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Wed May 1, 2013, 01:07 PM

WhaTHellsgoingonhere (5,252 posts)

87. Occupy their homes

Ii was listening to Ed and a càller said he just quit his job as chef at a high end restaurant in CT where the real power elite reside. He said one thing they hate is to wait, so he suggested the occupy movement mobilize. He thought a few hundred cars crowding their steers and gas stations would be a huge inconvenience. Same with grocery stores and restaurants. It's not about purchases, it's about "heavy traffic" and delays. Buy $2 of gas, pay in cash, and the next person and so on. Buy an apple and orange, and the next person, and so on.

I liked the idea, anyway.

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The Brutal Suppression Of OWS Proves That The Rich & Business Will Tolerate No Dissent [View all]	TheMastersNemesis	May 2013	OP
"DOJ and local officials continue to hunt down anyone associated or even meeting under OWS banner. "	geek tragedy	May 2013	#1
You must have missed the brutal attacks on peaceful protesters, the near murder of two	sabrina 1	May 2013	#4
Do you believe the the Obama DOJ is trying to "hunt down anyone associated with OWS?"	geek tragedy	May 2013	#5
Another DUer who follows Alex Jones? Some advice, seek out reliable sources if you	sabrina 1	May 2013	#7
Contrary to a lot of myth-making on the paranoid left, there has been no evidence	geek tragedy	May 2013	#8
You're not part of the 'left'? Why are you here then?	sabrina 1	May 2013	#11
I am not part of the "paranoid left."	geek tragedy	May 2013	#12
Really? I get the impression, mostly from what you write, that you have unfounded fears of	sabrina 1	May 2013	#16
I have no fear of Democrats who are outspoken about the many serious problems	geek tragedy	May 2013	#18
The paranoid right is and always has been wrong about everything. The 'paranoid left' oth, is	sabrina 1	May 2013	#41
Repeating your beliefs as unassailable facts does not make them so.	geek tragedy	May 2013	#56
OWS is stronger than ever, now winning every battle in court, succeeding in what our government	sabrina 1	May 2013	#63
"facts are facts"	geek tragedy	May 2013	#68
I haven't seen you offer anything other than your own opinion. And attacks on the 'left'.	sabrina 1	May 2013	#71
I have made a factual claim--that there exists no proof	geek tragedy	May 2013	#73
You stated an opinion, that is not a factual claim. I saw a Brontosaurus, and a Tryrannosaurus	sabrina 1	May 2013	#84
It is a factual claim.	geek tragedy	May 2013	#85
When you say "there is no proof"	zeemike	May 2013	#99
There has been no such evidence produced.	geek tragedy	May 2013	#100
No such evidence produced or	zeemike	May 2013	#103
Alex Jones has what he thinks is evidence that Boston was a false flag.	geek tragedy	May 2013	#105
And this is not a single piece of evidence?	zeemike	May 2013	#107
A blog post describing documents is not evidence.	geek tragedy	May 2013	#109
See...with that power to impeach you can call it nothing	zeemike	May 2013	#118
I did check it out.	geek tragedy	May 2013	#123
So you do admit there is evidence then	zeemike	May 2013	#124
What evidence there is points in the opposite direction. nt	geek tragedy	May 2013	#126
+ 1000	JEB	May 2013	#45
Climb back in your denial bubble. It's hard to recognize proof with your fingers in you ears and	rhett o rick	May 2013	#144
I apologize for living outside your echo chamber. nt	geek tragedy	May 2013	#145
The Gerrymandering is pretty awful - both sides engage in it of course	el_bryanto	May 2013	#2
Looks like if you are a real terrorist you can't get your name on a no-fly list. But if you	sabrina 1	May 2013	#3
There are DUers that claim the term "police state" is not appropriate	mick063	May 2013	#6
The "DHS crushed OWS" stuff is dumber than most stuff Alex Jones says. nt	geek tragedy	May 2013	#9
+1 n/t	FSogol	May 2013	#10
Seriously, you need to stop following Alex Jones.	sabrina 1	May 2013	#13
Nah, it's others who need to stop emulating him. nt	geek tragedy	May 2013	#14
Yes I agree. They need to start facing reality and facts rather than living in a state of denial.	sabrina 1	May 2013	#42
Yes. They should read the actual FOIA documents re: OWS	geek tragedy	May 2013	#61
Absolutely. This moronic story has been going on for almost two years now	Number23	May 2013	#131
Or, maybe	Newest Reality	May 2013	#62
The standards of evidence and logic between	geek tragedy	May 2013	#69
Ah, well that is debatable when you put it that way.	Newest Reality	May 2013	#93
