Church of God News

Wall St. protests: How reform happens

CBS News – ‎9 October 2011

Thousands of Occupy Seattle protesters take to the streets of downtown Seattle during the second week of the protest held in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street protest in New York City, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2011.

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Wall Street protesters running out of space

msnbc October 9, 2011

Anti-Wall Street demonstrators said Saturday they are growing out of their lower Manhattan encampment and are exploring options to expand to other public spaces in New York City.

Protesters complaining about what they view as corporate greed have been camped out near Wall Street in Zuccotti Park for three weeks, staging rallies and marches that have mostly proceeded peacefully but have also resulted in confrontations with police.

Occupy Wall Street: Hundreds march in Denver

Denver Post – ‎9 October 2011

Several hundred Occupy Denver protesters marched to Denver’s Federal Reserve branch on the 16th Street Mall in downtown Denver then back to their encampment in the park adjacent to the Colorado State Capitol Saturday afternoon.

The More the Hippies Protest Wall Street, the Lower Obama’s Numbers Get

Big Government – Awr Hawkins – ‎9 October 2011

…President Obama is encouraging it…President Obama stood behind a podium at the White House and told Americans: “I think [Occupy Wall Street] expresses the frustrations that the American people feel.

As ‘Occupy‘ protests spread, some politicians rebuke

‎CNN International – Susan Candiotti – Ross Levitt – 9 October 2011
By the CNN Wire Staff New York (CNN) — Occupy Wall Street protests are set to enter a 23rd day Sunday as the voices of demonstrators echo louder beyond  Wall Street.Protesters across the country — from Boston to San Francisco, from Chicago to Houston — have united in a leaderless movement that decries corporate greed and social inequality. But demonstrations have evolved to also include topics such as the war in Afghanistan and the environment.

Pelosi Supports Occupy Wall Street Movement

‎ABC News – Jessica Desvarieux
Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said she supports the growing nationwide Occupy Wall Street movement, which began on the streets of downtown New York City…

Pelosi: Republicans didn’t object to tea party

eTaiwan News – ‎9 October 2011

AP House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi says she agrees with protesters from Wall Street to Washington who are saying most of the country isn’t getting a fair shake from the financial and political establishments.

As far as other cities go, yesterday, USA Today also listed links to protests in the following USA cities:

• Minneapolis
• Tampa
• Louisville
• Nashville
• Des Moines

There even were one or two cities in Canada that are expected to have had similar protests soon:

Vancouver businesses urged to add security ahead of Occupy Wall …

‎Winnipeg Free Press – Tamsyn Burgmann…
The protest, called “Occupy Vancouver,” is planned for Oct. 15 at the city’s usual bastion for activism, the lawn of the Vancouver Art Gallery.

Businesses shrug off fears of violent Cdn. Occupy protests

‎CTV.ca
… Toronto and Vancouver businesses are optimistic about the crowds expected in their downtown cores when the Occupy Wall Street movement hits Canada.Some businesses destroyed and looted during previous riots say they will keep their doors open when the protests begin on Oct. 15.

I have been writing for a long time that civil unrest and riots will happen in the USA and the other Anglo-descended lands.  And as I reported last month, the mayor of NYC warned about this for his city as well (NY Mayor Warns of Riots in the Streets).  Some consider this “Occupy” movement simply a political protest, a new “Tea Party,” except for the Left instead of the Right.  I suspect that ultimately it will turn violent and the USA and other lands will face riots and civil unrest, and the politicians and pundits who have seemed to support this will later have regrets.

US President Barack Obama, presuming that he is re-elected, will likely live to regret the fact that he seems to be encouraging protests (or at least has not really spoken out against them at this stage).  Back in February 2011, he also encouraged the protesters in Wisconsin (see ICG: Is Barack Obama Encouraging Protests?).  Back on February 19, 2011, I wrote that encouraging protesters could come back to haunt Barack Obama later down the road.  And not only do I believe that, I believe that ultimately protesters will become increasingly violent as protests will at some point turn to riots and civil unrest.

While I am not trying to say that protesters do not have any point, the reality is that producing more goods and services, from a carnal perspective, is economically what the USA needs.  Protests generally speaking, do not do that.

National repentance is the only real long-term hope for the USA (and it seems to be too late for that), the political leadership in the USA has largely ignored that approach. The carnal “solutions” offered and agreed to by both political parties in the USA will not get it back on track economically. Its economy may appear to do better for a while, but in the long run, the USA does not have real solutions to its economic woes. There are carnal solutions that the USA could do now (mainly related to energy production and tariffs) that could help extend the situation, but too many of its leaders have rejected God and have the type of “reprobate mind” that prevents them from seeing even those “convenient” options (cf. Romans 1:18-32, KJV). The debate I have heard from some politicians and pundits on the USA economy strongly suggests to me, at least, that many do not understand production, economics, job-creation, nor the Bible.

Few seem to tie the national legalization of abortions in the U.S.A. in 1973, the increased legalizations of homosexual marriages (e.g. NY Approves ‘Homosexual Marriage’ Law, but Does Not See the Handwriting on the Wall), and the Obama Administration’s decision to want to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (see Obama Announces He Wants to Repeal Defense of Marriage Act and Increase Debt) as important factors in what is happening. But all of those, as well as the promotion of violence in the U.S.A. (including certain sports), as well as other sins, are factors behind what is happening.

Jesus foretold troubles as part of the beginning of sorrows: