Sat Dec 31, 2011, 11:22 PM
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Author | Time | Post |
 Occupy Wall Street just reoccupied Zucotti Park! (Original post) |
backscatter712 | Dec 2011 | OP |
| nadinbrzezinski | Dec 2011 | #1 | |
| fascisthunter | Jan 2012 | #119 | |
| midnight | Jan 2012 | #127 | |
| villager | Dec 2011 | #2 | |
| freshwest | Dec 2011 | #4 | |
| sandyd921 | Dec 2011 | #3 | |
| freshwest | Dec 2011 | #5 | |
| midnight | Jan 2012 | #128 | |
| Renew Deal | Dec 2011 | #6 | |
| Bozita | Jan 2012 | #7 | |
| Warpy | Jan 2012 | #8 | |
| certainot | Jan 2012 | #20 | |
| Bluenorthwest | Jan 2012 | #9 | |
| sandyd921 | Jan 2012 | #11 | |
| dotymed | Jan 2012 | #14 | |
| onehandle | Jan 2012 | #10 | |
| mvd | Jan 2012 | #18 | |
| Odin2005 | Jan 2012 | #12 | |
| freshwest | Jan 2012 | #13 | |
| Jester Messiah | Jan 2012 | #15 | |
| Cleita | Jan 2012 | #16 | |
| 4dsc | Jan 2012 | #17 | |
| gateley | Jan 2012 | #19 | |
| Generic Other | Jan 2012 | #21 | |
| Mosaic | Jan 2012 | #22 | |
| GliderGuider | Jan 2012 | #24 | |
| a2liberal | Jan 2012 | #23 | |
| Jack Rabbit | Jan 2012 | #25 | |
| SkyLlama | Jan 2012 | #26 | |
| randome | Jan 2012 | #27 | |
| tavalon | Jan 2012 | #28 | |
| midnight | Jan 2012 | #130 | |
| Speed8098 | Jan 2012 | #30 | |
| klook | Jan 2012 | #32 | |
| sandyd921 | Jan 2012 | #39 | |
| stopwastingmymoney | Jan 2012 | #44 | |
| Doctor_J | Jan 2012 | #46 | |
| unlawflcombatnt | Jan 2012 | #48 | |
| randome | Jan 2012 | #50 | |
| Fantastic Anarchist | Jan 2012 | #79 | |
| Synicus Maximus | Jan 2012 | #77 | |
| Remember Me | Jan 2012 | #87 | |
| Speed8098 | Jan 2012 | #57 | |
| Doctor_J | Jan 2012 | #65 | |
| Speed8098 | Jan 2012 | #93 | |
| JDPriestly | Jan 2012 | #88 | |
| randome | Jan 2012 | #91 | |
| nadinbrzezinski | Jan 2012 | #129 | |
| JDPriestly | Jan 2012 | #134 | |
| unlawflcombatnt | Jan 2012 | #47 | |
| JDPriestly | Jan 2012 | #135 | |
| Jack Rabbit | Jan 2012 | #51 | |
| dana_b | Jan 2012 | #64 | |
| treestar | Jan 2012 | #71 | |
| peacebird | Jan 2012 | #31 | |
| treestar | Jan 2012 | #72 | |
| ejpoeta | Jan 2012 | #78 | |
| treestar | Jan 2012 | #114 | |
| nadinbrzezinski | Jan 2012 | #83 | |
| lunatica | Jan 2012 | #33 | |
| treestar | Jan 2012 | #73 | |
| nadinbrzezinski | Jan 2012 | #84 | |
| lunatica | Jan 2012 | #94 | |
| randome | Jan 2012 | #95 | |
| treestar | Jan 2012 | #108 | |
| nadinbrzezinski | Jan 2012 | #125 | |
| Warren Stupidity | Jan 2012 | #41 | |
| Doctor_J | Jan 2012 | #45 | |
| Zhade | Jan 2012 | #52 | |
| OneGrassRoot | Jan 2012 | #54 | |
| Remember Me | Jan 2012 | #86 | |
| randome | Jan 2012 | #92 | |
| Remember Me | Jan 2012 | #126 | |
| nadinbrzezinski | Jan 2012 | #131 | |
| Doremus | Jan 2012 | #90 | |
