Left Plans Massive In-Your-Face Anti-Capitalism Rally on DC’s K Street
by Matthew VadumThe left-wing militants of SEIU and the National People’s Action group plan to shut down K Street, the heart of the lobbying industry in the nation’s capital, at a massive in-your-face rally and march planned for Monday.
The goal of the “action” –in organizing parlance— is a show of force calculated to intimidate bank lobbyists and show support for sweeping anti-bank legislation pending in Congress.
The action, called The Showdown on K Street, is listed at the website of Jobs With Justice. JwJ works closely with ACORN, other community organizing groups, and the labor movement.
“This is the first time that they’re going to hit K Street all out,” said a source in the progressive movement. “They want to intimidate bank lobbyists, who aren’t used to this kind of confrontation.”
“It’s an anti-Wall Street march. In many ways it mirrors what happened on Wall Street about a month ago.”
The source was referring to another in-your-face anti-bank march on April 30 in New York City’s financial district led by National People’s Action (NPA). Also known as National People’s Campaign, the Chicago-based organization filed its first tax return in 2008.
As Andrew Marcus reported, the federal government cut off funding for NPA’s sister organization, the National Training and Information Center (NTIC) in 2003. Investigators found NTIC had misused millions of taxpayer dollars by spending them on training community organizers to lobby the government instead of on community development projects. NTIC also committed fraud by carrying out a cover-up.
NPA’s executive director is George Goehl who says he supports efforts to create “a more fair and just economy.” NPA takes credit for enacting the disastrous Community Reinvestment Act in the 1970s.
Marxist front group Americans for Financial Reform is also participating in the action. It is headed by executive director Heather Booth, an old hand at leftist astro-turfing operations. Booth is an Alinskyite who founded the Midwest Academy, a training institute for radical community organizers. “Alinsky is to community organizing as Freud is to psychoanalysis,” she has been quoted saying.
Booth has also been described as a “guiding force” for ACORN and was an avowed supporter of Bill Ayers’s Weather Underground terrorist group.
Other leftist groups participating are the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and the AFL-CIO.
SEIU produced a tongue-in-cheek video in advance of the May 17 event. It’s called ”How to Stay Safe on K Street”:
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They stole my idea. Go ahead and back check. Friggin thieves. Where is my cut Stern?
http://www.zerohedge.com/article/wheres-sarkozy-w...
Hey! Leftist idiots! You do know that the 60's are over, right?
So, it's OK for SEIU and ACORN to get agressive but when the Tea Party gets up there and protest peacefully, the MSMs calls it racist and violent protest. Hoooboy. I'm gonna go get some headache meds and put my mind at ease for awhile.
When progressives "openly advocate" for the "end of the capitalist system" make no mistake, they are advocating the end of the constitution and of America itself.
Don't be fooled, this IS their ultimate goal and they are stating these beliefs right out in the open now for all to plainly see.
They are taunting America with it and laughing aloud because they know that they own the "MSM" and the "officially accredited" voices of the media are compliant co conspirators that will cover their asses.
Chairman O has empowered them to do so and is encouraging them to be violent and deadly if they see fit to do so.
Power to the people!
Hey Mr terrorist, here is a good target that would make a splash heard round the world. I don't think terrorist are capable of a major attack, GWB had their a**e* kicked from NY to Bagdad.
I love it, "lets protest the companies that hold our loans and investments for our pensions and the loans our employers take out to pay us! That will show the SOBs that we are complete idiots and have no clue what the hell we are doing!
Oh ya! Where's Andy, I need to kiss his ass and show how good of a lap dog I am!"
Who the hell are these morons think they're fooling? They are protesting some of their biggest backers.
Try reading some history sometime. Political protests and rallies have been going on for at least 350 years. They weren't invented in the 1960s.
I am a little concerned about potentially violent left wing protests. These can be dangerous groups.
Goose stepping leftists…
Hey, I'm reloading ammo as fast as possible. I should be ready for the march though!
Bring on the Lefties…
I don't see how it's any kookier than the tea partiers or the Obama is not american crowds. People being involved and expressing their concerns is a key part of our form of government, regardless of whose party it is in support of.
OR they're just tired of lobbyists serving special interests controlling their government…. But hey who knows, maybe it is a conspiracy to bring down our very way of life… but probably not.
Advocating terrorist attacks against any American is a pretty treasonous emotion to express.
