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Protesters halt operations at some western ports

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Protesters halt operations at some ports

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – Heady with their successful attempts to block trucks and curb business at busy ports up and down the West Coast, some Occupy Wall Street protesters plan to continue their blockades and keep staging similar protests.

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"This is a joke. What are they protesting?" said Christian Vega, who sat in his truck carrying a load of recycled paper. He said the delay was costing him $600. "It only hurts me and the other drivers.

"We have jobs and families to support and feed," he said. "Most of them don't."

I think OWS is missing the target on this one. What they are doing is hurting workers, not the businesses, shareholders and 1% they are looking for. It seems more like they are after the 89%...those with jobs.
 
Protesters halt operations at some ports



I think OWS is missing the target on this one. What they are doing is hurting workers, not the businesses, shareholders and 1% they are looking for. It seems more like they are after the 89%...those with jobs.

Every dollar that the workers and the busnesses lose because of these work stoppages means less tax revenue that the government will receive.

These clowns just don't get it.
 
I think Adbusters is disappointed that nobody got their head busted.
 
I had a feeling that the OWS movement was going to lose its way. I hope they can get back on track and make a real difference where it matters.
 
What they are doing is hurting workers

1. Port truckers support this action.
2. This was the same argument against child labor laws, a minimum wage a 40 hour work week and a weekend.
 
1. Port truckers support this action.
2. This was the same argument against child labor laws, a minimum wage a 40 hour work week and a weekend.

Preventing people from working helps people? these people are not protesting for 40 hour work weeks, a week end or child labor laws and I seriously doubt these port truckers and whiny college kids and dirty hippies protesting are actually poor or struggling.
 
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Preventing people from working helps people?

Child labor laws take away the freedom that families have to provide for themselves. 40 hour work week takes freedom away from the worker to choose to work extra hours for extra pay to support his/her family. Blah blah blah.
 
Child labor laws take away the freedom that families have to provide for themselves. 40 hour work week takes freedom away from the worker to choose to work extra hours for extra pay to support his/her family. Blah blah blah.

You're really not making any kind of argument here. OWS is screwing with the economy, with the ability of workers to earn income and pay their bills, and with the ability of consumers world wide to access products. They're hurting the people they claim to be the champions of because in their warped little minds they think it will harm the 1%. Their means of attack is ass backwards. It would be like the northern soliders killing slaves to stick it to the south.
 
Child labor laws take away the freedom that families have to provide for themselves. 40 hour work week takes freedom away from the worker to choose to work extra hours for extra pay to support his/her family. Blah blah blah.

What does that have to do with dirtbags shutting down a port? Are they protesting child labor laws, 40 hour work weeks and vacations?
 
You're really not making any kind of argument here. OWS is screwing with the economy, with the ability of workers to earn income and pay their bills, and with the ability of consumers world wide to access products. They're hurting the people they claim to be the champions of because in their warped little minds they think it will harm the 1%. Their means of attack is ass backwards. It would be like the northern soliders killing slaves to stick it to the south.

No, Wall St is screwing with the economy, with the ability of workers to earn income and pay their bills and the ability of consumers world wide access to products. Wall St is hurting the people they claim to be the champions of because in their greedy little world, it will benefit their portfolios. Their actions are destructive and corrupt.
 
No, Wall St is screwing with the economy, with the ability of workers to earn income and pay their bills and the ability of consumers world wide access to products. Wall St is hurting the people they claim to be the champions of because in their greedy little world, it will benefit their portfolios. Their actions are destructive and corrupt.

Yep... wall street is keeping those guys from making their delivery and getting paid. Paid in MONEY.... that is needed to FEED, CLOTHE, AND HOUSE their families.....

But... **** that.... I want free College Education
 
Yep... wall street is keeping those guys from making their delivery and getting paid. Paid in MONEY.... that is needed to FEED, CLOTHE, AND HOUSE their families.....

But... **** that.... I want free College Education

Typical rightwing idolatry for authority. The wingnuts on the right can't bring themselves to criticize the Wall St a-holes responsible for putting millions out of work. After all, those rightwing nutbags voted for the republicans who allowed them do it by deregulating Wall St.
 
Typical rightwing idolatry for authority. The wingnuts on the right can't bring themselves to criticize the Wall St a-holes responsible for putting millions out of work. After all, those rightwing nutbags voted for the republicans who allowed them do it by deregulating Wall St.

