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| 47. If these were white racist assholes the news would be over this 24x7 |
| -What took you so long MSNBC: Protesters invade NYC Financial District |
cal04 |
Sep-17-11 09:53 PM |
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First they ignore you, |
deminks |
Sep-17-11 09:59 PM |
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Protest in front of fox... |
butterfly77 |
Sep-18-11 03:18 PM |
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And empty gesture. |
Meeker Morgan |
Sep-17-11 09:59 PM |
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But they have pretty graphics...n/t |
greytdemocrat |
Sep-17-11 10:03 PM |
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Sep-18-11 06:27 AM |
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Yeah sure buddy, I'm paid by Koch ... |
Meeker Morgan |
Sep-18-11 06:42 AM |
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Morgan |
dotymed |
Sep-18-11 03:16 PM |
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So are lots of Paul-idiots: "I'm a unionized public employee" |
me b zola |
Sep-18-11 07:47 PM |
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You really should not hit post when you are making stuff up |
sabrina 1 |
Sep-18-11 10:46 PM |
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Sep-18-11 06:43 AM |
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rethorical I know, but I still am curious... |
nadinbrzezinski |
Sep-17-11 10:11 PM |
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This is not the same thing as Wisconsin.. |
Imajika |
Sep-17-11 10:38 PM |
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You are right of course |
nadinbrzezinski |
Sep-17-11 10:42 PM |
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It would only take a few steps to turn it into something real |
starroute |
Sep-17-11 11:12 PM |
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I noticed that too |
nadinbrzezinski |
Sep-17-11 11:16 PM |
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One never knows what spark will turn into a wildfire, |
WHEN CRABS ROAR |
Sep-18-11 12:08 AM |
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The #1 thing they need is staying power, they need to be there for DAYS. |
dixiegrrrrl |
Sep-18-11 10:13 AM |
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Exactly! |
Fire Walk With Me |
Sep-18-11 07:51 PM |
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You're raising the important points and asking the right questions. |
leveymg |
Sep-18-11 03:19 PM |
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Yep and that's the point nadin........ |
socialist_n_TN |
Sep-18-11 11:25 AM |
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Ah, one of those "Hodge Podge" demonstrations--you are right, totally meaningless. |
MADem |
Sep-17-11 11:16 PM |
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So how do you justify the fact that the same ol' tired crowd of |
truedelphi |
Sep-18-11 04:41 PM |
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Looks like your predictions of doom and gloom turned out to wrong. |
sabrina 1 |
Sep-19-11 04:35 PM |
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Sep-18-11 06:16 PM |
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Yes, but we're not allowed to advocate for that on this site. |
TBF |
Sep-18-11 06:28 PM |
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Yup.. |
Imajika |
Sep-17-11 10:24 PM |
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Some people will denigrate any effort to confront the powers that be. |
fasttense |
Sep-18-11 06:30 AM |
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Yeah, worthless "well fed college kids". Who cares? |
cheapdate |
Sep-18-11 08:17 PM |
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That's the same way the Egyptians looked. Cell phones and all. |
rainy |
Sep-18-11 09:51 PM |
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Ooh, middle class? |
napoleon_in_rags |
Sep-17-11 10:36 PM |
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Yup, agreed |
nadinbrzezinski |
Sep-17-11 10:47 PM |
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Easy for some people to sling insults at protesters, while they sit comfortably behind their |
fasttense |
Sep-18-11 06:24 AM |
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You do understand it is not binary? The choices are not 'feel |
Bluenorthwest |
Sep-18-11 07:03 AM |
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Go cut you hair or something |
lsewpershad |
Sep-18-11 02:44 PM |
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It is a start. Little by little |
Mojorabbit |
Sep-18-11 04:30 PM |
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OH those nasty hippies. nt |
sudopod |
Sep-18-11 06:40 PM |
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poor reporting, too little, too late. |
ixion |
Sep-17-11 10:00 PM |
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There was no blocked twitter account |
ChandlerJr |
Sep-17-11 10:33 PM |
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by twitters own admission, there was |
ixion |
Sep-18-11 06:06 AM |
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It's the weekend |
nadinbrzezinski |
Sep-17-11 10:03 PM |
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lol we had more than that at our farmer's market n crafts fair this morning nt |
msongs |
Sep-17-11 10:03 PM |
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I doubt it. Take a look at the pictures from the march. Other than the cherry-picked ones from the |
DrunkenBoat |
Sep-18-11 08:27 PM |
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Wow, they are going to shut it down! On a Saturday. LOL |
RB TexLa |
Sep-17-11 10:03 PM |
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Because we all know doing absolutely NOTHING will work. |
fasttense |
Sep-18-11 06:35 AM |
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I don't think "occupying" wall street helps anyone. |
RB TexLa |
Sep-18-11 10:02 AM |
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It's the seat of the corruption. Banksters brought down the financial system, bailed themselves out |
