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The romanticized version of the Occupy Movement by the media and many leading Democrat politicians ignores the reality of the goings on as well as the anarchy of the crowds. Below is an account of a reporter who braved the dangerous conditions and captured the reality of the anarchy and thuggish behavior of the crowd. Tomorrow I will issue my analysis of the movement and the ultimate result to expect of it. You can read the complete article by clicking on tell the tale 3rd line below. A NIGHT IN ZUCCOTTI PARK New York Post reporter Candice Giove braved the elements, the crazies and the sexual predators to spend a night in Zuccotti Park with the Wall Street Occupiers. She lived to tell the tale . The Occupiers seem to have devolved to a lower level of civilization: The parcel is now a sliver of madness, rife with sex attacks, robberies and vigilante justice. It’s a leaderless bazaar that’s been divided into state-like camps — with tents packed together so densely that the only way to...

http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=649153 Friend, Randy on the Left Coast reminded me that Corzine has hired a prominent criminal lawyer. One doesn't do such without concern for criminal charges.   Randy provided the link above and it will take you to the original NY Times article. It's interesting that the NYT is out front on this given that they have been a Corzine sycophant.

Yesterday, in response to commentary from friends, I asked, almost rhetorically at the time since the severance had been reported, "how could Corzine take a $12-million severance when MF Global was in bankruptcy?? I speculated that it could have been granted before the filing for Chapter 11 (with high risk!). By the end of the day, the FBI was said to be investigating which makes it legitimate to infer criminal behavior expected. Up to $700 million of customer money is missing in addition to the "corporate" losses from highly improper Corzine-directed trades in European sovereign debt vehicles If he took the severance, in all likelihood it would be disgorged by the court or "clawed back." Well, well, today we hear that he refused the severance.  Really! This explanation is hardly palatable. Seems someone wised up and/or got frightened. Corzine ran Goldman Sachs as a government trough feeder and influence peddler of highest order. As governor, he bankrupte...

 The same fast-talking reporter on CNBC who called Popandreou a genius for calling a referendum on their EU bailout, thus getting the opposition to the table, just reported that the referendum is called off....and a vote of confidence will be called. Great reporting! Opposition leader says he's been betrayed by Popandreou. Seems once again American and Greek governments can be compared -- presidential dysfunction,   dishonesty, subterfuge and more. Unions cause big problems, but their patron saints in government are worse.

A friendly reader has suggested to shorten paragraphs and I will try to do so. I realize some posts are long and I will try to shorten them in total. Thanks for the help and thanks for your interests.

I hope readers will read the eaarlier post, "America, When Will She Be Like Greece?" I stand by my analysis although I just heard a rapid-talking reporter on CNBC asserting that Popandreou now looks like a genius because "he got the opposition to the table." She talks too fast to be anything but a far leftist (a trademark if you haven't noticed). Her commentary is simply reflexive and ignores facts. Nothing analytical at all. This is all too common for people of her persuasion. The situation is simple. The truth is the opposition wants Popandreou's job. THE DRIVERS OF THE RESISTANCE ARE NOT AT THE TABLE --- PUBLIC SERVICE UNIONS! We'll see if they come to their senses or force Greece into catastrophic default.

My post on October 24 rebutting former VA Governor Doug Wilder's assessment of President Obama published verbatim in The Richmond Times Dispatch yesterday, Nov. 1. I urge all readers, everyone I can reach to write letters to papers and get active. The heart and soul of our beloved America is at stake. Each day President Obama shows his imperialist credentials and takes us closer to a socialist state. I try to steer away from conspiracy theories, but no one can be so inept as to not see that we are tracking failed socialist nations with bloated government employment, unaffordable government expenditures, excessive union control, both private and public service....and more mismanagement. Obama's actions must be deliberate. Keynesian economic policy has failed all of them, unions have bankrupted them and their economies cannot grow to satisfy their excessive appetite for public spending. Germany is one exception. The USA is on the same track as Greece! Next is Italy.....then who?

I just watched an interview with former Sec. of State, Condolezza Rice in which she expressed optimism that the radical Muslim Brotherhood, now taking over in Egypt and Libya and probably Tunisia, would "be a little rough in the beginning" but would reform insinuating good outcomes for the region. She even suggests that the MB's control will be temporary. She did say she expected the MB to take over in Libya, as I wrote about up front, when others in the media and in government didn't see it that way. So, we have a former Sec. of State who implies goodness and reform for the mid-east thinking that the Muslim Brotherhood and Sharia Law will be temporary, we have DIA Director Gen. James Clapper asserting that the MB is secular (??), we have a current Sec. of State asserting that President Obama's "Leading from Behind" was a good strategy as she extolls the virtue of democracy now in Libya and Egypt, we are pulling all troops out of Iraq after losing negot...

