Anybody participating in Wall St Occupation?

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  1. Rebecca

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    #221
    This is an interesting video:

    [video=youtube;qI_P3pxze5w]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qI_P3pxze5w[/video]
     
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    #224
    I kinda wondered how these people were able to spend weeks and months on end not working...
     
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    #225
    If any Occupy Wall Street protesters took them up on that ad, they wouldn't really believe in what appears to be the main message of "getting money out of politics." As you know, paid political propaganda jobs are everywhere. For example..

    In just a few minutes I found:

    Here's one earning $1440 to $2240 to be "pro-choice"
    http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/npo/2642205138.html

    $10-$16 an hour to care about environmental, and social justice-
    http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/npo/2642300925.html

    Environmental campaign jobs - "But when CEOs of big oil companies and Wall Street firms catch wind of the work our staff did to stop new offshore oil drilling and rein in the abuses of big banks, they won't be happy to hear we're hiring even more activists for another big summer of social change." ($10-$15 an hour)
    http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/npo/2643992634.html

    The Long Island Progressive Coalition is hiring door to door canvassers for part-time campaign jobs ($12.50 an hr):
    http://newyork.craigslist.org/lgi/npo/2646307184.html

    Just look in the non-profit jobs section in Craigslist of any state, lots and lots of these...
     
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    #226
    Nice finds... Wow, amazing.. Most of these idiots are paid to do this crap. Seems the activists and protestors are no different than Washington lobbyists.
     
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    #227
    I've read Sarah Palin makes millions as a political activist. But yeah, activists and protesters that are paid to spread a certain political agenda, do have something in common with Washington lobbyists.
     
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    #228

    No surprised. Will pass it on. Thanks.
     
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    #229
    I have one question - How do you take the money out of politics?
     
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    #230
    Until people as a whole take active interest, I don't see that as being a possibility.

     
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    #231
    That's what I thought...
     
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    #232
    People are too easy to manipulate. This is more about media control than anything.

     
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    #233
    I think that's a really great question. On this one point at least, I do agree with the Occupy Wall Street protesters. Right now, I'm operating on about 4 hours of sleep. Last night I kept dreaming the same dream over and over, except it kept playing out in slightly different scenarios. It wasn't a good dream. I finally just got up to stop dreaming. So, now I've worked all day, and am really, really, tired now. Going to bed in a few. But with your question, I can think of a lot of ways, but no time to write a report about it. Let's start with one thing at a time. I also want to mention, I'm open to other viewpoints, so anyone feel free to jump in and say why they agree or disagree. I'm interested in what other people think, even if you think I'm wrong. And, sometimes I am. Anyway, here's something to start. I don't care for the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). Special interests to a degree, Okay, but the extent it appears that corporations are helping to create legislation, with their chummy politician friends? I'm just not that comfortable with what I've read.

     
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    #234
    l_62a9b99771270dde5e43f40fb808e7b3.jpg

    How does looking at this picture make you feel?
     
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    #235
    Are you asking me? If so, well...It looks like they're in a padded room (check out the wall), and the three closer to the camera are taking a game of rock, paper, scissors way too seriously! They look angry. I think right after the picture was taken, they broke those candlesticks off the wall, and went out threatening other patients in the funny farm.
     
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    #236
    :) :) :)
    Love it!

    This is how the South Korean government operates:
    [video=youtube_share;TqvdJSO6Ssc]http://youtu.be/TqvdJSO6Ssc[/video]

    The young population of South Korea voted young street punks into their parliament. These fights that break out in the South Korean parliament happen all the time. Don't they look like Occupy Wall Streeters?
     
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    #237
    @Corwin - Wow, that's crazy - sledge hammers and crow bars? Hopefully, the OWS protests won't turn that violent.
     
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    #238
    Really angry or staged angry?
     
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    #239
    They're posing for the camera, so staged.
     
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    #240
    Exactly. Hired actors.
     
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