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

[Gaspar]

Sure am glad this crisis was averted:

http://nplusonemag.com/monday-night-urgent-ows-message

This cannot be real. If it is, what a laughing stock this OWS has become.

This has been going on for decades!  I remember back in the 80s we had the same problem with the drum circles at Dead shows in Red Rock and Bonner Springs.  Red Rock was not so bad but at Bonner we all camped at Trucker's, and there were no hills or trees, and the campsites were quite compact. We would camp for 4 days to see two shows, and the drummers would try to play through the night, keeping everyone from sleep.

We found that the problem was typically that the Jerry-head that was going around really crept up on you and most of the drummers didn't peek until after midnight.  At that point there was little reasoning with them.  They never really passed out because most of the crowd only had cheep beer, which was nothing against 7 hits of blotter. 

So I started bringing a couple of bottles of Glenlivet 21year Scotch, and we would join them after dinner and pass the bottle.  This was a treat that most of them had never had. It usually got them to bed by 10.

[guido911]

Can't quite get their act together.... Really?

Yep! That's the mentality of some of these people. Kinda makes you think about those supporting these clowns.

[Townsend]

Yep! That's the mentality of some of these people. Kinda makes you think about those supporting these clowns.

Who's supporting them?

[Gaspar]

Yep! That's the mentality of some of these people. Kinda makes you think about those supporting these clowns.

I think their supporters don't have much skin in the game.  Most likely, Mom and Dad are busy repainting the basement while jr is gone. 

Dad thinks it's going to be his new man-cave, but mom knows she's going to move her sewing table and gift wrapping station down there.  Poor dad, if he only knew, he would probably join the protest too!

[dbacks fan]

Who's supporting them?

As of last week, they had received $300k in cash donations, and an untold amount in food and clothing, not to mention the ones in Portland OR are "appropriating" electricity from where they can find it.

[Gaspar]

As of last week, they had received $300k in cash donations, and an untold amount in food and clothing, not to mention the ones in Portland OR are "appropriating" electricity from where they can find it.

So when a few thousand of these people pool their resources for a month they can earn about $100 each in donations?

That's somehow more than I expected.

That should about cover the damage to the park.  I'm sure that this group will bend over backwards to cover the property damage.

[we vs us]

So, instead of posting the umpteenth video of lazy/stinky/misleadingly edited OWS protesters, how about you instead predict where it will end?  Will it follow the Tea Party path and influence the Dems or will it fade away when the weather turns cold?  Will it shift the political debate as much as the Tea Party did?  Will one, some, or all of the OWS beefs find their way translated into policy or into another group?  

In other words, stop being douches and actually have a conversation about this stuff.  

[guido911]

So, instead of posting the umpteenth video of lazy/stinky/misleadingly edited OWS protesters, how about you instead predict where it will end?  Will it follow the Tea Party path and influence the Dems or will it fade away when the weather turns cold?  Will it shift the political debate as much as the Tea Party did?  Will one, some, or all of the OWS beefs find their way translated into policy or into another group?  

In other words, stop being douches and actually have a conversation about this stuff.  

There's one T.

[Townsend]

As of last week, they had received $300k in cash donations, and an untold amount in food and clothing, not to mention the ones in Portland OR are "appropriating" electricity from where they can find it.

Is there any organized support?  Anything that can be named or is it someone on the corner of 5th and main saying "they've got money from people."?

[dbacks fan]

In other words, stop being douches and actually have a conversation about this stuff.  

Great way to try and start a rational coversation, but then again there are a few people here with that same attitude when others are trying to have a real discussion.

By the way, calling someone a "dude" is one of those juvinile tactics that cause you to lose credability in discussions.

[guido911]

So, instead of posting the umpteenth video of lazy/stinky/misleadingly edited OWS protesters, how about you instead predict where it will end?  Will it follow the Tea Party path and influence the Dems or will it fade away when the weather turns cold?  Will it shift the political debate as much as the Tea Party did?  Will one, some, or all of the OWS beefs find their way translated into policy or into another group?  

In other words, stop being douches and actually have a conversation about this stuff.  

I don't know about you, but I tend to not take very seriously or converse with people that crap on police cars. Oh I know, this picture is VERY misleading.

[guido911]

Is there any organized support?  Anything that can be named or is it someone on the corner of 5th and main saying "they've got money from people."?

Well, there's this:

Occupy Wall Street is in its 13th day, with support growing among factions veering from the "grungy unemployed hippie stereotype." There's the event led by two CUNY professors to protest the treatment of the protesters at the hands of the NYPD (Critical Mass has written they'll join in this rally, which may be preceded by a feeder march from Zuccotti Park consisting of other groups as well). Michael Moore, who's been involved for days now, is doing a book signing at St. Marks Bookshop (another cause!) with royalties on sales to go to support Occupy Wall Street. And last night, the Transport Workers Union voted to support Occupy Wall Street. We hear that the UAW will be showing support as well.

http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2011/09/transport_worke.php

[Townsend]

I don't know about you, but I tend to not take very seriously or converse with people that crap on police cars. Oh I know, this picture is VERY misleading.

Where's his sign?

[guido911]

Where's his sign?

He's leaving it on a police car.

[Townsend]

Well, there's this:

http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2011/09/transport_worke.php

That was almost a month ago.  I was curious if anyone is known to be financially supporting any part of this or if it's just a large group of people in parks.