JeanJeanie 0 #101 October 30, 2011 I think the issue is the "knowing" that something is seriously wrong. Many folk just don't know the workings of the system in order to articulate it. I would like to see an 'educate the masses' wing of OWS that does just that. Shows the laws and relationships in the upper echelons of society that make the machine a corrupt one. There are fantastic articles by many educated, knowledgeable people outlining these points. It would be prudent of the organizers to use these as talking points. I have been to a few events and do not agree with the polarizing language of some "enemy", "hate the rich" etc. Unfortunately, this is all that is shown in the media, as well as the poorly groomed. I have heard countless articulate arguments and seen droves of educated and well-dressed people in business suits that are not shown. QuoteQuote www.people-press.org/2011/10/24/public-divided-over-occupy-wall-street-movement/?src=prc-headline OWS appears to have more support than the Tea Party. That the group has no goal or articulated purpose is a mighty fine indication of the issues with our society. I could perhaps have an easier time with OWS IF they could articulate their reasons. OWS is like the Iraq War - pissed at Hussein. Now what?~~We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly~~MLK Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kennedy 0 #102 October 30, 2011 see editorial cartoon below pic won't attach. see link: http://www.cartoonistgroup.com/store/add.php?iid=72187witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1* Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dks13827 3 #103 October 31, 2011 QuoteQuote OWS appears to have more support than the Tea Party. Of course ! They want free stuff. Give away some free shit sometime and they will line up around the block to get it !! Literally. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Amazon 7 #104 October 31, 2011 QuoteYou are the most hate filled person I have ever seen on the internet. You cannot even allow a person to disagree with your opinion without personally attacking their character. You are a complete waste of time and air. You are in DIRE need of several things.. but first you need some cheese... to go with that severe case of whine. You can get some from Mikeee... be sure to get some of his SPECIAL cheese Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites tri160 1 #105 October 31, 2011 Just like i thought. Immature references to anal sex toys in a nasty pm and then blocking any reply. You really do need psychiatric help Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Amazon 7 #106 October 31, 2011 QuoteJust like i thought. Immature references to anal sex toys in a nasty pm and then blocking any reply. You really do need psychiatric help Wah wah wah..... Just as I thought.. all whine... and a need for LOTS and LOTS of cheese Now run along and play.. with whatever you wish to play with. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites rushmc 23 #107 October 31, 2011 Quote Just like i thought. Immature references to anal sex toys in a nasty pm and then blocking any reply. You really do need psychiatric help Just like a 3rd grader on Jolt! "America will never be destroyed from the outside, if we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." Abraham Lincoln Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites billvon 2,991 #108 October 31, 2011 And your one warning. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites lawrocket 3 #109 October 31, 2011 QuoteIn 1920'a the tax rate on the wealthiest Americans was more than 90%. The playing field was more level, not only in this way. Access to resources, lack of privatization, tighter communities, are just a few reasons why our grandparents were able to come from a foreign land with pennies and make it. Really? The 1930's hit and FDR blamed the banks and the wealthy for causing the Depression and the New Deal was a policy to shift the wealth to the general population. How does your explanation of the Twenties correspond to what happened in the 1930's? My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites lawrocket 3 #110 October 31, 2011 QuoteI think the issue is the "knowing" that something is seriously wrong. Many folk just don't know the workings of the system in order to articulate it. Correct. Which by its nature means that they are arbitrary in their assignment of blame. This is the problem I have. They're mad at the banks. Why? They really don't know, but they want to see change. What kind of change? They don't know. Why not? Because they don't know. This is how to get nothing positive accomplished EXCEPT for villification. Trust me - it's easier to get a population mad at something than to get a population to find something it likes. My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites StreetScooby 5 #111 November 2, 2011 Opulent homes of 'the 99 percent' I'm sure these are mommy/daddy houses... Quote Representatives of “the 99 percent” have been camping out in lower Manhattan to protest economic inequality since late September, but the riches on display at some of their home addresses clearly came from “1 percent” families. We searched Google Maps and the real estate Multiple Listing Service for the home addresses police collected during the arrests of less-than-law-abiding