CLGC Lobbying Firm's Memo Spells Out Plan to Undermine #OWS: Chris Hayes
From Up With Chris Hayes -- Exclusive: Lobbying Firm's Memo Spells Out Plan to Undermine Occupy Wall Street:
A well-known Washington lobbying firm with links to the financial industry has proposed an $850,000 plan to take on Occupy Wall Street and politicians who might express sympathy for the protests, according to a memo obtained by the MSNBC program “Up w/ Chris Hayes.”
The proposal was written on the letterhead of the lobbying firm Clark Lytle Geduldig & Cranford and addressed to one of CLGC’s clients, the American Bankers Association.
CLGC’s memo proposes that the ABA pay CLGC $850,000 to conduct “opposition research” on Occupy Wall Street in order to construct “negative narratives” about the protests and allied politicians. The memo also asserts that Democratic victories in 2012 would be detrimental for Wall Street and targets specific races in which it says Wall Street would benefit by electing Republicans instead.
According to the memo, if Democrats embrace OWS, “This would mean more than just short-term political discomfort for Wall Street. … It has the potential to have very long-lasting political, policy and financial impacts on the companies in the center of the bullseye.”
The memo also suggests that Democratic victories in 2012 should not be the ABA’s biggest concern. “… (T)he bigger concern,” the memo says, “should be that Republicans will no longer defend Wall Street companies.”
Two of the memo’s authors, partners Sam Geduldig and Jay Cranford, previously worked for House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio. Geduldig joined CLGC before Boehner became speaker; Cranford joined CLGC this year after serving as the speaker’s assistant for policy. A third partner, Steve Clark, is reportedly “tight” with Boehner, according to a story by Roll Call that CLGC features on its website. Read on...
Didn't Chris also mention that two of the men at this firm were also at one time aides to Boehner?
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
I'll add a bit more from his post that mentions it.
Funny, when I returned here I saw the addition and thought, How the hell did I miss that?
Then I saw your comment and I didn't feel like an idiot any longer. Thank you.
They say the OWS people are not gaining any traction yet here is a lobbying firm that feels it is something the republicans needs to worry about. When the right is worried about what you are doing, you must be doing something right or I should say, correct.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
that it is something they can use politically such as they are clearly using against Warren in her senate race. There's always something they can use.
Hasa Diga Eebowai
Exactly .
"The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all."
Boehner is a total creep. Let's give him something to cry about next election.
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
The cop group coordinating the Occupy crackdowns
http://www.sfbg.com/politics/2011/11/18/cop-g...
Mentioned by Olbermann -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6Tl0UrR79Y
Discussed here -
Paramilitary Policing of Occupy Wall Street: Excessive Use of Force amidst the New Military Urbanism
http://www.democracynow.org/2011/11/17/parami...
When will government of the people, by the politicians, for the corporations perish from this Earth?
Not soon enough!
From SFGB article
"Department of Homeland Security | Preserving our Freedoms ..."
far left loon >.<
what this recently published guide on policing political events might actually say. Does it, for example council confrontation as in Oakland or more sensible strategies such as have been pursued elsewhere? The absence of a link to this presumably nefarious document would lead me to suspect that the author of the article either doesn't know what it contains or that the contents don't support his conspiracy theory. I guess I'll have to go and find out for myself.
Hasa Diga Eebowai
You're right. For all we know this recently published guide encourages police to hand out lollipops, hold hands with the protestors and sing Kumbaya: after all it is the land of the free and everyone has a right to protest their government. That was the official buzz for the protest in Egypt. In fact, Obama said it was a "human right".
Surely these heavily-armed SWAT teams being deployed and using violence are a few bad apples, or rogue agents, as it were.
far left loon >.<
show me. What exactly does this guide say?
Hasa Diga Eebowai
I don't know.
Do you think they're following it, or not following it? If they are, it's horrendous. If they're not, they are lawless rogues and ought to have charges laid against them.
Either way, it doesn't look too good, does it?
far left loon >.<
but if someone is going to cite it as evidence of a conspiracy that police are coordinating to repeat the fiasco of Oakland it would be nice to know one way or another wouldn't it? I haven't found it yet but if it is out there in the public domain I will. If I do I will supply the link.
Hasa Diga Eebowai
The part which interests me more is that DHS is helping to co-ordinate, which shows orchestration from a federal level.
far left loon >.<
http://www.policeforum.org/dotAsset/1491727.pdf
Some conspiracy.
"That's fu*#ing retarded."
Big City Mayor
More Chris Hayes
"Corporate America Is Using Our Police Departments As Hired Thugs" Ret Police Captain Ray Lewis
Lewis was arrested Thursday at OWS
When will government of the people, by the politicians, for the corporations perish from this Earth?
Not soon enough!
And didn't Lewis say that the white shirted police were supposed to be seeing to it that the uniform cops didn't do anything wrong but instead he saw the white shirts doing stuff right along with the cops and that's what got him riled enough to come down there? It was so early this morning when I heard this and I was having trouble waking up and getting all the facts straight.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
Yes. He explained it quite clearly. They're supposed to exercise control of the blue shirts.
He said any of us confronted with a hostile situation goes into fight-or-flight mode, but for the police flight is not an option, so it's very easy for an officer to lose his temper and fight.
He said it's the role of the white shirts to pull back any blue shirt who does lose his temper and goes into fight mode. But that what he'd been seeing was White Shirts doing the fighting, which was bad enough in itself, but then chaos ensued because they had abandoned their responsibilty of maintaining control of their own officers.
