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[Alpha-Bromega]

Regardless I can see news casters going "THIS IS WHAT OCCUPY IS GOING TO TURN INTO GET YER GUNS AND PROTECT YER AMERICHUS"

Yep, it's why I said "only erroneous connections..." which easily defines our entire media system, ha ha ha :'(

 

[speculawyer]

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Thread hijack successful. How about telling us where the pictures are from?

 

[avaya]

If they would like to cause disruption they should start to focus not just on symoblic targets. They can go and protest in area's where the real criminals are.

The London protest at the stock exchange is pointless. Nothing happens there. Go to the West End, dotted around Mayfair are the Hedge Funds and trading firms that are behind the manipulation. The parasites. The banks just serve the shadow banking system.

 

[Wazzim]

Thread hijack successful. How about telling us where the pictures are from?

They are all over the internet, there are plenty of videos too. Check YouTube.

 

[Sickboy007]

Thread hijack successful. How about telling us where the pictures are from?

How about you scroll 4 posts up?

 

[Ether_Snake]

Thread hijack successful. How about telling us where the pictures are from?

They are from Italy, lol. And it's the Black Bloc attacking. It's a highly infiltrated group of which the members pretty much never get arrested by the police.

 

[Bluth]

No, some European countries are in a mess because of the US's lackluster regime and corruption in the system system of those select countries, not our top of the line socialist society.
Germany, the Netherlands, the UK and all the Scandinavian countries are rock solid.
The fuck ups in the US caused all this shit WE pay fucking high taxes while you guys eat $1 happy meals, and keep borrowing money like it's nothing. $1 would only get you sauce here for god's sake.

It isn't hard to see what went wrong and where, it's too obvious.

That sounds a little nationalist to me.

 

[effzee]

I wrestled with that a bit last year but when it all comes down to it, it wouldn't be very fair if they DIDNT make that much money. Simple fact is, when they do their jobs correctly they make someone else a lot of money.

For instance, Michael Jordan was a great Basketball player. People paid to come see him play. People purchased shoes just because his logo was on them. He was a big draw and he had a direct influence on how much money many companies made. So if his mere presence and personality makes someone else millions of dollars would it be fair if he made, say, 60k per season? It wouldn't be fair. It would be even less fair than a teacher making less than that for actually TEACHING Michael Jordan (who would eventually grow up to be great).

Unfortunately, celebrities/athletes are directly responsible for the success and failure of many high grossing activities. Its that simple. It's fair that they are compensated in my eyes. It's feels a bit lopsided at first glance that an actor can make millions from about 2 months of work but when you think about it, it kind of isn't.

Celebrities and Actors are also not directly responsible for the collapse of the economy, fraud, and running amok in an unregulated market. Celebrities can only mess up their own careers. There is no fiduciary relationship there.

But if you want to see anger towards athletes and or celebrities, its there. Tons of people complain about the contracts players get or how much big acts in Hollywood make. But even those people know at most they can be disgusted by the discrepancy but there is nothing illegal or morally corrupt about it.

No one is really angry at people making money. This isn't as childish as "Oh you make more money than me therefore I am angry and will protest". The movement does attract those who have no idea what they are protesting but that's not what the movement is about overall.

 

[Sickboy007]

They are from Italy, lol. And it's the Black Bloc attacking. It's a highly infiltrated group of which the members pretty much never get arrested by the police.

No doubt they're infiltrated, but the vast majority of them are anarchists/looters/hooligans looking for a fight. It's really sad to see how much the protest was politicised over here, like Wazzim said it was probably bound to happen with the political situation.

 

[Biff]

About the guy who got "ran" over.

So this thread had 10 replies to the original video saying "disgusting" and many variations of "OH. MY. GOD." with expletives sprinkled in, yet not a single reply to this post?

Shocking.

 

[ReBurn]

Celebrities and Actors are also not directly responsible for the collapse of the economy, fraud, and running amok in an unregulated market. Celebrities can only mess up their own careers. There is no fiduciary relationship there.

