Once Obama got into office. They aren't for that either. they're not for that either. Not really. because you're simplifying it AND taking a small portion of the issue and extrapolating it onto the whole. Yeah, cept that the other side (TP) didn't mind it until Obama took office and then all then they were angry about it (and blamed some of it on Obama when it wasn't his doing). So like I said, that picture is neat and all, as long as you either don't care to find out the information of what they're talking about for yourself, or just want to repeat the same lies about what they're upset about over and over. They don't want to tax anyone into "oblivion", but rather wish that those who are getting tax breaks/abuse loop holes/have the jobs they do provide escape the country, not make record profits in the mean time and then fire their workers or cut their salaries and in the process claim that there is no market for their product, forgetting that one reason there is "no market" for it is because they've cut the salaries of workers or the jobs of the workers. And on top of that, those who were responsible for the collapse/failures of 2008 barely got penalties for it AND in some cases got millions in bonus's. And as for the student loan thing, I think that's overblown by people who just want to see this is as the poor trying to steal from the rich, instead of saying "hey, you know, the way you've set up college is unfair for those who can't afford it, and you've turned it into a "for profit over anything else" system" and maybe we should fix that". AND, btw, the "hundreds of billions that went from the stimulus to the unions 2 months after Obama took office" wasn't exactly solely Obamas doing, nor did they complain prior to his term. So like I've said already in this actual post (and felt like repeating myself since that seems to be what people do nowadays to get points across), the graph was not very accurate other then it had two colors. And for fucks sake, it was done by a tea party group. You don't think they'd have any reason to be biased towards what they're presenting, do you? I mean seriously? Because they do. And are. Just as if you posted a picture/graph/whatever that was created by OWS, and had similar half truths and bullshit about the other side, you'd think 'well, maybe thats not actually what is the case'.
obviously that wasn't done by a protester, they don't care about America or anything. btw, I'm glad someone did that (the "respect this memorial" thing)
good! I'm personally perterbed when I see people disrespecting historical stuff or memorials. My family has a tombstone at one of the cemeteries in the region, and some punk ass shit stain knocked it over because it was 'funny'. And even though this is a long dead relative (who died LONG before I was born, and before Oregon/Washington were states) I wanted to kick that little shits teeth in.
Too much here that you're not going to care about, or want to discuss the "truth" part of what you call half-truths. That's ok. It's probably purely propoganda. Then again, it's also probably something visceral that OWS supporters don't want to see, b/c it both marginalizes the claims of those who want to believe OWS is a fresh new movement full of purity and hope for a better future, staffed and supported by those who are just out for a fair deal for everyone; while at the same time pointing out that the vitriol spewed toward the Tea Party was misplaced and funneled by hate-mongers. And many that bought into that are now attempting to achieve similar results as the Tea Party, but by blaming people making 380k instead of people they voted for. With a touch of hypocrisy thrown in. Since you're dismissing out of hand b/c of the source, who is it that you DO believe?
Two sides of the same coin. The vitriol spewed towards the Tea Party is now being spewed towards OWS. Truly, turnabout is fair play. barfo
The main problem I have with this graphic is that it compares the fringe views of OWS with the "mainstream" or core beliefs of the Tea Party. It's a dishonest representation. Just with the Tea Party we are seeing most attention given to the extreme or radical views of a few people who identify with OWS.
fringe /frinj/ Adjective: Any idea or belief that is not part of the Denny's world view despite having mainstream or widespread support. See "Undennysque"
If the OSW'ers truly want the rich to pay their fair share, then the tax code needs to be changed. simple. as. that.
No. It's a reference to the conditions they're squatting under, and a play on people calling the tea party people "teabaggers.". Good for the goose, good for the gander.
Hardly. Did you find my post that said I was all in favor of people protesting? It's in one of these OWS threads. I think the tea party was far more effective by arguing with their representatives at town hall meetings. The press is a lot friendlier toward the OWS people. And generally, the OWS people are causing problems that the TP never did - from harming local businesses to destruction of property, to straining the municipalities infrastructure and budgets, to committing a number of petty crimes. But it's ok to call the TP folks racist and other mean things. I get it.
Those sounds like criticisms of OWS. I'm just saying, contrary to your claim you have criticized the OWS movement. Some of the criticism are valid though. Did you ever call the Tea Party "Tea Baggers"? I've criticized the Tea Partiers but I haven't called them "racist". To imply all criticism of the TP are based on racism is disingenuous. I think it's constructive to scrutinize political movements like this but from and educated view point (not saying yours isn't). The author of that graphic certainly seems to be clueless of what OWS is.
Without getting names/addresses of all these Wall-Street/big bank execs, how will camping out @ a city park change anything? It's November 3rd and it's still the same story. Oh wait, BoA will no longer charge $5 for debit cards use. Progress!
I posted the joke about them being called fleaparty once, and now I'm critical of them? There are tens of thousands of protesters nationwide. No two appear to have the same agenda, though they're pissed about the banks getting bailouts and top 1% accumulating wealth. What's to criticize? They're angry. If anything, I think their anger is misplaced. It's govt. that's the problem.
