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Cleita

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130. Stewart and Colbert are comedians and will comment on what is funny.
Sun Feb 5, 2012, 02:32 PM
Feb 2012

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Keith Olbermann always starts his show about Occupy when he's there. He has been sick for the last two weeks so his show has had fill in hosts that don't pay attention to it. But if you are talking about the MSM, and Rachel unfortunately has joined that team, they seem to ignore what are inconvenient truths to them, like for instance, the genocide going on in Syria now, or the civil war erupting in Iraq, which we left in a mess, or the melting of ice caps in Antarctica that are calving mega ice bergs due to global warming. Those events are getting first priority news coverage across the world but not here. So whether the media covers it or not really doesn't matter because they are nothing but propaganda for the industrialists and Wall Street any way.

OWS committed suicide.... [View all] Joe the Revelator Feb 2012 OP
I am not so sure salin Feb 2012 #1
Joe,the OWS took a break during winter. Swede Feb 2012 #2
I thought the plan was to weather the winter with n interruption..... Joe the Revelator Feb 2012 #6
Thank you for your concern. Warren Stupidity Feb 2012 #3
+1 nt TBF Feb 2012 #91
You are quite wrong on that. morningfog Feb 2012 #4
A glutton for punishment, eh? MineralMan Feb 2012 #5
For the millionth time, we are not dead. mmonk Feb 2012 #7
A leader emerges... Joe the Revelator Feb 2012 #9
There are leaders and organizers at various locales. mmonk Feb 2012 #14
That was another nail in the coffin... Joe the Revelator Feb 2012 #22
Then why do we still have ongoing actions? There is no nail and there is no coffin. mmonk Feb 2012 #32
You still don't get it. A single issue and a leader would have ended it long ago. morningfog Feb 2012 #38
You're exactly right. Allow me to re-post a little essay of mine: Jackpine Radical Feb 2012 #57
I have always told my extreme leftist mother that Lucky Luciano Feb 2012 #121
Yep, we've seen many examples of this in history, that '-isms' of RKP5637 Feb 2012 #199
Apparently not. The establishment Democrats couldn't do it. Marr Feb 2012 #178
Hardly. Safetykitten Feb 2012 #8
Committing... Thaddeus Kosciuszko Feb 2012 #10
... xchrom Feb 2012 #11
The corporate MEDIA has painted OWS as having no clear message LiberalEsto Feb 2012 #12
But how? There was never a coherent manifesto of demands....and by not having leaders.... Joe the Revelator Feb 2012 #18
Since when is it a requirement of a movement to write a manifesto? LiberalEsto Feb 2012 #50
This is my favorite part, when all the bad done in the name of OWS is blamed on.. Joe the Revelator Feb 2012 #71
And what about the liberal media? randome Feb 2012 #24
"The corporate MEDIA has painted OWS as having no clear message." Thaddeus Kosciuszko Feb 2012 #29
"Restrict the excessive power of the corporations and the wealthy. " Kellerfeller Feb 2012 #108
How to restrict the excessive power? BeFree Feb 2012 #201
"We the People will force our government to write laws" Kellerfeller Feb 2012 #211
Well they never really had my support to begin with. vaberella Feb 2012 #13
Of course OWS never had your support. Vanje Feb 2012 #53
Cryptic much...what's your point?! n/t vaberella Feb 2012 #96
I don't think you had to tell us that it never had your support Cali_Democrat Feb 2012 #125
Why didn't I have to say it? I think I can say what I want if it's on topic. vaberella Feb 2012 #217
Let others do the fighting for you? LiberalLovinLug Feb 2012 #146
Aye? Do you know me or what I'm about? vaberella Feb 2012 #218
lulz. Starry Messenger Feb 2012 #15
Remember "The Dean Scream"? Fumesucker Feb 2012 #16
Thank you for reposting the Frost family story. ScreamingMeemie Feb 2012 #42
Said the man in the dead of winter. Life Long Dem Feb 2012 #17
The warmest winter in decades, when this fall OWS promised to occupy Zuccatti park... Joe the Revelator Feb 2012 #21