I've seen the documents.	geek tragedy	May 2013	#96
We also have the type of brutalization of Americans that we have never seen before by	AnotherMcIntosh	May 2013	#38
" We've never seen so much police brutality in our country." ?	jtuck004	May 2013	#90
And...	loyalsister	May 2013	#92
In a literal sense, "we" have not. Our predecessors have, but "we" have not.	AnotherMcIntosh	May 2013	#97
Okay, if one wants to limit it to a self-serving description of how they have had it so	jtuck004	May 2013	#102
Well, I'm a former steelworker.	AnotherMcIntosh	May 2013	#114
At least I didn't use the word "we" without knowing what I was talking about.	jtuck004	May 2013	#116
You already admitted at #102 that, at most, you "have read, seen pictures, and spoken with people	AnotherMcIntosh	May 2013	#117
Those words remind me of that Obi Wan Baloney from that kid's movie,	jtuck004	May 2013	#152
It was my impression that they needed dismantling	Coyotl	May 2013	#15
And that surprises you?	zeemike	May 2013	#37
Democrats wouldn't do it either. It has always been experience as a democrat that our party	sabrina 1	May 2013	#60
And some went there with the intent to find fault.	zeemike	May 2013	#66
Yes, they did, they were generally pretty obvious. I remember a more 'famous' example of that	sabrina 1	May 2013	#70
Well, how dare those homeless people find a place to 'hang'. OWS fed the homeless, provided	sabrina 1	May 2013	#44
Homeless are citizens too.	JEB	May 2013	#46
Well, they'll tolerate dissent as long as ...	ananda	May 2013	#17
OWS did it to themselves.	randome	May 2013	#19
That is an EXCELLENT article, but I wouldn't say that Occupy destroyed themselves;	factsarenotfair	May 2013	#64
I'm not really sure you understand what "brutal suppression" is.	MineralMan	May 2013	#20
I'm sure those who ended up nearly dead, including Iraq veterans, have a fairly good idea of what	sabrina 1	May 2013	#47
Is that a threat?	JEB	May 2013	#48
How would that be a threat?	MineralMan	May 2013	#50
Not brutal enough for your tastes.	JEB	May 2013	#53
Stuff & Nonsense!	MineralMan	May 2013	#54
Too brutal, not brutal enough or just right. Your choice.	JEB	May 2013	#59
It was surreal to watch middle class cops beating middle class protesters while the rich	JaneyVee	May 2013	#21
Rich people don't live around Wall Street	badtoworse	May 2013	#24
The median income for the Wall St area is $188,000/yr.	JaneyVee	May 2013	#25
That's not even close to rich by Wall Street standards.	badtoworse	May 2013	#26
The highest median state income in America is $70,000. Wall St almost triples that.	JaneyVee	May 2013	#29
You don't live in or near New York City do you?	badtoworse	May 2013	#31
I live on 12th street in Manhattan.	JaneyVee	May 2013	#33
...and you really believe Wall Street is a nice place to live?	badtoworse	May 2013	#35
Who said the morons on the balcony lived there? They party there, that doesn't mean they live	sabrina 1	May 2013	#51
Read Post No. 21. Seemed like a reasonable assumption to me.	badtoworse	May 2013	#72
Renting an apartment in NY can take up to half of that.	randome	May 2013	#27
I know I live in Manhattan. It can be expensive. But you save money in other ways.	JaneyVee	May 2013	#32
$188k household income is not rich in NYC.	geek tragedy	May 2013	#28
This is the MEDIAN income. It means there are some people making $25Million.	JaneyVee	May 2013	#30
There are probably some making ten times that	badtoworse	May 2013	#34
Yes, with 50% of households making that much or less.	geek tragedy	May 2013	#36
The median income for America is about $40,000, that includes rich & poor. Do you	JaneyVee	May 2013	#40
High income with high expenses is often not wealthy.	geek tragedy	May 2013	#52
someone making 25 million in NYC lives on Central Park or somewhere w/river view not in Wall Street.	KittyWampus	May 2013	#49
No one said the cocktail partiers lived on Wall St. They were partying on Wall St. when they	sabrina 1	May 2013	#65
The rich, of course, make most of their money from capital gains. The $188,000/yr figure	AnotherMcIntosh	May 2013	#39
Maybe camping in public parks and crapping in the streets was the real problem.	badtoworse	May 2013	#22
i think was the point entirely..	Phillip McCleod	May 2013	#140
From what I could see, the OWS people behaved like they were the only ones with rights.	badtoworse	May 2013	#142
Things might be different if we had tens of thousands in the streets....	Hotler	May 2013	#23
Don't just blame the GOP for gerrymandering.	harmonicon	May 2013	#43
