What Is Your Opinion On The Occupy Wallstreet Protests And Would You Join Us?

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  1. Paris

    Paris Well-Known Member

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    iTOUGH ... lol
     
  2. kk8

    kk8 New Member Past Donor

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    Of course more mindless drival...but, I'll play.

    You said this...

    I would like you to prove that please. Then I will be glad to support my findings that this "occupy" BS protests are not grass roots, but instead "organized" by very very rich people. Funny, that this really is all your president ever did before coming to office, isn't? But, of course there is no coincidence there either, is there?

    All I can say is that if these are the types of people that you want representing you, than all I can say is...I feel sorry for you.

    You will win BIG TIME in the upcoming elections. These people DO NOT represent the 99% of people in this country, and they absolutely never will.
     
  3. Sonofodin

    Sonofodin New Member

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    You're a monster if you watched that video and thought they deserved being maced.

    If you were truly for liberty or freedom, you would be against brutality in all cases, even ones in which you disagree with the abused.
     
  4. Irishman

    Irishman Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Guise? What fantasy are you living in? They were blocking the Brooklyn Bridge.Period. End of discussion. More than 700 people should have been arrested because that is unacceptable.

    You sheep are all the same. Screaming, disturbing the peace and spitting (which is illegal, BTW) at the police and you want to cry brutality?! LOL! What a load of horse crap your posts are. You need to come back to reality.

    I think you need to take your own advice.

    Oh "little," "defenseless"... booohoooohooooo waaaaaahhhhhhhhh. Save the drama for Hollywood.

    Maybe those nasty (*)(*)(*)(*)(*)es should have listened to what they police said and they wouldn't have eaten the mace. Oh well, too bad.
     
  5. Irishman

    Irishman Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Maybe they should have watched some Tea Party rallies and learned how to be respectful and obey the laws before they showed up. Huh?
     
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    CanadianEye Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    They have high tuition costs. The colleges set the price. The banks loan them the money to pay those colleges. They protest the lender, simply because they don't want to pay. No other reason. No grand cause. No righteous indignation.

    Otherwise, they would go to the source of setting the tuition costs. That however would not get them the default of what they borrowed and what they owe.

    This is why they admit they don't even have a clear message. A clear message exposes their genuine motive, which is not to pay for what they borrowed.

    Similarly, this is why they are not at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. They do not want to attack the POTUS who supports no budgets, no fiscal restraint and redistribute the wealth despite the destruction it brings to a nation.

    Lying, irresponsible parasites. The Left.
     
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    (*)(*)(*)(*)ing quit your crying , should have never voted for bush:bored:
     
  8. way2convey

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    Correct. It's the same reason the unions are involved. They borrowed against their members pension funds and when the market went to sh*t they lost their shirts and their members pensions. So, now they want the banks to reimburse them for their losses. They simple want to point the finger at the banks and distract their members from the reality they've been shafted.
     
  9. Crafty

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    I agree with the idea of whats being protested, banks and large corporations having immense power in this country. But I do not agree with how these protesters are going about it. They are focusing on the wrong side of the equation. It is the government, BOTH SIDES of the aisle, that has given these entities special treatment and the ability to game the system.

    Many of the protesters seem to think that the government can fix this problem, but its one of its own making. What we need is a small limited government without the ability to give these banks and corporations advantages over their competition, as well as an end to the federal reserve which helps enrich the banks considerably.

    Redistributing wealth does not fix the problem as the systemic issues still exist and those big companies and banks will still use the government as a tool to get what they want. If you take that away you give the average citizen the ability to achieve if they strive for it. We don't need equality of outcomes, we just need a marketplace that isn't setup to protect the wealthiest, and government is the one who has done it. Sure the rich offered them money, but the politicians didn't have to take it and didn't have to give them preferential treatment.

    Don't blame big corporations, blame big government. It has all the power, until it sells it. Trying to make the government less corrupt can only be done by limiting its power. Those who advocate more government intervention and power over the economy, encourage exactly what these protesters are against.
     
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    Phoebe Bump New Member

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    Rich people aren't endangered. The middle class most definitely is.
     
