Thread: Thousands to occupy Wall Street in protest

Originally Posted by Boon Mee

Liberal Moron Bill Maher Advises Occupier Mob: It Might Be Time To Get Violent…

Did not.

Originally Posted by misskit

Originally Posted by Boon Mee

Liberal Moron Bill Maher Advises Occupier Mob: It Might Be Time To Get Violent…

Did not.

Did too.

Bricks thru windows? Is your reading comprehension that bad?

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Originally Posted by Boon Mee

Liberal Moron Bill Maher Advises Occupier Mob: It Might Be Time To Get Violent…

No, my reading comprehension is rather good.

Your headline is nothing but a lie.

Or perhaps when Maher said that, you saw him wink at the protesters. You know, kind of a signal that they should attack Murdoch.

Leftist Hurls Racist, Hateful Comments, Assaults Tea Party Member - YouTube

The usual Leftist racism in full-bloom, eh?

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Originally Posted by misskit

Your headline is nothing but a lie.

What part of the headline you don't agree with? That Maher is a moron or that he's advocating violence?

Both are true...

^That just shows how low the right-wing loonies will go. They went to a protest just to antagonize people.

Where were the racist comments?

Originally Posted by misskit

^That just shows how low the right-wing loonies will go. They went to a protest just to antagonize people.

Where were the racist comments?

Being called a 'ignorant cracker' etc constitutes racism in most folk's books...

Originally Posted by Boon Mee

What part of the headline you don't agree with? That Maher is a moron or that he's advocating violence?

I personally don't like Maher, but he is far from a moron and did not advocate violence.

Your headline is a right-wing-nut lie.

Originally Posted by Boon Mee

Being called a 'ignorant cracker' etc constitutes racism in most folk's books...

Excuse please. I didn't see the second video until just now.

Originally Posted by Boon Mee

Being called a 'ignorant cracker' etc constitutes racism in most folk's books...

That hits a little too close to home for ya, yeah I understand why your miffed.

Besides belittling the protesters, Booners, you still haven't addressed why you disagree with their message, which is that we have been raped by the banks/Wall Street and the government stood by and enabled them. Do you just disagree with the premise, or are you just so pro-bank you just don't care what sorts of crimes they commit against society?

Originally Posted by bsnub

In other words, in the struggle between "labor" and "capital," capital has basically won. (This man lives in a tent city in Lakewood, New Jersey, about a hundred miles from Wall Street. He would presumably be "labor," except that he lost his job and can't find another one.)

That you BSNUB?

The people who recieve social security are a union. That is a fact. In fact, the represent the biggest union in the nation. They don't have to be members. All they have to do is reject their socialist dole and live off the money they put in the markets and saved. The old people of the past never had the government giving them checks. The founding fathers would probably have hung anyone who wanted the government to take care of their laziness. It's time to give up that socialist cheese Boonme and live off the money you saved up in the markets. You don't have to be the biggest hypocrite in the forum.

Originally Posted by Agent_Smith

Originally Posted by Boon Mee

Being called a 'ignorant cracker' etc constitutes racism in most folk's books...

That hits a little too close to home for ya, yeah I understand why your miffed.

Besides belittling the protesters, Booners, you still haven't addressed why you disagree with their message, which is that we have been raped by the banks/Wall Street and the government stood by and enabled them. Do you just disagree with the premise, or are you just so pro-bank you just don't care what sorts of crimes they commit against society?

The protesters are whining 'cause they took out student loans they now have to pay back and finding a job with a Liberal Arts Degree is a non-starter these days. Actions have consequences and they should have gone for a science or engineering degree instead.

That's BS. 10% unemployment will affect all degrees.

Originally Posted by Boon Mee

The protesters are whining 'cause they took out student lo

LIST OF PROPOSED "DEMANDS FOR CONGRESS"

CONGRESS PASS HR 1489 ("RETURN TO PRUDENT BANKING ACT" H.R. 1489: Return to Prudent Banking Act of 2011 (GovTrack.us) ). THIS REINSTATES MANY PROVISIONS OF THE GLASS-STEAGALL ACT. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass–Steagall_Act --- Wiki entry summary: The repeal of provisions of the Glass–Steagall Act of 1933 by the Gramm–Leach–Bliley Act in 1999 effectively removed the separation that previously existed between investment banking which issued securities and commercial banks which accepted deposits. The deregulation also removed conflict of interest prohibitions between investment bankers serving as officers of commercial banks. Most economists believe this repeal directly contributed to the severity of the Financial crisis of 2007–2011 by allowing Wall Street investment banking firms to gamble with their depositors' money that was held in commercial banks owned or created by the investment firms. Here's detail on repeal in 1999 and how it happened: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass–Steagall_Act#Repeal .
USE CONGRESSIONAL AUTHORITY AND OVERSIGHT TO ENSURE APPROPRIATE FEDERAL AGENCIES FULLY INVESTIGATE AND PROSECUTE THE WALL STREET CRIMINALS who clearly broke the law and helped cause the 2008 financial crisis in the following notable cases: (insert list of the most clear cut criminal actions). There is a pretty broad consensus that there is a clear group of people who got away with millions / billions illegally and haven't been brought to justice. Boy would this be long overdue and cathartic for millions of Americans. It would also be a shot across the bow for the financial industry. If you watch the solidly researched and awared winning documentary film "Inside Job" that was narrated by Matt Damon (pretty brave Matt!) and do other research, it wouldn't take long to develop the list.

