We are the 99%

[California Girl]

I am sorry you are so full of hatred and malice. BTW I have a job and am paying my way through college. I hope you are doing well too.

Oh, knock off the overly dramatic claims of 'hate' and 'malice, mule.

I'm doing great - I work, I pay my own way, I don't need anyone to demand that my debts are written off. They are my debts, I will pay them. You - and your asshole puppets - do not speak for me.

Your masters want to overthrow our Republic. We will not stand for that. You tell Watermelon Man that.

Remember this: We Surround You.

How do I want to overthrow the Republic, so far you have only tried to insult me. Also, who is Watermelon Man?

And you surround me? Thanks for the support.

Watermelon Man - Van Jones - the guy who organized your 'spontaneous' protest. I haven't 'tried' to insult you. I have insulted you. You join this board purely to promote your dumbass movement.... and your 'leaderless' leaders piss me off.

 

[Nic_Driver]

Just tell us what you plan to replace capitalism with.

This is not about replacing capitalism. The economic meltdown had nothing to do with capitalism, only cronyism and corruption. I think liberals and conservatives can both agree on that point. This is about putting the power of representation back into the people's hands.


Don't get me wrong, liberals and conservatives will still tear each other's throats out in the future, but hopefully without someone stealing from us both while we do it.

You can fuck off with the "99%" crap then. You are not the 99%. You aren't even .0001%. Get a fucking job. Pay your own way.

You and that wit, oh so very clever.


Are you a comedian when you're not making a fool out of yourself on here?

 

[FactFinder]

You can fuck off with the "99%" crap then. You are not the 99%. You aren't even .0001%. Get a fucking job. Pay your own way.

I am sorry you are so full of hatred and malice. BTW I have a job and am paying my way through college. I hope you are doing well too.

Oh, knock off the overly dramatic claims of 'hate' and 'malice, mule.

I'm doing great - I work, I pay my own way, I don't need anyone to demand that my debts are written off. They are my debts, I will pay them. You - and your asshole puppets - do not speak for me.

Your masters want to overthrow our Republic. We will not stand for that. You tell Watermelon Man that.

Remember this: We Surround You.

Jeez, Knock off the self aggrandizing poetry. I have done all that too. When the banks come sucking on the teat of America and then do not live up to the promise the sorry no clue a'holes deserve all they get.

 

[Vel]

I am sorry you are so full of hatred and malice. BTW I have a job and am paying my way through college. I hope you are doing well too.

Oh, knock off the overly dramatic claims of 'hate' and 'malice, mule.

I'm doing great - I work, I pay my own way, I don't need anyone to demand that my debts are written off. They are my debts, I will pay them. You - and your asshole puppets - do not speak for me.

Your masters want to overthrow our Republic. We will not stand for that. You tell Watermelon Man that.

Remember this: We Surround You.

Jeez, Knock off the self aggrandizing poetry. I have done all that too. When the banks come sucking on the teat of America and then do not live up to the promise the sorry no clue a'holes deserve all they get.

Who forces you to use the banks?

 

[FactFinder]

Oh, knock off the overly dramatic claims of 'hate' and 'malice, mule.

I'm doing great - I work, I pay my own way, I don't need anyone to demand that my debts are written off. They are my debts, I will pay them. You - and your asshole puppets - do not speak for me.

Your masters want to overthrow our Republic. We will not stand for that. You tell Watermelon Man that.

Remember this: We Surround You.

Jeez, Knock off the self aggrandizing poetry. I have done all that too. When the banks come sucking on the teat of America and then do not live up to the promise the sorry no clue a'holes deserve all they get.

Who forces you to use the banks?

I am a free man. I call 'em as I see 'em.

 

[California Girl]

I am sorry you are so full of hatred and malice. BTW I have a job and am paying my way through college. I hope you are doing well too.

Oh, knock off the overly dramatic claims of 'hate' and 'malice, mule.

I'm doing great - I work, I pay my own way, I don't need anyone to demand that my debts are written off. They are my debts, I will pay them. You - and your asshole puppets - do not speak for me.

Your masters want to overthrow our Republic. We will not stand for that. You tell Watermelon Man that.

Remember this: We Surround You.

Jeez, Knock off the self aggrandizing poetry. I have done all that too. When the banks come sucking on the teat of America and then do not live up to the promise the sorry no clue a'holes deserve all they get.

Some dumb college kid shows up on the board, just to promote his whiny assed 'spontaneous' protest - which claims to speak on behalf of some mythical 99% ... He gets what he deserves.

 

[FactFinder]

Jeez, Knock off the self aggrandizing poetry. I have done all that too. When the banks come sucking on the teat of America and then do not live up to the promise the sorry no clue a'holes deserve all they get.

