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EarlG

(21,951 posts)
Fri May 16, 2014, 11:52 AM May 2014

Pic Of The Moment: Operation American Spring's Live Coverage Has Been Impressive So Far



Live coverage: Enjoy!




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Pic Of The Moment: Operation American Spring's Live Coverage Has Been Impressive So Far (Original Post) EarlG May 2014 OP
They had 3 minute warning to storm the Parapet's Historic NY May 2014 #1
Would love to see how many... doxydad May 2014 #2
OH, the FLACCIDITY!!! Plucketeer May 2014 #3
Are you saying libodem May 2014 #11
Indeed! Plucketeer May 2014 #16
They only wish libodem May 2014 #18
ROFL!!!!!!! calimary May 2014 #83
"Have fun storming the castle!" riqster May 2014 #4
Bouncey house!!! Historic NY May 2014 #7
Just...plain... SoapBox May 2014 #5
Looks more bug-eyed crazy than worried. hobbit709 May 2014 #6
Ir he sticks around until tomorrow, things could get interesting: ehrnst May 2014 #8
WTH, I'm disappointed watoos May 2014 #9
As I read in the twitter feed libodem May 2014 #10
Bingo! Good point, libodem! calimary May 2014 #84
And this is how the Billionaire Republicans discredit the Tea Party Republicans. nt valerief May 2014 #12
This guy said thousands have arrived and the buses are coming in mountain grammy May 2014 #13
50 = 30 million when you are numerically illiterate. valerief May 2014 #14
They just ran out of fingers and toes to use. That's all. appleannie1 May 2014 #30
and they will be standing around until the cows come home before they realize hopemountain May 2014 #66
They'll be trading bananna bread recipes pretty quick. marble falls May 2014 #15
To be fair, it is lunchtime in Washington DC rocktivity May 2014 #17
Their callers and comments section Jamaal510 May 2014 #19
"Obama fears the obese mullet" central scrutinizer May 2014 #20
Yeah, I'm lovin' the MULLET theme! tosh May 2014 #25
Millions going to be there tomorrow the current speaker says Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2014 #21
yeah, because revolutions start on saturdays bloomington-lib May 2014 #50
I couldn't resist....I had to post AlbertCat May 2014 #22
That one got me chuckling too! AllyCat May 2014 #27
Is she the same one who insists the tea pukers Liberalynn May 2014 #36
EXCELLENT!!!! calimary May 2014 #85
OMG... titaniumsalute May 2014 #23
Hot Mullets! LOL!!!111!1 tosh May 2014 #24
OMG have you listened to the feed on this? Hilarious! AllyCat May 2014 #26
well, I tried to read them NJCher May 2014 #28
Funny! Enthusiast May 2014 #68
And you have to wonder 2naSalit May 2014 #29
No, POTUS was at lunch awoke_in_2003 May 2014 #55
I saw that much later! 2naSalit May 2014 #56
Yep, Obama is unpopular awoke_in_2003 May 2014 #59
You laugh at your peril. (Although, first I had to watch a commercial for turkey bacon, which jtuck004 May 2014 #31
Mutual Assured Destruction OneCrazyDiamond May 2014 #48
Too bad more of us can't learn that. Especially since one doesn't need a nuclear weapon to jtuck004 May 2014 #49
Welcome to DU, OneCrazyDiamond! calimary May 2014 #86
A few thousand cops in riot gear would get the party started! Oh wait, this isn't an occupy event. Ed Suspicious May 2014 #32
oh there's a handful of JackInGreen May 2014 #34
He looks like he has to (and smells like) pee. Arkana May 2014 #33
Must smell like the worst case of foot odor under that hat aint_no_life_nowhere May 2014 #35
That's it! OBAMA has to abdicate now, or else... Helen Borg May 2014 #37
I can see it now Nativechef May 2014 #40
Welcome to DU, Nativechef! calimary May 2014 #88
Hahahahah! Some motormouth woman called in, and he can't get her off the phone. tblue37 May 2014 #38
The online talker guy just claimed 5000 attendees. It looks more like 200-300 to me. nt tblue37 May 2014 #43
So . . . how many government officials have resigned due to this massive protest? tclambert May 2014 #39
Operation American Spring flubs the national anthem Contrary1 May 2014 #41
So.... ProudToBeBlueInRhody May 2014 #42
I was wondering what Jimmy Buffett had been up to underpants May 2014 #44
Buffett campaigned enthusiastically for Obama Ineeda May 2014 #60
Good underpants May 2014 #61
Wal-Martian invasion (NT) The Wizard May 2014 #45
This message was self-deleted by its author 951-Riverside May 2014 #46
Can someone explain to me what's going on? noamnety May 2014 #47
That must be it -coffee and snickerdoodles! Ineeda May 2014 #58
Evidently They estimate attendees;10,000,000-30,000,000 est. vs. 200-500 actual Half-Century Man May 2014 #51
Arres Obama !! tomm2thumbs May 2014 #52
I thought it said Ares Obama, and thought we were getting a new god of war. enki23 May 2014 #54
He stole my T remover! Treant May 2014 #63
I'm listening to the coverage and LOL DesertRat May 2014 #53
I keep getting a video of The Patriot with Harrison Ford japple May 2014 #57
They ran that after the "talk show" was over DesertRat May 2014 #62
Here's your American Revolution! Cha May 2014 #64
Do you think if General Smedley Butler hadn't blown the whistle... nxylas May 2014 #65
Judging by the length of his hair and the fact that he showed up there on a work day . . . Major Hogwash May 2014 #67
I could only listen to about 3 minutes of it mtnester May 2014 #69
hurry up mabel, the bus is here, father founding May 2014 #70
Welcome to DU, father founding! calimary May 2014 #87
I'm watching now. It's fun to yank a chain or two. Lint Head May 2014 #71
What a Revolution! lib87 May 2014 #72
Welcome to DU, lib87! calimary May 2014 #89
Storm the Early Bird Specials. Off with the condiments and extra rolls. kairos12 May 2014 #73
I don't know if anyone mentioned this... timstephens13 May 2014 #74
Mel Gibson! DesertRat May 2014 #75
Peggy Stackwood (from the OAS chat): "The fact that the trolls Jamaal510 May 2014 #76
"...the other tens of you..." calimary May 2014 #90
anyone watching the live feed now? DesertRat May 2014 #77
Watching some loser web radio host acting like a junior high school kid BumRushDaShow May 2014 #78
I watched it for awhile too DesertRat May 2014 #79
Some people never got it out of their system... nikto May 2014 #80
Totally. Seems like what we're seeing is a slew of adult-size five-year-olds. calimary May 2014 #91
Tin Foil Hat Crew lib87 May 2014 #81
While Elmer waits for the rally to get started, he practices making weasel faces. Major Hogwash May 2014 #82