| midnight | Jan 2012 | #133 | |
| SpiralHawk | Jan 2012 | #29 | |
| lunatica | Jan 2012 | #34 | |
| blueclown | Jan 2012 | #35 | |
| Fire Walk With Me | Jan 2012 | #37 | |
| freshwest | Jan 2012 | #55 | |
| randome | Jan 2012 | #56 | |
| Mister Ed | Jan 2012 | #58 | |
| randome | Jan 2012 | #60 | |
| Mister Ed | Jan 2012 | #63 | |
| Fantastic Anarchist | Jan 2012 | #81 | |
| freshwest | Jan 2012 | #61 | |
| randome | Jan 2012 | #62 | |
| lunatica | Jan 2012 | #96 | |
| randome | Jan 2012 | #98 | |
| lunatica | Jan 2012 | #99 | |
| Fire Walk With Me | Jan 2012 | #59 | |
| TBF | Jan 2012 | #76 | |
| Fantastic Anarchist | Jan 2012 | #80 | |
| calimary | Jan 2012 | #85 | |
| treestar | Jan 2012 | #74 | |
| randome | Jan 2012 | #75 | |
| fascisthunter | Jan 2012 | #102 | |
| dipsydoodle | Jan 2012 | #36 | |
| SlimJimmy | Jan 2012 | #38 | |
| dipsydoodle | Jan 2012 | #40 | |
| SlimJimmy | Jan 2012 | #42 | |
| dipsydoodle | Jan 2012 | #43 | |
| hack89 | Jan 2012 | #89 | |
| SlimJimmy | Jan 2012 | #100 | |
| hack89 | Jan 2012 | #101 | |
| fascisthunter | Jan 2012 | #103 | |
| hack89 | Jan 2012 | #107 | |
| fascisthunter | Jan 2012 | #109 | |
| hack89 | Jan 2012 | #112 | |
| fascisthunter | Jan 2012 | #117 | |
| hack89 | Jan 2012 | #118 | |
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| hack89 | Jan 2012 | #122 | |
| BenYehuda | Jan 2012 | #49 | |
| RoccoR5955 | Jan 2012 | #53 | |
| Fantastic Anarchist | Jan 2012 | #66 | |
| randome | Jan 2012 | #67 | |
| Fantastic Anarchist | Jan 2012 | #82 | |
| fascisthunter | Jan 2012 | #105 | |
| fascisthunter | Jan 2012 | #104 | |
| RobertBlue | Jan 2012 | #68 | |
| Zorra | Jan 2012 | #69 | |
| RueVoltaire | Jan 2012 | #70 | |
| unionworks | Jan 2012 | #97 | |
| fascisthunter | Jan 2012 | #106 | |
| randome | Jan 2012 | #110 | |
| fascisthunter | Jan 2012 | #113 | |
| randome | Jan 2012 | #115 | |
| fascisthunter | Jan 2012 | #116 | |
| randome | Jan 2012 | #120 | |
| fascisthunter | Jan 2012 | #123 | |
| randome | Jan 2012 | #124 | |
| nadinbrzezinski | Jan 2012 | #132 | |
| Uncle Joe | Jan 2012 | #111 |
Response to nadinbrzezinski (Reply #1)
Tue Jan 3, 2012, 12:09 AM
127. "A police commander announced through a megaphone that the park, which is normally open 24 hours
Response to villager (Reply #2)
Sat Dec 31, 2011, 11:45 PM
4. Oh gosh, I just saw the post made after this one first. About all hell breaking loose.
Response to backscatter712 (Original post)
Sat Dec 31, 2011, 11:44 PM
3. I'm streaming what's going on on Timcast
Response to sandyd921 (Reply #3)
Sat Dec 31, 2011, 11:54 PM
5. Thanks, it looks like everything's cool now.
Response to backscatter712 (Original post)
Sat Dec 31, 2011, 11:56 PM
Renew Deal (79,083 posts)
