December 25, 2011

*UPDATED* #OccupyWallStreet: The Rap Sheet, So Far



by John Nolte
***Updated 12/9/2011– Today we hit incident 417.
New commentary has been added. Original commentary can be found below the Rap Sheet.
Don’t let the MSM get away with lying to you. Obama and the Democrats are all on record endorsing, embracing, encouraging and emboldening #OccupyWallStreet.
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The plan was a simple one. The path to Obama’s second term requires that enough voters forget that our current economic woes are the fault of a failed President who enjoyed two years of having every single item on his wish-list passed by Congress. And so the idea was to create Occupy in order to give the MSM the cover they desired to spend every single day up until the election talking about greed and income inequality in order to blame both for the stagnant economy.
The hope was that by repeating this message incessantly, enough voters could be convinced that Wall Street, and by extension, evil Republicans, were to blame for our chronic unemployment, record deficits, and stillborn economic growth. President Obama who?
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Fortunately for America, this plan has not only failed miserably it has backfired completely. Thanks to the rise of New Media and our unwillingness to let the MSM’s lies, bias, and cover ups stand for even one more day, Occupy is in its death throes and might take the President and Democratic party down with it. First and foremost, we uncovered the lie that Occupy was grassroots and then we exposed every Occupy rape, poop, death, overdose, old woman thrown down the stairs, attack on a police officer, and public act of masturbation. In the process, public opinion turned against the Occupiersand as a result these Leftists have started doing what the Left always does when they lose … have a tantrum:
  1. NY: 10/1/2011 — Police Arrest More Than 700 Protesters on Brooklyn Bridge
  2. Madison, WI: 10-27-2011 — Madison Occupiers Lose Permit Due to Public Masturbation
  3. Phoenix: 10/28/2011 — Flier at Occupy Phoenix Asks, “When Should You Shoot a Cop?”
  4. NY: 10/18/2011 — Thieves Preying on Fellow Protesters
  5. NY: 10/9/2011 — Stinking up Wall Street: Protesters Accused of Living in Filth as Shocking Pictures Show One Demonstrator Defecating on a POLICE CAR
  6. NY: 10/7/2011 — Occupiers Rush Police … More
  7. Cleveland: 10/18/2011 — ‘Occupy Cleveland’ Protester Alleges She Was Raped
  8. NY: 10/10/2011 — ‘Increasingly Debauched’: Are Sex, Drugs & Poor Sanitation Eclipsing Occupy Wall Street?
  9. Seattle: 10/18/2011 — Man Accused of Exposing Self to Children Arrested
  10. 10/12/2011 — Iran Supports ‘Occupy Wall Street’
  11. Portland: 10/16/2011 –#OccupyPortland Protester Desecrates Memorial To U.S. War Dead
  12. Portland: 10/15/2011 — #OccupyPortland Protesters Sing “F*** The USA”
  13. Chicago: 10/17/2011 — COMMUNIST LEADER Cheered at Occupy Chicago
  14. 10/15/2011 — American Nazi Party Endorses Occupy Wall Street‘s ’Courage,‘ Tells Members to Support Protests and Fight ’Judeo-Capitalist Banksters’
  15. Boston: 10/14/2011 — Coast Guard member spit on near Occupy Boston tents
  16. Boston: 10/11/2011 — Boston Police Arrest Over 100 from Occupy Boston
  17. New York: 10/11/2011 — “You Can Have Sex with Animals.”
  18. New York: 10/15/2011 — Harassing Police with Accusations of Phony Injuries
  19. New York: 10/9/2011 — ‘Occupy Wallstreet’ Protesters Steal from Local Businesses
  20. New York: 10/25/2011 — Three Men Threatened to Kill 24-Year-Old Occupy Wall Street Protester for Reporting Rape
  21. Baltimore: 10/18/2011 — #OccupyBaltimore Discourages Sexual Assault Victims from Contacting Police
  22. Portland: 10/27/2011 — Occupy Portland’s Attempt At Wealth Redistribution Ends In Theft
  23. Los Angeles: 10/14/2011 – Anti-Semitic Protester at Occupy Wall Street
  24. 10/27/2011 — A Death Threat From an Occupy Wall Street Protester
  25. 10/27/2011 – Anti-Semitic Tweet From Occupier or Sympathizer
  26. Boston: 10/20/2011 — Occupy Boston Doesn’t Want Police Involved in Rape
  27. New York: 10/5/2011: Anti-Semitic Occupier Screams About Jews, Israel
  28. New York: 10/4/2011 — Occupier Taunts Jewish Man
  29. Boston: 10/2011 — Occupiers Block Street
  30. New York: 10/2011 — Occupier Tries to Steal Police Officer’s Gun
  31. New York: 10/27/2011 — Occupiers Block Traffic, Get Arrested
  32. Oakland: 10/27/2011 — Occupiers Throw Garbage at Police
  33. Oakland: 10/19/2011 — Abusive #OccupyOakland Protesters Ban Media from Tent City
  34. Eugene, OR: 10/19/2011 — Occupiers Displace Farmers’ Market Threatening Hundreds of Jobs
  35. Portland, OR: 10/18/2011 — Capitalist Offering Jobs at Occupy Portland Finds Few Takers
  36. NY: 10/20/2011 — #OccupyWallStreet Threatens Businesses, Patrons
  37. NY: 10/14/2011 — Violence Breaks Out During #OccupyWallStreet March Toward Stock Exchange
  38. NY: 10/14/2011 — Protesters March On Wall Street, Scuffle With Cops
  39. Oakland: 10/19/2011 — #OccupyOakland Protesters Threaten Reporter
  40. Oakland: 10/26/2011 — Occupiers Scuffle with Police
  41. Oakland: 10/24/2011 — Protesters Storm, Vandalize, Shut Down Chase Bank
  42. Dayton, OH: 10/22/2011 — Protester: ‘F*ck The Military, F*ck Your Flag, And F*ck The Police’
  43. Chicago: 10/14/2011 — Protesters’ Message At #OccupyChicago Rally: ‘Destroy Israel’
  44. NY: 10/23/2011 — #OccupyWallStreet Supporter Rants Against Israel, Jews
  45. NY: 10/22/2011 — #Occupy Kid: ‘Burn Wall Street, Burn!’
  46. NY: 10/21/2011 — New Yorkers Fed Up With Noisy, Defecating Protesters
  47. Oakland: 10/21/2011 — Occupy Oakland Evicted After Reports Of Crime And Intimidation
  48. Oakland: 10/19/2011 — #OccupyOakland Out of Control: Rats, Graffiti, Vandalism, Sexual Harassment, Public Sex and Urination
  49. Chicago: 10/26/2011 — Occupiers Under Investigation by FBI for Links to Terrorism
  50. Cleveland: 10/29/2011 — Rape Reported at Occupy Cleveland
  51. Dallas: 10/24/2011 — Police Investigating Possible Sexual Assault Of Teen At Occupy Dallas
  52. Bloomington, IN: 10/26/2011 — Man Claims Occupy Bloomington Protesters Drugged, Handcuffed Him
  53. NY: 10/10/2011 — Sex, Drugs and Hiding from the Law at Wall Street Protests
  54. Glasgow: 10/26/2011 — Woman Gang-Raped
