Occupy Wall Street protest

[Yvonne183]

Oh and I for one could care less if people protest obama.. He is just as fault as anyone else.. I agree that having to tip toe the line of race with regards to critiques of the President, are a pain.. But guess what,,, thats because Racism is still alive.. its easier to try to ignore it when you safely can forget it.


He took money from wall street that tipped his campaign with enough to win, and he paid back wall street. So yeah he is in this as well

Then why aren't the protesters protesting at places that Obama talks at. Protesters followed Bush around the country protesting at him, then why don't the protesters in Wall street protest in front of Obama? It's cause the protesters are false, they aren't true to the real causes and the real villains, they are blinded by their left wing beliefs. And in my opinion this refusal to protest Obama means the protesters are just big babies on a camping trip.

I believe wall street is bad, i believe unions are bad, I believe all news media as bad, I believe all gov't is bad, I also believe the French are bad. But if one wants people to believe that the protesters cause is true then they shouldn't pic and choose who they feel are the bad guys. It is because of this exclusion of some people as the bad guys that makes me have doubts about the real intent of the protesters.

And one doesn't have to be around the protesters to have an opinion. I don't have to visit the middle east in order to have an opinion on what goes on there, I can make an opinion from what I think is in my mind. I can see things wrong about the protest that I mentioned above and in my other posts and this gives me my right to my opinion.

[Prospero]

I don't think anyone is suggesting the people on wall street are ever likely to go head-to head with the US armed forces. Look what happened when anti-war protestors in Ohio were confronted by the National Guard. Four kids shot dead.

And to describe Arab soldiers in Egypt as wimpy is just plain wrong. The weight and force of the demonstrators there proved irresistible - with a weakened leader easily sacrificable. The army have since stolen that revolution.
And is the army in Syria wimpy? I don't think so.

I think the point that Robertlouis was making is that what the media characterise as a popular uprising in one place can be presented as a bunch of idealistic know-nothing kids elsewhere.

[soul4real]

I agree with everything you said... Im just happy to see this as a start.. And I support the effort, and hope it does get spread to more protests and forms of dissent. that will only happen with people informing, instead of dismissing those who are ready for action.

[Prospero]

Yvonne wrote: " I believe wall street is bad, i believe unions are bad, I believe all news media as bad, I also believe the French are bad." ALL French? ALL media? All unions? Everyone who works on Wall Street?
C'mon Yvonne - a little more consideration before such blanket remarks.

[soul4real]

Not everyone who works on wall street... But the system itself.. YEs.. so can you work for a corrupt system and not be bad? Exploitation and making profits at any means is part of the job description.

[Prospero]

Oh and "all Government?" is bad.... any government anywhere? So the government formed after the American revolution as bad etc.... the complexities of the present crisis certainly bring out some anger - but simplistic responses don't help to solve anything?

[Yvonne183]

Ha ha ha,,, I see some protesters are for saving the environment, yet right there in their base camp they use gas powered generators to supply energy for their laptops and other things. gas generators are one of the worst forms of producing energy, they pollute the earth but, it's OK as long as liberals do the pollution, ha ha ha. Why don't the protesters use solar panels for their energy needs,, just a bunch of phonies.

If wall street is so bad then just stop buying the products that the wall street companies sell, stop investing 401 K''s and other monies into this evil market.

I do notice lots of protesters using cameras, iphone things, and lap tops,, all corporations of wall street. If you don't like wall street corporations then stop buying their products, freakin idiots. How big of a hammer do you need to hit you on the head before you take notice and stop being a tool,,, ha ha ha you don't have a clue.

[Yvonne183]

Oh and "all Government?" is bad.... any government anywhere? So the government formed after the American revolution as bad etc.... the complexities of the present crisis certainly bring out some anger - but simplistic responses don't help to solve anything?

Pretty much all of them are bad. The unions are definitely corrupt. I heard many and I mean many stories from my dad about the construction unions, they are corrupt as hell. And I hear stories from other unions as well,, they are all mob controlled.

Gov't,,ha ha ha... only a fool believes there are decent politicians.

I talk about the world of today, I am not living in the past so i don't talk about past gov'ts. but I am sure some will agree that the first US gov't was bad,, just take sool for reel's posts as an example,, the gov't of the revolution was in favor of slavery.

[flabbybody]

The civil service unions in New York and New Jersey own the local politicians. They refuse to agree to even minor wage and benefit concessions. They prefer layoffs within their own membership over collective sacrifice. Even as private sector workers loose health coverage and struggle to make ends meet. To see union members take part in this protest makes it a total mockery. TWU, PBA, UFT make Wall Street look like the good guys. And that's hard to do

[rileyk]

I've been handing out homemade organic PB&J sandwiches to the protesters, taking a bit of my personal time/money to support this movement. Heading down there right now with Harvey Van Toast