Who forces you to use the banks?

I am a free man. I call 'em as I see 'em.

Oh, and if you are talking about using banks as a customer, who says I use them?

 

[Vel]

Jeez, Knock off the self aggrandizing poetry. I have done all that too. When the banks come sucking on the teat of America and then do not live up to the promise the sorry no clue a'holes deserve all they get.

Who forces you to use the banks?

I am a free man. I call 'em as I see 'em.

So no one forces you to turn over your hard earned money to that dastardly banker?

 

[FactFinder]

Who forces you to use the banks?

I am a free man. I call 'em as I see 'em.

So no one forces you to turn over your hard earned money to that dastardly banker?

Nope

I have worked hard to change my balance sheet so I don't need them. Not bad for a homeless foster kid.

 

[Angry_Vegetable]

Oh, knock off the overly dramatic claims of 'hate' and 'malice, mule.

I'm doing great - I work, I pay my own way, I don't need anyone to demand that my debts are written off. They are my debts, I will pay them. You - and your asshole puppets - do not speak for me.

Your masters want to overthrow our Republic. We will not stand for that. You tell Watermelon Man that.

Remember this: We Surround You.

Jeez, Knock off the self aggrandizing poetry. I have done all that too. When the banks come sucking on the teat of America and then do not live up to the promise the sorry no clue a'holes deserve all they get.

Who forces you to use the banks?

Money was printed and handed over to the banks to prop them up. Money that taxpayers like us will have to pay back to those who hold the bonds on that cash someday in the future.

 

[FactFinder]

I am a free man. I call 'em as I see 'em.

So no one forces you to turn over your hard earned money to that dastardly banker?

Nope

I have worked hard to change my balance sheet so I don't need them. Not bad for a homeless foster kid.

Oh, just for the record and to set accounts straight, my bank is God!

 

[techieny]

Here is a bigger vegetable than you jerkoff...

 

[FactFinder]

Here is a bigger vegetable than you jerkoff...

Little fella got some support behind them 99%ers, heh? Guess he ain't done yet. That must burn your butt!

 

[Vel]

I am a free man. I call 'em as I see 'em.

So no one forces you to turn over your hard earned money to that dastardly banker?

Nope

I have worked hard to change my balance sheet so I don't need them. Not bad for a homeless foster kid.

Well has it occurred to you that if you, a homeless foster kid, can survive without utilizing the banks services that other's can as well?

 

[Vel]

Jeez, Knock off the self aggrandizing poetry. I have done all that too. When the banks come sucking on the teat of America and then do not live up to the promise the sorry no clue a'holes deserve all they get.

Who forces you to use the banks?

Money was printed and handed over to the banks to prop them up. Money that taxpayers like us will have to pay back to those who hold the bonds on that cash someday in the future.

Well maybe you should be protesting at the politicians offices that GAVE it to them.

 

[California Girl]

Who forces you to use the banks?

Money was printed and handed over to the banks to prop them up. Money that taxpayers like us will have to pay back to those who hold the bonds on that cash someday in the future.

Well maybe you should be protesting at the politicians offices that GAVE it to them.

Like the evil TEA Parties, you mean?

Funny how then it was bad to protest and now it's good to protest. Weird shit. The TEA Party protests reduced Traitor Pelosi to tears of faux outrage. But these guys.... well... now... these protesters are 'real Americans'.

Oh, the irony!

 

[FactFinder]

So no one forces you to turn over your hard earned money to that dastardly banker?

Nope

I have worked hard to change my balance sheet so I don't need them. Not bad for a homeless foster kid.

Well has it occurred to you that if you, a homeless foster kid, can survive without utilizing the banks services that other's can as well?

Can't say that it was always that way. I once too was a slave, saw it and worked like hell to get free. No thanks to them bankers though. They are still trying to fleece me in.

 

[flacaltenn]

Angry__Vegetable::::

You got the general picture of political despair and hopelessness.. No prob there.. In the engineering jargon, we have an unstable system. One that is prone to oscillation and inefficiency. THe proximate cause is the 2 party monopoly.. Currently one party doesn't have to Govern well. THey only need to govern less badly to be rewarded with power when the other blows it..

THey PROTECT this monopoly by imposing ridiculous ballot access rules and controlling the formal debate. And all the USMB finger pointing devolves to who screwed up first. Or who spent more or who cheated less. It's a funhouse of failure.. And it stinks. Take the simplistic road where there are 2 (nominally) DEM parties and 2 (nominally) REP parties. ALL that ends. Because NOW you've introduced REAL competition. Why wouldn't a free market person recognize that? In reality, the choices would probably migrate to 2 centrist parties with little backbone philosophy and 2 "principled" parties that actually represent political roots in Conservative and Progressive politics.

