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Human Immunodeficiency Virus

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The '''Human Immunodeficiency Virus''' ('''HIV''') is the virus that causes [[AIDS]] (Formerly known as Gay Related Immunodeficiency syndrome or "[[gay plague]]"). A September 2010 report of the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] (CDC) declared : "[[Homosexuality|Gay]], [[bisexual]], and other men who have sex with men (MSM) represent approximately 2% of the US population, yet are the population most severely affected by [[HIV]] and are the only risk group in which new HIV infections have been increasing steadily since the early 1990s. In 2006, MSM accounted for more than half (53%) of all new HIV infections in the United States..."<ref>http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/msm/index.htm</ref> In August of 2009, LifeSiteNews reported: "An official with the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] (CDC) announced the CDC's estimate Monday that in the [[United States]] [[AIDS]] is fifty times more prevalent among men who have sex with men ('MSM') than the rest of the population."<ref>http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/archive/ldn/2009/aug/09082609</ref>
The Virus infects and slowly kills human CD4+ helper T-Cells. With Treatment the progression of HIV infection to AIDS is slowed considerably, but may still progress. As T-cell counts fall a number of opportunistic infections can take hold and normally benign organisms can become deadly.

A French team of researchers has been given primary credit for the discovery, although the American scientist [[Gallo]] apparently discovered it independently.

A handful of scientists have disagreed with the [[scientific consensus|mainstream]] about the existence of the virus, as well as the notion that HIV is main cause of AIDS.<ref>http://www.duesberg.com/</ref>

==History==
In 1983, Barre-Sinoussi, Chermann, and Montagnier (at the Pasteur Institute in Paris) isolated a retrovirus from lymph node cells of a patient with lymphadenopathy; accordingly, this virus was designated lymphadenopathy-associated virus (LAV). Lymphadenopathy-associated virus was shown to replicate and cause cytopathology in cultures of human peripheral blood lymphocytes. A year after the report on LAV, Gallo and co-workers (at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD) described the isolation of a cytopathic T-lymphotropic retrovirus, designated human T-lymphotropic virus type III (HTLV-III), from peripheral blood lymphocytes of patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)<ref>Gallo RC, Salahuddin SZ, Propovic M, et al. Frequent detection and isolation of cytopathic retroviruses (HTLV-II) from patients with AIDS and at risk for AIDS. ''Science'' 1984;224:500-503.</ref> Although this HTLV-III isolate was later shown to be a contaminant of virus from the Pasteur Institute<ref>Bryant ML, Yamamoti J, Luciw P, Munn R, Marx P, Higgins J, Pedersen N, Levine A, gardner MB, Molecular comparison of retroviruses associated with human and simian AIDS. ''Hematol Oncol'' 1985;3:187-197.</ref><ref>Chang SYP, Bowman BH, Weiss JB, Garcia RE, White TJ. The origin of HIV-1 isolate HTLV-IIIB. ''Nature'' 1993;363:466-469.</ref><ref>Wain-Hobson S, Vartanian JP, Henry M, Chenciner N, Cheynier R, Delassus S, Martins LP, Sala M, Nugeyre MT, Guetard D. LAV revisited: origins of the early HIV-1 isolates from Institut Pasteur. ''Science'' 1991;252:961-965.</ref>, subsequent isolates of HTLV-III were unique<ref>Hahn BH, Gonda MA, Shaw GM, Popovic M, Hoxie JA, Gallo RC, Wong-Staal F. Genomic diversity of the acquired immune deficiency syndrome virus HTLV-III: different viruses exhibit greatest divergence in their envelope genes. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1985;82:4813-4817.</ref>. Also, in 1984, Levy and co-workers (at the University of California, San Francisco) cultured an AIDS-associated retrovirus (ARV) from peripheral blood mononuclear cells of an AIDS patient<ref>Levy JA, Hoffman AD, Kramer SM, Landis JA, Shimabukuro JM, Oshiro LS. Isolation of lymphocytopathic retroviruses from San Francisco patients with AIDS. Science 1984;225:840-842</ref>. Molecular cloning and sequence analysis revealed that the genomes of LAV and HTLV-III were nearly identical, exhibiting 1% to 2% divergence. In contrast, the genome of the ARV-2 isolate displayed up to 15% differences in nucleotide sequences in pairwise alignments with the genomes of either LAV or HTLV-III. Electron microscopy demonstrated that these viruses from AIDS patients were morphologically similar to members of the lentivirus genus of the family ''Retroviridae''. Furthermore, comparison of genome sequences also supported the notion that the human retroviruses associated with AIDS were related, albeit distantly, to lentiviruses of other animals.

== Transmission ==

''See also:'' [[Gay bowel syndrome]]

HIV is primarily spread by sexual contact and intravenous drug use. Most early infections in the US were via homosexual sex, and to a lesser extent via intravenous drug use and blood transfusions; most current infections in the world are via heterosexual contact and vertical transmission from mother to child. Mothers infected with HIV transmit the virus to their baby ''in utero'', during childbirth. Mother-to-child transmission can be significantly reduced by the proper use of antiretroviral agents.

Until recently, it was thought that breastfeeding increased the risk of HIV transmission from mother to child. However, research in KwaZulu Natal <ref>''The Lancet'', March 30th 2007</ref> showed that babies of mothers with HIV who receive a mixture of milk and solid foods are 11 times more likely to become infected than those who are exclusively breastfed. Those given formula milk as well as breast milk are nearly twice as likely to become HIV positive. Even in countries with high HIV prevalence, it is calculated that exclusive breastfeeding could prevent 13% of deaths in children under five years-old.

The KwaZulu Natal study involved around 2,700 babies born between 2001 and 2005. Major efforts were made to encourage and support women in breastfeeding by sending counsellors to their homes twice a week. The success of the strategy surprised the researchers. The authors say exclusive breastfeeding "ordinarily protects the integrity of the intestinal mucosa, which thereby presents a more effective barrier to HIV".

Less commonly, contact with infected blood causes HIV transmission. This can occur in health care providers (HCPs) or others exposed to infectious bodily fluids. Transmission is facilitated by breaks in the skin or direct contact with [[Mucosal membranes|mucosal tissues]], such as those found in the eyes, mouth, anus, or vagina. Early in the epidemic, blood transfusions were a significant source of HIV transmission.

Other less likely means of transmission exist, though are rare. There are no confirmed cases from contact with the saliva, sweat or tears of an infected person.

Early on in the epidemic, there was much confusion about the transmission of HIV. After decades of study, this has been clarified. HIV can be found in various body fluids, however its highest concentrations are found in semen, blood, and vaginal secretions. It can also be found in breast milk, but recent research <ref>The Lancet, March 30th 2007</ref> shows that exclusive breastfeeding tends to protect against HIV transmission.

As summarized by the [[Centers for Disease Prevention and Control]]<ref>www.cdc.gov</ref>:

<blockquote>An exposure that might place HCP at risk for HIV infection is defined as a percutaneous injury (e.g., a needlestick or cut with a sharp object) or contact of mucous membrane or nonintact skin (e.g., exposed skin that is chapped, abraded, or afflicted with dermatitis) with blood, tissue, or other body fluids that are potentially infectious. In addition to blood and visibly bloody body fluids, semen and vaginal secretions also are considered potentially infectious. Although semen and vaginal secretions have been implicated in the sexual transmission of HIV, they have not been implicated in occupational transmission from patients to HCP.</blockquote>

===Potentially Infectious Fluids===
''The risk for transmission of HIV infection from these fluids is unknown; the potential risk to HCP from occupational exposures has not been assessed by epidemiologic studies in health-care settings.''

*cerebrospinal fluid
*synovial fluid
*pleural fluid
*peritoneal fluid
*pericardial fluid
*amniotic fluid.

===Non-infectious Fluids===
''The following fluids are not considered potentially infectious '''unless''' they are visibly bloody; the risk for transmission of HIV infection from these fluids and materials is low.''

*feces
*nasal secretions
*saliva
*sputum
*sweat
*tears
*urine
*vomitus

<blockquote>Any direct contact (i.e., contact without barrier protection) to concentrated virus in a research laboratory or production facility requires clinical evaluation. For human bites, clinical evaluation must include the possibility that both the person bitten and the person who inflicted the bite were exposed to bloodborne pathogens. Transmission of HIV infection by this route has been reported rarely.</blockquote>

== Infection ==

After exposure, the virus invades and replicates in immune cells near the site of infection. It quickly spreads to regional lymph nodes and via the blood stream to the rest of the body. During this stage the patient may experience ''Acute Retroviral Syndrome'', a vague flu-like illness. The patient is often [[Asympotomatic carrier|asymptomatic]] for the first 5-10 years after infection. By that time, untreated, progression to AIDS in inevitable, except in a small subset of patients.

== Treatment ==

Treatment issues are complicated by issues of poverty and education. In communities with adequate resources, HIV infection is treatable with Highly Active Retroviral Therapy ([[HAART]]). This therapy effectively prevents progression to AIDS in many patients, however there are many side effects to treatment, and resistance is a serious issue.

== Prevention ==

Prevention is an issue complicated by issues of poverty and education. Sexual transmission can be effectively prevented by avoiding sexual contact ([[abstinence]]), or by regular, proper use of latex condoms. A large percentage of those infected are unaware of their disease status, which complicates prevention. Spouses are often infected without their knowledge of their partner's status.

Occupational infection can be prevented with the use of universal precautions and by post-exposure prophylaxis<ref>Guidelines for the Management of Occupational Exposures to HIV and Recommendations for Postexposure Prophylaxis. MMWR Recomm Rep. 2005;54:1-17.</ref>.

Currently, no [[vaccine]] is available, and it is not clear if a vaccine will be available any time in the near future.

== See also ==

*[[Homosexuality and health]]
*[[Gay bowel syndrome]]

== References ==
<references/>

Mandell, Bennett, & Dolin: Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases, 6th ed., Copyright © 2005 Churchill Livingstone, An Imprint of Elsevier

THE LANCET, Volume 357: Pages 1149-1153,
14 April 2001.

