{"id":403,"date":"2011-10-06T22:05:29","date_gmt":"2011-10-07T02:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jparnell.com\/blog\/?p=403"},"modified":"2011-10-06T22:05:29","modified_gmt":"2011-10-07T02:05:29","slug":"the-lefts-tea-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/battle4liberty.com\/?p=403","title":{"rendered":"The left’s tea party"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Occupy Wall Street<\/em> movement has been a fascinating exhibition to say the least. We\u2019re told that the motley crew gathering in New York\u2019s financial district is organic and represents average folks from all walks of life. Obama\u2019s spin on this circus is that it typifies a growing frustration with corporate America. But this protest\u2014as Herman Cain put it\u2014is simply an attack on capitalism.<\/p>\n

So what do these protestors want anyway? Many struggle to answer this question, while others claim only to be \u201craising awareness.\u201d One posted a fascinating set of demands ranging from free college education to a guaranteed living wage regardless of employment to the immediate forgiveness of all debt to open borders migration.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/occupywallst.org\/forum\/proposed-list-of-demands-for-occupy-wall-st-moveme\/<\/a><\/p>\n

For the record, this list of demands does not necessarily represent the fantasies of all of his comrades. But while there\u2019s no official voice representing the protestors, myriad interviews and blogs paint a clear picture. Most of these guys aren\u2019t seeking any kind of middle ground. They want the fundamental change candidate Obama promised. They\u2019re Marxists.<\/p>\n

Given the sad state of economic affairs, this disorganized, confusing and far left protest does little to legitimize Obama\u2019s agenda. In my view, the spectacle known as the Wall Street occupation is just what the conservative doctor ordered\u2014the left\u2019s version of the tea party. Rather than preaching the Constitution and limited government in an era of skyrocketing national debt, these protestors appear to be unfamiliar with the Constitution, the enumerated powers, or the notion of personal responsibility. Nothing gives more credence to the conservative\/libertarian worldview than an eclectic parade of far left protestors proclaiming the opposite.<\/p>\n

Obama\u2019s greatest strength is his oratorical acumen. To many \u201cnon-partisans,\u201d Obama\u2019s smooth calls for equality, spreading the wealth, and change in general sound moderate and mainstream. The more we hear from others in his camp who are less skilled in masking Marxist rhetoric, the better. I\u2019m hoping these protests don\u2019t lose steam anytime soon. The more they say, the better we sound.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Occupy Wall Street movement has been a fascinating exhibition to say the least. We\u2019re told that the motley crew gathering in New York\u2019s financial district is organic and represents average folks from all walks of life. Obama\u2019s spin on this circus is that it typifies a growing frustration with corporate America. But this protest\u2014as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/battle4liberty.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/battle4liberty.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/battle4liberty.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/battle4liberty.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/battle4liberty.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/battle4liberty.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/battle4liberty.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/battle4liberty.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/battle4liberty.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}