But if you want to see anger towards athletes and or celebrities, its there. Tons of people complain about the contracts players get or how much big acts in Hollywood make. But even those people know at most they can be disgusted by the discrepancy but there is nothing illegal or morally corrupt about it.

No one is really angry at people making money. This isn't as childish as "Oh you make more money than me therefore I am angry and will protest". The movement does attract those who have no idea what they are protesting but that's not what the movement is about overall.

For some people it is exactly about that if the say the represent 99% of everyone.

 

[Blackface]

How many of you have actual been to wall-street during this? Most of them are idiots who have no idea what they are doing or talking about. The others are people there for a "good time", smoking, hanging out, playing music. Only an EXTREMELY small percentage of people are knowledgeable and protesting for a reason. Most of them go there once, after work, for a couple hours.

The people that need to be protesting are to busy working 3 jobs to support themselves or their family. They don't have the time to sit on the sidewalk or in a park for three weeks doing nothing.

I am all for proper protests. I am all for old-school get shit done any way possible protests. However occupy wall street is the biggest load of shit I have ever seen. It gives "get a job you stupid hippie" true meaning.

Unless you have been there, please don't comment.

 

[Chichikov]

How many of you have actual been to wall-street during this? Most of them are idiots who have no idea what they are doing or talking about. The others are people there for a "good time", smoking, hanging out, playing music. Only an EXTREMELY small percentage of people are knowledgeable and protesting for a reason. Most of them go there once, after work, for a couple hours.

The people that need to be protesting are to busy working 3 jobs to support themselves or their family. They don't have the time to sit on the sidewalk or in a park for three weeks doing nothing.

I am all for proper protests. I am all for old-school get shit done any way possible protests. However occupy wall street is the biggest load of shit I have ever seen. It gives "get a job you stupid hippie" true meaning.

Unless you have been there, please don't comment.

I've been there and I have been in similar though much smaller protests in Seattle and Portland.
This is not my impression of the crowd, at all (though I would admit that I'm heavily biased toward the cause).

Also, the only measure of protest should be its ability to affect positive change, and I think Occupy Wall Street has a chance to do that.
How tidy these people, the amount of pot they do or don't smoke and how much they remind you idiots of you knew in college shouldn't really matter.

I think you're focusing on the least important aspect here.

p.s.
Everyone has a right to an opinion about those protests, I'm guessing you had an opinion about the protests Egypt (and yeah, I'm guessing, without a shred of evidence, that you've never been to Tahrir square).

 

[Kickz]

What are Canadians protesting exactly?

Just copying whatever we're doing like they always do. =D

 

[richiek]

How many of you have actual been to wall-street during this? Most of them are idiots who have no idea what they are doing or talking about. The others are people there for a "good time", smoking, hanging out, playing music. Only an EXTREMELY small percentage of people are knowledgeable and protesting for a reason. Most of them go there once, after work, for a couple hours.

The people that need to be protesting are to busy working 3 jobs to support themselves or their family. They don't have the time to sit on the sidewalk or in a park for three weeks doing nothing.

I am all for proper protests. I am all for old-school get shit done any way possible protests. However occupy wall street is the biggest load of shit I have ever seen. It gives "get a job you stupid hippie" true meaning.

Unless you have been there, please don't comment.

The majority of these protesters are unemployed and have trouble finding jobs in the current economy. Way to paint them all as "lazy hippies."

And yes, I have been at Zucotti Park, so piss off.

 

[Ether_Snake]

No doubt they're infiltrated, but the vast majority of them are anarchists/looters/hooligans looking for a fight. It's really sad to see how much the protest was politicised over here, like Wazzim said it was probably bound to happen with the political situation.

And they don't get arrested. They are easy to spot, but I have yet to see any of their members ever get arrested. In fact they are usually mysteriously gone when the police shows up, as if they were in communication with them.

 

[Sickboy007]

And they don't get arrested. They are easy to spot, but I have yet to see any of their members ever get arrested. In fact they are usually mysteriously gone when the police shows up, as if they were in communication with them.

