Occupy Wall Street

[Clip-Clop]

Originally Posted by Riot

Funny. Alot of the protesters being interviewed have jobs, but have taken time off to attend the protests.

I guess making uneducated blanket assumptions about them is easier than paying attention.

Yes, still in the, " ... then they ridicule you ... " stage.

Attending protests is not the same thing as "occupying" in a park and being a general nuisance. I am all for protests especially this version of the government, but taking over a park in the middle of the city is a different story. Our local campers were dispersed last night, glad to see it. They have from 5am until 11pm to peacefully protest to their hearts content and I say good for them.

Dismiss the educated protestors because you see one or two youtube clips of the dumb ones the msm seeks out for interviews.

Of course it's to be expected that most Americans would be dismissive of the protestors. We've been conditioned to obey and heaven forbid we focus on real issues instead of A-Rod or Tim Tebow.

Get back to the important s.hit, lemmings!! Hero worship and fast food has made you mildly retarded.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Riot

Showing that the protesters discuss and hold up signs about Glass-Stegall is alot more proof that they are aware of it, than you saying that less than 5% of protesters don't know anything about it just because you say so

If you would bother to watch some of the videos about these guys, it's clear that they know what they are talking about reference what has destroyed our economy.

And you merely saying, "No, they don't!" , isn't any accurate commentary about "what they know" at all

Yeah the guy talking is the 5%. The 50 or so people milling around wondering what the hell he is talking about are the other 95%. I say so because I bet 99% of Americans have no idea what it is. I was giving the minority that does some credit for showing up.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Riot

Well, it's "the taxpayers" that are protesting, as is their civil right under the Constitution and laws of this land, so how is that a problem?

It is a problem because the cities are already broke. If you complain about services being cut then directly lead to more being cut because of your own actions then well then there you have it. Personal responsibility remember?

[Clip-Clop]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Yeah the guy talking is the 5%. The 50 or so people milling around wondering what the hell he is talking about are the other 95%. I say so because I bet 99% of Americans have no idea what it is. I was giving the minority that does some credit for showing up.

My wife has 3 masters degrees (animal science, bio and an MBA), asked her last night if she had ever heard of it. "Nope"

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Antitrust32

i dont know whats going on in this neck of the woods regarding the OWS.

But saturday is 18 holes of Golf, some dressage crap, and football day for me.

There isn't anybody left to ocupy Ocala

[Riot]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

It is a problem because the cities are already broke. If you complain about services being cut then directly lead to more being cut because of your own actions then well then there you have it. Personal responsibility remember?

Then why are you ridiculing the people in the picture legally protesting a $5 billion dollar tax giveaway to millionaires on up in NY city?

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Riot

Really? You might try actually watching one of the multiple videos of the Boston Police readily available on the internet, going into a line of 30 to 70 year old Veterans for Peace standing still and holding flags, swinging their clubs, and throwing them to the ground, as they were standing there completely accepting and passive of their arrests. Or the mulitple videos of the kettling and abuse in NY on the Brooklyn Bridge, which has already resulted in some very expensive lawsuits being filed against the City, both for personal attacks and civil rights violations for entrapment.

You think that's "comedy". Guess that says more about you than those veterans and the NY protesters.

Yeah sure. The police are all brutalizing everyone.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Riot

Then why are you ridiculing the people in the picture legally protesting a $5 billion dollar tax giveaway to millionaires on up in NY city?

A 5 billion dollar tax giveaway from whom?

[Riot]

Originally Posted by Clip-Clop

My wife has 3 masters degrees (animal science, bio and an MBA), asked her last night if she had ever heard of it. "Nope"

I have a BS in Biology and Chemistry, a BS in Veterinary Science, and a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, and I've heard of it. "Yep".



I guess I'm missing your point Unless it's that your wife is in the minority of the 23% that "don't have an opinion"?

The conservative criticism of the Occupy Wall Street movement is that it is a "growing mob" (House majority leader Eric Cantor) of "shiftless protestors" (The Tea Party Express) engaged in "class warfare" (GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain) whose grievances - whatever they are - are far outside the political mainstream.

The polls don't back that up.

