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"The Palm Beach County Environmental Coalition, a self-described grassroots group, is circulating an email urging recipients to gather at a location in Lake Worth and bicycle to West Palm Beach to 'join Occupy Palm Beach in marching into one of the wealthiest areas in the country'." This Coalition has members who are true environmentalists but its head is a declared anarchist and guy pal to anarchist, Cara Jennings, former commissioner in Lake Worth.
The e-mail that was circulated says, "See how the residents of America’s richest community are spending our money." Read more at The Palm Beach Daily News.
You do get the occasional Bernie Madoff in Palm Beach, an exception to all rules, but where they get it all wrong is, Palm Beachers are not spending anything that belongs to Occupiers. The world does not owe Occupiers a living nor does Palm Beach.
Here are
ReplyDeletetargeted businesses owned by the 1% who are exploiting people,
animals, and the environment.
100 Block North
-Gucci: Clothing made in Shenzcen, China in October workers reported
egregious sweat-shop like abuse, resulting in miscarriage and urinary
tract issues.
-Hugo Boss: The original Hugo Boss was an active member in the Nazi
Party and used forced labor to make uniforms for the Hitler Youth and
other Nazi party organizations.
-Lacoste: Works with suppliers in China who pollute the Yangtze and
Pearl rivers especially with hormone disrupting chemicals. Yangtze is
home to thousands of subsistence fishermen, and the potentially
extinct Yangtze River Dolphin.
-Emilio Pucci: Emilio Pucci, while at Reed College, Oregon, was a
staunch defender of the fascist regime, and also fought in Mussolini's
army.
200 Block North
-Escada: Target of anti-fur groups including the Animal Liberation
Front, this pressure lead them to end their use of fur beginning in
January 2012.
-Graff: Owns huge diamonds, many from Africa and possible conflict
regions. Jewelers often buy up most diamonds to artificially lower
supply and keep prices high.
300 Block South
-Ralph Lauren: Re-touches advertisements of models to make them look
thinner, adding to unhealthy beauty standards, and epidemic of
disordered eating.
LAST AND LEAST
-The Everglades Club: This infamous club of the super rich, has a long
history of excluding Black and Jewish people, even today does not have
any members of color. Members pay around 10,000 dollars to join.
According to recent reports, the club houses the workers in hot and
cramped dorms separated along ethnic lines. Here the 1% schmooze and
make deals that affect all of our lives.
Gee, Steve, you forgot to mention the Palm Beach Country Club that is for those of the Jewish persuasion.
ReplyDeleteDo they bar Xtians and people of color? Anyway, Bernie cleaned them out good.
ReplyDeleteI wish that I could say I was a part of the 1%. I might give you a couple of bucks Ellman. In the meantime, I'm getting back to work. Have a great day protesting. No one can be happy anymore.
ReplyDeleteThanks for recognizing the great service of the US Marshals, Col. Allen West.l
ReplyDeleteDoes Anonymous have more sympathy for exploited Chinese workers or for Palm Beach matrons whose "happiness" depends on their exploitation? Sorry if the truth makes them uncomfortable.
ReplyDeleteAll they're going to accomplish is to scare the tourists away for an hour or so.
ReplyDeleteThe Palm Beach Country Club eschews certain members only in that they require everyone who applies to have donated a substantial amount of money to Jewish charities.
ReplyDeleteThat pretty much does it. The amount is in the 6 figures I hear.
Gee, now I know why I never liked those "evil" Palm Beachers!! Maybe they can provide an oceanside campground for the occupiers complete with bathrooms, electricity, and catering.
ReplyDelete"See how the residents of America’s richest community are spending our money".How did someone else's money get to be "our money"? Did the protestors ,in any way ,shape or form, earn this money they call"ours"? We had three people in our neighborhood earlier today that think just like these protestors.They thought that they were ENTITLED to something that was not theirs.They thought that they could go into my neighbors hoouse and help themselves. They were,thankfully, arrested and charged with theft.Mabe I can go help myself to one of the protestors tents. I need one, and I don't really want to pay for one.Katie Mcgiveron,1% wannabee
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