"Occupy Goldman Sachs: Protesters March on "Vampire Squid"....Incredible Photo's at Link!

[KoKo]

Occupy Goldman Sachs: The Protesters March On 'The Vampire Squid'



Today, in solidarity with western protesters who aim to shut down the West Coast deep water ports, a little over 100 Occupy Wall Street protesters marched to Goldman Sachs on 200 West Street around 8:00 a.m. to show everyone inside the bank what the movement thought of it.

The demonstrators chanted: "F*** You Goldman Sachs, Occupy Strikes Back." At our last count, 17 people were arrested.

Loud costumes and a brass band aside though, this was a serious message. As Rutgers history Professor James Livingston put it as he addressed the crowd:

"We have two problems, surplus capital and superfluous profits...and we know where they come from. For the last 30 years income has been transferred away from labor and consumption to capital. Private investment is not necessary to drive growth...profits aren't necessary. They can do two things — they can sit in banks, or be channeled into speculative markets as they have been since 1983....Now we're subject to boom and bust cycles... We need to send money back to wages and socialize investment. We need to turn these people (bankers) into public servants."

Think that's radical? You should check out the pictures.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/occupy-wall-street-march-on-goldman-sachs-2011-12#ixzz1gMNySnEs

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/occupy-wall-street-march-on-goldman-sachs-2011-12#ixzz1gMNh5nwx

[KoKo]

1. Something is wrong with this thread and I've asked about it in "Meta Discussion" to the Admins.

[maddezmom]

2. I see 8 recs

I really don't have any idea why you can't see them.

[KoKo]

3. Okay...these Recs just showed up. I've given you the screen capture of when they didn't so

it's a Bug in the system. Last time I was over here (Date Stamped on my post to the "Meta Help Forum" showed there wasn't anything here.

So...someone or something "fixed it." But, what about the others? The "0" recommends for other posts that when checking had 2 or more Posts that didn't show up on the Main Thread?

It's a bug...but I can't post on the Bug Forum...because there isn't a "Post Icon Thingy" that shows up.

Yes...it's very frustrating that many of you see what I can't see myself....so I sound like an idiot...but, believe me it's something with my Browser or a bug somewhere.

[ozone_man]

7. Vampire squid inhibiting rec function?

The tentacles reach everywhere.

[slay]

4. Very cool

k&r

[Huey P. Long]

5. F'n occupy w/occtipi! -eom

[Huey P. Long]

6. so cool I need to bump this. -eom

[eppur_se_muova]

8. Why why why do we defame the amazing, beautiful vampire squid so?

(My last post on this, I promise)

[Canuckistanian]

9. "...relentlessly jamming it's blood funnel into anything that smells like money"

I've memorized that phrase.

edit: sp

[Kaleko]

12. ... and protected by armies of brutes in the name of waging war on terror.

From the same protest:

[Fire Walk With Me]

10. Love it!

[malthaussen]

11. The cop in pic 20 looks like Eric Cantor

Is he moonlighting now?

-- Mal