Day of Rage on Wall Street! Protesters Occupy Brooklyn Bridge!

Amen brother, guy told it like it is. Occupy Buffalo NY begins Saturday at 12 noon, cant wait:hurray:

 

Some of it is right .... but he does need to check some of the facts ....

"There is no country left that promotes free market [...] there is no country that has their own sound currency"

 

Yes but for a flying off the seat of your pants speech in front of a large amount of listeners that was really good.

 

I could never do that... hell, I could never be in a crowd that large... forget about being the focus as I talked... lol

It was quite the impressive speech.

 

Yeah, he kept going until his voice failed. Almost 8 min.

 

yeah. Its been said a million time upon deaf ears...

 

That guy is awesome. He says everything I've been saying (on deaf ears) for years.

 

"there's a lot in common with the tea party." Words from Biden.. His words seem to have favor towards the protestors...
http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/07/politics/occupy-wall-street/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

 

Went out to Boston yesterday...it was a beautiful thing seeing everyone together for a good cause!!!

 

How many were there? Did you take any pics?

 

I didn't take any pictures because people were getting a little upset with the cameras and whatnot in their faces...and I only had my phone with me.

But there were a good few thousand where I was in the financial district and there was a huge crowd marching through the streets a few blocks from me.

I stayed until about 9pm. The people were so awesome there. I'm definitely returning - maybe this afternoon or tomorrow. I'll try and get some pictures then.

 

Eric Cantor -a REPUBLICAN-calls the protestors a mob. Pelosi - a Democrat -says it's their constitutionally protected right to demonstrate. See any differance there? The heat brought to bear is bringing out another differance between the parties. Now someone will come and bleat-there's no differance between them-there's no differance between them!! Hidden cartel. I'm a dumb-ass. Nothing we can do. I know nothing--blah-blah. Go ahead and vote repub and see how these protests are treated. It'll be democratic convention Chicago -1968 all over again. I'll concede I may be a dumb-ass in some ways,but I haven't been around since the depression observing government actions and not learned a few lessons on the differances between the parties.

We do need 3rd and 4th parties. Maybe one is starting now.

 

You actually believe what politicians say? Politicians say whatever their constituents want to hear. Republican politicians say things they believe Republicans want to hear, and Democrat politicians say what they believe Democrats want to hear. They are simply towing the party line. Are you surprised? Democrats have to get behind the protests because they're the party that's supposedly for the little guy (which could not be further from the truth). Republicans trash it because they're supposed to be the party of big business, which is mostly true. However, the only difference between the Dems and the Reps is that the Reps are openly whores for corporate America, while the Dems pretend they're not and use a lot more populist rhetoric that panders to a certain segment of the public that feels alienated by the banks and corporate America.

The fact that a treasonous establishment scag like Pelosi approves the protests says a lot, but at the same time it says nothing at all. Obama approves the protests, also, even though he is, like Pelosi, funded by Wall Street and corporate America.

I've never heard of that Republican politician whose name is mentioned, but I am sure he's in the pockets of Wall Street and big business also.

Politics is a dog and pony show. Most of these back-and-forth arguments are staged. Behind closed doors a lot of these people are having dinner together and laughing.

 

See what I mean? Look at voting records as far back as you want. If you don't see the differance in the basic philosophies between them-you are obfuscating again. Your solution seems to be--"they're hidden--they're too big to do anything about--give up-give up. I'm not going any farther with this. I'll just slink off in my abject ignorance and let the experts handle this.

 

So you're saying the Republicans are in the pockets of Wall Street and big business but the Democrats are not?

The two parties use mostly emotionally-charged social issues (gay rights, abortion etc.) to distact people from the fact they're so much alike in so many other ways. Both parties support the War on Terror, the police and nanny state, the surveillance state, the Patriot Act, Homeland Security, neoliberal economics, and so many other things.

 

Corporations own both parties. Politicians are in it for the money. Even if they aren't getting paid directly for their votes their spouses and families are given big money jobs as board members and corporate positions. The graft has to go. It effects both parties to the detriment of the other 99%.

 

I do as well... and the goats never tell me to shut up...

It's the crowds thing... lol