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Occupy Wallstreet - negadave - 11-19-2011 I don't exactly know what this whole thing is against exactly. I've heard that 1% of the population holds like 90% of the worlds wealth. Rich keep getting richer, poor keep getting poorer. ect.. But what is this whole thing about? Publicly traded companys are bad? Wall street is the reason i'm getting fucked on my credit card rates and mortgauge? I don't really know what they're against. The real reason i bring this up is because of the heavy police presence at all this shit. i'm just a roofer, and i don't know exactly where in the constitution it says you have the right to peacablly assemble, but i know it does. Cops have been fucking people up at these things. Towns are bitching how much police overtime is costing their towns. My question is, if its just a bunch of people getting together, why would they feel the need to send like 50 cops out to watch over them? If nobody is getting out of line and nobody called them in, what reason do they have to be there?? It's like sending 100 cops to watch over a high school football game because something might happen after the game in the parking lot. :beer: In a nutshell, i dont think there should be any cops there unless somebody calls them, just like anywhere else in everyday life Re: Occupy Wallstreet - Hondo - 11-19-2011 You have to maintain police presence at any mass public gathering. Especially protest gatherings where there is potential for civil unrest and disruption. It's part of the job. For example...if something breaks bad how in the world are you supposed to mobilize and deal with it? You have to be there in the first place. People are getting fucked up at these things because they are violating the law and actively confronting the cops. Which is the E-ticket to getting your ass kicked. I'm over this bullshit. A bunch of ignorant people with some legitimate grievances is just asking for problems. Most of these dumbasses have no clue what sacrifice and hard work is all about. Life isn't fair. Get over it. Nobody owes you shit you chumps. Go occupy a desk and work like the rest of us. This editorial sums it up perfectly: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/oct/18/hicks-some-belated-parental-advice-to-protesters/">http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/201 ... rotesters/</a><!-- m --> MaryBeth Hicks Wrote:Call it an occupational hazard, but I can’t look at the Occupy Wall Street protesters without thinking, “Who parented these people?” For me I got a BBA in Finance and went to law school. Paid off a shitload of student loans and worked full-time from the time I was 15 years old...including college and law school. Nobody gave me shit...even though my folks had plenty of money. My dad told me I would never appreciate anything unless I had to struggle to get it. Used to piss me off as a kid but it was the best thing my folks ever did for me. There's no free lunch. I hate having to be in Ohio 8 hours away from my kids and friends but this is where the opportunity is. You do what you have to do. And you whiny punks...the Army is always hiring. Re: Occupy Wallstreet - Brian - 11-19-2011 Hondo Wrote:Life isn't fair. Get over it. Nobody owes you shit you chumps. Go occupy a desk and work like the rest of us.:high5: Re: Occupy Wallstreet - ap bikini team - 11-19-2011 negadave Wrote:I don't exactly know what this whole thing is against exactly. I've heard that 1% of the population holds like 90% of the worlds wealth. Rich keep getting richer, poor keep getting poorer. ect.. Everyone down at these have different agendas. The thing I find funny, is they are claiming they are the 99% against the 1%, but the only thing they're destroying are the 99 Percenters lives. Stores around Zucatti park are nearing bankruptcy because of a loss of foot traffic due to these protests. Real damage has been done to buildings, septic issues (some as protest are literally shitting in the streets). What it comes down to, (editorializing) they want a handout. And they are pissed that the banks got one, but are conveniently forgetting that most have paid that back with interest (not that I agree, they should have just let them fail, other companies would have bought them for pennies on the dollar and life would have gone on). You have a bunch of assholes that went to college with Liberal Arts degrees, and degrees and stupid shit like language studies and archaeology, and can't understand why their job is in demand. So it's obviously someone else's fault, rather than theirs for picking shitty vocations. There have been rapes, assaults, various vandalism at these events. In Oakland there have been Molotov cocktails thrown, stores have been destroyed, etc. While there are a lot of people that are peaceably protesting, there are sects that take advantage of the situation and use it to push their