AIDSWEEKLY Plus; Monday, August 9, 1999

THE LANCET, 30 March 2007, reported in ''The Guardian'', 30 March 2007 [http://www.guardian.co.uk/aids/story/0,,2046416,00.html]

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Feminism

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[[Image:Braque woman 400pix.jpg|thumb|200px|''Woman with a guitar'' by [[Georges Braque]], 1913.]]
'''Feminism''' originally was an expression used by [[suffragettes]] -who were predominantly [[pro-life]]<ref>[http://www.godlessprolifers.org/library/wallace4.html ''Susan B. Anthony opposed abortion'']</ref><ref>''"There is no question that she deplored the practice of abortion, as did every one of her colleagues in the suffrage movement."'' [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/13/opinion/13schiff.html?_r=1&oref=slogin ''Desperately Seeking Susan''] [[New York Times]] (13 October 2006)</ref><ref>[http://www.feministsforlife.org/history/foremoth.htm ''Voices of our Feminist Foremothers''] Feminists for Life</ref>- to obtain the right for women to vote in the early 1900s in the [[United States]] and the [[United Kingdom]]. By the 1970s, however, [[liberals]] had changed the meaning to represent people who favored [[abortion]] and identical roles or quotas for women in the military and in society as a whole.

Specifically, a modern feminist denies or downplays differences between men and women, opposes the encouragement of homemaking and child-rearing for women, and seeks to participate in predominantly male activities, including, but not limited to, sexual intercourse with women. Modern feminists:

* never wanted gender equality; they want power for the female left<ref> [http://www.eagleforum.org/column/2011/feb11/11-02-11.html Phyllis Schlafly, "Feminism Has Become a Hot Topic"]</ref>
* in movies, falsely portray the men as inherently evil, dumb or incompetent, and the women as inherently good, smart or competent (note that this conflicts with gender equality)
* pretend that there are no meaningful differences between men and women when that advances [[liberal]] causes (e.g., women and men equally in military combat, to weaken the U.S. military), but reject equality when that results in more money to women (e.g., [[VAWA]] funding of women's groups)
* oppose [[chivalry]] and even feign insult at harmless displays of it (see battle between the sexes)
* view traditional [[marriage]] as unacceptably patriarchal
* belittle and mock other women who desire to have children or raise a family<ref>http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/clinton/etc/03261992.html</ref><ref> "Being a [[housewife]] is an illegitimate profession... The choice to serve and be protected and plan towards being a family-maker is a choice that shouldn't be. The heart of [[radical feminism]] is to change that." - Vivian Gornick, University of Illinois, "The Daily Illini," April 25, 1981. [http://www.ladiesagainstfeminism.com/artman/publish/LAF_Theme_Articles_13/You_Don_t_Know_Feminism_744100744.shtml "You Don't Know Feminism"] </ref>
* shirk traditional gender activities, like baking<ref>"But sometime between the Ides of March and Canada Day, I remembered that I'd given up baking cookies as a political act in 1975. ... No self-respecting feminist could be found in the company of cookie dough." [http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/arts/story.html?k=60432&id=3b3c71f6-0d7d-4e1a-b8fb-cf8d5b1af478]</ref>
* support [[affirmative action]] for women
* prefer that women wear pants rather than dresses, presumably because men do<ref>"[T]he wearing of pantsuits is often a useful feminism signifier, depending on the culture of the law firm." [http://feministlawprofs.law.sc.edu/?p=2640]</ref><ref>"I was part of a growing tribe of pesky women called feminists by friends and enemies alike. We women stormed out the door in our imitation men's suits ...." [http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/arts/story.html?k=60432&id=3b3c71f6-0d7d-4e1a-b8fb-cf8d5b1af478]</ref>
* seek [[women in combat]] in the military just like men, and coed submarines
* refuse to take her husband's last name when marrying<ref>"(Almost half the married women in the Harvard-Radcliffe class of 1990 kept or hyphenated their names.) If you read the New York Times wedding pages, and shut up, you do, the phrase 'the bride, who is keeping her name' seems like the norm, unless his name is Rockefeller. http://dir.salon.com/story/mwt/feature/2003/10/16/names/index.html]</ref>
* believe marriage implies female servitude when it is in fact a mutual bond
* distort historical focus onto female figures, often overshadowing important events (Eg: Henry VIII's wives take precedence in common knowledge to his actual reign.)
* often condemn the God-Given order of gender roles, as laid out in the Holy Bible
* object to being addressed as "ma'am," or feminine nicknames such as "sweetheart" or "honey";<ref>http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-talk-boxer-maamjun19,0,5804401.story</ref> object to other female-only names, such as "temptress"
* take offense at grammatical rules of the English language, like using the pronoun "he" when referring to a hypothetical/anonymous person, or phrases like 'fireman' and 'stewardess.'
* support of the [[homosexual agenda]]

==History==
Roots of the movement in the United States and the United Kingdom include the [[suffrage|Women's Suffrage]] movement of the early 1900s and the Women's Liberation (or "Second Wave Feminist") movement of the 1960s and 1970s.

The [[Equal Rights Amendment]], which proponents claimed would address the inadequacies of the [[Fourteenth Amendment]] concerning women and citizenship, was proposed in the US in 1923. The amendment passed Congress in 1972 but was ultimately defeated, falling just three states short of the required [[three-quarters majority]] on June 30, 1982. Some conservatives, particularly [[Phyllis Schlafly]], felt that its passage would entail adverse consequences, including making girls subject to the [[military draft]], requiring taxpayer-funded [[abortion]] the end of [[single-sex schools]] and classes, requiring the issuance of [[homosexual marriage]] licenses, and the revocation of laws that protect women in dangerous jobs, such as factory or mining work. Indeed, in states that passed their own state versions of ERA, several of these results were subsequently ordered by courts.<ref>For example, the [[Hawaii]] and [[Massachusetts]] Supreme Courts ordered the issuance of homosexual marriage licenses based in part on their on their state ERAs, and the [[New Mexico]] Supreme Court ordered taxpayer-funded [[abortion]] based on its state ERA.</ref>

The feminist movement in the West evolved in the 1980s with the rise of so-called [[Post-Feminism]] (also called "[[Third-Wave]]" feminism), which stresses that women have many rights that go unrecognized, often by women themselves, in everyday life, and in the American legal structure. Most members of the feminist movement support reproductive rights currently guaranteed by American law, including the legal right to [[abortion]]. This stance is opposed by many conservatives, leading political commentator [[Rush Limbaugh]] to coin the term "Femi-nazis" to refer to extreme feminist activists.

One of the major features of feminism prior to the 1990s was opposition to women being treated as [[sex objects]]. However, feminists today support women being sex objects, viewing it as a means of empowerment over the traditional [[Judeo-Christian]] family structure and [[conservative values]]. Continuing this same promotion of [[liberalism]] and [[anti-Christian]] values, feminists today treat [[Women's rights and Islam|Islam's cruel treatment of women]] as a matter of "personal choice".

During the administration of [[Bill Clinton]], feminism made a partial resurgence, although feminist leadership was criticized{{who}} for largely failing to criticize President Clinton's [[sexist]] behavior toward female employees as both Arkansas Governor and U.S. President.<ref>Odone, Christina [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article528875.ece ''Left-wing misogyny is alive and well: The party’s feminist agenda allows Labour men to get away with sexist behaviour''] (2 June 2005) [[The Times]]</ref><ref>Jackson, Candice E. ''"Their Lives: The Women Targeted by the Clinton Machine"'' (World Ahead Publishing; 2005) ISBN 0-9746-7013-8</ref>

Dr. [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]], a staunch advocate of [[civil rights]] and [[non-violence]] said, "When a mother has to work she does violence to motherhood by depriving her children of her loving guidance and protection." <ref>''Stride Toward Freedom : The Montgomery Story'', Martin Luther King, Jr., Harper and Rowe, New York, 1958, p. 203.</ref>

Larrey Anderson, philosopher, writer and submissions editor for American Thinker, links feminism to Marxism, and concludes, "Feminism by grounding itself in the philosophy of Hegel and Marx, is condemning women to a new servitude: slavery to the state."<ref>Larrey Anderson, ''The Feminine Mistake'', American Thinker], November 29, 2009</ref>

==Quotations==

===[[Robin Morgan]]===

*"I feel that 'man-hating' is an honourable and viable political act, that the [[oppressed]] have a right to [[class-hatred]] against the class that is oppressing them."<ref>[http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/LGB.asp From] "Sisterhood is Powerful"(1970)</ref>

*"I haven't the faintest notion what possible revolutionary role white hetero-sexual men could fulfill, since they are the very embodiment of reactionary-vested-interest-power. But then, I have great difficulty examining what men in general could possibly do about all this. In addition to doing the sh*twork that women have been doing for generations, possibly not exist? No, I really don't mean that. Yes, I really do."<ref>[http://circuitous.org/scraps/combahee.html From] her introduction to "Sisterhood is Powerful"</ref><ref>http://www.feministcampus.org/network/chat/morgan04232003.asp</ref>

*"We can't destroy the inequities between men and women until we destroy marriage."<ref>[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3827/is_/ai_n9357217 From] "Sisterhood is Powerful"</ref>

*"I claim that rape exists any time sexual intercourse occurs when it has not been initiated by the woman, out of her own genuine affection and desire."<ref>[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3827/is_199903/ai_n8831317 From] "Theory and Practice: Pornography and Rape"</ref>

===[[Andrea Dworkin]]===

*"Marriage as an institution developed from rape as a practice."<ref name="LfaWZ">[http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/LGB.asp From] her book "Letters from a War Zone"</ref>

*"Heterosexual intercourse is the pure, formalized expression of contempt for women's bodies."<ref name="LfaWZ"/>

*"In my own life, I don't have intercourse. That is my choice."<ref>Andrea Dworkin: [http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4024585,00.html "'They took my body from me and used it'"] (Guardian Unlimited)</ref>

*Q: People think you are very hostile to men. A: "I am."<ref>[http://www.nostatusquo.com/ACLU/dworkin/WarZoneChaptIID.html "Nervous Interview"], 1978 (Background: "Norman Mailer managed to publish lots of interviews with himself, none of which made much sense, all of which were taken seriously by literati of various stripes. So this is half parody of him and his chosen form and half parody of myself and my chosen movement.")</ref>

*"Men use the night to erase us."<ref name="TNaD">[http://www.nostatusquo.com/ACLU/dworkin/WarZoneChaptIb.html The Night and Danger]</ref>

*"The annihilation of a woman's personality, individuality, will, character, is prerequisite to male sexuality."<ref name="TNaD"/>

===[[Marilyn French]]===
[[Image:Marilyn French.gif|left]]
*"As long as some men use physical force to subjugate females, all men need not. The knowledge that some men do suffices to threaten all women. He can beat or kill the woman he claims to love; he can rape women ... he can sexually molest his daughters ... THE VAST MAJORITY OF MEN IN THE WORLD DO ONE OR MORE OF THE ABOVE" - ''The War Against Women'', p. 182 (her emphasis)<ref>http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/034538248X/ref=sib_dp_pt#</ref>

