Occupy Wallstreet

[Bellyheart]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moD2JnGTToA[/youtube]
Occupy Wall St.

[warwick.hoy]

I've been following this casually. Hard to find any mainstream news on it.

[CaptainWampum]

Can't believe this isn't everywhere. I'd be with 'em if I could.

[warwick.hoy]

Yeah me too. I stand with their ideals,...and I have to say that of all the footage I've seen there isn't a single broken window, nor a single building, car or trashcan on fire. I don't think this the same hooliganism that we saw in London or Vancouver. I think we have a group of people that are truly fed up with policies such as Citizens United and this plutocracy cleverly disguised as a democracy we live in.

[warwick.hoy]

Also,...here is a slomo of that tattoo girl getting maced in the face.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZ05rWx1pig[/youtube]

[alexa.]

Respect.

[metalmariachi]

Citizens United's goal is to restore the founding fathers' vision of a free nation, guided by the honesty, common sense, and good will of its citizens.

yeah that's scary compared to socialism.

MM

[warwick.hoy]

I'm more referring to the Supreme Court decision that essentially lifted all corporate restrictions on Electioneering.

RE: Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission

[Bassus Sanguinis]

Citizens United's goal is to restore the founding fathers' vision of a free nation, guided by the honesty, common sense, and good will of its citizens.

yeah that's scary compared to socialism.

MM

Can't place trust in good will of citizens. But I sure as hell would not trust the capitalist hegemony either.

[warwick.hoy]

So many people with so many opinions but the one thing I think we can agree on is that the status quo cannot continue.

[Bellyheart]

Absolutely, a lot of the youtube comments are showing that people don't agree on certain items, however, as a General Assembly, to concur on the most general of topics is the goal.

[Jwar]

Also,...here is a slomo of that tattoo girl getting maced in the face.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZ05rWx1pig[/youtube]

I'm sorry but that's fucking hilarious.

[D.o.S.]

It's definitely a nice story, but I'm curious to see what the ultimate change-to-posturing ratio of this event & sentiment will be.

[CaptainWampum]

Also,...here is a slomo of that tattoo girl getting maced in the face.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZ05rWx1pig[/youtube]

I'm sorry but that's fucking hilarious.

How is that hilarious? It's disgusting, and it's helped keep me furious for days.

[dubkitty]

they blocked the street, and then tried to break the police barricade. they deserved to get maced. the Civil Rights protestors of the 50s and 60s, who were actually fighting for something worthwhile, had to face cops with clubs, police dogs, tear gas, and terrorist attacks like the Birmingham church bombing and the shootings of Medgar Evers and James Meredith. i'm supposed to get whiny because a handful of yappy college girls got exactly what they provoked just to get attention and posture in a way that HAD no effect, and WILL HAVE absolutely no effect? the notion that people are so fed up with "capitalist hegemony" that they're going to race into the streets to follow a bunch of anarchists who aren't even old enough to drink yet? please. if they want to demonstrate against the cause of the problems in the economy, they need to move from Wall Street to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. nobody cares what fifty socialists say.