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Well presented! Thanks for writing this.

In your list of Tea Party supporters, you left out the actual creator of the 'movement' - Fox News.

Well said brother.

Who supports occupest?

Support by left leaning fringe groups & the sources of statements of support:

Communist Party USA, sorces: Communist Party USA publication, The Daily Caller. speech @ occupest Wall Street.

Revolutionary Communist Party, sources: Revolutionary Communist Party publication, Revolution Newspaper, in peson appearances @ occupest Wall St.

Black Panthers, sources: Occupy Oakland, Oakland Tribune, in-person appearance @ occupest Wall St.

Socialist party USA, sources: Socialist Party USA publication, Indy Media, The Daily Caller.

Indutrial Worker of the World, sources: International Worker of the World website, iww.org, in-person appearance @ occupest Wall St.

International Bolshevik tendency, sources: Bolshevik.org, Wired Magazine.

International Socialist Organization, sources: Socialist Worker publication, Socialist Worker,org, in person appearance @ occupest Wall St.

Marxists Student Union, sources: Marxist Student Union publication, Big Government, marxistsstudentunion.blogspot.com.

Freedom Road Socialist Organization, sources: Fight Back News, fightbacknews.org.

Answer, sources: Answer press release, Answer website, Xinhua.

Party for Socialism & Liberation, sources: Liberation news (1), partyforsocialismandfreedom.org, The Daily Free Press, LibNews (1).

CAIR, sources: Washington Post, CAIR publication, CAIR NY.

To be continued...

Support by right leaning fringe groups & the sources of statements of support:

American Nazi party, sources: Media Matters, American Nationalist Party publication, Sunshine State News.

White Revolution, sources: White Revolution.org.

US Border Guard, sources: White Referrence, usbordergurad.com, Gateway Pundit, Just Another Day blog.

David Duke, sources: Talking Points Memo, davidduke.com, personal video statement.

Support by weirdo disgruntled fringe groups & the sources of statements of support:

Louis Farrakhan/Nation of Islam, sources: Black in America, Weasel Zippers, Philadelphia Weekly, personal video statement.

Hezbollah, sources: almagawama.org (1), (2), (3), wikipedia link (still investigating that 1).

9/11 Truth.org, sources: 9/11 Truth.org (1), (2), (3).

Anonymous, sources: Adbusters, The Guardian, personal video statement.

Support by foreign countries & leaders & the sources of statements of support:

Ayatollah Khamenei (Iran), sources: The Guardian, Teheran Times, CBS News.

Communist Party of China, sources: People's Daily, reuters, chinataiwan.org, The Telegraph.

Hugo Chavez (Venezuela), sources: Mother Jones, Examiner.com.

Revolutionary Guards of Iran, sources: Associated Press, FARS News Agency.

N. Korea: Korean Central News Agency (N. Korea), The Marxixt-Leninist, Wall St. journal, Times of India.

Support by US politicians & the sources of statements of support:

President Barak Obama, sources: ABC, CBS, ForexTV, NBC New York.

Vice President Joe Biden, sources: Talking Points Memo, Mother Jones, personal video statement.

Us Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi. sources: Talking Points Memo, ABC News, The Weekly Standard, personal video statement.

Wow! What a shining example of diversity! Only in America :) henry

More BS from :). Seriously man get a life. Charles Manson liked the Beatles and the Beach Boys but who is condemning those people.

The Beatles & Beach Boys were boy bands of their time. What's up Kenny, a little upset over the facts? Yeah, that's what I thought. Oh, & :) to you too :) henry

While some people drown in a glass of water, the Occupy movement moves forward.

But if we're listing famous personages who support the Occupy Movement: Gov. John Huntsman, Rep. Ron Paul, Gov. Buddy Roemer.. what a buncha wildeyed Marxists not.

So they fit in w/ the right leaning fringe groups I mentioned? :) henry

It's surreal how the only sane people on the GOP public stage are ridiculed by the demonstrably insane.

Thank you Hank for finally providing some non- existant link to who knows what re/ Hezbollah support of OWS. Thanks for the laugh . You and Thorn make quite a pair.

Geeber: "Thank you Hank for finally providing some non- existant link to who knows what re/ Hezbollah support of OWS.

Oops, sorry, mispelled the link, it's actually almoquawama.org or almoquawama alislamia.org.

Here's a nother pearl for you:

From wikipedia: "Hezbollah has a military branch known as Al-Muqawama al-Islamiyya ("The Islamic Resistance"), and is the possible sponsor of a number of lesser-known groups, some of which may be little more than fronts for Hezbollah itself. These groups include the Organization of the Oppressed, the Revolutionary Justice Organization, the Organization of Right Against Wrong, and Followers of the Prophet Muhammad.[1][2][3]
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1559 called for the disarmament of militia[4] with the Taif agreement at the end of the Lebanese civil war. Hezbollah denounced, and protested against, the resolution."

You trust wikipedia, right? After all, most writers for them are of the "progressive" sect.

So yeah, the same organization w/ the above listed link supoorts occupest Wall St. Again, sorry for the mispell.
Oh, by the way, read em' & weep :) henry

DAMMIT! I put a "u" in there. No u, NO U!: http://almoqawama.org, Sorry again, long day in the lab :) henry

From the putzbowler support site, quotes from an editorial (NOT A NEWS FEATURE):

"Among those policies is, of course, the United States' carte blanche support for Israel. The protesters called for an end to Washington's practice of spending taxpayer money on Israeli crimes.
A contingent from the Occupy Boston protest camp marched on Friday to the building that houses the Israeli consulate in Boston and held a brief sit-in in the building's lobby.
They chanted various slogans, including, "hey hey, Ho ho! Israeli apartheid's got to go!," "long live the intifada! intifada intifada!," "not another nickel! Not another dime! No more money for Israel's crimes!," and "Viva, viva Palestina!" "

Nice! Gotta love it! But this 1 is just oh, so touching:

"The American public, however, have shown after 50 days that they are inspired by the Islamic Awakening and are ready to stand until their demands are met."