Hrm… not the right wing ones with people showing up armed?
Whereas the Tea Party are mostly unorganized gatherings of like-minded small government proponents. The left can only protest when told to do so. I hope the police will be out in force as the SEIU thugs are as violent as they come.
If there is violence, what are the chances the MSM will cover it? Any bets?
Protest capitalism…with a Starbucks Latte in one hand and an IPhone in the other.
Absolutely ridiculous.
Again…..D.C. needs to invest in some of these machines
Lobbyists are parasites, so forgive me for not crying.
Let's see how civil they'll be when they see any counter-protesters.
Any counter-protesters should wear protection, as you'll likely be assaulted for standing there with your signs.
Wonder why they want to change America when there are plenty of
Socialist and Communist countries where they could live happily!!!
I never said that political protests were invented in the 1960's. I know my history. It's just that when I think of leftist protests, I think of the 1960's.
Where? Back that up. Oh, I don't suppose you mean the black guy whose photo was cropped by the LSM at an Arizona Tea Party where they have an open carry law?
I have yet to see one iota of violence by any Tea Party member. Just violence towards them.
Back that up….
Go Reds! Smash State!!
The more important part of this is quite simple bobbo – the protesters of the 60's are now the freaky wierdos running the protests – but you already knew that right? hurry along, you have to go make your signs and all – oh wait, they provide those for you don't they?? have fun, we love laughing at the stupidity of astroturf protests –
just so we're clear, everybody knows the game now – just thought I'd let you in on that -
Biggest difference, Tea Party protests are not organized by SEIU, Unions, George soros (eww, we wouldn't want his evil mug near us!!) so yea, kinda sorta the same right?? NOT
I agree with Bassett. There is video evidence of the loony left being violent, intolerant, racist, divisive, and untruthful. Its a good thing the loony left proggies dont like guns, or we'd have some real problems in this country.
Cuz they are too damn lazy to get off the ass and leave! I thought I'd throw a party when Babs said she'd move, but alas, it was yet another diva moment.
Losers hate Capitalism cause they cant compete in a free market
Just a distraction to a much bigger scam that is going on… a $10 TRILLION carbon credit heist called Cap and Trade… no wait, now it's called the American Power Act.
Press release: Chaffetz and Issa Seek Information on Fannie Mae Executives Inventing New Cap & Trade System http://chaffetz.house.gov/2010/05/chaffetz-and-is...
Letter:http://chaffetz.house.gov/Letter.pdf
Today, Rep. Chaffetz (R-UT), along with Rep. Issa (R-CA) sent a letter to David Kappos, the Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, as well as Michael Williams, President and CEO of Fannie Mae, seeking information concerning a patent issued to Fannie Mae regarding a residential Cap and Trade system.
“I have serious questions about why Fannie Mae, back in 2005, was working on a Cap and Trade scheme,” said Rep. Chaffetz. “Why would they be spending their resources on something that is well outside of the scope of Fannie Mae’s charter? We want to see all the information relating to the patents issued to these ‘inventive’ former Fannie Mae executives?”
Well actually, their loans are held with fannie and freddie, so they are dense enough to think they have found the right target – all that's required from the tools, I mean fools, is to follow their damn orders!
Wonder if the NATIONAL GUARD will be there -
While I tend to agree, there are ulterior motives to what these groups are doing. Take for instance, the Senate election in MA. Martha Coakley pointed at Brown as a Big Pharma guy, but she herself had a fundraiser with the support of…you guessed it, Big Pharma.
And Obamas got about 50 in his administration after he campaigned that he would not let them in. What a lying hypocrite!! And this is just one of his many, many lies. Not enough space to list them all.
LetsgetIRRATIONAL, is it fun in your make believe land? C'mon little girl, or boy, try to write something honest and true, you do know what those words are right? now go wash your hands and face, dinner's almost ready
Espousing violence Richard Cranium? According to Mr Klein that is sedition
CRIME INC
http://yidwithlid.blogspot.com/2010/05/reps-chaff...
Follow the money tied to carbon credits:
Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX)
Barack Obama
Valerie Jarrett
Goldman Sachs
Al Gore
Camco International Ltd
Fannie Mae
Franklin Raines
Emerald Cities
Apollo Alliance
The Joyce Foundation
Van Jones
Joel Rogers
Maurice Strong
So let me get this straight.
