Ron Paul Tent at OWS Too Funny Not to Share

[csnoski]

It was a Ron Paul tent, then it wasn't since the Occupiers profess no poitical leanings. (huh?) Anyway, the comments are the most entertaining part of this article.

The Strange Odyssey of the Ron Paul Tent at Occupy Philly | News and Opinion | Philadelphia Weekly=

 

[Expat]

Very interesting article. Funny too, especially taking a dump in their tent.

 

[Hotdoger]

Very interesting article. Funny too, especially taking a dump in their tent.

Yea after they stole all their stuff.

 

[goinggreyfast]

Interesting article. Wonder why this guy hasn't been "runnoft"

https://www.indianagunowners.com/fo...7771-can_you_relate_to_this_ows_attendee.html

 

[88GT]

“If they threw a party, hardly anyone would go to it. So they have parasitically attached themselves to our ultra-progressive revolutionary movement because we are what’s real and what’s happening, in order to push their junk without doing any heavy lifting.”


Well, she got the first part right.

 

[RICHARDKANEpa]

The Ron Paul tent at Occupy Philly was teaching Survival Skills. I played Santa Clause with a lot of plastic bottles of water when the water was turned off, but my stored food wasn't rotated so I haven't shared much. The city said no tents after Nov 27 probably meaning no Ron Paul tents,

readersupportednews.org/pm-section/78-78/8620-ron-paul-tent-hopefully-only-temporary-closing-disenchanted-obamaites-got-survival-skills-maybe-obama-a-paul-can-also-learn-from-each-other

Ron Paul Tent Hopefully only Temporary Closing,disenchanted Obamaites learned survival skills.Maybe Obama&Paul can also learn

 

[CarmelHP]

“If they threw a party, hardly anyone would go to it. So they have parasitically attached themselves to our ultra-progressive revolutionary movement because we are what’s real and what’s happening, in order to push their junk without doing any heavy lifting.”


Well, she got the first part right.

I thought Rambone said that OWS was all libertarians fighting government largesse and corruption????

 

[hooky]

How do you propose to ban a group of people exercising their first amendment rights in a public place when your own argument for not being banned is that you're exercising your first amendment rights in a public place?

 

[rambone]

I thought Rambone said that OWS was all libertarians fighting government largesse and corruption????

Nope, definitely didn't say that. I argued that it is false that they are all flea-party communists fighting the bourgeois. No group that large is homogeneous. Its ridiculous to argue otherwise.

 

[CarmelHP]

Nope, definitely didn't say that. I argued that it is false that they are all flea-party communists fighting the bourgeois. No group that large is homogeneous. Its ridiculous to argue otherwise.

It's ridiculous to argue that 99% of the 99percenters AREN'T "all flea-party communists fighting the bourgeois." The 1% left that is anything else are too marginal in the group to matter.

 

[steveh_131]

I thought Rambone said that OWS was all libertarians fighting government largesse and corruption????

Source please.

 

[Phil502]

Nothing makes a better point then taking a crap in a tent, how cosmopolitan.

 

[steveh_131]

It's ridiculous to argue that 99% of the 99percenters AREN'T "all flea-party communists fighting the bourgeois." The 1% left that is anything else are too marginal in the group to matter.

Face-to-face Survey of a small group of protestors:

http://www.douglasschoen.com/pdf/Occupy_Wall_Street_Poll_Douglas_Schoen.pdf

A few of the more pertinent questions:

3. Party: With which political party do you identify? {Open Ended}
5% Anarchist
1% Constitutionalist
32% Democrat
4% Former/disillusioned Democrat
6% Independent
6% Libertarian
6% Socialist
3% Working Families Party
33% Do not identify with any political party
4% Not sure

10.Do you plan on voting to reelect President Obama in the upcoming 2012
Presidential Election?
48% Yes
25% No
27% Undecided

15.Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is performing his job as
President?
44% Approve
9% strongly approve
35% somewhat approve
51% Disapprove
24% somewhat disapprove
27% strongly disapprove
5%Not sure

22. Do you feel that the wealthiest Americans are paying their fair share of taxes,
or should we increase taxes on the wealthiest Americans?
77% Need to raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans
22% They are paying their fair share
1% Not sure

26. Do you think that we need greater government regulation over the banking
sector, the auto sector, and the U.S. economy, less government regulation, or
the same amount of government control and regulation?
70% More regulation
24%Less regulation
6% Same level
27. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: Government has a
moral responsibility to guarantee healthcare, college education, and a secure
retirement for all -- no matter what the cost.
35% Disagree
65% Agree

Obviously this isn't conclusive, but I would say it points to a larger portion of non-communists than 1%.

 

[hooky]

Face-to-face Survey of a small group of protestors:

http://www.douglasschoen.com/pdf/Occupy_Wall_Street_Poll_Douglas_Schoen.pdf

15.Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is performing his job as
President?
44% Approve
9% strongly approve
35% somewhat approve
51% Disapprove
24% somewhat disapprove
27% strongly disapprove
5%Not sure

I'm 47% sure that question isn't properly reported...

 

[CarmelHP]

I'm 47% sure that question isn't properly reported...

Do you dare question that Douglas Schoen's survey is less than rigorous?

 

[rambone]

Face-to-face Survey of a small group of protestors:

http://www.douglasschoen.com/pdf/Occupy_Wall_Street_Poll_Douglas_Schoen.pdf

Obviously this isn't conclusive, but I would say it points to a larger portion of non-communists than 1%.

 

[CarmelHP]

Don't you dare plug your ears at Douglas Schoen's little survey in which he tells us virtually nothing about how he selected the respondents in order to get his vague, ambiguous responses, so vague that they neither prove nor disprove anything other than the presenter's biased gloss on the results.

 

[steveh_131]

Do you dare question that Douglas Schoen's survey is less than rigorous?

Glad to hear some research that support a different conclusion.

 

[CarmelHP]

Glad to hear some research that support a different conclusion.

Supports what conclusion? It doesn't even support your conclusion.

 

[steveh_131]

Don't you dare plug your ears at Douglas Schoen's little survey in which he tells us virtually nothing about how he selected the respondents in order to get his vague, ambiguous responses, so vague that they neither prove nor disprove anything other than the presenter's biased gloss on the results.

Sounds like he's actually biased in favor of your position.

Douglas Schoen warns White House: Don?t back ?Occupy Wall Street? - MJ Lee - POLITICO.com

All in all, these numbers demonstrate the fact that the protesters represent “an unrepresentative segment of the electorate that believes in radical redistribution of wealth, civil disobedience and, in some instances, violence,” and that their common bond is “a deep commitment to left-wing policies,” Schoen said.