pcosmar
10-03-2011, 02:29 PM
I had mixed feeling from the beginning,,actual before the beginning, when it was first announced.
i have been watching with interest to see if and how it would develop.
They are still there and the numbers are growing.
A good article from Huff Po caught my eye.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/edward-murray/occupy-wall-street-protest_b_988341.html
On occupywallstreet.org, the closest thing you will find to an official mission statement is this:
" Our nation, our species and our world are in crisis. The U.S. has an important role to play in the solution, but we can no longer afford to let corporate greed and corrupt politics set the policies of our nation."
Now, if you don't believe that statement to be true, you are either on the payroll of an organization with a politically-biased agenda... or you're no longer reading this due to a lack of funny cat photos. This statement reflects a sobering reality of 21st century America, whether we like it or not. And this watershed moment in our culture brings us the unprecedented opportunity to truly evoke change if we all agree that this reality is a problematic one.
If Minnesota congresswoman, and GOP presidential hopeful, Michele Bachmann, truly believes that "... Congress must protect the taxpayers, instead of handing out favors to Wall Street" then she should be supporting Occupy Wall Street.
If Republican Minority Leader Mitch McConnell truly believes that "We cannot allow endless taxpayer-funded bailouts for big Wall Street banks," then he clearly understands how corrupt our financial system is, and he should be supporting Occupy Wall Street.
If Ron Paul truly believes that "Wall Street has the strings on Washington and they pull and do what they want and that's where the corruption is" then he should be supporting Occupy Wall Street.
If President Obama truly believes that Wall Street is only acceptable "when there are clear rules and basic safeguards that prevent abuse, that check excess, that ensure that it is more profitable to play by the rules than to game the system," then he should be supporting Occupy Wall Street.
I know Ralph Nader truly believes this stuff, but I don't know where the hell he is right now. Ralph is probably reminding some disgruntled grocery clerk that Gore couldn't even carry his home state of Tennessee in the 2000 election.
One thing is becoming apparent.. They are not going away soon.
i have been watching with interest to see if and how it would develop.
They are still there and the numbers are growing.
A good article from Huff Po caught my eye.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/edward-murray/occupy-wall-street-protest_b_988341.html
On occupywallstreet.org, the closest thing you will find to an official mission statement is this:
" Our nation, our species and our world are in crisis. The U.S. has an important role to play in the solution, but we can no longer afford to let corporate greed and corrupt politics set the policies of our nation."
Now, if you don't believe that statement to be true, you are either on the payroll of an organization with a politically-biased agenda... or you're no longer reading this due to a lack of funny cat photos. This statement reflects a sobering reality of 21st century America, whether we like it or not. And this watershed moment in our culture brings us the unprecedented opportunity to truly evoke change if we all agree that this reality is a problematic one.
If Minnesota congresswoman, and GOP presidential hopeful, Michele Bachmann, truly believes that "... Congress must protect the taxpayers, instead of handing out favors to Wall Street" then she should be supporting Occupy Wall Street.
If Republican Minority Leader Mitch McConnell truly believes that "We cannot allow endless taxpayer-funded bailouts for big Wall Street banks," then he clearly understands how corrupt our financial system is, and he should be supporting Occupy Wall Street.
If Ron Paul truly believes that "Wall Street has the strings on Washington and they pull and do what they want and that's where the corruption is" then he should be supporting Occupy Wall Street.
If President Obama truly believes that Wall Street is only acceptable "when there are clear rules and basic safeguards that prevent abuse, that check excess, that ensure that it is more profitable to play by the rules than to game the system," then he should be supporting Occupy Wall Street.
I know Ralph Nader truly believes this stuff, but I don't know where the hell he is right now. Ralph is probably reminding some disgruntled grocery clerk that Gore couldn't even carry his home state of Tennessee in the 2000 election.
One thing is becoming apparent.. They are not going away soon.