First Official Release from Occupy Wall Street

[88Mariner]

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if you're not mad you're not paying attention.

btw, i live for this shit.

I would have just said he had too much time on his hands.

btw. Would have to question how effective it is when the first time I heard of it was this thread and the first article I have seen about it in the news here was today.

well it wasn't 'real' news until a few hundred of them decided to storm the brooklyn bridge the other day and were consequently arrested for being menaces to society.

in all fairness to the occupywallstreet group, because i've been following what they've been doing for almost a month at this point, they made a decent attempt to rally leftist groups to their cause with some minor success (until the mass arrests, that is). but, on the other hand, you don't strike me as a person who stays up-to-the-minute with news across the planet (not that there's anything wrong with that) so maybe that's why you haven't heard of it? this group really did not make it beyond the blogosphere or any alternative media camps until basically the last week at the very earliest...and only in the past few days did they finally get coverage on major networks. i dunno what to say (or, i could say, "major news outlets refused to cover this group because they are owned by corporations who want the status quo and want to squash free speech ad nauseum")

[DIDI]

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^^^ None of what you could say would actually have much relevance. The fact is it didn't get out there . I very much pay attention to news across the world. What I don' t do is dribble on about it in music forums It's a bit of a waste of time when there are places you can discuss intelligently. Or, horror, actually DO things

[88Mariner]

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^^^ None of what you could say would actually have much relevance. The fact is it didn't get out there . I very much pay attention to news across the world. What I don' t do is dribble on about it in music forums It's a bit of a waste of time when there are places you can discuss intelligently. Or, horror, actually DO things

and yet...here you are....dribbling on about it in music forums. you know DIDI it's a bit of a waste of time when there are places you can lap up the talking points.

btw, i spent the day moving several dozen boxes into my new townhome. i hope you don't mind that I take a break from that?

[DIDI]

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No, you are.

My post

I would have just said he had too much time on his hands.

btw. Would have to question how effective it is when the first time I heard of it was this thread and the first article I have seen about it in the news here was today.

Your post

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They have taken our houses through an illegal foreclosure process, despite not having the original mortgage.


Civil foreclosure process bad. Eminent Domain good!


They have taken bailouts from taxpayers with impunity, and continue to give Executives exorbitant bonuses.


And who gave them bailouts? The government threw the money at them. But ignore the government.


They have perpetuated inequality and discrimination in the workplace based on age, the color of one's skin, sex, gender identity and sexual orientation.


yeah right. if your white or male, you're not as valuable. that's....that's what they're saying right? mancession much?


They have poisoned the food supply through negligence, and undermined the farming system through monopolization.


down with organic farming corporations. srsly.


They have profited off of the torture, confinement, and cruel treatment of countless nonhuman animals, and actively hide these practices.


They have continuously sought to strip employees of the right to negotiate for better pay and safer working conditions.


you want safer working conditions? here, you're being replaced by robots.


They have held students hostage with tens of thousands of dollars of debt on education, which is itself a human right.


they forced me to sign on that loan. and i can basically call anything a human right whenver i want. Ipods, for example, are a human right.


They have consistently outsourced labor and used that outsourcing as leverage to cut workers’ healthcare and pay.


what's wrong with cheap third world labor? why do you hate foreigners? that's why the rest of the world hates us.


They have influenced the courts to achieve the same rights as people, with none of the culpability or responsibility.


influenced the courts? babe, this was decided a looong ass time ago. No culpability or responsibility? Just look at all the suits filed against corporations, both frivolous and legitimate suits. brb, thinking no corporation has ever paid restitution or compensation ever. EVER.



They have spent millions of dollars on legal teams that look for ways to get them out of contracts in regards to health insurance.


and you can spend money trying to enforce the contracts, too. nothing wrong with that? why do you care anyways? you want government issued medical help.



They have sold our privacy as a commodity.


Again, posting this on facebook, myspace, apple, etc...


They have used the military and police force to prevent freedom of the press.


they also use police to prevent idiots stopping heavy traffic on the brooklyn bridge.


They have deliberately declined to recall faulty products endangering lives in pursuit of profit.


you mean like too-hot-to-drink mcdonalds coffee? the fuk? someone has never heard of strict product liability suits....