6. This is pretty great.
Response to backscatter712 (Original post)
Sun Jan 1, 2012, 12:07 AM
Warpy (99,223 posts)
8. I love that they tore down all the barricades and stacked them
Response to Bluenorthwest (Reply #9)
Sun Jan 1, 2012, 12:18 AM
11. Happy Occupied New Year to you too!
Response to backscatter712 (Original post)
Sun Jan 1, 2012, 12:17 AM
10. Good. It's a fairly mild night, but the cold is coming.
Response to onehandle (Reply #10)
Sun Jan 1, 2012, 01:53 AM
mvd (63,048 posts)
18. Just imagine what we can do starting in the spring!
Response to backscatter712 (Original post)
Sun Jan 1, 2012, 12:34 AM
13. Timcast showing what looks like an electronic board down the street with an upraised fist on it...
Response to backscatter712 (Original post)
Sun Jan 1, 2012, 01:28 AM
16. The streaming has been difficult but so inspiring every time
Response to backscatter712 (Original post)
Sun Jan 1, 2012, 01:54 AM
19. Great way to begin the New Year! Happy New Year, OWS! nt
Response to backscatter712 (Original post)
Sun Jan 1, 2012, 02:03 AM
Generic Other (27,091 posts)
21. 2AM eastern time
Response to backscatter712 (Original post)
Sun Jan 1, 2012, 05:50 AM
26. I try to support them but...
Response to randome (Reply #27)
Sun Jan 1, 2012, 06:50 AM
28. Sure they are. Absolutely! That said, 2011 and 2012 are turning out to be years when
Response to randome (Reply #27)
Tue Jan 3, 2012, 12:13 AM
130. Especially some of those brave souls collecting signatures in Waukesha...
Response to SkyLlama (Reply #26)
Sun Jan 1, 2012, 08:09 AM
30. You frame your post in such a way that I find offensive
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Any honest person will tell you nothing.
That sentence alone is disingenuous. I am an honest person and I'm happy to tell you what they are accomplishing. They are publicizing the fact that big money is the main influence in our government. They are showing the world what Capitalist greed does to a society with a majority that is middle class. They are trumpeting that financial institutions in this country are nothing more than self serving fascists that don't give a rats ass about those of us in the middle class. They are showing the world that the so called "job creators" only create jobs in third world countries so they can exploit cheap labor and bribe those governments to look the other way while they drive the slave labor. 
These are just a few of the accomplishments they've made and the list goes on and on. and for your information, this movement involves all parties, not just my liberal friends. If you don't wish to support them, that's your choice but don't come into my neighborhood and try to convince my neighbors and I that you think you know something you don't. 
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Response to Speed8098 (Reply #30)
Sun Jan 1, 2012, 10:14 AM
39. And you hit the nail on the head! n/t
Response to Speed8098 (Reply #30)
Sun Jan 1, 2012, 11:32 AM
stopwastingmymoney (1,412 posts)
44. Thank you!
Response to randome (Reply #50)
Sun Jan 1, 2012, 09:48 PM
79. The two organizations are not mutually exclusive. nt
Response to unlawflcombatnt (Reply #48)
Sun Jan 1, 2012, 08:01 PM
77. It made a difference to the union workers who lost 2 days wages not much else
Response to Doctor_J (Reply #46)
Sun Jan 1, 2012, 03:22 PM
57. I'm not the "Magic 8 Ball" but "All signs point to yes"
Response to Doctor_J (Reply #65)
Mon Jan 2, 2012, 07:00 AM
93. Reality? I'm there and you're welcome to visit.
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It sure doesn't seem to me like they're "losing the debate".
