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Title: Meet Americas 53% Movement - They Have a Message for the 99% Protesters
Post by: TVDOC on October 12, 2011, 12:21:00 PM
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/the-53-want-the-99-to-learn-from-their-example/

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Meet The 53%. Who are they?  The term 53% refers to the people who are actually paying taxes for themselves and the rest of the country.

The 53% is a group of responsible young people organizing across the country. However, this group is not camping out in parks around the country and demanding the entire capitalist system be destroyed. These men and women have jobs (most of them work at more than one job in order to make ends meet), but they are talking about attending the Minneapolis Occupy Wall St. protest scheduled for today – Friday, October 7th.

Here’s a statement from their web page;

So, like, when you’re, like, community organizing for solidarity and stuff, it’s totally cool to have this little hashtaggy thingy when you’re on twitter, so other people, like, totally know what you’re talking about and stuff. So if you’re, like, totally gonna spread the word about being one of the 53% of people who actually, like, pay taxes in America and don’t just, like, hang out protesting stuff all day… like, here’s the hashtaggy thingy. See you at the protest!   #iamthe53

Filmmaker Mike Wilson (the man who gave us “Michael Moore Hates America“) maintains the page. We spoke with Wilson this morning and he explained that the 53% tumblr page came from his brain and the clever minds of his pals, Erick Erickson of Red State and Josh Trevino.

Balance at link......

doc
Title: Re: Meet Americas 53% Movement - They Have a Message for the 99% Protesters
Post by: thundley4 on October 12, 2011, 12:23:42 PM
Pictures are here.  http://the53.tumblr.com/
Title: Re: Meet Americas 53% Movement - They Have a Message for the 99% Protesters
Post by: Eupher on October 12, 2011, 12:28:22 PM
Jeezus, I had to look up what a hashtag is.

I'll never get that 30 seconds back.  Ever.
Title: Re: Meet Americas 53% Movement - They Have a Message for the 99% Protesters
Post by: Chris_ on October 12, 2011, 12:32:35 PM
Jeezus, I had to look up what a hashtag is.

I'll never get that 30 seconds back.  Ever.
It's a Twitter thingy.  Says so right here:
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So, like, when you’re, like, community organizing for solidarity and stuff, it’s totally cool to have this little hashtaggy thingy when you’re on twitter, so other people, like, totally know what you’re talking about and stuff. So if you’re, like, totally gonna spread the word about being one of the 53% of people who actually, like, pay taxes in America and don’t just, like, hang out protesting stuff all day… like, here’s the hashtaggy thingy. See you at the protest!   #iamthe53
Title: Re: Meet Americas 53% Movement - They Have a Message for the 99% Protesters
Post by: Eupher on October 12, 2011, 12:33:50 PM
It's a Twitter thingy.  Says so right here:

Yeah, but when I'm supposed to be reading Valley-speak, my brain self-destructs and I go off to La-La Land (temporarily, of course).  :lmao:
Title: Re: Meet Americas 53% Movement - They Have a Message for the 99% Protesters
Post by: Chris_ on October 12, 2011, 12:46:05 PM
Shouldn't that be the twitter?  I know liberals have difficulty with grammar, especially when they're edicated (sic) in mexican Universities.
Title: Re: Meet Americas 53% Movement - They Have a Message for the 99% Protesters
Post by: IassaFTots on October 12, 2011, 12:56:33 PM
Shouldn't that be the twitter?  I know liberals have difficulty with grammar, especially when they're edicated (sic) in mexican Universities.

Naw, el twitter, or la twitter.   :-)