Pres. Obama.
OWS, for those who easily forget nightmares, was a top-down series of protests conceived by a few Canadian communists. OWS created a straw-man of wealth and capitalism corrupting society and oppressing 'the 99%.' Things just were not fair in the eyes of OWS protesters, and their lack of hygiene was meant to be the cure. However, once stories of drug overdose deaths, rapes, and even scabies spread, most people saw OWS as confirmation that normal society actually offered many benefits despite its flaws. Even the leftist panderers who endorsed OWS, such as Oakland Mayor Jean Quan, eventually imposed order through police power.
OWS grew to the population density limit of those without plumbing, then it dispersed and slowly faded away. Having achieved nothing but property damage and proof that college is not as worthwhile as once thought, the public's focus has gone back to paying the bills as before. The US retains its rightful skepticism of promises of free lunches. OWS promised free housing for those 'victimized' by banks that lent them money, but most people know that loans must be repaid. OWS promised free college educations, food, and healthcare, but most people know that such things cannot exist without paying their providers for their services. In short, while most Americans support some sort of social safety net for the elderly or infirm, they instinctively know that OWS's communist paradise is a lie. That is why OWS is cold dead.
In contrast to OWS, the Tea Party movement, despite its Old Media vilification is achieving great things. The Tea Party's visibility has decreased, but they have elected supporters in Congress. Without Tea Party influence, Beltway savvy Republicans would already have given in on Obamacare. Instead, the GOP is debating whether to fall on its sword to defund socialized medicine. Tea Party Congressmen are the backbone of fiscal sanity. Contrary to the OM's characterization of the Tea Party as hicks and racists, the movement is largely focused on fiscal sanity. The Tea Party sees Washington as too big and too corrupt, but it does not seek to deny the black vote or throw invalid grandparents off cliffs. The Tea Party represents the instinctive American skepticism toward promises of a free lunch.
The one politician who continues to preach the OWS mantra of division and wealth redistribution is Obama. In the face of scandals such as Benghazi and the IRS, Obama toured the world, and when that did not work, he rediscovered the sorry economy. As if OWS protesters were still in the street, Obama's prescription is more stimulus and wealth redistribution. Like OWS, Obama claims that only a few are getting ahead while also holding back everyone else. The problem is that this is Obama's America, and his expansion of welfare, stimulus, and Obamacare have yielded the weakest recovery since the Great Depression.
Everything Obama now requests, he has already tried, and his heightened class-war rhetoric sounds like the burnt-out OWS message that the US rejected. The siren call of socialism periodically tempts people, but usually in connection with some recent disaster. That was 2008, but now the US is climbing out of its mess and generally realizes the government is not helping. Obama is a progressive socialist, raised by, influenced by, and surrounded by radical leftists, so his views will never change. Obama may not realize the voters have already moved on. With any luck, Obama's latest leftist offensive will solidify his irrelevance in the mind of US voters.
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[snip] The fact that nobody in the US starves to death for lack of food is a non-event, as is the decreasing rate of cancer or the absence of polio infections... Another non-event worthy of reporting is the complete death of Occupy Wall Street. Once billed as the future of political discourse, and heralded by many left-wing politicians, OWS will not even merit a footnote in the history books. Indeed, the only one who still stirs OWS’s turgid hate-speech is Pres. Obama... OWS created a straw-man of wealth and capitalism corrupting society and oppressing ‘the 99%.’ ...their lack of hygiene was meant to be the cure... drug overdose deaths, rapes, and even scabies... normal society actually offered many benefits despite its flaws. Even the leftist panderers who endorsed OWS, such as Oakland Mayor Jean Quan, eventually imposed order through police power... The US retains its rightful skepticism of promises of free lunches. OWS promised free housing... free college educations, food, and healthcare... In contrast to OWS, the Tea Party movement, despite its Old Media vilification is achieving great things. [/snip]
Ron Paul Joins George Soros In Supporting “Occupy Wall Street” Protests
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2787999/posts
Ron Paul Supports Occupy Wall Street
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/gop/2810801/posts
Ron Paul Praises Occupy Wall Street
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2832378/posts
OWS in NYC is most definitely not dead. They still have hundreds of professional part time and full time activists on the payrolls of various nonprofits, and have been well funded and are well prepared for the next round of social justice action, whatever form that takes.
It isn’t a movement, it’s a ‘private army’ of mercenary protesters, with a few useful idiots, homeless, and college kids thrown in. As a grass roots movement, it never had any legitimacy, anyway. The handlers struck a lot of sparks, but they did not take hold.
Thanks Sunken:
OWS created a straw-man of wealth and capitalism corrupting society and oppressing ‘the 99%.’ ...their lack of hygiene was meant to be the cure... drug overdose deaths, rapes, and even scabies... normal society actually offered many benefits despite its flaws. Even the leftist panderers who endorsed OWS, such as Oakland Mayor Jean Quan, eventually imposed order through police power... The US retains its rightful skepticism of promises of free lunches. OWS promised free housing... free college educations, food, and healthcare... In contrast to OWS, the Tea Party movement, despite its Old Media vilification is achieving great things. [/snip]
Ron Paul Joins George Soros In Supporting “Occupy Wall Street” Protests
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2787999/posts
I did mention that OWS was a top-down organization.
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