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The Disgraceful Occupy Protests

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The "Occupy" protests across the country have reached lows even lower than
most rational Americans can believe. Yet the left, as usual trots on in
something akin to a drug induced ignorance of these events. Consider that
the "Occupy" protests have been endorsed and or spoken highly of by the
American Nazi and Communist groups. Also consider that these protests are costing
American taxpayers millions of dollars every day. Protesters are spouting
racial slurs, cursing America in songs and chants. Drugs, prostitution and
breaking and entering are among the many rampant outrages that are
occurring daily at these so called "peaceful" demonstrations. Yet the left
whom blasted the Tea Party for racial slurs being spoken at one of their
meetings remains quiet or defensive of these mobs with little or no
direction or discipline. The Tea Party was somewhat vindicated of the
events concerning the racial slurs when a left wing radical was caught at a
Tea Party meeting screaming racial slurs. Most likely ALL the events of
racial slurs was left wing nut cases who were trying to cause the Tea Party
problems. Yet the Mainstream media never apologized or retracted its mud
slinging coverage of the Tea Party.

The disgrace of these so called "protests" is that they are being coddled
for the most part by many of our public officials. I don't expect our
police force to break out the real bullets or anything but these people,
for the most part, are delusional if not completely ignorant of reality and
our public officials should be bringing this to light rather than giving
them support.

These protests have no real solution laid out other than some people have money and the government should take it from them and pass it out to all the people who want hand outs. The theme seems to be that corporations have money so therefore they should pay high wages and benefits regardless of whether it makes any rational sense whatsoever. It is insanity to me that these people are so far removed from reality that they think having the government to somehow force companies to "pay up" is a solution. Big businesses do not have to do business in the U.S and the more hostile the business environment becomes here the more businesses will leave.

This is surely another great example of the lefts complete disregard for any rational thought to problems. The left seems to work on the idea of "if it feels good do it". Thus the insanity and complete disgraceful actions of these protest show just how "dumb down" Americans have become. Lord help us.
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Out Of The Box
Out Of The Box
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6 months ago: A number of years ago I worked for a guy, a bazillionair, who owned among many businesses, a chain of very lucrative full service car washes. He paid his employees extremely well, gave them great benefits, trips, and work schedules. His managers were making $75,000 in 1986, his district managers around $12Ok. Even his extra services salesmen were knocking down $45 to $50 grand per year.

Well, long story short, the managers banded together to protest the laying off of the GM's wife from her cushy job as Administrator of carwash reception and merchandise. The GM went from store to store to garner solidarity among the managers. and got promises of cooperation from all except one. Me. I knew the owner well, and his reaction was exactly what I thought it would be. Firing them? nope.

He said he would back cement trucks in every car wash he owned and fill the d*** things up with concrete before he would capitulate and pay someone to do something that was unnecessary. The proposed walk-out was tabled, and they all continued to work, minus 1 unnecessary position.

Short story long, this ogre of a bazillionair, after twenty or so years of piddling and diddling with every kind of business you can think of, grew tired of the car washes, and GAVE them to his managers and the General Manager. They ran it like a co-operative business, the kind you hear liberals gushing about now and again. They lasted four years, before they closed the doors forever, bankrupt.

There's a moral in there somewhere.
6 months ago:
I like the story OOTB and do get the moral point, which is a good one. There was a time in this country when a person built a business ground up and it was his or her business just as a home is ones own. The person took the risks and endured the labor to build it and it was theirs to do with as they pleased. This was one of the motivations of entrepreneurship.

Today we see people in these protests and Al here at RR stating that these businesses should work for the people. Though the people who these businesses are suppose to work for have little if anything to do with the businesses other than maybe buying there product occasionally. Rand Paul touched upon the seemingly long lost idea of ones business being their own when he said a business should be ones personal property and they should be able to let whom they wish in regardless of the reason. Of course he was blasted by the media as being racists and bigoted and his actual point was lost on all the sheep.
Altruist
Altruist
Eugene, OR
6 months ago: The Occupy protests all over the world, are simply the result of people angry at getting screwed. Most of the people out there camping out are the unemployed wanting jobs. Many of them are saddled with tens of thousands of dollars of student debt and they have no way to pay them off.