Not this time though, they fought with the police for a good two/three hours and even set a police van on fire. I hope we get some jail time for this scum.

 

[Ripclawe]

So this thread had 10 replies to the original video saying "disgusting" and many variations of "OH. MY. GOD." with expletives sprinkled in, yet not a single reply to this post?

Shocking.

you have to be nuts to think that guy got "ran over"

 

[Jenga]

yes, I have been at Zucotti Park, so piss off.

get a job hippy

 

[NathanMcMahon]

The majority of these protesters are unemployed and have trouble finding jobs in the current economy. Way to paint them all as "lazy hippies."

And yes, I have been at Zucotti Park, so piss off.

It's his park though and he's going to have to pay for the clean-up himself so leave him alone cuz he's got a lot of work to do and stuff, and whiny, blah blah, (fart noise)

 

[Jak140]

So this thread had 10 replies to the original video saying "disgusting" and many variations of "OH. MY. GOD." with expletives sprinkled in, yet not a single reply to this post?

Shocking.

A single account contrary to every other we've heard so far that says he was merely "hit" as if that wasn't bad enough in it's own right. Find more straws to grasp at, please.

 

[Chichikov]

What does it even matter if they have or don't have a job?
I'm doing remarkably well for myself in this economy, I'm directly benefiting from this corrupt system and I'm still supporting these protests.

I don't see how that makes me a hypocrite.

 

[Jenga]

What does it even matter if they have or don't have a job?
I'm doing remarkably well for myself in this economy, I'm directly benefiting from this corrupt system and I'm still supporting these protests.

I don't see how that makes me a hypocrite.

i ripped off millions of americans from their savings and i support these protests

im not a hypocrite

 

[Chichikov]

i ripped off millions of americans from their savings and i support these protests

im not a hypocrite

I'm not sure I follow.
Are you suggesting I ripped people off?
Because I don't think I had.

 

[Wazzim]

Calling people hypocrites won't help the movement, people need to work together with everybody who supports the set goals.
Rich, poor, employed or unemployed. Support is support.

 

[NathanMcMahon]

A single account contrary to every other we've heard so far that says he was merely "hit" as if that wasn't bad enough in it's own right. Find more straws to grasp at, please.

Shhhhhh. His fragile mind can't handle that. He's also okay with the cop cold cocking the guy with HIV because he failed to condemn it when it was posted by his own fucked up logic.

 

[akira28]

For some weird reason people are ok with athletes and celebrities making millions. They just don't like it when corporate executives and investors make millions. Still trying to figure that out.

The 53rs marginalize themselves really in my eyes. They reject the 99%, not vice versa. They're the ones calling the 99ers lazy and victims and implying that they sponge off of the government and expect handouts. It's all basically a stealth-brag about how tough they are in the face of American adversity, and if they can do it, why shouldn't we? And really we see now that its got inflated numbers and false participation, so how much fire is behind them is debatable. Especially when it's possible the guy behind that 53% blog is the one doing the faking? Manufacture opposition because 70% of Americans are in favor of OWS? In this age of James O'keefe? I'd bet money on it.


Also, people see that televised sport brings in billions yearly. They only want to see FAIR compensation for the ones responsible for the production. The owners and the workers they want to see get fair pay based on the scale of income and profits made, sport makes billions, players end up making millions. Bankers are seen to be gaming a system or glitching it to make extra money, and in their gaming, a crisis was born that hurt lots of people. Really can't relate the two. When we still believed the system was fair, we read the Time magazine articles and congratulated these people.

Then we found out what they did and how they did it. And how unethical it was.

 

[Cosmic Dreams]

I'm not sure I follow.
Are you suggesting I ripped people off?
Because I don't think I had.

What's your job, if I may ask?

 

[Enron]

http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/can-occupy-protests-last-1201743.html

Can 'Occupy' protests last without leaders?

