Other Occupy Groups for Winter 2011-12: Factions from Occupy Wall Street Factions
Along with MoveOn.Org, A Preview of Occupy Reality Television, Occupy Debt Commission, Occupy Early Christmas Music and Occupy 2012
If all your local Occupy Wall Street offshoots have been a bit disorganized and unfocused since branching off from the New York City group this year, then similar rebellion groups have been more on point. All the evidence you need is the very focused group Move On that managed to successfully stick it to banks charging debit card fees (and giving credit unions panic in finding room for all the new cash). It's all enough to think that the American people have finally caught on to the theory that we can make any change necessary in our country.
The only seeming fear is the worry of what happens once a group starts the rebellion.
As with the American Revolution, though, one dam breaking breaks all other dams. It might just be that Occupy Wall Street (or, in actuality, Move On) is our current Thomas Paine in giving reason to why more Occupy groups should exist.
With the fire of experience from two groups boosting the desire of change, rumors are that four other similar Occupy groups are organizing as of the publication of this article. Most of them have reportedly formed without much effort. The only question is whether they can sustain and make a huge shift in the pop culture paradigm.
Included here are not only the group's startup plans, but also more deep-seeded plans for the future to ensure profound changes in America's direction before the end of 2012:
Occupy Reality Television
Despite the uphill climb of boycotting reality TV in the last decade, a single unemployed female from Brooklyn, NY has arranged a new Occupy group on the grounds of TV network headquarters. Given the acronym of "ORT" after the support for "Spankin' New Occupy Reality Television" proved tepid, protest camps have already been set up near NBC, CBS, ABC and Fox headquarters in New York City. Other camps are set up nearby around the headquarters of various cable networks.
Norma Henderson, its founder, says reality shows have destroyed the landscape of TV she remembers in the 1960's, 70's, 80's and part of the 90's. She says she managed to find and organize like-minded people on the Internet already in 2002--a year after the reality show blitz took over television. The group tried boycotting products sold during reality shows in the mid 2000's. However, too many members admitted addictions to Coca-Cola, L'Oreal products and Ford cars.
With growth in the group, ORT now numbers 150,000 members nationwide. Also developing is an Occupy Reality Television West, which, as of publication, is setting up tents in networks stationed in Burbank, CA.
Each camp is pledging to stay sane and clean. No dropouts, crazed individuals or marijuana are allowed. All camps will have DVD box sets available of classic television shows for sale or display to remind young passers-by what they missed.
Long-term plan: Continue peaceful protests (at least dayside) outside network headquarters until the networks hire better writers to create worthier fictional comedies and dramas. Also, only generic products will be used at the camp to boycott network sponsors--give or take an occasional container of Yoplait yogurt.
Possible compromises: Open to a reality show about the Occupy Reality Television group.
Occupy Debt Commission
This Occupy group has been started by a Washington, D.C. millionaire philanthropist going by the name of Jon Bayner. Plans are still nascent. But the location of November 2011's debt commission meeting site has been selected for protest. The group will circle the building (within legal parameters) during debt commission talks to demand moderation in all budget cuts.
Reportedly, all protesters will wear tweaked Guy Fawkes masks in the guise of each debt commission super committee member. According to ODC's Bayner, it's merely a cost-saving move to keep a general fund for camping materials and food.
In a preview of each mask, reporters could see glasses placed on the masks for Patty Murray, James Clyburn and Xavier Becarra. The Guy Fawkes moustache will reportedly stay for most of them. Someone accidentally painted the James Clyburn mask purple.
The John Kerry mask will reportedly be the only mask not derived from a Guy Fawkes mask. A leftover Frankenstein mask from a temporary Halloween store has instead been reconfigured, including bandages over open wounds and bones protruding from neck.
Occupy Early Christmas Music
Here you have an Occupy group that's already grown bigger than the other two combined with a supposed 200,552 members. No campsites have been considered, however, since most of this Occupy group have day jobs. Instead, protests will take place in early evenings and on weekends during October and November each year.
The impetus behind Occupy Early Christmas Music is the disgust of the employed hearing Christmas music on their office sound systems a week before Halloween.
Specific satellite stations have been scoped out to protest on their grounds up until the week before Thanksgiving. In addition, protesters will spread a viral campaign to not listen to Sounds of the Seasons on satellite stations until at least midnight of Thanksgiving morning.
Long-term objective: To eventually convince all of America to wait and listen to Christmas music on radio or satellite stations until Dec. 21. An exception would be for all 21st century teen pop stars to stop making Christmas albums. All standards and opera singers alive or dead are given the ok to resume making more.
Occupy 2012
To join the litany of the international Occupy groups, Argentinian lawyer Marcos Nunez has arranged a sizable Occupy 2012 group at the original sites of the Mayan civilization. The purpose of the group is to camp out in the area through 2012 to try and prevent any nefarious event from occurring before December of that year.
When asked in Spanish what kind of events this Occupy group could thwart, Nunez said the O12 groups would be bringing catapults, guns and laser pointers to prevent or slow down anything arriving from the sky. To wile away time, public readings of ancient Mayan texts will take place to see if there was any chance of mistakes.
Nunez has been pressed to answer what will happen if nothing happens. He says that what doesn't happen in 2012 will most likely happen later. Any ominous events will make the group gather again perhaps a year or two after.
Alternatives if something does happen: The group has pooled money and bought an old Concorde to quickly fly to Washington, D.C. or Iran if the December 2012 events play out there instead.
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Post a CommentI am totally against the OWS, but I might consider joining the Christmas music. They have a focused cause. :)