When the left shows up to protest the AZ law, and throws bottles at the cops, or when the union shows up and beats a man selling American flags, or when a mans finger is bitten off for expressing his opinion, it's not considered violence? But when a person shows up to a rally legally carrying a firearm, that is violence?
Thanks for straightening me out on that. Not to mention as Bassett correctly stated, that was staged.
*Sigh*
Another day, another Regressive propaganda fest a la Valerie Jarrett's "speaking truth to power." This might play well to the 18 people who still swallow this bullshit whole and call it a chocolate sundae. The rest of us? Not so much.
When will the neo-Communists cut the crap, cut their hair, buy a suit and get a real job?
You ain't seen nothing yet…we'll be armed with lethal water guns that we'll borrow from our kids. What an ass you are!!! I think all libtards need lobotomies.
I agree. Here are a few that are in the current admin.
Eric Holder, attorney general nominee, was registered to lobby until 2004 on behalf of clients including Global Crossing, a bankrupt telecommunications firm [now confirmed].
Tom Vilsack, secretary of agriculture nominee, was registered to lobby as recently as last year on behalf of the National Education Association.
William Lynn, deputy defense secretary nominee, was registered to lobby as recently as last year for defense contractor Raytheon, where he was a top executive.
William Corr, deputy health and human services secretary nominee, was registered to lobby until last year for the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, a non-profit that pushes to limit tobacco use.
David Hayes, deputy interior secretary nominee, was registered to lobby until 2006 for clients, including the regional utility San Diego Gas & Electric.
Mark Patterson, chief of staff to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, was registered to lobby as recently as last year for financial giant Goldman Sachs.
Ron Klain, chief of staff to Vice President Joe Biden, was registered to lobby until 2005 for clients, including the Coalition for Asbestos Resolution, U.S. Airways, Airborne Express and drug-maker ImClone.
Mona Sutphen, deputy White House chief of staff, was registered to lobby for clients, including Angliss International in 2003.
Melody Barnes, domestic policy council director, lobbied in 2003 and 2004 for liberal advocacy groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, the American Constitution Society and the Center for Reproductive Rights.
Cecilia Munoz, White House director of intergovernmental affairs, was a lobbyist as recently as last year for the National Council of La Raza, a Hispanic advocacy group.
Patrick Gaspard, White House political affairs director, was a lobbyist for the Service Employees International Union.
Michael Strautmanis, chief of staff to the president’s assistant for intergovernmental relations, lobbied for the American Association of Justice from 2001 until 2005.
The real question will be: Will the main stream media cover and publish the violence that the Unions and their leftists thugs and goons will attempt?
I am going to go and I will be wearing my $1200 blue suit and I will have overage. The ignorant unions wackos will attack me and we will have it on video. I am a 72 year old and I am sure the Fascist union members will respond to me just walking down the street minding my own business. I will ignore them and that will cause their ignorant and primitive response. So I am prepared to take a beating for Freedom and Liberty and the Constitution.. We will of course have it all on video..
Death to Tyrants. and Union thugs and criminals.
Take two asprin Rita, take two for me too. The perverse thing here that I doubt the MSM will cop on to is that SEIU and the NPAG are both lobbying groups as well. So now we have a lobby group protesting lobbying.
I guess in their twisted little minds they think that their bribe money is somehow OK whereas anyone elses bribe money is tainted. It must be wonderful to go through life with out ever having to face ones own contradictions.
You must realize that the United States Government is the enemy of the Constitution and all Freedom and Liberty loving individual. It has come down to this: Are you going to accept slavery or are you going to fight for your inalienable Constitutional rights?
We know the unions want to support slavery. Where do you stand?
No losers hate Capitalism because they are unwilling to live like Free men and women. They want to be taken care of.
Unless they're patriotic conservatives who don't hate America.
I have no love of K-Street, but if you want a legitimate protest on K-Street you’d need the Tea Party to do it. The hypocrisy of SEIU or the AFL/CIO, or any major union complaining about lobbyist is beyond laughable. You can bet, that many K-Street lobbyist work on behalf of unions, either directly or indirectly, earning tens of millions of the blessed workers dollars…sheesh…get real people! Perhaps they could protest themselves?
Wow…they are ALL left wing proggies! Imagine that :\\. Sometimes truth IS stranger than fiction.
Line in Vegas has it at 10 to 1 against
Amen brother!