  55. Boston: 10/23/2011 — Occupy Boston Protesters Arrested For Dealing Heroin – With 6 Year-Old in Tent
  56. Portland: 10/16/2011 — Sex Offender Registers Occupy Portland Camp as Address
  57. Denver: 10/15/2011 — Occupy Denver Demonstrator Accused of Groping TV Photographer
  58. Lawrence, KS: 10/25/2011 — Sexual Assault Reported at Occupy Camp
  59. Minneapolis, MN: Bricks, Rocks, ‘Riot Supplies’ Discovered by Police
  60. Phoenix, AZ: 10/27/2011 — Neo-Nazis Patrol “Occupy Phoenix” With AR-15′s
  61. Chicago: 10/26/2011 — Occupy Chicago Invades City Hall
  62. 10/26/2011 — ACORN, Occupy Email Talks About Assault on Banks
  63. 10/26/2011 — OccupyWallStreet Strategy for Reports of Violence Against Cops
  64. Chicago: 10/26/2011 — Unrepentant Domestic Terrorist Bill Ayers Wows Occupiers
  65. Chicago: 10/25/2011 — Ayers Coaches #OccupyChicago, Callsg for School ‘Occupations’
  66. 10/26/2011/ — Occupy Protests Have Jewish Leaders Concerned
  67. Wash DC: 10/27/2011 — OccupyDC Leftists Provoke Police – Hang Flag on Top of DC Statue
  68. Albuquerque, NM: 10/26/2011 — Occupy Squatters Riot With Police
  69. San Diego: 10/25/2011 — Flag Used as Chew Toy by Occupier’s Dog
  70. Oakland: 10/25/2011 — Occupiers Throw Bottles at Police
  71. NY: 10/27/2011 — Occupy Wall Street Protesters: Rush Limbaugh Is Bigger Threat Than Al-Qaeda
  72. 10/27/2011 — Occupy Wall Street Launching First Nationwide General Strike in America Since 1946
  73. NY: 10/28/2011 — Fox 5 News Reporter Assaulted at OWS
  74. 10/28/2001 — Total Occupy Arrests Made Thus Far: 2750
  75. Nashville: 10/28/2011 — 30 Arrests Made at Wall St. Protest
  76. NY: 10/20/2011 — Former Marine Tries to Taunt Police into Violence
  77. NY: 1023/2011 — Islamist Group Joins with Occupy Wall Street
  78. Los Angeles: 10/13/2011 — Roundup of Overt Occupy anti-Semitism
  79. NY: 10/12/2011 — There are No Anti-Semites at Occupy Wall Street. Except for This Guy
  80. Missoula, MT: 10/20/2011 — Drunk 11-Year-Old At Occupy Missoula, Adult Arrested
  81. Oakland: 10/28/2011 — Bounty Out On Police Officer?
  82. Manchester, NH: 10/28/2011 — Woman charged with pimping teen recruited at Occupy NH rally
  83. San Diego: 10/28/2011 — 40 Occupiers arrested
  84. Boston: 10/24/2011 — Occupy Boston Vandalism of Banks
  85. Boston: 10/25/2011 — Store Owner Suffers 4 Break Ins Since Occupy Boston Began
  86. Portland: 10/28/2011 — Portland Police: Buckets of Excrement Scattered Around #OccupyPortland Camp
  87. Seattle: 10/20/2011 — Two Possible Occupiers Charged With Assault
  88. Seattle: 10/18/2011 — Armed Felon Arrested at Occupy Seattle
  89. Seattle: 10/18/2011 — A Tent Fight and (At Least) One Arrest at Occupy Seattle
  90. Seattle: 10/17/2011 — Over 50 Cops Clear Westlake Occupation, Make Eight Arrests
  91. Seattle: 10/13/2011 — Cops Arrest Several Occupy Protesters
  92. Seattle: 10/13/2011 — Chanting Protesters Surround Police After Officers Arrest Two
  93. Denver: 10/29/2011 — Protesters Clash with Police at OWS Denver
  94. Austin: 10/13/2011 — Occupy Austin protesters arrested for blocking cleaning Crews
  95. Calgary, CN: 10/28/2011 — Occupiers do $40,000 in Property Damage
  96. Cincinnati, OH: 10/21/2011 — 23 Arrested, Remains of protests fill two dumpsters
  97. Sacramento: 10/19/2011 — 9 arrested in ‘Occupy Sacramento’ protest
  98. Sacramento: 10/13/2011 — Four More Occupy Sacramento Demonstrators Arrested
  99. Austin, TX: 10/22/2011 — Man Arrested After Knife Incident at Occupy Austin Camp
  100. Nashville: 10/29/2011 — Tenn. Protesters Arrested For 2nd Straight Night
  101. Austin, TX: 10/30/2011 — Austin Police arrest 38 Occupy Austin Protesters
  102. NY: 10/30/2011 — Woman Assaulted in Her tent
  103. Orlando, FL: 10/28/2011 — Occupy Orlando, police clash over use of downtown park
  104. Orlando, FL: 10/26/2011 — 2 Occupy Orlando protesters arrested for trespass
  105. Orlando, FL: 10/22/2011 — Police arrest 19 Orlando protesters on trespass charges
  106. Asheville, NC: 10/30/2011 — Occupiers Clash with Homeless in Asheville
  107. Nationwide: 10/27/2011 — Pro-Occupy Site claims 2511 Arrests Thus Far
  108. Fort Worth, TX: 10/16/2011 — Arrests at Occupy Fort Worth Protest
  109. NY: 10/29/2011 — Three Incidents of Anti-Semitism
  110. San Francisco: 10/29/2011 — Anti-Semitic, Folsom Street Fair Types & Che Guevara Lovin
  111. Oklahoma City: 10/30/2011 — Death of Street Poet at #OccupyOKC Treated as Homicide
  112. Baltimore: 10/31/2011 — Woman Claims She was Raped at #OccupyBaltimore
  113. Boston: 10/31/2001 — Alleged Heroin Dealer Joined Occupy Movement
  114. Ottawa: 10/31/2011 — #OccupyOttawa Violent & Sexual Assaults Not Reported to Police
  115. Santa Barbara, CA: 10/5/2011 — Occupiers Defy Police
  116. Santa Barbara, CA: 10/6/2011 — 8 Occupiers Arrested
  117. Denver, CO: 10/31/2011 — Occupiers Taunt Police, Knock Motorcycle Cop to Ground
  118. Dallas, TX: 10/24/2011 — 23 Occupy Dallas Protesters Arrested After Bank Demonstration
  119. Richmond, VA: 10/31/2011 — Arrests of Occupiers in Richmond
  120. Dallas, TX: 1v1/1/2011: Man Arrested for Child Sex assault at Occupy Dallas Camp
  121. NY: 11/1/2011 — Protesters Flock to STD-Test Clinics After Occupier ‘Free Love’
  122. Iowa: 11/1/2011 — Occupiers Intend to Disrupt Iowa Caucus
  123. NY: 11/1/2011 — Occupy Wall Street Costs Main Street Workers Their Jobs
  124. San Diego: 10/29/2011 — Businesswoman Closes Shop After Threats By Occupiers
  125. Palm Desert, CA: 11/1/2011 — Occupiers Arrested
  126. Tampa, FL: 10/24/2011 — Six Occupiers Arrested
  127. Tampa, FL: 10/27/2011 — Two More Arrested In Connection to Occupy Tampa Movement
  128. Tampa, FL: 10/29/2011 — Occupy Tampa Protesters Arrested After Scuffle With Police
  129. Oakland, CA: 11/3/2011 — Rallies Turn Violent
  130. Seattle, WA: 11/2/2011 — Cops, Protesters Clash
  131. Oakland, CA: 11/3/2011 — Protests Degenerate Into Chaos
  132. Tulsa, OK: 11/2/2011 — Occupiers Clash With Police
  133. Sacramento, CA: 11/2/2011 — Occupiers Smash County Vehicle Windows
  134. Philadelphia: 11/2/2011 — Occupiers Arrested
  135. Charlottesville, VA: 11/1/2011 — Underage Drinking at Occupy Charlottesville Site
  136. Portland: 11/2/2011 — Occupier Shoves Police Officer into Moving Bus
  137. Oakland: 11/2/2011 — Malkin’s Collection of Vandalism and Menacing Signs
