Occupy Wall Street Hard Sell

Occupy Wall Street has spread to LA, Seattle, DC, Phoenix, Boston and more -- leading Jon Stewart to observe  "They're like the Hard Rock Cafe of leftist movements!"

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Countless Grievances, One Thread:  We're Angry NYT

 Related: NYC Mayor Bloomberg on the month anniversary of the Zuccotti Park takeover: "The Constitution doesn’t protect tents. It protects speech and assembly." NYT

Next:  Occupy Wall Street corporate sponsors.  Seriously.  And not just liberal Ben & Jerry's.  Al Lewis, curator of Al's Emporium column, divines corporations and slogans. Fox Business

To wit:  General Electric: "Thanks for paying your taxes so we don't have to."

"To the villainy-of-the-rich theme emanating from Washington, a child is born: Occupy Wall Street. Starbucks-sipping,  Levi's-clad, iPhone-clutching protesters denounce corporate America even as they weep for Steve Jobs, corporate titan, billionaire eight times over." Charles Krauthammer

May I suggest Howard Schultz, purveyor of obscenely expensive bitter coffee and liquidator of mom-and pop-coffee shops screwed by Starbucks, pony up some sponsorship dough.  Slogan:  "Morning blows. Shrewd by Starbucks." 

Related:  Longtime Dem "operative" Jonathan Prince to head OWS communication strategy?  Politico's Mike Allen