Still cold. And still winter. Life Long Dem Feb 2012 #26
If 32 degrees ran them indoors, the the rw was right... Joe the Revelator Feb 2012 #30
Ahhh... they want to live another day to fight. Life Long Dem Feb 2012 #35
Harsh words for an arm chair quarterback /nt think Feb 2012 #37
+1 SammyWinstonJack Feb 2012 #46
Unlike the OWS group, Joe didn't claim to be Kellerfeller Feb 2012 #115
99% is a fairly ambiguous term but you can pigeon hole if you must think Feb 2012 #127
I believe his point is that Kellerfeller Feb 2012 #163
According to the gopher Mosaic Feb 2012 #198
That's stupid Kellerfeller Feb 2012 #210
OWS can do no right kenfrequed Feb 2012 #225
Yeah, we know how awesomely effective doing nothing but camping in a park is. JHB Feb 2012 #48
(facepalm) WilliamPitt Feb 2012 #111
Thanks for the input... Joe the Revelator Feb 2012 #118
For what it's worth, Blue_In_AK Feb 2012 #172
Russians are protesting in minus 20 degrees hack89 Feb 2012 #206
Very doubtful... roody Feb 2012 #19
* demmiblue Feb 2012 #20
Just paraphrase Mark Twain's comment to OWS. hobbit709 Feb 2012 #23
Yeah Joe... 99Forever Feb 2012 #25
You and the corpo media wish nadinbrzezinski Feb 2012 #27
So where are the liberal media on these events? randome Feb 2012 #40
That's a key point. So many here WANT OWS to be relevant that they give it a pass Joe the Revelator Feb 2012 #51
We all want something larger than ourselves to believe in. randome Feb 2012 #58
Democracy Now has been covering OWS well, since the first. Vanje Feb 2012 #191
I don't think they have much reach, though, do they? randome Feb 2012 #192
The media has been hiding info for years Mosaic Feb 2012 #200
Its on radio, cable , and always online Vanje Feb 2012 #222
I am curious--why are you so concerned about "the corpo media wish?" Thaddeus Kosciuszko Feb 2012 #55
???????????? nadinbrzezinski Feb 2012 #120
"Whoossshhh!!!!" Thaddeus Kosciuszko Feb 2012 #122
I stated a fact, the press moved on nadinbrzezinski Feb 2012 #133
Fact: "The Press Moved On" Thaddeus Kosciuszko Feb 2012 #155
Cross roads, I will grant you that nadinbrzezinski Feb 2012 #174
I don't think it is dead. But it will have move beyond the occupation phase arely staircase Feb 2012 #28
Now that Koch industries has pulled their funding OWS is toast... think Feb 2012 #31
I have NO idea what the purpose of this comment is LiberalEsto Feb 2012 #60
Sorry. I was being sarcastic. Koch Industries bought and paid for the Tea Party think Feb 2012 #67
thank you, think! LiberalEsto Feb 2012 #70
I should have floated some sarcasm balloons. Will do next time ;) think Feb 2012 #73
yup and amazingly kenfrequed Feb 2012 #226
Can someone explain this premature wailing to me? JHB Feb 2012 #33
Yes because being shut down and made irrevalent is a much better outcome. Joe the Revelator Feb 2012 #36
Bookmarking JHB Feb 2012 #56
They will surface into election 12, embarrassing the left and going into their death spiral. Joe the Revelator Feb 2012 #75
This is so revealing of your true intentions nadinbrzezinski Feb 2012 #136
If I'm a member of the right wing.... Joe the Revelator Feb 2012 #150
LOL! randome Feb 2012 #156
Your post hails from the neo lib corner of the DNC nadinbrzezinski Feb 2012 #173
Oh Nadin... Joe the Revelator Feb 2012 #175
I call them "conservaposts" MNBrewer Feb 2012 #188
Bully for you. Cheers. JHB Feb 2012 #139
I disagree. Without OWS, the term "the 99%" would have never entered current political doscourse. PSPS Feb 2012 #34
You say "they." What "they"? Who are "they"? I think that's the problem. Honeycombe8 Feb 2012 #39
We're dead???? madamesilverspurs Feb 2012 #41
LOL! Spazito Feb 2012 #43
Post removed Post removed Feb 2012 #44
That was uncalled for. randome Feb 2012 #66
*PLONK*. But thank you for your remote psychoanalysis. backscatter712 Feb 2012 #74
I noticed the truth is almost always "uncalled for" according to the Neo-Lib Right wingers that have Dragonfli Feb 2012 #213
The right to assemble.... suston96 Feb 2012 #45
Disagree strongly! ananda Feb 2012 #47
Joe I have seen you on several posts with the anti-occupy stance what gives?? Sounds like you are NewEngland4Obama Feb 2012 #49
