AstroTurf

Trash, I know you live close to New York maybe you can get on Craig's list and get some part time work then just mail the money to old DC....

The far left, somewhat mysteriously funded Working Families Party (WFP) "a group that shares the same address as the SEIU and ACORN in New York," patriotically doing its best to fight unemployment and create jobs, is now hiring. To plump up the mostly young white illegal occupiers, the organization has placed a Help Wanted ad on Craig's List.
If you need a job here are the requirements. If you want the job, don't tell them I sent you.

FIGHT TO HOLD WALLSTREET ACCOUNTABLE NOW! MAKE A DIFFERENCE GET PAID!
You must be an energetic communicator, with a passion for social and economic justice.
Only outgoing, articulate dedicated, determined candidates will be considered for the positions.
And if you meet these standards--plus others they won't admit

WFP offers substantial paid-training provided by senior leadership, on varied issues such as: advocacy, public speaking, mobilizing, fundraising, networking and organizing. We invest in passionate people with excellent communication skills and a full benefits package is offered to those candidates that qualify. In addition, there is opportunity for advancement and travel to our satellite chapters and out of state affiliates.
This is not a policy job! Through direct action you will be shaping NY state politics for the next 20 years.
However the most telling--and not too surprising--revelation of the job, from an organization that proudly proclaims they are
Leading the fight and helping to frame the debate. The WFP has a proud record of fighting for issues that matter and has been instrumental in implementing key pieces of legislation such as Raising New York's Minimum Wage, Enacting Living Wage Laws, the Working Family Party is not paying their new hires a minimum wage, a living wage, for New York working families.
Compensation: $350-$650 A Week Depending On Responsibility & Length Of Time On Staff
The cost of living is very high in tax burdened New York; even the maximum $650 a week offered to the longest enduring staffer with the most responsibility is essentially a poverty level salary for a family of four there. As for the entry level wage, the newly employed peon should have the Working Family Party sue the Working Family Party for not obeying the laws for minimum, living, fair wages implemented by the Working Family Party.

But then, you didn't expect the WFP to practice what they preached did you?
Blame it on the rich Wall Streeters! They should pay!

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Permalink Reply by Michael Walker on October 11, 2011 at 4:20pm

Wall Streeters should pay!! With their Jobs!!

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Permalink Reply by Van on October 11, 2011 at 5:16pm

It depends how many hours they expect you to work. If it's 650 for 40 hours that's 16.25 an hour. It doesn't have specific education requirements, and it's well above minimum wage. Can you live on it in New York City? Most likely not, unless you have a rent controlled apartment or live in a slum. It might pay better to be a Koch Whore. Perhaps you can enlighten us on that Charles.

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Permalink Reply by Hillbilly on October 11, 2011 at 5:24pm

Craigslist hasn't removed it.

http://newyork.craigslist.org/brk/gov/2618821815.html

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Permalink Reply by Van on October 11, 2011 at 5:29pm

Why should they. It's a legitimate add for a decent paying job. I don't think you'll make that much working at Walmart or Mickey Ds.

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Permalink Reply by Charles Lane on October 12, 2011 at 7:29am

They could make more picking fruits and vegetables in Alabama and Georgia. A good picker can make 20 dollars an hour.

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Permalink Reply by Hillbilly on October 11, 2011 at 5:28pm

Beautiful.

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Permalink Reply by Van on October 11, 2011 at 5:31pm

Yeah, not like the teaparties which had 24-7 promotion from Fox News and we're funded by Americans for Prosperity( the Koch Brothers).

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Permalink Reply by Charles Lane on October 11, 2011 at 5:33pm

So you have proof tea party members were paid to protest?

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Permalink Reply by Van on October 11, 2011 at 6:00pm

http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Americans_for_Prosperity

Reports indicate that the Tea Party Movement benefits from millions of dollars from conservative foundations that are derived from wealthy U.S. families and their business interests. Is appears that money to organize and implement the Movement is flowing primarily through two conservative groups: Americans for Prosperity and FreedomWorks.

In an April 9, 2009 article on ThinkProgress.org, Lee Fang reports that the principal organizers of Tea Party events are Americans for Prosperity and Freedom Works, which it described as two "lobbyist-run think tanks" that are "well funded" and that provide the logistics and organizing for the Tea Party movement from coast to coast. Media Matters reported that David Koch ofKoch Industries was a co-founder of Citizens for a Sound Economy (CSE). David Koch was chairman of the board of directors of CSE.^[44] CSE received substantial funding from David Koch of Koch Industries, which is the largest privately-held energy company in the country, and the conservative Koch Family Foundations, which make substantial annual donations to conservative think tanks, advocacy groups, etc. Media Matters reported that the Koch family has given more than $12 million to CSE (predecessor of FreedomWorks) between 1985 and 2002.^[45]^[46]

Van: So to answer your question Charles I'll say this. If a group organizes an event it definitely will have paid staff members at that event, protesting. Does that mean most of the teaparty participants were paid. No. But in the video above you have one group promoting their agenda at an OWS rally, and some of them are paid. This does not mean the OWS movement is made up of paid protesters. It just means that this tenant group showed up, unasked, with some paid 'employees' to promote their agenda. By the way, did you know that some of the protesters at Teaparty rallies were Larouchites?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyndon_LaRouche

His movement printed pamphlets showing Obama and Hitler laughing together, and posters of Obama with a Hitler-style mustache. In Seattle, police were called twice in response to people threatening to tear the posters apart, or to assault the LaRouche supporters holding them. During one widely reported public meeting,

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Permalink Reply by Charles Lane on October 11, 2011 at 7:18pm

So the Kochs placed adds for protesters?

And I searched the Internet but could not find any pictures of Bush as Hitler.

...and Godwin's law.

Oh and do the occupiers earn bonuses for defecating on police cars? Anything like that take place at a TEA party rally?

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Permalink Reply by Van on October 11, 2011 at 7:54pm

I seem to recall spitting on black congressmen and shouting of racial slurs. But to be fair to you, if the Obama/Hitler posters were done by Larouchites then you can't really blame the teapartiers for them. They are just a weird political cult, with the emphasis on cult. But by the same token you can't blame the OWS movement for the signs/actions of every group that happens to show up. As for the shitting on a police car, how do you know it was an OWS protester? NYC has tons of crazy people who probably do shit like that every day. Now go watch my video of Bocephus on the view. Modern media spectacle at it's finest:)

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Permalink Reply by Charles Lane on October 12, 2011 at 5:43am

No one shouted racial slurs and no one was spit on. There were video cameras everywhere during the "march of the giant gavel". If that had happened it would have been all over the media? The congressman did everything he could to stir some shit up and FAILED, just like your attempt to prove AstroTurfing on the part of the tea party, just like your attempt to prove the tea party is racist, and just like your attempt to use Hitler and Nazis. You need to watch the arguing with a liberal video again.