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Occupy Tampa: The occupation takes a vacation
St. Pete Times ^ | Saturday, October 8, 2011 | Robbyn Mitchell and Jessica Vander Velde, Times Staff Writers

Posted on 10/08/2011 3:52:37 AM PDT by dawn53

About a dozen people gathered in downtown's Lykes Gaslight Square on Friday morning. Several said they were surprised by the small turnout, especially compared with Thursday's crowds.

Glenn Murawski, 19, a University of South Florida psychology student, said he figures people took the day off Thursday but can't keep doing that day after day.

Zachary Mitrovich, 23, said work is no excuse. Mitrovich, a Hillsborough Community College student, said he took off school to attend Friday's protest.

"The thing is, if you want the world to change, you have to make sacrifices," he said.

He wants giant crowds, and he wants to spend nights protesting, too.

"This is not Occupy Tampa," he said. "This is chill in Tampa."

(Excerpt) Read more at tampabay.com ...


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The student's quote is "priceless."
1 posted on 10/08/2011 3:52:40 AM PDT by dawn53
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To: dawn53

Real Americans have already caught on that Obama is behind the “Occupation Movement” so he can impose martial law on America.


2 posted on 10/08/2011 3:54:58 AM PDT by Rapscallion (DO NOT RESPOND TO RUMORS. Your freedom may depend on it.)
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To: Rapscallion

...which would be harder than herdin’ cats.


3 posted on 10/08/2011 3:56:55 AM PDT by de.rm ('Most people never believe anything you tell them unless it isn't true."-Groucho Marx)
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To: Rapscallion

For those who want to stand up against American capitalism...a moment to reflect here.

The fancy coffee you bought at Starbucks this morning? It came from capitalism. Starbucks took a risk in getting fancy coffee shipped in and they built big empire....all due to capitalism.

The fancy breakfast you had this morning on the way to work? It’s that cheap, because of capitalism. The flour for the toast.....the sausage patty that started out in Mississippi and found it’s way to Portland....the orange juice that originally started in Brazil.....and the fancy jelly that really came from South Carolina.

The car that brought you to college or work today? It came because of capitalism. It might be capitalism from South Korea, Japan, Germany, France, Italy, Brazil, Canada, or various states in the US.

The repair you did to your car last week? That came from capitalism. You were able to find a muffler guy who did it for half the price of Midas, and then you spent that saved money on beer from Mexico (thanks again to capitalism for bringing the beer over from the border).

The laptop that you use? That came from capitalism. Don’t even waste a breathe on details.

The big weekend you had in Vegas? That all came from capitalism.

The marijuana that you smoked prior to work this morning? Sadly, the guys from Bama’s heartland will tell you proudly that they are absolute capitalists at heart....as they grew their weed and fought off the law to deliver the weed to your front door....for cold hard cash.

The NCAA game that you will watch today? All brought to us via capitalists at the university system and various networks. They found cash and flooded the market with their product.

The septic tank that you replaced last weekend with your cousin Woodrow? Well....capitalist built the septic tank as cheaply as possibly in west Texas with illegals, sold them via a guy who does business out of his garage with no business license, and your cousin Woodrow only helped because you offered up $40 to help. That all involved capitalism.

The mail-order bride that you got from Thailand? Capitalism figures into this because there were airline tickets, Skype chats, and emails involved....which all lead back to capitalism.

The win by the Detroit Tigers against the Yankees? All due to capitalism. In fact, the Yankees will tell you that they didn’t spend enough on their capitalism....thus they didn’t have all the right players.

The medication you took for your painful back issues? All developed and manufactured by a capitalistic company, and sold by a capitalistic pharmacy.

Anti-capitalists are naive at heart. They really don’t know how they should live their life in the heart of America. They would be better off to pack and move out of the country.


4 posted on 10/08/2011 4:02:56 AM PDT by pepsionice
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To: pepsionice

Well said.


