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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: LibertyRocks

Wouldn’t take it personally. Some of my best friends are Polish, but it looks like Lech is in a pickle.


61 posted on 10/13/2011 6:58:20 PM PDT by Fester Chugabrew (minds change)
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To: decimon

I think someone sold Ol’ Lech a bill of goods. When he finds out who he’s really supporting, I’m betting he’ll fly home in disgust.


62 posted on 10/13/2011 6:58:28 PM PDT by Antoninus (Take the pledge: I will not vote for Mitt Romney under any circumstances. EVER.)
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To: FrdmLvr

What a tool


63 posted on 10/13/2011 7:03:25 PM PDT by D Rider
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To: decimon

Convoluted message to say the least. What is Walesa going to tell these pampered American occu’peers? communism is immoral??? Capitalism is immoral??? Nihilism is immoral? Socialism is immoral? Or is it free market economy that’s been so disastrous and immoral for societies around the world?

Perhaps he wants to draw moral equivalencies between revolutions/revolutionaries the world over, calling them all one and the same. Perhaps sadly his ultimate message is that “revolution” itself is the only “morality” left us!


64 posted on 10/13/2011 7:15:28 PM PDT by parisa
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To: Fester Chugabrew

Totally agreed as far as Lech’s situation.

Not taking it personally, just curious as to what he really meant to say is all... Trust me, my husband (100% Polish - 3rd gen. American) has told me some of the funniest “dumb polack” jokes I’ve ever heard.

When someone tries to say that Polish people are stupid I just point them to this article at Cracked.com: [Minor Language Warning]
“The 5 Most Statistically Full of Sh!t National Stereotypes”
http://www.cracked.com/article_18409_the-5-most-statistically-full-shit-national-stereotypes.html
(LOL)


65 posted on 10/13/2011 7:33:07 PM PDT by LibertyRocks
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To: dfwgator

I’m going to have to remember that one. :)


66 posted on 10/13/2011 7:36:15 PM PDT by LibertyRocks
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To: LibertyRocks
. . . just curious as to what he really meant to say . . .

Well, it mught just be that, if Lech Walensa doesn't know the difference between capitalism and OWS, he might be a "dumb polack." As for myself, over the past decade I've come to appreciate Polish folks. Curious though: Do they like beer?

67 posted on 10/13/2011 8:46:40 PM PDT by Fester Chugabrew (minds change)
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To: taildragger
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....

Wow, I hadn't considered that possibility.

68 posted on 10/13/2011 9:02:15 PM PDT by NonValueAdded (So much stress was put on Bush's Fault that it finally let go, magnitude 6)
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To: LibertyRocks

The whole world is going mad!


69 posted on 10/13/2011 9:12:28 PM PDT by lonestar (It takes a village of idiots to elect a village idiot.)
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To: bvw

Very interesting!

Thanks


70 posted on 10/13/2011 10:11:58 PM PDT by Rome2000 (OBAMA IS A COMMUNIST CRYPTO-MUSLIM)
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To: Fester Chugabrew

LOL... Well, as for my husband and his family that answer would be “yes”.

I would have to say that a more long-lasting tradition among Poles would be drinking vodka - since the early middle ages if I’m remembering correctly.


71 posted on 10/14/2011 12:34:08 AM PDT by LibertyRocks
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To: lonestar

It certainly seems that way. I don’t feel as though I recognize our world any longer. Everything is upside-down from when I was young (or so it seems). I can’t even imagine what it must feel like to those older than I (I’m only in my late 30s). I should probably add that I grew up with older parents, so that may be a factor in how I perceive things. My family was pretty “old-fashioned” compared to my friends’ families.


72 posted on 10/14/2011 12:40:11 AM PDT by LibertyRocks
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To: Rome2000

Beets are a great source of Beta Choline. One of George Washington’s favorite foods. Beets are also found in that mid-winter cold soup used in northern climes known as borscht.

I can tell you that I’ve felt super re-energized after a lot of hard work outside on a bitter cold day after a few spoonfuls of beet borscht.

Choline is what that lecithin becomes in the body. Beta choline also helps the early stages of digestion.


73 posted on 10/14/2011 7:05:50 AM PDT by bvw
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