Concrete Activists
As the courthouse camp crumbles, Occupy protesters seek more fertile ground
(Feb. 16, 2012) On a misty Tuesday evening, as the setting sun shot liquid silver through an overcast sky, a couple dozen progressive activists came together at Sunny Brae’s favorite (and practically only) gathering spot, the Coffee Break. The activists, a casually dressed bunch that skewed toward middle age, had recently split in exasperation from the local Occupy movement. Tonight they were in high spirits, especially for such a small group of people, in such a remote part of the world, bent on redeeming a corrupt society and rescuing a damaged planet.
It was after hours, but a thin young barista in braids and natural fabrics had stuck around. She filled drink orders while the activists murmured hellos. (Progressive activism on the North Coast is an insular scene; most faces here were familiar to each other.) The wand on the espresso machine screamed foam into a pitcher of milk while bright-eyed locals stepped through the door smiling. A bearded, hyper young man called Falstaff had slipped a Guy Fawkes mask onto a wooden pig sitting on a bookshelf, and the image seemed to tickle him. “I did that,” he told a new arrival.
The upstart organization calls itself Humboldt Village, and the attendees hadn’t come to hold up signs or erect a tent village. They’d gathered inside Sunny Brae’s artsy little drive-through/sit-down coffee shop to watch a couple of YouTube videos and brainstorm project ideas. The Occupy Wall Street movement, which had begun four months prior, lit a fire under their collective backsides, as it has for countless others across the country and beyond. Even hardened cynics have regained some hope that change might be possible. The tough part is figuring out where to start.
Trinidad resident Larry Goldberg, a robust, 50-something tech guru with a thick gray beard and a deep, authoritative voice, brought the meeting to order. Standing with his back to an upright piano, Goldberg introduced Bayside resident Lois Cordova, a soft-spoken woman with silver-streaked hair pulled into a loose bun atop her head.
“Humboldt Village was a figment of my imagination,” she said quietly. Several people hollered for her to speak up, so she repeated herself a bit louder, adding, “It’s getting bigger and more fun every day.”
After a round of introductions, the overhead lights were turned off and Goldberg fired up the YouTube videos, which he projected through coiled cords from a laptop onto a slide screen. The short videos — one called “Who Killed Economic Growth?” and another called “The Story of Stuff” — offered simplistic, Schoolhouse Rock-style lessons on the limits of an economy fueled by frenzied consumerism and finite natural resources. (When the sound cut out midway through a sentence about “perceived obsolescence,” one guy quipped, “Welp, time to throw out that computer!” A hearty laugh rippled through the room.)
In the discussion that followed, there seemed no limit to project ideas and suggested local actions, ranging from bicycling to work to launching an alternative currency (an idea with a long history of failure on the North Coast). Goldberg brought up permacultures, peak oil and sustainability, suggesting Humboldt County join a multi-national movement called “transition towns.” There was a brief debate about the wisdom of killing your TV, some commiseration about the lousy state of public transit and lots of talk about the wisdom of self-sufficiency. Ultimately the group decided that the best way to move forward would be to form smaller focus groups — one would do community outreach; another would focus on economic analysis; a third would develop a clearinghouse for work trades, teach-ins, drum circles … anything!
There was palpable energy and excitement in the room — and it wasn’t just the caffeine. “This is what I hoped Occupy would be,” one woman enthused, and nearly everyone murmured their agreement.
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68 Comments
Comment / By anon.r.mous / Feb. 16, 12:33 a.m.
A who’s who of local crazies. What a surprise Nezzie popped up there after her powerhouse showing at College of the Redwoods.
Comment / By bullshit detector / Feb. 16, 11:08 a.m.
Ryan writes “Most people passing by in cars and walking up the courthouse steps seem to be missing that subtlety. They see the homeless and mentally ill as the face of Occupy”
That’s bullshit, ryan. Tag the aricle “editorial” with comments like that.
Comment / By yet more / Feb. 16, 11:12 a.m.
Even Harpham, widely regarded as a conservative “Good Old Boy,” said in an email to Gallegos and Eureka officials, “I too supported the basis [of the] movement, but it has morphed into something ugly that [has] little to do with the original intent.”
This, too, demonstrates the inherant bias. Morphed into something ugly? And what has the establishment done since? Not “morphed” at all. Yet here is the basis for the establishment’s activities against the movement.
