If you attempted to snarl the commute in DC, would anyone notice?

Great. Now they'll get thrwon in the asshole pile with Critical Mass.

Break out the snow plows.

OMG, I got a great idea(s) guys. Okay, two words, Tiananmen Square.

It was a little over 20 years when over half of America sat bewildered as one lone Chinaman stood up to the communist forces. That could never happen here, right? Well, it doesn't have to. Outsourcing,,,OMG.

Since we outsource every other able bodied working person to China, why not these guys? There's a possible movie deal in it for you, too. An American Hero in Tiananmen. It kind of rolls off the tongue nicely...haha.

Aw, in order to save your future, OWS is going to make you late for work.

Sucks to be you.

The march is scheduled for 2:30 PM. How is this going to screw up the morning commute?

I guess this is what happens when the police destroy the occupy camps. Stirring up the hornets nest and all.

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This! Having lived in the DC area for ten years, I can say there is no need to intervene to fark up everyone's commute. It happens naturally every day.

AcneVulgaris: Great. Now they'll get thrwon in the asshole pile with Critical Mass.

No. They jumped willingly and eagerly into the asshole pie. Which I would also like to note is also made up of Code Pink.

I guess your congressman will need to inside trade from home that day.

What sucks, and this is coming from someone who disagrees with them more than I agree with them, is that the OWS folks do have some good idea that people should listen to. There are some things that they are upset with which are quite legitimate.

The problem, though, is that they seem more interested in making a spectacle of themselves (kind of reminds me of PETA) than of any sort of intellectual discourse.

At one point, they had the nation's attention and, frankly, sympathy. It's amazing that they stupidly squandered that for, what, really? The Tea Party got a few of their ideological allies elected and changed the tenor of the debate in the Republican Party. Does anyone really think that OWS is going to get more Liberal Democrats elected or change the tenor of debate in the Democratic Party?

HanSolosBrother: The march is scheduled for 2:30 PM. How is this going to screw up the morning commute?

The day starts late out there, dude.

Greece and Italy are rioting against their false democracies (two unpopular prime ministers replaced with ex-bankers who caused the crisis). And outside of banks and parliaments instead of their own neighborhoods.
In New York, traders can't get in. Thousands of people have peacefully shut down Wall Street merely by occupying space.
Protesters tore down police barricades in front of a police car, put them back up and are standing around the car.
NYPD is refusing to show badges, most are peacefully zip tying or arresting people to be fair, some are swinging batons indiscriminately in a crowd of people with Wall Street workers caught up in the mix.
An woman in a wheelchair and a former Philadelphia police captain have been arrested by the NYPD.
Whine all you want, people are actually having some effect and are fed up with the abuse by the public bureaucrats and private managers who gamble with their lives and try to steal money from people who work for a living to give to wealthy people who facilitated the crisis for their own gain in the name of "austerity".

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meanmutton: The problem, though, is that they seem more interested in making a spectacle of themselves (kind of reminds me of PETA) than of any sort of intellectual discourse.

Who or what is discourse to be had with?
Congress will not listen. The rich people they're mad at will not listen.
The country public, by its very nature, will not listen because dickwads have gotten so much better at framing the narrative in the past 30 years.
Realistically, the best they can hope for is shifting the public dialogue and holding the attention in a specific direction.

ACallForPeace: In New York, traders can't get in.

They're delayed by a few minutes, meaning a bit less (or rather, a bit colder) coffee time. Other than that, I think they're probably more entertained than anything

tomcatadam: meanmutton: The problem, though, is that they seem more interested in making a spectacle of themselves (kind of reminds me of PETA) than of any sort of intellectual discourse.

Who or what is discourse to be had with?
Congress will not listen. The rich people they're mad at will not listen.
The country public, by its very nature, will not listen because dickwads have gotten so much better at framing the narrative in the past 30 years.
Realistically, the best they can hope for is shifting the public dialogue and holding the attention in a specific direction.

Another option is to dispense with these unneeded thieves all together.
Organize your local communities with consensus or some form of direct democracy with blocks against the mob rule.
Democratically run workplaces and communities, direct action against police, banks, and austerity on behalf of the people.
We don't need them, they need us. Just stop working for them or addressing them, instead peacefully shut them down or sidestep the system and take control of your lives directly.

Working is for losers.

ACallForPeace: a former Philadelphia police captain have been arrested by the NYPD.

Good.

You don't get to be a former police captain from Philly without being deeply (and usually stupidly) corrupt.

pag1107: They said on the radio this morning that the Occupy DC folks wanted to call attention to crumbling infrastructure with today's display of stupidity. They plan to do this by marching to the admittedly-decrepit Key Bridge, which will presumably collapse under the weight of all that self-righteousness.