*"All patriarchists exalt the home and family as sacred, demanding it remain inviolate from prying eyes. Men want privacy for their violations of women ... All women learn in childhood that women as a sex are men's prey" - ''The War Against Women'', p. 186 <ref>http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/034538248X/ref=sib_dp_pt#</ref>

*"The media treat male assaults on women like rape, beating, and murder of wives and female lovers, or male incest with children, as individual aberrations ... obscuring the fact that all male violence toward women is part of a concerted campaign" - ''The War Against Women'', p. 21 <ref>http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/034538248X/ref=sib_dp_pt#</ref>

====In fiction authored by [[Marilyn French]]====

*My feelings about men are the result of my experience. I have little sympathy for them. Like a Jew just released from Dachau, I watch the handsome young Nazi soldier fall writhing to the ground with a bullet in his stomach and I look briefly and walk on. I don't even need to shrug. I simply don't care. What he was, as a person, I mean, what his shames and yearnings were, simply don't matter" - ''The Women's Room''

*"All men are rapists and that's all they are" - The character Mia in her novel ''The Women's Room'', p. 462<ref>http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0345353617/ref=sib_dp_pt#</ref>

===Other===

*"The nuclear family must be destroyed ... Whatever its ultimate meaning, the break-up of families now is an objectively revolutionary process" - Linda Gordon

*"Marriage has existed for the benefit of men; and has been a legally sanctioned method of control over women ... We must work to destroy it. The end of the institution of marriage is a necessary condition for the liberation of women. Therefore it is important for us to encourage women to leave their husbands and not to live individually with men ... All of history must be re-written in terms of oppression of women. We must go back to ancient female religions like witchcraft" (from "The Declaration of Feminism" November, 1971)

*"The feminista agenda is not about equal rights for women. It is about a [[socialist]], anti-family political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, [[abortion|kill their children]], practice [[witchcraft]], destroy capitalism, and become [[lesbian]]s" - Pat Robertson, fundraising letter, 1992<ref>http://www.gainesvillehumanists.org/patr.htm </ref>

*"I'm furious with the Women's Liberationists. They keep getting up on soapboxes and proclaiming women are brighter than men. That's true, but it should be kept quiet or it ruins the whole racket" - Anita Loos

*"Life in this society being, at best, an utter bore and no aspect of society being at all relevant to women, there remains to civic-minded, responsible, thrill-seeking females only to overthrow the government, eliminate the money system, institute complete automation, and destroy the male sex" - [[Valerie Solanas]], author of the SCUM Manifesto (Society for Cutting Up Men)

*"The male is a domestic animal which, if treated with firmness...can be trained to do most things" - Jilly Cooper

*"Since marriage constitutes slavery for women, it is clear that the women's movement must concentrate on attacking this institution. Freedom for women cannot be won without the abolition of marriage" - Sheila Cronin, the leader of the feminist organization NOW

*"The institution of sexual intercourse is anti-feminist" - Ti-Grace Atkinson

*"Feminism is the theory, lesbianism is the practice" - Ti-Grace Atkinson

*"It matters more what's in a woman's face than what's on it." - Claudette Colbert, quoted in Kindling the Spirit by Lois P. Frankel

*"Rape is nothing more or less than a conscious process of intimidation by which all men keep all women in a state of fear" - Susan Brownmiller; Authoress of Against Our Will p.6

*"Politically, I call it rape whenever a woman has sex and feels violated" - Catharine MacKinnon

*"All sex, even consensual sex between a married couple, is an act of violence perpetrated against a woman" - Catharine MacKinnon

*"In a patriarchal society, all heterosexual intercourse is rape because women, as a group, are not strong enough to give meaningful consent" - Catharine MacKinnon, quoted in ''Professing Feminism: Cautionary Tales from the Strange World of Women's Studies''

*"The more famous and powerful I get the more power I have to hurt men" - Sharon Stone, Actress

*"Ninety-five percent of women's experiences are about being a victim. Or about being an underdog, or having to survive ... women didn't go to Vietnam and blow things up. They are not [[Rambo]]" - Jodie Foster, Actress - as quoted in The New York Times Magazine

*"The proportion of men must be reduced to and maintained at approximately 10% of the human race" - Sally Miller Gearhart, in ''The Future - If There Is One - Is Female''

*"And if the professional rapist is to be separated from the average dominant heterosexual (male), it may be mainly a quantitative difference" - Susan Griffin, Rape: The All-American Crime

*"If life is to survive on this planet, there must be a decontamination of the Earth. I think this will be accompanied by an evolutionary process that will result in a drastic reduction of the population of males" - Mary Daly, former Professor at Boston College, 2001

*"If anyone is prosecuted for filing a false report, then victims of real attacks will be less likely to report them" - David Angier

*"To use the word [rape] carefully would be to be careful for the sake of the violator, and the survivors don't care a hoot about him. … They [men unjustly accused of rape] have a lot of pain, but it is not a pain that I would necessarily have spared them. I think it ideally initiates a process of self-exploration. 'How do I see women?' 'If I didn't violate her, could I have?' 'Do I have the potential to do to her what they say I did?' Those are good questions." - Catherine Comins, assistant dean of student life at Vassar in 1991 <ref>http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,973077-6,00.html</ref>

*"I believe that women have a capacity for understanding and compassion which man structurally does not have, does not have it because he cannot have it. He's just incapable of it" - Barbara Jordan, former congresswoman

*"Probably the only place where a man can feel really secure is in a maximum security prison, except for the imminent threat of release" - [[Germaine Greer]]

*"Man-hating is everywhere, but everywhere it is twisted and transformed, disguised, tranquilized, and qualified. It coexists, never peacefully, with the love, desire, respect, and need women also feel for men. Always man-hating is shadowed by its milder, more diplomatic and doubtful twin, ambivalence" - [[Judith Levine]], Authoress

*"I feel what they feel: man-hating, that volatile admixture of pity, contempt, disgust, envy, alienation, fear, and rage at men. It is hatred not only for the anonymous man who makes sucking noises on the street, not only for the rapist or the judge who acquits him, but for what the Greeks called philo-aphilos, 'hate in love' for the men women share their lives with - husbands, lovers, friends, fathers, brothers, sons, co-workers." - [[Judith Levine]], Authoress of My Enemy, My love

*((Delaney Nickerson, of the American Coalition for ABUSE AWARENESS, refers to the False Memory Syndrome Foundation as "The F---ing Molesters Society" (Miami Herald, April 3, 1995) The ACAA is a lobbying group, which includes Ellen Bass (co-author of THE COURAGE TO HEAL), and Rene Frederickson, leading feminist psychotherapist and strong proponent of repressed memory theory))

*"Women have their faults / men have only two: / everything they say / everything they do" {{Fact|Date=March 2008}} -- Popular Feminist Graffiti

*"I was, in reality, bred by my parents as my father's concubine... What we take for granted as the stability of family life may well depend on the sexual slavery of our children. What's more, this is a cynical arrangement our institutions have colluded to conceal" - Sylvia Fraser, Journalist

*[[Catharine MacKinnon]] maintains that "the private is a sphere of battery, marital rape and women's exploited labor." In this way, privacy and family are reduced to nothing more than aspects of the master plan, which is male domination. Democratic freedoms and the need to keep the state's nose out of our personal affairs are rendered meaningless. The real reason our society cherishes privacy is because men have invented it as an excuse to conceal their criminality. If people still insist that the traditional family is about love and mutual aid - ideals which, admittedly, are sometimes betrayed - they're "hiding from the truth" The family isn't a place where battery and marital rape sometimes happen but where little else apparently does. Sick men don't simply molest their daughters, they operate in league with their wives to "breed" them for that purpose - Donna Laframboise; The Princess at the Window (in a critical explication of the Catharine MacKinnon, [[Gloria Steinem]] et al, tenets of misandric belief)

*"If the classroom situation is very heteropatriarchal - a large beginning class of 50 to 60 students, say, with few feminist students - I am likely to define my task as largely one of recruitment ... of persuading students that women are oppressed" - Professor Joyce Trebilcot of Washington University, as quoted in Who Stole Feminism: How Women Have Betrayed Women

*"Men, as a group, tend to be abusive, either verbally, sexually or emotionally. There are always the exceptions, but they are few and far between (I am married to one of them). There are different levels of violence and abuse and individual men buy into this system by varying degrees. But the male power structure always remains intact." - Message on FEMISA, responding to a request for arguments that men are unnecessary for a child to grow into mature adulthood.

*Another posting on FEMISA: "Considering the nature and pervasiveness of men's violence, I would say that without question, children are better off being raised without the presence of men. Assaults on women and children are mostly perpetrated by men whom they are supposed to love and trust: fathers, brothers, uncles, grandfathers, step-fathers." (Both above quotes taken from Daphne Patai's excellent critical work, [[Heterophobia]])

*"At Brandies I discovered Feminism. And I instantly became a convert... writing brilliant papers in my Myths of Patriarchy class, in which I likened my fate as a woman to other victims throughout the ages." {{fact}} - Heather Hart 7

*Here are 10 reasons why we are concerned about feminism and the National Organisation for Women

1. "The simple fact is that every woman must be willing to be identified as a lesbian to be fully feminist" - National NOW Times, January, 1988

2. "Since marriage constitutes slavery for women, it is clear that the women's movement must concentrate on attacking this institution. Freedom for women cannot be won without the abolition of marriage" - feminist leader Sheila Cronan

3. In response to a question concerning China's policy of compulsory abortion after the first child, Molly Yard responded, "I consider the Chinese government's policy among the most intelligent in the world" - Gary Bauer, "Abetting Coercion in China" The Washington Times, Oct. 10, 1989

4. "Overthrowing capitalism is too small for us. We must overthrow the whole ... patriarch!" - [[Gloria Steinem]], radical feminist leader, editor of Ms. Magazine

5. "Marriage has existed for the benefit of men; and has been a legally sanctioned method of control over women.... We must work to destroy it. The end of the institution of marriage is a necessary condition for the liberation of women. Therefore it is important for us to encourage women to leave their husbands and not to live individually with men ... All of history must be re-written in terms of oppression of women. We must go back to ancient female religions like witchcraft" (from "The Declaration of Feminism" November, 1971)

