occupy wall st will have the same effect as tahrir square

[Intense]

whats funny is the plenitude of former goldman sachs and F&F 'robber barons' who occupy key positions in the Obama administration. lets see some intellectual honesty displayed by the wall st. occupiers in calling them all out, to incl. the messiah. then I will give them some props.

Ah, so the fact they are holding these protests while Obama is in power holds no sway with you, but the Tea Party, who raged about spending, waited until one of the biggest spenders, George W. Bush..was out of power.

Rich.

No. What would you account to the decline in Bush's support? One lump or two?

 

[elvis]

whats funny is the plenitude of former goldman sachs and F&F 'robber barons' who occupy key positions in the Obama administration. lets see some intellectual honesty displayed by the wall st. occupiers in calling them all out, to incl. the messiah. then I will give them some props.

Ah, so the fact they are holding these protests while Obama is in power holds no sway with you, but the Tea Party, who raged about spending, waited until one of the biggest spenders, George W. Bush..was out of power.

Rich.

No. What would you account to the decline in Bush's support? One lump or two?

Katrina.

 

[Sallow]

whats funny is the plenitude of former goldman sachs and F&F 'robber barons' who occupy key positions in the Obama administration. lets see some intellectual honesty displayed by the wall st. occupiers in calling them all out, to incl. the messiah. then I will give them some props.

Ah, so the fact they are holding these protests while Obama is in power holds no sway with you, but the Tea Party, who raged about spending, waited until one of the biggest spenders, George W. Bush..was out of power.

Rich.

People see the "R" after someone's name and assume conservative.

My experience has been, the more "Conservative" a politician is, the bigger spender that politician has turned out to be. There are exceptions..but that's what I find.

 

[Dragon]

The focus of the protest at the moment is on Wall Street; it is not on Obama for the same reason it is not on any other politician of either party; nonetheless the accusation is implicit. To the extent that Obama is complicit in the government policies that have allowed and enabled the very rich to steal the wealth that rightfully belongs to the rest of us, the protest is against him, too.

 

[blu]

occupy wall st will have the same effect as tahrir square

I don't believe that.

Tempest in a teacup.

That's the thing about America...a lesson we learned during the anti-War period of Viet Nam

Citizens can put millions of people on the streets protesting, and our government will ignore them.

these people have no jobs, lost their house, and have no future b/c of the crooks on wall st. They aren't going anywhere anytime soon, and more are coming. these occupations are popping up in other cities as well

 

[Mr.Nick]

The focus of the protest at the moment is on Wall Street; it is not on Obama for the same reason it is not on any other politician of either party; nonetheless the accusation is implicit. To the extent that Obama is complicit in the government policies that have allowed and enabled the very rich to steal the wealth that rightfully belongs to the rest of us, the protest is against him, too.

The only wealth that belongs to you is what you can earn for yourself...

Also, wealth is not "finite" its infinite so why don't you generate some.

 

[blu]

i am so embarrassed of my generation....whining and blaming others for their own decisions is just wrong. protesting the fed for devaluing our currency and way of life is one thing...but protesting to get out of personal responsibility is just sad.

how did the average home owner cause the real estate bubble? How did the average person now out of work cause the mass layoffs caused by criminal actions of wall st?

 

[blu]

can't wait for heads to literally start rolling

Actually..it's gaining alot of steam. The MTA and Postal Unions are backing this..

airline pilots are marching in uniform too

 

[blu]

Business ceases to be "private" when:

A. It is bailed out by tax payer money.
B. It becomes to big to fail.
C. Tax payer money is funneled into the private coffers.

the same companies that were bailed out are now firing by the tens of thousands and keeping the profits

 

[Intense]

Ah, so the fact they are holding these protests while Obama is in power holds no sway with you, but the Tea Party, who raged about spending, waited until one of the biggest spenders, George W. Bush..was out of power.

Rich.

No. What would you account to the decline in Bush's support? One lump or two?

Katrina.

Interesting Production, and real good at shifting blame, but no. The Principle blame lied with the Governor of Louisiana, and the Mayor of New Orleans, who, by the way mocked and ignored FEMA's Head, concerning the Evacuation, resulting with scores of People retreating to their Attic's as the water level rose, only to be trapped and die. How many were saved on their roof tops by the Coast Guard?