The people on the right are pretty frustrated with the movement because it is a populist movement without leaders and without ideology. The standard right wing Modus operandi is to demonize the leaders of the movement, but it is hard to do that when there are no leaders. It is also hard to claim that the movement is socialist or communist because there is no ideology besides the fact that everyone agrees that the rich and the big corporations have undue influence on how our government operates. Everyone with even a miniscule understanding of the world will admit to that fact so that is hard to counter. http://october2011.org/blogs/kevin-zeese...

The movement has been remarkably peaceful considering the number of people involved, and the movement has improved the quality of life of the protesters and are working to improve the quality of life for the other 99% of the population. http://occupywallst.org/forum/occupy-wal...

The movement is popular, enjoying the support of twice as many people as those who oppose it, while at the same time the popularity of the Tea Party (currently at 25%) continues to decline.

The movement is far from disgraceful. It is speaking out against the greed and corruption that has driven this countries economy off the cliff. It celebrates the individual and believes that corporations should work for the people and not just the rich.

This is proving very effective. One individual, angry at the banks' continual fee increases so they can pay their CEO's obscene amounts, contacted 50 of her friends who contacted fifty of their friends, and before you know what happened they changed the entire banking industry. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIRGkRT6q...

Hold On To Your Hats Folks! Things are gonna change. 99% to 1% - I like those odds.
6 months ago: Hi Al, as always thanks for the comment. I wish I had more time to address it but I will have to be brief.

1. Most people in the world would love to be able to get loans for college with out the threat of being shot when they miss a payment. Most people in the world would love to be able to camp out on public land and have the taxpayers' foot the bill for clean up. Most people in the world would love to have a fraction of what these protesters have.

2. Your second paragraph is pretty much my point also. The protesters have no leaders or plan so it is hard to pin anything on them. Also as we see many undesirables are taking advantage of the mob and gaining leverage from it.

3. It is not a movement it is a mob and if they are working for me then their FIRED.

4. I don't doubt it is popular. Welfare is also popular.

5. "The movement is far from disgraceful. It is speaking out against the greed and corruption that has driven this countries economy off the cliff."
Anyone can present a problem and protest about it. Without actual viable plans for a solution it is all just nonsense and detrimental to any forward progress. What has happened as generally does with a mob is the undesirables take advantage of the herd and use it to leverage for power. Thus it also has happened in this case.
Out Of The Box
Out Of The Box
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6 months ago: The Occupy Movement, while appearing leaderless due to the confusion of most of the attendees, is far from actually being leaderless. Just as a herd of does appears hesitant and indecisive as the alpha buck goads them across the clearing, while he himself tests the wind and watches from safety, so are the leadership of the Occupy protests waiting behind the scenes to gauge public reaction and support.

The Adbusters link Altruist posted Occupywallst.org was commissioned by the organizers oft he movement.

99% to 1%? I think your odds are a bit off.

Now it is being said that Soros' money, channeled through the Tides Corporation, is responsible for the this "organic" groundswell. He needs this movement to further his socio-political tinkerings. The people of OccupyWallSt. are merely pawns in a game much bigger than they can understand.
6 months ago: I agree OOTB. For those who do a little homework rather than react on pure emotion it is clear there are people leading this group and it is not where they think they are going.
6 months ago: I wonder if they will dispute this (growing) list? Each name on this list can be verified with source and links @ http://pjmedia.com/zombie/2011/10/31/the...

The 99%: Official list of Occupy Wall Street's supporters, sponsors and sympathizers

Communist Party USA

American Nazi Party

Ayatollah Khamenei, Supreme Leader of Iran

Barack Obama

The government of North Korea

Louis Farrakhan, Nation of Islam

Revolutionary Communist Party

David Duke

Joe Biden

Hugo Chavez

Revolutionary Guards of Iran

Black Panthers (original)

Socialist Party USA

US Border Guard

Industrial Workers of the World

CAIR

Nancy Pelosi

Communist Party of China

Hezbollah

9/11Truth.org

International Bolshevik Tendency

Anonymous

White Revolution

International Socialist Organization

PressTV (Iranian government outlet)

Marxist Student Union

Freedom Road Socialist Organization

ANSWER

Party for Socialism and Liberation
6 months ago: That is awsome Cypress, thanks for that contribution. What is the old saying "birds of a feather flock together"?
6 months ago: Yeah well. I'm sure they will dis-own the connections. However, It will be very hard to dis-own these...

http://www.foundingbloggers.com/wordpres...

http://moonbattery.com/?p=4075

Can we say "Smile" your on camera?
6 months ago: Solid TCG.

http://www.therightsphere.com/2011/11/th...