By DAVID B. CARUSO
The Associated Press

1:21 p.m. Saturday, October 15, 2011
NEW YORK — They were out to change the world, overthrow the establishment and liberate the poor. But first somebody would have to do something about those bongo drums.

At the Occupy Wall Street protest camp in Manhattan, protesters agonized over what to do about drum players who had turned part of the site into an impromptu dance floor. The neighbors were complaining about the racket. The protesters had tried to put a time limit on the noise, but the drummers were refusing to obey.

"It's an issue, definitely," sighed protester Kanene Holder, 31, on Friday night. "We'll have to work it out."

Reining in a few pesky percussionists would seem to be an easy task for a movement seemingly on the verge of becoming a political force. But one month after it burst onto the scene and inspired similar protests across the country, the Occupy Wall Street protest remains stubbornly decentralized, complicating everything from enforcing camp rules to writing a national platform.

On Saturday the protesters planned to march on bank offices and into Times Square. But while their message against corporate greed has struck a nerve with many Americans, the lack of leaders in Manhattan and at other protest camps has baffled many.

In Minneapolis, Hennepin County Sheriff Rich Stanek has been meeting every morning with a delegation of protesters — "at least, the ones who come forward and say they are the organizers," Stanek said. "It's a little difficult because it seems like each day it's been a completely different group of folks."

Protesters say the decentralization is deliberate and note that other movements, like the 1960s civil rights effort, began in a similarly disorganized way.

And some academics who have studied dissent movements say that while being "leaderless" has some drawbacks, it could also have great advantages. Chief among them: It has allowed people with very different backgrounds — like union workers and anarchists — to rally behind the same broad message against corporate greed, without actually agreeing much on where the country should go from here.

"They have achieved popular support so much quicker than anti-war movement, or civil rights movement," said Todd Gitlin, an expert on political dissent at Columbia University.

From its earliest days, the people at the heart of Occupy Wall Street have worked hard to make it a movement without leaders.

The original call for the demonstration came from the editors of the Canadian anti-consumerist magazine Adbusters in mid-July. But since then, no one on the publication's staff has been actively involved in organizing or leading the protests.

The two men who came up with the idea, 69-year-old Adbusters co-founder Kalle Lasn and 29-year-old editor Micah White, have yet to go to New York to see the demonstration.

The large group of activists who began meeting to plan the occupation in midsummer came from a variety of groups and backgrounds, and resolved from the start that they wouldn't elect leaders, appoint a central planning council, or even name lead negotiators to deal with New York's police or City Hall.

"A lot of people can't handle that — it goes to their head," said Joey Pearson, 29, a laid-off auto worker from Cincinnati.

Instead, decisions at the camp in lower Manhattan's Zuccotti Park are made at a General Assembly of protesters that sometimes numbers in the thousands, while the nitty-gritty work of organizing the encampment is carried out by a large number of autonomous work teams that largely function without central oversight.

New York police have prohibited protesters from using a public address system because they do not have a permit for their demonstration. So the protesters have adopted a system of hand signals — fingers up for agreement, down for disagreement — and a "human microphone" in which the crowd repeats each word so that everyone can hear.

On Friday night the General Assembly meeting lurched along through this call-and-response system.

"The GA ..." shouted a member of the Facilitation Committee.

"THE GA!" bellowed the crowd.

"... is now ..."

"IS NOW!"

"... in session."

"IN SESSION!"

A member of the Community Relations Committee outlined the drum problem, summarizing the neighbors' concerns a few words at a time.

The General Assembly had already decided during Thursday's night's meeting to limit drum playing, but to no avail.

On Friday, the body failed to reach a consensus. But a smaller group of drummers and mediators later agreed to limit the music to noon to 2 p.m. and 5-7 p.m., said Andrew Smith, 26, of Portland, Ore., who sat in on the negotiations.

The slow pace of decisions has also led to other problems, like keeping the site clean.

Bobby Cooper, who is on the sanitation working group, said volunteers had been planning a mass cleaning of the park for about a week but no decision had been made on their proposals because of drawn-out discussions.

