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OWS plan on blocking New York Bridges, Tunnels, and Ferries on May 1st.

Re: 'Occupy' Promises 'Biggest Shut Down The City Of New York Has Ever Seen,' Blockad

Woot! Hyperbole. How many of the OWS are doing that? Is OWS condoning this?

One turn deserves another.
 
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...except the tea partiers work and bathe.
Most

Yea except the OWS'ers have a higher employment rate than the Tea Party people... Looks like the Tea Party people are the damn hippie welfare generalization right?
 
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The valid point was the overall protest against Corporate Capitalism which is killing competition and economic mobility in this country.


Who sets the rules? you can whine at the players, but if the game is rigged by the rule setters, can you blame the players?



think "brodeur rule"....
 
Re: 'Occupy' Promises 'Biggest Shut Down The City Of New York Has Ever Seen,' Blockad

I don't get how pissing *everyone* off is going to be beneficial to whatever they want to do.

They're just making theirselves - and whatever unions and groups decide to join them - look like assholes more than they already do.

The idea is that they think they are hurting the big corporations, but in the long run all they do is hurt the little guy trying to get to work. This is along the failed lines of thought as the boycott a gas station for a day. It's not going to do anything and if you are even remotely lucky enough to hurt any revenue of a corporation (which this wouldn't), the first casualty is the little guy getting laid off.
 
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Yea just like the "tea party" minus the major financiers, media spokesmen, a media outlet that loves them, political representatives, and "death panels"



It's dishonest claims like this that make the OWS look, well dishonest... Was it co-opted by the republican party, you bet, but it started to gain steam as a protest to bush's tarrp... OWS would have been co--opted by the democrat party, cept, it fell apart...

Though idiots like warren buffet capitalized on teh nonsense.
 
Re: 'Occupy' Promises 'Biggest Shut Down The City Of New York Has Ever Seen,' Blockad

Yea just like the "tea party" with the addition of rape,
Everyone in OWS is a pervert and rapist!!

They like to kill people too!
We raping and killing everyone right!?
drug dealing,
Ahh **** we like to get high!

Ahh **** i havent showered in years!

public defecation,
Gotta **** somewhere bro! Why not on a cop car?

destruction of property,
Direct action from anarchists!
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trespassing,
Little civil disobedience dont hurt no one..

Direct action from anarchists
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assaults on innocent bystanders,
Yea! Random acts of violence! We hurt everyone!

assaults on police officers,
But when a cops assault protestors its all cool right? Kill a hippy right? Thats cool right?

hundreds if not thousands of arrests,
Cool. Civil disobedience..

filth, body funk, public sex, and anti-Semitic hate speech.
HAHAHAHAHA Anti semitic hate speech.. Dear god man. :lamo
 
Re: 'Occupy' Promises 'Biggest Shut Down The City Of New York Has Ever Seen,' Blockad

Good grief !!!! They fail because they either are trying to sell something folks do not want, or if the product has a market, they are being out-competed by someone else !!!

You cannot compel an uncompetitive product to be successful !!!

Americans want jobs to be here but refuse to support anything that is made in this country. Farms are being controlled by their vendors because people will not buy from a farm anymore. Consumers reward companies who slash jobs, outsource overseas, treat their employees like crap and other measures to keep costs down. It is counter productive to the economy we want to see built. It is nothing more than greed. It pure hypocrisy. People demand from our government that jobs arent being created and then go and buy some chinese garbage at Walmart. People get upset when their small business fails and then go to McDonalds for dinner. The government is not the problem here. So many conservatives and others love to blame Obama for our economic problems. I call bull**** on that. Obama or his policies are not to blame for our problems. Greedy ass, hypocritical consumers are what is wrong with our country.
 
Re: 'Occupy' Promises 'Biggest Shut Down The City Of New York Has Ever Seen,' Blockad

It's dishonest claims like this that make the OWS look, well dishonest... Was it co-opted by the republican party, you bet, but it started to gain steam as a protest to bush's tarrp... OWS would have been co--opted by the democrat party, cept, it fell apart...

Though idiots like warren buffet capitalized on teh nonsense.

Please tell me how the democratic party had a hand in starting this movment?
Because what i can tell is the people are also protesting against the 2 party system and the democrats would be apart of that 2 party system.
 
Re: 'Occupy' Promises 'Biggest Shut Down The City Of New York Has Ever Seen,' Blockad

Please tell me how the democratic party had a hand in starting this movment?
Because what i can tell is the people are also protesting against the 2 party system and the democrats would be apart of that 2 party system.

I thought OWS was protesting the lack of job growth and the wealth disparity?
 
Re: 'Occupy' Promises 'Biggest Shut Down The City Of New York Has Ever Seen,' Blockad

The idea persists because of its truth. Why does Apple produce more in China? Because the regulations are lax down there.

Which regulations are you referring to and what regulations are Apple trying to avoid?

They average about 20 deaths/year at their factories because **** blows up from improper ventilation, but there's not really any negative consequence from that as there would be in the States.