  138. NYC: 11/3/2011 — Occupier Busted In Tent Grope, Suspected In Rape
  139. NYC: 11/4/2011 — 16 OWS Protesters Arrested at Goldman Sachs HQ
  140. Oakland, CA: 11-3-2011 — Occupy-Friendly Business Vandalized
  141. Asheville, NC: 11/3/2011 — 24 Occupiers Arrested
  142. Raleigh, NC: 10/28/2011 — Eight at Occupy Raleigh Arrested After Standoff
  143. NYC: 11/4/2011 — Deranged Homeless Man Goes on Violent Rampage In Zuccotti Park
  144. Dallas, TX: CPS Seizes Baby From ‘Occupy Dallas’ Site
  145. Wash DC: 11/4/2011 — Occupier Uses Child as Human Shield — Video
  146. Wash DC: 11/4/2011 — Occupiers Try to Storm Americans for Prosperity Event — Video
  147. Omaha, NE: 11/3/2011 — Three Occupiers Arrested
  148. Atlanta: 11/3/2011 — Protester Turns On Fellow Protester With Knife
  149. Los Angeles: 10/28/2011 — Drug Use and Property Damage
  150. Boston, MA: 11/4/2011 — 3 Charged With Dealing Crack; Occupy Boston ‘Deteriorating’
  151. Boston, MA: 11/4/2011 — Occupiers Storm Israeli Consulate; Anti-Israel Chants — Video
  152. Vancouver, CN: 11/5/2011 — Occupy Vancouver Death Dooms Protest Camp
  153. Fort Collins, CO: 11/4/2011 — Occupier Arrested for Setting Fire to Condo Complex … $10M Damage
  154. Chula Vista, CA: 11/6/2011 — Underage Girl Missing From Occupy Protests
  155. Los Angeles, CA: 11/5/2011 – Two Assaults Raise Concerns About Crime at Occupy L.A.
  156. Dallas, TX: 11/5/2011 — Eight Arrests at Dallas Bank Protest
  157. Olympia, WA: 11/5/2011 – Two Occupy Protesters Arrested
  158. Seattle, WA: 11/3/2011 — Occupiers Cost City $426,000; Most of it Police Overtime
  159. Olympia, WA: 11/2/2011 — 3 Occupiers Arrested for Suspected of Robbing Local Wine Merchant
  160. Worcester, MA: 11/6/2011 — 25 Occupiers Arrested
  161. Milwaukee, WI: 11/2/2011 — Photojournalist, Two others Arrested at Protest … Video
  162. Milwaukee, WI: 10/20/2011 — Police Confront Occupier –Video … Arrested
  163. Wash. DC: 11/5/2011 — Rampaging Occupiers Attack 78 Year-Old Woman — Video
  164. Rochester, NY: 11/3/2011 — 161 Occupiers Arrested at Park
  165. NYC: 11/5/2011 — Police Clash With Occupiers, 20 Arrested at Courthouse Protest
  166. NYC: 11/5/2011 — Occupier Arrested for Vandalizing McDonald’s; Wanted Free Food
  167. Asheville, NC: 11/5/2011 — Four Occupiers Arrested
  168. Honolulu, HI: 11/6/2011 — Police Arrest Half-Dozen Occupiers
  169. Waikiki, HI: 11/7/2011 — Two Dozen Occupiers Arrested
  170. Portland, OR: 11/7/2011 — Occupiers Arrested for Threatening Restaurant Employees
  171. Portland, OR: 11/7/2011 — Occupier Arrested for Threatening Security Staff with Hammer
  172. Augusta, GA: 10/28/2011 — Occupier Arrested in Knife Threat
  173. Portland OR: 11/9/2011 — Police Suspect Occupiers in Molotov Cocktail Attack
  174. Sacramento, CA: 11/7/2011 — Homeless Clash With Occupy Protesters At Park
  175. New Orleans: 11/8/2011 — Man Dead for Two Days Found in Occupy Encampment
  176. San Diego: 11/7/2011 — Occupiers Splatter Vendor Food Carts with Blood, Urine
  177. Los Angeles: 11/7/2011 — Occupiers Shut Down Burger King — Video
  178. Atlanta, GA: 11/6/2011 — Occupiers Arrested After Attacking Police
  179. St. Louis, MO: 11/9/2011 — Occupiers Hack Into Mayor’s Website
  180. Oakland, CA: 11/8/2011 — “Dangerous” Occupiers Hurting Small Business Owners
  181. Vancouver, CN: 11/8/2011 — Occupiers Bite Two Police Officers
  182. Wash DC: 11/8/2011 — Occupiers Use Children to Block Traffic — Video
  183. Portland, OR: 11/9/2011 — Occupiers Threaten Citizen-Journalist – Video
  184. Wash DC: 11/8/2011 — Occupiers Use Racial Taunts Against Black Security Guard — Video
  185. Eureka, CA: 11/9/2011 — Occupier Defecates in Bank – Video
  186. Wash DC: 11/5/2011 – Occupiers Menace Children, Female Reporter – Video
  187. Portland, OR: 11/8/2011 — Occupiers Menace News Crew – Video
  188. NYC: 11/8/2011 — Occupier: ‘I Wouldn’t Give a F**k if 9/11 Happened 911 More Times’
  189. NYC: 11/8/2011 — Small Business Owner Threatened, Terrorized By Occupiers
  190. San Francisco, CA: 11/10/2011 — Occupier Threatens Park Ranger
  191. Burlington, VT: 11/10/2011 — Veteran Shoots Self at Encampment
  192. Oakland, CA: 11/3/2011 — ‘Occupy Oakland’ Goes After Cop
  193. NYC: 11/10/2011 — EMT Assaulted at Occupy Wall Street
  194. San Diego, CA: 11/10/2011 — Occupier Attacks Woman with Camera
  195. Berekely, CA: 11/10/2011 — 39 Occupiers Arrested
  196. Westwood, CA: 11/9/2011 — 11 Occupiers Arrested for Blocking Traffic
  197. Fresno, CA: 11/9/2011 — 40 Occupiers Arrested
  198. Toledo, OH: 11/1/2011 — 2 Occupiers Arrested
  199. Houston, TX: 11/9/2011 — 10 Occupiers Arrested
  200. NYC: 11/8/2011 — Hobbyist Photographer Describes Assault in Zuccotti Park
  201. Oakland, CA: 11/10/2011: Fatal Shooting Over Drugs
  202. Oakland: CA: 11/10/2011 — Protesters Attack News Crew Covering Fatal Shooting
  203. Pasadena, CA: 11/10/2011 — Occupiers Announce Plans to Disrupt Rose Bowl Parade
  204. Tampa, FL 11/10/2011 — Three Occupiers Arrested
  205. Portland, OR: 11/10/2011 — Occupiers Billed for Police Car Vandalism
  206. Olympia, WA: 11/11/2011 — Occupiers Asked to Pack Up After Assault, Drug Arrests
  207. Denver, CO: 11/11/2011 — Occupiers Storm BlogCon 11 … One Arrest
  208. Salt Lake City, UT: 11/12/2011 — Protest Shut Down After Body Discovered In Tent
  209. San Francisco: 11/8/2011 — Shoplifting, Fights On The Rise Around Encampment
  210. San Francisco: 11/10/2011 — Occupiers Accused of Ferry Building Thefts, Filth
  211. San Francisco: 11/10/2011 — Protester Busted For Gun Violation Arrested Again
  212. Mobile, AL: 11/9/2011 — 18 Occupy Protesters Arrested
  213. New Orleans: 11/11/2011 — Death at Campsite Attributed To Alcohol Abuse
  214. San Francisco: 11/12/2011 — Occupier Slashes Police Officer With Razor, Another Injured
  215. Portland: 11/13/2011 — Three Arrested with Mortars, Fireworks
  216. Chapel Hill, NC: 11/13/2011 — Eight Occupiers for Trespassing
  217. Norfolk, VA: Six Occupiers Arrested
  218. Philadelphia, PA: 11/13/2011 — Occupier Arrested for Rape
  219. Portland, OR: 10/27/2011 — Sexual Assault: ‘nobody should contact the police’ — Video
  220. NYC: 11/12/2011 — Occupiers Plan Mass Trespassing Campaign
  221. Oakland, CA: 11/8/2011 — Occupiers Plan Mass Trespassing Campaign
