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Occupy Movement - Your thoughts?
What are your thoughts on the occupy movement?
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Permalink Reply by Alan L Boles on -
A continuation of the class warfare, and hate that the President and his party has been spewing for years. Listening to Pelosi's speech's you can hear the hate for anyone or thing that does not support her party and unions. They have had a hidden agenda and it's far more then anti Republican.
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Permalink Reply by Helene on -
I am so tired of hearing about Occupy Wall Street! New York radio stations use it as their lead story all the time! Where were the media when we were marching by the 100's of thousands in Washington DC? No coverage to speak of! The epitomy of real peaceful demonstations - but according to the gov't controlled media, the Tea Party was dangerous and violent. Here you have real violence and disrespect for people and property and all you hear about is how wonderful it is that these demonstrators are expressing their freedom of speech and assembly. Where are their permits? Why are they allowed to roam freely throughout parts of the city, disturbing the peace, along the way? I thought we were done with 60's type demonstrations, but then again, I never thought this country would elect someone worse than Jimmy Carter! WE must do all we can to educate people and make them understand that Obama and his ilk are killing our Republic. And while the House is writing legislation trying to rectify some of the things done by Obama thus far, the democratic controlled senate is blocking it! We need to get that word out as well! Four more years of this type of government and we won't have a democratic republic - it will be replaced with a dictatorship!
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Permalink Reply by Tater Salad on -
What a bunch of loosers! Always wanting something for nothing. Suck it up!
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Permalink Reply by David DuBrucq on -
OWS: The Children of the Corn. It's the ususal suspects: The unusually pampered, the anarchists, ACORN, the uber-left hate America first bunch and the idealistic dimwits who fall for the propaganda. Oh, and lets not forget the "I'm entitled generation" either and the anti-semites in the bunch of which there seem to be plenty. Useful idiots for the Marxists among us. I genuinely fear for our republic if this crowd is it's future.
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Permalink Reply by Catherine on -
My OP Ed re; Wall Street protestors!
The Land of “Useless Idiots”
By Paxcat
In political jargon, the term useful idiot was used to describe Soviet sympathizers in Western countries. The implication is that though the people in question naïvely thought themselves an ally of the Soviet Union, they were actually held in contempt and were being cynically used. The term has been extended to other people perceived as propagandists for a cause they do not understand. (Wikipedia)
Useful Idiots could be counted on to be obedient to the cause even if they didn’t really understand what the cause was all about. Useful has morphed into “Useless” because not one Idiot can clearly articulate the cause or the message. What you are seeing in the OWS protests is the result of the first full generation of children raised by children. We need to pat ourselves on the back for “progressing” to the point that we have a generation of hedonistic spoiled brats. The idea of parent, although for practical purposes the term is still used in relation to the sperm and egg donors of children, has been redefined to mean a person who will attack anyone who criticizes little Birde of Prey or BOP, for short or Apple Maggot (pronounced Margot, stupid!) (formerly Bobby and Susie), who has replaced personal connection with indulgence, who is unable to even contemplate the unhappiness that little BOP or AM will express as adults since everything they want will not always be forthcoming, except by temper tantrum or demand! A parent used to mean the person who actually had control of the child, whose main job was to love, nurture and teach the child, in part by example, what was right and wrong, how people should treat each other, how to work hard and try over and over until one achieved his/her goal. A parent was to be followed by the children, in “their footsteps” in order to learn and to emulate what a parent is and does. Most previous “children” always idolized their parent(s) eventually by honoring their contributions to the people the “children” had become. I don’t believe this generation of OWS protestors even knows what “honor” means.
Sadly, that changed, and we have had the first set of parents who almost without exception have been following their children (when it’s convenient) and then complaining about how “stressed” they are. Well, anyone would be stressed if not totally tired trying to chase after a child who hasn’t a clue what direction to go in or what to do. It would be very much like chasing the ball in a pinball machine which never had an eject button. When these parents met with friends and were having what used to be called “adult talk,” they were all told by little Apple Maggot that she was ready to perform her rendition of Lady GAGA and that “adult talk” should just, well, “shut up!” Or the adults who had been invited to the barbeque were asked to watch endless attempts by BOP to dribble a soccer ball even though at the age of 4, the ball was nearly the same size as BOP, and he really had no idea what he was doing. But, for all that, he would get a big round of applause, a smiley face and probably some other piece of payoff so that his self-esteem remained in tact. And, they both learned right there that they were to be the center of attention by one and all!
I should interject here that “self-esteem’s” definition has also changed. What used to mean something only a person could give him or herself by trying and failing, trying and failing and then trying and succeeding now means even if you fail, it’s a high five to you because you tried! So, self- esteem should actually read self-ish! You did nothing and yet you still get a reward!
And, these OWSer’s are also being referred to as “educated.” In fact, many of the protestors interviewed will rattle off their curriculum vitae for our benefit. I actually believe the word “educated” now means “occupying a seat in a classroom in a school whether it was elementary or university” but that it does not mean being taught anything or actually learning anything of substance. So, of what need is there in a person who has occupied a seat in a class for 8, 12, 16 or more years who majors in some Environmental Studies Concentration in Humanities and the Environment or Anthropology with Cultural Resource Management Option or Biopsychology?
I mean what do these people do and where do they do it? Most of them can’t write very well,
( see their signs) which may be an indication of not being able to “think” very well either,( see their interviews.) Unfortunately, instead of being taught the facts of history, science and literature, they are the generation who was taught that whatever their “feelings” were about a subject was more important than the subject itself, and if the “group” shared their “feelings” which turned out to be different from one another, that then all the different “feelings” were correct, because nobody’s “self-esteem” should be damaged by the process.