6. "By the year 2000 we will, I hope, raise our children to believe in human potential, not God" - [[Gloria Steinem]], editor of Ms. Magazine)

7. "Let's forget about the mythical Jesus and look for encouragement, solace, and inspiration from real women ... Two thousand years of patriarchal rule under the shadow of the cross ought to be enough to turn women toward the feminist 'salvation' of this world" - Annie Laurie Gaylor, "Feminist Salvation," The Humanist, p. 37, July/August 1988

8. "In order to raise children with equality, we must take them away from families and communally raise them" - Dr. Mary Jo Bane, feminist and assistant professor of education at Wellesley College, and associate director of the school's Center for Research on Woman

9. "Being a housewife is an illegitimate profession... The choice to serve and be protected and plan towards being a family- maker is a choice that shouldn't be. The heart of radical feminism is to change that" - Vivian Gornick, feminist author, University of Illinois, The Daily Illini, April 25, 1981

10. "The most merciful thing a large family can to do one of its infant members is to kill it" - Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood, in "Women and the New Race" p. 67

*"Women's chains have been forged by men, not by anatomy." - Estelle R. Ramey

*"I would have girls regard themselves not as adjectives but as nouns." - Elizabeth Cady Stanton, "Our Girls"

*"We are, as a sex, infinitely superior to men" - [[Elizabeth Cady Stanton]], from her diary of December 27, 1890, quoting a letter she wrote. <ref>http://books.google.com/books?id=CIsEAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA270&lpg=PA270&dq=%22we+are+as+a+sex+infinitely+superior+to+men%22&source=web&ots=FqYVyWK-s6&sig=tnXoiGvopCcO1vFaoF7nmSvtXPM&hl=en#PPA270,M1</ref>

From 'A feminist Dictionary; ed. Kramarae and Triechler, Pandora Press, 1985:

*MALE: ... represents a variant of or deviation from the category of female. The first males were mutants ... the male sex represents a degeneration and deformity of the female

*MAN: ... an obsolete life form ... an ordinary creature who needs to be watched ...a contradictory baby-man ...

*TESTOSTERONE POISONING: ... 'Until now it has been though that the level of testosterone in men is normal simply because they have it. But if you consider how abnormal their behavior is, then you are led to the hypothesis that almost all men are suffering from "testosterone poisoning"

*Letter to editor: "Women's Turn to Dominate" "... Clearly you are not yet a free-thinking feminist but rather one of those women who bounce off the male-dominated, male-controlled social structures. Who cares how men feel or what they do or whether they suffer? They have had over 2000 years to dominate and made a complete hash of it. Now it is our turn. My only comment to men is: if you don't like it, bad luck - and if you get in my way I'll run you down" Signed: Liberated Women, Boronia Herald-Sun, Melbourne, Australia. 9 February, 1996

*“Feminism, Socialism, and Communism are one in the same, and Socialist/Communist government is the goal of feminism” - Catharine MacKinnon

*The English novelist and critic [[Rebecca West]] said <ref>http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/r/rebecca_west.html</ref> :

*<blockquote> "I myself have never been able to find out what feminism is; I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat or a prostitute." </blockquote>

==See also==
*[[Anti-Feminism]]
*[[Feminism and housewives]]
*[[Feminist style]]
*[[Gender equality]]
*[[Gender police]]
*[[Feminists for Life]]
*[[Feminism and reason]]
*[[Feminist hypocrisy]]
*[[Battered woman syndrome]]
{{liberalism}}

==References==
{{reflist|small}}

==External Links==
*[http://www.feministezine.com/feminist/ The Feminist eZine] Archive of articles about Feminist History.
*[http://www.cia-on-campus.org/surveil/steinem.html Gloria Steinem and the CIA], ''The New York Times'', February 21, 1967.
*[http://www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/msg02217.html Inside the CIA with Gloria Steinem], Nancy Borman, ''The Village Voice''.
*[http://www.american.com/archive/2008/march-april-magazine-contents/why-can2019t-a-woman-be-more-like-a-man Why Can't a Woman Be More Like a Man?], Christina Hoff Sommers, ''The American'' March/April 2008.

[[Category: Liberalism]]
[[Category:Feminism]]

Occupy Wall Street

2012-01-14T02:29:31Z

ColeN: replacing a non-family-friendly term

Leftist protest '''Occupy Wall Street''' is an ongoing anti-capitalism rally and rapists' and murderers' <ref>[http://articles.sfgate.com/2011-11-11/bay-area/30390080_1_highland-hospital-shooting-victim-encampment]</ref> playground, beginning as an [[astroturfing]] campaign funded by a [[George Soros]] group called ''Adbusters'', with the ultimate goal of replacing the [[United States Constitution]] with a form of government akin to communist totalitarianism<ref>http://occupywallst.org/forum/proposed-list-of-ows-demands/</ref>. Invoked by [[Bill Ayers]] "Days of Rage," the first Occupy protest was staged on September 17, 2011 in [[New York City]] after months of planning by co-founder of [[SEIU]] Stephen Lerner.<ref>[http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=345861 Protesters begin 'Day of Rage' against capitalism], ''[[WND]]'', September 17, 2011.</ref><ref name=SorosMoney>[http://www.theblaze.com/stories/video-exposing-occupy-wall-street-was-organized-from-day-one-by-seiu-acorn-front-the-working-family-party-and-how-they-all-tie-to-the-obama-administration-dnc-democratic-socialists-of-america/ Video Exposing How 'Occupy Wall Street' Was Organized From Day One By SEIU/ACORN Fromt – The Working Family Party, And How They All Tie To The Obama Administration, DNC, Democratic Socialists of America Tides And George Soros], ''[[The Blaze]]'', October 7, 2011.</ref><ref>[http://news.yahoo.com/whos-behind-wall-st-protests-110834998.html Who's behind the Wall Street protests?], ''Reuters'' (news.yahoo.com), October 13, 2011.</ref> Occupy Wall Street protesters consist of radicals, anarchists, [[Nihilism|nihilists]], college students, hippies, special interest groups, [[labor unions]] and vendors. They dislike [[capitalism]], blame [[greed]], [[Wall Street]] and the [[banks]] for economic hardship, and while claiming to be peaceful, occupiers have been seen spitting on U.S. Military personnel,<ref>[http://www.myfoxboston.com/dpp/news/local/occupy-boston-protesters-spit-on-coast-guard-member-20111013 Occupy Boston Protesters Spit On Coast Guard Member], myfoxboston.com, October 13, 2011.</ref> committing acts of rage, violence, vandalism, arson, rape, drug use, public lewdness, public deification, littering, public nudity, public urination, rioting, and other acts of assault. Similar 'Occupy' demonstrations have spread to over 200 cities in the [[United States]] and [[Canada]]<ref>http://www.occupywallstreetevents.com</ref> (often on a much smaller scale). The resulting mayhem has led to thousands of arrests and severe restrictions placed upon the protesters, which included the recent dismantling of tent "cites" on public and private property and, in some locations, use of force and nonlethal weapons on protesters who were in violation of police orders.<ref>Henderson, Peter and Randewick, Noel. "Oakland protesters plan march, mayor apologizes." October 29, 2011. Reuters. http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/29/us-usa-wallstreet-protests-oakland-idUSTRE79R5LH20111029</ref><ref>"California campus police on leave after pepper-spraying." November 21, 2011. CNN. http://edition.cnn.com/2011/11/20/us/california-occupy-pepperspray/index.html</ref> As of November 2011, the cost to local municipalities, funded by taxpayers, approaches $20,000,000. <ref>[http://www.verumserum.com/?p=32348 Taxpayers Get the Bill for Occupations: $18.4M (Updated 11/23), Verum Serum, November 4, 2011]</ref>

The Occupy Wall Street movement was inspired by the Arab Spring protests in Cairo that were organized by the [[Muslim Brotherhood]].<ref>[http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/40397 “Day of Rage” Obama re-election team in disguise?], ''Canada Free Press'', September 2011 (Accessed October 16, 2011.</ref><ref>http://biggovernment.com/taylorking/2011/01/29/did-muslim-brotherhood-learn-day-of-rage-egypt-protest-tactics-from-obama-allies-bill-ayers-and-code-pink/</ref> Egyptians camped out in Tahir Square until [[Hosni Mubarak]] resigned.

==Historical roots==
[[File:Protesters of Occupy Knoxville oct 2011.jpg|thumb|250px|Protesters in Knoxville, Oct 2011.]]
Inspired by the Arab Spring protests in Cairo that were organized by the [[Muslim Brotherhood]], the Occupy Wall Street protesters dubbed the September 17 rally a "Day of Rage," which finds its origin in "Days of Rage," a violent set of riots waged in Chicago in 1969 by the [[Weather Underground]] [[terrorist]]s Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn. Staged by [[ACORN]] and SEIU affiliates, the September 17 US Day of Rage’s mission statement is “To help facilitate state and city level organization, and to organize the federal protest at the U.S. Capitol.”<ref name=SEIUstephenlerner>http://www.theblaze.com/stories/seius-stephen-lerner-invokes-bill-ayers-days-of-rage-to-take-down-wall-street-this-september/</ref>

During an interview with ''Chicago Mag'', Ayers, who was featured on a magazine cover while standing on the American flag, with no regrets, summed up his riot’s intended purpose, stating,
{{Cquote|Kill all the rich people. Break up their cars and apartments. Bring the revolution home, kill your parents—that‘s where it’s really at.<ref>http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/August-2001/No-Regrets/</ref><ref name=SEIUstephenlerner%2F><ref>http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/August-2001/No-Regrets/index.php?cparticle=2&siarticle=1#artanc</ref>}}

* In a display of anti-American hatred, 'Occupy Portland' protesters rallied behind a sort of theme song, called "F*ck the USA."<ref>''Warning: Explicit Language used in linked Video recorded at an 'Occupy' rally in Portland, OR.'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKzGbgSe8lg&sns=em Occupy Portland Protesters Sing "F*ck the USA"], Recorded and Uploaded to [[YouTube]] on October 15, 2011.</ref>
* A protester identified only as OleJodie was photographed defecating on a New York City police car.
* An Occupy Seattle protester was arrested on October 18 for exposing himself at least five times to children at Westlake Park.<ref>http://www.komonews.com/news/local/132064518.html</ref>
* An “Occupy Cleveland” protester reported to the police that she was raped in her tent over the weekend on October 15 or 16.<ref>http://sayanythingblog.com/entry/girl-raped-at-occupy-cleveland-protest/</ref>
* A leftist radical at the Occupy Dayton protest declared, “F*** the military, f*** your flag, f*** the police.”<ref>[http://www.theblaze.com/stories/occupy-dayton-protester-f-the-military-f-your-flag-f-the-police/ Occupy Dayton Protester: ‘F*** The Military, F*** Your Flag, F*** The Police'], ''The Blaze'', October 23, 2011.</ref>
* A gay [[porn]] movie was filmed at Occupy Oakland. <ref>[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2011/11/25/gay-porn-movie-filmed-occupy-oakland Gay Porn Movie Filmed At Occupy Oakland, Newsbusters.org, November 25, 2011]</ref>
* Occupy Wall Street Sympathizer Threatens To Murder GOP Gov. [[Nikki Haley]] <ref>[http://weaselzippers.us/2011/11/26/occupy-wall-street-sympathizer-threatens-to-murder-gop-gov-nikki-haley/ Occupy Wall Street Sympathizer Threatens To Murder GOP Gov. Nikki Haley, Weasel Zippers, November 26, 2011]</ref>

Occupy Wall Street is a protest attempting to counter the influence of the real grassroots movement, the [[Tea Party Movement]]. The protest proclaims that thousands of cities in [[America]] will join their cause and that it will spread internationally to hundreds of cities. Many misinformed people see the protests as a worthy cause, with some falsely relating it to the Tea Party.

