Live Thread: One Nation Working Together Rally, 12 P.M. EDT 10/02/10 (Commies, Terrorist Supporters)

Saturday, October 2, 2010 | Kristinn

[kristinn]

The so-called progressive movement will be holding what one wag called the One Nation Working Together to Save the Democrats' Majority Rally today from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. EDT at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.

The mainstream media won't tell you, but can read about the communists, socialists, anti-Israel and terrorist supporting groups behind the rally here

Astroturf? The unions and the NAACP are giving free bus rides to tens of thousands of attendees, free t-shirts, free lunches and even free flags.

C-SPAN will be covering the rally live beginning at 12 p.m. EDT. Click here to find the live link or watch on C-SPAN 1.

[COUNTrecount]

"Millions of trillions already there....too many to fit into a conventional camera shot.NASA using the Hubble to record this historic occasion">

ABCCNNNBCNPR story at 5.

[PIF]

“free lunches and even free flags.

Black ones, or red ones?”

Black flags and red flags to wave; red, white and blue flags to burn...

[PGalt]

Thanks for the reminder, kristinn. “One Nation Working Together Rally” = A Bunch of Collectives Working Together to the Detriment of America Rally.

[ETL]

From the website of the Communist Party, USA...
(prior to the election)

"The Communist Party USA views the 2008 elections as a tremendous opportunity to defeat the policies of the right-wing Republicans and to move our country in a new progressive direction.

The record turnout in the Democratic Presidential primary races shows that millions of voters, including millions of new voters, are using this election to bring about real change. We wholeheartedly agree with them."

http://cpusa.org/cpusa-2008-electoral-policy/
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After the election....

A Landslide Mandate For Change

A breakthrough election
Congratulations on an extraordinary history making election!

We can think back with pride to decades of hard work toward our strategic goal of a big enough, broad enough and united enough labor and all-people’s movement that could overcome the ultra-right blockage to all progress. That all people’s movement has come to life, it is dynamic and it has the potential to keep growing.

The election of Barack Obama and a strengthened Congress creates new conditions in our country. There is now the possibility to shift gears and move forward. This new day requires us to further develop our tactics in order to continue to deepen and broaden labor and people’s unity.

There are thousands of experiences that we all have had in these momentous days, some large, some small, all of which express the enormity of change in thinking and readiness for involvement that is underway and that steels us for the battles ahead.

The tears of joy we all shared as crowds gathered to watch the election results here and throughout the world dramatize the new moment we are in.

http://cpusa.org/a-landslide-mandate-for-change-report-to-the-national-committee-meeting-11-15-08/
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July 1, 2009...

Change is Here, Change is Coming

Sam Webb, National Chair, Communist Party, USA:

Let me begin with a simple observation: If the last 30 years were an era of reaction, then the coming decade could turn into an era of reform, even radical reform. Six months into the Obama presidency, I would say without hesitation that the landscape, atmosphere, conversation, and agenda have strikingly changed compared to the previous eight years.

In this legislative session, we can envision winning a Medicare-like public option and then going further in the years ahead.

We can visualize passing tough regulatory reforms on the financial industry, which brought the economy to ruin.

We can imagine the troops coming home from Iraq and Afghanistan while U.S. representatives participate in a regional process that brings peace and stability to the entire region.

In the current political climate, the expansion of union rights becomes a real possibility.

Much the same can be said about winning a second stimulus bill, and we sure need one, given the still-rising rate, and likely long term persistence, of unemployment.

Isn’t it possible in the Obama era to create millions of green jobs in manufacturing and other sectors of the economy in tandem with an attack on global warming?

Can’t we envision taking new strides in the long journey for racial and gender equality in this new era, marked at its beginning by the election of the first African American to the presidency?

And isn’t the overhaul of the criminal justice and prison system – a system steeped in racism – no longer pie-in-the sky, but something that can be done in the foreseeable future?

All these things are within reach now!

http://cpusa.org/change-is-here-change-is-coming/

[ETL]

"Change will not come if we wait for some other person or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek"-- BARACK OBAMA
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"Barack Obama told supporters that
'change has come to America' as he
claimed victory in a historic presidential election."

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/04/election.president/index.html

[kristinn]

Thanks.

[ETL]

You’re welcome. And thank you for these great threads.

[COUNTrecount]

This day in history.

U.S. 1974 U.S.A. Study Shows Cannabis Can Kill Brain Cells

2nd October, 1974 : A new study has shown that the use of marijuana long term can kill human brain cells and causing personality disorders.

[mainepatsfan]

This should provide for some great sound cuts for the talk radio circuit come Monday.

[prisoner6]

Traffic cams are showing a little activity. Police appear to have closed a couple of streets. There are some crowds cam at 17th NW and Constitution. Buses are parked along the street at 20th NW and Constitution.

In one shot what looked like a red, double decekr bus passed and seemed lightly loaded. Is that a DC tourist bus or something from out of town?

[WilliamofCarmichael]

State controlled American media (SCAM) Headline?

"From every community in the Country."
Obama Supporters' 8-28 Counter Rally Draws Millions
CBS: 8.7 million

Most avoid Sun under tents, trees

(Image is from google, source is in link.)

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

Bad news for the unions and commies---I heard on WMAL last night that Metro is doing maintenance on the Green, Yellow, and Red Lines this weekend and that there will be delays.

I guess that Stewart and company didn't think this thing through enough....

[mainepatsfan]

That’s odd. For the Restoring Honor rally folks stayed out over night by the thousands in front of the Lincoln Memorial. And they paid their own way.

The whole point of this rally is to demand that government pay for their way.

[kristinn]

Probably a tourist bus. By this time on 8/28, the Mall and surrounding roads were jammed with people.

[armymarinemom]

Is the C-Span photo accompanying the lead in article a photo of a Tea Party rally

[kristinn]

You can tell it's a tea party rally because of the lack of police in the photo :-)

It's from the Restoring Honor Rally.

[counterpunch]

You forgot to mention that attendance is MANDATORY for many members of Stalinist unions.

[IM2MAD]

Here’s a link to some DC traffic cams. Do you have a link to others?

http://www.trafficland.com/city/WAS/index.html?campid=0&ssns=14&;

These might give us some idea about crowd size later.

[mainepatsfan]

I guess that Stewart and company didn't think this thing through enough....

Their rally isn't until the end of the month. Today's rally will provide another source of humor.

[cripplecreek]

There were more people than that at 5 AM for the 8/28 rally.

Nice of them to hide them under tents.