But Angry Veg --- you're also assuming that there is no PREFERRED direction. That the Wall Street clowns are an equally valid choice to the Tea Party.. You don't have that luxury. You've got to decide. The wealthy don't really run this country -- Congress does. And Congress is corrupt and weilding too much power and money. It's the POWER to punish and reward that is the proximate cause of the collusion. MicroSoft never wanted to have a huge lobbyist presence in Wash. until it was attacked by the behemoth. NOW -- they act in self-preservation to survive the legislative/regulation onslaught.

The CAUSE is Federal power and money. The EFFECT is corporate cronyism. We need to wean GE and the banks OFF of the govt teat and let them graze for themselves again. You don't get to the solution by building a BIGGER and more POWERFUL set of teats!!!!!

So stay Angry you proud Vegetable. But if I were you -- I'd figure out which foxhole you're gonna dive into when the Revolution comes. Or like me -- work to INCREASE the number of foxholes that voters have to choose from...

 

[Trajan]

I probably will get flamed for this, but I am begging everyone of this board to at least consider the merits of OWS (Occupy Wall Street). What we have seen for quite some time now is the purposeful division of our society along very few issues. (Gun control, gay marriage, abortion, etc.) At the same time, we have seen the Treasury gutted, our Civil Liberties curtailed, and the normalization of a permanent state of war.

It doesn't matter which vetted politician is in charge, (Obama, Bush, Clinton) we get tossed to the side all the same. Both Bush and Obama bailed out the banks. Obama continues to throw the Bill of Rights out the window.

I am sure everyone knows that the laundry list of problems looks endless, but we must recognize that a many faced monster turns us against each other while reaching into our pocketbooks. These few that attempt to steer hatred of our fellow citizens into our lives have no political agenda, they are only concerned about their own gain, and they win every time a liberal calls a conservative a fascist or a tea bagger, or a conservative calls a liberal a hippie or a commie. These people that we are dealing with at the top are political chameleons who have no interest in the survival of the nation, only the endurance of their egos and pride.

Long live the Republic.

Occupy Wall Street | NYC Protest for American Revolution

I find it ludicrous that say an org like the The American Federation of Teachers who have been on the receiving end of 100s of millions if not a billion dollars of stimulus etc. has a place among you.


my suggestion would be to ditch the link. if you had just spoke up on your points minus the link which speaks to what appears to me collusion amongst unions et al in this, you would have been better off.



things are rough for everyone. some more, some less. this is life.

 

[FactFinder]

Angry__Vegetable::::

You got the general picture of political despair and hopelessness.. No prob there.. In the engineering jargon, we have an unstable system. One that is prone to oscillation and inefficiency. THe proximate cause is the 2 party monopoly.. Currently one party doesn't have to Govern well. THey only need to govern less badly to be rewarded with power when the other blows it..

THey PROTECT this monopoly by imposing ridiculous ballot access rules and controlling the formal debate. And all the USMB finger pointing devolves to who screwed up first. Or who spent more or who cheated less. It's a funhouse of failure.. And it stinks. Take the simplistic road where there are 2 (nominally) DEM parties and 2 (nominally) REP parties. ALL that ends. Because NOW you've introduced REAL competition. Why wouldn't a free market person recognize that? In reality, the choices would probably migrate to 2 centrist parties with little backbone philosophy and 2 "principled" parties that actually represent political roots in Conservative and Progressive politics.

But Angry Veg --- you're also assuming that there is no PREFERRED direction. That the Wall Street clowns are an equally valid choice to the Tea Party.. You don't have that luxury. You've got to decide. The wealthy don't really run this country -- Congress does. And Congress is corrupt and weilding too much power and money. It's the POWER to punish and reward that is the proximate cause of the collusion. MicroSoft never wanted to have a huge lobbyist presence in Wash. until it was attacked by the behemoth. NOW -- they act in self-preservation to survive the legislative/regulation onslaught.

The CAUSE is Federal power and money. The EFFECT is corporate cronyism. We need to wean GE and the banks OFF of the govt teat and let them graze for themselves again. You don't get to the solution by building a BIGGER and more POWERFUL set of teats!!!!!

So stay Angry you proud Vegetable. But if I were you -- I'd figure out which foxhole you're gonna dive into when the Revolution comes. Or like me -- work to INCREASE the number of foxholes that voters have to choose from...

The wealthy don't really run this country -- Congress does. And Congress is corrupt and weilding too much power and money.

If ya looked up the facts and figures you would see that the financial houses (Wall Street) buys up both sides. Then sends lobbyists to remind them.