Aw, shucks, ain't that just so cute, makes my brown skin blush :) henry

I threw out bait hoping to catch a big fish, but ended up with a small-fry on the line. Call this post "catch and release."

The Communist Party USA, Louis Farrakhan, Hugo Chavez, etc. have voiced support for the "Occupy" movement. This is true. It's also irrelevant. Their support does not mean those demonstrators are Communists, religious extremists or South American dictators. It matters not that certain unsavory elements support the movement. The only questions should be - what is the cause and is the cause just?

The rich get richer by convincing corrupt politicians and their gullible constituents that they are the "job creators." Yet, during the Clinton administration, taxes on the upper tier of incomes were raised to 39.6%. Twenty-three million jobs were created in eight years. During the following administration of George W. Bush, and after his tax cuts of 2001 and 2003 lowering that rate to 35%, three million net jobs were created. (source: Wall Street Journal). Those cuts blew a $1.7 TRILLION hole in the deficit. (source Center on Budget and Policy Priorities). We are now being asked to reduce the deficit by slashing funding for Social Security and Medicare while making the tax cuts permanent. Protests on these issue are legitimate.

The recent "violent Arab uprisings" have been brought into this discussion. FYI - The deposed dictators and their political and military apparatus used the same propaganda tactics being defended here. They tried to undermine those revolutions for freedom and justice by pointing out the support of Western imperialists. At the top of their list was, of course, President Barack Obama.

Robert: "The Communist Party USA, Louis Farrakhan, Hugo Chavez, etc. have voiced support for the "Occupy" movement. This is true. It's also irrelevant."

Actually, not irrelevant, to me anyways. As somebody born in a communist country & was fortunate enough to get the hell out, why do I want people, supposedly speaking for me, to send us into that type of system?
But enough w/ that. The question I got is this: Even IF the supoport by unsavory characters is "irrelevant" as you say, do the occupy folks back the movements the unsavory characters are about?
Islamists view: DEATH TO ISRAEL!
A contingent of occupy Boston participant's chants: "long live the intifada! intifada intifada!"
PLO's view (under hamas & hezbollah, not Abbas): Both of the above.
I know, intifada means struggle in Arabic. But in PLO's definition of it was to destroy Israel.
So now you got a bunch of the occupy folks shouting similar, if not like, slogans. Does this qualify as support by proxy? :) henry

Hank:

"Even IF the support by unsavory characters is irrelevant as you say, do the occupy folks back the movements the unsavory characters are about?"

This is a false dichotomy. In anticipation of such a response, I believe I've already addressed that issue. As I said, their (Communist Party USA) support does not mean the demonstrators are communists or supporters of communism.

Islamic extremists will use any forum to express their hate-filled anti-Israel views. This includes Tea Party rallies and 4th of July picnics. No, I don't think this qualifies as "support by proxy."

The grievances raised by the majority of protesters regarding our country's rigged economic system are legitimate and need to be taken seriously.

Robert: "This is a false dichotomy. In anticipation of such a response, I believe I've already addressed that issue. As I said, their (Communist Party USA) support does not mean the demonstrators are communists or supporters of communism."

I agree to a degree, but all those Che Guevarra t-shirts in occupest Oakland & the commentary by those involved as well as the editorial in a putz-bollah rag as well as the chants by a contingent of participants tell me a way different story.
We beg to differ, that is the beauty of life, I appreciate that beauty, I hope you do too.

Robert: "The grievances raised by the majority of protesters regarding our country's rigged economic system are legitimate and need to be taken seriously."

This I wholeheartedly agree w/. But an urban camping trip disguised as a 1st Amendment right to protest is an annoyance that has turned focus away from the issues.
The whole thing started out w/ good intentions, but it went to hell in a handbasket when the fringe occupied the occupation & certain occupiers welcomed said occupation :) henry

Aren't comments that include ethnic and racial epithets forbidden on this site?

KenV: "Aren't comments that include ethnic and racial epithets forbidden on this site?"

Who's using those? BAN THEM! :) henry

You actually Hank. You frequently use derogatory terms and names for people of Middle Eastern and Persian descent and their culture. That might fly in Cuba, but not in the USA.

hank: "Who's using those?"

KenV: "You actually Hank. You frequently use derogatory terms and names for people of Middle Eastern and Persian descent and their culture."

REALLY? Please, do tell, the world is waiting.

Then there's this: "That might fly in Cuba, but not in the USA."

Aw, now you're a Cuban hater too. 1st Jews, now Cubans. You must really love me, a Cuban w. Jewish ancestry :) henry

Sad that you fail to realize the reasons people find you distasteful have nothing to do with your ancestry.

Be careful hank, pretty soon disagreeing with the Left will be a Hate Crime....you with all of your hate words and all...
With the push for socialist policies you may find yourself in some retrofitted gulag or worse yet chained up in an Occupy encampment for re education so that you learn the "appropriate" free speech.

Sorry there Kenny boy, the only 1 that finds me distasteful is you & maybe some of your fellow "progressives" on here. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED! :) henry