agendas (i.e. Anarchists that are running around with masks on doing real damage). The police have to be there, whether they want to or not. There was a street cart that was vandalized in SD. The guy was offering to feed some of the protesters as an act of kindness. The groups swelled and he couldn't afford it anymore and stopped. So the protesters destroyed his cart, and literally pissed and shit in his cart and covered it with blood and body waste. Rapes in GA, vandalism in nearly EVERY protest group, assaults, general misconduct. The police have to be there. There have been FAR more violent acts by the protesters than the handful of police overreach. The police are the ones being singled out for it though. You see half the story when you see these YouTube clips. Some genuinely are harassing the cops to the point of violence, but only turn on the cameras to catch the retaliation, not the build up. Do I agree in their actions? Not all the time. Some are a little overblown. Have you ever worked entirely too long? Too many days in a row? Too many hours? Not enough sleep? You're probably pretty damn irritable too. Re: Occupy Wallstreet - Hondo - 11-19-2011 I'm pissed the banks got a handout. I'm even more pissed that they are repaying MY loan, as it was my (and your) tax dollars that bailed them out with ridiculous fees and usurious interest rates. Looked at your credit card statement lately? 29.90% motherfuckers. The people took (and are continuing to take) a huge fucking. Except these protesters are wanting a free lunch instead of doing things that might actively change things. There is no free lunch nor should there be. At 44 years old I look at these protesters as a bunch of clueless fucks who probably couldn't pour sand out of a boot. They are right to be angry about some of it but they are tools of people who have a far more sinister agenda and they're too stupid to realize it. Want to do something? Get a job and start putting dollars toward political and legal change. A system actually exists to change things you don't like. Been around 236 years too. Re: Occupy Wallstreet - Rydrum - 11-20-2011 <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2011/11/law_schools_should_pay_students_to_quit_.html">http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_ ... quit_.html</a><!-- m --> Re: Occupy Wallstreet - Hondo - 11-20-2011 That's an interesting proposition. I'm not sure how much I dig paying someone to quit but I really, really like the idea of the schools subsidizing the loans rather than the taxpayers. That's never going to happen though. I'm also at a loss to explain the ridiculous rise in tuition over the last 20 years. When I first started college in 1985 each semester was less than $1000. When I graduated in 1989 it was still around $1200 a semester. Again....this was a state school but that same school is now $6000 a semester. Wages sure haven't increased by a multiple of 4 since then. Re: Occupy Wallstreet - Joe - 11-20-2011 They aren't really the 99%. The real 99% get up in the morning and go to work. Re: Occupy Wallstreet - Hondo - 11-21-2011 New Philly Re: Occupy Wallstreet - Rydrum - 11-21-2011 Hondo Wrote:That's an interesting proposition. I'm not sure how much I dig paying someone to quit but I really, really like the idea of the schools subsidizing the loans rather than the taxpayers. That's never going to happen though. I'm also at a loss to explain the ridiculous rise in tuition over the last 20 years. When I first started college in 1985 each semester was less than $1000. When I graduated in 1989 it was still around $1200 a semester. Again....this was a state school but that same school is now $6000 a semester. Wages sure haven't increased by a multiple of 4 since then. I thought you might like that, the one author Ayers has great points- his book SuperCrunchers was really interesting. Re: Occupy Wallstreet - Hondo - 11-21-2011 How are you posting in the future dude? Re: Occupy Wallstreet - Indiansfan - 11-21-2011 I'm with you, Hondo. I'm sick of people wanting their wallets filled with money stolen from mine. (Where are you at in Ohio?) and for a chuckle, check out this song... <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7LoZXYgvkY">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7LoZXYgvkY</a><!-- m --> Re: Occupy Wallstreet - Indiansfan - 11-21-2011 lol according to Pete there was a server switch....I havent been able to post or PM for 24hrs or more LOL oh well.... anyways, I'm in the Akron/Canton area.... small world. Re: Occupy Wallstreet - Indiansfan - 11-21-2011 and this is an updated link of the video I posted earlier <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khMIt_8yPsw">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khMIt_8yPsw</a><!-- m --> Re: Occupy Wallstreet - Joe - 11-21-2011 Hondo Wrote:How are you posting in the future dude? New server was a day ahead. Oops |