Originally posted by Kali74
reply to post by sonnny1
lol well that explains a lot Sonny
You're in Wisconsin. Just for the record I support the right to form a Union and to have Unions, but like many others, Don't support Big Labor or Bosses who screw their workers as bad as Wall St and the government screws us. Money out of politics.
Originally posted by Kali74
reply to post by sonnny1
lol well that explains a lot Sonny
You're in Wisconsin. Just for the record I support the right to form a Union and to have Unions, but like many others, Don't support Big Labor or Bosses who screw their workers as bad as Wall St and the government screws us. Money out of politics.
I fully support a people's right to form a Union for a private company. However, there is a clear conflict of interest when public employees form a Union for a job in a market over which they have a monopoly then turn around and fund/support candidates with their dues who will in turn directly increase their wages and support their causes in return for….more dues. Further, making it mandatory to join a Union to get a job is an anathema to American freedom....
On the media coverage - I think that the MSM went out of their way to portray OWS as a peaceful grass roots group who were exercising their 1st Amendment rights
regardless of their track record of destroying and defiling the areas they "occupied" and calling for people’s heads.
While the Tea Party who left areas cleaner than they found them was vilified and portrayed as extremist, racist crazies who were calling for a violent revolution.
Originally posted by Kali74
reply to post by petrus4
What you caused to become perfectly clear in my mind is that the 99% Spring is going into small communities, they're targeting people who like the blogger in my OP, want to be involved and active...they see the corruption now and want to stop it. But getting into the big cities where actions take place, sleeping on the sidewalk or in parks isn't option for everyone. These bastards (now that I see it) are playing on those emotions.
Originally posted by Kali74 You just echoed media slander right there, outside of grass being damaged which many occupy groups have offered to repair or pay for only to be rejected, most camps were kept clean.
But not all protesters have been the best neighbors. In Tennessee, where protesters have been camped outside the Capitol, a State General Services spokeswoman said two cleaning crew members have spent about three hours every morning pressure-washing entrances to the building using household cleaners to deodorize them.
And in Los Angeles, property damage to the park surrounding City Hall – where nearly 500 tents are jammed in – is estimated to be at least $200,000, including the destroyed lawn, sprinklers, graffiti on a fountain and damage to trees and shrubs. City Hall spokesman Peter Sanders says there's not a definite estimate on damage yet because workers have not been able to properly inspect the site.
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The NYPD released surveillance video Wednesday night detailing some stinky business they say is linked to Occupy Wall Street protesters.
Police said that on evening of March 14, a number of Occupy demonstrators dragged large quantities of human urine and feces in containers to an open-air plaza before pouring the waste down a flight of stairs.
The incident occurred at the corner of Nassau and Cedar streets in Lower Manhattan. Authorities said that that same night, about 20 minutes later, one of the suspects entered a Chase ATM vestibule on Water Street and poured human waste inside.
Police have released surveillance video of both incidents.
Originally posted by Kali74
Well, until police raids anyway.
Back in Oakland - riot police arrested dozens of protesters who had marched through downtown to break into a vacant building, shattering windows, spraying graffiti and setting fires along the way.
Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk...
Occupy Oakland protesters claimed victory after they shut down one of the nation's busiest shipping ports - escalating a movement whose tactics had largely been limited to marches, rallies and camps.
In a five-hour stand-off protesters vandalized businesses and smashed bank windows, as they tried to shut down the city - and police appeared to respond using tear gas and flash bang grenades.
The California demonstrators blocked operations at the city's port and stopped traffic on Wednesday in protests against economic inequality and police brutality, marred by scattered vandalism.
Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk...
Originally posted by Kali74Both have been demonized by the media, it just amazes me this mentality of "well of course it's true about Occupy"
Sorry, I'm a
bit bitter toward OWS! At first I thought they were for real but when ending the elistist banker-ran Federal Reserve (the REAL root of all of this
mess), and ending the IRS were brought to the table, it was largely ignored and replaced by hippy nonsense. 
The OWS movement has cost the American taxpayer a pretty penny. Now admittedly a lot of the costs of their protest are related to police presence with which you may or may not agree. Regardless any group that large makes waste – the difference between the Tea Party and OWS is that the Tea Party cleaned their own mess up and didn’t get into vandalizing businesses.
I suppose you stating that – at least not until the police raided them is some sort of justification making it ok to then tear the place up?
Occupy Oakland protesters claimed victory after they shut down one of the nation's busiest shipping ports - escalating a movement whose tactics had largely been limited to marches, rallies and camps.
In a five-hour stand-off protesters vandalized businesses and smashed bank windows, as they tried to shut down the city - and police appeared to respond using tear gas and flash bang grenades.
Inside Story Americas discusses with guests: Nathan Schneider, a writer with The Nation and The New York Times; Karunga Gashusha, a former Wall Street analyst turned Occupy protester; and Mike King, an East Bay activist from the University of California, Santa Cruz.
"I believe the way to change the system is to change it from within as well as on the exterior. We need to bring this to all fronts not just on the outside with our demonstrations ... we as [the] American people need to occupy the legislative body."
- Walid Hakim, an Occupy protester running as Democrat, South Carolina
Originally posted by Kali74
reply to post by sonnny1
It's not. That's what I'm trying to say lol!
The 99% Spring is not Occupy.edit on 13-4-2012 by Kali74 because: (no reason given)