These protestors are trying to pass off the current unemployment rates as the highest since the great depression. Well, first we didn’t keep unemployment rates during the great depression, so that comparison can hardly be made, but according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the late 70’s and early 80’s had much higher rates of unemployment than the current rates (as of 8/11). So, foisting on the ill-informed public that as a protestor, you can’t find a job because they are so few and far between is simply a lie. And, really, can you actually picture any of these “useless idiots” working at even McDonald’s? Besides, it’s easier to let your childish parents continue to indulge your every desire by paying for the newest Apple I phone, a laptop or tablet, putting gas in your cute, new, little Nissan or Minicooper, giving you cash so you can continue to go “clubbing” or whatever you do at night when you don’t have to get up for work and continuing to feed the coffers of Starbucks while you lay around feeling sorry for yourself but more likely just idle the hours away by texting! The “Useless Idiots” on Wall Street are still little pinballs bouncing from one side of the map to the other with not enough self-discipline to even know when to stop.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy (JFK), a former U.S. President, for those who’ve never heard of him stated famously, “Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.” Apparently, those words have never been uttered to the “useless idiot” generation, and for certain, the meaning of those words is entirely foreign. I have some news for you, you are not “special” and in fact your behaviors and general disregard for any other person or business in your current vicinity makes you “plebian” at best if not guilty of crimes against property and persons at the worst. Nor do you deserve anything. The world does not revolve around you even though you were led to believe that when the world stopped and worshipped your performances as a 2 or 6 year old, you actually know a lot less than you think you do because believe it or not, there actually is a “right” and “wrong” answer to most math questions, among others. You probably shouldn’t have borrowed so much money getting a “degree” which had little substance or merit to it simply because it sounded “intellectual,” and all your friends were doing it; in other words, you might want to check out the next time you buy something that you are getting what you think you are paying for!
We are now seeing what a group of “spoiled brats” or “selfish fools” actually looks like as grown-ups by which I mean only in years not in any other sense of the word, and it “ain’t pretty!” Can anyone imagine these people fighting the American Revolution, writing the Constitution, fighting at the Alamo or even being on a wagon train heading west? All I can say is WOW to the OWS!
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Permalink Reply by Clint Manuel on -
What frightens me most is that the so-called 'leaders' of the free world support THESE treasonist dissidents while ridiculing those that proposing 'original intent' in regards to Constitutional conservatism, fiscal responsibility and more indivual Liberty by getting government out of our lives.
The ideological division between these two camps of thought should serve as a clear dividing line for America's future. Those that have not been convinced on the failings of liberal-progressive-socialist-communist ideals will not be convinced, therefore, at this 11th hour and 59 minutes till, no more time should be wasted on trying to cure their mental illness. Rather, those that see and understand the wisdom in the writing of the Founding Documents and THEIR inspirations like Locke, Montesqieue and Blackstone should focus on consolidating with others of like mind, establishing threads of communication.
This isn't any sort of 'reactionary' response, but a long-thought out, common sense suggestion because:
1) The country is unrecoverably broke, with $60-$100 TRILLION in unfunded debt for all those alive today and we're on the threshold of losing World Reserve Currency status. No way out now.
2) The anti-American powers behind all of these myriad dissident groups are pushing for destruction of American sovereignty so they can take advantage of the 'crisis'.
3) The ideals and integrity, not only of those 'ambitious' and 'unprincipled' politicians, but much of the West in general has been too long removed from the historical tempest of moral, social and economic upheaval that is coming. We have lost our way.
4) The 'leaders' at local, state and federal levels cannot be counted on to protect our individual rights, liberty or safety and may even be the ones inflicting the damage in the near future.
Again, this is not a call to any more action than making contact (while able), associating (while legal) and sharing knowlege. It is simply a necessar move to avoid being left isolated and the victim of these mobs as they will certainly get worse over time, much like we've seen in Greece and Europe.
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Permalink Reply by Clint Manuel on
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These are just some of the 'Occupy' vids I have. They are pretty enlightening as far as what's coming.
Speaking with Occupy - just over 8 minutes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuFQuEwJ5xI&feature=related
Occupy On the Brooklyn Bridge-gettin out of hand:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhT10cwbWew&feature=related
Democrats Shamefully Supporting 'Occupy' Protestors that root for the fall of American Capitalism:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8UtYQ2zKmk
Occupy Oakland Shows the Difference between the Ideologies Obama Told Leno Were Alike:
http://news.yahoo.com/photos/police-arrest-75-protesters-at-oakland...
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Permalink Reply by Clint Manuel on
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"We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang
separately." --Benjamin Franklin, at the signing of the Declaration of
Independence, 1776
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Permalink Reply by Tater Salad on
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Don't be sucked into this one OWS. This Marine that was hit in the head.............he has a website and "He hates the Marine Corps" Here is proof.
http://weaselzippers.us/2011/10/28/iraq-war-veteran-injured-at-ows-...
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Permalink Reply by carol on -
The sheeple are the college kids,unemployed,old hippies and the homeless. The groups backing this are Acorn, Moveon.org,Communist party, Socialist party,SEIU, CAIR, and more. These are the one's we need to watch out for.
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Permalink Reply by Tater Salad on
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Barack Obama and the left wing liberal loons try and draw a parallel with The Tea Party and the Occupy Wall Street movements. As usual with this President, there seems to be a mis-calculation in his assessment. Mr. President, it kind of looks like the same mis-understanding on how you have run the economy into the ground.
http://floydreports.com/video-occupy-wall-street-vs-the-tea-party-y...
http://eye-on-the-world.blogspot.com/2011/10/occupy-madison-loses-p...
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