Posts Tagged ‘Crowd’
Polling the Occupy Wall Street Crowd – Alignment May cost Democrats the 2012 election.
By DOUGLAS SCHOEN President Obama and the Democratic leadership are making a critical error in embracing the Occupy Wall Street movement—and it may cost them the 2012 election. Last week, senior White House adviser David Plouffe said that "the protests you're seeing are the same conversations people are having in living rooms and kitchens all across America. . . . People are frustrated by an economy that does not reward hard work and responsibility, where Wall Street and Main Street don't seem to play by the same set of rules." Nancy Pelosi and others have echoed the message. Yet the Occupy Wall Street movement reflects values that are dangerously out of touch with the broad mass of the American people—and particularly with swing voters who are largely independent and have been [...]
Live stream of Wisconsin Capitol Protest Video Feed, Protesters storm past Police
Watch live streaming video from theuptake at livestream.com The UpTake - live streaming video powered by Livestream. Wisconsinites have flooded back into their Capitol Building tonight, aided by police officers who largely stood back and let them in. It's not clear what happens next, or whether the building will be cleared. A call has been put out for a full-scale protest at 9:00 am tomorrow. The Uptake blog is at the Capitol interviewing people who are re-occupying the building, hoping to stay overnight. via Live feed from inside Wisconsin Capitol - Boing Boing. Related articles Motel 6 Madison - Wisconsin Police refuse to remove protesters after Capital is closed (politisite.com) It is Over! Wisconsin GOP strips public workers bargaining rights (politisite.com) Op-Ed Governor [...]
Mubarak Speech: Will Delegate authority to Vice-president Omar Suleiman but won’t step down
By Albert N. Milliron (Politisite)-- President Mubarak spoke live through Egyptian Television stating that he intends to remain President of Egypt until the national election that will take place in September 2011. He spoke to the Egyptian people calling himself a father figure toward the people as his children. He related that he will not be influenced by outside sources, possibly referring to the pressure he has received from the United States, and will not step down. He stated that he will effectively delegate authority to his unelected Vice-president, Omar Suleiman, who was sworn in just short of two weeks ago. Mubarak, stated that he wanted free and fare elections and to allow that process to provide a smooth transition to a new power after his nearly thirty year [...]
No Profiling Muslims: Teen Tries to Blow-up Crowd at Christmas Tree Lighting
Federal agents in a sting operation arrested a Somali-born teenager just as he tried blowing up a van he believed was loaded with explosives at a crowded Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Portland, authorities said. The bomb was an elaborate fake supplied by the agents and the public was never in danger, authorities said. Mohamed Osman Mohamud, 19, was arrested at 5:40 p.m. Friday just after he dialed a cell phone that he thought would set off the blast but instead brought federal agents and police swooping down on him. Yelling “Allahu Akbar!”—Arabic for “God is great!”—Mohamud tried to kick agents and police after he was taken into custody, according to prosecutors. “The threat was very real,” said Arthur Balizan, special agent in charge of the FBI in [...]
‘One Nation’ Rally Greatly Resembled MLK’s ‘Dream Speech’ Crowd
“One Nation Working Together” would like to thank everybody who attended Saturday’s “trash-a-palooza” rally at the Lincoln Memorial. What a scene it was: That looks like a crowd similar to those who attended MLK’s “I have a dream” speech: Look at the positioning of some of the people on the near-side of the reflecting pool in the “One Nation” picture vs. the MLK speech photo: My God, do you know what this means? It means a lot of the same people who attended Dr. King’s speech “dream” speech were so moved by the goals and visions of the “One Nation” rally that they decided to show up and stand in the exact same positions they did in 1963! What a tribute! If that doesn’t give you a lump in your throat, nothing will. Seriously, imagine the outrage [...]