Historic NY

(37,451 posts)
1. They had 3 minute warning to storm the Parapet's
Fri May 16, 2014, 12:01 PM
May 2014
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/operation-american-spring



There should be a trail of the battle wounded from Arlington to the Smithsonian Air & Space on the mall..

Humm...looks like they keep looping the video the screaming clown is a repeat.

doxydad

(1,363 posts)
2. Would love to see how many...
Fri May 16, 2014, 12:02 PM
May 2014

...actual 'patriots' show up for this circus. Watched the feed for about 30 seconds, it's horrible.

calimary

(81,323 posts)
83. ROFL!!!!!!!
Sun May 18, 2014, 01:47 AM
May 2014

Now THAT is a good one, Plucketeer! Gotta remember it! "OH the FLACCIDITY!!!" I can foresee it applying all over the place!!!

 

ehrnst

(32,640 posts)
8. Ir he sticks around until tomorrow, things could get interesting:
Fri May 16, 2014, 12:17 PM
May 2014

"Enlist with the 1864 Union Army! Learn its drills to repel an invasion. Meet VIPs and staff in period clothing."

http://www.nps.gov/nama/planyourvisit/event-details.htm?eventID=224980-136211

libodem

(19,288 posts)
10. As I read in the twitter feed
Fri May 16, 2014, 12:23 PM
May 2014

This is what happens when you try to manufacture a groundswell.

