The One Nation Working Together rally held in Washington on October 2, 2010, was hyped up as the Left's ultimate answer to Tea Parties - but it became a failure as the troops deserted the battlefield littered with socialist signs and free lunch boxes. The Democrats, the unions, and supportive radical groups had pulled resources together, aiming to quell America's thirst of freedom with deafening demands of free stuff. But all the free buses, free supplies, free lunches, and free media promotion didn't save the supposed mega-anti-Tea-Party palooza from becoming a dud - just like Obama's failed economic reforms based on a similar wasteful model. In the ancient, pre-Obama world, people would call this rally a mountain that gave birth to a mouse. In the modern frame of reference, it was a supersized free lunch followed by a tiny burp.


Not only was the rally smaller than advertised; it kept shrinking by the minute, with only a hundred or two diehards left toward the official closing.

The majority were union workers, who figured that listening to revolutionary rhetoric and romanticized grievances of fictional minority groups was way beyond the scope covered by a union bus ride and the free lunch. Some of them were soon sleeping on top of piles of mass-produced glossy signs, while the majority punched out early and left the firebrand speakers to deliver their passionate babble to empty lawns, littered with discarded propaganda material and occasional sleeping bodies.

In contrast with Tea Parties, this rally produced an enormous amount of trash, highlighting the difference between the two opposing philosophies. While the Tea Partiers act as responsible owners who take care of their own property, the leftist protesters behave as negligent tenants who trash the place and demand it be fixed by the landlord without moving a finger to help themselves. Welcome to the world of socialist psychology.

I went to the rally with El Marko, who described it as the most unmotivated, lethargic gathering of astroturfers he has ever seen trashing the nation's capital. (See his condensed report on LookingAtTheLeft.com). What I'm offering is rather an informal guided tour of the failed counter-Tea-Party, captured for posterity in hundreds of amusing and illuminating images. The sheer number of pictures forced me to split them into several thematic pages.

Click on the links below:

The Astroturf
How to plant the seeds of socialism and grow a semblance of a vibrant movement

The March
Marching youth is more photogenic than fat union slobs lying on the grass

The Rally
Sign-a-palooza: professionals and amateurs compete in spreading Party-approved messages

The Sleepers
Sleeping on the job is a human right, especially if you're a union member

The Haters
Stop hate speech - unless you speak of Tea Parties, Republicans, Bush, corporations, and the capitalist system in general

The Absurdities
Dialectical contradictions of socialism in pictures

The Radicals
Agitation and propaganda for the masses

The Trash
Cleanup is not in our job description; some union gets paid weekend rates for doing that

Dissing 'Imperialist' War Memorials
War memorials - what are they good for?

After being there in that den of madness it must have taken a while to shake off the disturbed feelings of disquiet and revulsion.

Looks like OneNation was One Nation of environmental destruction for The People™.

Hail Obama!

The problem here, Comrade Red Square, is in the interpretation. For you see, Comrade - and comrades, the thoughtful folks on the Left understand that trash, like everything else on this planet, is the property of the People ™ and therefore the One Nation people thoughtfully left it where it lay, in its natural state, on the ground, so that other citizens, who through no fault of their own, and due to the greedy fat cat capitalist's unfair distribution of trash, don't have access to as much refuse as others.

The Tea Party people, on the other hand, are merely greedy, garbage-grubbing, rubbish-hoarding capitalists who didn't want to share their trash with those less fortunate individuals who have to scrounge for their garbage. So they packed it up, took it home and put in their own personal special containers that were specially created for the greedy rich to store their garbage where nobody, including the unfairly marginalized, deserving poor, can get to it. What a waste!

Just realized - I forgot to include this picture:

Welcome back comrade Director. We've seized any bars of soap the gulag inmates were hording so that you can take as many hot showers as you need to get the smell off of you.

Honestly, Red Square. I look at all the work you did here, all the photos you took, the way you sorted them out into different categories, and added all this commentary--and I can't help thinking you're only doing this and going to all this trouble, just to get Pinkie's prestigious Beet of the Week Award!

