{"id":27221,"date":"2011-10-28T10:41:49","date_gmt":"2011-10-28T14:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=27221"},"modified":"2012-02-03T02:38:56","modified_gmt":"2012-02-03T06:38:56","slug":"protesters-face-their-valley-forge-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=27221","title":{"rendered":"Protesters face their “Valley Forge moment”"},"content":{"rendered":"

With an impending early snow storm on the horizon, Occupy Wall STreet protesters across the East Coast are calling it their “Valley Forge moment” hoping they will prove their mettle, according to the Associated Press<\/a>; <\/p>\n

With the temperature dropping, they are stockpiling donated coats, blankets and scarves, trying to secure cots and military-grade tents, and getting survival tips from the homeless people who have joined their encampments.<\/p>\n

“Everyone’s been calling it our Valley Forge moment,” said Michael McCarthy, a former Navy medic in Providence. “Everybody thought that George Washington couldn’t possibly survive in the Northeast.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, that’s it…you guys are brave, courageous and fearless just like the colonial troops from our revolution. They needed survival tips from drunkards and derelicts, too. I guess you’re not really a bunch of clueles, whining spolled brats at all, what with your donated coats and blankets that you’re actually using instead of the homeless who would normally benefit from the donations.<\/p>\n

But when the hyperbole starts getting thick, you can always count on someone to invoke the troops fighting in the mountains overseas;<\/p>\n

“This is like war. You know, soldiers do it when they occupy a place. I’m sure the mountains of Afghanistan get pretty cold.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, this is just like war…except that no one is shooting at you and wishing that you were dead. ANd no one with the ammo and tools to kill you are pointing their guns at you. In fact, the people with the guns and the ammo are out there to protect you from yourselves. So, yeah, it’s just like war only completely different.<\/p>\n

Thanks to our buddy, Bev Perlman<\/a> for the link.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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