Finally, on Thursday, with the threat of the park's owner evicting protesters to do its own cleaning, the sanitation group got some attention — and some plastic bins to distribute to the occupiers.

"I would have wanted these bins a week ago," said Cooper, 30, of Brooklyn.

In other areas, though, the independent nature of the work teams has allowed them to act efficiently and quickly. From its first days, the protesters have had an aggressive media outreach program. The finance committee worked out an agreement with a nonprofit group in Washington, D.C., that has begun allowing the movement to accept credit card donations online.

To date, some of the biggest events associated with the demonstration have been put in motion by the work teams, rather than the assembly. For example, the group's march several weeks ago to the Brooklyn Bridge — a demonstration that ended in hundreds of arrests and raised the movement's profile — was planned by the direct action working group, said Brooklyn schoolteacher Matt Presto, one of a few dozen "facilitators" who specialize in moderating general assembly meetings, and other large discussion groups.

And people are demonstrating leadership, even if they don't have a formal title, activists said.

"There is not a classification in leaders. But there are people whose voices are respected, and who people want to listen to," said one organizer, Marina Sitrin.

The commitment to consensus on big issues has prevented the group from settling upon a single list of demands to present to the public, protesters say. But they insist that's OK.

"When the civil rights movement started, people didn't come out right out with a big list of demands — they came out in the streets and just said, 'We're not going to accept society the way it is,'" said Ed Needham, 43, a public relations manager from Cambridge, Mass. "That's the stage we're in right now."

A sign near the edge of the protest camp Friday echoed that sentiment.

"We're here, we're unclear, get used to it!" it said.

The movement against nuclear power in the 1970s eschewed big-name leaders or national organizations. So did the early feminist movement, where organizational meetings favored consensus over strong leadership. Quakers have been using the consensus model for hundreds of years, he said.

But political experts say there are drawbacks.

With outsiders not quite certain who is in charge, or who has authority to speak for the group, there is a possibility that the press or public could become confused about what the demonstrations stand for, said John Krinsky, a political science professor at the City University of New York.

Core groups of leaders will eventually emerge, said Gabriella Coleman, an assistant professor in the Department of Media, Culture and Communication at New York University who has been studying Occupy Wall Street and also participated in some of its early planning meetings.

"What happens often is that, sometimes when a tight-knit working group gets to know each other quite well, newcomers, like six months down the line, have a harder time getting involved. There is already a culture, friendship, and it is hard to break into that core group," Coleman said.

The bigger hurdle for the Occupy movement may not be the lack of strong leaders but the large philosophical differences between the small group of demonstrators and the much larger — but less radical — group of outsiders who have been supportive of the protests from afar, said Gitlin.

The young people at Zuccotti Park "really think they are headed for no future. No jobs. Ice caps are melting. Misery in the offing ... You want a new civilization," Gitlin said.

"But most of the people who support you ... they don't want a new civilization. They want to be middle class."

___

Associated Press Writers Cristian Salazar in New York and Patrick Condon in Minneapolis contributed to this report.

 

[Chichikov]

What's your job, if I may ask?

I'm a software engineer.

 

[akira28]

But political experts say there are drawbacks.

With outsiders not quite certain who is in charge, or who has authority to speak for the group, there is a possibility that the press or public could become confused about what the demonstrations stand for, said John Krinsky, a political science professor at the City University of New York.

Not really a problem, this isn't their problem anyway. Right now is call for muster and consolidation of force. Let the press and politicians sweat it out trying to figure what it means. They're both on the target list, politicians and the media, so let them wait.

Let them keep asking their "experts" and consultants.

 

[NathanMcMahon]

Not really a problem, this isn't their problem anyway. Right now is call for muster and consolidation of force. Let the press and politicians sweat it out trying to figure what it means. They're both on the target list, politicians and the media, so let them wait.

Yeah, but the simpletons on here need a narrative otherwise their concept of reality as presented by the media and corporations is not computing and they won't know what to do.

