Pabst_Blue_Albion posted:

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I was sure this was going to have my Halloween pictures....

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RedCardinal posted:

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This is what i find disturbing very disturbing in fact this whole occupy movement going on though out the USA. The police are getting out of control it is time for Obama to steep up and do something about the abuse of power going on. How is it that it is ok for this to go on in other country where people have forced changes the USA was worried about peoples rights in Libya but i guess right here in America it does not matter ?

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Lasrael_Hellblade posted:

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Wrong thread, cowboy

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Amurdora posted:

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You're putting way way way way way to much power into the movement. The 99% that those people "represent" is more like the .001%. No one I know in real life supports them, only some people I play games with on the internet. The President doesn't need to address them, because they are all stupid. They have no demands, they are simply protesting to protest. I've read nothing on the NYT about their deamands, nothing on NPR, and nothing on my Republican channels that says anything about what they demand. If they had demands, and actually thought out things about what they wanted, then maybe, but until I hear an actual plan on how to change things and not just, Oh, it's not fair that they have things and I don't, then no one needs to address them. There was a an occupy Milwaukee attempt this weekend. They stopped all traffic on a bridge on the North side. You know who lives on the North side? Poor people. No bankers were drving through, no major coporation buisness owners, just poor people. And it was 15 degrees outside while they did it. Yeah, that's a movement the President of the United States needs to address.

Also, as to the comment about not letting the people overthrow the government, I would like to point out the Bush-Gore election. That wasn't an anomoly, it's happened 3 or 4 times in US history where one guy got the popular vote, but lost the electoral vote. Our system is still there, no one talked about starting a Civil War, etc etc. Our government is overthrown regularly in elections, some extremely contentious, but at the end of the day, we all look at it as, that's how it the system is. Sure my guy didn't win this time, but I know I'll be able to get my guy elected in the future. And the #occupywallstreet movement, isn't gonna overthrow anyone, cause they are just a bunch of dumb kids without a clue about how the world really works, and Michael Moore, whose presence alone should tell you the pull of their movement.

And for the record, I am a Republican, pretty far right in fact.

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Amurdora posted:

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BAN NSANEY HE SWORE!!!

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Nsaney posted:

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Amurdora posted:

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BAN NSANEY HE SWORE!!!

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Amurdora posted:

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The 99% that those people "represent" is more like the .001%. No one I know in real life supports them, only some people I play games with on the internet.
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And for the record, I am a Republican, pretty far right in fact.

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Amurdora posted:

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And for the record, I am a Republican, pretty far right in fact.

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Daimar posted:

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I can't believe no one has jumped on Nsaney for saying photo's

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Umlap posted:

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Disturbing apostrophe usage.

Also, was that Paul Simon?

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west.side posted:

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to continue with the thread hijacking, i think that the movement needs to start focusing on solutions

otherwise they are just going to be labeled another leaderless group of whiners


oh and btw I dont know if any of you have seen the comparisons made with this and civil rights movement, but that makes me ill when i hear it.

Where is this movements MLK? What are the movements proposed changes?

oh and proposed changes do not take the form of "just make the rich people pay more taxes" bring to the table something real

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Umlap posted:

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Daimar posted:

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I can't believe no one has jumped on Nsaney for saying photo's

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First post...

Umlap posted:

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Disturbing apostrophe usage.

Also, was that Paul Simon?

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KappenWizzbang posted:

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Amurdora posted:

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Who cares if BoA, Citi, etc charge for debit cards. I mean really, if they want to charge me 100 dollars a month because they can, and just flat out say that, that's their right. You can change banks just fine if you don't want to pay those fees. People need to stop bitching because a private company makes them pay money to use them. That's the whole purpose of a private company isn't it? People in this country have stopped paying any attention to what is rational, and have just started, oh that isn't fair to me, waaaaa. Change banks. There are literally thousands of banks who provide the same services as the major banks, and don't charge all those fees.

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Daimar posted:

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Umlap posted:

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Daimar posted:

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I can't believe no one has jumped on Nsaney for saying photo's

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First post...

Umlap posted:

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Disturbing apostrophe usage.

Also, was that Paul Simon?

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should have bolded and highlighted it the first time.

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Rhylith_Galahad posted:

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The problem is that they haven't really solidified their argument, but in general it's to bring awareness about general greed and excessive exec. salaries and bonuses while they drove us off a cliff, as well as corporate influence in politics through the Citizens United decision and lobbying..

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Elkad posted:

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OWS is going to get co-opted by someone with money, same as the Tea Party did.

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Milkand posted:

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this is kind of related [it's on facebook]

there's a group of people in my hometown that made a facebook page for buying and selling things, like a local-only ebay. i just saw this on it:



three wolf moon circular saw blade. yes.

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Milkand posted:

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this is kind of related [it's on facebook]

there's a group of people in my hometown that made a facebook page for buying and selling things, like a local-only ebay. i just saw this on it:



three wolf moon circular saw blade. yes.

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