CONGRESS ENACT LEGISLATION TO PROTECT OUR DEMOCRACY BY REVERSING THE EFFECTS OF THE CITIZENS UNITED SUPREME COURT DECISION which essentially said corporations can spend as much as they want on elections. The result is that corporations can pretty much buy elections. Corporations should be highly limited in ability to contribute to political campaigns no matter what the election and no matter what the form of media. This legislation should also RE-ESTABLISH THE PUBLIC AIRWAVES IN THE U.S. SO THAT POLITICAL CANDIDATES ARE GIVEN EQUAL TIME FOR FREE AT REASONABLE INTERVALS IN DAILY PROGRAMMING DURING CAMPAIGN SEASON. The same should extend to other media.

CONGRESS PASS THE BUFFETT RULE ON FAIR TAXATION SO THE RICH AND CORPORATIONS PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE & CLOSE CORPORATE TAX LOOP HOLES AND ENACT A PROHIBITION ON HIDING FUNDS OFF SHORE. No more GE paying zero or negative taxes. Pass the Buffet Rule on fair taxation so the rich pay their fair share. (If we have a really had a good negotiating position and have the place surrounded, we could actually dial up taxes on millionaires, billionaires and corporations even higher...back to what they once were in the 50's and 60's.

CONGRESS COMPLETELY REVAMP THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION and staff it at all levels with proven professionals who get the job done protecting the integrity of the marketplace so citizens and investors are both protected. This agency needs a large staff and needs to be well-funded. It's currently has a joke of a budget and is run by Wall St. insiders who often leave for high ticket cushy jobs with the corporations they were just regulating. Hmmm.

CONGRESS PASS SPECIFIC AND EFFECTIVE LAWS LIMITING THE INFLUENCE OF LOBBYISTS AND ELIMINATING THE PRACTICE OF LOBBYISTS WRITING LEGISLATION THAT ENDS UP ON THE FLOOR OF CONGRESS.

CONGRESS PASSING "Revolving Door Legislation" LEGISLATION ELIMINATING THE ABILITY OF FORMER GOVERNMENT REGULATORS GOING TO WORK FOR CORPORATIONS THAT THEY ONCE REGULATED. So, you don't get to work at the FDA for five years playing softball with Pfizer and then go to work for Pfizer making $195,000 a year. While they're at it, Congress should pass specific and effective laws to enforce strict judicial standards of conduct in matters concerning conflicts of interest. So long as judges are culled from the ranks of corporate attorneys the 1% will retain control.

ELIMINATE "PERSONHOOD" LEGAL STATUS FOR CORPORATIONS. The film "The Corporation" has a great section on how corporations won "personhood status". . Fast-forward to 2:20. It'll blow your mind. The 14th amendment was supposed to give equal rights to African Americans. It said you "can't deprive a person of life, liberty or property without due process of law". Corporation lawyers wanted corporations to have more power so they basically said "corporations are people." Amazingly, between 1890 and 1910 there were 307 cases brought before the court under the 14th amendment. 288 of these brought by corporations and only 19 by African Americans. 600,000 people were killed to get rights for people and then judges applied those rights to capital and property while stripping them from people. It's time to set this straight.

PROPOSED LIST OF DEMANDS (please help edit/add so this can be submitted for consideration to those maintaining the official list) | OccupyWallSt.org Forum


Have there been some other demands added? Please link, if so.

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Sheer lunacy...

Originally Posted by Hampsha

The people who recieve social security are a union. That is a fact. In fact, the represent the biggest union in the nation. They don't have to be members

so now you make up nonsense and say it is a fact

gibberish

Originally Posted by Boon Mee

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Sheer lunacy...

Elaborate, please.

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Halloween has come way too early for these Loons...

Originally Posted by misskit

Originally Posted by Boon Mee

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Sheer lunacy...

Elaborate, please.

He can't. More propaganda lies to be posted by the nut booners in 5...4...3...2...1...

Occupy Wall Street Faces Eviction Friday (Updated)

The owners of Zuccotti Park, where Occupy Wall Street has made its camp for nearly a month, released a set of rules Thursday that seems intended to evict the protesters permanently. The rules ban camping in the park or lying down on sleeping bags or under tarps. (See document below.) Brookfield Office Properties also announced plans to begin cleaning the park in three stages starting at 7 a.m. Friday—effectively a notice to protesters that they need to be gone by then or face the consequences.

The head of the Manhattan Community Board, which wants limits on drums, has also planned to be here at 5am to help resist eviction.

Occupy Wall Street Faces Eviction Friday (Updated) | Mother Jones


I read on a local Manhattan website, that the residents of Manhattan have voted to let the protesters stay. Their only complaint is the noise from the protesters at night.

Originally Posted by bsnub

More objective truth to be posted by the nut booners in 5...4...3...2...1...

You got it Bud!

In fact, I'll post it in cartoon form so you might be able to cognate it!

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Hmmm...some no sense of humor Mod scrubbed my 'to the point' on-topic cartoon. Mai pen rai, over to the Cartoon Thread to see it.

btw, Reuters did find indirect financial links between Soros and Adbusters, an anti-capitalist group in Canada which started the protests with an inventive marketing campaign aimed at sparking an Arab Spring type uprising against Wall Street.

“I’ve been here for 12 days, and I’ve put on 5 pounds,” he said, sitting on the ground in front of a handmade sign that said “Class War Ahead.”