US Autumn Revolution: Koch Group Gathering Disrupted by Occupy DC Protesters

Time was when David Koch could bring his Americans for Prosperity Foundation convention to our nation's capital, and conventioneers could feel pretty secure in the notion that Washington, D.C., was theirs for the taking. No longer

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The triumphant glow of hagiography that usually marks the convention's annual Ronald Reagan tribute dinner tonight gave way to the heat of confrontation with the Occupy D.C. movement. 

Apparently, the AFP Foundation was prepared for shenanigans, as there seemed to be a readily available cadre of Metropolitan Police throughout the Walter E. Washington Convention Center where the event took place, a sprawling complex of glass and stone that takes up a full city block.

As the dinner began, one group of demonstrators convened outdoors for a peaceful film festival featuring a series of short documentaries about the Koch brothers, the billionaire executives of Koch Industries, the conglomerate founded by their father, Fred, who was also a founding member of the John Birch Society.

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USA Autumn Revolution: 'Occupy' protests swell nationwide; scores arrested

Protests swelled in cities nationwide Friday as police forces struggled to either corral or remove demonstrators from downtown parks and plazas in the latest development of the month long Occupy Wall Street movement.

Scores of protesters were arrested in Denver, Seattle, San Diego and New York, though reports of violence were rare. CNN reporters have sent in photos and video from "occupy" protests across several American cities.

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Wall Street Protestors Have Met the Enemy and Is It They ?

"For fifteen years we rode a tsunami of foreign capital pouring into American markets. We didn’t save a penny. Why should we? Our home equity was our retirement account. Our smartest kids got MBAs and went to Wall Street derivatives desks. Engineering was for dummies. Home prices rose so fast that local governments swam with tax revenues and hired with abandon. Everybody went to the party. Now everybody has a hangover, especially the bankers. We thought we were geniuses because we won the lottery. Now we actually have to produce and export things, and we have to play catch-up. Our kids are competing with Asian kids who go to cram school and practice the violin in the afternoon. This isn’t going to be easy, and the sooner we decide to roll up our sleeves and get back to work instead of looking for bankers to blame, the better our chances of coming back."

NOTE EU-DIGEST: EXCELLENT SUGGESTIONS - BUT TOO LITTLE TOO LATE. HOW CAN THE PROTESTORS FOLLOW-UP ON THESE SUGGESTIONS BY PAJAMAS MEDIA AS LONG AS PRIVATE INTEREST GROUPS STILL CONTROL POLITICIANS ON THE LEFT AND THE RIGHT; WITH A DEREGULATED US CORPORATE STRUCTURE DOING WHATEVER THEY WANT; HIDING ASSETS IN OFFSHORE LOCATIONS;NOT PAYING ANY US TAXES;EXPORTING JOBS ABROAD; BANKS CONSIDERED TOO BIG TOO FAIL; AND PROMOTING A LOCAL TRICKLE DOWN ECONOMIC SYSTEM ----WHO ARE WE KIDDING?

BELIEVE IT OR NOT THESE KIDS IN THE STREET ARE REALLY FIGHTING FOR OUR COMMON INTERESTS AND THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE A T-PARTY

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