Itchycoo Park

The Liter is proposing that as the new name for Des Moines' Stewart Square, the now home of the relocated societal misfits that are Occupy Iowa/Des Moines.

Occupy Iowa protesters accept mayor’s offer, move to city park

Frank Cownie, pictured with President Obama, saved the protest-errs from once again getting their ass kicked by authority and the scientific community is united in that fact.

It seems that's what official spokesmodel and "Dumbass" David Goodner wanted when he spoke of "the risk of a big confrontation".

The Occupy-errs were hoping to attract hundreds – if not more than 1,000 – protestors to the Capitol grounds to try to thwart the state from arresting trespassers.

How'd that work out 99?

You'd be better off counting on Red Balloons!

Cownie, who should have provided furs to keep the Occupy-errs warm, told the protest-errs --

“We want you to feel like that’s a good place to gather” and “I want my police force out taking care of the bad guys and arresting criminals”.

Cownie, is Mayor of a city planning to cut 11-percent from its budget and some vital services to overcome a budget shortfall of about $7.7 million.

Yeah, he needs a raise.

He better hope none of the cities resources will be wasted on Itchycoo Park.

What did you do there?
I got high
What did you feel there?
Well I cried
But why the tears there?
I'll tell you why
It's all too beautiful
It's all too beautiful
It's all too beautiful
It's all too beautiful

Tell you what I'll do (what will you do?)
I'd like to go there now with you
You can miss out school (won't that be cool)
Why go to learn the words of fools?
What will we do there?
We'll get high
What will we touch there?
We'll touch the sky

Sitting In The Park

On Sunday, because of the Des Moines Marathon, I had to drive past Itchycoo Park -- the home of the the relocated societal misfits that are Occupy Iowa/Des Moines.

It was just a little past noon and I could not see anyone on the premises, just their tents.

It made me feel sorry for the kids that use that park for play, those tents took up so much room that there didn't appear to be anyplace for them to utilize the park or the equipment.

With no people in the park, I was left to wonder if there was another "big" activity they were partaking in, such as Saturday's March.

Protesters march in Des Moines on ‘Occupy Wall Street International Day of Action’

Once again media numbers are mixed upon those who participated.

The Ragister reported more than 350 people at its peak, but others counted more than 100 people.

The Occupy-errs included a member of the advocacy group Move to Amend, who are dedicated to ending the illegitimate legal doctrines that prevent the American people from governing ourselves.

Also taking part were Cat Rocketship and her husband Mr. Rocketshop, also known as Scott Kubie.

Cat, like all the Occupy-errs, needs to Get over your fucking self because you haven't been able to Make me fucking care.

And the scientific community is united in that fact.

Waste

Thomas Sowell does not not specifically name the OWS-errs in his recent Random thoughts on the passing scene, but you get the drift.

When an organization has more of its decisions made by committees, that gives more influence to those who have more time available to attend committee meetings and to drag out each meeting longer.

In other words, it reduces the influence of those who have work to do, and are doing it, while making those who are less productive more influential.

Case in point, the Occupy-errs gathered at their, $1,500 for the week, rented headquarters for four hours (5 p.m to 9 p.m.) and still have to meet back at the East Village office at 10 a.m. Wednesday for protest details.

$1,500 for a rented headquarters?

I certainly hope the the city of Des Moines has upped the $25 per week ante on these idiots for curtailing normal activity at Itchycoo Park.

And the scientific community is united in that fact.

That kind of money would feed and care for 531 hungry, homeless and hurting people at Hope Ministries.

Lt. Kent Knopf of the Urbandale Police Department is exactly on point, regarding these mental midgets, when he said --

“It’s a waste of everybody’s energy for what they are trying to accomplish. They think they’re doing something. We’ll see if it makes a difference or not, but it hasn’t yet."

Devil Inside?

Our favorite card-carrying socialist, David Goodner, will have to get used to being called "Dumbass", this time by his kid as the Ragister reported he's going to be a DAD.

Are Goodner and his Occupy-err partner Megan Felt going to bring baby up in one of those tents at Itchycoo Park?

