tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7086136476855589174.post7938528864444460899..comments2024-03-27T02:15:30.590-07:00Comments on AS IT STANDS: As It Stands– ‘American Uprising’ – an ongoing demonstration for equalityImBlogCrazyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06114155503257613636noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7086136476855589174.post-89465703117683110362011-10-12T12:02:04.370-07:002011-10-12T12:02:04.370-07:00Well said, Skippy!Well said, Skippy!old school friendnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7086136476855589174.post-24598280481281588382011-10-11T01:00:59.345-07:002011-10-11T01:00:59.345-07:00Take a close look at the pictures. What do you se...Take a close look at the pictures. What do you see? Young kids, middle aged people, clean cut folks, a WWII vet, and others. <br /><br />Do you see scoundrels? Dupes? Pathetic peeps lazing around without jobs and having lost their grip? No. They're all participating in democracy, and, I might add, doing so civilly and peacefully. This movement wasn't manipulated any more than the Tea Party was birthed by the Koch Brothers. This movement has $25,000 in their 'treasury'; they just spent $2,000 of that for sleeping bags. Now, what does that tell you about the movement and it's funding? That it's an evil, diabolical plot orchestrated by a sinister cabal to dupe others? Is that really the most logical conclusion here? No.<br /><br />I suspect this movement will dissipate over time for different reasons, or, it could grow as the economy worsens. If that happens to any large extent, The OWS demonstrators at some point will be cleared out, tear-gassed, and clubbed into relinquishing their liberated territory-- as was the case with the Bonus Army of veterans occupying Washington in 1932.<br /><br />The economic depression that started in 1929 awakened protest movements as this current 'New Depression' sparked the occupation of Wall Street. Even if this protest disspipates or is repressed, this great endeavor represents the aspirations and interests of the other 99 percent who've taken a huge stride forward.<br /><br />With labor unions, students, workers, the unemployed, the elderly, mortgage holders, and veterans working together to confront the centers of ill-gotten wealth and power that have run amok on Wall Street, the wider movement representing the other 99% is destined to grow. They're pointing the way.skippynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7086136476855589174.post-27402804240044088712011-10-09T21:47:56.163-07:002011-10-09T21:47:56.163-07:00Let's see...what was it someone once said...oh...Let's see...what was it someone once said...oh, yes...about dividing and conquering?Crosby Kenyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02518264859721428889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7086136476855589174.post-59837742732547301372011-10-09T15:57:47.582-07:002011-10-09T15:57:47.582-07:00These frauds at #OccupyWallStreet are nor - I repe...These frauds at #OccupyWallStreet are nor - I repeat NOT - at all comparable to Neda, who was shot down in the street for protesting. These pathetic dupes do not have to face down tanks. They are in no danger, as their actions are being fomented by the activist in chief.<br /><br />All they really need to do is get a grip, get a job (Yes, vote in someone who will actually allow that to happen), and become responsible citizens - LIKE YOU, Dave, LIKE YOU, Ernie.<br /><br />Oh, my God, I cannot believe you guys are falling for this. Do you not comprehend the man behind this has moved into the top 10 richest? Do you not see the HUGE corporate donations to Obama? Are you blind?<br /><br />(Ironic captcha word, patsu)Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14023852057418281003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7086136476855589174.post-20851746763847094092011-10-09T15:53:53.558-07:002011-10-09T15:53:53.558-07:00Frankly, Dave, if my kids were in that crowd, I wo...Frankly, Dave, if my kids were in that crowd, I would be embarrassed. If my kids were planning to default on their student loans, I would consider that I had failed them as a parent, as their lack of basic morality would be in question.<br /><br />So you're ok with students defaulting on their student loans - and undoubtedly also on adults defaulting on their mortgages, part and parcel to this phony "protest" - ok, cool. I'm all for it, let's zerobase all debt, wipe the slate clean. If I was you, I'd go but down a coupla bucks on a mansion, because if these freaks get their way, you'll get to keep the mansion free and clear. Why wait!!!<br /><br />But - wait, there's more: <a href="http://legalinsurrection.com/2011/10/occupyfraud/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+LegalInsurrection+%28Le%C2%B7gal+In%C2%B7sur%C2%B7rec%C2%B7tion%29" rel="nofollow">#OccupyFraud</a>Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14023852057418281003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7086136476855589174.post-68760911897935230832011-10-09T14:08:29.340-07:002011-10-09T14:08:29.340-07:00Rose...Rose...Rose
It's about more than the s...Rose...Rose...Rose<br /><br />It's about more than the students (who you seem to have a real problem with).<br />It's about numerous issues.<br />By selecting one thing (students) and writing the rest of what's happening off is very narrow-minded.<br />You're smarter than that Rose. You know it's about corporate greed and corrupt corporate political parties ruining this country.<br />Marginalizing what The Majority of Americans are protesting about is an elitist and extreme right-wing reaction.<br />What are you afraid of Rose?ImBlogCrazyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06114155503257613636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7086136476855589174.post-52636485101282518502011-10-09T13:16:38.248-07:002011-10-09T13:16:38.248-07:00This is hilarious. Last month they were "prot...This is hilarious. Last month they were "protesting' demanding higher pay for teachers in Wisconsin. Now they're "protesting' demanding that teachers don't get paid at all - encouraging students to renege on their student loans, to not pay for the education those teachers provided in exchange for that money they owe.<br /><br />The end result? What do you think it might be? Maybe now, students will have to pay up front in order to protect against this abitrary and willful theft.<br /><br />Why are you such sheep?Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14023852057418281003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7086136476855589174.post-30544343417947482142011-10-09T11:11:32.077-07:002011-10-09T11:11:32.077-07:00Thank you for your fine article, Dave. I apprecia...Thank you for your fine article, Dave. I appreciated your insight and light placed on the subject-- and hope the awareness grows.<br /><br />The New York protests are entering their fourth week. We saw the size of the crowd grow to as many as 5,000 folks last Wednesday.<br /><br />These numbers, however, still pale to the 50,000 or 60,000 protesters gathering at the IMF and World Bank a decade ago. Or, the 250,000 people marching against the Iraq war in 2003. Or the New York demonstration against the Bush administration at the 2004 Republican Convention that organizers claim drew 500,000.<br /><br />Will <i>Occupy Wall Street</i> spread with mainstream America buying in? Will the coming bone chilling weather dampen spirits? Will the message be co-opted, spun, or simply ignored by doing business as usual?<br /><br />We'll see what's in store between Main Street and Wall Street, the Haves and the Have-nots. Everyday folks out there ARE hurting in this economy.<br /><br />As one protester opined, "I lost my job... but found an occupation."skippynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7086136476855589174.post-1134718217246386072011-10-09T11:10:37.000-07:002011-10-09T11:10:37.000-07:00Great article Dave.
I can't wait for this &qu...Great article Dave.<br /><br />I can't wait for this "movement" to become cohesive and focused, to see what it is to become.Ernie Branscombhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06391160783604462511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7086136476855589174.post-11811384337366393012011-10-09T11:01:38.760-07:002011-10-09T11:01:38.760-07:00Thank goodness, our revolution has begun. Long liv...Thank goodness, our revolution has begun. Long live the 99@ ers'Carl Hand-uphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03669351877972529166noreply@blogger.com