FrankRep
10-04-2011, 10:10 AM
Notice: "Tax the Rich" and "End the Fed" are used in the same sentence. That's very very bad for the End The Fed cause.
'Occupy Wall Street' Out of Touch With Reality (http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/Paper-Economy/2011/1004/Occupy-Wall-Street-out-of-touch-with-reality)
Christian Science Monitor
October 4, 2011
America is now “occupied” by unproductive, delusional fools that look to the government for solutions or to each other for solidarity. But the last place they will ever look to discover the real source of their failures is to themselves.
Witnessing the “Occupy Boston” protest march first hand last Friday has left me, in part, with some mixed feelings while overall supporting my thesis arguing that the worst of the economic tumult has yet to be seen.
While I’m lightly sympathetic to some of the themes purportedly held by the protesters (broken political system, undue influence of money on Washington DC, absurdly high tuition costs, fraud in the financial system, etc.), overall, I found the group to simply be an overly youthful, ignorant and self-disenfranchised lot.
There were signs reading “End Foreclosure Now!”, “Tax the Rich!” and urging banks to reduce mortgage principle as well as indicating a whole range of other grievances covering everything from disdain for Bank of American to union affiliation to environmentalism and even to “End the Fed”.
Though most participants were youths, many wearing t-shirts printed with one slogan or another, there was a strong union/community organization presence as well, and while the march went off with little friction, short of some closed off streets and a lengthy rally in front of the Bank of America building, the overall presentation appeared plainly silly.
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Full Story:
http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/Paper-Economy/2011/1004/Occupy-Wall-Street-out-of-touch-with-reality
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'Occupy Wall Street' Out of Touch With Reality (http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/Paper-Economy/2011/1004/Occupy-Wall-Street-out-of-touch-with-reality)
Christian Science Monitor
October 4, 2011
America is now “occupied” by unproductive, delusional fools that look to the government for solutions or to each other for solidarity. But the last place they will ever look to discover the real source of their failures is to themselves.
Witnessing the “Occupy Boston” protest march first hand last Friday has left me, in part, with some mixed feelings while overall supporting my thesis arguing that the worst of the economic tumult has yet to be seen.
While I’m lightly sympathetic to some of the themes purportedly held by the protesters (broken political system, undue influence of money on Washington DC, absurdly high tuition costs, fraud in the financial system, etc.), overall, I found the group to simply be an overly youthful, ignorant and self-disenfranchised lot.
There were signs reading “End Foreclosure Now!”, “Tax the Rich!” and urging banks to reduce mortgage principle as well as indicating a whole range of other grievances covering everything from disdain for Bank of American to union affiliation to environmentalism and even to “End the Fed”.
Though most participants were youths, many wearing t-shirts printed with one slogan or another, there was a strong union/community organization presence as well, and while the march went off with little friction, short of some closed off streets and a lengthy rally in front of the Bank of America building, the overall presentation appeared plainly silly.
...
Full Story:
http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/Paper-Economy/2011/1004/Occupy-Wall-Street-out-of-touch-with-reality
Related News:
Unions, Socialists Join Forces to "Occupy Wall Street" (http://thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/9214-unions-socialists-join-forces-to-occupy-wall-street)
Occupy Wall Street Protesters Call For Totalitarian Government, Re-Election Of Obama (http://www.infowars.com/occupy-wall-street-protesters-call-totalitarian-government-re-election-of-obama/)
Occupy Wall Street: A Globalist Op Designed to Destroy Efforts to End the Fed (http://www.infowars.com/occupy-wall-street-a-globalist-op-designed-to-destroy-efforts-to-end-the-fed/)