THE COAST GUARD’S KATRINA DOCUMENTATION PROJECT
by Scott Price, Deputy Coast Guard Historian

One of the largest search-and-rescue operations in the history of the United States occurred in 2005 when Hurricane Katrina wreaked havoc across a great swath of the nation’s Gulf Coast. The governments’ response at the local, city, state and federal levels came under intense media scrutiny and criticism. Certain government officials were vilified while the nation was transfixed by the carnage. Nevertheless, during the chaos, fear, and uncertainty of that time there was one shining light, one government agency that received nothing but accolades for its efforts: the United States Coast Guard.

The Coast Guard and its predecessors, including the Life-Saving Service, the Lighthouse Service and the Revenue Cutter Service, had extensive experience in responding to natural disasters. Cutters have been saving lives in the worst types of weather since the early 1830s. Life-Saving Service and Revenue Cutter Service personnel actively participated in relief efforts during the annual flooding of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers since the mid-nineteenth century. Responses to hurricanes began with the terrible hurricane of 1900 that virtually wiped out Galveston. The Revenue Cutter and Life-Saving services also responded during earthquakes, including the one in 1906 that leveled San Francisco. Lighthouse keepers too, including women, rescued those in need during storms near their lighthouses. The men and women of these services were always ready to go to the assistance of their fellow citizens when nature struck, a core value that permeates the Coast Guard today. If every Marine is a rifleman, then every Coast Guardsmen is a lifesaver.

Coast Guard preparations began well before Hurricane Katrina struck the coast of Florida. Aircraft were scattered to safe airports out of harm’s way but close enough to permit them to respond quickly as the hurricane withdrew. Assets in the Gulf region too made preparations. The hurricane came ashore near the Dade-Broward county line on the night of 25 August. The first rescues occurred soon thereafter when aircraft were dispatched to rescue unlucky boaters and fishermen who were at sea as the hurricane passed over them. As Katrina swirled out into the Gulf of Mexico the storm strengthened to frightening proportions, with forecasts calling for a Category 5 hurricane. As it approached the Gulf Coast, the Coast Guard assembled helicopters, fixed-wing aircraft, and cutters, many brought in from other Coast Guard districts, near the area where the storm was expected to make landfall. Hurricane Katrina came ashore near Buras, Louisiana, on the morning of 29 August as a Category 4 hurricane, with sustained winds of 145 mph.

Rescue operations commenced as the hurricane moved inland. Cutters had trailed the hurricane as closely as they could and began rescuing those offshore while the helicopters, HH-65 Dolphins and HH-60 Jayhawks, were launched as the hurricane’s eye passed over the city of New Orleans. The tempo increased as everyone realized that the levees protecting the city had given way, creating an urban nightmare. Dispensing with peace-time regulations on the amount of time needed to rest between flights, aircrews worked around the clock to pluck survivors from rooftops while maintenance crews kept the aircraft in service. Communications were problematic, but the Coast Guard is known for and prides itself on its ability to improvise. When rescue swimmers found victims trapped in their attics with no way to escape the rising waters, axes were used to chop through rooftops. When it was found that not enough were available, a trip to Home Depot solved that. Urban search and rescue techniques were developed on the fly, since few aircrews had experience of flying night sorties through a flooded city where high winds and hanging power lines added to the danger. Coast Guard cutters and small craft too entered the fray, rescuing people from small islands of dry land, flooded overpasses, inundated homes and buildings and transported them to safety.

The scale of operations during the Katrina response defies imagination and the statistics generated are almost unbelievable. Search and rescue operations alone saved 24,135 lives from imminent danger, usually off the roofs of the victims’ homes as flood waters lapped at their feet. Coast Guardsmen “evacuated to safety” 9,409 patients from local hospitals. In total, 33,545 souls owed their lives to the men and women of the nation’s oldest continuous-going sea service, nearly equaling the number of persons the Coast Guard saves during a calendar year.

U.S. Coast Guard & Hurricane Katrina: A History of KART

 

[Sallow]

Business ceases to be "private" when:

A. It is bailed out by tax payer money.
B. It becomes to big to fail.
C. Tax payer money is funneled into the private coffers.

the same companies that were bailed out are now firing by the tens of thousands and keeping the profits

Yep.

Lost my job June 14th.