If one hasn't maintained awareness of what is happening in Greece, you have missed a glimpse of what could be the fate of the USA in the not too distant future. Political leftists will belittle the notion as they ignore facts as they are want to do.Of course, we hope America won't got the way of Greece, but only those in denial will believe that it can't happen. Greece is bankrupt , having lived way over their means for generations, having permitted unions, especially public service unions, to gain control of the country . Their debt exceeds their GDP and their private enterprise has no way to improve the situation . Now, bankrupt little Greece is jerking the whole western world around by ignoring a plan by the EU (driven by Germany and France) to rescue them. Inexplicably, Socialist President George Popandreou announced that a referendum would be held to give the people a chance to vote for or against the bailout proposal. WHAT? How likely is it that those who feed at t...

I want to highlight a reference to Libya from the post "Iraq Will Go The Way Of Iran" for a loyal friend and reader who is thoughtful about Libya's ultimate fate. The comment re Libya was buried, almost as an afterthought, but is very important in painting a profile of the governance of the whole region. Almost rhetorically, I asked "who is foolish enough to think Libya won't go the way of Iran [Iraq, and Egypt]? That is, control by the Muslim Brotherhood. They will! Only hours after I posted that, it was announced that Libya would institute Islamic Sharia Law ..... hardly a secular Democracy as insinuated by our government spokespeople and the media Obama administration sycophants. It is incomprehensible that people in responsible positions in government, media and at large are so uninformed (aka ignorant), yet they hold power and mislead the masses shamefully. Take James Clapper (yes, take him and smack some sense into him!), a retired Air Force Lt. Gen. and...

In an interview last evening Pat Buchanan analyzed the mid-East situation in the same way as my post earlier yesterday. Maybe he is reading this blog! Maybe. :) :)! It's doubtful though. I got crosswise with him in '92 by not supporting him when he ran for president. However, he didn't exact retribution as opponents on the other side have...in some of the worst ways. I may write about that in "the book" if time permits. Seriously, whether or not one likes or supports Pat, he is a very well-informed person and an analytical thinker among millions who aren't. His conclusions about the real transformation taking place in the area are absolutely correct, including his assessment of Turkey under Erdogan (although he mispronounces Erdogan's name..bad boy). I'm reminded of a couple of incidents in Turkey -- Istanbul and Yalova. On several occasions people would tell me that "only 7% of their people were radical." It was clearly orchestrated -- tour...

Click here: Pothole Pragmatism - Robert Costa - National Review Online     I think readers will find the story about our friend and Virginia Governor, Bob McDonnell, inspiring in these difficult times.  We Virginians have been fortunate to have pragmatically conservative governance most of our lifetime from both Republicans and Democrats. Tim Kaine is an exception as a Progressive/Liberal and a close associate of President Obama. However, when the president visited Virginia last week, Kaine was absent, as were other leading Democrats.  One reason Virginia is successful is our "business friendliness" with a Right to Work Law that Obama and other leftists want to abolish.

On September 20, 2011 I posted an analysis of Obama's reelection dynamics, including likely funding to the extent of $1 Billion. This proves now to be underestimated. Big mistake! Obama will spend billions of tax dollars in addition. The US Treasury is his piggy bank. His campaign to "sell his 'jobs bill'" is but one example. His campaigning is already consuming tax dollars and will continue for the next year. But, that isn't the whole story. If he gets the sought after $35 Billion for public employees , this money will go directly to unions who will funnel much of it into his reelection.  So, we're raising the debt ceiling in part to help Obama fund his campaign.  As I watched him today, it is clear that he is much more comfortable campaigning than he is governing. Governing portends (should demand) accountability and dissent, campaigning is  all about persuading. Obama is at his best on the "stump." Talking! Unfortunately, a large percentage...

When I first heard the foolish term, "leading from behind." I told my wife, Carol, that it would become an acceptable term. To hear administration acolytes and media sycophants now referring to the term as a successful strategy was predictable but still reprehensible. When will it become the "Obama Doctrine?" Soon! It may seem simplistic or worse, but at some time it is likely to find it's place beside legitimate strategies such as Monroe  Doctrine or Truman Doctrine.....or...?? This is absurd, but that seems to be the order of the times.