Or is it just to get another bumper sticker for your mom?

Thank you, Pinkie, I was very hungry by the time I finished, so the award was very timely. It was also free. Now I won't eat for another two days, or until I get my next award - whichever comes first.

While I was working on this collection, Maksim wasn't sleeping on the job either, and posted to good posters on the Blog that I'm happy to reproduce here:

Has One Nation Exposed Our Socialist Agenda?


Democrats, We Put The Free In Freedom.

It's nice to see the Democratic party shed it's false front and show the world its true face.

Comrade, you worked so hard on this, you're making the orther workers of Amerikkka look bad. Watch it, or the bloggers' union shop steward will sic the thugs on you.

Excellent work Comrade Director. Your tireless efforts to expose the truth about our glorious socialist revolution puts us lesser proles to shame. Indeed, your actions put the noble work of Kim Jong Il to shame.

I love how these proponents of recycling neglected to separate the plastics from the paper.

I don't see any long lines for the port-a-potties. No doubt they object to the notion of a capitalist enterprise like Don's Johns seeking to make a profit from the bodily functions of others.

What would old Iron Eyes Cody think of this? Remember him, the Native American in that anti-pollution/litter commercial back in the 1970's? We need to bring him back for a new commercial. Show him paddling his canoe through all the One Nation garbage floating in the reflecting pool, then have him walk up the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and stand there while the unions throw all their discarded signs and water bottles and blue lunch boxes at his feet.

Happy Columbus Day.

A hearty collective welcome back,

Through the predetermined distribution of scraps and waste, the pro union attendees of this "weekend workshop" were able to create jobs for the unionized sanitation workers at higher rates.
With higher tax rates and union charges, there were no winners, everybody lost.

What a glorious achievement!

The One Nation Rally was a resounding success! At least that is what our minions in the mainstream media said. And we all know the MSM always reports the truth.

[highlight=#ffffff]SUCCESS!!!!! The One Party March on Washington D.C. to DEFEAT these Right Wing Kapitalists and their Phoney minions has ACHIEVED A GREAT VIKTORY!!!! We will beat back the rightist Krowd in a few weeks and show the world that OUR GLORIOUS LEADER, KOMRADE OBAMA, KANNOT BE DEFEATED!!!! We need not show you the Krowds of people that attended! Trust us and our rekords! Our akkountants state that the number was in the millions! MILLIONS poured into Washington D.C.'s New Red Skware to protest against the Kapitalistik Right and their paid-for-by,President -Bush Neo-Kons! Our Numbers DWARFED the Rebel Glenn Beck's rally!!! The EVIDENCE (not "litter" as some on the right, paid for by the Kapitalistik "Tea 'Party'" are saying! Gorss misrepresentation of the fakts!!! We are OUTRAGED!!!!!!!) shows you with pride that our numbers were far, far, atmospherically greater than the Traitor Beck's! Onward to Viktory! For Komrade Obama! For Amerika! FOR PEACE!!!![/highlight] Was it me, or did Ed Schultz look like some demented, desperate, deranged Rush-wannabee at this ***AHEM*** "Rally"? I've already got the popcorn ready for election Day....

One sign was extremely enlightening it read Keep the jobs in America, Tax the job providers [corporations] Dear Leader can create jobs by ordering them into being. No body said self sustaining jobs. The biggest growth industry we have is Federal Government. Now that we are on the correct path non progressives will whine at the cost.
Everything cost somebody something, except entitlements, which the government pays for.

Glorious work Red Square. Most equal.

I must ask.... Does that say...One Nation Wacking together?

Comrades,

I appear to be a sadly misinformed serf, what is a job Unicorn? How does it serve the glorious revolution? There is no mention in the writings of Marx, Lenin, or Trotsky.

Comrade Tooorisky wrote:Comrades,

I appear to be a sadly misinformed serf, what is a job Unicorn? How does it serve the glorious revolution? There is no mention in the writings of Marx, Lenin, or Trotsky.

