Is The Occupy Wall Street Movement an Answer to The Tea Party Movement?

[guido911]

Guid, it's Portland, second only to SF for funky people smells!

You're right. But who does that lowlife thinks is going to be impressed with his wisdom/insight? For that matter, who would hire I someone that looks like that? I mean, besides our public schools.

[dbacks fan]

It's probably petulli you are smelling.

[Cats Cats Cats]

No, they are just angry at people who have a nice life.

They were never taught to harness corporate greed and ride it like a pony.

GIDDYUP PONY!

Sorry.  I'm in a really good mood today because a group of greedy corporations accepted a proposal I sent, and an evil bank has agreed to finance it for them.  Now I have to put in an order for some components supplied by another evil company who only cares about profits.  If I end up ordering enough hardware they will send me another free iPad that I will give to my wife or just use as a coaster.

Most of what he said is accurate.  Capitalism works great for everybody if greed isn't involved.  Greed is what causes the problems and I think what makes the US different than 50 years ago.  I am not sure what he means by "get greed out" though.  Judging by his comments it might mean socialism.  Greed isn't making money its how you make the money.  If you could make $100 million profit or $101 million profit but 100 people have to die and you choose the $101 million that is greed.

[guido911]

Seriously, people are paying folks to show up at Occupy protests?

http://dailycaller.com/2011/10/06/organizer-admits-to-paying-occupy-dc-protesters-video/

[Townsend]

Seriously, people are paying folks to show up at Occupy protests?

http://dailycaller.com/2011/10/06/organizer-admits-to-paying-occupy-dc-protesters-video/

You're late on this party.

[guido911]

You're late on this party.

Yeah, I know. I wanted someone to give me money to just stand around. Envy is ugly.

[we vs us]

Occupy [City X] should worry Obama most of all. When you look at who's attending these rallies, it's by and large the kids who canvassed for him and who voted for him en masse in '08.  He tapped into and helped shape this generation's political engagement and sense of civic duty (and don't laugh -- that's what's driving these folks, in tandem with the economics of the country)  But these kids are are very pointedly not rallying for Obama or his policies.  In some cases they're actively lumping him in with the people they're demonstrating against.  If this is true, that means Obama's lost or is starting to lose this crucial chunk of voters who helped elect him. 

In other words, this is how Obama gets primaried.   

[Ed W]

 

In other words, this is how Obama gets primaried.   

Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!  Thank you!  That's the funniest thing I've seen all day.

You guys are great.  When you're not trying to minimize the impact of this protest you try to draw false equivalency between Occupy Wallstreet and the Tea Partiers. The worst outcome on the left is that the kids are turned off by politics and stay home on election day.  On the right, it's far more likely that the TP brigade will have to hold their noses and vote for Romney...or just stay home.

[Jammie]

People are smarter (or greedier) then we were back in the protests of the 1960s. During the start of the tea parties, people were also paid to hold signs. They also got a free trip around the country and lodging and food for their families. Many of them were some of the first people laid off and were from Cali. There were a couple extremely wealthy people who hired them. It sounds like it was more profitable then to hold a sign that says, "Get your income tax prepared here."

The problem they encountered is that many of those people didn't really know what they were protesting and when they were interviewed, some didn't even know what the original tea party was. You'd have thought it would've been the end of the movement, but obviously it wasn't.

[Teatownclown]

The "occupiers" are not traitors like you Teabaggers are: http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/david/david-koch-flees-abc-news-over-iran-scandal-

Koch heads are bad for America....

[Teatownclown]

Ralph Nader gave us Bush II..... You know what Bush II gave us.

[guido911]

Nice (if accurate). Can I see the photos of the teabaggers crapping on police cars?




http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2046586/Occupy-Wall-Street-Shocking-photos-protester-defecating-POLICE-CAR.html

[Ed W]

Nice (if accurate). Can I see the photos of the teabaggers crapping on police cars?

Actually....no....because teabaggers crap on the Constitution, American history, and the truth.

[guido911]

Actually....no....because teabaggers crap on the Constitution, American history, and the truth.

 Care to give an example of how the teabaggers crapped on the Constitution?

[Teatownclown]

 Care to give an example of how the teabaggers crapped on the Constitution?

http://newspaperrock.bluecorncomics.com/2010/10/teabaggers-constitutional-hypocrites.html

" But the reality is that Tea Partiers engage with the Constitution in such a selective manner, and for such nakedly political purposes, that they're clearly relying on it more as an instrument of self-affirmation and cultural division than a source of policy inspiration."