Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Politics Protesters Vow High Noon Occupation at Tennessee Homeland Security Offices
Posted by Jeff Woods on Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 10:42 AM
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Occupy Nashville is setting its sights on a new encampment: Protesters say they will occupy the little patch of grass at the downtown Tennessee Towers state office building at high noon today. In a press release, the protesters say they will act "in solidarity with our brothers and sisters around the world" who have been rousted from their camps.
"The 25th floor of the Tennessee Towers houses the local source of these atrocious violations of our rights: the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security," the protesters say, adding that the duration of this occupation "is yet to be determined." From the presser:
Oakland Mayor Jean Quan admitted recently to a conference call with 18 other cities to collectively organize these evictions, and we believe these actions were supported by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Our occupation of the Tennessee Towers courtyard is designed to bring attention to the attempts by homeland security to limit our freedoms and violate our rights, treating peaceful protesters the same as violent criminals or terrorists. ...Occupy Nashville remains committed to maintaining our presence on Legislative Plaza, to bring attention to the corrupting influence of corporate money on our political processes, and we condemn attempts by the state and federal government to create an Orwellian society by persecuting law-abiding citizens who choose to exercise their constitutional rights of free speech and assembly. We are the 99%.
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You've got to admire Woodsey for being able to keep his panties wadded for so long. I wonder what he will do when someone in authority finally grows a set of co-jones and removes the squatters.
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I've got news for the occupiers: they're not the ninety-nine percent; they're not even one percent. They're just a few sad individuals in love with the idea of protests.
Many of us applaud the Occupiers' courage, their endurance, and their willingness to expose convenient social fictions.
The state should start charging the going daily price of a tent camping site in a state park. Then the squatters would probably head back to their apartment in their parents' basement and drive their Prius back to War Memorial Plaza to protest.
"in solidarity with our brothers and sisters around the world"
Wow. 'Solidarity' and 'brothers and sisters' in the same sentence. Can "Ho Ho Ho Chi Min will surely win" be far behind? Where are "Citizen" and "Comrade?"
"...we condemn attempts by the state and federal government to create an Orwellian society by persecuting law-abiding citizens who choose to exercise their constitutional rights of free speech and assembly. We are the 99%."
Any group that presumes to speak for the 99% is Orwellian enough for all of us.
I wonder if algore has invited his brethren to the palace on lynnwood in belle meade? they could have a nice warm lunch, perhaps a dip in the pool in lieu of a shower, and of course, camping on the grounds.
Then they could march on the belle meade city hall and camp out there too while protesting the "old money" powers. Then they could join the homeless paper sellers in brentwood and mount an assault on that haven of "new money" generators.
OH how glorious this could become. It could even create jobs for the folks who build the new jail to put all these people in.