Comrade, you'll have to wait until Next Tuesday™ to find out.

To the glory of the Party the One Nation groupies used the "persuasion of power" to tell the world their message.

100% Infidel wrote:

Comrade Tooorisky wrote:Comrades,

I appear to be a sadly misinformed serf, what is a job Unicorn? How does it serve the glorious revolution? There is no mention in the writings of Marx, Lenin, or Trotsky.

Comrade, you'll have to wait until Next Tuesday™ to find out.

Thanks, Comrade! Nice Beard, do you have any relatives in American politics?

Komrade Kofky wrote:To the glory of the Party the One Nation groupies used the "persuasion of power" to tell the world their message.

Nothing demonstrates more to the world the superiority of the progressive intellect that this fellow traveler displayed. As a minority woman she is entitled to beat the hell out of that honky reporter! She is a victim!

--
ZB

By the way, where were the margaritas at the One [United] Nation rally?

I heard many in attendance were teachers, litterbugging teachers, at that, who will go back and teach their children how important it is to protect the environment, but not from litterbugs like themselves, of course.

Groucho Marxist wrote:Glorious work Red Square. Most equal.

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I must ask.... Does that say...One Nation Wacking together?

Comrade Groucho.... Yes...it...does..... Please excuse...my...... jerky...typing..........

“One Nation” Rally Web Site Scrubs Communist & Socialist References

Comrade ITookTheRedPill,

What a glorious list. There is hope. But why haven't these organizations joined the Cube? They would be a perfect fit, here. We would surely help them push their message further onto the ash heap of history.

Hey, hey, that's not deception. It is now called Taqiyyah- a nice, multiculturalist word exemplifying our celebration of other equal cultures. And therefore, opposing Taqiyyah is racist!

NO MORE TAQIYYAH BASHING!
STOP ANTI-TAQIYYAH BIGOTS!
TAQIYYAH IS WELCOME HERE!

Comrades,

Sources tell me the only reason for the "Consolidation of Sponsors" was to save space on their server, lower their costs, decrease the electricity demand, clean up the clutter, save the planet, feed the unicorns, reduce global warming, help Al Gore, help the polar bears, buy mosquito nets, avoid Federal entanglements, reduce hand and wrist injuries, reduce lashings, stop the icecaps from melting.

Red Square wrote:Hey, hey, that's not deception. It is now called Taqiyyah- a nice, multiculturalist word exemplifying our celebration of other equal cultures. And therefore, opposing Taqiyyah is racist!

NO MORE TAQIYYAH BASHING!
STOP ANTI-TAQIYYAH BIGOTS!
TAQIYYAH IS WELCOME HERE!

Taqiyyah Bell ... Coming to your neighborhood soon!!!

Groucho Marxist wrote:Glorious work Red Square. Most equal.

Red_Square_One_Nation_220_a.jpg

I must ask.... Does that say...One Nation Wacking together?

Woking Together.

I think it's from Chairman Mao's Little Red Cookbook.

Fine. Now that it has become such a controversy I feel obligated to post the bigger image, at a slightly different angle. I'm a little suspicious, though, that the whole controversy was a made-up issue, designed with the sole purpose of forcing me to post it.

Taqiyyah!!! That is not real picture. I have real picture right here from People's Archive...

Comrades,
Why are the flags at half-mast in that picture?

Commissarka Pinkie wrote:What would old Iron Eyes Cody think of this?

As I'm sure you know Iron Eyes is dead. However other well known fake Indian Ward Churchill is very much alive, and is in need of a job. Since he has already proven to be a useful idiot, I'm sure he would be down for spinning the message for One Nation.

Um, has anyone notice that there were no Hollywood Celebrities at this gathering? Where was Michael Moore, Sean Penn, the Baldwin Brothers, and all of those who showed up in Denver the night Dear Leader accepted his nomination. It was such a love fest, and homage. But, where are they now? Yoo Hoo? Jesse Jackson? Aren't you down for the Shakedown? Rosie? Where's Rosie? Arianna? Why didn't you make a cute little speech? Too busy gather capitalist dollars from you new book? These people are very disappointing - where is their loyalty to the messiah?