Occupy Wall Street is not and never will be worthy of legitimate comparison to the Tea Party Movement. The two movements, as OWS protestors so easily demonstrate with their offensive and criminal behavior, share absolutely nothing in common. As Barack Obama reaffirms his commitment to supporting the movement, the president has attempted to discredit the Tea Party by claiming it's related.<ref>[http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/obama-occupy-wall-street-we-are-their-side_598251.html Obama on Occupy Wall Street: 'We Are on Their Side'], ''[[Weekly Standard]]'', October 18, 2011.</ref> The Tea Party movement is a collection of concerned citizens that care for future generations, fighting for austerity and an honest national government. Wall Street protesters are selfish, make silly demands, and have misguided rage toward job creators. Over 700 Occupy Wall Street protesters have been arrested during its first month; after more than two years, zero arrests have been made in the Tea Party movement.

Unlike the Tea Party, [[Obama]] was quick to acknowledge Occupy Wall Street, offering it credibility and a share of frustration and support. <ref>[http://www.businessinsider.com/white-house-draws-closer-to-occupy-wall-street-says-obama-is-fighting-for-interests-of-the-99-2011-10 White House Draws Closer To Occupy Wall Street, Says Obama Is Fighting For The Interests Of The 99%, Business Insiders, October 16, 2011]</ref> In fact, one chant you will not find at these any of these protests is anger directed at Barack Obama. Nancy Pelosi cried upon learning about the Tea Party; she offered her blessings to Occupy Wall Street. [[Rush Limbaugh]] argued that this protest was organized by the [[White House]] and Obama. [[Bill O'Reilly]] says the "Occupy Wall Street" protesters are "far-left loons" and "anarchists."<ref>[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/brad-wilmouth/2011/10/09/wapos-wemple-really-disgraceful-oreilly-called-protesters-far-left-lo WaPo's Wemple: 'Really Disgraceful' That O'Reilly Called Protesters 'Far-Left Loons' and 'Anarchists'], ''[[Newsbusters]]'', October 8, 2011.</ref>.

Other reports indicate that sanitation is becoming a concern for Occupy Wall Street as the park where the protesters camp hasn't been cleaned since September 16 and [[Michael Bloomberg | Mayor Bloomberg]] indicates that the protests are costing NYC tourism dollars.

===Media Collaboration===

The [[Lamestream media | Democrat Media Complex]] is willfully covering up the violence, [[vandalism]], and anti-Semitism that truly does define the occupy movement. [[Conservative media]] has documented more than 300 incidents of their outrageous and appalling behavior. [http://biggovernment.com/jjmnolte/2011/10/28/occupywallstreet-the-rap-sheet-so-far/ See the *UPDATED* #OccupyWallStreet: The Rap Sheet, So Far]

[[Andrew Breitbart]]'s BigJournalism website shows emails from well-known media members trying to facilitate a message for the protesters, insisting on demands so as to further report on the movement. <ref>[http://bigjournalism.com/dloesch/2011/10/16/journolist-2-0-occupydc-emails-show-msm-dylan-ratigan-working-with-protesters-to-craft-message/ Journolist 2.0: Occupy Wall Street Emails Show MSM, Dylan Ratigan, Working With Protesters To Craft Message, BigJournalism, October 16, 2011]</ref> Rush Limbaugh says the numbers of people involved in the protest are unusually small, troubling the MSM. <ref>[http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2011/10/17/journalists_are_advising_protesters Journalists are Advising Protesters, Rush Limbaugh.com, October 17, 2011]</ref>

[[The Daily Caller]] is reporting that a host for government-funded [[NPR]], Lisa Simeone has emerged as spokeswoman for the “Occupy D.C.” movement
<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/10/19/radio-host-with-ties-to-npr-becomes-spokeswoman-for-occupy-dc/?test=latestnews#ixzz1bI7VedDL Host of NPR Show Also Serves as Spokeswoman for 'Occupy D.C.', Fox News, October 19, 2011]</ref>

[[New York Times]] reporter Natasha Lennard is not merely covering the protests, but is also taking part in planning and executing them. <ref>[http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2011/10/24/nyt_reporter_outed_as_protester_occupy_wall_street_caught_putting_its_money_in_an_evil_corporate_bank NYT Reporter Outed as Protester; Occupy Wall Street Caught Putting Its Money in an Evil, Corporate Bank, Rush Limbaugh.com, October 24, 2011]</ref>

The [[Washington Post]] and the New York Times have generated a total of 224 stories and opinion pieces praising the protest movement. <ref>[http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/dan-gainor/2011/10/28/postnyt-182000-words-occupy-wall-street-and-counting Post/NYT: 182,000 Words on Occupy Wall Street and Counting, Newsbusters.org, October 27, 2011]</ref>

109 clips, or 87 percent of the coverage by ABC, CBS, & NBC have produced positive protest stories. In addition, they ran 33 stories or segments about "Occupy" within the first 11 days and only 13 stories for the first year of the Tea Party movement. <ref>[http://weaselzippers.us/2011/10/28/study-big-three-tv-networks-have-devoted-more-than-double-the-coverage-to-occupy-wall-street-than-the-tea-party-87-has-been-positive/ Study: Big Three TV Networks Have Devoted More Than Double The Coverage To Occupy Wall Street, Weasel Zippers, October 27, 2011]</ref>

===Astroturfing===
Reports show that Wall Street protesters are being paid to march. Manufactured, professional designed protest signs indicate [[liberal]] money is influencing the protests.<ref>[http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/9269-big-soros-money-linked-to-occupy-wall-street Big Soros Money Linked to “Occupy Wall Street”], ''New American'', October 5, 2011.</ref> A re-branded [[ACORN]] is involved with the 'Occupy' protests.<ref name=SorosMoney%2F>

===Lack of Direction===
[[Conservative]]s mock the movement as Occupy Sesame Street, for its childishness. Conservatives know that it's the government devaluing our currency, weakening our economy and plundering money from the next generation -- Wall Street and the banks aren't to blame. Republicans [[Mitt Romney]] and [[Herman Cain]] have denounced the protests as [[class warfare]]. <ref>[http://dailycaller.com/2011/10/06/congressional-dems-rally-in-support-of-occupy-wall-street/#ixzz1aIny1Ke7 Congressional Dems rally in support of ‘Occupy Wall Street’], Daily Caller, October 6, 2011.</ref> Congressman [[Peter King]] says the protesters have no direction, calls the protesters losers who live in dirt. <ref>[http://weaselzippers.us/2011/11/17/gop-rep-peter-king-wall-street-occupiers-are-losers-that-live-in-dirt/ GOP Rep. Peter King: Wall Street Occupiers Are “Losers” That “Live In Dirt”, Weasel Zippers, November 17, 2011]</ref>

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee sent out a fundraising email asking supporters to sign a petition in support of the protesters. President Obama said that the movement reflected "broad-based frustration about how our financial system works." <ref>[http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/186499-poll-finds-more-than-half-of-all-americans-aware-of-occupy-wall-street-protests?utm_campaign=briefingroom&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitterfeed Poll finds majority of Americans aware of Occupy Wall Street protests], ''The Hill'', October 10, 2011.</ref>

==The 99% Declaration==
As part of Occupy Wall Street, a [[progressive]]-[[socialist]] organization called the 99 Percent Declaration Working Group issued the following "Declaration" on October 7, 2011.<ref>[https://sites.google.com/site/the99percentdeclaration/ The99PercentDeclaration]</ref>

{{Cquote|WHEREAS THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION PROVIDES:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

BE IT RESOLVED THAT:

WE, THE NINETY-NINE PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, in order to form a more perfect Union, by, for and of the PEOPLE, shall elect and convene a NATIONAL GENERAL ASSEMBLY beginning on July 4, 2012 in the City Of Philadelphia.

I. Election of Delegates:

The People, consisting of all United States citizens who have reached the age of 18, regardless of party affiliation and voter registration status, shall elect Two Delegates, one male and one female, by direct vote, from each of the existing 435 Congressional Districts to represent the People at the NATIONAL GENERAL ASSEMBLY in Philadelphia. Said Assembly shall convene on July 4, 2012 in the city of Philadelphia.

The office of Delegate shall be open to all United States citizens who have reached the age of 18. Election Committees, elected by local General Assemblies from all over the United States, shall coordinate with the 99 Percent Declaration Working Group (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/the99declaration/) to organize, coordinate and fund this national election by direct democratic voting. The Election Committees shall operate like the original Committees of Correspondence did '''before''' the first American Revolution.

II. Meeting of the National General Assembly and Deliberation:

At the NATIONAL GENERAL ASSEMBLY, the 870 Delegates shall set forth, consider and vote upon a PETITION OF GRIEVANCES to be submitted to all members of Congress, The Supreme Court and President and each of the political candidates running in the nationwide Congressional and Presidential election in November 2012. The Delegates of the National General Assembly shall vote upon and implement their own agenda, propagate their own rules and elect or appoint committee members as the Delegates see fit to accomplish their goal of presenting a PETITION OF GRIEVANCES from the 99% of Americans before the 2012 elections.

