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well, as one of those "losers" I disagree. they're showing a lot of spirit. they're standing up to the bankers, the same bankers who ripped off EVERY american, high income and low. yes, I saw some residents have to show ID just to go home. it was inconvenient, but, so is getting deeply poopy-rammed by goldman sachs and company.
Sorry, just for my own clarification, what are you blaming "bankers" located in Wall Street for?
I for one, am blaming the entire financial industry and lillylivered politicians of BOTH parties for getting rid of Glass Steagall, the bill put together after the Great Depression to guarantee we would not have to go through that horror again.
I also blame those who lobbied for Nafta and Cafta. It seems as though businesses are legally to be treated as individuals when it comes to contributing to political coffers but not be held as traitors when they lay off thousands of American citizens and ship jobs overseas or import cheaper labor.
What better place to protest than at the heart of our financial center?
I did see it on tv news and heard about people around the country sending money into neighboring food purveyors to feed those poor people. There is support all over the country for these folks. Everyone is hurting.
And the sick thing is, the very people who created this calamity are still in power. Thanks, BO.
Here's one of NY's finest over-reacting. What a disgrace to the force.
[url=http://gawker.com/5843574/cop-throws-wall-st-protester-to-the-ground-for-no-obvious-reason]Cop Throws Wall St. Protester to the Ground for No Obvious Reason[/url]
From the beginning, the cop pushed him TWICE. I don't know about you but if I get pushed twice I'm assuming the person is serious (Why is he trying to talk to this cop after getting pushed TWICE anyways?). You also don't know what was said when he put his hands up. I'm sure as a cop you're trained to take people down before they try to take you down. When it's a crowd of people against your 'little' squad (Yes 6-10 cops vs a crowd is little), it could be a little overwhelming. You don't know who might have weapons, out for 'real' vengeance, etc.
So while I thank you for the link, I think people are overreacting, by saying this overreacted.
What's going on up there? I've read a lot about it from sites that AREN'T mainstream media outlets. Apparently they're not okay with publishing anything that goes on in America that may be detrimental to the view of people being just peachy.
I'm not sure I understand the point of this demonstration.
Apparently it's supposed to be some kind of touchstone that ignites a nationwide uprising against the powers-that-be. At least, the financial powers-that-be. But as you can probably guess after a week of this, it's not accomplishing anything other than a couple of YouTube videos--it's just about as meaningful as that pseudo-religious ritual they hold every September 11 at the site of the World Trade Center, only without the public hand-wringing.
I saw the impromptu parade go by my apartment this weekend. Sorry, but based on what I've personally seen that day, the protesters were getting out of control and were making things get very chaotic very quickly. I think the police were fully justified in shutting things down. You can't march up 5th Ave, disrupt vehicle and pedestrian traffic, interfere with people's day to day business and think the cops are just going to roll with it.
That being said, I feel for a lot of the protesters. The economy and general mood around the country just plain sucks right now. However, I'm a little confused as to what exactly they are demanding though. Make the economy better by stopping wall street from investing in companies?
I saw the impromptu parade go by my apartment this weekend. Sorry, but based on what I've personally seen that day, the protesters were getting out of control and were making things get very chaotic very quickly. I think the police were fully justified in shutting things down. You can't march up 5th Ave, disrupt vehicle and pedestrian traffic, interfere with people's day to day business and think the cops are just going to roll with it.
That being said, I feel for a lot of the protesters. The economy and general mood around the country just plain sucks right now. However, I'm a little confused as to what exactly they are demanding though. Make the economy better by stopping wall street from investing in companies?
That seems to be the general view with other I've spoken with about this. Exactly what is their focus? Is there a focus? It's hard to tell from the newspaper articles, which mentions that a lot of them are unemployed college graduates and then includes pictures of their misspelled signs.
It never works when someone tries to vilify a "they", whether the "they" are bankers, Muslims, or whomever. If these protestors want to get a point across, they have to be more specific about whom they are addressing and why.
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