The SEIU?
Stink up Wall Street?
Stern spent their money. He borrowed 60 million more to elect Obama. The jerks are broke. Stern also hadn't put money to cover retirement in their pensions. Another 50 million short. You betcha.
What role did the banks have inis-use of funds? SEIU is insolvent and they get what they deserve.
The losers now don't have squat to spend on the next campaign.
Notice it's on a Monday? They can push their 'useless idiots' to take the day off while they get paid to be there. Union members LISTEN! They are about them and money for them. You are a non-participating tool of their goals. WAKE UP.
"Take Back Our Democracy"
You never had one, you indigents! WE ARE A REPUBLIC!
Go back home and sob in your red towels and purple shirts you whiners!
Never, that would mean too great a chnge in their lifestyle: Job, move out of mom's basement, shave, buy their own food, get their own vehicle, maybe even get their own health care( nah, not likely)
Funny thing is that the general public is on to this act and what used to be threatening is now just ridiculous.
go right ahead and protest show the world what you really are about. obamasoros this is the begining of your end.
What a pack of Losers.
They can't even pick the right square on K Street to protest.
(…or, possibly, the D.C. Police – in a lapse of their usual sloppiness but omnipresent nervousness – simply denied a gathering elsewhere…)
FARRAGUT Square is at *17th* and K morons, NOT 14th.
On the other hand…
…if they'd asked me, I'd have told them to start at the Alexandria Bridge and march on I-495 counter-clockwise (makes it seem all the more revolutionary *that* way, right?!) starting at 4pm…and keep going until they reach the White House (HEH).
The last body (parts) would likely have been found at the mixing bowl around 6:30pm.
Ah – But think of the Environmental Impact first!
Well, I guess Monday evening or the following day we'll get to see just exactly how things went now won't we. Remember now, we're talking about peaceful Americans, not those dreaded Tea Party protesters. <sarc off>
I hope all TeaParty people have enough sense to stay FAR away from this phony astroturf rally
They, the UnionPigs, will be looking for a confrontation of ANY kind..
Knowing the Media will not blame them for starting any ruckus….
Just stay home and watch the Leftist mo-rons, from the comfort of your living room, make fools of themselves and trash the Capitol…
I think SWAT has the day off…..
@photonsoflight–Lenin. Lenon, well, Lennon, was the guy from the Beatles. And you know little of Karl Marx and obviously haven't ready any. Sounds more like you are listening to NWO conspiracy nuts. it also helps to know how to spell ATHEIST.
Right you are HPD.
The thing that is lost in all this is, we are supposed to be a Nation that believes, in God we Trust! We were to never put our trust in men, and now we are starting to see why.
WE are a REPUBLIC!!
Now all we need is an investigative journalist to walk through this mind numbing and most likely violent (but I hope not) protest and see if the protesters actually know what the hell they are protesting. I don't particularly like lobbyist either, but isn't there more pressing issues at stake here?
@let'sgetrational–Ya think?
There's a scene in Animal House where Otter and Boone say, "They can't do that to our pledges, only we can do that to our pledges."
This is what I'm reminded of over this joke. "Those lobbyist's can't do business in Washington, only our lobbyist's can do business in Washington."
How is it ironic? I'm not sure you know what irony even means. What's hilarious is that now right wingers are talking about free speech when they were always the first to want to shut up filmmakers, musicians, writers, comics, etc, from speaking their minds or expressing themselves.
You might have noticed unemployment is at 10 percent. 17 percent if you count all the people working part time who would rather work full time. Are they all losers because they were the victims of lay-offs but now might need a bit of a safety net so they don't wind up in the street? Get real a** hole.
From Rules for Radicals: Rule 9: The threat is more terrifying than the thing itself. When Alinsky leaked word that large numbers of poor people were going to tie up the washrooms of O’Hare Airport, Chicago city authorities quickly agreed to act on a longstanding commitment to a ghetto organization. They imagined the mayhem as thousands of passengers poured off airplanes to discover every washroom occupied. Then they imagined the international embarrassment and the damage to the city’s reputation.
Were their signs also a product of some greedy capitalist?
Remind me why we are supposed to feel pro-Wall St. right now?
I am sure the mass media is standing by to dramatize with full coverage this peaceful protest and will find a way to contrast it to the vile and hateful protestors who support the Tea Party movement. Just like I'm sure these union folks will clean up the litter and mess they made prior to boarding their buses at the conclusion of their feigned pity party.