III. Proposed Petition for the Redress of Grievances:

The PETITION OF GRIEVANCES shall be non-partisan and address the critical issues now confronting the People of the United States. The Delegates shall deliberate and vote upon proposals for the PETITION OF GRIEVANCES in consultation with the People as the delegates to the first two Continental Congresses did. Below is a suggested list of grievances respectfully submitted by the OWS Working Group on the 99% Declaration. The final version of the PETITION OF GRIEVANCES voted upon by the Delegates of the National General Assembly MAY or MAY NOT include the following suggested issues:

1. Implementing an immediate ban on all private contributions of money and gifts, to all politicians in federal office, from Individuals, Corporations, Political Action Committees, Super Political Action Committees, Lobbyists, Unions and all other private sources of money to be '''replaced by''' the fair and equal '''public financing''' of all federal political campaigns. We categorically REJECT the concept that money is equal to free speech because if that were so, then only the wealthiest would have a voice. These actions must be taken because it has become clear that '''politicians''' in the United States cannot regulate themselves and '''have become the exclusive''' [[Seventeenth Amendment|representatives of corporations, unions]] and the very wealthy who spend vast sums of money on political campaigns to influence the candidates’ decisions and ensure their reelection year after year.

2. The immediate reversal, even if it requires a Constitutional Amendment, of the outrageous and anti-democratic holding in the "Citizens United" case by the Supreme Court, which equates the payment of money by corporations, wealthy individuals and unions to politicians with free speech. We, the People, demand that institutional bribery and corruption not be deemed protected speech.

3. Prohibiting all federal public officials and their immediate family members, whether elected or appointed, from EVER being employed by any corporation they regulate while in office and/or holding any stock or shares in any corporation they regulate while in office until a full 5 years after their term is completed.

4. A complete lifetime ban on accepting all gifts, services, money, directly or indirectly, to any elected or appointed federal officials or their immediate family members, from any person, corporation, union or other entity that the public official was charged to regulate while in office.

5. A complete reformation of the United States Tax Code to require ALL citizens to '''pay''' a fair share of a [[progressive]], graduated [[income tax]] by '''eliminating''' loopholes, unfair '''tax breaks''', exemptions and deductions, subsidies (e.g. oil, gas and farm) and ending all other methods of evading taxes. The current system of taxation favors the wealthiest Americans, many of whom, pay fewer taxes to the United States Treasury than citizens who earn much less and pay a much higher percentage of income in taxes to the United States Treasury. We, like [[Warren Buffett]], find this income tax disparity to be fundamentally unjust.

6. Medicare for all American citizens or another [[socialized medicine|single-payer healthcare system]], adjusted by a means test (i.e. citizens who can afford it may opt-out and pay their own health insurance or opt-in and pay a means tested premium). The Medicaid program, fraught with [[corruption]] and [[fraud]], will be eliminated '''except for the purpose of providing''' emergency room care to [[illegal aliens|indigent non-citizens]] who will not be covered by the '''single-payer program'''.

7. New comprehensive regulations to '''give''' the [[Environmental Protection Agency]] '''expanded powers''' to shut down corporations, businesses or any entities that intentionally or recklessly damage the environment and/or criminally prosecute individuals who intentionally damage the environment. We also demand the immediate adoption of the most recent '''international protocols''', including the "Washington Declaration" to [[Cap and Trade|cap carbon emissions]] and implement new and existing programs to transition away from fossil fuels to reusable or carbon neutral sources of power.

8. Adoption of an immediate plan to reduce the national debt to a sustainable percentage of GDP by 2020. Reduction of the national debt to be achieved by BOTH a cut in spending to corporations engaged in perpetual war for profit, the "healthcare" industry, the pharmaceutical industry and all other sectors that use the federal budget as their income stream AND a truly '''progressive income tax code''' that does not allow the wealthy and corporations to evade taxes through excessive deductions, subsidies and loopholes. We agree that spending cuts are necessary but those cuts must be made to facilitate what is best for the People of the United States of America, not multinational and domestic corporations.

9. '''Passage of''' a comprehensive job and job-training act like the [[Stimulus bill|American Jobs Act]] to employ our citizens in jobs that are available with specialized training and by putting People to work now by repairing America's crumbling infrastructure. We also recommend the '''establishment of an online international job exchange''' to match employers with skilled workers or employers willing to train workers in 21st century skills.

10. Student loan debt relief. Our young People and students are more than $830 billion in debt from education loans alone. Payment and interest on these debts should be deferred for periods of unemployment and the principal on these loans reduced '''using a corporate tax surcharge.'''

11. Immediate passage of the [[Dream Act]] and comprehensive immigration and border security reform including offering visas, lawful permanent resident status and citizenship to the world’s brightest People to stay and work in our industries and schools after they obtain their education and training in the United States.

12. Recalling all military personnel at all non-essential bases and refocusing national defense goals to address threats posed by the geopolitics of the 21st century, including terrorism and limiting the large scale deployment of military forces to instances where Congressional approval has been granted to counter the Military Industrial Complex's goal of perpetual war for profit.

13. '''Mandating new educational goals''' to train the American public to perform jobs in a 21st Century economy, '''particularly''' in the areas of technology and '''green energy''', taking into consideration the redundancy caused by technology and the inexpensive cost of labor in China, India and other countries and paying our teachers a competitive salary commensurate with the salaries of employees in the private sector with similar skills.

14. Subject to the elimination of corporate tax loopholes and exploited exemptions and deductions stated above, offering tax incentives to businesses to remain in the United States and hire its citizens rather than outsource jobs and reconstruct the manufacturing capacity of the United States. In conjunction with a new jobs act, '''reinstitution''' of the Works Progress Administration and Civilian Conservation Corps '''or a similar emergency governmental agency tasked with creating new public works projects''' to provide jobs to the 46 million People living in poverty, the 9.1% unemployed and 10% underemployed.

15. Implementing of immediate legislation to encourage China and our other trading partners to end currency manipulation and reduce the trade deficit.

16. Immediate reenactment of the Glass-Steagall Act and '''increased regulation of Wall Street and the financial industry''' by the SEC, FINRA and the other financial regulators, and the commencement of a Justice Department criminal investigations into the Securities and Banking industries practices that led to the collapse of markets, $700 billion bail-out, and financial firm failures in 2007-2008.

17. Adoption of a plan similar to President Clinton’s proposal to end the mortgage crisis and instead of the Federal Reserve continuing to lower interest rates for loans to banks who are refusing to loan to small businesses and consumers, '''the Federal Reserve shall buy all underwater or foreclosed mortgages and refinance these debts at 1% or less to be managed by the newly established Consumer Financial Protection Bureau''' (and foreclosure task force described below) because 1% or less is the interest rate the Federal Reserve loans to the banks directly who hoard the cash rather than loan it to the People and small businesses.

18. An immediate one year freeze on '''all foreclosures to be reviewed by an independent foreclosure task force appointed by Congress and the Executive Branch''' to (in conjunction with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ) determine, on a case by case basis, whether foreclosure proceedings should continue based on the circumstances of each homeowner and propriety of the financial institution's conduct.

19. Subject to the above ban on all private money and gifts in politics, to enact '''additional campaign finance reform requiring''' free air time and '''public campaign finances''' to all candidates who obtain sufficient petition signatures and/or votes to participate in the primaries and/or electoral process, to shorten the campaign season and to allow voting on weekends and holidays.

20. An immediate withdrawal of all troops from Iraq and Afghanistan and a substantial increase in the amount of funding needed for veteran job placement and the treatment of the physical and emotional injuries sustained by veterans in these wars. Our veterans are committing suicide at an unprecedented rate and we must help now.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that IF the PETITION OF GRIEVANCES approved by the 870 Delegates of the NATIONAL GENERAL ASSEMBLY in consultation with the PEOPLE, is not acted upon by Congress, the President, and Supreme Court, to the satisfaction of the Delegates of the NATIONAL GENERAL ASSEMBLY, said Delegates shall organize a THIRD, COMPLETELY NON-PARTISAN, INDEPENDENT POLITICAL PARTY to run candidates for every available Congressional seat in the mid-term election of 2014 and again in 2016 until all vestiges of the existing corrupt corporatocracy have been removed by the ballot box.}}

==13 demands==
The content below is listed on the Occupy Wall Street website by an affiliated protester. OWS has made their intentions known that it is an unofficial post and they do not have an official list of demands. Per their website,

{{cquote|Demand one: Restoration of the living wage. This demand can only be met by ending “Freetrade” by re-imposing trade tariffs on all imported goods entering the American market to level the playing field for domestic family farming and domestic manufacturing as most nations that are dumping cheap products onto the American market have radical wage and environmental regulation advantages. Another policy that must be instituted is raise the minimum wage to twenty dollars an hr.

Demand two: Institute a universal single payer healthcare system. To do this all private insurers must be banned from the healthcare market as their only effect on the health of patients is to take money away from doctors, nurses and hospitals preventing them from doing their jobs and hand that money to wall st. investors.

Demand three: Guaranteed living wage income regardless of employment.

Demand four: Free college education.

Demand five: Begin a fast track process to bring the fossil fuel economy to an end while at the same bringing the alternative energy economy up to energy demand.

Demand six: One trillion dollars in infrastructure (Water, Sewer, Rail, Roads and Bridges and Electrical Grid) spending now.

Demand seven: One trillion dollars in ecological restoration planting forests, reestablishing wetlands and the natural flow of river systems and decommissioning of all of America’s nuclear power plants.

Demand eight: Racial and gender equal rights amendment.

Demand nine: Open borders migration. anyone can travel anywhere to work and live.

Demand ten: Bring American elections up to international standards of a paper ballot precinct counted and recounted in front of an independent and party observers system.

Demand eleven: Immediate across the board debt forgiveness for all. Debt forgiveness of sovereign debt, commercial loans, home mortgages, home equity loans, credit card debt, student loans and personal loans now! All debt must be stricken from the “Books.” World Bank Loans to all Nations, Bank to Bank Debt and all Bonds and Margin Call Debt in the stock market including all Derivatives or Credit Default Swaps, all 65 trillion dollars of them must also be stricken from the “Books.” And I don’t mean debt that is in default, I mean all debt on the entire planet period.

Demand twelve: Outlaw all credit reporting agencies.

