Occupy Wall Street... Screw That! Lets Occupy The Net!
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Bunker said:
but this is how democrats have been getting elected since the 60's. how do you think obama gete his money
Ha. It's how they ALL get elected. And every four years, you're stuck with the choice of voting for the lesser of the two evils or throwing your vote away to a third candidate. The whole damn system needs to be changed. Hell, I'm even gonna go a little bit Christian on you...
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Vapor is a member of the flea baggers, commonly now known as the flea party.
They need to take showers, quit trying to mooch marxist style, and stop being a flea brain.
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Those in US "poverty" would be among the richest in any real poor country.
This is the dumbest argument I have heard yet. I don't want to get into economics because 1) you would look like an EVEN MORE of an ass when I am done with you and 2) I just don't have the time.
This is the dumbest argument I have heard yet. I don't want to get into economics because 1) you would look like an EVEN MORE of an ass when I am done with you and 2) I just don't have the time.
Not to be insulting Kos but I've yet to read anything of yours that might lead me to think you had much knowledge of economics.
The "poor" here are a hell of a lot better off than the poor in actually poor countries.
No I don't have a great deal of pity for someone with cable TV a car and subsidised food medicine and shelter.
WSS
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I've yet to hear a coherent objective from any of these dickheads.
That's because you're not listening. You just see people with dreadlocks and think, "Oh, a stoner, what a loser."
LOL Dream on. The corporate mdiacontols itself. And Obama too.
Agreed.
Who are you bitching to?
Did you read what I said, or pissed at somebody else?
I'm mostly pissed at the government/corporations, but as for you pissing me off, it was this comment
"But you want more free shit, I get it.
I'm sure if you dipshits brak a few more windows and shit in the street the mean old brokers will make your lives better."
Remember when the media said that black people at tea party rallies were being called niggers? This is more or less the same, there is probably some truth to it, but you don't equate the entire movement to a few sour apples. I don't want free shit, asshole. My parents are fine, my family is fine, I'm fine. I work 80 god damn hours a week, 60 of them, mind you, conducting biomed research to make life better for all of us. I don't need handouts. I also don't need a bunch of plutocrats being allowed to screw over tens of millions of dumb Americans and getting rewarded for it.
I'm mostly pissed at the government/corporations, but as for you pissing me off, it was this comment
"But you want more free shit, I get it.
I'm sure if you dipshits brak a few more windows and shit in the street the mean old brokers will make your lives better."
Remember when the media said that black people at tea party rallies were being called niggers? This is more or less the same, there is probably some truth to it, but you don't equate the entire movement to a few sour apples. I don't want free shit, asshole. My parents are fine, my family is fine, I'm fine. I work 80 god damn hours a week, 60 of them, mind you, conducting biomed research to make life better for all of us. I don't need handouts. I also don't need a bunch of plutocrats being allowed to screw over tens of millions of dumb Americans and getting rewarded for it.
You don't want more free shit?
You (if you represent the occupy WS gang) don't wand higher taxes on corporations and the "rich" ?
You don't want them to pay an even higher percentage of the money it takes to provide the services the government provides?
You want the tab for higher education paid from the taxes?
Weren't you discussing the benefits a college student might take advantage of?
And you oppose Obama and his team bailing out the banks right?
And I don't recall you wishing you were allowed to pay more for any of that, right?
PS it's Mayor Bloomberg moaning about the vandalism, not Sean Hannity.
WSS
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This is the dumbest argument I have heard yet. I don't want to get into economics because 1) you would look like an EVEN MORE of an ass when I am done with you and 2) I just don't have the time.
Not to be insulting Kos but I've yet to read anything of yours that might lead me to think you had much knowledge of economics.
The "poor" here are a hell of a lot better off than the poor in actually poor countries.
No I don't have a great deal of pity for someone with cable TV a car and subsidised food medicine and shelter.
WSS
Not to be insulting Kos but I've yet to read anything of yours that might lead me to think you had much knowledge of economics.
The "poor" here are a hell of a lot better off than the poor in actually poor countries.
No I don't have a great deal of pity for someone with cable TV a car and subsidised food medicine and shelter.
WSS
Your comparing the US with other non-industrialized nations? LOL.
The US has the highest poverty rate for children then ANY other industrialized nation. Look it up numb nuts.
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I think you're equating US poverty levels with the third world.
Hence you draw a ridiculous conclusion.
But if you seriously think its better in Haiti (or cuba or...) well, you know.
WSS
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So when you think of poverty what do you envision? Perhaps the pictures that you see on the sally struthers commercials? Children bloated bellies starving in the streets covered with flies?
Because if you do then you might have a point about poverty rates in the United states compared to the rest of the world.
But, as you know, that's not the case.
WSS
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I'd be amused by any support of these clowns .
Too bad Heck's not here.
Sev?
WSS
I'd be amused by any support of these clowns .
Too bad Heck's not here.
Sev?
WSS
Oh, Steve. One look in here reminds me why I haven't bothered.
How's your health, man? Doing better?
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I think you're equating US poverty levels with the third world.
Hence you draw a ridiculous conclusion.
