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In reply to the discussion: Mayor Bloomberg Owes Occupy Wall Street An Apology - FDL [View all]Fire Walk With Me
(38,893 posts)11. Two interesting things I haven't yet seen mentioned...
-Bloomberg made his money on Wall Street. They're his friends. He likely does "favors" for them. Wall Street has done to my knowledge absolutely nothing for victims of Sandy except for providing some stray illumination out of the stock exchange building.
-OWS techs are working on creating a mesh net to bring WIFI to residents in at least one area; I forget which.
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Yep... And I LOVE That OWS Is Training The National Guard, And The Mayor's Office !!!
WillyT
Nov 2012
#6
Reminds me of us after 3 hurricanes in 6 weeks in 2004...local radio canned music.
madfloridian
Nov 2012
#9
A Book Recommendation: Hammes, T.X. The Sling and The Stone: On War in the 21st Century
mckara
Nov 2012
#15
We're a big American family, not a bunch of individualistic competitors
bloomington-lib
Nov 2012
#16
K & R! Glad to see this here! I tried to post it this morning but my computer crashed.
Luminous Animal
Nov 2012
#25
Oh FUCK THAT... That Frank Piece GUARANTEES... I'll Be Kicking This All Fucking Week !!!
WillyT
Nov 2012
#31
I do remember his remark about being owed beer money, etc., though. I probably will never be able nt
tblue37
Nov 2012
#48
This is just another example of how valuable the skills of community organizers are!
tblue37
Nov 2012
#40