Thursday, November 03, 2011

Former NY Times 'Reporter' Arrested in March on Goldman Sachs

This turd Chris Hedges was never much of a reporter. Like most NY Times hacks he was a propagandist and left to become an anti-Bush protester back during the early days of the Iraq War. I guess he's just a full-time nuisance now.
At least 15 Occupy Wall Street protesters were arrested Thursday after marching on Goldman Sachs to deliver an “indictment” of the financial giant.

Among the demonstrators hauled away after sitting down in front of the multinational’s doors at 200 West St. was former New York Times foreign correspondent-turned-activist Chris Hedges.

The anti-fat cat demonstrators had staged a “people’s trial” of Goldman Sachs at their base in Zuccotti Park, accusing the firm of felony fraud, perjury and “theft of $78 billion in taxpayer money.”

At noon, about 300 marched eight blocks to the firm’s HQ to deliver their “verdict” of guilty and to demand the imprisonment of CEO Lloyd Blankfein.

On the way, they chanted “Goldman Sucks.”

The marchers, led by four drummers, stretched a city block.

Some construction workers sitting along Church Street gave them thumbs up and a businessman on Murray Street muttered to himself, “What a bunch of idiots."
They're apparently demanding money directly from Goldman Sachs. I'd say they're acting like five-year-olds but five-year-olds demonstrate much more maturity. Here's their fun day of make believe:
The proceedings will also include expert analysis from Ralph Nader, Cornel West and Chris Hedges. Following the 99-minute hearing the people will decide on a fair and deliverable verdict via our own process of consensus-based direct democracy – and we intend to deliver it ourselves – to the headquarters of Goldman Sachs at 200 West Street, eight blocks from Liberty Square. We will ask for something our judicial and legislative systems have so far failed to deliver – the return of billions of taxpayer dollars to the 99 percent and criminal sentences for those Goldman Sachs executives who carried out the fraud.
Amazing they continue to ignore Jon Corzine, isn't it?

Worth noting that Hedges now writes for the anti-Semitic group behind the original OWS protest. If you need a primer on how insane he is, check here.

From the original NYDN link, they sure to go out of their way to minimize the domestic terrorism in Oakland last night.
On Wednesday, protesters staged a general strike in Oakland, Ca., shutting down the city’s port. The night ended in a mini-riot as a handful of people threw rocks and set fires.
Really, is that all it was?

3 comments:

Athos said...

Somehow, it's just not that much of a surprise that Hedges is marching with OWS...or writing for an anti-semitic group.  It's what idiotarians do.

Brainster said...

I love the idea of their "trial" of Goldman Sachs.  They should start a new chant: "Show me what a kangaroo court looks like!"
"This is what a kangaroo court looks like!"

bandit said...

If they want money from goldman Sachs they need to get in line behind Obama.