Astroturf does not equal grassroots.

calimary

(81,323 posts)
84. Bingo! Good point, libodem!
Sun May 18, 2014, 01:51 AM
May 2014

I bet you're spot on. Nailed it. Their movement is a bunch of paper tigers. Mostly on paper, too.

mountain grammy

(26,626 posts)
13. This guy said thousands have arrived and the buses are coming in
Fri May 16, 2014, 12:32 PM
May 2014

so I switched on Fox noise and, guess what, they're talking about the poor corporate fast food industry who will replace workers with robots if the minimum wage is hiked. If they don't know how to do it, Fox will show them.

but, nothing on the thousands in DC for the American Spring...what bullshit. Can people really be this stupid

hopemountain

(3,919 posts)
66. and they will be standing around until the cows come home before they realize
Sat May 17, 2014, 03:32 AM
May 2014

no one else is on the bus

rocktivity

(44,577 posts)
17. To be fair, it is lunchtime in Washington DC
Fri May 16, 2014, 12:41 PM
May 2014

Maybe everyone is on lunch break -- oh, wait, they don't believe in organized labor.

I'm sure things will pick up later on and tomorrow as more marchers get off from work...


rocktivivity

Jamaal510

(10,893 posts)
19. Their callers and comments section
Fri May 16, 2014, 01:06 PM
May 2014

have been a doozy so far (and I don't mean DUzy). Dude is getting trolled and infiltrated big time! I'm too distracted by this to even finish watching TV.

 

AlbertCat

(17,505 posts)
22. I couldn't resist....I had to post
Fri May 16, 2014, 01:25 PM
May 2014

Some nut...Linda? Rebecca? I can't remember her name.... she has an upside down American flag for an icon because, y'know, we're in distress Anyway she posted:

"This restores my faith in America, Patriots! We have awakened a sleeping giant." (Does she think she's the Japanese who attack Pearl Harbor?)

Anyway I had to post:
""This restores my faith in America" Mine too! To see that Teabaggers are the same small minority they were when Obama was elected....twice."

 

Liberalynn

(7,549 posts)
36. Is she the same one who insists the tea pukers
Fri May 16, 2014, 02:56 PM
May 2014

aren't racist because the President is black and white not just black? The pure stupidity and lack of self awareness in these asses is astounding and frankly a bit disturbing.

They deny and justify their hateful words and actions which are so demonstrably racist,and truly still expect people to believe they aren't racist just because they say they aren't.

titaniumsalute

(4,742 posts)
23. OMG...
Fri May 16, 2014, 01:33 PM
May 2014

I used to work in talk radio. The station I worked for made a lot of money but we still had old, outdated equipment. But holy shit. This dude is just using his cell phone to take talk-radio type calls and puts them on speaker phone. You can hear the BEEEP when others are trying to call in while someone is on the phone. LOLOLOLOL.

Not only that most of the calls youc an't hear or people just hang up. Fucking ridiculous. We should all call and fart into the phone.

AllyCat

(16,193 posts)
26. OMG have you listened to the feed on this? Hilarious!
Fri May 16, 2014, 01:39 PM
May 2014

And look at the responses to the FB posts below it...too funny!

NJCher

(35,688 posts)
28. well, I tried to read them
Fri May 16, 2014, 02:13 PM
May 2014

But was overwhelmed with the poor English skills.

I'm an English teacher, so when I read, my mind is mentally correcting--especially now, at the end of the semester.

I'm not getting paid for this, so I had to abandon reading comments.


Cher

2naSalit

(86,650 posts)
29. And you have to wonder
Fri May 16, 2014, 02:16 PM
May 2014

if this clown in the crate with the cell phone and laptop camera shot has a clue that being so close to the government complex there must be about five agencies watching, monitoring and laughing their asses off.

I wonder is the POTUS is watching and eating popcorn.

 

jtuck004

(15,882 posts)
31. You laugh at your peril. (Although, first I had to watch a commercial for turkey bacon, which
Fri May 16, 2014, 02:24 PM
May 2014

seems ironic in more than one way...).

But we are in trouble. The caller said there seemed to be nothing the people could do, 300 million +, when will they wake up, etc, and this Mark Guy...

<host> "Sir, have you ever played chess?"
<silence>
<host>"Sir, have you ever played the game of chess?"
<caller> "Yes, well.."
<host>"So this is like chess, some moves take a month, and some take a long time..."

OMG! He knows about chess.

That has been kinda like our WMD (Weapon for Many Democrats) when low expectations seem to be fulfilled, the answer seems to often be "you don't understand, it's like chess".

I don't know if he bugged the White House, or just exactly how he found out, but with everyone holding the secrets of "chess", now both parties can use it against detractors, even against their own.

And as with all powerful weapons, the only defense is Mutual Assured Destruction, which is, of course, no defense at all.

I fear for our future.