 

[N-Bomb]

Shhhhhh. His fragile mind can't handle that. He's also okay with the cop cold cocking the guy with HIV because he failed to condemn it when it was posted by his own fucked up logic.

Why does it matter that the guy has HIV? Suddenly that's an excuse for anything/everything?

 

[akira28]

Yeah, but the simpletons on here need a narrative otherwise their concept of reality as presented by the media and corporations is not computing and they won't know what to do.

They think they accomplish their objectives by putting up flak and questioning every issue or subject, trying to put everything in check with an opposing argument or alternate view. And if you address them on one thing, then they go to the next in order to keep moving. They're trying to defeat OWS by talking us to death in here.

 

[N-Bomb]

They're trying to defeat OWS by talking us to death in here.

I smell an inflated sense of self-importance in here.

Now gaf is what makes OWS live or die? Please. This is bigger than all of you/us - let's realize that our armchair activism on an internet forum accomplishes nothing.

If you want to have an impact, hit the streets.

 

[alstein]

They think they accomplish their objectives by putting up flak and questioning every issue or subject, trying to put everything in check with an opposing argument or alternate view. And if you address them on one thing, then they go to the next in order to keep moving. They're trying to defeat OWS by talking us to death in here.

The media is never going to be friendly to a movement they can't control, or is directly hostile to their masters (megacorps, even the liberal "lamestream media" is megacorp)
The news exists to make money.

What's needed is a way for these protests to at least last until the election next year, or at least to refire up.

Another idea: a veterans group, because lets face it, veterans have cachet normal citizens don't, and many folks enlisted due to being screwed as part of the 99%, I saw a lot of that when I was in. My suggestion: call it the "2nd Bonus Army"

 

[jamesinclair]

About the guy who got "ran" over.

So explain his broken leg?

I am all for proper protests. I am all for old-school get shit done any way possible protests. However occupy wall street is the biggest load of shit I have ever seen. It gives "get a job you stupid hippie" true meaning.

Protesters: We want jobs! We want to reward hard work and punish fraud! We want the people who work 2 jobs a day, 6 days a week to have a voice and not be run over by the lobbying machine!
Blackface: These idiot hippies should get a job!

 

[akira28]

I smell an inflated sense of self-importance in here.

Now gaf is what makes OWS live or die? Please. This is bigger than all of you/us - let's realize that our armchair activism on an internet forum accomplishes nothing.

I'm not surprised that you smell something, bubba, but no. I'm merely talking about what's going on in this forum, friend. Nice try though.

Talk us to death. Us in here. This is what we mean when we say your head is up your ass, N-bomb.

 

[el retorno]

is this thread also for the global movements (spain for example) or is it focused just on the "occupy" groups?

Cause Spain is having a crap ton of protests today/tonight.

 

[nateeasy]

So explain his broken leg?

His leg isnt broken.

 

[akira28]

is this thread also for the global movements (spain for example) or is it focused just on the "occupy" groups?

Cause Spain is having a crap ton of protests today/tonight.

Its mainly for the Occupy movement, but I think people might be interested, I understand those other protests support OWS as well.

 

[gutter_trash]

Occupy Canada is hilarious, especially since the elections were held on May 2nd and these young people didn't go out to vote.

And look what happened, suburban Ontario awarded Harper with a majority government.

today, Occupy Toronto whahwhahah

fuck you! you had your chance to vote last May, why did you let Harper win a majority?

when it comes time to vote... vote!!! the participation was still weak and the youth demographic stayed home again last May 2nd

now we are stuck with Harper for 4 years

 

[FunkyMunkey]

How many of you have actual been to wall-street during this? Most of them are idiots who have no idea what they are doing or talking about. The others are people there for a "good time", smoking, hanging out, playing music. Only an EXTREMELY small percentage of people are knowledgeable and protesting for a reason. Most of them go there once, after work, for a couple hours.

The people that need to be protesting are to busy working 3 jobs to support themselves or their family. They don't have the time to sit on the sidewalk or in a park for three weeks doing nothing.