Demand thirteen: Allow all workers to sign a ballot at any time during a union organizing campaign or at any time that represents their yeah or nay to having a union represent them in collective bargaining or to form a union.}}

===Other Demands===

On September 21, 2011, an unofficial list of 11 demands (each labeled "our one demand") was posted on the Occupy Wall Street website from "the fifth communiqué."<ref>[http://occupywallst.org/article/a-message-from-occupied-wall-street-day-five/ A Message From Occupy Wall Street]</ref> The group claimed the following demands.
{{Cquote|On September 21st, 2011, Troy Davis, an innocent man, was murdered by the state of Georgia. Troy Davis was one of the 99 percent.

Ending capital punishment is our one demand.

On September 21st, 2011, the richest 400 Americans owned more wealth than half of the country's population.

Ending wealth inequality is our one demand.

On September 21st, 2011, four of our members were arrested on baseless charges.

Ending police intimidation is our one demand.

On September 21st, 2011, we determined that Yahoo lied about occupywallst.org being in spam filters.

Ending corporate censorship is our one demand.

On September 21st, 2011, roughly eighty percent of Americans thought the country was on the wrong track.

Ending the modern gilded age is our one demand.

On September 21st, 2011, roughly 15% of Americans approved of the job Congress was doing.

Ending political corruption is our one demand.

On September 21st, 2011, roughly one sixth of Americans did not have work.

Ending joblessness is our one demand.

On September 21st, 2011, roughly one sixth of America lived in poverty.

Ending poverty is our one demand.

On September 21st, 2011, roughly fifty million Americans were without health insurance.

Ending health-profiteering is our one demand.

On September 21st, 2011, America had military bases in around one hundred and thirty out of one hundred and sixty-five countries.

Ending American imperialism is our one demand.

On September 21st, 2011, America was at war with the world.

Ending war is our one demand.}}

== Occupy Wall Street and anti-semitism ==

Several anti-Semitic incidents have been reported during "Occupy Wall Street" demonstrations in New York as Jews were blamed for the turmoil in America's financial markets. In addition, anti-Israel signs were raised against "Israel's occupation of Gaza". <ref>[http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2011/10/11/occupy-wall-street-has-an-anti-semitism-problem/ Occupy Wall Street Has an Anti-Semitism Problem, Commentary.com, October 11, 2011]</ref> Anti-Semitic sign bearers and speakers who have latched onto the Occupy demonstrations have Jewish leaders in Chicago concerned. <ref>[http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4135361,00.html Anti-Semitism tainting Occupy Wall Street protests, Ynet News, October 16, 2011]</ref>

Occupy Boston protest camp marched to the building that houses the Israeli consulate and held a brief sit-in in the building’s lobby. <ref>[http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2011/11/stunner-jew-bashing-obama-endorsed-occupy-boston-loons-hold-sit-in-protest-at-israeli-consulate-video/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+gatewaypundit2+%28Gateway+Pundit%29 Stunner… Jew-Bashing Obama-Endorsed Occupy Boston Loons Hold Sit-in Protest at Israeli Consulate, Gateway Pundit, November 5, 2011]</ref>

The Occupy Miami movement is led by Mohammad Malik who has called for the extermination of Jews and is the principal organizer of numerous anti-Israel rallies. <ref>[http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2011/11/figures-occupy-miami-protest-leader-led-jews-go-back-to-the-ovens-rally/ Figures… #Occupy Miami Protest Leader Led “Jews Go Back to the Ovens” Rally, The Gateway Pundit, November 25, 2011]</ref>

== Occupy Wall Street and bestiality chant ==

''See also:'' [[Occupy Wall Street and bestiality chant]] and [[Liberalism and bestiality]]

[[Bestiality]] is the act of engaging in sexual relations with an animal. A crowd at Occupy Wall Street was led to repeat various chants which included a chant involving bestiality and the incident was videotaped.<ref>[http://rightwingnews.com/john-hawkins/the-10-greatest-moments-from-the-occupy-wall-street-protests-so-far/ The 10 Greatest Moments From The Occupy Wall Street Protests So Far]</ref>

Below is an excerpt of the chant:
{{cquote|Everything seems to be possible. [Crowd Parrot Chant] You can travel to the moon. [CPC] You can become immortal [CPC] by biogenetics. You can have sex with animals, or whatever. [CPC].<ref>[http://rightwingnews.com/john-hawkins/the-10-greatest-moments-from-the-occupy-wall-street-protests-so-far/ The 10 Greatest Moments From The Occupy Wall Street Protests So Far]</ref>}}

==Supporters, sponsors, and sympathizers that endorse Occupy Wall Street==
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*[[ACORN]]
*[[AFL-CIO]]<ref>[http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20111005-709751.html AFL-CIO Mulling Ways To Support Occupy Wall Street Protest: Official - The Wall Street Journal]</ref>
*[[Al Gore]]<ref>[http://www.theblaze.com/stories/al-gore-says-hes-cheering-on-the-occupy-wall-street-movement/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pulsenews Al Gore Says He's Cheering On The Occupy Wall Street Movement], ''The Blaze'', October 2011.</ref>
*[[Alec Baldwin]]<ref>[http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31749_162-20122574-10391698.html Alec Baldwin visits Occupy Wall Street - CBS]</ref>
*[[American Nazi Party]] <ref>[http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2011/10/figures-nazi-party-throws-support-behind-occupy-wall-street-movement/ Nazis and Communists Throw Their Support Behind Occupy Wall Street Movements, Gateway Pundit, October 15, 2011]</ref>
*[[Arianna Huffington]]
*Ayatollah [[Ali Khamenei]], Supreme Leader of [[Iran]]<ref>[http://frontpagemag.com/2011/10/14/khamenei-cheers-on-occupy-wall-street/ Khamenei Cheers On Occupy Wall Street - FrontPage Magazine]</ref>
*[[Barack Obama]]<ref>[http://articles.businessinsider.com/2011-10-11/politics/30265829_1_wall-street-middle-class-republicans It's Official: Obama Has Embraced Occupy Wall Street], bussinessinsider.com, October 10, 2011.</ref>
*[[Barbara Lee]]<ref>[http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1011/67079.html Barbara Lee: Obama 'really understands' Occupy - Politico]</ref>
*[[Barney Frank]]<ref>http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1011/66412.html</ref>
*[[Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream]]<ref>[http://www.benjerry.com/activism/occupy-movement/ To those who Occupy: We stand with you] - A statement from the company's website</ref>
*[[Bernie Sanders]]<ref>[http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2011/10/18/bernie_sanders_we_need_to_address_the_issue_of_the_rich_getting_richer.html Bernie Sanders: "We Need To Address Issue Of The Rich Getting Richer" - Real Clear Politics]</ref>
*[[Bill Ayers]]
*[[Bill Clinton]]<ref>[http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2011/10/late-night-bill-clinton-occupy-wall-street-is-a-positive-thing.html Late Night: Bill Clinton: Occupy Wall Street is 'a positive thing' - LA Times]</ref>
* Former [[Louisiana]] Governor [[Buddy Roemer]]<ref>[http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20118163-503544.html GOP candidate Buddy Roemer backs "Occupy Wall Street" - CBS]</ref>
*[[Charlie Rangel]]<ref>http://www.theroot.com/blogs/charles-rangel/charles-rangel-supporting-occupy-wall-street Charles Rangel on Supporting Occupy Wall Street </ref>
*[[Christiane Amanpour]]
*[[Cindy Sheehan]]<ref>[http://www.kcra.com/news/29494989/detail.html 'Occupy Wall Street' Going Global - KCRA]</ref>
*[[CNN]]
*[[Communist Party USA]]<ref>http://www.theblaze.com/stories/the-next-big-step-occupy-chicago-gives-rousing-welcome-to-communist-party-u-s-a/</ref>
*[[Cornel West]]<ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/on-faith/post/cornel-west-keeps-the-faith-for-occupy-wall-street/2011/11/10/gIQAZxhk8M_blog.html Cornel West keeps the faith for Occupy Wall Street</ref>
*[[Daily Kos]]
*[[Debbie Wasserman Schultz]]<ref>[http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2011/10/11/debbie_wasserman_schultz_fully_embraces_occupy_movement.html Debbie Wasserman Schultz Fully Embraces "Occupy" Movement - Real Clear Politics]</ref>
*[[DCCC]] <ref>[http://weaselzippers.us/2011/11/22/love-it-pelosi-pens-dccc-letter-reaffirming-support-for-occupy-wall-street-movement/ Love It: Pelosi Pens DCCC Letter Reaffirming Support For Occupy Wall Street Movement, Weasel Zippers, November 22, 2011]</ref>
*[[Dennis Kucinich]]<ref>[http://www.examiner.com/human-rights-in-national/dennis-kucinich-others-occupy-congress-keep-occupying-wall-street Dennis Kucinich, others Occupy Congress: 'Keep Occupying Wall Street' - examiner.com]</ref>
*[[Fred Karger]]<ref>[http://dailycaller.com/2011/10/18/karger-praises-occupy-wall-street-proposes-jobs-plan/ Karger praises Occupy Wall Street, proposes jobs plan - Daily Caller]</ref>

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*[[George Soros]]
*[[Hugo Chavez]]<ref>http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/08/us-venezuela-usa-idUSTRE79726120111008 Chavez slams "horrible repression" of U.S. protests</ref>
*[[Janeane Garofalo]]<ref>[http://dailycaller.com/2011/09/29/garofalo-gop-using-herman-cain-to-keep-the-racism-very-covert/ Garofalo: GOP using Herman Cain ‘to keep the racism very covert’ - The Daily Caller]</ref>
*[[Jesse Jackson]]<ref>[http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2011/10/jesse_jackson_literally_links.html Jesse Jackson Literally Links Arms With Occupy Wall Street Protesters to Protect Medical Tent - New York Magazine]</ref>
*[[John Larson]]<ref name="topdems" />
*[[John Lewis]]<ref>http://abcnews.go.com/US/occupy-wall-street-protests-spread-country-clear-unified/story?id=14696466#.TsvwNVbxG3I Occupy Wall Street Protests Spread Across the Country With No Unified Message</ref>
*[[Kanye West]]<ref name="Kanye">[http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/10/idUS277321529320111010 Kanye West Crashes Occupy Wall Street With Russell Simmons - Reuters]</ref>
*[[Keith Ellison]]<ref name="topdems">[http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1011/65229.html Top Democrats endorse Occupy Wall Street protests - Politico]</ref>
*[[Lincoln Chafee]]<ref>[http://www.630wpro.com/Article.asp?id=2323467&spid=38785 Chafee: "Occupy" protestors on the right track - WPRO]</ref>
*[[Louis Farrakhan]]<ref>[http://www.examiner.com/generation-y-politics-in-national/occupy-wall-street-protestors-nazis Occupy Wall Street protestors Nazis, maybe socialists? - The Examiner]</ref>
*[[Louise Slaughter]]<ref>[http://www.louise.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2561:slaughter-supports-occupy-wall-street-movement&catid=95:2011-press-releases&Itemid=55 Slaughter Supports “Occupy Wall Street” Movement]</ref>

