David Hayase introduced me to this musician at OccupyDC. He told me I needed to feature this guys song called “The Occupy Wall Street Rag”.           I've been getting requests for the chords and lyrics to the new song I wrote and, along with mt pal Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Dean Love, shot a video. So if you're a guitar or piano player.. (I'm not sure the song works on tuba, but you can try it!) ... here are the chords and lyrics. It's really simple song. It was written that way intentionally. Have fun. "The OCCUPY WALL STREET Rag" Click for the chord chart Click for lyrics . David Ippolito | That Guitar Man from Central Park … [Read more...]

I met Steve Fitzgerald at OccupyDC on October 28th. He gave a rousing speech about the state of our form of capitalism. While is speech was activist in nature, the underlying message is absolutely true. He told me he was heading back to New York shortly to be with the guys at Occupy New York. He has been very active in that movement. He gave the speech twice to two different audiences in the park to grand applause every single time. … [Read more...]

I interviewed Kevin Zeese on October 28th, 2011 at his camp at Freedom Plaza in Washington DC. He is a part of the Occupy Washington DC movement (This is a different group than the Occupy DC group). Their encampment like the Occupy DC encampment also had all the facilities of a new community. They took care of both the occupiers and the surrounding homeless left adrift by our “humane government” inasmuch as many of these are disabled veterans who have served the country and are suffering from psychological problems.   … [Read more...]

Our Coffee Party Member and blogger Shane Brooks stood up at and gave a speech to the occupiers at OccupyDC. They were all attentively listening to his comments. He was followed by Steve Fitzgerald, an Occupy Wall Street occupier in New York. Shane Brooks blogs both at Coffee Party USA and at Whiskey With My Coffee. He is a former Tea Party member that left after his eyes were opened to the astroturf nature of the movement. He is now one of our members who inasmuch as he is conservative in many of his social values is fair minded about the predicament of the 99% who are being swindled by our current economic system.   … [Read more...]

On October 29th, 2011, I interviewed Jesse LaGreca, one of the few people I’ve seen who could handle a Fox News leading malicious interview. I did the Interview in McPherson Square where the Occupy DC movement is occupying. As usual, he gave a spirited interview and was on point on all the issues that is afflicting our middle class and poor. Jesse LaGreca was in town to speak at the Coffee Party Enough Is Enough Citizens Intervention Rally. He also did a Thom Hartman interview.   … [Read more...]