KoKo |
Sep-18-11 10:10 AM |
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Banksters? |
RB TexLa |
Sep-18-11 10:15 AM |
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You are not "familiar" with the term? |
KoKo |
Sep-18-11 06:14 PM |
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Maybe it's about sending those criminals a message |
cheapdate |
Sep-18-11 08:22 PM |
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No one is saying this except you. |
blank space |
Sep-18-11 06:47 PM |
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maybe check into why they chose September 17th |
Coexist |
Sep-18-11 11:26 AM |
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no concern why they chose it |
RB TexLa |
Sep-18-11 11:39 AM |
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that comment tells me everything I need to know. |
Coexist |
Sep-18-11 11:41 AM |
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Oh and numbers (per MSSM) have doubled! |
nadinbrzezinski |
Sep-17-11 10:05 PM |
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K&R |
midnight |
Sep-17-11 10:06 PM |
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1000......no wonder they were able to check them at the gates.... |
Historic NY |
Sep-17-11 10:59 PM |
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MSNBC is now working on weekends? That's a step UP, actually.... |
MADem |
Sep-17-11 11:13 PM |
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I had CNN all day in the background, going |
nadinbrzezinski |
Sep-17-11 11:18 PM |
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we have a censored media in the U.S., just like Fiji, they too, dont report certain things |
StarsInHerHair |
Sep-18-11 09:05 PM |
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Law enforcement blocked thed media trucks from getting close to the protestors. |
mfcorey1 |
Sep-18-11 12:13 AM |
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Chris Hayes on MSNBC tomorrow from 8-10 am, on MSNBC.. |
nenagh |
Sep-18-11 12:15 AM |
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Forgot this. I was watching CSPAN. |
davidwparker |
Sep-18-11 04:32 PM |
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Coexist |
Sep-18-11 10:11 AM |
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Only 1000? That's a drop in the bucket in a city of 8,000,000. Tens of thousands of people work on |
Exilednight |
Sep-18-11 10:19 AM |
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What are they protesting? |
treestar |
Sep-18-11 11:41 AM |
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:facepalm: |
Shining Jack |
Sep-18-11 02:28 PM |
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Are you serious? What are they protesting? |
cheapdate |
Sep-18-11 08:27 PM |
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Have the "Powers That Be" called it Terrorism, yet? Suggest we start a betting... |
webDude |
Sep-18-11 12:28 PM |
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I sure hope this doesn't fizzle out |
Plucketeer |
Sep-18-11 01:53 PM |
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If these were white racist assholes the news would be over this 24x7 |
LynneSin |
Sep-18-11 02:40 PM |
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IF YOU ARE AGAINST WALL STREET GREED AND YET ARE AGAINST PEOPLE PROTESTING WALL ST. |
FarLeftFist |
Sep-18-11 02:47 PM |
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Protesting Wall street |
treestar |
Sep-18-11 02:59 PM |
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The stock market is mostly irrelevant to "doing business". If by business you |
DrunkenBoat |
Sep-18-11 04:37 PM |
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The companies on the stock exchange produce goods and services |
treestar |
Sep-18-11 04:50 PM |
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They don't produce goods & employ people because of the existence of the stock market. |
DrunkenBoat |
Sep-18-11 05:04 PM |
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Wall Street is very important to our economic health. Don't kid yourself. |
chrisa |
Sep-18-11 05:29 PM |
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Please explain why, as you're so sure. Particularly the part about how it |
DrunkenBoat |
Sep-18-11 05:34 PM |
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I believe the purpose is the recent practices of Wall Street, not Wall Street itself |
chrisa |
Sep-18-11 05:27 PM |
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Those aren't just recent practices. They're the nature of the beast. |
DrunkenBoat |
Sep-18-11 05:36 PM |
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How about we end the private enterprise paradigm |
Mosaic |
Sep-18-11 06:47 PM |
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If you did more than five seconds of work you'd know that the two main points are : |
sudopod |
Sep-18-11 06:49 PM |
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Maybe they're opening peoples eyes. That's not a bad thing. |
FarLeftFist |
Sep-18-11 08:44 PM |
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The pro-rethug T people are out in droves on this thread. nt |
valerief |
Sep-18-11 03:14 PM |
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This is all so frightfully useless and tiresome, I almost spilled my cognac on my dinner jacket. |
Gin Blossom |
Sep-19-11 01:32 AM |
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Give up. Yeah, that's the way. And all those good paying jobs Wall St. is giving Americans? Uh, |
valerief |
Sep-19-11 01:46 PM |
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"Police set up checkpoints to allow only those who could prove they lived or worked on Wall Street.. |
Matariki |
Sep-18-11 05:09 PM |
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Want to make Wall Street crazy? |
The Wizard |
Sep-18-11 05:28 PM |
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Kicked and recommended. |
Uncle Joe |
Sep-18-11 05:35 PM |
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