Spring is here and new buds are sprouting everywhere. One place that new ideas are growing is within the Occupy movement in their quest to regain relevance. Last year’s efforts fell apart as the odd assortment of activist agendas fell apart due to lack of cohesive message and negative publicity. Our article last October...
Well, it did not work out so well for the Occupy movement the first time around. The movement crashed, the press turned on them, public scorn for their antics is rising as the costs associated with the protests are now becoming known. So what is next? 2012 will bring us a rebranded movement that...
You have to love the irony associated with the North Korean government and ‘official’ news agencies. Here is a story about how an escalator that Kim Jong Il rode in a supermarket, will be turned into a shrine for the beloved leader. In a country with massive starvation due to the rule of this...
The Mayor of Los Angeles is now projecting that the City’s budget will need to be cut to pay for the damages, cleanup, and law enforcement costs associated with the ‘Occupy’ movement which he allowed and encouraged. Here is the local CBS News report on the issue. Mr. Mayor, why is any of this...
We all have our opinions about the ‘Occupy’ movement, its participants and its organizers. If you have been reading our analysis, you know that we feel that the characters in the streets are just clueless pawns in a game controlled by others. They have been prodded by the class warfare enablers to bring focus...
This is a developing story reported on by the LA Times so we will keep our opinions short until the story fully unfolds. The City of Los Angeles is reportedly in negotiations with ‘Occupy Los Angeles’ protesters to get them to shut down their encampment in front of City Hall. Office space and farmland...
When you start a nationwide movement, there has to be some goal that you wish to achieve. On the surface, it appears that not only is there no ultimate goal for the ‘Occupy’ movement, there is a lack of a concise mission statement that will allow the protesters to agree on a common goal. ...
This is a combination of news coverage and an I Told You So. Fox News has exposed the new ACORN organization as one of the players behind the organizing of the ‘Occupy Wall Street’ protests. New York Communities for Change (revamped ACORN) is in full crisis mode covering their tracks after being exposed paying...
The Blaze has a great article about the organizers of the ‘Occupy’ movement facilitating their fund-raising activities by signing an agreement with a very liberal group called the Alliance for Global Justice (AfGJ) to collect money for them. Without filing the correct paperwork and waiting over 6 months for an IRS review, the ‘Occupy’...
Economics in a free market world is simple when it is explained correctly. It is obvious that the protesters in the ‘Occupy’ movement have never taken a course from Professor Walter Williams. We saw this story, where he explains profits and the benefits that profits generate for all, and had to share it. In...
