Cpl.D: gumption.

America could use a lot more of it, to be sure.

I thought sure we were locked in some kind of 90s nostalgia hell-hole. OWS is producing some interesting sh*t...

DayVeeMan: Any bets for Fox News' headline tomorrow for this?

My money's on: "Obama invites Occupy Protesters to World Leader Dinner."

technically true is the best kind

Hawaiians. They're nice to you the first time you visit, but the next time... completely different story.

DayVeeMan: Any bets for Fox News' headline tomorrow for this?

My money's on: "Obama invites Occupy Protesters to World Leader Dinner."

If only. I'd love to see some dishwater blonde anchor opine on whether we should be worried if Obama is going to "kowtow to their demands."

No...pretty sure it's going to be "who does Mitt Romney's hair? Herman Cain's electrician? Does he have a chance?"

jingks: Urinal Cake Mix: Why am I the first person to post this?

Doesn't look like he got any bites. This would be more appropriate.

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Well at least you can acknowledge that he was (at least attempting to) trolling. I never said he was successful though. He was just a couple steps away from full retard.

whidbey: The song features the refrain, "We'll occupy the streets, we'll occupy the courts, we'll occupy the offices of you, till you do the bidding of the many, not the few."

He sang it "over and over" for 40 minutes, varying his tempo and delivery to avoid triggering an overt reaction.

That's f*cking hilarious. See, you gotta love the creative spirit as seen here. It really is getting the message out FWIW.

And what exactly is the message?

Shut up and sing, minstrel. No one gives a shiat about your uninformed political views.

TheSneakerWhore: whidbey: The song features the refrain, "We'll occupy the streets, we'll occupy the courts, we'll occupy the offices of you, till you do the bidding of the many, not the few."

He sang it "over and over" for 40 minutes, varying his tempo and delivery to avoid triggering an overt reaction.

That's f*cking hilarious. See, you gotta love the creative spirit as seen here. It really is getting the message out FWIW.

And what exactly is the message?

Playing dumb again, are we?

Did you turn off your mind the past month or so? Really this is getting a bit old.

Let me cut to the chase: OWS has a list of demands you don't like. That's usually how these discussions end up.

Oh I see. I've entered the Tunnel of Derp portion of this thread. Carry on.

Dr. Whoof: Urinal Cake Mix: Why am I the first person to post this?
Possibly because the guy wasn't trolling?
Trolling is usually saying something completely outrageous (and usually false) just to get someone to argue with you. This guy was sincerely trying to get his message out, one he clearly believes in.
So...yeah, not trolling. This is sort of the exact opposite of trolling.
/Trolling would have been to play Johnny Rebel songs for 40 minutes.

I'm tired of the Occupy movement. So long as they do so peaceably, civilly, and with the proper paperwork I hold no qualms about them gathering together. But by and large this seems to be more equal to a group of people ranting than a series of productive conversations. Electing cats as spokespeople? Singing about takeover of the whole system? I think this is beginning to sound more and more ludicrous. Granted, change would be nice and getting rid of the golden parachutes and ridiculous compensation packages for executives who drive their companies into the ground would be nice, but this is probably not the ideal way to go about it.

Weaver95: never heard of this guy...but ya know what? I think i'll check out the iTunes store when I get home, see if he's got anything up for sale. that man has serious balls, and I think I want to reward his efforts by purchasing his music.

Maybe you should see if he has a website you can purchase his music from directly, rather than going through a huge multinational corporation who will get a cut of his sales.

Or not. Whatevs.

blugenes: Electing cats as spokespeople? Singing about takeover of the whole system? I think this is beginning to sound more and more ludicrous.

What, you hate it when people try to lighten the mood by coming up with something a bit unconventional?

This is precisely the kind of movement that might catch on here.

stiletto_the_wise: FTA:

He then sang a marathon version of his new song "We Are The Many." "I was pretty nervous. In fact I was terrified. I kept thinking 'what are the consequences going to be?'" Makana, 33, told AFP.

USA, Iran, or North Korea? You decide...