Comment / By Urgh / Feb. 16, 11:13 a.m.
I see the courthouse occupiers as a handful of career activists and a bunch of homeless people who can recognize an opportunity when it presents itself. The shabby nature of their presentation doesn’t help their public image.
Comment / By Still more / Feb. 16, 11:16 a.m.
Ryan writes: ” Critics of Occupy have knocked the movement for being ill-defined, and the protesters themselves proudly proclaim that they have no official spokespeople or leaders. This inclusive approach presents a challenge when you want to move beyond protesting.”
Ill defined???? Move beyond protesting???? This demonstrates how bad the problem isn’t understood by critics like Ryan. The establishment isn’t changing. On the contrary, it’s moving forward full steam. The protest IS the only recourse besides outright violence, which is obviously out of the question.
Once again, a whole article addresses the protest, but doesn’t grill the establishment whatsoever.
Comment / By “urgh” doesn’t get it / Feb. 16, 11:19 a.m.
If urgh gives such a shit about image, maybe he should suggest the system stops sweeping the results of their corrupt activities under the rug.
Comment / By Ryan Burns / Feb. 16, 11:32 a.m.
Still More says, “The protest IS the only recourse besides outright violence… .”
The members of Humboldt Village have lots of other ideas.
Comment / By Wake up, ryan / Feb. 16, 11:37 a.m.
Ryan, “protest” has synonyms. How about you write a seven page article on how the system is going nowhere fast? How about a seven page article on the projected outlook of humboldt’s environment 25 years from now? Do you have kids? You going to live here in 25 years? It’s not getting better, it’s going downhill.
Comment / By Mike Dronkers / Feb. 16, 11:59 a.m.
Thank you for your article, Ryan Burns. It’s a complex subject, & it was pleasing to learn more about those involved. Good luck with the flame war.
Comment / By simple / Feb. 16, 12:15 p.m.
“It’s a complex subject”
It’s a very straight forward subject. You and me and the ground we walk on = getting screwed by specific people who won’t show their faces anywhere or speak up anytime other than to sell us their agenda.
Comment / By Urgh / Feb. 16, 12:30 p.m.
People got behind occupy movements nationwide that were populist. I see no evidence that the movement outside the courthouse is populist. It’s a paltry showing considering the political makeup of this county. It seems more people support Food Not Bombs than Occupy Eureka.
Comment / By I support food not bombs / Feb. 16, 12:44 p.m.
“urgh”, draw a line in the sand, where do these people stand TOGETHER? Where do you stand at all? On the same side of the line, hopefully. You are not the bad guy, ryan burns is not the bad guy, the clerk at the courthouse is not the bad guy. You gotta look at the big picture, very litterally. The presence of protest is astronomical, here and everywhere. Consider how lame it would be to complain about people protesting human rights violations in china, while living in Humboldt. “Protest” is being subverted to orwellian degrees. Our time on this planet is limmited, there’s nothing to be gained “protesting the protest”, so to speak.
You read enough of this stuff, the picture becomes more and more clear all the time…it’s like if the north coast journal had a softball team, they should call themselves The Complacent Complainers, or The Little Limbaughs.
Comment / By Local / Feb. 16, 12:55 p.m.
Why ask such a divisive question all the time- “Is the courthouse protest ruining the local Occupy movement?” The only reason people ask that question is because they can’t stand people who aren’t like them. “Image”? Seriously, The people that can be there everyday are the people that are either self-employed, work part-time, don’t have a job, or are disabled. Are you going to judge someone for their appearance even as they lay down their life for you? This is the same attitude among some of the Occupiers, it’s ridiculous! We are going to have to look past superficial things and COME TOGETHER if we are to get anything done. I remember when Lois brought this the the County GA as a sort of working group for Alternative Economy because she was passionate about it, and I certainly appreciate it. But there are other working groups that meet and get things done as well, this is not the only success of Occupy (yet you point out every alternative economy has failed in the beginning of the article, way to be). If people would GET INVOLVED, they would find that there is more to it than the courthouse demonstration. That demonstration is important because IT WON’T LET YOU FORGET THIS IS A REVOLUTION! And that you too could wind up on the streets, or without health care. And the fact that everyone just keeps running toward the edge of the cliff with our consumption and aggression and intolerance. A hoard of insatiable lemmings.