Then you haven't been paying attention Continuing to smile and play nice while you're being attacked is a guaranteed way to lose, as the Dems have proven without a doubt over the last 20 years. Really? So......then.........I take it you think President Obama is a Republican? Obama received 53 percent of the popular vote to 46 percent for his conservative opponent John McCain, and he carried the electoral vote by an even more substantial 365-to-173 margin. And the passage of the "Detention Without Trial Act" offsets that nicely. http://motherjones.com/mojo/2011/12/defense-bill-passed-so-what-does-it-do-ndaa (snip)So what exactly does the bill do? It says that the president has to hold a foreign Al Qaeda suspect captured on US soil in military detention—except it leaves enough procedural loopholes that someone like convicted underwear bomber and Nigerian citizen Umar Abdulmutallab could actually go from capture to trial without ever being held by the military. It does not, contrary to what many media outlets have reported, authorize the president to indefinitely detain without trial an American citizen suspected of terrorism who is captured in the US. A last minute compromise amendment adopted in the Senate, whose language was retained in the final bill, leaves it up to the courts to decide if the president has that power, should a future president try to exercise it. But if a future president does try to assert the authority to detain an American citizen without charge or trial, it won't be based on the authority in this bill. So it's simply not true, as the Guardian wrote yesterday, that the the bill "allows the military to indefinitely detain without trial American terrorism suspects arrested on US soil who could then be shipped to Guantánamo Bay." When the New York Times editorial page writes that the bill would "strip the F.B.I., federal prosecutors and federal courts of all or most of their power to arrest and prosecute terrorists and hand it off to the military," or that the "legislation could also give future presidents the authority to throw American citizens into prison for life without charges or a trial," they're simply wrong. The language in the bill that relates to the detention authority as far as US citizens and permanent residents are concerned is, "Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect existing law or authorities relating to the detention of United States citizens, lawful resident aliens of the United States, or any other persons who are captured or arrested in the United States." You should know what you are talking about before you speak. A quote I've always shared with uninformed people such as yourself sums it up pretty nicely. "It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than it is to open your mouth and remove all doubt" If you want to go against the Democratic party this election cycle, be my guest. Just know, you will be on the losing end of the spectrum.  |
Response to Doctor_J (Reply #46)
Sun Jan 1, 2012, 11:01 PM
88. The Civil Rights Movement took forever to get to passage
Response to randome (Reply #91)
Tue Jan 3, 2012, 04:48 PM
134. Were you there during the civil rights movement?
Response to Speed8098 (Reply #30)
Sun Jan 1, 2012, 07:12 PM
treestar (78,102 posts)
71. The things you mention are already well known, aren't they?
Response to SkyLlama (Reply #26)
Sun Jan 1, 2012, 08:18 AM
31. They have changed the dialog in our country. People are now talking about the income inequality
Response to peacebird (Reply #31)
Sun Jan 1, 2012, 07:13 PM
treestar (78,102 posts)
72. I've heard plenty about that before
Response to treestar (Reply #72)
Sun Jan 1, 2012, 09:12 PM
78. in the mainstream??? i sure haven't. they went out of their way
Response to ejpoeta (Reply #78)
Mon Jan 2, 2012, 11:39 AM
treestar (78,102 posts)
114. So is it really happening in the mainstream now?
Response to SkyLlama (Reply #26)
Sun Jan 1, 2012, 08:41 AM
lunatica (51,406 posts)
33. Well you are talking about them aren't you?
Response to lunatica (Reply #33)
Sun Jan 1, 2012, 07:14 PM
treestar (78,102 posts)
73. They are getting attention for occupying the park
Response to treestar (Reply #73)
Mon Jan 2, 2012, 07:41 AM
lunatica (51,406 posts)
94. If that's all you 'see' then your not looking very hard
Response to lunatica (Reply #94)
Mon Jan 2, 2012, 11:28 AM
treestar (78,102 posts)
108. I've seen those
Response to SkyLlama (Reply #26)
Sun Jan 1, 2012, 01:08 PM
52. I'm sorry, what have you accomplished again?
Response to SkyLlama (Reply #26)
Sun Jan 1, 2012, 10:57 PM
86. You're just not paying attention --
Response to SkyLlama (Reply #26)
Sun Jan 1, 2012, 11:47 PM
90. Somehow I don't think you try very hard.
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"I try to support them but..."
 
BTW, I support OWS and believe they are accomplishing a great deal. I am also quite honest. But thanks for the insult. Happy new year to you too. |
Response to backscatter712 (Original post)
Sun Jan 1, 2012, 08:44 AM
lunatica (51,406 posts)
34. kick'd and rec'd
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Go Occupy!!
