Wall Street protesters prepare for harsh weather (Pampered Fleebaggers giving up, going home...)

Associated Press ^ | 10/28/11 | ERIKA NIEDOWSKI

[jimbo123]

Anti-Wall Street protesters around the country who are vowing to stand their ground against the police and politicians are also digging in against a different kind of adversary: cold weather.

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The activists also know full well that the number of demonstrators is likely to drop as the weather gets colder.

[jimbo123]

Pussies.

[ballplayer]

Snow Storm this weekend!

[ronnie raygun]

They’ll be back for the spring offensive.

[Graybeard58]

Cold weather camping is fun, no snakes to worry about, which I hate and fear with a passion. Probably not a lot of snakes in the big city anyway.

It’s not yet 6:00 A.M. here in the central zone, whadda ye expect for a no coffee yet, first post of the day?

[jimbo123]

Saturday forecast for NYC:

1.7 Inches of Snow on the way

Rain & Snow
Hi 45° RealFeel® 35°
Day

NE at 17 mph
Gusts: 42 mph
Increasingly windy with rain mixing with snow

36° RealFeel® 24°
Night

NW at 20 mph
Gusts: 37 mph
Evening snow; otherwise, cold with clearing; freezing temperatures in the normally colder spots

http://www.accuweather.com/us/ny/new-york/10017/forecast-details.asp?fday=2

[visualops]

Well, you know it’s tough being a protester, what they have to endure. People messing up their meals, now the weather.

[Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears]

Super-insulated sleeping bags? Aren’t those made by corporations?

[rlmorel]

"...Probably not a lot of snakes in the big city anyway..."

You have obviously never been in a big, liberal city...:)

[sodpoodle]

So now they are AWSers not OWSers! As in Aw poor babies.

Are they praying for some global warming?

Oh the ironry;)

[Beagle8U]

The Occutards didn't think this plan through, they believed the Gorebull warming crapola would keep them toasty warm all winter.

[jimbo123]

Algor will save them!

[Steven Tyler]

I would estimate that none of these folks have tried winter camping

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

Actually I'm hoping they can stick it out, all the way till November of 2012. By then they'll look even more like The Walking Dead and Herman Cain (of course he will be the nominee) can play ads of Obama supporting them.

"This is the America our current President wants..."

[Beagle8U]

Yup, they'll just have to get into that "Al Gore Rhythm" to keep themselves warm. ( math joke)

[DemforBush]

I have to admit, I found myself chuckling at numerous points in that story. I don’t claim to be the second coming of Jerimiah Johnson, but I have been camping in late fall/early winter enough to know the basics of staying healthy and hale in cold weather. Something these clowns seem to mostly lack.

I especially liked the part about igloos - LOL!!!

[SnuffaBolshevik]

"Patricia Phelan and her fiancee, Savanah Kite, have been camping in the Providence park in a $20 tent from Walmart.

How nice.

[SueRae]

If the media would stop giving them wall to wall coverage, they’d disperse a lot sooner. Just like ignoring a kid pitching a fit, works the same way.

[ETL]

Community Board Asks "Occupy Wall Street" Protesters To Clean Up, Quiet Down
NY-1 News ^ | Oct 20, 2011 | Michael Herzenberg

“This has been a nightmare,” said Brian Summers, who lives near Zuccotti Park.

Summers said those trying to force corporations to become better corporate citizens should learn to be better citizens themselves.

“It makes us feel horrible. We work down here, we live down here,” said Summers.

Drums are played each and every day. The noise registers as 117 on a decibel meter.

According to the federal government, regular exposure to 110 decibels can lead to permanent hearing loss.

From blocks away, it might not be physically harmful, but neighbors say it's damaging lives.

“We support the message, and a lot of residents do, but they also want to have a good night sleep,” said Manhattan City Councilmember Margaret Chin.

Local officials have been swamped with neighborhood complaints.

That's why they invited protesters to hear them firsthand at a Community Board 1 meeting Thursday.

Besides the noise problem, residents say protesters are pouring urine in the streets.

“Our neighbors do not urinate and defecate in the street. These occupiers need to vacate our neighborhood,” said one resident.

(Excerpt) Read more at ny1.com ...
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"I don't want to work
I want to bang on the drum all day"

Todd Rundgren - Bang on the Drum All Day:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZclddLcOYYA

Community Board Asks "Occupy Wall Street" Protesters To Clean Up, Quiet Down
NY-1 News ^ | Oct 20, 2011 | Michael Herzenberg

“This has been a nightmare,” said Brian Summers, who lives near Zuccotti Park.

Summers said those trying to force corporations to become better corporate citizens should learn to be better citizens themselves.

“It makes us feel horrible. We work down here, we live down here,” said Summers.

Drums are played each and every day. The noise registers as 117 on a decibel meter.

According to the federal government, regular exposure to 110 decibels can lead to permanent hearing loss.

From blocks away, it might not be physically harmful, but neighbors say it's damaging lives.

“We support the message, and a lot of residents do, but they also want to have a good night sleep,” said Manhattan City Councilmember Margaret Chin.

Local officials have been swamped with neighborhood complaints.

That's why they invited protesters to hear them firsthand at a Community Board 1 meeting Thursday.

Besides the noise problem, residents say protesters are pouring urine in the streets.

“Our neighbors do not urinate and defecate in the street. These occupiers need to vacate our neighborhood,” said one resident.

(Excerpt) Read more at ny1.com ...
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"I don't want to work
I want to bang on the drum all day"

Todd Rundgren - Bang on the Drum All Day:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZclddLcOYYA

[Rocky]

That’s good. AWS instead of OWS.

AWS = Abandon Wall Street.

[meyer]

"I don't want to work I want to bang on the drum all day"

LOL - perfect theme song for these mindless drones!