Comment / By yep / Feb. 16, 1:28 p.m.
very well said, Local.
Comment / By Urgh / Feb. 16, 1:48 p.m.
I stand with the 99.99% of Humboldt County residents who aren’t standing outside the courthouse. I’d stand behind a real movement, not career activists and homeless people showing up for free food (and formerly, a place to camp).
Comment / By lame / Feb. 16, 1:54 p.m.
So what you really mean to say, “urgh”, is that you don’t stand anywhere, just bitch and moan on the internet.
Comment / By HUMVille83 / Feb. 16, 2 p.m.
Check out the Humboldt Village website http://humboldtvillage.wordpress.com/ to see what we are up to.. If you want to get involved in some way, come to one of the monthly presentation/discussions and be a part of the solution. Also, Ryan forgot to mention that we DO have an alternative economy already up and running, albeit in the beginning stages. Check out HUMbucks when you go to the HV website and check it out.. It is quite different from the community currency in that it isn’t real and therefor doesn’t need to be created.. and you don’t need any money to be a part of it..
Comment / By Urgh / Feb. 16, 2:31 p.m.
The way I see it 1:54, you lot are doing the ‘bitching and moaning.’ I’m just explaining why you have next to no support in Humboldt County. How you respond to that revelation is up to you. It seems you’ve chosen to respond by complaining, admitting no issues on your side of the fence, and blaming the Journal because reality has an anti-Humboldt Village bias.
Comment / By Yes 2 Guns / Feb. 16, 2:47 p.m.
“Duh got meth brother, duh what be us be battle again?????”
Comment / By Anonymous / Feb. 16, 4:55 p.m.
How old are you, “urgh”?
Comment / By Matilda / Feb. 16, 5:24 p.m.
Fortunately for the rest of the world, most people are not as superficial as you, 11:13. You speak for an ignorant few at best.
Comment / By sick of the journal / Feb. 17, 6:42 a.m.
Ryan,Ryan…. your story was weak at best. I hate the way you betrayed that lady, Verbena. That splinter group is a joke too. Maybe they want to ask permission before they do anything, too?? You are not a part of the movement if you are hiding in some warm coffee house picking at folks you don’t like. Ryan you had so much to write about like the occupy people were having their rights violated, what the occupy movement is about, O convictions on the occupy people. 100 something arrest? 45 dismissed cases, EPD shows police bruetality. Our D.A. Sucks and he wrote a ” go get em” e-mail to EPD! Gallegos= Farmer!! Gezzzz so much, and again the journal misses it!! I feel like this is another Arkley rag. we will use them to start fires, and never read them again!!
Comment / By anon.r.mous / Feb. 17, 7:41 a.m.
So other than being a huge drain on tax dollars has any OWS protest done anything other than piss off everybody around them? Sure sure, OWS hasn’t been as large of a drain as Wall Street, but really, that isn’t a goal to be trying to reach, plus Wall Street isn’t known for crapping in public or on police cars. I do wonder though, if Reagan hadn’t closed the nuthouses, would you people bitch about all the people inslaved in them?
Pretty sure we know the answer to thatquestion. O
Comment / By johnnymaniac / Feb. 17, 8:43 a.m.
betrayed Verbena?? WTF? Maybe you are a blind sheeple, that thinks with tunnel vision “sick of the journal”…but for many of us, this article pointed out some things that needed to be said, about the Occupy Eureka group…and their tactics…..so you want to then start to call the Journal, a “Arkley rag”, or compare Gallegos to Farmer..your mentality is very much like Verbena’s……angry, lacking intelligence and just wanting to “bring down the rotten system”….with no realistic thinking on how the real world functions.
Comment / By Mitch / Feb. 17, 8:54 a.m.
I haven’t even read the article yet, but I think it’s worth noting that 24 comments by the morning after the Journal’s publication date suggests that people are interested.
I wonder how much interest there would be if it weren’t for the people creating a visible presence outside the court house (not to mention the people arresting them).
The airport bureaucracy may be responsible for someone’s death, but I doubt the Journal’s received 24 comments about their blog posts about that.
Comment / By anon.r.mous / Feb. 17, 9:45 a.m.
