But I thought these were just a bunch of no-good hippie losers that had no point and could never change anything?Quote:
Originally Posted by ragecage
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But I thought these were just a bunch of no-good hippie losers that had no point and could never change anything?Quote:
Originally Posted by ragecage
Went to Zuccotti Park today. Wasn't particularly impressed. I've been to much bigger protests than this
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An adult film company is capitalizing on the heat of the U.S. anti-establishment protests by using a tent in the middle of the "Occupy Oakland" encampment as the setting for a new gay porn flick.Billed by The New York Observer as a "homoerotic caper through the tents of Oakland's Occupation," Dirty Boy Video's "Occupy My Throat" is likely to have been inspired by Brandon Watts, an original member of the Wall Street occupation who lost his virginity in Zuccotti Park before being arrested after a gruesome standoff with the police.
Watts does not appear in "Occupy My Throat," which was reportedly filmed in the middle of the Occupy Oakland encampment at Frank Ogawa Plaza. The film's tagline reportedly reads as follows: "Police can ban the erection of tents at Occupy Wall Street, but they can't keep us from pitching a tent in our pants!"
i lul'd in rlQuote:
Originally Posted by filihok
This is turning into a joke locally. I liked this quote from the Milwaukee Police Chief after the protesters gathered and forced the closing of a main bridge, in one of the poorest sections of the city.
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"They're angry about the economy...go to Wall Street! There's a 35% unemployment rate in this community, who are they disrupting!? Do you see any bankers driving around here? No. You have working people that can't get across their own bridge. They are only hurting the 99%."
Some Good Insight on what Occupy wants
HGM posted this a couple days ago on his FB feed. Good info.
Which I guess anyone with a brain and wants to take the emotion out of it before jumping to conclusions, it seemed pretty obvious to me that this is the type of thing they are about. Not a free check.Quote:
The mainstream media was declaring continually "OWS has no message". Frustrated, I simply asked them. I began soliciting online "What is it you want?" answers from Occupy. In the first 15 minutes, I received 100 answers. These were truly eye-opening.
The No 1 agenda item: get the money out of politics. Most often cited was legislation to blunt the effect of the Citizens United ruling, which lets boundless sums enter the campaign process. No 2: reform the banking system to prevent fraud and manipulation, with the most frequent item being to restore the Glass-Steagall Act – the Depression-era law, done away with by President Clinton, that separates investment banks from commercial banks. This law would correct the conditions for the recent crisis, as investment banks could not take risks for profit that create kale derivatives out of thin air, and wipe out the commercial and savings banks.
No 3 was the most clarifying: draft laws against the little-known loophole that currently allows members of Congress to pass legislation affecting Delaware-based corporations in which they themselves are investors.
When I saw this list – and especially the last agenda item – the scales fell from my eyes. Of course, these unarmed people would be having the **** kicked out of them.