So how did they all do? “I don’t see anyone galvanizing people like they did for Mike Huckabee,” said Steve Scheffler, president of the event’s sponsor and a leading social conservative activist in Iowa. “And I’d be lying if I told you that can change in one event.”

I am not the government. I am not the state. I am not capitalism.

I am the 99%.

The headline above summarizes the message strategy of the Republican field running for president of the United States: “I speak with universal and infinite paternal love for all of you, but must warn half of you that the other half are leeches and misfits who are destroying your lives.” Then, to top it off, they [...]

Remember Mr. Media, anyone can go to a protest — even people who want to cause violence and discredit the movement or are simply working out their daddy issues on TV.

Eric Cantor chickened out of a public appearance at the Wharton School, afraid to share his views with the 99% he so assiduously screws over. Fortunately his speech was given to The Daily Pennsylvanian, who shared it here. No wonder Eric wanted to say this crap to a selected audience that wouldn’t laugh out loud, complying with the social rule that speakers should be given that small measure of respect.

We got a report back from legal today. The permit request to allow us onto just a section of the Capitol grounds for one week was denied. They claimed our request went against their policies. Of course we know other groups have been allowed to do exactly what we requested so it has nothing to do with their policies. Its just an attempt to not allow the occupation to grow. The last thing the government wants is a force that opposes them to grow bigger. Can’t say I am surprised. That they would violate their oaths to serve the public and instead serve their own self interest is disappointing but par for the course. If the government was responsive to the needs and rights of the 99%, we would not be out there.

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Bugs Bunny and Witch Hazel — A Witch’s Tangled Hare. This Warner Bros Looney Tunes cartoon was released on October 31, 1958.

Just as interest in Sarah Palin has moved into the day-old discount bin, so has novelty memorabilia about her. But this doesn’t mean that she’s going to leave a nickel on the table before she is swept kicking and screaming in that awful voice of hers into the dustbin of has beens.