 

[elvis]

i am so embarrassed of my generation....whining and blaming others for their own decisions is just wrong. protesting the fed for devaluing our currency and way of life is one thing...but protesting to get out of personal responsibility is just sad.

how did the average home owner cause the real estate bubble? How did the average person now out of work cause the mass layoffs caused by criminal actions of wall st?

average home owners borrowed what they couldn't pay back.

 

[blu]

The focus of the protest at the moment is on Wall Street; it is not on Obama for the same reason it is not on any other politician of either party; nonetheless the accusation is implicit. To the extent that Obama is complicit in the government policies that have allowed and enabled the very rich to steal the wealth that rightfully belongs to the rest of us, the protest is against him, too.

The only wealth that belongs to you is what you can earn for yourself...

Also, wealth is not "finite" its infinite so why don't you generate some.

or what you can steal through government bailouts, corrupt government contracts, and everything else the socialist in the top 1% do.

 

[elvis]

The focus of the protest at the moment is on Wall Street; it is not on Obama for the same reason it is not on any other politician of either party; nonetheless the accusation is implicit. To the extent that Obama is complicit in the government policies that have allowed and enabled the very rich to steal the wealth that rightfully belongs to the rest of us, the protest is against him, too.

The only wealth that belongs to you is what you can earn for yourself...

Also, wealth is not "finite" its infinite so why don't you generate some.

or what you can steal through government bailouts, corrupt government contracts, and everything else the socialist in the top 1% do.

Bailing companies out sets a bad precedent. It creates a principle-agent problem.

 

[blu]

i am so embarrassed of my generation....whining and blaming others for their own decisions is just wrong. protesting the fed for devaluing our currency and way of life is one thing...but protesting to get out of personal responsibility is just sad.

how did the average home owner cause the real estate bubble? How did the average person now out of work cause the mass layoffs caused by criminal actions of wall st?

average home owners borrowed what they couldn't pay back.

nope, the "average" can and did pay it back until wall st & speculators caused the value of their house to go from 200k to 50k overnight. At that point its asinine to pay back a mortgage on something that now costs more than its worth.

 

[elvis]

how did the average home owner cause the real estate bubble? How did the average person now out of work cause the mass layoffs caused by criminal actions of wall st?

average home owners borrowed what they couldn't pay back.

nope, the "average" can and did pay it back until wall st & speculators caused the value of their house to go from 200k to 50k overnight. At that point its asinine to pay back a mortgage on something that now costs more than its worth.

no. it's not all on Wall Street. I know you'd like it to be, but no...

 

[Mr.Nick]

i am so embarrassed of my generation....whining and blaming others for their own decisions is just wrong. protesting the fed for devaluing our currency and way of life is one thing...but protesting to get out of personal responsibility is just sad.

how did the average home owner cause the real estate bubble? How did the average person now out of work cause the mass layoffs caused by criminal actions of wall st?

average home owners borrowed what they couldn't pay back.

How about banks were forced into lending to people by democrats and "community activists (Sharpton)" who had no intention to pay for their homes...

Community Reinvestment Act and the amendments made under Clinton are responsible for the housing bubble...

 

[bripat9643]

Business ceases to be "private" when:

A. It is bailed out by tax payer money.
B. It becomes to big to fail.
C. Tax payer money is funneled into the private coffers.

the same companies that were bailed out are now firing by the tens of thousands and keeping the profits

That makes those bailouts look doubly stupid, doesn't it?

 

[blu]

average home owners borrowed what they couldn't pay back.

nope, the "average" can and did pay it back until wall st & speculators caused the value of their house to go from 200k to 50k overnight. At that point its asinine to pay back a mortgage on something that now costs more than its worth.

no. it's not all on Wall Street. I know you'd like it to be, but no...

who created the bubble in the housing market? who created the derivatives schemes based on mortgages and then fraudulently sold shitty securities as prime?

When the housing bubble popped and people needed credit, who stopped lending even though they were only solvent based on taxpayer bailout?

 

[elvis]

nope, the "average" can and did pay it back until wall st & speculators caused the value of their house to go from 200k to 50k overnight. At that point its asinine to pay back a mortgage on something that now costs more than its worth.

no. it's not all on Wall Street. I know you'd like it to be, but no...

who created the bubble in the housing market? who created the derivatives schemes based on mortgages and then fraudulently sold shitty securities as prime?

When the housing bubble popped and people needed credit, who stopped lending even though they were only solvent based on taxpayer bailout?

How long before you blame the Jews again?