I am all for proper protests. I am all for old-school get shit done any way possible protests. However occupy wall street is the biggest load of shit I have ever seen. It gives "get a job you stupid hippie" true meaning.

Are you for real? You say the ones working 3 jobs are the ones who need to protest? With what time? What the fuck would get done if only those without any time went to protest, other than them losing their jobs/house and becoming one of the unemployed "hippies" that you hate?

And if you set the bar of "people who have a right to protest" unreasonably high at "working 3 jobs to support a family", then of course you're going to disagree with people here.

Please don't comment if you have no idea what the fuck is going on, and then talk out of your ass in an attempt to pretend you do. And if this protest is the biggest load of shit you have ever seen, you must be 3 months-old.

Protesters: We want jobs! We want to reward hard work and punish fraud! We want the people who work 2 jobs a day, 6 days a week to have a voice and not be run over by the lobbying machine!
Blackface: These idiot hippies should get a job!

Nooooo, it's like he said, only if they work THREE jobs, then they have a right to go protest, silly. LOL

 

[NathanMcMahon]

Why does it matter that the guy has HIV? Suddenly that's an excuse for anything/everything?

You can't be serious right? Are you seriously inferring that from what I wrote? That's the fucking retarded argument you come up with. In that case, yes, because he has HIV he should be able to do whatever the fuck he wants. That's exactly what I was saying. Yes, it was. Fucking dumb comment is dumb.

 

[el retorno]

Its mainly for the Occupy movement, but I think people might be interested, I understand those other protests support OWS as well.

I think its actually the other way around. I think the spainish and other European protests sparked the fact that the US was missing one.

They are protesting for the same basic thing though. I also think that It would be a good idea to open either an international protest thread or make a European/rest of the world one.

 

[Ketchup Boy]

Yeah, when I first heard about this: I thought it was stupid hippie bullsh!t...but after actually thinking for 2 seconds, I hope it succeeds like hel! to counteract the idiot tea party movement who are full of idiots that don't know how to get this economy running at all.

I'm so sick of congress and Republicans who won't freaking budge to raise taxes for the rich, I mean seriously?!?!? This country has all this freaking debt and we're not even going to raise taxes for the rich...screw them raise them so we can pay off our debt. They're already living the life and sitting upon a ton of cash they're not going to use and was made from us, anyways. Even Warren Buffet said to already raise taxes on the rich.

That's basically why I support this movement and seriously, hope it succeeds even though a lot of people don't know what they're doing.

In conclusion: I, for one, welcome our new Occupy Wall Street overlords.

 

[Enron]

I'm not surprised that you smell something, bubba, but no. I'm merely talking about what's going on in this forum, friend. Nice try though.

Talk us to death. Us in here. This is what we mean when we say your head is up your ass, N-bomb.

This is especially hilarious because this guy doesn't realize that N-Bomb is ACTUALLY ON HIS SIDE.

 

[akira28]

This is especially hilarious because this guy doesn't realize that N-Bomb is ACTUALLY ON HIS SIDE.

IS he now? You got this from the two posts he made?
Battle bros uber alles! Dunno who N-bomb is. He was mistaken. I corrected him. We're totally cool now.

 

[HarryHengst]

so far when you really talk to the people in the movement, its the same crap I have been hearing since I was in college from leftists that there should be free this and that and social justice and tax the rich while I get something out of it.

Same ideology trying to disguise itself as a popular movement that is embracing this 99% of the population while blaming everything wrong in the world and in their personal lives on some 1%. Eventually the fringe groups who are the majority will dominate this movement.

As for the European protests, the people who are protesting are the same demanding free healthcare, housing..etc. are the reason european countries are in such a financial mess. They want everything for nothing

But pretty much everything wrong in the world is the fault of the 1%? So those leftists are correct.

 

[Enron]

IS he now? You got this from the two posts he made?

I know N-Bomb from places other than this forum. He is most certainly on OWS' side. And you jumping down his throat only illustrates how ridiculous some of this argument has become.