Are you referring to Apple again or to a Chinese company?
Why does Nike produce out of China and other areas with lax working and environmental regulations? Cause it's cheaper. A boat don't cost **** these days, shipping over water is relatively cheap and the money saved from cutting environmental and labor corners more than makes up for it.

Is Nike cutting environmental corners? If so, which ones? What labor corners are they cutting? How do they compare with Chinese run factories or companies?

Of course people would want to work. There's a lot of people, not enough jobs, and no protection. They have to live and will take anything they can get, even if it means their lives. Companies in China had to start printing "please don't kill yourself" pamphlets for its workers. Is that good condition? Just because people want the job doesn't mean that they're being treated well, that there are proper protections for their labor and lives. It just means that the chance to be maimed or exploded is better than starving to death.

You're making a lot of claims here but with nothing to support them.
 
Re: 'Occupy' Promises 'Biggest Shut Down The City Of New York Has Ever Seen,' Blockad

Yea just like the "tea party" with the addition of rape, murder, drug dealing, scabies, public defecation, destruction of property, trespassing, riots, assaults on innocent bystanders, assaults on police officers, hundreds if not thousands of arrests, filth, body funk, public sex, and anti-Semitic hate speech.

This is essentially the anti-OWS version of the "baby-killer" mantra. You do realize that right?
 
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This is essentially the anti-OWS version of the "baby-killer" mantra. You do realize that right?

LOL - well: those thing were taking place in some areas - I don't think it was because of hte 'message' of the movement. but because of the construct of the 'occupy' part: it attracted vagrants. . . I don't think that was their intent nor do they all want that to be 'the' thing - but it happened.
 
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LOL - well: those thing were taking place in some areas - I don't think it was because of hte 'message' of the movement. but because of the construct of the 'occupy' part: it attracted vagrants. . . I don't think that was their intent nor do they all want that to be 'the' thing - but it happened.

True it did happen. But like only small amount of incidents. Just when the media reports it and reports it over and over again..
 
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I thought OWS was protesting the lack of job growth and the wealth disparity?

It's not clear that they understand why they're protesting either, but they'll still remain convinced in their self-righteousness that they are taking the high road, working for the good of humanity, and are the only hope left for America. Plus they figure they may have a chance to get laid.
 
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Please tell me how the democratic party had a hand in starting this movment?
Because what i can tell is the people are also protesting against the 2 party system and the democrats would be apart of that 2 party system.



Right after you show me how the republican party had a hand in starting the tea party. ;)
 
Re: 'Occupy' Promises 'Biggest Shut Down The City Of New York Has Ever Seen,' Blockad

Right after you show me how the republican party had a hand in starting the tea party. ;)

I never said they helped start it im saying they were the movement during the Health Care hysteria..
 
Re: 'Occupy' Promises 'Biggest Shut Down The City Of New York Has Ever Seen,' Blockad

Still no seeing the point of these "occupy" protests. What do they accomplish by clogging the streets? I'm all for peaceable protests, but these are just stupid.
 
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It's not clear that they understand why they're protesting either, but they'll still remain convinced in their self-righteousness that they are taking the high road, working for the good of humanity, and are the only hope left for America. Plus they figure they may have a chance to get laid.

The OWS is not centralized so different people are protesting different things.
 
Re: 'Occupy' Promises 'Biggest Shut Down The City Of New York Has Ever Seen,' Blockad

I never said they helped start it im saying they were the movement during the Health Care hysteria..



they were a movement before that. Like the tea party, the OWS of dubious causes was hijacked by idiots with thier own agendas. like student loan forgivness, environmental statism, and party goers...


It's also a tool of the buffets to push his "do as I say not as I do" tax nonsense. all aimed at coporate america (while they sip on thier starbucks)., while ignoring the government that gives the companies these monies....
 
Re: 'Occupy' Promises 'Biggest Shut Down The City Of New York Has Ever Seen,' Blockad

The OWS is not centralized so different people are protesting different things.



So it is an unintelligent mob. This I agree with.
 
Re: 'Occupy' Promises 'Biggest Shut Down The City Of New York Has Ever Seen,' Blockad

Right after you show me how the republican party had a hand in starting the tea party. ;)

The Republicans and Dems had a hand in starting the tea party movement because they wouldn't stop their spending ;)
 
Re: 'Occupy' Promises 'Biggest Shut Down The City Of New York Has Ever Seen,' Blockad

So it is an unintelligent mob. This I agree with.

In this instance, yes.

However, unorganized does not equate to unintelligent by default.
 
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Re: 'Occupy' Promises 'Biggest Shut Down The City Of New York Has Ever Seen,' Blockad

You are the one who wanted to play this game pal, so enjoy the reality of the movement you support.

Meanwhile, enjoy this...


Yea just like the "tea party" minus the major financiers

Yes, everyone was being paid to show up and bussed in by the unions.


media spokesmen

We didn't have actors and rock stars, so we had to settle for political pundits.


a media outlet that loves them

You mean one media outlet that doesn't despise and openly show contempt toward them.


political representatives

I guess Pelosi, Reid and the president himself offering public support doesn't count.

"death panels"

What do you expect from a bunch of gun totin', bible thumpin, racists, who hate women and old people?



Fun game... Ain't it?
 
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