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Lech Walesa, former Polish president, to visit New York in support of Occupy Wall Street
NYDailyNews ^ | October 12, 2011 | Corky Siemaszko

Posted on 10/13/2011 4:47:31 PM PDT by decimon

Solidarity hero Lech Walesa is flying to New York to show his support for the Occupy Wall Street protesters.

"How could I not respond," Walesa told a Polish newspaper Wednesday. "The thousands of people gathered near Wall Street are worried about the fate of their future, the fate of their country. This is something I understand."

A former shipyard worker who led Poland's successful revolt against Soviet communism, Walesa said "capitalism is in crisis" and not just in America.

"This is a worldwide problem," he told the Lublin-based Dziennik Wschodni newspaper. "The Wall Street protesters have focused a magnifying glass on the problem."

Protest organizers said they will welcome Walesa with open arms.

"He fought very, very hard for the rights of all working people," said Doug Forand of the 99 New York campaign, which is affiliated with OWS.

Support from a world-class working-class hero like Walesa puts more pressure on Wall St. and on the government to get "the wealthiest 1% to do their share to create jobs and get us through this economic crisis," he said.

A staunch anti-communist and former Polish president who helped steer his country to a free market economy, Walesa was invited to join the three-week-old protest by organizer Matthew Blair.

Walesa has warned of a "worldwide revolt against capitalism" if the Wall St. protests are ignored.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: lechwalesa; occupywallst; occupywallstreet; poland; walesa
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To: decimon

Lech clearly has no idea what’s going on in the US. His handlers will have to guard and shelter him with extreme care to keep him from noticing the inconsistencies between what he’s been told and the reality on the ground.


21 posted on 10/13/2011 5:04:30 PM PDT by Hunton Peck (See my FR homepage for a list of businesses that support WI Gov. Scott Walker)
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To: decimon

Either Lech is ignorant or just plain stupid.


22 posted on 10/13/2011 5:05:53 PM PDT by School of Rational Thought (Fun for women ages 21 - 35)
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To: Rome2000

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choline


23 posted on 10/13/2011 5:08:53 PM PDT by bvw
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To: decimon
Maybe the basic problem is that he, like most Europeans, does not understand the United States.

(That's at least a partial explanation for why so many Europeans think Obama is wonderful.)

24 posted on 10/13/2011 5:09:39 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: decimon

He better get there before Friday.


25 posted on 10/13/2011 5:12:20 PM PDT by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11)
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To: decimon

I have a feeling he is going to be very surprised when he gets there.

I think he has been given some very bad information. He is not THIS stupid


26 posted on 10/13/2011 5:15:58 PM PDT by Mr. K (Sarah you broke my heart~!! Endorse Cain and all is forgiven)
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To: decimon

WTF??? I am in an alternative universe.


27 posted on 10/13/2011 5:17:07 PM PDT by riri
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To: casablanca

Apparently senility has set in. Does he KNOW who these people are.


28 posted on 10/13/2011 5:17:48 PM PDT by marty60
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To: decimon

68 in Poland is the new 78.

Wonder how you say alzheimer in Polish?


29 posted on 10/13/2011 5:19:08 PM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! True Supporters of our Troops PRAY for their VICTORY!)
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To: decimon

Wow... This is REALLY disappointing. How in the world can he support these people when they stand for the very thing he risked his life to end??? Perhaps once he gets here and actually SPEAKS to these people he will realize his mistake. I sure hope so... If not then this will unfortunately end up as the point where Walesa jumped the shark.

I’m guessing that the foreign media (just like ours) aren’t telling the real truth about exactly who is behind this whole OWS spectacle. I’m also guessing that he will be thoroughly disgusted at the filth in the park — definitely NOT at all like what happened in Poland.

Does anyone have a contact with Lech Walesa’s people? Someone needs to inform him of exactly who is behind this...


30 posted on 10/13/2011 5:22:47 PM PDT by LibertyRocks
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To: Hunton Peck
Lech clearly has no idea what’s going on in the US. His handlers will have to guard and shelter him with extreme care to keep him from noticing the inconsistencies between what he’s been told and the reality on the ground.

I sure someone manages to open his eyes before he makes a public appearance and flushes thirty years of hard-won respect down the toilet.

31 posted on 10/13/2011 5:28:13 PM PDT by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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To: crazyhorse691
You would think that a person that fought Marxism as hard as he did would be able to detect a whiff of a Marxist from a hundred yards...upwind.

I hate to say it but maybe he was a stooge all those years ago. Some comrades are more equal than others and who's faction was he married too, over their opposition. Sad day when I think one of the principals that helped bring down the Soviet Union was not what we thought.

I still want to know when Gerald Ford said Poland was free in the debates with Carter, was that a Intel Slip and what Intel did he have, i.e did they know then in 76' that the Soviets and their Satellite States were about to collapse....

32 posted on 10/13/2011 5:28:36 PM PDT by taildragger (( Palin / Mulally 2012 ))
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To: decimon
Walesa has warned of a "worldwide revolt against capitalism" if the Wall St. protests are ignored.

Doesn't sound like he's at all fuzzy about the goals of this "movement". He's gone to the dark side.

Madness is washing over the earth like a black tide. Nothing should surprise anyone anymore.

33 posted on 10/13/2011 5:32:11 PM PDT by WhistlingPastTheGraveyard (Some men just want to watch the world burn.)
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To: taildragger
I hate to say it but maybe he was a stooge all those years ago.

Knowing what we know now about the Soviets' long-term strategy at the time (play dead and let the west declare victory), you may be right.

34 posted on 10/13/2011 5:35:31 PM PDT by WhistlingPastTheGraveyard (Some men just want to watch the world burn.)
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To: decimon

So disappointed to hear this. He was once my hero!


35 posted on 10/13/2011 5:41:58 PM PDT by keats5 (Not all of us are hypnotized.)
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To: decimon

You’re with the communists now, Lech.


36 posted on 10/13/2011 5:43:42 PM PDT by TigersEye (Life is about choices. Your choices. Make good ones.)
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To: decimon
What a back stabbing bastard! Would he like to reintroduce socialism back to Poland.
37 posted on 10/13/2011 5:51:18 PM PDT by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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To: Dixie Yooper

Perhaps when he gets there and actually talks to those loons, he may reconsider. We’ll see.


38 posted on 10/13/2011 5:52:51 PM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: decimon

So sad to see a warrior against communism in the 70s and 80s be suckered into the latest Marxist scam called Occupy Wall Street in 2011. He is qualifying himself for the Bozo of the Year Award and doesn’t even know it.


39 posted on 10/13/2011 5:55:59 PM PDT by InterceptPoint
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To: decimon

He doesn’t seem to understand is exactly what he fought against. Go figure.


40 posted on 10/13/2011 5:57:24 PM PDT by EDINVA ( Jimmy McMillan '12: because RENT'S, TOO DAMN HIGH)
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