  11. Bluesguy

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    The leftist non-productive are ruining this country because they believe they are entitled to the labor and success of others so that they do not have to take responsibility for themselves demanding that someone else pay for their bills.
     
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    They represent the 10% who are freeloaders and believe they are entitled to other peoples labor.
     
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    kk8 New Member Past Donor

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    What a crock......

    Now answer the question.

    And add this one.

    "Will the middle class be better off when there are no more rich people?"
     
  14. NYCWarrior

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    I work on Wall St, and have been walking by these protesters for a while now. The one thing I can tell you, is that this is not a knowledgeable group of individuals, and they are spouting rhetoric, like puppets, and do not even know who is pulling their strings.

    I have not seen this many brainwashed people in my life, its very disconcerting. They don't know what they are mad at, don't know who they are mad at, and don't know why they are mad. They want change, but i can not figure out what change they want. They are mad at rich people for some reason, for not paying their fair share, but will not tell anyone, what is their fair share. They apparently want more regulations in banking, but I asked a few of them, what regulations they would like to see, and they had no idea.

    This movement has no clear message, it is just angry white kids (99% of the people I am seeing there are white) who don't want to pay their student loans, and are mad at something, but they can not tell you what.

    These people are sheep to the highest extent, who have no original thought, and are yelling things, when someone tells them to yell something, and have no idea what they are yelling. There is no free expression here, if you have a different of opinion, you will not be heard, you must follow what the mob says.

    What is sad that everything they appear to want, money to buy a house, healthcare etc. they can have. You just have to go out and work for it, nothing is stopping them from getting anything they want, apparently they think they are owed these things, and no longer have to work for them.

    There is a party atmosphere, the kids seem to be meeting up and having fun, more than they actually care what they are there for.

    I say this as an independent that has voted for both parties, and have my differences with both parties political leadership. I am probably more liberal than I am conservative, and I say this movement is clearly staged and are using these young impressional kids as pawns in their agenda.

    BTW you are not the 99% the sign I keep seeing, the 99% are out there working hard trying to feed their families and pay their bills. Not blocking hard working people, like myself from getting to work.
     
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    LOL..... LOL No Thanks!!! I think I'll support those representatives that have looked at the economics of paying people to stay poor. Maybe Soros will pay for hotel rooms for you all when the cold winter sets in. We conservatives will make our change at the voting booths in 2012, it is time everyone contribute towards our economical issues
     
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    Same right here on this board. On the second thread after the first hit the 500 limit and still not one person will give a straight answer. They won't even state if the believe Obama when he says it.
     
  17. NYCWarrior

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    On my way out of work, walking down Broadway, I see a group of protectors, all I can smell is the weed. This is a social gathering and not a movement. I am fine with that, just please let me get to and from work, and smoke all the weed you want.
     
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    Them, and the world. The sooner the better, and thanx to all those dirty F'n hippies, it looks like it will finally be the sooner better!
     
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    Whatever Commie, not before I break a few heads first.
     
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    So, leftists want to end the corrupt government/corporate collusion by giving them more power? They simply shut down the competition and bail themselves out. This is no free market in America. 6 big banks control the creation of money in this nation and bailed out the Wall St that you are protesting. The Federal Reserve IS Wall St. Wall St. monopolies gain their power through the federal government. So, where is your knight in shining armor? Obama was not that guy, he was paid for by Wall St, specifically the banks who have monopolized the money of this nation.

    Now, take a long hard look at this cartoon from the early 20th century and consider the implications.

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  21. GiveUsLibertyin2012

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    Would I join you?HAHAHA,yeah,ill just quit my job and go smoke dope,crap on police cars,not bath for a week,and dance around wearing a Che shirt like a hippie Marxist moron.
    No thanks
     
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    You don't wish to step up in life?
     
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    I would have more sympathy for this movement if they were saying, "the public does not owe the bankers' fraudulent derivative debt."

    Instead, it seems many of them think that a non-existent free market is the problem and they want more socialism..controlled by the controllers and only beneficial to the 1%. Oh the 99% will definitely ask for more of the goodies, but in the end, the money will win and the corpovernment will have more control over the slaves.
     
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