But if you seriously think its better in Haiti (or cuba or...) well, you know.
WSS
I think you're equating US poverty levels with the third world.
Hence you draw a ridiculous conclusion.
But if you seriously think its better in Haiti (or cuba or...) well, you know.
WSS
No, as I said in my last post, INDUSTRIALIZED NATIONS, dude are you ok?
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Welfare is a safety net for those of us who have it the worse (ie, not anyone on this forum). There is no such thing for the 14 million people in the middle class who got xxxxed. Are they freeloaders too?
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I'd be amused by any support of these clowns .
Too bad Heck's not here.
Sev?
WSS
Oh, Steve. One look in here reminds me why I haven't bothered.
How's your health, man? Doing better?
Oh, Steve. One look in here reminds me why I haven't bothered.
How's your health, man? Doing better?
Doing well, Heck, thanks. Lost some weight and eliminated most simple carbohydrates.
Unfortunately I've pissed off my cat Rusty who regularly shared my frequent bag of late night cheeseburgers...
C'est la vie.
WSS
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Welfare is a safety net for those of us who have it the worse (ie, not anyone on this forum). There is no such thing for the 14 million people in the middle class who got xxxxed. Are they freeloaders too?
Welfare is a safety net for those of us who have it the worse (ie, not anyone on this forum). There is no such thing for the 14 million people in the middle class who got xxxxed. Are they freeloaders too?
VT we get a lot of "free shit" that isn't welfare.
Hey you want an army roads FBI Medicare edudcation subsidies federal prisons and parks and all the bureaucrats among the other "free shit" the government provides.
Somebody has to pay for all that.
WSS
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I think you're equating US poverty levels with the third world.
Hence you draw a ridiculous conclusion.
But if you seriously think its better in Haiti (or cuba or...) well, you know.
WSS
No, as I said in my last post, INDUSTRIALIZED NATIONS, dude are you ok?
No, as I said in my last post, INDUSTRIALIZED NATIONS, dude are you ok?
So what Kos?
Define "poverty" any way you like.
In what way will the occupy wall street loons make a difference in that?
WSS
ps I'm doing well.
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No, as I said in my last post, INDUSTRIALIZED NATIONS, dude are you ok?
So what Kos?
Define "poverty" any way you like.
In what way will the occupy wall street loons make a difference in that?
WSS
ps I'm doing well.
So what Kos?
Define "poverty" any way you like.
In what way will the occupy wall street loons make a difference in that?
WSS
ps I'm doing well.
I guess you could make that argument about Vietnam protesters. To be honest everyone here, I am too exhausted debating mute points. Everyone seems to be stuck in their ways. If you have noticed my views are based on the current events and do change, which is the beauty of being American. Things change and keeping an open mind about society and my fellow Americans seems to be working well for me.
On that point this will be my last post in the Political Forum for a while. I am just to busy to keep up with the close minded nonsense. It's weird though don't you think, the people who are supposed to be free loading liberals here on the board are generally too busy working to check in to Drudge. I guess I now see their point. Later all.
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FWIW the point of the Vietnam war protest was to bring home the troops and ending the war.
Not all that puzzling.
But; glad you're working again.
WSS
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Oh, Steve. One look in here reminds me why I haven't bothered.
How's your health, man? Doing better?
Doing well, Heck, thanks. Lost some weight and eliminated most simple carbohydrates.
Unfortunately I've pissed off my cat Rusty who regularly shared my frequent bag of late night cheeseburgers...
C'est la vie.
WSS
Doing well, Heck, thanks. Lost some weight and eliminated most simple carbohydrates.
Unfortunately I've pissed off my cat Rusty who regularly shared my frequent bag of late night cheeseburgers...
C'est la vie.
WSS
Well, good to see it hasn't made you any less grumpy. Cheers.
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Doing well, Heck, thanks. Lost some weight and eliminated most simple carbohydrates.
Unfortunately I've pissed off my cat Rusty who regularly shared my frequent bag of late night cheeseburgers...
C'est la vie.
WSS
Well, good to see it hasn't made you any less grumpy. Cheers.
Well, good to see it hasn't made you any less grumpy. Cheers.
Grumpy???
Hey I'm not the guy getting apoplectic over this goofy protest.
C'mon bud, you agent seriousy riding that bandwagon are ya?
WSS
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Well, I see the collective intransigence in here has driven away yet another person who seems to have a clue what's going on. Congrats, fellas!
As for the protests - and you're not luring me back in here, no way - I think it's the left wing version of the Tea Party. It's an expression of legitimate angst without a real sense of what to do about it. It also includes lunatics. But I'd say these people are far more connected to reality than the Tea Party ever was. They mostly screeched about phantoms, like tax hikes that didn't exist, birth certificates, nonsense about the health care plan that wasn't true.
You'll see your share of misinformation floating around the OWS protests too, but at least they're based in something real - a sense that the current system isn't working very well for very many people, and extremely well for a few; the problems of growing inequality and a declining middle class. Now, the answer isn't as simple as "Wall Street did it." But that's a lot closer to the truth than "Obama did it." Of course, you probably still think we're in this mess because of the Community Reinvestment Act and unions, but I can't help you there.