New York City “occupiers,” and found dream homes aplenty. These opulent houses include in-ground swimming pools, manicured lawns, and golf course access. Frustrated with the rich? Tell a protester. Isn’t life rough? We are all engines of karma Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites lawrocket 3 #112 November 2, 2011 Yes. Who would have thunk that a large number of the protestors are simply kids with enough resources from mommy and daddy to do nothing but complain? I recall the gal who complained that her $5k Apple laptop was stolen and figured, “We know with whom we are dealing.” We already know how they feel about the rabble in the streets. Homeless can eat at soup kitchens. We know how they feel about paying living wages to the kitchen help, and about 8 hour workdays. We know about their lack of respect for private property, and about the fact that women are fleeing because it’s dangerous for them. Note also that young white boys seem to be the dominant socioeconomic status. We also know how they feel about criminals, except the ones that get arrested for noble reasons. I note that the arrest statistics are likely skewed toward the lit-glitz-nouveau-riche end. The folks that can afford to have mommy and daddy pay for an attorney, bail them out, maintain their allowance are more likely to get themselves arrested. For someone like me, an arrest can prove to be a tough thing. So the fact that those being arrested are generally those who are living a good life is no surprise. They have nothing better to do. My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites rushmc 23 #113 November 3, 2011 And here is (as Paul Harvey used to say) The Rest of The Story QuoteACORN Officials Scramble, Firing Workers and Shredding Documents, After Exposed as Players Behind Occupy Wall Street Protests http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/11/03/acorn-officials-scramble-firing-workers-and-shredding-documents-after-exposed/ Quote“It was pretty funny. Jonathan told staff they don’t pay for protesters, but the people in the meeting who work there objected and said, ‘Wait, you pay us to go to the protests every day?’ Then Jonathan said ‘No, but that’s your job,’ and staffers were like, ‘Yeah, our job is to protest,’ and Westin said, ‘No your job is to fight for economic and social justice. We just send you to protest.’ “Staff said, ‘Yes, you pay us to carry signs.’ Then Jonathan says, ‘That’s your job.’ It went on like that back and forth for a while.” During the meetings, NYCC Deputy Director Greg Basta provided Westin with the copied photos of Fox News reporters to hand out to staff members, the source said. Basta told staffers they might be asked about the article when out in communities working on campaigns or when calling people by phone, the source said. “They told us if people bring up the article, we’re supposed to say the source and all the stuff in there came from a disgruntled ex-employee who’s not working with us anymore.” NYCC is also monitoring its staff’s behavior, cracking down on phone use and socialization. Officials have ordered all papers -- even scraps -- to be shredded every night, the source said. “And all the supplies—everything around the office that said ‘ACORN’ -- is now all in storage until this blows over,” the source said. “People literally have to cover up the cameras on the back of their cellphones in the office.” "America will never be destroyed from the outside, if we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." Abraham Lincoln Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Prev 1 2 3 4 5 Next Page 5 of 5 Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. 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Amazon 7 #104 October 31, 2011 QuoteYou are the most hate filled person I have ever seen on the internet. You cannot even allow a person to disagree with your opinion without personally attacking their character. You are a complete waste of time and air. You are in DIRE need of several things.. but first you need some cheese... to go with that severe case of whine. You can get some from Mikeee... be sure to get some of his SPECIAL cheese Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tri160 1 #105 October 31, 2011 Just like i thought. Immature references to anal sex toys in a nasty pm and then blocking any reply. You really do need psychiatric help Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #106 October 31, 2011 QuoteJust like i thought. Immature references to anal sex toys in a nasty pm and then blocking any reply. You really do need psychiatric help Wah wah wah..... Just as I thought.. all whine... and a need for LOTS and LOTS of cheese Now run along and play.. with whatever you wish to play with. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rushmc 23 #107 October 31, 2011 Quote Just like i thought. Immature references to anal sex toys in a nasty pm and then blocking any reply. You really do need psychiatric help Just like a 3rd grader on Jolt! "America will never be destroyed from the outside, if we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." Abraham Lincoln Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,991 #108 October 31, 2011 And your one warning. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lawrocket 3 #109 October 31, 2011 QuoteIn 1920'a the tax rate on the wealthiest Americans was more than 90%. The playing field was more level, not only in this way. Access to resources, lack of privatization, tighter communities, are just a few reasons why our grandparents were able to come from a foreign land with pennies and make it. Really? The 1930's hit and FDR blamed the banks and the wealthy for causing the Depression and the New Deal was a policy to shift the wealth to the general population. How does your explanation of the Twenties correspond to what happened in the 1930's? My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lawrocket 3 #110 October 31, 2011 QuoteI think the issue is the "knowing" that something is seriously wrong. Many folk just don't know the workings of the system in order to articulate it. Correct. Which by its nature means that they are arbitrary in their assignment of blame. This is the problem I have. They're mad at the banks. Why? They really don't know, but they want to see change. What kind of change? They don't know. Why not? Because they don't know. This is how to get nothing positive accomplished EXCEPT for villification. Trust me - it's easier to get a population mad at something than to get a population to find something it likes. My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StreetScooby 5 #111 November 2, 2011 Opulent homes of 'the 99 percent' I'm sure these are mommy/daddy houses... Quote Representatives of “the 99 percent” have been camping out in lower Manhattan to protest economic inequality since late September, but the riches on display at some of their home addresses clearly came from “1 percent” families. We searched Google Maps and the real estate Multiple Listing Service for the home addresses police collected during the arrests of less-than-law-abiding New York City “occupiers,” and found dream homes aplenty. These opulent houses include in-ground swimming pools, manicured lawns, and golf course access. Frustrated with the rich? Tell a protester. Isn’t life rough? We are all engines of karma Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lawrocket 3 #112 November 2, 2011 Yes. Who would have thunk that a large number of the protestors are simply kids with enough resources from mommy and daddy to do nothing but complain? I recall the gal who complained that her $5k Apple laptop was stolen and figured, “We know with whom we are dealing.” We already know how they feel about the rabble in the streets. Homeless can eat at soup kitchens. We know how they feel about paying living wages to the kitchen help, and about 8 hour workdays. We know about their lack of respect for private property, and about the fact that women are fleeing because it’s dangerous for them. Note also that young white boys seem to be the dominant socioeconomic status. We also know how they feel about criminals, except the ones that get arrested for noble reasons. I note that the arrest statistics are likely skewed toward the lit-glitz-nouveau-riche end. The folks that can afford to have mommy and daddy pay for an attorney, bail them out, maintain their allowance are more likely to get themselves arrested. For someone like me, an arrest can prove to be a tough thing. So the fact that those being arrested are generally those who are living a good life is no surprise. They have nothing better to do. My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rushmc 23 #113 November 3, 2011 And here is (as Paul Harvey used to say) The Rest of The Story QuoteACORN Officials Scramble, Firing Workers and Shredding Documents, After Exposed as Players Behind Occupy Wall Street Protests http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/11/03/acorn-officials-scramble-firing-workers-and-shredding-documents-after-exposed/ Quote“It was pretty funny. Jonathan told staff they don’t pay for protesters, but the people in the meeting who work there objected and said, ‘Wait, you pay us to go to the protests every day?’ Then Jonathan said ‘No, but that’s your job,’ and staffers were like, ‘Yeah, our job is to protest,’ and Westin said, ‘No your job is to fight for economic and social justice. We just send you to protest.’ “Staff said, ‘Yes, you pay us to carry signs.’ Then Jonathan says, ‘That’s your job.’ It went on like that back and forth for a while.” During the meetings, NYCC Deputy Director Greg Basta provided Westin with the copied photos of Fox News reporters to hand out to staff members, the source said. Basta told staffers they might be asked about the article when out in communities working on campaigns or when calling people by phone, the source said. “They told us if people bring up the article, we’re supposed to say the source and all the stuff in there came from a disgruntled ex-employee who’s not working with us anymore.” NYCC is also monitoring its staff’s behavior, cracking down on phone use and socialization. Officials have ordered all papers -- even scraps -- to be shredded every night, the source said. “And all the supplies—everything around the office that said ‘ACORN’ -- is now all in storage until this blows over,” the source said. “People literally have to cover up the cameras on the back of their cellphones in the office.” "America will never be destroyed from the outside, if we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." Abraham Lincoln Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