And yet no one is asking why we're not investing in said crumbling infrastructure- a move that would, in fact, create a whole lot of jobs in a country that badly needs them, not to mention that it'd solve a pervasive issue in our country that's coming to bite us in the ass pretty badly at the same time. Last I checked something close to 60% of out bridges (just the bridges) are in DIRE need of repair. I guess sorta like Nuke plants we'll just keep lowering the standards when we don't meet them. Hey-ho! De-regulation!

I guess self-centered short-sighted jackholes won't be thinking about any of this until another big bridge collapses during rush hour, killing scores of people. And perhaps not even then unless one of their loved ones is among the dead.


OH NOES! MAH COMMUTE DIS MORNING! DEEEEERRRRRRP!

Hey guys you should go on the CNN website and read the comments on any OWS articles. I joined just for that. The comments are about 99% anti OWS.

Approves.

/Obscure?

(Not for DC folks)>

Lacerated Spleen: Break out the snow plows.

Might as well, it's not like they use them when they're actually needed.

/longest commute home took six hours once

Why are so many people against these peaceful protests? I mean, its not like they're violent or racist or anti-American or anything!

meanmutton: What sucks, and this is coming from someone who disagrees with them more than I agree with them, is that the OWS folks do have some good idea that people should listen to. There are some things that they are upset with which are quite legitimate.

The problem, though, is that they seem more interested in making a spectacle of themselves (kind of reminds me of PETA) than of any sort of intellectual discourse.

At one point, they had the nation's attention and, frankly, sympathy. It's amazing that they stupidly squandered that for, what, really? The Tea Party got a few of their ideological allies elected and changed the tenor of the debate in the Republican Party. Does anyone really think that OWS is going to get more Liberal Democrats elected or change the tenor of debate in the Democratic Party?

You don't get it, do you? They're there to get noticed, and they're there for the PEOPLE, not the DEMOCRATS.

tyrajam: Why are so many people against these peaceful protests? I mean, its not like they're violent or racist or anti-American or anything!


Yeah and?

EditorialSpace: OMG, I got a great idea(s) guys. Okay, two words, Tiananmen Square.

It was a little over 20 years when over half of America sat bewildered as one lone Chinaman stood up to the communist forces. That could never happen here, right? Well, it doesn't have to. Outsourcing,,,OMG.

Since we outsource every other able bodied working person to China, why not these guys? There's a possible movie deal in it for you, too. An American Hero in Tiananmen. It kind of rolls off the tongue nicely...haha.

You are the 99%.

BishopHatto: Working is for losers.

But coffee is for CLOSERS.

Also, WMATA are doing major track work on the Blue, Yellow, Red, and Orange lines this weekend, because fnck you, tourists.

Well, the latest polls from a Democratic polling firm no less, shows that 70% of the US is directly against the OWS fleabags. I hope they keep it up. All they are doing is showing the world how truly ignorant, immature and lazy the liberals really are.

GriffXX: HanSolosBrother: The march is scheduled for 2:30 PM. How is this going to screw up the morning commute?

The day starts late out there, dude.

DC rush hour runs from three to nine.

Jesus Christ.
I can just see the headlines if this was 1963 and the internet and Fark were around.

In the name of fighting social and racial inequality - The Southern Christian Leadership Conference is going to F up your commute to work this morning Birmingham.

Because you know that the same right wing shills here on Fark that are demonizing the occupy movement would have been doing the same thing in the 50's and 60's with the civil rights movement. Not because they are necessarily racist, but because they are brainwashed and will believe all of the lies that the power elite would lay out about the movement.

I don't think most people realize how often protests occur in DC. When i lived there a few years ago, it was pretty much every weekend. I didn't go into the city during the week, but I wouldn't be surprised if someone was protesting something every other day.

That's why protesting in NYC was so effective, it was a shock. The people of DC will just shrug it off like they always do.

HanSolosBrother: The march is scheduled for 2:30 PM. How is this going to screw up the morning commute?

You mean the mods greenlit another badly misleading Fark headline and almost no one in the comment thread bothered to RTFA? Color me shocked!

If those idiots worked as hard at finding jobs they wouldn't be out protesting.

/the 60s are over, sorry

foo monkey: GriffXX: HanSolosBrother: The march is scheduled for 2:30 PM. How is this going to screw up the morning commute?

The day starts late out there, dude.

DC rush hour runs from three to nine.

Yeah...3am - 9pm.

Raithen: rebelyell2006: I guess this is what happens when the police destroy the occupy camps. Stirring up the hornets nest and all.

Ah, the old "those people are being dicks, so we're going to one-up their dickishness on these people over here who have absolutely nothing to do with this" defense.

Like when public transit unions strike.

PanicMan: I don't think most people realize how often protests occur in DC. When i lived there a few years ago, it was pretty much every weekend. I didn't go into the city during the week, but I wouldn't be surprised if someone was protesting something every other day.

That's why protesting in NYC was so effective, it was a shock. The people of DC will just shrug it off like they always do.

Pretty much this. I work one block from Occupy DC and hardly even notice it unless I proactively go down the street to check it out.