Just like I said at least a year or two ago, it's going to be a long time before we get out of this. If Romney ends up being president - and God, I hope they nominate him - he's going to end up doing a lot of the things Republicans are now pretending to be against, but will instantly flip to supporting once their hide is on the line - payroll tax cuts, infrastructure projects, aid to the states, etc. And those won't exactly fix things either. We're going to be stuck in the mud for years no matter who is in charge.
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Well, I see the collective intransigence in here has driven away yet another person who seems to have a clue what's going on. Congrats, fellas!
As for the protests - and you're not luring me back in here, no way - I think it's the left wing version of the Tea Party. It's an expression of legitimate angst without a real sense of what to do about it. It also includes lunatics. But I'd say these people are far more connected to reality than the Tea Party ever was. They mostly screeched about phantoms, like tax hikes that didn't exist, birth certificates, nonsense about the health care plan that wasn't true.
You'll see your share of misinformation floating around the OWS protests too, but at least they're based in something real - a sense that the current system isn't working very well for very many people, and extremely well for a few; the problems of growing inequality and a declining middle class. Now, the answer isn't as simple as "Wall Street did it." But that's a lot closer to the truth than "Obama did it." Of course, you probably still think we're in this mess because of the Community Reinvestment Act and unions, but I can't help you there.
Just like I said at least a year or two ago, it's going to be a long time before we get out of this. If Romney ends up being president - and God, I hope they nominate him - he's going to end up doing a lot of the things Republicans are now pretending to be against, but will instantly flip to supporting once their hide is on the line - payroll tax cuts, infrastructure projects, aid to the states, etc. And those won't exactly fix things either. We're going to be stuck in the mud for years no matter who is in charge.
Well, I see the collective intransigence in here has driven away yet another person who seems to have a clue what's going on. Congrats, fellas!
I'm far too stubborn to just go away. Working this much can be a pain in the ass (I've gotta prep lesson plans for 9 hours of teaching tomorrow, and I just got home).
Anyways, yes. There are clearly a bunch of people here who don't know what the hell is going on; the tea party wasn't any different, so stop being like the lefties you so hated (myself included) who nitpicked the dipshits. Stop the libs vs. conservatives bullshit. There's a problem here and we're all on the wrong end of it.
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Well, I see the collective intransigence in here has driven away yet another person who seems to have a clue what's going on. Congrats, fellas!
As for the protests - and you're not luring me back in here, no way - I think it's the left wing version of the Tea Party. It's an expression of legitimate angst without a real sense of what to do about it. It also includes lunatics. But I'd say these people are far more connected to reality than the Tea Party ever was. They mostly screeched about phantoms, like tax hikes that didn't exist, birth certificates, nonsense about the health care plan that wasn't true.
You'll see your share of misinformation floating around the OWS protests too, but at least they're based in something real - a sense that the current system isn't working very well for very many people, and extremely well for a few; the problems of growing inequality and a declining middle class. Now, the answer isn't as simple as "Wall Street did it." But that's a lot closer to the truth than "Obama did it." Of course, you probably still think we're in this mess because of the Community Reinvestment Act and unions, but I can't help you there.
Just like I said at least a year or two ago, it's going to be a long time before we get out of this. If Romney ends up being president - and God, I hope they nominate him - he's going to end up doing a lot of the things Republicans are now pretending to be against, but will instantly flip to supporting once their hide is on the line - payroll tax cuts, infrastructure projects, aid to the states, etc. And those won't exactly fix things either. We're going to be stuck in the mud for years no matter who is in charge.
But I'd say these people are far more connected to reality than the Tea Party ever was. They mostly screeched about phantoms, like tax hikes that didn't exist, birth certificates, nonsense about the health care plan that wasn't true.
You'll see your share of misinformation floating around the OWS protests too, but at least they're based in something real - a sense that the current system isn't working very well for very many people, and extremely well for a few; the problems of growing inequality and a declining middle class. Now, the answer isn't as simple as "Wall Street did it." But that's a lot closer to the truth than "Obama did it." Of course, you probably still think we're in this mess because of the Community Reinvestment Act and unions, but I can't help you there.
Just like I said at least a year or two ago, it's going to be a long time before we get out of this. If Romney ends up being president - and God, I hope they nominate him - he's going to end up doing a lot of the things Republicans are now pretending to be against, but will instantly flip to supporting once their hide is on the line - payroll tax cuts, infrastructure projects, aid to the states, etc. And those won't exactly fix things either. We're going to be stuck in the mud for years no matter who is in charge.
Heck, you are floating mis information about the OWS crowd, you need to get your facts straight before claiming that OWS crowd has grass roots.
This whole occupy mob has paid protesters who will stay as long as the funds are still available. This movement is the White Houses answer to the Tea Party and the goal is to get the hard left out in force to push the progressive agenda.
As for Romney he is nothing more than another liberal wrapped in a republican uniform. He will lean more towards the middle and he does not appear to be anywhere on the the right of center.
My question is to all of those who support the OWS crowd; is why will you support them and not the Tea Party? Do you believe everything that you are told by the media?
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