This.

blugenes: I'm tired of the Occupy movement. So long as they do so peaceably, civilly, and with the proper paperwork I hold no qualms about them gathering together. But by and large this seems to be more equal to a group of people ranting than a series of productive conversations. Electing cats as spokespeople? Singing about takeover of the whole system? I think this is beginning to sound more and more ludicrous. Granted, change would be nice and getting rid of the golden parachutes and ridiculous compensation packages for executives who drive their companies into the ground would be nice, but this is probably not the ideal way to go about it.

I haven't heard about the cat one, yet. Though Occupy Denver elected "Shelby" a three-year-old Border Collie as its leader.


/the leader wants steak.

Freaky_Sold_Mustard: stiletto_the_wise: FTA:

He then sang a marathon version of his new song "We Are The Many." "I was pretty nervous. In fact I was terrified. I kept thinking 'what are the consequences going to be?'" Makana, 33, told AFP.

USA, Iran, or North Korea? You decide...

This.

I don't get it

JQPublic: blugenes: I'm tired of the Occupy movement. So long as they do so peaceably, civilly, and with the proper paperwork I hold no qualms about them gathering together. But by and large this seems to be more equal to a group of people ranting than a series of productive conversations. Electing cats as spokespeople? Singing about takeover of the whole system? I think this is beginning to sound more and more ludicrous. Granted, change would be nice and getting rid of the golden parachutes and ridiculous compensation packages for executives who drive their companies into the ground would be nice, but this is probably not the ideal way to go about it.

I haven't heard about the cat one, yet. Though Occupy Denver elected "Shelby" a three-year-old Border Collie as its leader.


/the leader wants steak.

So you suggest waiting around until the ideal form of protest appears, and then protesting?
Frankly, I trust an leader interested in steak > than any an leader otherwise.


/The weekend of cramming and zinfandel has undoubtedly gone to my head.
// in calfifornia zinfandel is 2$ a bottle!

blugenes: I'm tired of the Occupy movement. So long as they do so peaceably, civilly, and with the proper paperwork I hold no qualms about them gathering together.

So basically, they can protest as long as they have permission from the powers that be and don't rock the boat too much?

Yeah, sounds real effective.

The Ghost of Tom Ace: Hawaiians. They're nice to you the first time you visit, but the next time... completely different story.

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Tru dat.

Tru dat.

/now with less fail

Freaky_Sold_Mustard: JQPublic: blugenes: I'm tired of the Occupy movement. So long as they do so peaceably, civilly, and with the proper paperwork I hold no qualms about them gathering together. But by and large this seems to be more equal to a group of people ranting than a series of productive conversations. Electing cats as spokespeople? Singing about takeover of the whole system? I think this is beginning to sound more and more ludicrous. Granted, change would be nice and getting rid of the golden parachutes and ridiculous compensation packages for executives who drive their companies into the ground would be nice, but this is probably not the ideal way to go about it.

I haven't heard about the cat one, yet. Though Occupy Denver elected "Shelby" a three-year-old Border Collie as its leader.


/the leader wants steak.

So you suggest waiting around until the ideal form of protest appears, and then protesting?
Frankly, I trust an leader interested in steak > than any an leader otherwise.


/The weekend of cramming and zinfandel has undoubtedly gone to my head.
// in calfifornia zinfandel is 2$ a bottle!

The part where you appear to be responding to two separate people as if they are one person, leads me to believe you are enjoying that Zinfandel.

Skleenar: /now with less fail

/or exactly the same amount. crap.

Shaggy_C: Shut up and sing, minstrel. No one gives a shiat about your uninformed political views.

If there's a time I could bust you for wishing you had the pipes to do what this guy did, this is it.

bdub77: How did he manage to get past security without drawing attention to his massive balls?

He was signed by whoever to play at the event, 3 other songs, but he went off-schedule and played the song in question, repeating the lyrics over and over again but changing the tempo, pitch, and volume as to not draw attention to himself.

/big brassy ones that man has
//should not have any problem finding women -- or men, if that's his thing -- to shine them
/bravo good sir

Tellingthem: I don't care about his politics but I admire his promotional skill. He got his name out there. Will probably get some nice shows or maybe a tour out of the mix.

Although if he ended up on American Idol methinks that would be severely anti-climactic.

skullkrusher: Freaky_Sold_Mustard: stiletto_the_wise: FTA:

He then sang a marathon version of his new song "We Are The Many." "I was pretty nervous. In fact I was terrified. I kept thinking 'what are the consequences going to be?'" Makana, 33, told AFP.

