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Occupy Wall Street No Joke

mallory Respected Neighbor USA 3461 Posts	In a perfect worls, all this would just be a bad movie plot. But here in the real world, the message these people are attempting to get across to our politico forces is obvious. Yes, there are loonies and flakes trying to utilize this as some hook or even drail it's points perhaps. But just as the tea party finally got organized and grew, this will too. If there wasn't this massive corporate exodus flushing millions of jobs and stuffing billions in their pockets while our congresses and presidents hand them golden rewards for screwing the nation over, this wouldn't even be an issue and we all know it. This is about corporate welfare and nothing else. Otherwise all we would have here is just that bad film idea. Amongst these people are real Americans hurting and feeling completely left out by our leaders and *job creators. Millions with no hope to save their homes or keep wheels to even find the least of employment. Forget about the scammers and lazy dolts who are just there to yelp about a cause. Look at those who are there for the right reasons just as the tea partiers. Lets not forget also, that once was a time when our elected leaders called for Americans to stand up and take back? Yup, they were for it before they were against it. Just now, they don't like the message and just might be fearing that the 90% ers are fed up with their brand of leadership, and they have 12 months to get a new plan or they might be unemployed too.. Good for you! There are mistakes and there are hooligans and such but the overwhelming majority are there for the right cause. If we don't change things the top 400 families will own everything. As for disruptive people, remember the Cons in Wisconsin plotted about how to plant some hooligans in the protest crowd to make them look bad. It might be happening. October 19th 2011 Report Reply

republican Respected Neighbor Muscatine, IA 749 Posts	The most scary part about the Wall Streeters vs. Tea Party is that both sides, while being correct are also wrong. Even on this blog, put down statements always come first then eventually there may be some discussion of the issue. How many times has it been said; If you don't like it move, or you are so dumb, stupid etc., you can't spell, you can't write, or just simply prove it; Never addressing the issue. The wall streeters aren't stupid, they are educated, and angry, want to work hard, and be a part of the community. They know they are being froze out, and they don'tlike it. Tea party members are hungry for money, and want change to a stupid self destruct degree. Both have their issues, both won't go away, and we MUST settle the issue. I don't feel either the REP's or Dem's is the place where it will be settled. Too many "Liberals" and "Conservatives" neither will compromise. Depending where you are looking from, the other party is wrong, extreme, etc. inflamitory, yes, helpful, no. Regardless, it must be settled, or the "American Way" will be destroyed. October 19th 2011 Report Reply
hiroad Respected Neighbor The Hilltop 5055 Posts	"Occupy" Figure Is Wanted Man In Bizarre, Oily Case Wall Street protester skipped town on Indiana criminal raps OCTOBER 19--A well-known “Occupy Wall Street” protester who was arrested last Friday for kneeling down in prayer and blocking traffic in lower Manhattan is wanted in Indiana for failing to appear in court in connection with criminal charges filed after cops found him naked, intoxicated, and covered in olive oil in a public park. The bizarre nature of the charges against Michael Donte Booth, 27, were the subject of a previous TSG story after police discovered him sunbathing in the altogether in a Mishawaka park on May 24. Cops found Booth laying face up on a blanket “with his entire genitals showing.” Nearby, officers found the book “Gay Power,” a “Kroger bottle of extra virgin olive oil,” two cans of Miller beer, and Marlboro cigarettes, according to an arrest report. Officers noted that Booth (pictured at left) was acting strangely and “kept smiling wide eyed at officers.” At one point, he told cops, “I’m from New York. Can’t I do this here?” He added, “I’m a Republican and the cigarettes pay your taxes.” In response to Booth’s nonsensical observations, officers “quickly detained him in cuffs" and used "the blanket for cover inside a police mechanical.” Booth was charged with public indecency, public intoxication, and lying to cops about his identity (he initially claimed to be “Micheal Sampson”). While due in a St. Joseph’s County court on June 15 for a hearing on the misdemeanor counts, Booth did not show up. As a result, a judge issued a bench warrant for Booth’s failure to appear. The warrant remains outstanding, according to a court clerk. Booth was one of 14 "Occupy Wall Street" protesters arrested Friday morning by the NYPD for obstructing traffic on lower Broadway, blocks from the group’s Zuccotti Park encampment. Booth has been dubbed “The Praying Man" on blogs and YouTube due to his kneeling down in the streets with his hands clasped and his eyes closed. Before his arrest, Booth received a warning from cops, who subsequently placed him in plastic handcuffs (as dozens of onlookers and press photographers recorded the collar). He is due in Manhattan Criminal Court on April 1 October 20th 2011 Report Reply
