The Official OWS Statement

[Wry Catcher]

true Americans need to band together and arm ourselves against this communist movement !!

You're truly an idiot.

Thinking people understand that the GOP has moved so far to the right a push back became inevitable. Thinking people see that those who suffered and continue to suffer due to the nonfeasance and misfeasance of our government and the greed of the financial services industry will not tolerate further economic tyranny. Reform is being demanded, not revolution.

Of course on both sides of the argument there are fools and agitators. Your post yidnar (and it's not your first one) makes you appear as exactly what you hate and fear.

 

[Valerie]

Keith Olbermann reads the first collective statement of Occupy Wall Street

Is there a way to hear it without listening to Olbermann blather on self righteously?

As we gather together in solidarity to express a feeling of mass injustice, we must not lose sight of what brought us together. We write so that all people who feel wronged by the corporate forces of the world can know that we are your allies.

As one people, united, we acknowledge the reality: that the future of the human race requires the cooperation of its members; that our system must protect our rights, and upon corruption of that system, it is up to the individuals to protect their own rights, and those of their neighbors; that a democratic government derives its just power from the people, but corporations do not seek consent to extract wealth from the people and the Earth; and that no true democracy is attainable when the process is determined by economic power. We come to you at a time when corporations, which place profit over people, self-interest over justice, and oppression over equality, run our governments. We have peaceably assembled here, as is our right, to let these facts be known.

They have taken our houses through an illegal foreclosure process, despite not having the original mortgage.

They have taken bailouts from taxpayers with impunity, and continue to give Executives exorbitant bonuses.

They have perpetuated inequality and discrimination in the workplace based on age, the color of one’s skin, sex, gender identity and sexual orientation.

They have poisoned the food supply through negligence, and undermined the farming system through monopolization.

They have profited off of the torture, confinement, and cruel treatment of countless animals, and actively hide these practices.

They have continuously sought to strip employees of the right to negotiate for better pay and safer working conditions.

They have held students hostage with tens of thousands of dollars of debt on education, which is itself a human right.

They have consistently outsourced labor and used that outsourcing as leverage to cut workers’ healthcare and pay.

They have influenced the courts to achieve the same rights as people, with none of the culpability or responsibility.

They have spent millions of dollars on legal teams that look for ways to get them out of contracts in regards to health insurance.

They have sold our privacy as a commodity.

They have used the military and police force to prevent freedom of the press.

They have deliberately declined to recall faulty products endangering lives in pursuit of profit.

They determine economic policy, despite the catastrophic failures their policies have produced and continue to produce.

They have donated large sums of money to politicians, who are responsible for regulating them.

They continue to block alternate forms of energy to keep us dependent on oil.

They continue to block generic forms of medicine that could save people’s lives or provide relief in order to protect investments that have already turned a substantial profit.

They have purposely covered up oil spills, accidents, faulty bookkeeping, and inactive ingredients in pursuit of profit.

They purposefully keep people misinformed and fearful through their control of the media.

They have accepted private contracts to murder prisoners even when presented with serious doubts about their guilt.

They have perpetuated colonialism at home and abroad.

They have participated in the torture and murder of innocent civilians overseas.

They continue to create weapons of mass destruction in order to receive government contracts.*

To the people of the world, We, the New York City General Assembly occupying Wall Street in Liberty Square, urge you to assert your power.

Exercise your right to peaceably assemble; occupy public space; create a process to address the problems we face, and generate solutions accessible to everyone.

To all communities that take action and form groups in the spirit of direct democracy, we offer support, documentation, and all of the resources at our disposal.

Join us and make your voices heard!

 

[Stephanie]

So the big talking head, Olbermann is now the official spokesperson for this bowel ( I mean grassroots) movement...fitting.

 

[daveman]

They demand we turn into East Germany

Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to vote Democrat.

 

[Full-Auto]

LOL. CG, had I not been gone on business, I would have been with them in Portland. And many that I know, tradesmen, 40 and older, were.

It is time to let the corperations know that we see their objectivie. We do not like state corperatism in this nation and intend to put a stop to it now. These same people, young and old, will be voting in the next election.

Yes they will be voting for continued attacks on business and then wonder why they dont have any jobs.

Its all rocket science right?

 

[Valerie]

So the big talking head, Olbermann is now the official spokesperson for this bowel ( I mean grassroots) movement...fitting.