Remember during the buildup to Iraq, when we all screamed , there's no WMD!!'... Joe the Revelator Feb 2012 #59
So what exactly are YOU doing? JHB Feb 2012 #144
+1000! nt LiberalEsto Feb 2012 #62
That's *exactly* what he's doing. Occulus Feb 2012 #95
OWS has inspired many spin-off movements. limpyhobbler Feb 2012 #52
OWS LIVES. And still upstages Teabagger rhetoric. WingDinger Feb 2012 #54
"The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated." Mark Twain Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2012 #61
The picture of them burning the flag last week doc03 Feb 2012 #63
Yet, actions have continued across the country. morningfog Feb 2012 #68
I agree with you about the flag burning. randome Feb 2012 #76
OWS is not a middle class movement and they are not running for public office. EFerrari Feb 2012 #77
Yeah that huge middle class huh a simple pattern Feb 2012 #151
The Corporate Media certainly won't allow anyone from OWS to refute it. LiberalEsto Feb 2012 #165
LOL. The group GREW, it didn't shrivel, after the first eviction. EFerrari Feb 2012 #64
ah yes - the old "must have leaders" mantra ... bread_and_roses Feb 2012 #65
Sorry I was being sarcastic about Koch Industries. My bad for the misunderstanding think Feb 2012 #79
In Spring, flowers emerge suffragette Feb 2012 #69
Your concern is very moving Vanje Feb 2012 #72
sorry... we are not dead fascisthunter Feb 2012 #78
OWS has already succeeded EarlG Feb 2012 #80
+1000 Starry Messenger Feb 2012 #84
Agree. randome Feb 2012 #85
Well stated /nt think Feb 2012 #89
Well said EarlG suffragette Feb 2012 #100
Exactly! Spazito Feb 2012 #104
But but but Rex Feb 2012 #109
Bill Oreilly rules another 5 worlds Mosaic Feb 2012 #202
+99% L0oniX Feb 2012 #113
+1 QC Feb 2012 #190
This week's false reports of famous deaths include Eddie Murphy, Drake and OWS Bluenorthwest Feb 2012 #81
great idea-poor execution but...... madrchsod Feb 2012 #82
And denouncing the provocateurs is also a must. randome Feb 2012 #83
You could not be more wrong. DURHAM D Feb 2012 #86
Crazy talk, wait till spring is here Motown_Johnny Feb 2012 #87
Why wait for spring, when winter is mild....that shouldn't matter either, because OWS... Joe the Revelator Feb 2012 #88
Rather than repeat it all or add to it... Bluenorthwest Feb 2012 #92
40 degrees is still pretty cold to be camping out Motown_Johnny Feb 2012 #94
I don't think that OWS is dead, but I also don't think 2012 will be a big year for it RZM Feb 2012 #90
unrec for ridiculousness inna Feb 2012 #93
Post removed Post removed Feb 2012 #97
Thank you for your concern. aquart Feb 2012 #103
Shame you buy the propaganda. The Doctor. Feb 2012 #143
Thanks, Bill! Give us a shout-out on the next Factor. JHB Feb 2012 #148
I've been down at Occupy DC a number of times LiberalEsto Feb 2012 #167
Thanks for your concern Aerows Feb 2012 #98
Not that I agree with this OP's premise, but....... socialist_n_TN Feb 2012 #99
Your concern is noted (again) RetroLounge Feb 2012 #101
Thank you for your concern. aquart Feb 2012 #102
Some people just can NOT let it go. bvar22 Feb 2012 #105
I've seen people post their own personal fantasy Rex Feb 2012 #107
Nailage +1 whatchamacallit Feb 2012 #141
+100000000000000000000000000 eom tledford Feb 2012 #169
Gesundeit! randome Feb 2012 #171
Your post is your own fantasy and nothing more. Rex Feb 2012 #106
What is a 'people like me'? Joe the Revelator Feb 2012 #110
Someone that wanted OWS to fail from the beginning. Rex Feb 2012 #112
This message was self-deleted by its author devilgrrl Feb 2012 #114
Thanks for your help. L0oniX Feb 2012 #116
If it's so dead, then why do the police keep arresting them? Cleita Feb 2012 #117
Being arrested for protesting public camping rules? randome Feb 2012 #119
If they were just homeless people squatting someplace because they have no where to go, Cleita Feb 2012 #123
Outside a few corners of the blogosphere... randome Feb 2012 #124
Stewart and Colbert are comedians and will comment on what is funny. Cleita Feb 2012 #130
Well said Cleita Mosaic Feb 2012 #203