Some movement. Sure makes me want to sign up. Look at the marvelous peer group they have established.
6 months ago: Very good!! Though the mainstream media has either completly ignored this type of stuff or glazed over it we at least have the proof.
6 months ago: Nice work Jakarta. This should be a reality check for some here.

There are people "Occupying Wall Street" that will not be satisfied until Wall Street is literally shut down as in CLOSED for Business.

That's should be pretty scary for folks here.

Particularly those in the US who don't have jobs, are running out of resources, and still won't recognize where their ultimate help is to come from.

BTW - Of course the mainstream media is keeping this as best they can on the down-low. The end result to what the OCCUPIERS are ultimately trying to accomplish is counterproductive to the Liberal media's interests as well. It's hard to make money when the war is in your backyard.

Unfortunately I see things getting a lot worse if they get better.

And some folks refuse to pray. Give me a break.
6 months ago: Thanks Huey.

The mainstream media tries to say this is the equal to the Tea Party's' gatherings. The Tea Party however had and still has a base it works from i.e smaller government and less government spending. This occupy event has been without any direction or solution for what they seam to be protesting. Is there greed in big business? Sure but there is greed everywhere and without a viable solution it is pointless to just go out and raise cain about a problem. Now the real nut cases are getting their fingers on this and leveraging it for power which is resulting in real terrible effects for the entire country.

It appears the only ones who do not see the truth of this situation are those who are not really interested in truth.
6 months ago: Jakarta.

The fat lady is warming up.

6 months ago: I hear ya Red.
Altruist
Altruist
Eugene, OR
6 months ago: The Occupy movement isn't equal to the Tea Party in organization. I just got back from a General Assembly and it was frustrating because everything has to go through the consensus process and there are no leaders, so no one can ramrod anything through. I sincerely wish there were a bunch of organizations running the show so stuff would get done, and I wish George Sorus was funding the movement, but as it is we had to pass the hat to pay the $800 a month to pay for portapotties.

The Occupy movement didn't start with Adbusters, it started in Tunesia then Egypt, and spread through Europe before coming here. 82 different nations are in solidarity with Occupy and they are all asking for the same thing, jobs, justice, fairness, and freedom for the 99%.

The Republican/Tea Party on the other hand just refused to provide 450,000 jobs rebuilding our crumbling infrastructure because they objected to a 0.7% tax on millionaires.

The Occupy folks are the only patriots in the country, because all of the Republicans and half of the Democrats have sold their souls to the 1%, and would rather destroy the nation than give Obama any jobs program to help those in need. That is disgraceful and unpatriotic.
6 months ago: Al I have just one question for you. You stated this.

"82 different nations are in solidarity with Occupy and they are all asking for the same thing, jobs, justice, fairness, and freedom for the 99%".

Now who exactly are you proposing to dish out this "jobs, justice, fairness, and freedom? The Occupiers? They can't even get their toilets in order by your own admission. The government? You stated in the previous comment that the government was in the hands of big business. You guys seem to have a problem which is impossible to solve in the degree you portray it.

Oh and please don't say Obama is going to do all this if we would just let him. The guy had two years to do as he pleased and all he has done was run the country into the ground.

The U.N ? Don't even get me started on how corrupt that organization is.

So I am curious as to who can administer this utopia you guys are fighting for. I am not saying we don't need to change some things but the degree you seem to be talking about will require some massive administration it seems to me.

So who is in the position to lay all this justice and fairness out Al?
Out Of The Box
Out Of The Box
 Moderator
6 months ago: Tunisia:
"The new government is a sham. It's an insult to the revolution that claimed lives and blood,"

Egypt: "More than eight months after President Hosni Mubarak was toppled, the euphoria of Egypt's political spring surrendered to a season of discontent. There was widespread gloom that Egypt was again stagnating, its economy heading toward a cliff, while the caretaker government refused or failed to act."

Don't do me any favors. If that is the type of inspiration you are trying to give, you aren't going to get much support.

I just don't understand the philosophy of "It's better that everyone live in abject poverty, than to have a few that live above the norm.
6 months ago: OOTB - Misery loves company.

6 months ago: Al. I have only one question for you. Did you see the info, pictures and videos in these links?

http://pjmedia.com/zombie/2011/10/31/the...

http://www.foundingbloggers.com/wordpres...

http://moonbattery.com/?p=4075

Still having a problem getting the "Tea Party" to join?

Wonder why.....

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