  222. Salt Lake City, UT: 11/12/2011 — 19 Occupiers Arrested
  223. St. Louis, MO: 11/13/2011 — 27 Occupiers Arrested
  224. St. Louis, MO: 11/12/2011 — Occupier Arrested
  225. NYC: 11/13/2011 — Occupier Slugs Police Officer
  226. Oakland, CA: 11/10/2011 — Occupiers Withdraw Resolution to Remain Peaceful
  227. Portland, OR: 11/9/2011 — Occupier Requires Life-Saving CPR After Drug Overdose
  228. Portland, OR: 11/9/2011 — 4 Reports of Substance Abuse
  229. Olympia, WA: 11/12/2011: Growing Number of Drug, Violence Complaints
  230. Atlanta, GA: 11/10/2011 — TB Breaks Out at Occupy Home Base
  231. NYC: 11/13/2011 — Occupy Wall Street Costs Local Businesses $479,400
  232. Nationwide: 11/11/2011 — Occupy Death Toll Hits 7
  233. Seattle, WA: 11-14-2011 — Occupier Defecates on Public Sidewalk
  234. Hartford, CT: 10/16/2011 — Occupier Charged After Pulling Knife
  235. Dallas, TX: 11/14/2011 — 9-Month-Old Baby Removed From Camp Due to Health Concerns, Neglect
  236. Albuquerque, NM: 10/27/2011 — 2 Occupiers Arrested
  237. Albuquerque, NM: 10/26/2011 — More Than a Dozen Occupiers Arrested
  238. Albuquerque, NM: 10/22/2011 — Knife Attack at Occupy Camp
  239. Albuquerque, NM: 10/27/2011 — Police Forced to Remove Occupiers From Park Again, 37 Arrested
  240. Albuquerque, NM: 10/8/2011 — Occupier Arrested
  241. University of New Mexico: 11/8/2011 — Sordid Story of Lawlessness, Dozens of Arrests, Spitting on Walmart Customer
  242. Albuquerque, NM: 10/16/2011 — Occupier Cited for Blocking Traffic
  243. Portland, OR: 11/14/2011 — 51 Occupiers Arrested
  244. Portland, OR: 11/14/2011 — Occupiers Smash Bank Windows
  245. Albany, NY: 11/15/2011 — 20 Occupiers Arrested
  246. Near Salem, OR: 11/13/2011 — Three Occupiers Arrested With Explosives
  247. Wash DC: 11/11/2011 — Occupy’ Mom ‘Won’t Stop’ Putting Protest Above Her Kids’ Safety
  248. NYC: 11/15/2011: — Hundreds of Occupiers Arrested, Chaos, Resisting Arrest, Object Thrown at Police
  249. Houston, TX: 11/15/2011 — Occupier Arrested
  250. Minnesota: 11/15/2011 — Occupy Minnesota Costs Taxpayers $10,000+ Each Day
  251. Austin, TX: 11/15/2011 — Occupier Accused of Masturbating in Front of 16 Year-old Girl
  252. San Francisco, CA: 11/15/2011 — Deadly Dog Disease Spreads at Occupy Camp
  253. Philadelphia, PA: 11/15/2011 — Occupier Arrested for Assaulting Woman
  254. Philadelphia, PA: 11/15/2011 — Occupiers Vandalize Dilworth Plaza With Graffiti and Feces – Video
  255. Santa Cruz, CA: 11/15/2011 — Ringworm, Scabies Outbreak at Occupy Camp
  256. Oakland, CA: 11/14/2011 — Occupiers Cost Taxpayers $2.4 Million
  257. Wash DC: 11/16/2011 — Suspected White House Shooter Spent Time with OccupyDC.
  258. Pittsburgh, PA: 11/15/2011 — Five Occupiers Arrested for Disorderly Conduct, Blocking Traffic
  259. San Francisco, CA: 11/17/2011 — Occupiers Storm Bank, 95 Arrested
  260. Chicago, IL: 11/16/2011 — Occupier Arrested for Child Porn
  261. NYC: 11/16/2011 — Dozens Of Hypodermic Needles Found In Zuccotti Park
  262. NYC: 11/16/2011 — Occupier Arrested for Making Terror Threats — Video … More.
  263. Dallas, TX: 11/17/2011 — 18 Occupiers Arrested
  264. Charlotte, NC: 11/14/2011 — Two Occupiers Arrested
  265. Charlotte, NC: 11/15/2011 — 8 Occupiers Arrested
  266. Ottawa, CN: 10/29/2011 — Feces, Urine, and Blood Covered Blanket Hung Over Tent
  267. Los Angeles, CA: 11/15/2011 — Occupier Charged With Masturbating In Front of Children
  268. Los Angeles, CA: 11/15/2011 — Occupier Arrested for Attempting to Light Food Vendor On Fire
  269. NYC: 11/15/2011 — City Claims Occupy Wall Street Protesters Were Stockpiling Weapons
  270. Wash DC: 11/15/2011 — Occupiers Block Traffic, Three Injuries
  271. NYC: 11/16/2011 — 150 Trashmen Needed to Clean Occupy Park Filth
  272. Los Angeles: 11/17/2011 — Occupiers Block Freeways, 26 Arrested
  273. NYC: 11/17/2011 – Mob of Occupiers Taunt, Bully Small School Children
  274. San Francisco, CA: 11/17/2011 — Lice, Fleas, Disease Spread in Camp
  275. NYC: 11/17/2011 — Occupiers Create Citywide Mayhem, 275 Arrested
  276. West Jordan, UT: 11/17/2011 — Occupier Hurls Molotov Cocktail at Bank
  277. NYC: 11/17/2011 — Police Officer Slashed, Others Attacked
  278. NYC: 11/17/2011 — Occupiers Throw Vinegar In Eyes of Police Officers
  279. Lincoln, NE: 11/5/2011 — 4 Occupiers Arrested at Bank Protest
  280. San Diego, CA: 1/17/2011 — Occupiers Hold Moment of Silence In ‘Solidarity’ With Accused Obama Would-Be Assassin — Video
  281. Melbourne, AU: 11/18/2011 — Children as Young as 12 Given Drugs, Alcohol
  282. Los Angeles, CA: 11/17/2011 — Dozens of Occupiers Arrested at Bank Protest
  283. Denver, CO: 11/16/2011 — Residents Complain Police Response Slowed Due to Occupiers
  284. Denver, CO: 11/17/2011 — Occupiers Block Traffic
  285. Denver, CO: 11/18/2011 — Occupiers Charged With Inciting a Riot, Assaulting Police Officer
  286. Columbus, OH: 11/15/2011 — 7 Occupiers Arrested for Refusing to Leave Bank
  287. St. Louis, MO: 11/18/2011 — Woman Sexually Assaulted
  288. Portland, OR: 11/18/2011 — Occupier Punches Police Horse – Video
  289. Missoula, MT: 10/26/2011 — Occupier Charged With Getting 11-Year-Old Drunk
  290. Portland, OR: 11/17/2011 — Occupier Brags About Urinating In Public — Video
  291. Chicago, IL: 11/17/2011 — 58% Believe Violence Against Government Sometimes Necessary
  292. Portland, OR: 11/18/2011 — Ocupier Uses Infant as Human Shield — Video
  293. NYC: 11/18/2011 — Mob Calls For Revolutio,n Screams “F*ck cops! F*ck police!” — Video
  294. Portland, ME: 11/19/2011 — Two Occupiers Arrested for Brutal Assaults
  295. Orlando, FL: 11/14/2011 — Two Occupiers Fight, One Injured By Knife
  296. Pensacola, FL: 11/18/2011 — Occupier Charged With Burglary, Brought Furniture to Occupy Camp
  297. NYC: 11/19/2011 — Occupier Arrested for Blocking Traffic Also Wanted in Indiana
  298. Philadelphia, PA: 11/17/2011 — Occupiers Arrested During Protest
  299. Seattle, WA: 11/17/2011 — Hundreds of Occupiers Snarl Traffic Around Medical Center
  300. Columbia, SC: 11/16/2011 — At Least 15 Occupiers Arrested
  301. Mobile, AL: 11/17/2011 — Occupier Arrested in Government Building
  302. Dallas, TX: 11/2011 — Media List of Occupy Arrests, Infractions
  303. Santa Cruz, CA: 11/19/2011 — County Officials Release List of 93 Acts of Lawlessness In and Around Occupy Camp