The Middle East is changing rapidly and radically, surely not to the benefit of the USA or other western nations. "Democracy" is espoused by our "leaders" either in abject ignorance or to obscure their real sentiments and the goals of the administration. The press, however, will not present the situation as it truly is. They will do the administrations bidding as loyal sycophants and too many Americans will believe them. They are already painting over the reality of pulling all troops out of Iraq as Iraq's fault for not negotiating. Surely, huge mistakes were made in the early stages of the war that prolonged it. Getting out the way we are is only compounding the mistakes. According to military experts, we caved to Moqtada al Sadr who will soon be in control. He will be to Iraq what Khomeini has been to Iran. Radical Sharia Law will control yet another country. The Muslim Brotherhood is rapidly gaining control in much, if not most, of the middle east. Does anyo...

To: The Editor, Richmond Times Dispatch From: J. A. Mann, PhD Subject: Governor Wilder's op-ed re Obama Reelection, 23 October I have long respected Governor Wilder and credit him with serving the Commonwealth of Virginia well. I am always interested in his opinions. His op-eds are credible where too many political writers' aren't. It was with positive expectation that I read his Times Dispatch op-ed October 23 rd critiquing President Obama's chances of winning Virginia in 2012. Sadly, it didn't measure up. His allusion that Virginians were discerning in voting for Obama in 2008 lacks supporting evidence. Virginians voted for Obama in spite of his having less to define him than any candidate in history – no meaningful job experience demanding accountability, sealed academic records, questionable associations and more. Nothing to define him as qualified. Discerning? No. Hopeful? Yes. Governor Wilder's declaration that he “wants this president to be r...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Og2xv2cnaQ I haven't written much recently and will catch up on several subjects soon, but want you to see this video sent to me by a friend. I would hope that most would agree with the central tenets about which the lady speaks. It's interesting that she, a Democrat, "gets it" while millions don't. She is a proud American who just happens to be black.. and "American" not an African-American. She reminds me of several friends who describe themselves as "American," and are fiercely so, from Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Eastern and Western Europe and more. They don't call themselves Colombian-American, Cuban-American, Latvian-American ...... you get the idea. We could learn a lot from these people, and I do. They have experiences with Socialism, even Marxism, and are very worried about what is happening to "traditional America" and the intentions of an Imperial President. One friend told me recently, ...

Click here: KUHNER: Obama's October revolution - Washington Times     On October 6th and 13th I posted thoughts about "Occupy Wall Street" demonstrators and speculated on their being orchestrated without naming the orchestra director. I suspect most made their own decision as I intended. Shortly after making predictions on unions and leftist groups, as sure as the sun rises in the East, they showed their presence along with the puppet string pullers, MoveOn.org, Soros etc. The above link will discuss the strings being pulled by the number one puppet of these groups. Journalists such as Kuhner and the Washington Times have credibility I don't have, but we do our best to get it right. On this one it was clear from the beginning, irrespective of media reporting. There can be no doubt who leads the "Occupy" groups.  One aspect of such demonstrators on the left end of the political spectrum is their slovenliness.... urinating and defecating in the streets (and s...

Perhaps a kind reader will explain to me why we are risking a single American's life sending our military into Central Africa and Sudan. Maybe the Imperial President or his people will explain this as they explained how the Muslim Brotherhood was "secular" and should be a part of government in Egypt to the north. They ignored what the MB spinoffs, Hamas and Hezbollah, have done as government "participants" in Lebanon and Gaza. They now control. I wonder also if these same geniuses know what the MB is already doing in Sinai, or what they have been doing in Sudan many long years.

In spite of efforts by Congresswoman Pelosi and others like her, as well as the President, to compare the "Occupiers" with Tea Party people, even praising the Occupiers while disparaging Tea Partiers, they are not similar. Tea Partiers are seriously trying to preserve traditional America and the Occupiers are bound to do just the opposite. Tea Partiers are disciplined and orderly, Occupiers are the opposite and remind me of the undisciplined radicals of the 60s. The Occupiers create filth and trash, which, in part, defines them. Tea Partiers have not been so slovenly. I have long contended that much of our current problems with Congress is that too many of them are of the 60s generation and still hold the values of the radicals of the era. I strongly contend that one reason they don't legislate to solve the drug problem is that they don't believe that drugs are a problem -- the 60s culture. Nancy Pelosi, especially, is despicable in her views of the two different gr...