'Occupy' types

[Alvin Walton]

Originally Posted by NC_Skins

UC Davis pepper spray video: Chancellor Linda Katehi refuses to quit after police attack | Mail Online





LOL@ their motto. "A community that embraces civility".

You're quoting the Mail On Line?
You really expect any credibility after that?

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by NC_Skins

UC Davis pepper spray video: Chancellor Linda Katehi refuses to quit after police attack | Mail Online





LOL@ their motto. "A community that embraces civility".

I think they want to get pepper sprayed. Look at all the cameras there to capture this even though the cops warned them over and over again. Now they can scream about the cops. They are trying to take the blame off themself and get it directed toward the cops. Its also funny how they seem to always leave out the cops warning them in these clips posted.

[Dirtbag59]

Okay seriously WTF is this thread and why does it keep getting bumped?

[NC_Skins]

[Gary84Clark]

I agree with NC Skins. Also, it does not matter if someone has an agenda or not, it is their right to have an agenda. I had a friend of mine say it is not the time for OCCUPY we are at war. Funny we were at war when the tea party was calling our president a socialist and comparing him to Hitler. Imagine what Limbaugh would have said if the Tea Party protesters got maced? Blind ideological allegiance is dangerous to the ideologues more than anyone. Ask yourself how many RHINOS exist. Who is really with you in this ideology game or who is just saying they are with you?

[NC_Skins]

U.S. banks should "undermine" Occupy protesters: memo - Yahoo! News

The Occupy Wall Street movement is a big enough problem for U.S. banks that they should pay for opposition research into the political motives of protesters, said a firm that lobbies for the industry.

Clark Lytle Geduldig & Cranford, a Washington-based firm, proposed the idea in a memo to the American Banking Association, an industry group which said on Saturday that it did not act on the idea.

The four-page memo outlined how the firm could analyze the source of protesters' money, as well as their rhetoric and the backgrounds of protest leaders.

"If we can show they have the same cynical motivation as a political opponent, it will undermine their credibility in a profound way," said the memo, according to a copy of it on the website of TV news channel MSNBC, which first reported on it.

[drew54]

For those against "Occupy" I would like to know:

Is it fair that 90% of elections at all levels are won by the person who spends more money (or gets more money from private interests)?

Do you support the right of corporations to spend millions of dollars lobbying congress, undermining the relationship between politicians and their constituents?

Does it seem moral that politicians can use insider information based on policy decisions to trade stocks and line their own pockets?

Is it okay that politicians who help corporations often end up getting high-paying jobs from those same corporations when they leave office?

Does it seem logical that in our capitalist system, a massive financial institution could become "too big to fail," forcing taxpayers to pickup a multi-trillion dollar bill brought about by destructive and reckless decision making by those institutions' leadership?

Do you see a problem with the fact that 20 years ago, you could raise a family on a single income, while today 2-income families sometimes barely scrape by - and that trend looks to continue?

Maybe you do not agree with the delivery of the unorganized movement. But how can you not support the message?

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by drew54

For those against "Occupy" I would like to know:

Is it fair that 90% of elections at all levels are won by the person who spends more money (or gets more money from private interests)?

Do you support the right of corporations to spend millions of dollars lobbying congress, undermining the relationship between politicians and their constituents?

Does it seem moral that politicians can use insider information based on policy decisions to trade stocks and line their own pockets?

Is it okay that politicians who help corporations often end up getting high-paying jobs from those same corporations when they leave office?

Does it seem logical that in our capitalist system, a massive financial institution could become "too big to fail," forcing taxpayers to pickup a multi-trillion dollar bill brought about by destructive and reckless decision making by those institutions' leadership?

Do you see a problem with the fact that 20 years ago, you could raise a family on a single income, while today 2-income families sometimes barely scrape by - and that trend looks to continue?

Maybe you do not agree with the delivery of the unorganized movement. But how can you not support the message?

Have you ever thought that the reason they have more money to spend is because they have more support and with that support come donations? I think the two go hand in hand. I'm not saying that I support it just making the point.

[drew54]

Originally Posted by firstdown

Have you ever thought that the reason they have more money to spend is because they have more support and with that support come donations? I think the two go hand in hand. I'm not saying that I support it just making the point.

I would agree with that if large groups like Unions and SuperPac groups could not donate unlimited funds. We need campaign finance reform in the worst way. I would like to see more light shined on the average donation size of some of these people.

I do not believe this is a left right movement. It should be a unifying movement but the media picks sides and keeps us divided.

[drew54]

Originally Posted by firstdown

Have you ever thought that the reason they have more money to spend is because they have more support and with that support come donations? I think the two go hand in hand. I'm not saying that I support it just making the point.

Stat of the Day: Who Gives to Campaigns? | United Republic

Here is some data on who supports these candidates.

[over the mountain]

Is that photo of the cop spraying people while they are lined up and sitting in a fetile position real and undoctored?

that photo must be a fake. no way someone could actually defend that action by the cop.

nice try occupy people but you aint fooling me.

[drew54]

Originally Posted by over the mountain

Is that photo of the cop spraying people while they are lined up and sitting in a fetile position real and undoctored?

that photo must be a fake. no way someone could actually defend that action by the cop.

nice try occupy people but you aint fooling me.

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[hooskins]

OTM,

Video - Breaking News Videos from CNN.com

[NC_Skins]

Originally Posted by hooskins

OTM,

Video - Breaking News Videos from CNN.com

That lame and bullshit lie that the cops were surrounded and needed a way out. It's clear the cop stepped over the line, JUST so he could spray them. Those people weren't blocking them in any way. People like this should be pulled out of their home and beat merciless.

[dmek25]

anyone that would defend the police pepper spraying these people needs their head examined... the right to organize, and protest, is a constitutional right...we actually need that many ARMED police at a protest? isn't this premise what our great country is founded on? what the hell have we become?