In what is yet another very clear indicator that these pathetic sleaze balls that make up these various Occupy crowds are nothing but a bunch of lazy malcontents with way too much time on their hands, word now comes that Occupy Wall Street-inspired protesters are eyeing a new target...Target. And dozens of other companies as well. In what is nothing more than one more attempt by the left in this country to drive our economy a little further into the ditch, a campaign under the name "Occupy Black Friday" is busy trying to enlist supporters to boycott just about every major retailer, and quite a few mid-sized ones, the day after Thanksgiving. And in their effort to cause as much of a disturbance as possible, these "protesters" are casting a pretty wide net and urging as many people as possible to demonstrate against the nation's top retail stores. "The idea is simple, hit the corporations that corrupt and control American politics where it hurts, their profits," the group's Facebook page reads, describing Black Friday as the "one day where the mega-corporations blatantly dictate our actions." Ya know, every time these morons open their mouths, be it in front of a television camera or anonymously on some website, they prove better than I ever could just how ignorant and uninformed they really are.
But the retailers are closely monitoring this so-called mini-movement, as they have a lot riding on the volume of sales. And they warn that a blanket boycott has the potential to end up hurting local communities. "Retailers, regardless of their size, are an important part of the community, and they employ friends and neighbors of that community across the country," said Joseph LaRocca, a senior adviser to the National Retail Federation specializing in loss prevention. He said retailers have security plans in place and will "work through" any protests and disruptions that occur this weekend. While warning that boycotts could hurt workers, LaRocca said that retailers are preparing for a "very busy day" and weekend, and that it doesn't yet appear the Occupy Black Friday push will turn into a massive boycott. As of Tuesday afternoon, the group's Facebook page had about 1,250 simpleton supporters. Brian Dodge, spokesman with the Retail Industry Leaders Association, said his group is monitoring the protest to see whether it grows in popularity going into the weekend. "At this point, we're not sure" what kind of impact it will have, he said. "Retailers, they prepare for lots of contingencies every day and certainly on Black Friday." It's just one more thing that retailers, who may already be struggling, to waste valuable resources on.
Some retailers have earned the ire of customers and workers for planning to open at midnight after Thanksgiving. But the Occupy-inspired protest does not appear to be based on any particular policy of the targeted stores other than the fact that their profits are substantial enough to place them in the top 100 list. The planned boycott comes as unemployment hovers at 9 percent and the economy struggles to crawl out of recession. On Tuesday, the Commerce Department revised its third-quarter estimates to show the economy grew at just a 2 percent rate between July and September, instead of the 2.5 percent rate initially estimated. Retail sales have been on the rise lately, and companies are hoping Black Friday will be the jolt the industry needs. According to a study conducted for the National Retail Federation, as many as 152 million people are planning to hit the stores this weekend -- up from 138 million people who said as much last year. A post on the Occupy Black Friday website claims the campaign is not an attempt to punish "small businesses or hardworking people." "We must make a distinction between the businesses that are in the pockets of Wall Street and the businesses that serve our local communities," the site said. This holier than though attiude espoused by this bunch of losers really ticks me off.
According to the little cadre of miscreants over there at Occupy Black Friday, these so-called "offenders" are identifed place such as Whole Foods, Trader Joe's, Burlington Coat Factory and GameStop. The group is urging people to take their pick, either "occupy" the stores, or boycott them. "Any holiday shopping we do this day will be at independent shops to support local economies and the 99% as a whole!" the group's Facebook page says. Is this not some of the most idiotic drivel you've ever heard in your entire life? And these are the same lowlifes who garner a substantial amount of support from the Democrats in Congress as well as our stellar president, Barry "Almighty" in their attempt to further sabotage our very fragile economy. And we also have some imbecile by the name of Tony Boicourt, who is I guess the co-founder of the Facebook page, who has said that he's urging people to boycott 'mega retailers,' which oftentimes only hire seasonal workers during the holidays. "If everyone were to just start buying local, or American, more jobs would be created here helping the U.S. economy rather than creating mass jobs in other countries that these huge retailers use for cheap manufacturing," Boicourt wrote in an email to FoxNews.com. Does this idiotic realize how stupide he sounds? Apparently not.
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