Hahahahahahahahahahanahahahahaha Joe the Revelator Feb 2012 #131
My pleasure. Do laugh. Here's something else for you to laugh at. Cleita Feb 2012 #134
You go, Cleita! LiberalEsto Feb 2012 #170
Zombies. Warren Stupidity Feb 2012 #177
Gee, Joe Cali_Democrat Feb 2012 #126
I do have that kind of swagger sometimes.. Joe the Revelator Feb 2012 #135
Not living up to your timetable is not 'failure'. The Doctor. Feb 2012 #138
So you're saying, in effect, that nothing will ever change? randome Feb 2012 #145
You still don't know what OWS is, do you? The Doctor. Feb 2012 #160
"Nothing will change until we force the legislators to change the system" LiberalLovinLug Feb 2012 #164
Again, you think telling everyone to 'behave better' is going to FORCE them to listen? randome Feb 2012 #168
"How Swedes and Norwegians Broke the Power of the '1 Percent'" RKP5637 Feb 2012 #128
Now there's food for thought. randome Feb 2012 #129
The worst (I think) OWS faces is MSM ... how to get around the biased 1% reporting RKP5637 Feb 2012 #189
'If it bleeds, it leads'. randome Feb 2012 #194
I agree! It's the perception by the masses that needs to be managed. RKP5637 Feb 2012 #195
I know "occupy" is a still a big hobby for some people around here. tritsofme Feb 2012 #132
"But for 99% of us, it has been over for months." Please feel free to explain /nt think Feb 2012 #140
Not much to explain. tritsofme Feb 2012 #149
I agree. With the help of the MSM most are oblivious to the reality around them. think Feb 2012 #152
That's ridiculous Mosaic Feb 2012 #204
So you are a self elected spokesman for the 99%? L0oniX Feb 2012 #142
Me purporting to speak for 99% of us is no more silly than you doing the same. tritsofme Feb 2012 #147
Profound ignorance of what OWS is The Doctor. Feb 2012 #137
You... The Midway Rebel Feb 2012 #153
spot on /nt think Feb 2012 #158
OWS will come out of hibernation in the spring stronger than ever. pa28 Feb 2012 #154
"I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block.. dana_b Feb 2012 #157
TY. Outstanding! think Feb 2012 #159
And that's what commies say about "liberals"......... socialist_n_TN Feb 2012 #161
That analogy doesn't work. We've seen Marxism exist in several countries and don't like it. stevenleser Feb 2012 #166
We've seen STALINISM exist in several countries........ socialist_n_TN Feb 2012 #209
I cannot recommend this post enough. Warren Stupidity Feb 2012 #176
Centrists, moderates, incrementalists, sensible woodchucks... take note whatchamacallit Feb 2012 #179
As much as OWS doesn't want to be co-opted, it somehow becomes okay... randome Feb 2012 #180
MLK did not see these as separate issues. girl gone mad Feb 2012 #187
MLK, Jr., nails it yet again. n/t Blue_In_AK Feb 2012 #183
Excellent!!! n/t RKP5637 Feb 2012 #197
Wow unionworks Feb 2012 #208
Hear hear. nt. Mr_Jefferson_24 Feb 2012 #215
it's almost as if it was written today, barbtries Feb 2012 #221
If you think they just went away, you are not paying attention 2pooped2pop Feb 2012 #162
Well it's a damn shame you aren't out there SomethingFishy Feb 2012 #181
Hardly blogslut Feb 2012 #182
No offense, but I think wishful thinking should be kept separate from reality quinnox Feb 2012 #184
the movement has not committed suicide. barbtries Feb 2012 #185
Subtlety is a lost art I guess. Joe the Revelator Feb 2012 #186
hyperbole however barbtries Feb 2012 #220
Good luck with that varelse Feb 2012 #193
........ marmar Feb 2012 #196
Complete and utter horseshit. Quit pushing MSM lies. Odin2005 Feb 2012 #205
It is telling unionworks Feb 2012 #207
Oh get a grip. donheld Feb 2012 #212
Ari Fleischer called... Mr_Jefferson_24 Feb 2012 #214
! quinnox Feb 2012 #219
Again with this "leader" stuff... truth2power Feb 2012 #216
We often interpret a thing as to better fit our own opinion of that thing. LanternWaste Feb 2012 #223
Even though you're assumption has no merit, NorthCarolina Feb 2012 #224
The only fear I have is that they get there stink onto democrats this cycle.... Joe the Revelator Feb 2012 #227
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