 

jtuck004

(15,882 posts)
49. Too bad more of us can't learn that. Especially since one doesn't need a nuclear weapon to
Fri May 16, 2014, 05:58 PM
May 2014

pursue MAD, as we are proving every day.

calimary

(81,323 posts)
86. Welcome to DU, OneCrazyDiamond!
Sun May 18, 2014, 01:58 AM
May 2014

Glad you're here! Amazing, isn't it? I liked the comment upthread by libodem - how this just shows you can't manufacture a groundswell. I saw another post somewhere that observed - this is what you get when you live exclusively in the Pox Noise bubble. "Astroturf does not equal grassroots."

Ed Suspicious

(8,879 posts)
32. A few thousand cops in riot gear would get the party started! Oh wait, this isn't an occupy event.
Fri May 16, 2014, 02:27 PM
May 2014

No cops.

JackInGreen

(2,975 posts)
34. oh there's a handful of
Fri May 16, 2014, 02:48 PM
May 2014

baseball caps and a sargent at the top of the steps, but they look pretty amused.

aint_no_life_nowhere

(21,925 posts)
35. Must smell like the worst case of foot odor under that hat
Fri May 16, 2014, 02:52 PM
May 2014

considering the fact he never takes it off his head and even wears it indoors. I'll bet he showers in that hat, if and when he does shower.

calimary

(81,323 posts)
88. Welcome to DU, Nativechef!
Sun May 18, 2014, 02:06 AM
May 2014

Great to have you join us! LOVE that movie! And the subject of this thread goes along with it quite well. Truly - theater of the absurd!

tblue37

(65,409 posts)
38. Hahahahah! Some motormouth woman called in, and he can't get her off the phone.
Fri May 16, 2014, 03:58 PM
May 2014

Thank you for calling, ma'am.
Blahblahblahblahblah.

Thank you for calling, ma'am.
Blahblahblahblahblah.

Thank you for calling, ma'am.
Blahblahblahblahblah.


Thank you for calling, ma'am.
Blahblahblahblahblah.


Thank you for calling, ma'am.
Blahblahblahblahblah.

On Edit: And now he has been following (on foot, with his "camera&quot one middle-aged male talker for about 10 minutes, and the man just rattles off one talking point after another. They just go on and on and on and on.



tclambert

(11,087 posts)
39. So . . . how many government officials have resigned due to this massive protest?
Fri May 16, 2014, 03:59 PM
May 2014

From the few photos I've seen so far, they succeeded in gathering dozens and dozens and . . . nope, maybe just the two dozen. No lines for the porta-johns.

ProudToBeBlueInRhody

(16,399 posts)
42. So....
Fri May 16, 2014, 04:19 PM
May 2014

So the live stream now consists of a guy with a handheld running up to random cops going "Don't shoot!" and muttering "fascists" under their breath while some guy on a bullhorn yells things that sound vaguely like the Illinois Nazi Party rally from the Blues Brothers.

underpants

(182,836 posts)
44. I was wondering what Jimmy Buffett had been up to
Fri May 16, 2014, 04:43 PM
May 2014

I don't have a problem with him but that guy does look like him in that pic

Ineeda

(3,626 posts)
60. Buffett campaigned enthusiastically for Obama
Fri May 16, 2014, 09:18 PM
May 2014

and (rightfully) blamed the B*sh admin for their responsibility in the Deepwater Horizon disaster. The teaparty 'fans' went nuts.

Response to EarlG (Original post)

 

noamnety

(20,234 posts)
47. Can someone explain to me what's going on?
Fri May 16, 2014, 05:05 PM
May 2014

I watched a bit of the live action coverage.

There was a guy with a hari krishna haircut and crazy eyes holding a bag of coffee up to the camera and squishing it, telling us it was so we could smell how great the coffee was. He went on a bit about snickerdoodles.

Then he implored us to post on facebook because the whole country needs to see what's going on.

Do we have a massive problem with Americans not consuming enough coffee and snickerdoodles? Is that what they're upset about?

Ineeda

(3,626 posts)
58. That must be it -coffee and snickerdoodles!
Fri May 16, 2014, 08:55 PM
May 2014

Despite their alarming level of zealotry, this is hilarious. And your analogy made me spew my tea. Thanks.

Half-Century Man

(5,279 posts)
51. Evidently They estimate attendees;10,000,000-30,000,000 est. vs. 200-500 actual
Fri May 16, 2014, 06:16 PM
May 2014

With the same level of accuracy of estimating years of Earths existence; 6000-6500 years est. vs 4,000,000,000-4,500,000,000 actual.