hiroad Respected Neighbor The Hilltop 5055 Posts	Two weeks ago, I responded to the Mainstream Media's labeling of the Occupy Wall Street protests the Left-Wing version of the Tea Party. Apparently the reasons given to prove that comparison false were too vague for the media to understand because they continue to make that comparison. So to be helpful to the people in the "fourth estate," I have created sort of a "difference between the Occupy Wall Street Protests, and the Tea Party Movement' for idiots and the Mainstream Media ( I guess that is redundant). It follows below: There was never a turd left on a Police Car during a Tea Party but there was during an Occupy Wall Street protest. Occupy Wall Street Protesters also defaced this Police Car: After Tea Party Rallies many people commented about how the protesters left the area cleaner than how they found it. This is what Occupy Wall Street looks like: No one at a Tea Party Rally ever defaced the Stars and Stripes, the same can't be said of the Occupy Wall Street movement. Tea Party protesters never sent an email to politicians suggesting that it was time to kill any group of Americans, but the Occupy Wall Street protests did. Tea Party Protesters never made Anti-Semitic statements that Jews Control the media and Wall Street, Occupy Wall Street Has. Note to the Mainstream Media: Please do not confuse Occupy Wall Street with Media Matters For America who have made similar Anti-Semitic statements. Occupy Wall Street Also has an Anti-Israel component, something that was never seen at the Tea Party protests. Sadly no one in the Tea Party movement has ever been paid to attend a rally. But Some of the Occupy people get paid. Note: I have also never gotten money from the Koch Brothers per the claim by the Daily Kos types, maybe they don't have my correct email. The Tea Party Movement Doesn't have the Support of this guy, (but shhhhh we don't want it). And finally, when the Tea Party started it had no support from any party, Democrat or Republican. In fact the GOP establishment is still not comfortable with the Tea Party. Occupy Wall Street was immediately embraced by the Democratic Party Leadership, such as Nancy Pelosi and even President Obama. In the end the difference between Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party is very similar to the difference between the President and his progressive supporters and Conservative Americans. Just like Occupy Wall Street, the progressives believe that American Institutions need to be defaced and torn down, maybe the progressives don't attack police cars, but they attack our freedoms. Conservatives believe that tapping the drive of the American people is the best way to clean up our problems. For example they believe that the best way to clean up the economy is to make it easier for Americans to run their own businesses. On they other hand, both the progressives and the Occupy Wall Street Protesters believe that it is Government's Job to clean up their mess. Conservatives and the Tea Party both believe in American exceptionalism, we would never travel the world apologizing for America the way President Obama did, and we would never deface representations of that exceptionalism such as "Old Glory" the way the Occupy Wall Street movement did. Antisemitism is big in the Occupy Wall Street Protests, just as it was during the progressive Anti-War Protests during the Bush Administration and progressive Media Matters ever since. I have been to only a few Tea Party protests, have even worn a yarmulke and was never confronted with hatred against Jews or any other minority. The Occupy Wall Street Movement also has anti-Israel elements, no surprise as the President who has embraced them is the most anti-Israel President we have ever had. It is also interesting that leading Democrats have embraced the Occupy Wall Street protests. The Tea Party Movement's loyalty is to the American constitution and fiscal responsibility. While some of the hundreds of Tea Party groups across the country have endorsed candidates the deciding factor was not whether they were the party of the elephant or the mule, it is the candidate's support of the movement's agenda; returning the government to the Constitution and the freedoms which it guarantees, and to restore our "federal bank account to solvency. We do not hate individuals who are rich or poor, we simply hate government policy which erodes the greatness of this one-of-a kind republic. Which is something the mainstream media is either too biased or too dense to understand. http://yidwithlid.blogspot.com/2011/10/occupy-wall-street-vs-tea-party-for.html October 20th 2011 Report Reply