Leninka :

Yes where were the Brainless Baldwins, Loony Cloony, Sean (I beat the crap out of Women) Penn or Michael (Please have a heart attack and Die) Moore. I figured at least Moore would show for a "Free Box Lunch" Like Joy (Fat and Ugly) Behar.

Yes comrades, the Hollywood Elite, did not show.....

Commissar Red Star CEO Hemlock Hospitality® INC
The Kind and Lovable, Green Commissar
Director of Kicking Doors at Midnight
Keeper of the sacred Plasma Cutter
Herdsman of Rainbow Farting Unicorns
Defender of the Faith

Red Star wrote:Leninka :

Yes where were the Brainless Baldwins, Loony Cloony, Sean (I beat the crap out of Women) Penn or Michael (Please have a heart attack and Die) Moore. I figured at least Moore would show for a "Free Box Lunch" Like Joy (Fat and Ugly) Behar.

Yes comrades, the Hollywood Elite, did not show.....

Commissar Red Star CEO Hemlock Hospitality® INC
The Kind and Lovable, Green Commissar
Director of Kicking Doors at Midnight
Keeper of the sacred Plasma Cutter
Herdsman of Rainbow Farting Unicorns
Defender of the Faith

Of course. They are running away as fast as they can like dogs with their tails between their legsonly taking a break, because, deep down, they don't believe the pollsters that the evil Rethuglicans are being chosen over the progressive candidates whose definition of freedom is the freedom to tax us into oblivion.

Glorious Comrades!!!

Comrades,

The oversimplified simplification is not adequately simple enough to explain glorious leaders intelligent grasp of Marxist/Leninist simple economic simplification.

Do I have to draw a diagram?

We must all Stand In Solidarity with the Heroic members of the Workers' Collectives who attended the recent gigantic 10-2-10 Rally. After being inspired by Current Truth, they worked all day (And on a Double-Time-Saturday!) to spread mulchable materials on the Mall so as to protect the grass, sidewalks, and monuments from the extreme weather of the coming winter season.

Fellow Comrades,

It is now quarter past Tuesday, and no information is to be found on the "employment unicorn", if didn't know better I would think this was a ruse!

Tooorisky : you must be patient, the Obamessiah did not build Rome in a day...The Glorious world of next Tuesday is right around the corner!!!!


Commissar Red Star CEO Hemlock Hospitality® INC
The Kind and Lovable, Green Commissar
Director of Kicking Doors at Midnight
Keeper of the sacred Plasma Cutter
Herdsman of Rainbow Farting Unicorns
Defender of the Faith

By your command, Comrade Red Star,

I did not know that the employment Unicorn was related to the Rainbow Farting Unicorns in your charge.

This comrade will wait for the second coming of Marx, if needed. I was only responding to the promise,Comrade Star.

Please do not associate my name with the next purge!

From Comerade Sovietskayakaputnik

It is good to see the black American Communist marching again under the banner of MLK, the late but greatest Communist of the century, (except for our dear leader obama).
Once again they have marched courageously down the opulent streets of America to protest success and riches. It matters not the price, our brave communists brothers are marching forward, determined to bring the mundane world of socialism to all of imperialistic America.
They have not given up the fight for the right to take the nation down a path of poverty and a bleak, "even" playing field that rewards failure, laziness, and ideologues. In other words,...they believe dear leader obama's lifestyle should be copied by everyone.
They were joined by a large amount of white communist handlers and white people who feel guilty for being white and successful. The latter cannot stand to live in comfort anymore and have opted to join our glorious revolution so they can know the glorious lifestyles of the third world.
Oh dear leader, show us the error of our ways so communism can win one more election.

In contrast with all the above -

THE EASY-GOING PROTESTER:

Comrade Director, I'm more than a little annoyed and not nearly as forgiving.