What The Government really thinks about OWS

[Pharaoh]

[uppityperson]

1. Is Peter King "the government"? Does he speak for "the government"?

[Electric Monk]

3. He serves as the Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee

[treestar]

5. that is not sufficient to constitute the "government"

And he is chairman because the Rs are the majority party there.

[phasma ex machina]

6. His authority is good enough for government work and its "go along to get along" herd mentality.

[treestar]

9. Makes no sense

It's his opinion, not "the government's."

If some other Representative said something supportive, you'd be saying "the government" was supportive. At least you would if you were consistent.

[Pharaoh]

11. Then he should be fired as Chairman of HS

If this is not Government Policy. It seems to be his.

[JoePhilly]

13. One man is not the government. Not even the PRESIDENT.

It might be time for you to take a civics class.

Peter King is a GOP right wing douche bag of the first order ... for you to equate him with our government is to ensure that no one takes your message seriously.

[treestar]

25. +1

The ignorance is appalling.

[pnorman]

19. Then the President should immediately RESIGN,

rather than be associated with that reactionary Committee!

[treestar]

23. It's a legislative committee!

They don't "hire and fire." It's not a job. Congress is elected, not hired.

It would not change "government policy" in any event.

[phasma ex machina]

15. He speaks as Gruppenführer of Homeland Security. He is the statutory voice of government facism.

The force of the state backs his words.

[treestar]

24. Baloney. Other congressmen or Senators or even the

allegedly all powerful President might have a different opinion.

It would be somewhat relevant if it were the Sec. of HS that were talking.

One Congressman cannot represent "government policy."

[Pharaoh]

27. Boy! Way to speak up for

Assholes and right wing Ideologues.

There are other websites that might be more in line with your type of thought.

[sabrina 1]

26. Well, he speaks for the way the movement has been treated

with zero condemnation from the Government. So, even without his opinion, I think we all know by now how the Government views any threat to Wall Street.

[Electric Monk]

28. So his opinion counts just the same as yours or mine.... right... nt

[Pharaoh]

4. exhibit A

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/nov/25/shocking-truth-about-crackdown-occupy

[Tx4obama]

10. The Naomi Wolf article is FALSE

See the OP here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=433x821842

[Luminous Animal]

21. Unfortunately, one of the DU OPs of Wolf's near fact free blog post now has 215 recs.

Here is a link to Alternet's debunking of Wolf's Guardian blog post...

http://www.alternet.org/story/153222/naomi_wolf%E2%80%99s_%E2%80%98shocking_truth%E2%80%99_about_the_%E2%80%98occupy_crackdowns%E2%80%99_offers_anything_but_truth?page=entire

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

2. Replace "The Government" with "The Douchebag" and you've got it.

[truedelphi]

7. Reading this prick's words, an old slogan comes to mind regarding both the

Occupy movement now out in the streets, and the one that was in the streets in the sixties and early seventies:

The People United will never be defeated.

[burrowowl]

8. K&R

Who watches over DHS?

Getting to be very Policestatist

[JoePhilly]

12. He's spouting GOP doctrine, not "Government" doctrine.

[uppityperson]

14. Unrec for this being 1 GOP asshole's opinion, not "the government". If you'd said

"peter king" or whatever position(s) he holds, I'd rec it. But he is not "the government".

[woo me with science]

16. K&R

[indepat]

17. King is talking like a freedom-hating prick who fails to respect the people's right to seek

redress of their grievances: heil, Herr King, achtung. :patriot:

[pnorman]

18. I can confidentially judge all subsequent postings by you

by that subject line!

[vi5]

20. Well, lucky for King.....

A good chunk of the Democratic party also agrees that letting the left wing shape policy is a bad idea.

[cui bono]

22. "The Government"??? Come on...

I thought this was going to be about the possible collusion of the feds with the city PD and all it is hyperbole.

[SpiralHawk]

29. King has an uncanny uneasy archetypal resemblace to J. Edgar Hoover

I'm just sayin...

[Warren Stupidity]

30. The Defenders of the Establishment are out in force in this thread.

Mustofhitanoive.