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*[[Mark Ruffalo]]<ref name="Celebs" />
*[[Meghan McCain]]<ref>[http://powerwall.msnbc.msn.com/politics/my-day-at-occupy-wall-street-1705384.story - The Daily Beast]</ref>
*[[Michael Moore]]<ref name="Celebs" />
*[[MoveOn.org]]
*[[Mumia Abu-Jamal]]<ref>[http://www.therightscoop.com/occupy-wall-street-snags-coveted-mumia-abu-jamal-endorsement/ Occupy Wall Street snags coveted Mumia Abu-Jamal endorsement - The Right Scoop]</ref>
*[[MSNBC]]
*[[Nancy Pelosi]]<ref>[http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/pelosi-supports-occupy-wall-street-movement/story?id=14696893#.Trf44HL4JJE Pelosi Supports Occupy Wall Street Movement - ABC News]</ref>
*National Nurses United<ref>[http://www.nationalnursesunited.org/press/entry/nurses-join-students-occupy-movement-other-labor-unions-to-demand-wall-stre/ Nurses Joining Students, Occupy Movement, other Labor Unions, to Demand Wall Street Tax 11/17 - National Nurses United's website]</ref>
*[[New Black Panthers]]<ref>[http://conservativeblogscentral.blogspot.com/2011/10/new-black-panther-party-at-occupy.html New Black Panther Party at Occupy Cleveland: "We need to take back the Street!" - Conservaitve Blog Central]</ref>
*[[New York Times]]
*[[Noam Chomsky]]
*[[Patrick Leahy]]<ref>[http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/92394/ Leahy Hopes Occupy Movement Plays Role In 2012 Elections - Vermont Public Radio]</ref>
*[[Penn Badgley]]<ref name="Celebs" />
*[[Peter DeFazio]]
*[[Pete Seeger]]<ref>[http://gawker.com/5852365/pete-seeger-joins-occupy-wall-street-with-this-little-light Pete Seeger Joins Occupy Wall Street With ‘This Little Light’ - Gawker]</ref>
*[[Ralph Nader]]<ref>[http://news.yahoo.com/consumer-advocate-ralph-nader-encourages-occupy-wall-street-222413233.html Consumer Advocate Ralph Nader Encourages "Occupy Wall Street" Protesters to Challenge Wall Street Abuses - PR Newswire]</ref>
*[[Raúl Grijalva]]<ref name="topdems" />
*[[Rosanne Barr]]<ref>['Bring back the guillotine and behead those who won't give up wealth': Roseanne Barr's solution to the banking crisis http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2044747/Roseanne-Barrs-solution-banking-crisis-Bring-guillotine.html - The Daily Mail]</ref>
*[[Roger Waters]]<ref>[http://wcbsfm.radio.com/2011/11/10/pink-floyds-roger-waters-supports-the-occupy-wall-street-movement/ Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters Supports the Occupy Wall Street Movement]</ref>
*[[Russ Feingold]]<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/russ-feingold-endorses-occupy-wall-street-this-will-make-the-tea-party-look-like--a-tea-party/2011/03/03/gIQANucZNL_blog.html Russ Feingold endorses Occupy Wall Street: “This will make the Tea Party look like ... a tea party.” - Washington Post]</ref>
*[[Russell Simmons]]<ref name="Kanye" />
*[[Russell Brand]]<ref>[http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/russell_brand_visits_occupy_wall_fYwPoVGnWfUiHWjEtfPWMN Russell Brand visits Occupy Wall Street - New York Post]</ref>

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*[[SEIU]]
*[[Susan Sarandon]]<ref>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2042317/Occupy-Wall-Street-Susan-Sarandon-Michael-Moore-join-protesters-New-York.html</ref>
*[[Tim Robbins]]<ref name="Celebs">[http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/celebritology/post/occupy-wall-street-penn-badgley-tim-robbins-latest-celebs-to-join-protests/2011/10/06/gIQASLjPQL_blog.html Occupy Wall Street: Penn Badgley, Tim Robbins latest celebs to join protests - The Washington Post]</ref>
*[[Rage Against The Machine]]'s guitarist Tom Morello<ref>[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/occupy-wall-street-rage-against-the-machine-tom-morello-perform-248195 Occupy Wall Street: Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello to Perform - The Hollywood Reporter]</ref>
*[[Van Jones]]<ref>[http://dailycaller.com/2011/10/14/van-jones-stand-in-solidarity-with-occupy-wall-street/ Van Jones: ‘Stand in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street’ - The Daily Caller]</ref>
*[[Washington Post]]
*[[Yoko Ono]]<ref name="Celebs" />

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==See also==
* [[Arab Spring]]
* [[One Nation]]
* [[Restore Sanity rally]]
* [[Save the American Dream rally]]
* [[Tea Party Movement]]'', that which is conspicuously different in most important respects.''

==References==
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==External links==

* [http://newsbusters.org/blogs/paul-wilson/2011/12/28/99-percent-top-25-occupy-wall-street-backers-worth-over-4-billion#ixzz1hqQg6Ixn Top 25 Occupy Wall Street Backers Worth Over $4 Billion]
* [http://www.owsexposed.com/ OWSexposed.com]
* [http://reason.com/archives/2011/11/04/the-disturbing-agenda-of-occupy-wall-str The Disturbing Agenda of Occupy Wall Street] - Reason magazine
* [http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/the-incoherent-agenda-of-occupy-wall-street/ The Incoherent Agenda Of Occupy Wall Street]
*[http://kleinonline.wnd.com/category/expose-occupy/ Expose Occupy WallStreet]
* [http://occupywallst.org/ OccupyWallSt.org]
* [http://twitter.com/#!/OccupyArrests Occupy arrests tracker on Twitter]
* [http://www.breitbart.tv/sick-of-media-comparing-occupy-wall-street-to-tea-party-watch-this/ What is Occupy Wall Street? Fox News]
* [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2049137/Occupy-Wall-Street-Violence-erupts-police-clash-protesters.html Occupy Wall Street Violence Erupts]
* [http://www.maggiesnotebook.com/2011/09/us-day-of-rage-occupy-wall-street-acorn-seiu-robin-hood-tax-new-constitution/ Us Day of Rage, Occupy Wall Street: ACORN, SEIU, Robin Hood Tax, New Constitution]
* [http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/40397 “Day of Rage” Obama re-election team in disguise?]
* [http://www.theblaze.com/stories/seius-stephen-lerner-invokes-bill-ayers-days-of-rage-to-take-down-wall-street-this-september/ SEIU's Stephen Lerner Invokes Bill Ayers 'Days of Rage' To Take Down Wall Street This September]
* [http://politics.blogs.foxnews.com/2011/11/04/giuliani-obama-owns-occupy-wall-street Giuliani: "Obama Owns Occupy Wall Street"]
* [http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2011/11/17/guy_who_shot_at_white_house_lived_in_occupy_dc_camp Guy Who Shot at White House Lived in Occupy DC Camp]
* [http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2011/11/17/moment_of_silence_at_occupy_san_diego_for_white_house_shooter Moment of Silence at Occupy San Diego for White House Shooter]

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Lorena Ochoa

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[[Image:Lorena ochoa.jpg|right|With permission of Patrick Micheletti]]
'''Lorena Ochoa''' ([[Guadalajara]], [[Mexico]] 1981 - ), Mexican [[golf]] player. She played on the U. S. based LPGA Tour. She was one of the LPGA's top players. Lorena is regarded as the best Mexican golfer of all time. She was presented with Mexico's National Sports Award in 2002. In 2003 she was the LPGA Rookie of the Year and the recipient of the Nancy Lopez Award (for the world's most outstanding female amateur). In 2005, she won the Wegman's Rochester LPGA. Lorena also won the 2006 [[Associated Press (AP)|Associated Press]] Female Athlete of the Year Award and won the 2006 LPGA Player of the Year Award. In 2007 she became the World No. 1 ranked woman golfer.

Lorena started playing the game when she was 5.

''“Today is one of the most special days in my life," said Lorena Ochoa. "I am extremely happy about becoming number one on the Rolex Rankings and the number one player in the world, something that I have dreamed about since I was little".'' April 23 , 2007.

On Apr 20, 2008, Ochoa became Ladies Professional Golf Association's 1st in 45 years to win four tournaments in consecutive weeks. <ref> [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080420/ap_on_sp_go_su/glf_lpga_tour 1st in 45 years] </ref>

Greg Allen, University of Arizona women's golf coach: ''"As good as Lorena Ochoa is at golf, she is 10 times as good a person off the golf course. Everyone who has ever encountered Lorena loves her."''<ref>[http://golf.about.com/od/golferswomen/p/lorena_ochoa.htm Lorena Ochoa] About.com </ref> [[Image:MexFlag.jpg|right|Mexican Flag]]

Lorena Ochoa is involved in promoting youth golf in her home country.

She retired from professional golf in 2010. Her last tournament was the Tres Marias event outside of Mexico City.<ref>http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/news/story?id=5118201</ref>

== Petit Gallery ==

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== See also ==

*[[Sport]]
*[[Skateboarding]]

== External links ==

*[http://www.lorenaochoa.com/fanforum.asp Fan Forum]
*[http://www.lorenaochoa.com/home.asp?idioma=ENG Lorena's Website]
*[http://www.lpga.com/player_results.aspx?id=519 Lorena Ochoa] Ladies Professional Golf Association.

== References ==
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[[category:Golfers]]
[[Category:Women]]

User talk:Sacampbe

2012-01-13T23:22:14Z

ColeN: Question about Conservapedia policy

Before you attempt to change the I.D. articles, before you try to claim evolution is a fact, I want you first to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that God does not exist. [[User:Karajou|Karajou]] 12:47, 13 January 2012 (EST)
:In that case, shouldn't anyone who claims I.D. as a fact have to first prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that God ''does'' exist? After all, everything on Conservapedia must be '''"true and verifiable."''' If not, why is an exception made in that case of I.D.? --[[User:ColeN|ColeN]] 18:22, 13 January 2012 (EST)