Did he write it? I thought he was just reading it?

 

[Seawytch]

If there were an "official" statement from the OWS movement it would be "Fuck Greed"...

 

[Full-Auto]

If there were an "official" statement from the OWS movement it would be "Fuck Greed"...

As they insist on getting some.

 

[Si modo]

I'd rather not listen to that asshat...is there a transcript??

Occupy Wall Street! Collective statement of the protesters… « Bill Ayers

Bill Ayers is a terrorist pig and a piece of shit.

 

[California Girl]

I'd rather not listen to that asshat...is there a transcript??

Occupy Wall Street! Collective statement of the protesters… « Bill Ayers

Bill Ayers is a terrorist pig and a piece of shit.

Yep.

"Go home and kill your parents." Bill Ayers

"Kill the rich." Bill Ayers

Sounds like a rational individual..... not.

 

[California Girl]

There is no OFFICAL OWS organization.

There are organizations without doubt, but none to my knowledge has a legit claim on owning this mess.

Then your 'knowledge' is somewhat out of date. This is the work of Watermelon Man, Van Jones and his buddies at Tides.

Who is Watermelon Man...???

Van Jones. The Green King.... Green on the outside, red on the inside... hence, watermelon.

 

[Stephanie]

If there were an "official" statement from the OWS movement it would be "Fuck Greed"...

As they insist on getting some.

no kidding...what a joke.

 

[BDBoop]

So the big talking head, Olbermann is now the official spokesperson for this bowel ( I mean grassroots) movement...fitting.

Did he write it? I thought he was just reading it?

Yeah. He was just reading it.

 

[Stephanie]

So the big talking head, Olbermann is now the official spokesperson for this bowel ( I mean grassroots) movement...fitting.

Did he write it? I thought he was just reading it?

Yeah. He was just reading it.

well good for him. No one would of saw it if you hadn't posted him here..His ratings at his current "gig" is in toilet. And I doubt many here clicked on this video, who can stand listening to the ugly talking head..

 

[Si modo]

Occupy Wall Street! Collective statement of the protesters… « Bill Ayers

Bill Ayers is a terrorist pig and a piece of shit.

Yep.

"Go home and kill your parents." Bill Ayers

"Kill the rich." Bill Ayers

Sounds like a rational individual..... not.

"Guilty as sin [of felony murder], free as a bird; it's a great country" ~ Bill Ayers, Terrorist Pig and Piece of Shit.

 

[Si modo]

Bill Ayers is a terrorist pig and a piece of shit who truly does hate the USA, as does his terrorist pig and piece of shit wife. Both were, and are, enemies of the USA and our Constitution.

 

[Soggy in NOLA]

Keith Olbermann reads the first collective statement of Occupy Wall Street

How can a supposedly "grassroots" movement have an official statement?

Exactly.... this is about as "grass roots" as NAMBLA.

"OWS... A George Soros Joint"

 

[pete]

They are demanding the destruction of our economy. The stripping of wealth from those that have earned it to be given to those that have not. They demand the suspension of the rule of law and the Government.

And who supports them? The left. Not because they are supportive of any of their claims. But because politically they foolishly believe that these protestors will only effect the right.

Somehow we are to believe that the left has no players in Corporations, in those that control the purse strings of Giant Corporations , companies, banks and Colleges.

The end result? Anarchy and chaos. The destruction of our Country.

and this just makes big corporations want to hire why? Through intimidation ... what a joke!

 

[tinydancer]

How can a supposedly "grassroots" movement have an official statement?

Ask the Tea party, Ask Obama.

What is the official statement of the tea party?

This is a fabricated movement.

Plas you know me. I ran in the 60's. I was more left than half the kids on this board. But I know my left and I know it well.

This is a joke by wannabes. This is disturbing though. Who's yanking their chain?

I ran with abby and jerry. we were part of a revolution. what is this shit I am witnessing?

 

[Soggy in NOLA]

Ask the Tea party, Ask Obama.

What is the official statement of the tea party?

This is a fabricated movement.

Plas you know me. I ran in the 60's. I was more left than half the kids on this board. But I know my left and I know it well.

This is a joke by wannabes. This is disturbing though. Who's yanking their chain?

I ran with abby and jerry. we were part of a revolution. what is this shit I am witnessing?

You're witnessing a bunch of stoners being used by a very wealthy man to further his agenda.