  304. Santa Cruz, CA: 11/19/2011: Occupiers Suspected of Dumping 200 Pounds of Human Feces Near Veterans Building
  305. Berkeley, CA: 11/18/2011 — Woman Assaulted for Refusing to Join Occupy
  306. Des Moines, IA: 11/20/2011 — Occupy Leader Arrested on Drug Charges
  307. NYC: 11/20/2011 — Occupier Arrested With Handgun, Ammo
  308. Eugene, OR: 11/19/2011 — Heroin Overdose at Occupy Camp
  309. Seattle, WA: 11/19/2011 — 70 Occupiers Trespass on Foreclosed Home
  310. Portland, ME: 11/19/2011 — Three Occupiers Charged, Including a Hammer Attack
  311. NYC: 11/18/2011 — ‘Runaway Mom’ Arrested for Disorderly Conduct
  312. Hartford, CT: 11/17/2011 — Occupiers Arrested for Blocking Traffic
  313. Austin, TX: 11/18/2011 — Five Occupiers Arrested for Trespassing
  314. Minneapolis, MN: 11/20/2011 — Occupiers Arrested for Burglary, Blocking Police Car — Video
  315. Oakland, CA; 11/20/2011 — Occupiers Defy Legal Eviction, Return to Camp
  316. Wash DC: 11/19/2011 — 11 Occupiers Arrested for Trespassing
  317. San Francisco, CA: 11/18/2011 — Camp Declared Public Health Nuisance; Eviction Deadline Passes
  318. Oakland, CA: 11/19/2011 — Occupiers Plan to Shut Down all Ports on West Coast
  319. NYC: 11/19/2011 — Occupier Arrested for Forcibly Touching Woman
  320. NYC: 11/21/2011 — Occupiers Pledge to Stick It to Taxpayers
  321. Houston, TX: 11/22/2011 — 15 Rounds fired Into Occupy Camp, Gunmen Shot & Arrested
  322. London: 11/21/2011 — Occupiers Defecate in St. Paul’s Cathedral
  323. Oakland, CA: 11/21/2011 — Occupy Oakland Hosts Gay Porn Movie Shoot
  324. Oakland, CA: 11/22/2011 — Domestic Terror Group, Weather Underground, Joins #Occupy
  325. Columbia, SC: 11/21/2011 — Occupiers Defy Curfew
  326. NYC: 11/21/2011 — Three Occupiers Arrested After Rowdy Demonstration Outside Mayor’s Home
  327. Phoenix, AZ:; 11/21/2011 — Eight Occupiers Arrested
  328. Albany, NY: 11/20/2011 — 48 Occupiers Arrested
  329. Pensacola, FL: 11/21/2011 — City Hall Vandalized After Occupy Protest
  330. Fort Meyers, FL: 11/20/2011 — Occupier Arrested On Bomb Threat Charges — Video
  331. Milwaukee, WI: 10/20/2011 — Occupier Arrested at Bank Protest — Video
  332. Nationwide: 11/23/2011 — Occupiers Cost Taxpayers $13 million, So Far
  333. Toronto, CN: 11/23/2011 — 8 Occupiers Arrested
  334. Seattle, WA: 11/27/2011 — Armed Thief Flees Into Occupy Camp
  335. Dallas, TX: 11/25/2011 — 2 Occupiers Arrested for Throwing Red Liquid On Neiman Marcus Walls, Windows
  336. Seattle, WA: 11/27/2011 — Bank Vandalized With Graffiti: ‘Revenge for Occupy Oakland’
  337. Santa Cruz, CA: 11/25/2011 — Police Arrest Occupier for Heroin Use
  338. Columbia, SC: 11/26/2011 — Occupy Sympathizer Threatens to Murder Governor Haley
  339. Seattle, WA: 11/23/2011 — Police: ‘Pregnant’ Occupy Protestor Tried to Lure Children
  340. Augusta, ME: 11/27/2011 — 8 Occupiers Arrested for Criminal Trespass and Mischief
  341. Boston, MA: 11/26/2011 — Occupier Arrested For Failing to Appear In Court For Assaultong Police Officers
  342. Ottawa, CN: 11/26/2011 — Occupier Arrested, Eight Cited
  343. Raleigh, NC: 11/26/2011 — Six Arrested For Disrupting Black Friday Shoppers
  344. Edmonton, CN: 11/25/2011 — Three Occupiers Arrested
  345. Unknown: 11/25/2011 — Occupiers Arrested for Trespassing at Walmart on Black Friday — Video — More
  346. Bloomington, IN: 11/26/2011 — Occupiers Drain Local Businesses, Attract Drug Use
  347. San Diego, CA: 11/25/2011 — Report: Flash Mob Invades Walmart, Leaves 75 Full Carts — Video
  348. Unknown: 11/25/2011 — Occupiers Hand Out ‘Don’t Be a CUMsumer Whore’ Pamphlets at Walmart – Video
  349. Portland, OR: 11/28/2011 — Occupy Raided … Cops Find Machetes, Body Armor, Drugs
  350. Austin, TX: 11/25/2011 — Occupier Arrested for Criminal Trespass
  351. Oklahoma City, OK: 11/29/2011 — Drunken Occupiers Beat Security Guard
  352. Harrisburg, PA: 11/27/2011 — Occupier Arrested at Mall
  353. Del City, OK: 11/25/2011 — 10 Occupiers Arrested for Disorderly Conduct at Walmart
  354. Olympia, WA: 11/28/2011 — Arrests Made After Occupiers and Other Groups Clash With Police
  355. Boston, MA: 11/28/2011 — Occupier Threatens Man With Knife
  356. Portland OR: 11/28/2011 — Occupier Threatens Woman With Arson — Video
  357. Los Angeles, CA: 11/28/2011 — Several Occupiers Arrested For Throwing Objects at Police
  358. Wilmington, NC: 11/28/2011 — Occupier Arrested for Refusing to Obey Police
  359. Tucson, AZ: 11/28/2011 — Two Occupiers Arrested
  360. Olympia, WA: 11/29/2011 — 4 Arrests, Occupier Bites Police Officer’s Arm
  361. Dayton, OH: 11/29/2011 — Occupiers Rage at Target Shoppers — Video
  362. Los Angeles, CA: 11/30/2011 — Hundreds of Occupiers Arrested
  363. Philadelphia, PA: 11/30/2011 — 50 Occupiers Arrested
  364. Tucson, AZ: 11/30/2011 — Occupiers Arrested For Assaulting Police Officer, Graffiti
  365. Frontenac, MO: 11/30/2011 – Occupiers Vandalize Subdivision Sign
  366. Monterey, CA: 11/30/2011 – Occupiers Smacks Citizen Journalist – Video
  367. Los Angeles, CA: 11/30/2011 — Police Required to Wear Hazmat Suits During Camp Clean Up, Human Waste Stored for Some Reason
  368. Charlottesville, VA: 12/1/2011 — Several Protesters Arrested, One Nude
  369. Eureka, CA: 11/30/2011 — Occupier Arrested, 11 Detained
  370. Bloomington, IN: 12/1/2011 — Five Occupiers Arrested
  371. Riverside, CA: 11/30/2011 — Occupier Arrested
  372. Philadelphia, PA: 11/30/2011 — Robber Claims To Be Part of Occupy Movement
  373. Tampa, FL: 12/2/2012 — 29 Occupiers Arrested
  374. Boston, MA: 12/1/2011 — Three Occupiers Arrested
  375. NYC: 12/1/2012 — 10 Occupiers Arrested
  376. Denton, TX: 12/4/2010 — Man Found Dead at Occupy Camp
  377. Wash DC: 12/4/2010: Occupiers Refuse to Remove Illegal Structure, 31 Arrested
  378. Hartford, CT: 12/3/2011 — Sexual Assault Victim Covers Up Crime
  379. Seattle, WA: 12/3/2011 – 16 Occupiers Arrested After Building Break-in
  380. Seattle, WA: 12/2/2011 — Occupy Sympathizers Assault Anti-Occupy Protester
  381. Portland, ME: 12/1/2011 — Occupier Already Facing Assault Charge, Charged With Threatening … More.
  382. Seattle, WA: 12/3/2011 — Occupiers Spit on Police
  383. Las Vegas, NV: 11/17/2011 — 21 Occupiers Arrested for Blocking Traffic
  384. Olympia, WA: 12/2/2011 — Two Arrests at Camp, Robbery and Assault On Police Officer
