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Binty

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Occupy Wall Street
« on: October 02, 2011, 04:16:48 PM »
Can someone explain to me what is currently happening in America?  I haven't been reading the news for ages but someone on FB posted this:



and it got me interested.

Anyone willing to give me a summary of events?
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Re: Occupy Wall Street
« Reply #1 on: October 02, 2011, 04:48:10 PM »
Don't really know much about the group but they have a wikipedia page if you're interested.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupy_Wall_Street
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Re: Occupy Wall Street
« Reply #2 on: October 02, 2011, 04:55:42 PM »
A bunch of students, the unemployed, union members, etc., are camping out smack in the middle of the New York financial district. 24-7, 7 days a week, and it's been going on for a couple weeks now. It's a protest against political and corporate corruption, banks getting big bailouts while ordinary people lose their homes from foreclosure, see their jobs get outsourced, and pay a higher tax bracket than rich investors who know all the loopholes.

Funnily enough, it's getting almost no coverage from major media outlets. You have to follow blogs and twitter and Anonymous' websites.
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Re: Occupy Wall Street
« Reply #3 on: October 02, 2011, 05:02:32 PM »
I fail to see how this will affect anything. People protest this all the damn time, yet nothing changes.
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Re: Occupy Wall Street
« Reply #4 on: October 02, 2011, 05:32:25 PM »
The cops are really knocking them around too I posted a link in this thread http://www.intensitysquared.com/index.php/topic,18446.0.html
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Re: Occupy Wall Street
« Reply #5 on: October 02, 2011, 05:40:11 PM »
Yup. We'll see whether the American Public has the balls to keep growing their numbers anyway.
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Quote from: Gopher Gary on October 11, 2015, 06:41:29 PM
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Re: Occupy Wall Street
« Reply #6 on: October 02, 2011, 05:48:03 PM »
The thing is, that the people in control only care about themselves. That's the way it has always been.

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Re: Occupy Wall Street
« Reply #7 on: October 02, 2011, 06:09:57 PM »
Quote from: Stultus Saxum on October 02, 2011, 05:48:03 PM
The thing is, that the people in control only care about themselves. That's the way it has always been.



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Re: Occupy Wall Street
« Reply #8 on: October 02, 2011, 06:13:54 PM »
Quote from: Pyraxis on October 02, 2011, 04:55:42 PM

Funnily enough, it's getting almost no coverage from major media outlets. You have to follow blogs and twitter and Anonymous' websites.

That's because no one cares. I'm not saying it is right, but it's true. If Snooki goes and joins them, THEN it will be national news  ::)
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Re: Occupy Wall Street
« Reply #9 on: October 02, 2011, 06:57:05 PM »
Quote from: Pyraxis on October 02, 2011, 04:55:42 PM
A bunch of students, the unemployed, union members, etc., are camping out smack in the middle of the New York financial district. 24-7, 7 days a week, and it's been going on for a couple weeks now. It's a protest against political and corporate corruption, banks getting big bailouts while ordinary people lose their homes from foreclosure, see their jobs get outsourced, and pay a higher tax bracket than rich investors who know all the loopholes.

Funnily enough, it's getting almost no coverage from major media outlets. You have to follow blogs and twitter and Anonymous' websites.

perhaps  this is the beginning!!!  :viking:  :viking:  :viking:
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Re: Occupy Wall Street
« Reply #10 on: October 02, 2011, 09:49:42 PM »
Quote from: eris on October 02, 2011, 06:13:54 PM
That's because no one cares. I'm not saying it is right, but it's true. If Snooki goes and joins them, THEN it will be national news  ::)

Who?

Michael Moore has already joined them.
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Re: Occupy Wall Street
« Reply #11 on: October 03, 2011, 05:26:04 AM »
Quote from: Pyraxis on October 02, 2011, 09:49:42 PM
Quote from: eris on October 02, 2011, 06:13:54 PM
That's because no one cares. I'm not saying it is right, but it's true. If Snooki goes and joins them, THEN it will be national news  ::)

Who?

Michael Moore has already joined them.

 I would like to see Michael Moore pepper sprayed and beat up by the police though unlike the rest of the demonstrators
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Re: Occupy Wall Street
« Reply #12 on: October 03, 2011, 07:24:36 AM »
Quote from: parts on October 03, 2011, 05:26:04 AM
Quote from: Pyraxis on October 02, 2011, 09:49:42 PM
Quote from: eris on October 02, 2011, 06:13:54 PM
That's because no one cares. I'm not saying it is right, but it's true. If Snooki goes and joins them, THEN it will be national news  ::)

Who?

Michael Moore has already joined them.

 I would like to see Michael Moore pepper sprayed and beat up by the police though unlike the rest of the demonstrators

I like Michael Moore
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Re: Occupy Wall Street
« Reply #13 on: October 03, 2011, 10:34:45 AM »
Want to make a difference? Get some guns and shoot the bastards. Holding up a few signs won't make a lot of people give a fuck.
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Re: Occupy Wall Street
« Reply #14 on: October 03, 2011, 11:24:50 AM »
Quote from: Schleed on October 03, 2011, 10:34:45 AM
Want to make a difference? Get some guns and shoot the bastards. Holding up a few signs won't make a lot of people give a fuck.

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