No, I think we have bitched about the crazy lady and her airport kingdom a couple of times. There have been many stories about her in the past. She’s a real jackass.
But that is another, different story. Funny (sad) thing is, you could remove anything about OWS from this story, leave in the names, and it would read like any other Humboldt protest, with the same cast of clowns.
Comment / By J. Alora / Feb. 17, 11:54 a.m.
I talked to some of the Occupy folks while I was at the courthouse for jury duty. I failed to hear a single cogent opinion. This is when they were still sleeping under the steps, though, so maybe it’s a different crowd now.
Comment / By ANON.R.MOUS / Feb. 17, 1:23 p.m.
I am severely mentally ill and my opinion should be disregarded immediately.
Comment / By omgdaformsborken / Feb. 17, 1:26 p.m.
y u no fix the form?
Comment / By johnnymaniac / Feb. 17, 1:53 p.m.
my response to “local’s” rant written above is this: You state, the only reason people are questioning the value of the Occupy Eureka, is because of the looks of the people. That is totally not true! What planet are you from, Stupiter?? It appears you view life through a one dimensional viewpoint..unable to grasp others opinions and input on this subject. When their opinion is different then yours, you seem to attack them, accusing them of not caring for the needy…or judging the mentally ill. But i really had to laugh at your so over exaggerated statement: “Even as they lay down their life for you”….oh please, i hardly think, sitting in front of the court house day after day, is “laying down their life for us”……i think our brothers and sisters serving in the Military especially overseas in war torn countries, are the ones “laying their life’s down for our country”. You sound like a parrot, or a puppet of Verbena anyway….so i do not expect you to understand other peoples convictions..because they might be different from yours……keep evolving…..
Comment / By power to the people / Feb. 17, 2:08 p.m.
How little to no life do some of you have, with all that’s going on in Humboldt (and hte world) to choose to make a peaceful protest at the courthouse, of all places, the subject of your constant hate. Somebody above mentions seeing the same names, well, that somebody is a renound internet troll. You wanna talk about repeat offender, anon.r.mous must be a bedlocked pillhead with all the time he/she has on his/her hands to do nothing but bittch and moan all day on the internet.
Comment / By anon.r.mous / Feb. 17, 2:08 p.m.
Nice troll post at 1:23pm
Comment / By anon.r.mous / Feb. 17, 2:16 p.m.
All day? They don’t have smartphones in your world?
Comment / By ANON.R.MOUS / Feb. 17, 2:34 p.m.
And furthermore, some of us need a regimen of prescription pills every day to stay alive. My mental health is my business.
Comment / By anon.r.mous / Feb. 17, 3:32 p.m.
Wow! So many anon.r.mouseseses!
Comment / By ANON.R.MOUS / Feb. 17, 4 p.m.
Where’s the nearest donkey show?
Comment / By anon.r.mous / Feb. 17, 4:03 p.m.
Where is the next College of the Redwoods/OWS/NCJ Staff meeting? Because my guess is there!
Comment / By ANON.R.MOUS / Feb. 17, 4:33 p.m.
Well then, sign me up!
Comment / By ANON.R.MOUS / Feb. 17, 4:33 p.m.
Well then, sign me up!
Comment / By johnnymaniac / Feb. 17, 5:27 p.m.
To: Power to the People…..im not sure people are venting hatred..as they are expressing concern and ideas about the small scene in front of OUR courthouse..and we have that right….and responsibility. If you can remember, the 60’s and 70’s…the Movement or..or Revolution….was very complex also…we had the hippies with “free love”..we had others that “dropped out”..we had Students for a Democratic Society.. we had the Black Panthers….etc…etc….so yes, Revolution is complex. But even then, we spoke out against each other, as our concern was, some acts or tactics could ruin the “ends to our means”…so don’t be so “high and mighty” judging others as having “no life”…..nobody said Revolution would be easy. peach out…:)
Comment / By Home O’ The Brave / Feb. 17, 6:37 p.m.
Citizens. If you see something suspicious, say something. Here is a clip of a brave citizen who is doing his part defending our Homeland at the local cafe. Copy and paste this link in your browser to watch.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=up0uamWkdi0
Comment / By to johnnymaniac / Feb. 17, 7:02 p.m.
