VIDEO: Occupy Movement Hooks Senator Dan Wolf, Cape Codders
Cape Codders occupied the Hyannis Village Green on Friday afternoon to show solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street movement. Among locals and advocates, Senator Dan Wolf declared his support.
The Occupy Cape Cod movement started building its Hyannis groundswell Friday afternoon in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street group.
The humming chatter of the group could be heard from the distance. Once under the roof Hyannis Village Green stage the thick, humid air was a pleasant retreat from the pouring rain.
About 75 people or so crowded around holding signs calling for change - stop corporate greed, more jobs, stop war, no more bank bailouts and other calling cards for the Occupy movement.
While most of the advocates were 50 years old or older, there were a few high school students and young adults peppered into the group. One theme rang clear, even people who were on the "establishment's side" in their early years are not anymore.
Just in time for the shouting of "let's march" to take hold of the group the rain stopped and the skies cleared to a hazy grey.
After a few speeches from participates who shared stories of why they were there (to be featured tomorrow) and a rallying speech from State Senator Dan Wolf (featured in this video) the Occupy Cape Cod movement was off to march down Main Street to the TD Bank and back.
The marchers found support on the street in the form of honking and yells affirming their mission.
That being said, there were a few shouts like "useless idiots" who fought back from their cars in disdain of the movement.
The next Occupy Cape Cod event will be on Friday, Oct. 21 at 4 pm at The Calvary First Baptist Church on Lincoln Street in Hyannis.
Stay tuned tomorrow for more video interviews with stakeholders in the Occupy movement and ongoing for more coverage of the Occupy Cape Cod movement.
Henry Fool
2:04 pm on Saturday, October 15, 2011
Government intervention (in the form of the Neighborhood Stabilization Program) resulted in the mortgage crisis, Obamacare has made businesses wary of further Federal intervention and creating more government jobs produces nothing but waste. businesses, sure of our political future, create jobs. Of course, there are lessons to be learned, and adjustments made to regulations, but Socialist control over business serves only to create larger welfare states that are unsustainable (See Europe). Sen. Wolf's belief in Marxism is idyllic fantasy, and ultimately fails when human beings are tossed into the equation. Class struggle, dividing our nation further than it already is, to serve elitist egos, is piffle. The hatred of some in this group is no different than you would find from some in the Tea Party. Think about that while you are stirring the pot, comrades.
G. Andrew Maness
5:29 pm on Sunday, October 16, 2011
Is Cape Air publicly or privately held? I ask because I don't know...
If it's a private concern, then State Senator Wolf can be concerned with any social agenda he chooses.
If, however, Cape Air is publicly held, then, as CEO (Digression: Can a State Senator remain a CEO without a conflict of interest? Again I ask because I don't know...), his sole concern should be, within legal limits, to maximize the profits of the owners of the company, its shareholders.
And remember, please: "Economic justice"="Redistribution of wealth."
(When pertinent, I'll remind you all of the real meaning of "Social justice.")
Jennifer Simckowitz
9:01 am on Monday, October 17, 2011
Hi Andrew, Cape Air is a private company.
John
5:37 pm on Monday, October 17, 2011
Hey Dan, October 28, 1979 when you protested at Wall Street was an interesting date. It was the date of the Carter-Reagan debate that led to the landslide election of Reagan over Carter and ushered in the Reagan Revolution.......history is repeating itself.
Wall Street almost always bets on the winner. The historic $42 Million they gave to Obama in 2008 (hedged by $31 Million to McCain) turned out to be one of the most lucrative "investments" Wall Street ever made as the President-elect had Wall Street on speed dial, loaded up his administration with crony capitailists and took very good care of the political "investors." There isn't 5 cents difference between Obama and Bush on that score!
G. Andrew Maness
12:14 am on Monday, October 24, 2011
Thanks for the info. J.S.
Obviously, he has no obligation to anyone but himself, and, if there are any, to his partners.
Ain't free market capitalism grand?
(Yes, it is.)
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