  385. Salt Lake City, UT: 11/10/2011 — Police Break up Fight Involving 30 Occupiers
  386. Santa Cruz, CA: 12/2/2011 — 20 to 30 Occuppiers Break Into Building
  387. Boston, MA: 12/4/2010 — Knife-wielding Occupier Arrested
  388. NYC: 12/4/2011 — Three Occupiers Arrested
  389. Nashville, TN: 12/4/2011 — Occupiers Arrested for Trespassing
  390. NYC: 12/3/2011 — ‘Troubled’ Occupier Has Now Been Arrested 6 Times
  391. Augusta, ME: 12/4/2011 — Occupier Arrested for Threatening Resident with Sledgehammer
  392. Ft. Meyers, FL: 12/2/2011 — Occupiers Shut Down Preschool
  393. Portland, ME: 11/30/2011 — Occupiers Cause $86k In Damage to Parks
  394. Los Angeles, CA: 12/3/2011 — Undercover Police Report Occupiers Prepared Weapons
  395. NYC: 12/1/2011 — Occupy Causes Small Business to Lay Off 25% of Staff, May Close
  396. Santa Cruz, CA: 12/4/2011 — Two Arrested for Beating Photographer
  397. Santa Cruz, CA: 12/5/2011 — Two Arrested for Trespassing
  398. San Diego, CA: 12/5/2011 — Nine Arrested: Resisting Arrest, Vandalism
  399. Boston, MA: 12/5/2011 — Woman Stabbed at Occupy Camp
  400. Eugene, OR: 12/5/2011 — Occupiers Cost Taxpayers $100k
  401. Nashville, TN: 12/4/2011 — Four Occupiers Arrested
  402. Portland, OR: 12/4/2011 — Several Occupiers Arrested
  403. Orlando, FL: 12/5/2011 — Several Occupiers Arrested
  404. Tulsa, OK: 12/9/2011 — Occuppiers Rally in Support of Accused Murderer
  405. San Francisco, CA: 12/8/2011 — Occupiers Clash with Police, 70+ Arrested
  406. Orlando, FL: 12/5/2011 – 5 Occupiers Arrested
  407. Wash DC: 12/8/2011 — 70 Occupiers Arrested In Protest, Block Traffic for Hours
  408. Des Moines, IA: 12/7/2011 — Occupiers Steal From Evicted Man
  409. Dayton, OH: 12/8/2011 – 5 Occupiers Arrested for Trespassing
  410. Tucson, AZ: 12/6/2011 — 5 Occupiers Arrested for Fighting
  411. Darien, CT: 12/6/2011 — Occupy Organizer Arrested for Blocking Traffic While Drunk
  412. Hartford, CT: 12/6/2011 — Occupier Arrested
  413. Newark, NJ: 12/9/2011 — SEIU Local President Complains Occupy Offered Son Drugs
  414. Orlando, FL: 12/8/2011 — Five Occupiers Arrested
  415. Sacramento, CA: 12/8/2011 — Two Dozen Occupiers Arrested
  416. Santa Cruxz, CA: 1/7/2011 — Occupiers Commit $30,000 In Vandalism
  417. Oakland, CA: 12/3/2011 – Occupiers Taunt, Harass Police — Video
Recently, President Obama said that the Occupiers are just like the Tea Party.
That’s a lie.
We need to keep this list updated and comprehensive. Please email whatever I might have missed and any future incidents to jnolte@breitbart.com or tweet them to @NolteNC.
One of the secret weapons the corrupt mainstream media uses in their never-ending quest to Palace Guard for the left is context. For example, when it came to the Tea Party, the MSM was notorious for amplifying a single incident (that was usually a lie) and using it to attempt to smear and define an entire movement. This is what you do when you want to quickly take out a political enemy.
The MSM’s contextual game changes, however, when their desire is to strengthen a movement and give it credibility and room to grow. By dutifully reporting individual incidents but not reporting on the growing scope and size of Occupy Wall Street lawlessness, the MSM is willfully covering up the violence, vandalism, and anti-Semitism that truly does define this movement.Moreover, by intentionally keeping the pieces of this story scattered, the MSM is allowed to have their cake and eat it too. No one can accuse them of not reporting these incidents, but by choosing not to bring the pieces together, the MSM ensures the least amount of public relations damage is done to the Occupiers.
What I’ve collected below is far from comprehensive but still shows over 75 incidents of sexual assault, violence, vandalism, anti-Semitism, extortion, perversion, and lawlessness.
The MSM could easily tell the story of how this violence-prone movement is becoming an increasing threat to our society. After all, my research below is the result of nothing more than Twitter and Google. Among others, The New York Times, Washington Post, Politico, and the LA Times have willfully chosen not to use the resources at their disposal to give the public an honest look at this growing menace. In their partisan minds, truth doesn’t trump agenda.
A few notes on the list below. Whenever possible, I traced the incident back to the original news source. I was as careful as possible when it came to duplicate postings, though I would guess there are a few in here. There are also less than five examples that don’t involve what I would qualify as outright lawlessness but do help to expose the Occupiers for who and what they really are. Finally, and this is the most important way in which the list is imperfect, I most certainly wasn’t able to document everything. A perfect list would be much more alarming than the one I slapped together in just a few hours.
What is true is that on October 18, pollster Doug Schoen (a Democrat!) discovered that a full 31% of Occupiers were willing to commit violence in pursuit of their agenda, whatever that is. As a response to this startling and frightening admission, the MSM either outright ignored or dismissed it. What you’ll see below proves that at least when it comes to their willingness to break the law, the Occupiers are keeping their word.
The list is in no particular order. Like the Occupiers themselves, it’s unruly, disorganized, messy and not focused solely on the nation’s media centers. The movement is spreading across America and bringing with it their outrageous and appalling behavior.
On top of everything else, imagine the drain all this lawlessness has on law enforcement resources. My list doesn’t even include the collateral damage. Thanks to Occupy Wall Street’s drain on police personnel, shootings increased 154% in New York alone. What is it in Chicago, Seattle, Boston, Oakland, and Cleveland?
Just last week Vice President Joe Biden was all freaked out about the possibility of crime rates increasing if Congress didn’t pass Obama’s Son of Stimulus. Well, that premise was based on a lie, but the same White House trying to sell that bill of bull isn’t at all concerned with the very real increase in crime caused by the Occupiers they encourage.
Please keep the tips coming. Email me at jnolte@breitbart.com.