5 posted on 10/08/2011 4:18:23 AM PDT by EverOnward
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To: dawn53
Glenn Murawski, 19, a University of South Florida psychology student

Psychology student= Urban outdoors men in about a year.

6 posted on 10/08/2011 4:21:05 AM PDT by bikerman
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To: dawn53

What with wanting free education, I guess teachers won’t be paid anymore if these idiots get there wish.


7 posted on 10/08/2011 4:33:12 AM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (I miss President Bush greatly! Palin in 2012! 2012 - The End Of An Error! (Oathkeeper))
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To: dawn53

Slugs on parade...

8 posted on 10/08/2011 4:39:36 AM PDT by raybbr (People who still support Obama are either a Marxist or a moron.)
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To: dawn53

Standing in the street with friends and maybe picking up a new girl out of the crowd, sure beats hell out of working.


9 posted on 10/08/2011 4:40:13 AM PDT by Venturer
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Anti-capitalists are naive at heart.

That's a lot more polite than I would have said it. History is strewn with the wreckage of gov'ts that have tried to replace capitalism with something better. Even China is moving towards capitalism and didn't even come out of the 18th century until after it made the move. These kids are pretty much spoiled brats who are in college and have yet to work for anything. I hope reality slaps them in the face sometime soon.

10 posted on 10/08/2011 4:42:42 AM PDT by econjack
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To: dawn53

Here you have people who couldn’t reconcile a checking statement if their lives depended on it, telling the world how to divide its resources to make everybody happy.


11 posted on 10/08/2011 4:49:01 AM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham (Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
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To: econjack

College kids being fed collectivist, Marxist “throw off your chains” garbage by communist “professors”. Someday they will have to get a job and like P.J. O’Rourke when they see half of their paycheck gone to taxes will suddenly “moderate” their views.


12 posted on 10/08/2011 4:56:22 AM PDT by mc5cents
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To: pepsionice

I agree with all of your scenarios regarding capitalism, except for the septic tank replacement. None of these losers has a cousin Woodrow, and most probably don’t know what a septic tank is, let alone be able to replace one. :)


13 posted on 10/08/2011 4:59:14 AM PDT by Explorer89 (And now, let the wild rumpus start!!)
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To: bikerman

Had a buddy that went to USF...he called it U Stupid F&^k...


14 posted on 10/08/2011 5:06:39 AM PDT by Fedupwithit ("Live free or Die: Death is not the worst of evils" - Gen. John Stark)
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To: bikerman

Had a buddy that went to USF...he called it U Stupid F&^k...


15 posted on 10/08/2011 5:07:00 AM PDT by Fedupwithit ("Live free or Die: Death is not the worst of evils" - Gen. John Stark)
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To: mc5cents

The “occupiers” remind me of this Monty Python skit...I’m being repressed, I’m being repressed!

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=monty+python+dennis+the+peasant&aq=1&oq=monty+python+dennis


16 posted on 10/08/2011 5:13:18 AM PDT by dawn53
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To: dawn53
Zachary Mitrovich, 23,

Googled this bass turd

What a piece of work...needs a serious ass kicking

17 posted on 10/08/2011 5:31:05 AM PDT by Popman (Obama is God's curse upon the land....)
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To: bikerman

Urban outdoors men

Kudos to Neal Boortz for coining that phrase.


18 posted on 10/08/2011 5:44:21 AM PDT by Mouton (Voting is an opiate of the electorate. Nothing changes no matter who wins..)
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To: dawn53
"What do we want?"
"Free stuff!"
"When do we want it?"
"Right now!"

19 posted on 10/08/2011 6:06:18 AM PDT by PogySailor (Obama is a SCOAMF)
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To: dawn53
He wants giant crowds,

Well then, he should get a ticket for a Bucs game!!!

20 posted on 10/08/2011 6:39:27 AM PDT by varon (Allegiance to the Constitution, always. Allegiance to a party, never!)
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