'Occupy' types

[Slingin Sammy 33]

I wonder if the OWS types considered their effect on local, small businesses, and their workers:

Cafe Owner Says He Was Forced To Cut Staff By Nearly A Fourth Because Of 'Occupy' Protests | Fox News

The OWS folks aren't doing anything to hurt Wall Street, investment bankers, hedge fund managers, or corporate CEOs, but they're destroying this small business and certainly others like it so they can keep up their Woodstock-like, 20-something shenanigans.

[firstdown]

So I'm flipping through the news and saw this guy trying to explain the complex process the Occupy group is going to use to police themself. They have more layers in their process then the federal gov. to kick people out of a park they don't even own or control. I love to see what will happen when they try to kick someone out of a park and the person says its not your park. LOL So for a good laugh I found the link to the interview and what the hell kind of face is the host making?

Occupy Wall Street: Ryan Hoffman on security detail, serving the 'undesirables' - Countdown with Keith Olbermann // Current TV

[Beemnseven]

Peter Schiff vs. Occupiers

(actually a pretty good dialogue...)

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by Beemnseven

Peter Schiff vs. Occupiers

(actually a pretty good dialogue...)

I'd vote for Peter Schiff if he ran for office. Never thought about student loans as he talked about them and it makes good sense.

[mlmpetert]

Harsh brah....

[mlmpetert]

Originally Posted by firstdown

I'd vote for Peter Schiff if he ran for office. Never thought about student loans as he talked about them and it makes good sense.

Yeah i never thought about student loans in that sense either, definitely makes a good point.

[Lotus]

Several pleas were made above not to stereotype occupy people as a monolith. Yet the stereotypes continue. Sigh.

[Slingin Sammy 33]

Originally Posted by Lotus

Several pleas were made above not to stereotype occupy people as a monolith. Yet the stereotypes continue. Sigh.

To be clear about my post on the business potentially being shut down...

I'm referring to the folks occupying parks & living in tents (most often against normal City ordinances) for several weeks, generating trash, violating other City codes that would get normal folks arrested or fined, attending improptu concerts, committing assaults or other crimes, using illegal drugs at these events, all the while being unemployed or a "student" of some sort living off Mommy & Daddy's credit cards. Essentially the "I'm cool counter-culture" crowd SS referenced in his posts.

I am NOT referring to folks who identify with the broad goals of the OWS movement, are working towards crafting concrete proposals to address the issues they want resolved, and are working toward their goals in the normal course of civil debate and lawful action.

[NC_Skins]

http://movetoamend.org/news/boulder-...ate-personhood

“Today’s ‘corporate personhood’ referendum in Boulder, Colorado is the latest message from the American people to state and federal legislators on the need for a Constitutional Amendment,” said Congresswoman Donna Edwards (D-MD). “The Supreme Court’s misguided Citizens’ United ruling burst open the floodgates of corporate spending in our elections, but it also unleashed a wave of public outcry over the need to put individuals, not corporations, in control of our elections. The results from today are just one example that we must take action to protect our treasured democracy.”

Edwards introduced a bill last month for a Constitutional amendment that would overturn the controversial Supreme Court’s ruling in the Citizens United case.