December 24, 2011

Top Ten Democrats Who Would Be Better Presidential Candidates Than Barack Obama in 2012



by Joel B. Pollak
The primary field really is bad–for Democrats. As the media and voters scrutinize the Republican contenders, it is easy to forget how weak and unpopular the incumbent is. Polls suggest a majority of Americans want to replace President Barack Obama in 2012, and Democrats are hitting the panic button–even as Obama enjoys a slight bounce in approval–because they realize he has failed.
In the end-of-the-year countdown spirit, here are the top ten Democrats who would be better presidential candidates than Barack Obama in 2012:
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10. Harold Ford, Jr.
Losing his Senate race in 2006 seems to have freed the former Tennessee congressman to speak his mind. He has bucked liberal dogma on foreign policy and the Keystone XL pipeline, and offers independent, common sense ideas.
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9. Sen. Joe Manchin
West Virginia’s junior senator can tout his experience as governor and his victory in a tough political climate. He appeals to independents with his opposition to climate change legislation, and his criticismof his own party’s stalling in the Senate.
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8. Sen. Mark Warner
A favorite of party moderates, Warner was a popular governor of Virginia before being elected to the Senate, and also has private sector experience. He declined to seek the Democratic nomination in 2008, though he might have won it–then, or now.
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7. Chris Wallace
Conservatives know him as a trusted anchor at Fox News–but he’s also a registered Democrat in Washington, D.C., adding bipartisan appeal to his communication skills.
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6. Mayor Corey Booker
The mayor of Newark is a Rhodes scholar who, unlike Obama, has made his way in politics the hard way–by fighting corruption and reforming government.
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5. Gov. Andrew Cuomo
His role in the housing crisis notwithstanding, he managed to balance the state budget without raising taxes, setting an example for other big states. He is now proposing a tax hike, but deserves credit for showing spending restraint first.
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4. Sen. Ron Wyden
Though the senior senator from Oregon is liberal on social issues and foreign policy, he has shown sincere interest in real solutions to pressing policy issues. For example, he joined Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) in proposing sweeping Medicare reform.
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3. Secretary Hillary Clinton
Many Democrats agree that Clinton ought to have been their party’s nominee in 2012 rather than the inexperienced, untested Obama. She is the country’s most popular politician–even though she has enacted Obama’s dubious foreign policy.
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2. Sen. Evan Bayh
The former Indiana senator and governor was the future of his party–until he decided against re-election in 2010, bemoaning the deepening divisions and the lack of real debate. In a comeback, he would offer an alternative to Obama’s class warfare.
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1. Sen. Joe Lieberman
1. Joe Lieberman – in ten years, the retiring senator fell from vice-presidential candidate to party outcast. The Democrat “netroots” purged him in 2006 in favor of anti-war one-percenter Ned Lamont. Yet Lieberman’s hawkish views on foreign policy, his strong bipartisan record, and his integrity still make him the best Democrats have to offer.
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None of the candidates above would have a good chance of winning in 2012; the party as a whole has become so committed to big government and the old “tax-and-spend” agenda that voters haven’t hesitated to punish moderates as well as radicals.
Yet each would stand a better chance than Obama–and each would elevate our national debate from the bitter depths to which he and his Chicago team are determined to drag it.