Um perhaps you haven't noticed	Savannahmann	May 2013	#55
Derp.	geek tragedy	May 2013	#58
You are correct, that is because many progressives have left so it seems like there are more of	sabrina 1	May 2013	#67
got milk?	datasuspect	May 2013	#77
LOL	Savannahmann	May 2013	#86
they should not tolerate dissent for the sake of dissent	hfojvt	May 2013	#57
Occupy went over your head	nadinbrzezinski	May 2013	#80
Sorry to say, but Occupy was a party in the park, and not only was DOJ not interested, but	Tarheel_Dem	May 2013	#74
...and I thought I was hard on them.	badtoworse	May 2013	#75
The "bong hits and bongos" crowd didn't resonate with most working Americans.	Throd	May 2013	#79
That's fair	badtoworse	May 2013	#81
And the claims of sexual assault in the park didn't do much to endear the "movement" either.	Tarheel_Dem	May 2013	#108
And by the same token....	zeemike	May 2013	#76
Occupy was the fucking Tea Party. Ron Paul? Give me a fucking break. Fake assed libertarian.....	Tarheel_Dem	May 2013	#89
I was not comparing the teal party to Occupy.	zeemike	May 2013	#91
You should've given the spiel to the Occupier assholes who boo'd John Lewis off the stage. Loyalty	Tarheel_Dem	May 2013	#94
Well so then you got me there	zeemike	May 2013	#98
I guess the difference between us is, I never considered OWS as "our own", and neither did they.	Tarheel_Dem	May 2013	#104
"I've seen more interesting movements in my own bathroom."	badtoworse	May 2013	#111
Have at it! I'm just amazed that anyone still thinks OWS is relevant outside the minds of OWS!	Tarheel_Dem	May 2013	#112
Anyone with an elementary understanding of the political process could have predicted what happened	badtoworse	May 2013	#113
Concise & to the point. "The novelty wore off".	Tarheel_Dem	May 2013	#115
You just killed this thread. Killed it dead	Number23	May 2013	#132
They are not dealing with the post mortem in a realistic way. Much like Alex Jones, they blame.....	Tarheel_Dem	May 2013	#134
It definitely didn't appear to resonate with many people	Number23	May 2013	#137
"we hate capitalism" and "we love weed". That definitely is not the foundation for......	Tarheel_Dem	May 2013	#143
When it comes to big $$$$$ and any infringement thereof, IMO, D=R=I. "We the	RKP5637	May 2013	#78
Yet there are 1000s of anti-govermental and anti-Democratic posts on the open internet	graham4anything	May 2013	#82
It's not gone	nadinbrzezinski	May 2013	#83
right	marions ghost	May 2013	#110
Occupy their homes	WhaTHellsgoingonhere	May 2013	#87
I like it too.	Laelth	May 2013	#128
Occupiers Prevail Over Infiltrators, Unconstitutional Ordinances, Vindictive DAs	G_j	May 2013	#88
^^^^ this ^^^^	BelgianMadCow	May 2013	#120
it is	G_j	May 2013	#125
what especially strikes me is how limited the debate has become	BelgianMadCow	May 2013	#130
The National Lawyers Guild	G_j	May 2013	#135
Phew. I hadn't come of age really at the time of Seattle,	BelgianMadCow	May 2013	#136
The criminal "justice" system as punishment...	Agony	May 2013	#146
it would appear fabricating charges	G_j	May 2013	#147
If people want to debate the issue,	Newest Reality	May 2013	#95
How do you explain the May Day parade in Manhattan today?	brooklynite	May 2013	#101
Maybe because it was a "one of" type of event......	socialist_n_TN	May 2013	#122
The OP opined that "NO DISSENT" was allowed.	brooklynite	May 2013	#138
Well you just go ahead and think that.......	socialist_n_TN	May 2013	#149
The interference targets were not the "bosses"	brooklynite	May 2013	#151
No... i'm pretty sure if the Tea Party setup vagrant encampments on major thoroughfares	Sen. Walter Sobchak	May 2013	#106
And the reaction of DU to this Occupy thread proves how far DU has drifted	BelgianMadCow	May 2013	#119
There's a whole forum for Occupy b.s. You come into General, and you're gonna get dissent.	Tarheel_Dem	May 2013	#127
That's okay	BelgianMadCow	May 2013	#129
Kinda like the American people were fooled by the teabaggers, for a while. Their popularity now....	Tarheel_Dem	May 2013	#133
K&R. nt	DLevine	May 2013	#121
K&R	woo me with science	May 2013	#139
i like many of you was truly inspired..	Phillip McCleod	May 2013	#141
Brutal supression is the new 40	damnedifIknow	May 2013	#148
K & R !!!	WillyT	May 2013	#150
Well, you really got one of the authoritarian's attention. K&R.	Egalitarian Thug	May 2013	#153
There Were A Lot Of Flaws With OWS That Pretty Much Doomed It.	TheMastersNemesis	May 2013	#154

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