Remember, this isn’t just happening here. This isn’t an isolated incident. The “homeless problem” is a result, not a cause, of the big picture being addressed across the world in various protests. “Our” courthouse…right…I haven’t suffered one bit as a result of this or any protest, but I certainly have as a result of the corrupt system that causes people to be homeless, throws the mentally ill to the curb, and tell sus to blame people who are outspoken about it.
99/100 people who visit the courthouse are there for reasons they’d rather not be, and you can be certain a large percentage, if not the majority, of them are there for reasons that are a waste of everybody’s time and money as well.
Don’t break the picket line.
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/02/government-employs-1-in-6-us-workers-where-are-they/253016
Peace and good on you.
Comment / By johnnymaniac / Feb. 17, 8:13 p.m.
To By Too johnnymaniac…say What??? I draw my own Picket line …..peach out.
Comment / By Swaying Palms / Feb. 17, 8:41 p.m.
The entire movement is based on a fallacy. The problem is not a tiny number of idle rich enjoying the good life. The problem is legislation which enables an ever growing number of idle poor to suck the life out of the middle class. It’s called Socialism, and as Europe is proving, it is a failed philosophy.
Comment / By Duh / Feb. 18, 12:27 p.m.
“so what’s happening protest wise in Humboldt?”
“basically, the people who run the local news are a bunch of facebookers in their own little social click and they don’t like most of the people they see protesting, so nothing really ever gets any good press, and the focus of the news is all off as usual. They even held their own little anti-protest protest, if you can believe that.”
Comment / By Done that lets try something else / Feb. 18, 1:03 p.m.
I support the Humboldt Village concept we have needed a transition town movement in Humboldt for sometime in my estimation. I think the courthouse scene polarized the situation. There is a problem but the cause is not agreed upon. Here is a you tube video which does a pretty good job of laying it out.http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=VOMWzjrRiBg
Comment / By Alas / Feb. 18, 1:40 p.m.
Wow.
Police Chief Mural Harpham, Paul Gallegos, Silvia De Rooy, and Larry Goldberg all support the Occupy movement…except for the “homeless, mentally ill, and organizational mess…”
In effect, all those problems faced by virtually every other social justice movement in U.S. history.
Congratulations.
It appears that Ryan Burn is keeping Hank Sim’s ghost alive. Neither can report on the court cases, nor find one of the credible business owners, nurses, teachers, retirees or veterans joining Occupy Eureka protests to be interviewed!
I support every American’s Constitutional right to protest, without reservation, qualification, conditions or prejudice.
Comment / By anon.r.mous / Feb. 18, 2:17 p.m.
I love how leftist leaning people claim to support free speech, then try and shout anyone who disagrees with them down, as this thread proves.
Keep proving to everybody how OWS is full of lying, selfish bigots!
Comment / By yep / Feb. 18, 2:54 p.m.
Exactly, 1:40. Protesting the obvious injustices is a great thing, except when it’s right here in our home town. “They’re just not doing it right” duuuuhhhh. The failing system isn’t the problem our arrogant media reps see, but the victims themselves, who aren’t worth giving the time of day. Meanwhile the homeless population in our home town grows, and will continue to grow, while the land around them is being rezoned and the dwindling natural resources get sent out of county. Meanwhile the “respectable” people who are outspoken about all of this are ignored. Meanwhile, our media reps stare at facebook and sell ads.
Comment / By Sigh / Feb. 19, 7:28 a.m.
The protestors protest even here, completely clueless that they don’t represent the 99%, that we support occupy efforts, but we specifically don’t support you. There is a reason you’ve failed to attract people at ground zero for political activism (Humboldt County). Look around. Take a clue. It’s you. It’s always been you. If you stepped aside, maybe a real occupy effort could get underway.
Comment / By ANON.R.MOUS / Feb. 19, 7:52 a.m.
That was a great donkey show last night!
Comment / By Insight / Feb. 19, 1:01 p.m.
Don’t tell the occupiers but MoveOn.org, who backed Obama, put the occupiers in place to “occupy” the grounds where the Tea Party protestors and anti-war protestors once stood. The political machine of Obama is keeping the attention away from him and the war and focusing it on the mean and greedy big business to promote class warfare. If Obama wins, you will see the end of occupy within months as it will have served it’s purpose. The 99% are just pawns and fall right into place when asked to do so.