A new survey out from Time Magazine found that 54 percent of Americans have a favorable impression of the protests, while just 23 percent have a negative impression.

An NBC/Wall Street Journal survey, meanwhile, found that 37 percent of respondents "tend to support" the movement, while only 18 percent "tend to oppose" it.

The findings suggest that the right's portrait of the movement as a collection of lazy hippies who need to stop whining - to "take a shower and get a job" (Bill O'Reilly) - isn't resonating with most Americans.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_1...52-503544.html

[Riot]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

A 5 billion dollar tax giveaway from whom?

Guess those protesters know more than you do. Maybe they could teach you something.

[Danzig]

i completely agree that protesters have every right to be heard. i agree with much of the thinking going on that it's ridiculous that the taxpayers are bailing out companies who then pay scads of money to the brass-who were generally the cause of requiring the bailouts. if they were doing so good, and worth so much, you'd think they wouldn't have had to go begging. meanwhile, the commoners keep paying for stuff like that, while watching their jobs and standard of living go down the tubes.

that said, protests can't be allowed to spill into areas not meant for such gatherings, and certainly shouldn't cause damage-whether to shrubs or other city property. after all, taxpayers surely don't want to cost themselves money.

and i have to admit, i always view organized protests a bit cynically, having grown up near d.c., where they hire protesters by the hour and provide signage and catchy slogans.

i'd appreciate a 'taking back' of our govt-i think our pols have become beholden to a few groups, to corporations, to special interests, and don't pay enough attention to who pays all the bills.

Originally Posted by Clip-Clop

Attending protests is not the same thing as "occupying" in a park and being a general nuisance. I am all for protests especially this version of the government, but taking over a park in the middle of the city is a different story. Our local campers were dispersed last night, glad to see it. They have from 5am until 11pm to peacefully protest to their hearts content and I say good for them.

Again...sometimes you have to bend the rules when absolute fu.cking atrocities against mankind have occurred by our government with bank bailouts and multiple endless wars.

Goldman Sachs, Citibank, and JP Morgan cannot be held accountable for the clusterf.uck of 2008. Both parties in D.C. bent over and gave them immunity.

Our government took our tax money and bailed out foreign banks.

I could go on and on and on. I'm trying not to bi.tch you out but quite frankly it's bush league to talk politics and not have a basic understanding of what's going on.

And if you do know what's going on you're basically accepting it. Stop it.

[Riot]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Yeah sure. The police are all brutalizing everyone.

Don't deliberately misquote me. I didn't say that.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Riot

I have a BS in Biology and Chemistry, a BS in Veterinary Science, and a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, and I've heard of it. "Yep".



I guess I'm missing your point Unless it's that your wife is in the minority of the 23% that "don't have an opinion"?

All that education and you cant follow along? He was referring to Glass-Steagle. Virtually no one knows what that is. Hell there are polls taken that show 50% of americans cant identify their congressman or senator.

[Antitrust32]

Originally Posted by Riot

Geesh, you gonna relax at all? Sounds fun - what's the "dressage crap"?

I've got one horse call early, then I'll cruise back through Lexington to talk to the protesters & grab lunch, then back out to Keeneland for the afternoon.

Regional Championships at HITS. I have to present awards. Dressage is boring to me. I prefer racing, or at least some hunter/jumper events.

Keeneland will be great, have a good time.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Riot

Don't deliberately misquote me. I didn't say that.

There are literally thousand of cameras at these things. If there was police brutality we would be seeing it and hearing all about it. We aren't. If there is one thing that the media loves to do is show cops beating up people. This entire media coverup conspiracy is made up.

[Antitrust32]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

There isn't anybody left to ocupy Ocala

Occupy Marion County Jail?

Of course a large number of the protestors are clueless. Most of America is clueless.

If the majority had any clue then this thread wouldn't exist.

Jesustapdancingchrist with the semantics. I feel like I'm watching Anderson Cooper 360.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Antitrust32

Occupy Marion County Jail?

Occupy random meth labs run out of random abandoned horse farms. I heard about some of the farms foreclosed on this month. Some big name consignors that apparently didnt think to save some of that money they made.