Think about it, everyone of the is the sperm that won the local fallopian tube derby years ago. Makes ya proud to be human.

Cha

(297,323 posts)
64. Here's your American Revolution!
Sat May 17, 2014, 02:14 AM
May 2014

maria lia calvo @MariaLiaCalvo
Follow
RT @briantashman Here's your revolution #OperationAmericanSpring
8:28 AM - 16 May 2014
18 Retweets 8 favorites

TOD

Thanks EarlG

nxylas

(6,440 posts)
65. Do you think if General Smedley Butler hadn't blown the whistle...
Sat May 17, 2014, 02:55 AM
May 2014

...the original fascist plot to overthrow FDR would have gone the same way? They didn't even have Fox News in those days.

Major Hogwash

(17,656 posts)
67. Judging by the length of his hair and the fact that he showed up there on a work day . . .
Sat May 17, 2014, 05:07 AM
May 2014

. . . I would say he is an unemployed moocher living off of the federal government while receiving food stamps!

I could be wrong, but mullets were popular in the mid-80s around St. Louis in Missouri, too.

He probably just showed up to give out the rest of his "Obama Is Coming After Your Guns" bumper stickers that he couldn't distribute back in 2012 because he ordered too many from the NRA.

 

father founding

(619 posts)
70. hurry up mabel, the bus is here,
Sat May 17, 2014, 09:58 AM
May 2014

They still haven't sent the Buses to the nursing homes yet, tea party style.

calimary

(81,323 posts)
87. Welcome to DU, father founding!
Sun May 18, 2014, 02:05 AM
May 2014

Good to have you with us! Damn funny! I can just envision that now. C'mon Mabel!

lib87

(535 posts)
72. What a Revolution!
Sat May 17, 2014, 11:36 AM
May 2014

Standing around lazily holding flags and sitting on park benches...hardcore man.

calimary

(81,323 posts)
89. Welcome to DU, lib87!
Sun May 18, 2014, 02:09 AM
May 2014

Glad you're here, too! Lots of new arrivals (or low post-count folks) on this thread. But it is indeed turning out to be one WHALE of a GREAT place to congregate. Lots of laughs to share! People can be astoundingly witty here!

timstephens13

(30 posts)
74. I don't know if anyone mentioned this...
Sat May 17, 2014, 12:30 PM
May 2014

but I love the fact that next to their patriot logo they have a picture on an Australian.

Jamaal510

(10,893 posts)
76. Peggy Stackwood (from the OAS chat): "The fact that the trolls
Sat May 17, 2014, 01:40 PM
May 2014

are out in numbers means we are making an impact!"

Yeah, whatever helps you and the other tens of you sleep at night...

DesertRat

(27,995 posts)
77. anyone watching the live feed now?
Sat May 17, 2014, 04:53 PM
May 2014

Unbelievable! Chem trails, mind control, genetically engineered animals??!!

BumRushDaShow

(129,132 posts)
78. Watching some loser web radio host acting like a junior high school kid
Sat May 17, 2014, 05:08 PM
May 2014

with a chat feed running on the side of the site that is hilarious! People keep asking him to open up the blinds behind him or go outside and "interview" someone.

DesertRat

(27,995 posts)
79. I watched it for awhile too
Sat May 17, 2014, 06:29 PM
May 2014

The chat feed was great! That web host was practically having an on air meltdown in a parked RV somewhere. Good times!

calimary

(81,323 posts)
91. Totally. Seems like what we're seeing is a slew of adult-size five-year-olds.
Sun May 18, 2014, 02:12 AM
May 2014

And they spell almost as well.

lib87

(535 posts)
81. Tin Foil Hat Crew
Sat May 17, 2014, 07:44 PM
May 2014

The guy in the RV is on a conspiracy high suggesting the reason there are no live feeds are due to the fact the WH is blocking the transmissions. His caller is saying he got 100s of death threats and his house was blown up due to his views and inventions. Tin foil crew!

Major Hogwash

(17,656 posts)
82. While Elmer waits for the rally to get started, he practices making weasel faces.
Sat May 17, 2014, 08:50 PM
May 2014

"This is sure to scare most of the locals off," explained Elmer.
"That's what weasels look like. With sharp, pointy teeth!"

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