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The OWS kids are reinforcing a standard liberal/authoritarian line favorable to the Powers That Be, and so are not really a protest.
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'Occupy Oakland' Protesters Clash With Police Following Day Of Protests | Fox News
Police clashed with protesters in Oakland after thousands of demonstrators shut down one of the nation's busiest shipping ports, escalating a movement whose tactics had largely been limited to marches, rallies and tent encampments since it began in September.The crowd disrupted port operations by overwhelming the area with people and blocking exits with chain-link fencing and illegally parked vehicles. The demonstrators also erected fences to block main streets to the port. No trucks were allowed into or out of the area.
Port spokesman Isaac Kos-Read said evening operations had been "effectively shut down."
And later port officials released a statement saying that maritime activity would be cancelled indefinitely, but they hoped to resume the work day Thursday.
"Our hope is that the work day can resume tomorrow and that Port workers will be allowed to get to their jobs without incident," the statement read. "Continued missed shifts represent economic hardship for maritime workers, truckers, and their families, as well as lost jobs and lost tax revenue for our region."
Oakland organizers said they targeted the port because they want to stop the "flow of capital."
As protesters left the area on foot some stopped to burn money, others bickered, and one burned an American flag.
Zachary RunningWolf, a well-known Bay Area activist, said he burned the flag "to start an educated discussion among us."
morons.
Most people who work those docks do not have 'deep pockets'. They have families to feed, rent or mortgages to pay, and no one has the right to force them out of work for their own selfish wants.
Right, it's not really a protest unless there is littering, public urination and property damage.......
By that standard, Occupy isn't a protest movement, either. You need to stop believing (or perhaps pretending to believe) the lies.
Most people who work those docks do not have 'deep pockets'. They have families to feed, rent or mortgages to pay, and no one has the right to force them out of work for their own selfish wants.
When did those dock workers hire you as their spokesperson? If they didn't, why should we believe that you are speaking for them or that they share your views on this?
Are you saying that the dock workers would NEVER, under any circumstances, want the docks to be shut down?
If you are, I refer you to this: 1934 West Coast waterfront strike - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
My bad, since Obama has been president i'm starting to realize that only Marxists tell the truth......
Your statement is laughable and denotes either an ignorance of the terms as they are curretly held, a severe disconect from reality, or both.Both "liberal/authoritarian" and "liberal line favorable to the Powers That Be" are oxymorons.The OWS kids are reinforcing a standard liberal/authoritarian line favorable to the Powers That Be, and so are not really a protest.
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Most people who work those docks do not have 'deep pockets'. They have families to feed, rent or mortgages to pay, and no one has the right to force them out of work for their own selfish wants.
When did those dock workers hire you as their spokesperson? If they didn't, why should we believe that you are speaking for them or that they share your views on this?
Are you saying that the dock workers would NEVER, under any circumstances, want the docks to be shut down?
If you are, I refer you to this: 1934 West Coast waterfront strike - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Well, the obvious difference of your example, that was their choice.Most people who work those docks do not have 'deep pockets'. They have families to feed, rent or mortgages to pay, and no one has the right to force them out of work for their own selfish wants.
When did those dock workers hire you as their spokesperson? If they didn't, why should we believe that you are speaking for them or that they share your views on this?
Are you saying that the dock workers would NEVER, under any circumstances, want the docks to be shut down?
If you are, I refer you to this: 1934 West Coast waterfront strike - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1934?
WTF?
THAT's how far back you have to reach to bolster a crappy argument? Damn, that's sad.
1934?
WTF?
THAT's how far back you have to reach to bolster a crappy argument? Damn, that's sad.
It's not a crappy argument, and if you have no sense of history, I can't help that.
Are you saying now that the character of dock workers has so radically changed in the decades since that today's dock workers would never, ever approve of the docks being shut down for any purpose? That seems to have been the assumption CG was operating on when she presumed to speak for them.
So OWS disrupts trade in one of our ports and the people who named themselves after the Boston Tea Party have a fainting spell.
lol, too funny.
You idiots should have named yourselves the Loyalists.
You cannot show that this applies today.Consider:
1) The British government was supporting the interests of a wealthy elite against that of the common people.
Again, you cannot show that this applies today.2) The government was unresponsive to popular demands, and the British colonists in America had no effective vote.
See above.3) Contrary to popular belief on the right these days, the Tea Tax was actually a tax CUT, not an increase -- a cut for corrupt mercantile interests, increasing their profits at the expense of the little guys
Nonviolent destruction of private porperty?4) The Boston Tea Party, like Occupy and unlike the modern Tea Party movement, nonviolently broke the law by destroying private property.
Again, you cannot show that this applies today.5) The popular movement of which the Boston Tea Party was one expression was a nationwide, organized protest against the Crown, of which a minority faction wanted independence but the whole of it wanted redress against a government that served privilege instead of the public interest.
Congrats on the epic fail.
I think TEA stands for Taxed Enough Already, not associated with the colonial revolt.
Violence is unacceptable. Shutting down the port for one day is fine, the effects will hit deep pockets. But I say one day, make your point and leave.
Most people who work those docks do not have 'deep pockets'. They have families to feed, rent or mortgages to pay, and no one has the right to force them out of work for their own selfish wants.
Your rights do not outweigh mine. Not rocket science.
3) Contrary to popular belief on the right these days, the Tea Tax was actually a tax CUT, not an increase -- a cut for corrupt mercantile interests, increasing their profits at the expense of the little guys..
the only reduction of tax was in Great Britain, not the colonies, and it was designed to force the colonists to purchase tea on which Townshend duties were paid...
- The Company was eligible to be granted licence to export tea to North America
- The Company was no longer required to sell its tea at auction in London
- Duties on tea (charged in Britain) destined for North America "and foreign parts" would either be refunded on export or not imposed
- Consignees receiving the Company's tea were required to pay a deposit upon receipt of tea
The purpose of the Townshend Acts was to raise revenue in the colonies to pay the salaries of governors and judges so that they would be independent of colonial rule, to create a more effective means of enforcing compliance with trade regulations, to punish the province of New York for failing to comply with the 1765 Quartering Act, and to establish the precedent that the British Parliament had the right to tax the colonies
I addresseed several of your points with a challenge for you to show that they applied today:Congrats on the total non-response.Congrats on the epic fail.
You cannot show that this applies today.
