livingonearth (441 posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Oct-07-11 11:21 PM
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I keep hearing idiots say they can't figure out what the OWS is all about.
Hell, I knew what it was about as soon as I learned of it. Let's see: it's taking place in the financial district, it's called Occupy Wall Street, not too long ago the banksters on Wall Street created a lot of trouble with crazy financial instruments like derivatives and had to be bailed out. Hey, maybe it's about how the big banks destroyed our economy. Duh! It shouldn't be that hard to figure out, even if the protesters have been slow with official goal statements.
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http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x2078781We all figured it out right away, it's all about demanding free stuff. How did we so cleverly deduce that? Because every protest that the left holds is all about wanting more free stuff.
FarCenter (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Oct-07-11 11:28 PM
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1. In politics, like in business, the idiots are always right
The OWS would communicate better with the mass of voters with a simple primary message like "tax the rich" or "tax the 1%".
A more complex secondary message would explain how more tax revenue from the rich would benefit society.
The other side has used "no new taxes" to great effect.
We already tax the rich, and not one of the moonbats interviewed from this protest can tell us how much will finally be the fair share of the rich.
99th_Monkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Oct-08-11 03:42 AM
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24. Actually, the OWS list of "demands" Updated at 4:57 PM
was not so much demands as it was a very eloquent and accurate list of grievances and statements of
what is so wrong with our current collective situation as a nation and species.
But I agree, this valuable document has been almost completely ignored by M$M.
Keith Olberman did read it in it's entirety, for all CurrentTV viewers and it's on YouTube.
All ten viewers saw it too.
