[Lamplighter]

Originally Posted by Lamplighter

Truckers are trying to organize a strike and occupy DC this weekend.

The first come-on is to protest the government shutdown.
But then if you drill down one step, it is to protest "government corruption"
And then if you drill down further, it becomes a far right-wing jumble.<snip>

More recent articles are pretty much just copying the following...


Fox News
10/11/13
Dozens, not thousands, show up for DC trucker protest

Virginia state police say they stopped four tractor-trailer drivers on the Beltway,
pulling them over after they began driving side-by side across
all four northbound lanes of the Beltway in Fairfax County.
Their actions slowed traffic to about 15 mph.
Officers warned the drivers not to impede traffic and did not write any tickets.

Police say a convoy of about 30 trucks began traveling north on Interstate 95
from Doswell, Va., on Friday morning. The truckers are circling the Beltway.

However, the presence was not quite the thousands of truckers that organizers had predicted.
On Friday morning, just a handful of people had showed up at a key staging area.

On its website, the group lists several demands, including
that President Obama resign immediately,
that the debt ceiling not be raised and that
National Security Agency surveillance of communications be ceased.

The group is also complaining about low wages and rising fuel costs.