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Response to backscatter712 (Original post)
Sun Jan 1, 2012, 08:51 AM
35. They should fight their battles in Washington, not over a stupid barricade.
Response to Fire Walk With Me (Reply #37)
Sun Jan 1, 2012, 02:45 PM
55. As reported frequently byTim last night.
Response to randome (Reply #56)
Sun Jan 1, 2012, 03:30 PM
Mister Ed (3,798 posts)
58. Is it really an either/or choice?
Response to randome (Reply #60)
Sun Jan 1, 2012, 03:57 PM
Mister Ed (3,798 posts)
63. Nothing that you can see. n/t
Response to randome (Reply #60)
Sun Jan 1, 2012, 09:55 PM
81. Well, we've certainly got your attention.
Response to randome (Reply #56)
Sun Jan 1, 2012, 03:42 PM
61. Most of these groups support each other. WI is not alone in people taking legislative action.
Response to randome (Reply #56)
Mon Jan 2, 2012, 07:50 AM
lunatica (51,406 posts)
96. Yeah, but they started off basically sitting in in the State Capital and people jeered at them then
Response to randome (Reply #98)
Mon Jan 2, 2012, 08:55 AM
lunatica (51,406 posts)
99. It got you talking about it didn't it?
Response to Fire Walk With Me (Reply #37)
Sun Jan 1, 2012, 07:48 PM
TBF (31,860 posts)
76. Rec this poster -
Response to Fire Walk With Me (Reply #37)
Sun Jan 1, 2012, 10:28 PM
calimary (61,218 posts)
85. LOVE this poster!
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Enough Bullshit Indeed!
Btw - Happy New Year everybody! A privilege and pleasure to be here on DU with you! This being 2012 now, I think that will make it eleven years on here for me. I found this place a few miserable months into bush-2, the first stolen term. |
Response to blueclown (Reply #35)
Sun Jan 1, 2012, 07:15 PM
treestar (78,102 posts)
74. Yep. for all the claim that somehow they've made a difference
Response to backscatter712 (Original post)
Sun Jan 1, 2012, 08:55 AM
36. Surging Back Into Zuccotti Park, Protesters Are Cleared by Police
Response to dipsydoodle (Reply #36)
Sun Jan 1, 2012, 10:04 AM
38. I feared that would happen. But the statement has been made.
Response to SlimJimmy (Reply #38)
Sun Jan 1, 2012, 10:15 AM
40. Unless there's something wrong with my maths
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that was posted prior to the time the OP was posted.
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Response to dipsydoodle (Reply #40)
Sun Jan 1, 2012, 11:15 AM
42. I didn't look at the time stamp, I was just reacting to the reply.
Response to SlimJimmy (Reply #38)
Sun Jan 1, 2012, 11:05 PM
89. What statement? "We are rapidly becoming irrelevant"?
Response to hack89 (Reply #89)
Mon Jan 2, 2012, 09:02 AM
100. The statement they made was that they were still alive and kicking. (nt)
Response to SlimJimmy (Reply #100)
Mon Jan 2, 2012, 09:12 AM
101. They also demonstrated weakness. nt
Response to fascisthunter (Reply #103)
Mon Jan 2, 2012, 11:25 AM
107. I wish not - that's the problem. nt
Response to fascisthunter (Reply #109)
Mon Jan 2, 2012, 11:38 AM
112. I support the goals of OWS. I think less of their tactics. Sorry I can't pass your purity test. nt
Response to fascisthunter (Reply #117)
Mon Jan 2, 2012, 11:49 AM
118. So - can I still be a progressive with my current attitude towards OWS?
Response to fascisthunter (Reply #121)
Mon Jan 2, 2012, 11:57 AM
122. So it is anti-liberal to voice any criticism of OWS? Can I still be a Democrat? nt
Response to backscatter712 (Original post)
Sun Jan 1, 2012, 07:02 PM
70. Police surrounding and arresting people now - lawyer just arrested for not putting his phone away!
Response to backscatter712 (Original post)
Mon Jan 2, 2012, 11:36 AM
Uncle Joe (50,305 posts)
111. Kicked and recommended.
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Thanks for the thread, backscatter.
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