They determine economic policy, despite the catastrophic failures their policies have produced and continue to produce.


four more years! four more years!



They have donated large sums of money to politicians supposed to be regulating them.


we want more freedoms for the press...but less freedom of speech!!!


They continue to block alternate forms of energy to keep us dependent on oil.


maybe it's not profitable? go talk to your favorite energy huckster, t-boone-pickens.


They continue to block generic forms of medicine that could save people’s lives in order to protect investments that have already turned a substantive profit.


i don't know anything about money invested into R&D. fuck them for trying to recoup expenses. we don't need no pharmaceutical corporations! hemp cures all ills. (and windex, too).


They have purposely covered up oil spills, accidents, faulty bookkeeping, and inactive ingredients in pursuit of profit.


i'm pretty sure all the oil spills that happen...are reported on. accidents? hard to cover those up, too. faulty bookkeeping? talk to the IRS or the accountants (or are the accounting firms in on this too?). also, i've never ever heard, in the history of my internet use, ever seen anyone bitch about inactive ingredients. ever. so this is news to me.



They purposefully keep people misinformed and fearful through their control of the media.


so we can close down the NYT corporation?


They have accepted private contracts to murder prisoners even when presented with serious doubts about their guilt.


Hey, if Obama had murdered troy davis with a hellfire missile, i'm sure nobody would give a shiat.


They have perpetuated colonialism at home and abroad.


pure marxist bullshit (but blah blah they're not marxists blah blah!). third world countries have a right to poverty too. (poverty being a human right).


They have participated in the torture and murder of innocent civilians overseas.


so have goverments to an amazingly huge degree. brb, NOBODY CARES ABOUT GITMO ANYMORE! lololololooolol


They continue to create weapons of mass destruction in order to receive government contracts.


isn't it the reverse? don't you get a contract...to create something to satisfy the terms? no? huh? is anyone still reading this?

Just read the last question No!!

[clintlove]

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Patiently waiting for the country to split. Will be a much better place to live when the left and the right aren't constantly clashing.

I have consistently held a job since I was 14. Before that, I was mowing yards every moment I had the chance. You know why? Because my mother raised me to work for the things that I desire. When I was growing up, my single mother raised myself and my older brother and sister on less than 20,000k a year. She paid a house note, kept us fed, kept us clothed, kept us in school and college but never once sought any form of government assistance. We made it just fine because we all worked hard for the things we needed to survive.

Housing is not a human right.
Education is not a human right.
Driving a car is not a human right.
Having a cell phone is not a human right.
Having a TV is not a human right.
Food is not a human right.
Unnecessary personal property is most definitely not a human right.

These are all things my family and I have worked for our entire lives and will continue to work for the rest of our lives.

All these fucking pussies marching on wall street need to take a bit of advise and go home, clean up, find a job, and work for things they DESIRE. It's no one else's responsibility to give it to them not matter how much money that other person has.

If they can't do that for themselves, they will most definitely be on the other side of the country from where I'll choose to live.

[tiddles]

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this whole thing is hilarious

and still buy $12 NYC butts

whine whine whine give me handouts cry cry cry

[NID]

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Stewart Nails it again.

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-october-5-2011/parks-and-demonstration

[88Mariner]

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he nailed nothing. as per usual.


Kudlow, however, did nail it. "this is your typical green anti-capitalist anti-bank anti-wall street anti-american demonstration"

it's pretty funny, to me, that the only way stewart can concoct his own narrative is to string together random soundbytes in a way he can mock/attack them with his own beliefs. it's probably worse than building staw men to attack. probably.

[88Mariner]

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nothing to see here

[88Mariner]

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we're totally not marxists. promise.

[88Mariner]

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we are more informed than you ignorant redneck backwater blue collar workers

[88Mariner]

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is it any wonder they did not protest in DC where, uh, the real problems are? because protesting government is counter to their values.

[88Mariner]

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http://blogs.philadelphiaweekly.com/phillynow/2011/10/06/workers-world-party-occupy-philly-is-30-years-in-the-making/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=workers-world-party-occupy-philly-is-30-years-in-the-making

[88Mariner]

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what are we gonna do if they try to kill off ACLU, Inc.?

[floridaorange]

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