Several times I have seen NYPD white shirts step in to defuse a confrontation when an officer or group of officers were over the line. Twice the blue shirt had waded into the crowd alone to fight an individual, and the white shirt waded in behind him and appeared to snatch him by his collar and pull him back. The other time a group of officers had gotten into a shoving match with the crowd over a barricade - when the crowd had nowhere to go - and the white shirt stepped in and made the blue shirts back off. And I was rather amazed at these incidents given the level of violence we saw early on from the NYPD white shirts.
When will government of the people, by the politicians, for the corporations perish from this Earth?
Not soon enough!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdkd2adjjUw
When will government of the people, by the politicians, for the corporations perish from this Earth?
Not soon enough!
Republican Spider Man sez, "With great power comes great immunity."
JP
http://giveusthisdayourdailtydread.blogspot.com
person in PA!
This smells like a bit of corpora-fascist treason in the making, with help from Boner, and other 'im-potent' Repukes likely involved somewhere along the way. Really makes me feel all warm and fuzzy to know that my bank and other corps. really value me/citizens as their customers, and that the folks in Congress are just so inspired to 'represent' Us.
Had to laugh at some of the 'deliverables' outlined in the memo:
- creating " fact-based Negative narratives" for the banksters and their Repuke buds to use
in their 'messaging'
- working to dispel the notion of 'perceived bailouts' in the minds of citizens - gee, I thought it
was Our Real Money they gave to the banks and corps that were failing/frauding
- and of course, finding a way....any way at all - to connect George Soros to OWS
These people are pathetic and despicable. What a disgusting way to 'make a living' !!!!
"Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of Stupidity" - Frank Leahy
Republicans hate the vast majority of us.
Apparently, though, they fear us, too.
Fear is a step in the right direction. Normally, they simply regard us with contempt, if they think of us at all.
Barry Goldwater said, "Making things up in the service of the wealthy is no vice." This is the motto of the Rethugnuts and their mouthpiece FAUX news, or FOX noise if you'd rather. As Chris made an important point that this was just one memo serendipitously obtained, there are most likely many more that no one knows about.
"Above all things good policy is to be used so that the treasures and monies in a state be not gathered into a few hands___money is like muck, not good except it be spread."
from the Age of Reason Francis Bacon
and
"I use to think of Wall Street as a fine financial center, now I think of it as a crime scene."
Danny Schecter in the film "Plunder."
and one more
"An imbalance between the rich and the poor, is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all Republics."
Plutarch (45-120 CE)
"I am not a member of any organized political party, I'm a Democrat." Will Rogers
Sincerely trying to make the world a better place for us all, animals included.
moving your money from the big banks to smaller
and local banks and/or to credit unions will only hurt
the big banks slightly. if you really want to push these
royal bastards over the edge, try not paying your
credit card bills for two to three months. watch them
panic then.
Here's the same one, written in 1971. These guys are winning.
http://reclaimdemocracy.org/corporate_account...
"Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people." ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
99% is a lot to consistently oppose. The GOP had better watch its behind.
MyMy
OWS folks are not gonna get hijacked by establishment democrats this time anyway.
A big reason OWS is out there in the first place is because Obama and "the rest of em' " ...are failures.
yup...OWS is/are hip to democrats
Obama is Goldman Sachs go to guy ...and democratic voters know it.
audit-prosecute-incarcerate
Watch, the GOP is in the pockets of the bankers. All of the GOP. Some Democratic leaders are siding with OWS. Wall street is getting afraid of the power OWS might project if they help Democratic politicians get elected.
Wall street is getting afraid of the power OWS might project if they help --THE RIGHT (as in correct)-- Democratic politicians get elected.
Let's face it, most of them are bums on the corporate dole, but there are a small few who would be a threat to banks and such.
far left loon >.<
Do you suppose there might be another reason for the violent, over-reaction by the police in dealing with the Occupy protests. Could it be that they realize that peaceful, non-violent protests either gain the support of the public at large or at least keep the public from being against it? Could it be that the violence is calculated to provoke a violent response? Then, the movement loses support because of the in-kind violence against the establishment. I'd say look for some act of violence or domestic terrorism that is blamed on the Occupy Movement, yet likely was perpetrated by others to discredit the movement.
Turk Meister
If the police were completely ignorant of history and did not know that over reaction is counter productive to keeping the peace.
Hasa Diga Eebowai
Yes, I think that the police are being used in a manner to create an image of OWS as anti type people. The problem for wall street is that the Tea party people was starting to listen yo OWL people.
They list their contact email as info@clgcdc.com.
http://www.jafafahots.com
"Corporate America is using our own police force as their own personal THUGS."
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
Paramilitary Policing From Seattle to Occupy Wall Street
http://www.thenation.com/article/164501/param...
What he advocates is often called Community Oriented Policing.
When will government of the people, by the politicians, for the corporations perish from this Earth?
Not soon enough!
I have been very impressed with Chris Hayes in his first few weeks.
Why doesn't MSNBC put Chris Hayes in Rev. Sharpton's spot, and move Sharpton to some ungodly hour on Saturday mornings????
I like the Rev , is a good show , I'd rather see Hayes get gabby Maddow's time slot .No offense Rachael .
"The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all."
According to the memo, if Democrats embrace OWS, “This would mean more than just short-term political discomfort for Wall Street. … It has the potential to have very long-lasting political, policy and financial impacts on the companies in the center of the bullseye.”
The memo also suggests that Democratic victories in 2012 should not be the ABA’s biggest concern. “… (T)he bigger concern,” the memo says, “should be that Republicans will no longer defend Wall Street companies.”
"You May Be A Socialist" - Winston Apple - YouTube
http://bit.ly/scfMOi
Rip Off American Banker's Association.
This as an effort to swindle the swindlers.
Undermine OWS? The proposal was to enrich the proposers. This post is to anger the gullible.
"That's fu*#ing retarded."
Big City Mayor
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