Instead of cigars will new Dad David pass around a doobie?

You know they're going to give it one of those effed up peace-a-fist names and the scientific community is united in that fact.

Hopefully, Felt, who’s been arrested about a dozen times, hasn't been fired from her Marketing Coordinator position with Pella Corporation so their kid will have benefits.

I will celebrate that they are keeping the kid, as I'm sure both are pro abortion.

Goodner joined a pro abortion protest in 2008 and was arrested when he interfered with an anti-abortion protest.

In other Occupy-err news an 8 year old who took part in a demonstration yesterday accurately summed up the entire movement with -- “It felt like we made (the signs) for nothing.”

Also yesterday, Occupy-errs further showed their ignorance as they demanded a meeting with Chris Matthews of MSNBC because, “We do not have a free press here. It’s commercial and they’re in the league with the 1%”.

The "free press" they were seeking is owned by Comcast Corporation and GE.

The Rain, The Park, And Other Things

Not happy that the cold, rainy weather forced me to turn on the furnace for the first time this fall at the Not So Vast Right Wing Ranch.

I see the city that is planning to cut 11-percent from its budget and some vital services to overcome a budget shortfall of about $7.7 million has the resources to devote a police vehicle throughout the night for the protection(?) of a bunch of idiots who can't come in from the cold and rain.

I'm not so sure what happened Sunday at Itchycoo Park, when some of the societal misfits that are Occupy Iowa/Des Moines were approached by teens for their money.

Protesters report assault early Sunday morning

I know it can feel like an assault when people who haven't earned it come and take something that is yours, but I believe the politically correct name is now redistribution of wealth.

I know some in the bowel movement that are the Occupy-errs are taking comfort in this Gandhi quote -- First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.

How it works here at the Liter is that first we make fun of you and then we ignore you because you're losers and the scientific community is united in that fact.

On a recent drive I came across this vanity plate








I related it to Chris and she wondered why someone would want to also be known as lice?

That was the first thing that popped into my mind when I saw the plate, so there's another reason why we belong together.

Parkbench?

Des Moines gets a mention in this AP report...

Occupy protests cost nation's cities at least $13M

Iowa's Capitol City was among those cities surveyed by AP that reported costs of less than $10,000.

That's too fuckin' high, Marshall Lucky and the scientific community is united in that fact.

Especially for a city that is still facing a budget shortfall of about $7.7 million.

Don Tripp, the parks director in Des Moines, said protesters camped out in a city park have arguably saved money by taking their garbage out of the park in barrels and shoveling the sidewalk after the first snow, tasks city employees normally handle.

I remain unimpressed, they should be picking up after themselves.

It wouldn't have cost Des Moines $10,000 to pick up the garbage or shovel.

Is Des Moines still devoting a police vehicle throughout the night for the Occupy-errs protection?

Tripp stated protesters also agreed to pay the full cost of their electricity usage.

Last report still had it at $25 with the fee to be adjusted per their actual usage.

Tripp noted the protests did come with an intangible "social cost" — discouraging other residents from using the park that they pay to maintain, too.

That was the first thing I noted on my inaugural drive past Itchycoo Park, It made me feel sorry for the kids that use that park for play, those tents took up so much room that there didn't appear to be anyplace for them to utilize the park or the equipment.

Put me in the Newt Gingrich camp for his take on the Occupy-errs...

"All the Occupy movement starts with the premise that we all owe them everything. They take over a public park they didn't pay for, to go nearby to use bathrooms they didn't pay for, to beg for food from places they don't want to pay for, to obstruct those who are going to work to pay the taxes to sustain the bathrooms and to sustain the park, so they can self-righteously explain they are the paragons of virtue to which we owe everything.Now, that is a pretty good symptom of how much the left has collapsed as a moral system in this country, and why you need to reassert something by saying to them, 'Go get a job right after you take a bath.'"

As an aside, the AP credits a reporter who reported from Iowa City, Iowa.

That seems odd for a report on Des Moines.