Comment / By Buzz / Feb. 19, 1:44 p.m.
Insight is a complete nut job if he thinks that Obama somehow controls the OWS movement.
Comment / By ALAS / Feb. 19, 2:07 p.m.
How ironic to have virtually every “community” media source, and a handful of well-heeled “liberals”, question the efficacy of Occupy Eureka…while their whining and (one-sided) reporting is evidence of Occupy Eureka’s success in remaining topical!
The destitute are successfully showing their faces in public protests, how dreadful!
What’s next?
Declaring them “terrorists” for aiding America’s enemies by showing the hidden costs of unbridled corporate freedom?
Comment / By excellent / Feb. 19, 6:32 p.m.
best comment yet, 2:07pm!
Comment / By Insight / Feb. 20, 4:25 p.m.
Buzz of course read more into my post than was actually there. It was never indicated or implied that Obama controls OWS, it was written that MoveOn.org, who backed Obama, formed and put in place the ocuppy movement, this fact is undisputed, just look up the history of occupy. It is also undisputed that the polictical machine behind MoveOn.org had a big hand in putting Obama in office and is working very hard to keep him there. It is no coincidence that the war protestors are now dwarfed by occupy and that the Tea Party protestors no longer come out to fight big government spending and growth as the occupiers “occupy” their former protest locations and hostility breaks out if they meet. Now the attention of the America news media has shifted away from this adminstration spending and increasing debt and tried to put our attention on big businesses greed. However, none of this will matter any longer if Obama can be re-elected which is why the occupy movement will fade away a few months after such re-election, if it occurs.
Comment / By Buzz / Feb. 20, 5:01 p.m.
So the teabaggers disappeared because their protest spaces are occupied? Brilliant.
Comment / By Insight / Feb. 20, 5:55 p.m.
That is exactly right. One of the leaders of the Tea Party movement was interviewed on MSNBC just a couple weeks ago and stated they have been waiting for the occupy movement to die down before resuming their protests. Several weeks before that, according to a CNN news report, a group of Tea Party activists in the South had to end their protest early when the occupiers who were already present began taunting them and trying to insight violence. Buzz, instead of coming back with more snide remarks, try doing a little research. I am on neither side, just an observer, and therefore I can see how blinded the followers are and how they dismiss any opposing argument.
Comment / By Buzz / Feb. 20, 8:02 p.m.
It doesn’t take research to recognize a specious claim. If the Teabagger movement is afraid to come out because they claim to fear the Occupy Wall Street people, they aren’t much of a movement. These are the brave souls who claim the mantle of the founding fathers? Again, brilliant.
Comment / By anon.r.mous / Feb. 21, 3:56 a.m.
Maybe they are afriad of getting lice? Really though, OWS has been a huge flop, with zero goals or changes being made. They have made some great photo ops, if you enjoy people taking shits on police cars and enjoy litterbugs.
Comment / By Tired / Feb. 21, 10:37 a.m.
I am the 99%. If the 1% died would we really miss them?
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Comment / By Buzz / Feb. 21, 3:03 p.m.
Ugh. There really are no funny right-wingers.
Comment / By Doctor Is Out / Feb. 21, 7:43 p.m.
We have hours of laughter in the Carson Mansion on Wednesday nights poker parties talking about the 99% outsiders who will never experience such an eleit casual group.
Comment / By Thirdeye / Feb. 25, 6:38 p.m.
OE is not drawing attention to the99%/1% issue. They are a distraction from it. They are the same old band of professional protesters that have been boring Humboldt for decades, capitalizing on an issue to draw attention to themselves just like in the past. Nothing good has ever come from that group of nutballs and narcissists.
Comment / By LOL / Feb. 25, 8:36 p.m.
Thirdeye aka el trollio writes: “OE is not drawing attention to the99%/1% issue.”
…in his blog post drawing even further attention to the protest. Gratsi!
Comment / By Alas / Today, noon
“…capitalizing on an issue to draw attention to themselves”.
Yeah, the destitute, homeless, mentally ill, have no right to publicly remind us that they are the most obvious victims of public divestment and corporate looting.
Comment / By Joel Mielke / Today, 12:45 p.m.
“Professional protesters” is a right-wing canard that suddenly disappeared when the teabaggers started making noise.