December 21, 2011

Acting House speaker: ‘Mr. Hoyer was in violation of the House rules’ [VIDEO]


Acting House speaker: ‘Mr. Hoyer was in violation of the House rules’ [VIDEO]

Published: 7:42 PM 12/21/2011 | Updated: 8:05 PM 12/21/2011
Pennsylvania Republican Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick, who served as the presiding officer in a pro forma session of the House Wednesday, told The Daily Caller that Minority Whip Steny Hoyer was in “violation of the House rules” when requesting to be recognized on the floor in an attempt to force a vote on the Senate’s two-month payroll tax cut extension. Fitzpatrick called Hoyer’s actions a “publicity stunt.”
Watch the interview:
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“I was the presiding officer on the floor of the House in a pro forma session when Mr. Hoyer requested to be recognized — in violation of the House rules, I might add,” Fitzpatrick told TheDC in an exclusive interview at the Capitol on Wednesday night.
“There’s a longstanding policy, it goes back through speakers of the House, all the way back to Tip O’Neill in 1981 that requires for unanimous consent that both parties’ leadership accede to the request for the unanimous consent offer. Mr. Hoyer is a former Majority Leader of the House, he knows the rules or should know the rules and it was my job to enforce them and I did.”
Hoyer directly criticized Fitzpatrick in a press conference after the session ended.
“Mr. Van Hollen and I just participated on the floor of the House and sought to seek recognition so that we could ask unanimous consent to place on the floor and to pass legislation which would give certainty and assurance to seniors, to the unemployed and to 160 million Americans who are at risk of losing their tax cut on January 1st… Unfortunately, as has happened so often, the acting speaker, Republican presiding officer, walked out. He walked out, would not render recognition and would not allow Mr. Van Hollen and I to make that unanimous consent request and move forward,” he said.
“This is unfortunate,” said Hoyer. “The irony is that he appointed five conferees, all of whom at one point or another have said that they are opposed to a one-year extension of the middle-class tax cut, and in fact, have made comments similar to the speaker’s that the middle-class tax cut is a gimmick.”
According to official House rules, “The Speaker has announced and enforced a policy of conferring recognition for unanimous-consent requests for the consideration of unreported bills and resolutions only when assured that majority and minority floor and committee leaderships have no objections.” The policy has been extended to reported bills as well.
Fitzpatrick fired back at Hoyer, saying he was attempting to turn the House floor into a press conference.
“Frankly, Mr. Hoyer was in violation of the House rules requesting to be recognized. He knew it was in violation of the House rules. Frankly, it was a publicity stunt on their part. They were trying to call essentially what amounted to a press conference on the floor of the House and I enforced the rules,” Fitzpatrick told TheDC.

Moving beyond Freddie and Fannie


Moving beyond Freddie and Fannie

By Bob Corker, Published: November 24

The term “permanent conservatorship” is an oxymoron. By its very construct, the conservatorship of a corporation is meant to be temporary. And yet three years after the bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, we are no closer to transitioning them off government life support than we were the day in 2008 when they came under direct government control.
This is unacceptable.





A delay in dealing with Fannie and Freddie was partly inevitable, as policymakers worried that any misstep could negatively affect a fragile housing market. But we have come to a point where continued inaction impedes the ability of the private market to take over a function the government has completely mismanaged. We must move beyond Fannie and Freddie, immediately.
This task will not be politically easy. Many of the institutions that have come to rely on the corporate welfare Fannie and Freddie provide have argued that we cannot have a housing finance system without the support of government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs). This argument not only ignores the risks taxpayers are forced to bear but also fundamentally misrepresents the structure of the housing finance system.
Broadly speaking, the risks inherent in mortgage lending can be placed in two categories, interest rate risk and credit risk. Interest rate risk stems from the fact that homeowners can prepay their mortgages at any time, and they generally choose to do so when interest rates are low. This leaves the lender with the tricky job of managing an asset-liability mismatch. But the private sector has proved capable of the task. In fact, the development of the risk management infrastructure to deal with this challenge remains a great accomplishment of modern finance.
The second risk in mortgage lending is credit risk, or the risk that a borrower will default on his or her mortgage. Today, mortgage credit risk is almost completely priced and managed by the government. Having “crowded out” private investors by charging an insurance premium that was too cheap, the GSEs are saddled with $5 trillion worth of bad credit. This is a tragedy of our own making. During the boom years, the GSEs’ affordable housing goals were coupled with a Congress and an administration that saw only the bright side of rapidly increasing homeownership rates. That meant that as housing prices began to spike, it was impossible to make credit slightly more expensive. Without countercyclical market mechanisms able to operate naturally, as housing prices went higher, the GSEs simply raced each other to lower guarantee fees, out of fear that they might lose business from mortgage originators such as Countrywide and Washington Mutual. The result, we now know, was a government-induced bubble followed by a painful collapse.
This month I introduced legislation that can help bring private capital back into this market in an orderly fashion. The Residential Mortgage Market Privatization and Standardization Act would reduce the federal government’s exposure to GSEs by 10 percent per year for 10 years. It will do this by gradually diminishing the percentage of an agency mortgage-backed security that is backstopped by the taxpayer. This methodical process will allow for clear market signals, so everyone can easily see where the market and the government each price credit risk. Additionally, the bill includes some basic infrastructure improvements, such as creating uniform servicing agreements, putting in place some minimum underwriting standards — such as a 5 percent minimum down payment and requiring that loans be fully documented — and making available for public consumption the large amount of data sitting in the vaults at Fannie and Freddie. Such initiatives would put us on a path toward a sustainable housing finance system for the long run.
Ultimately, the market will price mortgage credit risk much more efficiently than does the government. We should not be deterred by red-herring arguments to the contrary. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are costing taxpayers billions of dollars every year. We must begin the process of unwinding the GSEs. “Permanent conservatorship” is not a credible plan.
The writer, a Republican from Tennessee, is a member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee.

December 20, 2011

OBAMA‘S CLAIM THAT HE’S THE FOURTH BEST PRESIDENT


‘60 MINUTES’ EDITS OUT OBAMA‘S CLAIM THAT HE’S THE FOURTH BEST PRESIDENT

AP
President Barack Obama sat for an extensive interview with CBS’s “60 Minutes” last week, though it appears the portion of the interview actually broadcast on TV left out a statement where Obama essentially declared himself the fourth best president in terms of his accomplishments.
The statement was only made available online as part of the full interview on “60 Minutes Overtime.”
According to a transcript posted on the “60 Minutes” website, Obama said he would hold his accomplishments so far as president against those of Lyndon B. Johnson, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln.
“I would put our legislative and foreign policy accomplishments in our first two years against any president — with the possible exceptions of Johnson, F.D.R., and Lincoln — just in terms of what we’ve gotten done in modern history,” Obama told CBS’s Steve Kroft.
Watch the full interview below. The statement comes at the very end, around the 56:10 mark of the 56:53-minute video:
Or just hear the relevant clip here:
(h/t Newsbusters)
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