I can see the headlines now:
CRIME, INC. SUPPORTERS MARCHES DOWN K-STREET AND PREVENTS NATURAL DISASTER: OBAMA APPLAUDS EFFORT TO STEM LOBBYIST TAKEOVER OF GLOBAL WARMING
SEIU is sending negative campaign information, full of lies and half-truths, at least twice a week for the past month. Guess what…I will VOTE FOR THE CANDIDATE THEY ARE AGAINST!
Jobs With Justice??? Like…. I 'deserve' a job with your company so gimme gimme gimme!!!
I only hope these idiots, who are being exploited by other idiots who pretend the industrial revolution is just beginning, abstain from using goods and services which are products of capitalism. As Cory in MN said, no Starbucks, iPhones, anything. Let's see how they do with sticks and stones.
guess what dumb a$$ socialists, without capitalism theres no x-box for you
LOL!! Excellent headline!
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They will look good in their uniform T-shirts and mass produced signs.
Sure wish I had that contract,………… but,……Stern's nephew got the no bid contract.
Paid for by,……..the,……"Power of the people",…..ay Bobby.
Someone please tell the people planning these rallies and designing the posters that America is not a democracy. We are a CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC!! The Constitution is what protects individual rights and the Minority groups, not a party in power that thinks that just because they were elected that they can decide all things about how the country is run. READ THE CONSTITUTION. They were totally against a democracy!! I have found that Republicans/Conservatives generally believe in a Constitutional Republic and Democrats/liberals seem to believe in democracy. Let's learn our history and celebrate the gift our founding fathers gave us – unique in the world!!! And then let's TAKE BACK OUR CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC!!!!!!!!!!!
Bob, the problem with that way of thinking, with this bill, as written if passed, you will be condemned to serfdom forever. Have an open mind and read the information that's in the bill. It does nothing to fix the problems.
Will they fly in that "Swat Team" they had in Quincy ILL,……….?????
I mean to protect the protesters from the lobbyists
Time for bed, Bobby. Mommy says brush your teeth.
Irrational one, you should learn that "American" starts with a capital A. God, you libturds are stupid.
Wake up. Your dream is over. You did not get to sleep with George Soros. Your hero, Obamao has hired over 30 former lobbyists to work in his regime.
In November!
Exactly my thought – they are so ignorant ! Mindless thugs, group think, lacking any independent thought. These folks couldn't problem solve themselves out of a paper bag.
The Obamao regime has hired over 30 former lobbyists… you should cry.
Dickcheek you have your sports mixed up.
Darned tootin, we are.
Really…. I hope those who are bold enough to venture forth do so incognito, cameras concealed. Someone will have to (since MSM won't) get the straight dope on these crooked swine.
so the govt. should force free men and women to take care of anyone who ever lost a job, sounds like some crappy socialism to me. In a free society people are free to give charity to those they choose to help, now you know something beside bleeding heart liberal socialism
WWU,
I just watched a very interesting video.http://inflation.us/videos.html Check it out and if you feel inclined, pass it along to your friends.
WeWe'edUp
Incognito is the key…
Look for footage on the BIGS next week…
What the f*ck are you talking about? There's a difference between SOME who express such sentiments, especially when they have no real voice, and those who actually DO blacklist filmmakers, musicians, writers, comics, etc. for 'speaking their minds or expressing themselves'.
Fairness Doctrine anyone??? We wouldn't want an independent thought slipping through the AM waves….
I think cameras would be better than signs at this one.
was it the SWAT team here in IL called out to control those crazy grannies? I thought National Guard, my bad
SEIU + NPA = lobbyists serving special interests controlling their government
Lets Get Rational now because SEIU openly brags about how they bought Obama his fancy office. You can't ba any more 'special interest" than UNIONS (most frequent visitor to whitehouse, named to debt commission, wrote the HCR and Card Check) but no you are right, they are a different type of lobbyist
Hey, this is spot on! Thanks!!!
…still watching….
I wonder if UNIONS use UNION sign shops for their protest signs or do they bid that out to non-union shops paying below minimum wage
Unions are frats for dumb guys….simple. They are also the progeny of socialism, radical socialism.
We need Chris Christy to unleash some whoop butt on these unions.
very cute and appropriate
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