USA, Iran, or North Korea? You decide...

This.

I don't get it

Oh, man. It's the best. So good.

I wish more people had the kind of skill it takes to not be noticed

Leave it to some butthurt rightie to declare 40 minutes of win a failure.

SquirrelWithLargeNuts: blugenes: I'm tired of the Occupy movement. So long as they do so peaceably, civilly, and with the proper paperwork I hold no qualms about them gathering together.

So basically, they can protest as long as they have permission from the powers that be and don't rock the boat too much?

Yeah, sounds real effective.

I'm suggesting that organized protesting that takes itself seriously, obeys the law, and has an agenda is likely to be more effective than camping out in parks and using household pets as representatives. If the border collie can communicate enough to say it wants steak then it's doing a better job of making its specific demands known than some the the Occupy movements have though.

Balls? if he had real balls, he would have sang about how big of a piece of shiat the chinese premier and his party is. But, this guy being an 'occupier', probably agreed with him.

But it will be interesting to see if he is charged with a violation of some provision of the Patriot Act.

The Ghost of Tom Ace: Hawaiians. They're nice to you the first time you visit, but the next time... completely different story.

You sound like a bad tipper

Sang the same song for 40 minutes until Obama came over and told him "Jeez, kid, learn a new song or get another job, loser!"

Wow, I can see why so many farkers are cheering this guy. He sure accomplished a lot. He and his "big brass balls" sure stuck it to the man. Oh yeah.

Weaver95: never heard of this guy...but ya know what? I think i'll check out the iTunes store when I get home, see if he's got anything up for sale. that man has serious balls, and I think I want to reward his efforts by purchasing his music.

I want to know how press (and internet message board threads) about Makana compare to the parliamentary page who protested the Canadian Conservative government.

FTA: Makana, who goes by one name, was enlisted to play a luau, or Hawaiian feast, Saturday night for leaders assembled in Obama's birthplace Honolulu for an annual summit that is formulating plans for a Pacific free-trade pact.

He "got past" security by being invited to sing at the show, probably as background music while people were eating dinner.

Instead of singing whatever song he was supposed to sing, and which probably nobody in attendance was familiar with anyway, he sang a protest song, changing the tempo and words, and which nobody paid attention to. It was background noise that went on for 40 minutes.

He didn't crash the party and start singing out of nowhere. He changed his act. It's just not that big of a deal.

(For the record, I'm pro-OWS.)

Does it count as a protest if no one notices you doing it?

Bennie Crabtree: Weaver95: never heard of this guy...but ya know what? I think i'll check out the iTunes store when I get home, see if he's got anything up for sale. that man has serious balls, and I think I want to reward his efforts by purchasing his music.

I want to know how press (and internet message board threads) about Makana compare to the parliamentary page who protested the Canadian Conservative government.

Was he protesting skanky sexting from MPs?

Better story here (pops). Breaking story that probably won't be up more than a few hours, though.

He was scheduled to play slack-key and sing in the background for two and a half hours. He wore the T-shirt under a blazer. Few noticed.

"They don't really know what happened and that's the beauty of it," (Makana) said.

Sure, it's unusual for someone here in Hawaii to do such a thing, and I'm not knocking the guy. But some of you are reading too much into it. He didn't sneak past security, leap onto a table and burst into song.

Makana lives up the street from my brother-in-law on Hawaii Loa Ridge. Those of you who know Oahu know that the neighborhood is gated and very exclusive. I don't know if he owns or rents the place, but if I were to guess, I'd say that it's worth between 2-3 million dollars. Makana may not be a 1 percenter, but financially, I'll bet he's pretty comfortable.

relaxitsjustme: That's f*cking awesome! It's like if Joan Baez sang at a Nixon State dinner

JUST.LIKE.IT.

penthesilea: Speak Sing truth to power.

Mr. Gunthrie, please explain how Ted Nugent has one of those machines.

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I think he expected an 80's slow clap followed by the leaders saying " He's right!" and then everything changed.

But instead, it went unnoticed.

Unnoticed?
As in, not including the whole world seeing/hearing it now?

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Why am I the first person to post this?

Because you're a uneducated douche.