I think the protest is laughable. Someone needs to show these kids the Dream movement so they get off the street and actually join a political movement that could change the country. Again I just think it's absurd that any other host of protests will get coverage but not these Occupy Wall St protests. They're nationwide now, there's an Atlanta chapter camping out somewhere downtown.
Food for thought..... Maybe we need more drunks and crooks in Congress? Hey isn't the general population a bunch of drunks and crooks to some degree? LOL :rofl:
something I've noticed about going to protests with a full pack of smokes, you'll have ten bums and a fucking thief every time.
Written by LZ Granderson (CNN) -- Whenever I visit Washington, I can't help but think this is the town that elected a crackhead as its mayor. I know, I know it's not PC to say, but just because it's insensitive doesn't mean it isn't true. But think about this: There is footage of Marion Barry in a room of crack smoke saying, "Bitch set me up." And yet that image, that video did not disqualify him from being seen as a viable political option in the mind of voters. In fact, not only was he re-elected mayor after serving time in a federal prison, today he sits on the City Council, all because he managed to convince enough black people that the video of him with the crack pipe in his mouth was white people's fault. When analyzing what is wrong with our government, allow me to present this example as Exhibit A. Exhibit B would be Newt Gingrich, who cheated on two wives and is the only speaker of the House to have been disciplined for ethics violations. And yet somehow he is running for president of the United States as a religious conservative and managed to get 8% of the votes during last week's straw poll in Florida. Are you freaking kidding me? The fact that he is even on camera discussing the country's sense of morality during the GOP debates should be offensive to any thinking person regardless of party affiliation. And yet someone, right now, is thinking about sending his campaign a check. How to fix a broken government David Frum: Why is government so broken? And who can forget Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, who last year, in trying to push a controversial immigration law, said law enforcement officials found headless bodies in the desert, the work of a Mexican cartel. But she was forced to admit that wasn't true, that she had "misspoke." What she didn't speak about was her close ties to the private prisons that were set to profit because of the new law. Ties like her campaign manager and her spokesman being former lobbyists for private prison companies. And despite the obvious conflict of interest, she won easily, saying on election Tuesday, "Tonight, the people have redeemed and renewed America." Nice work, people. I could go on but I think you see what I'm getting at: The biggest reason government is broken is because of voters. Let's face it. A lot of us are just plain stupid. Or at the very least lazy. We want our candidates to use easy-to-digest buzz words such as "family values" or "clean energy" so we don't have to actually invest too much time thinking. We can just slip our brains into auto-pilot and cruise on into November. Do I believe our politicians need to be perfect? No. But damn, you would think people would draw the line at crack. Or blatant hypocrisy. Or just making stuff up as a candidate goes along. Each time Rep. Michele Bachmann insinuates falsehoods into her arguments, as she did earlier this month on the "Today Show" by suggesting HPV vaccinations cause mental retardation, I think: A group of people on auto-pilot in Minnesota did this to us. When you know important debates are influenced by people who don't like being bothered with facts, you question just how many of the country's problems over the years have been caused by people who should not have been involved in the process in the first place. But they are because of us. So can we genuinely complain about government without accepting a lot of the blame? I don't think so. After all, they didn't elect themselves. So if we want government to work, we have to be smarter about our choices. It's one thing to have a population with a variety of political sensibilities; it's another to be a country full of idiots. Too many times we vote and consequently govern like the latter. We have to move away from easy-to-repeat campaign slogans and promises of easy solutions, because we're a country with more than 300 million people, a complicated racial and religious history and the world's largest GDP. There are no easy solutions. So if you're the kind of person who likes to say "I don't follow politics," let me remind you that no one lives in a vacuum and that sentiment epitomizes what is wrong with our government. I don't blame Sarah Palin for thinking she can still toss her hat in the ring. I blame us voters for creating an environment in which a Palin or a Gingrich or even a reality TV star like Donald Trump can feel as if they can run and even be taken seriously. Last week I was bombarded with e-mails from readers who said Social Security should be protected because they paid into it, but they didn't care about Medicaid or Medicare because the government pays for those. And in 13 months some of these people will be voting for president. You want to know what's wrong with government? I just presented you with Exhibit C.
[youtube]Zgr3DiqWYCI[/youtube] This really makes my blood boil. This is worse than the UK's response to rioters, I'd put it up with the abuse at the hands of the Syrians. Looks like mainstream media is at least picking the story up now.
5:52 makes a good point. I'm sure we all remember Matt Murdock and the police officer that was given a slap on the wrist. Horse. Shit.
Did a search on infowars.com about this and followed a few links. Apparently this is the cop who maced that woman http://pastebin.com/nC4f5uca
I blame all this mess on the likes of people who have a Liberal Arts Degree in Women's studies. Does that not in itself legitimize the idea of having a degree in Underwater Basket Weaving?
Dang, US Marine Corps coming to show their support now. "“I’m heading up there tonight in my dress blues. So far, 15 of my fellow marine buddies are meeting me there, also in Uniform. I want to send the following message to Wall St and Congress:I didn’t fight for Wall St. I fought for America. Now it’s Congress’ turn." http://www.addictinginfo.org/2011/1...-coming-to-protect-protesters-on-wall-street/ I like how these hippie protesters are now giving initiative to uniformed workers to come and protest. Nobody listens to hippie types in the street, images of police brutality against veterans, against airline pilots in uniform, and NYC public transit employees in uniform, thats where the change will come from.
Now we are talking a little more impact.....maybe it'll catch on. A lot has to change.....have you guys kept up with Agenda 21 and Sustainable Development?
I havent heard much of it in recent years, I just know that the US will oppose any global UN programs that threaten to govern our sovereignty.
I find it hilarious they took the "A reading of the communist manifesto" off the calendar of events after people started questioning what the movement really was.
It's a good read, not an ideal system of government but it's better to be educated on other political and economic systems and know that they're wrong than to just assume that what we have works. See also the works of Locke, Hobbes, Kant, Rand to a degree.
But the 99% have a dope whip, super fly clothes... and make shitty personal, financial and career choices. So the 1% should subsidize this? While there are legitimate reasons for social props, there are private institutions to help and cope with these issues that exist today. But alas with each new generation, the needs and wants of a cradle to grave nanny state become ever more popular.
these statistics are good to get out there. Of course the source spin is laughable, but this should stand up and SCREAM OUT something to even the most hardened liberal, anti rich mind. HelOOOOOOO~? Does someone think thats actually by mistake? That planning in your life to not bear personal debt excessively has nothing to do with connecting yourself to personal wealth?