Wow... a whole bunch of partisan bull**** (BTW.. Im a Centrist).... but no response to the fact that working class citizens are assed out on pay because of the actions of those who allegedly represent the working class citizen.
 
Wow... a whole bunch of partisan bull**** (BTW.. Im a Centrist).... but no response to the fact that working class citizens are assed out on pay because of the actions of those who allegedly represent the working class citizen.

Like I said, the worshipers of authoritrianism refuse to criticize their corporate masters. That's the only pay (their own) that they're concerned with.
 
1. Port truckers support this action.
2. This was the same argument against child labor laws, a minimum wage a 40 hour work week and a weekend.

Interesting, the article finishes with:

"This is a joke. What are they protesting?" said Christian Vega, who sat in his truck carrying a load of recycled paper. He said the delay was costing him $600. "It only hurts me and the other drivers.

"We have jobs and families to support and feed," he said. "Most of them don't."

I guess that worker isn't on your side, because this port worker doesn't support this.
 
Like I said, the worshipers of authoritrianism refuse to criticize their corporate masters. That's the only pay (their own) that they're concerned with.

And yet STILL more deflection and STILL more avoidance and partisan bull**** instead of addressing the issue of the lost pay of the working class people.

I am on the side of the working class folks..........why do you keep bringing up authoritarianism and "corporate masters" and all that stupid bull**** that I haven't once mentioned instead of addressing the little man?
 
And yet STILL more deflection and STILL more avoidance and partisan bull**** instead of addressing the issue of the lost pay of the working class people.

I am on the side of the working class folks..........why do you keep bringing up authoritarianism and "corporate masters" and all that stupid bull**** that I haven't once mentioned instead of addressing the little man?

And the right continues it's efforts to deflect in order to avoid discussing the miilions of jobs destroyed by their corporate masters on Wall St. How sad that they have to use the same arguments that were used to justify child labor, but authoritarian syncophants will say anything to avoid criticizing the people who fund their payrolls

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Typical rightwing idolatry for authority. The wingnuts on the right can't bring themselves to criticize the Wall St a-holes responsible for putting millions out of work. After all, those rightwing nutbags voted for the republicans who allowed them do it by deregulating Wall St.

Don't try that.

FACT...Alan Greenspan and Bill Clinton dismantled the 1933 Glass-Steagall Act.
FACT...President Bill Clinton signed legislation that removed barriers between banking, securities and insurance companies. Gramm–Leach–Bliley Act (aka Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999) signed on Nov 12, 1999
 
And the right continues it's efforts to deflect in order to avoid discussing the miilions of jobs destroyed...

The right is not deflecting significantly, OWS is... by destroying millions of jobs. Though they do create some additional sanitation hours, I'll give 'em that.
 
Don't try that.

FACT...Alan Greenspan and Bill Clinton dismantled the 1933 Glass-Steagall Act.
FACT...President Bill Clinton signed legislation that removed barriers between banking, securities and insurance companies. Gramm–Leach–Bliley Act (aka Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999) signed on Nov 12, 1999

FACT...Presidents don't pass legislation; Congress does. The bill that dismantled Glass-Steagall was introduced by repub Phil Gramm and supported by the right and opposed by liberals
 
Don't try that.

FACT...Alan Greenspan and Bill Clinton dismantled the 1933 Glass-Steagall Act.
FACT...President Bill Clinton signed legislation that removed barriers between banking, securities and insurance companies. Gramm–Leach–Bliley Act (aka Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999) signed on Nov 12, 1999

NOOOOOOO

You took the bait!

He was trying to turn this **** into a partisan **** fest.....

Good work...:roll:
 
And the right continues it's efforts to deflect in order to avoid discussing the miilions of jobs destroyed by their corporate masters on Wall St. How sad that they have to use the same arguments that were used to justify child labor, but authoritarian syncophants will say anything to avoid criticizing the people who fund their payrolls
More Baiting and ignoring the issue.

Why do you not seem to care about the working class citizen?
 
FACT...Presidents don't pass legislation; Congress does. The bill that dismantled Glass-Steagall was introduced by repub Phil Gramm and supported by the right and opposed by liberals

Fact---Bill Clinton signed it into law. He doesn't have to sign it...he has veto power.
 
Fact---Bill Clinton signed it into law. He doesn't have to sign it...he has veto power.

Fact...Clinton couldn't veto the bill because it passed with more than a 2/3 vote.
Fact...It's the rightwing who supports deregulation, not the left.
 
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