As opposed to OWS and all their thuggery.

Couldn't have said it better if I tried.

I predict you'll see more of this as hard working people are tired of being robbed.

I also predict someone will see the thug as a victim.

Strange dayzz

Right now "occupiers" are busy across the nation trying to help people facing (in some cases) illegal foreclosures. Some of us know who the robbers are in these cases.

When you commit a crime, whether you hold up a bank or are the bank, you should be arrested and charged with a crime.

....and liberty and justice for some

The thug is just cutting out the middle man. When you're in a hurry to get the money you haven't worked for, there's a faster way than waiting for bureaucrats and politicians to do the redistribution. You can always take a direct route and mug the working guy yourself.

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Nik, who knows how to cut out the middle man nonsense to get to the truth and heart of a matter.

lmao

The truth hurts sometimes.....this is one of those times.

THESE are the thugs stealing hard earned money from working folks. All the stick-up men and street criminals in the world don't hold a candle to these guys and their facilitators in govt. when it comes to wealth redistribution.

Since when is logic a requisite in this joint?

"THESE are the thugs stealing hard earned money from working folks. All the stick-up men and street criminals in the world don't hold a candle to these guys and their facilitators in govt. when it comes to wealth redistribution."

Tell that to thug in your face with his 9mm when he demands your money for his next crack rock.

I would say that willful ignorance is worse.

Based on what?

Another thread to toss out the window.

-Ron-

You always seem to know how to distill things. ;-)

Big Papi:

You Righties have lost moderates who agree with the vast majority of voters about income inequality. People get it that the top tier has benefited from many of the very things that brought the economy to the brink of collapse in 2008.
So go ahead, keep attacking the OWS and trying to associate it with a fringe. It just demonstrates how out of touch Romney and other Righties are with the middle class, especially those who have been hit hard during this recession.
ReBushlicans are looking meaner and meaner to the middle class in this country all the time.

The little douche bag thug is lucky to be alive. Not that exterminating the cretin would be any great loss to society. You can bet he's done the same thing numerous times before.

"Normally I'm armed and I woulda just shot 'em."

Had he come in my business, he'd have left in a different fashion. Some of my employees carry at work as do I.

Peckerweed was armed. It's as simple as that. Don't wanna get shot? Don't rob me or my business. Pretty basic, really.

Fly fishing for librule kicks you feeding a blog Big?

It appears to me that yet another forum member, Big Papi, also seems to fear the general idea behind OWS and it's supporters, as evidenced by his general comments and bigotry regarding the protesters and the movement.

I find the reaction of some of generalized fear/bigotry when referring to OWS to be interesting.

I would ask what is behind it, but every time I have, I have gotten nothing but denials of fear or bigotry, so I make my own conjectures.

I do believe that the reality behind the bigotry/fear I read in this forum would be much more interesting than any of my conjectures, based on what I've read from any of the posts I've read to date.

The focused attention of the bad behavior of the very few, the less than 0.1% few who probably aren't even a valid OWS member, strikes me as petulant childishness. I don't know if that is what it is but that is how it strikes me and how it reads to me.

As it pertains to this particular group of American protesters, I find it very puzzling because what they want for change would be of benefit to us ALL, including the fearful bigots AND their beloved children/grandchildren. And Tea Party club members, and arch conservatives, extreme liberals, the libertarians and everyone in between.

That strikes me as deliberate tunnel vision, choosing to embrace bigoted point of view rather than an attempt at understanding the message, it's origin and why the movement exists or even agreeing that a single valid point behind the OWS movement needs addressing.

this point of view, to me, is an enigma.

I thought not...

It's too bad the unethical, dishonest, and greedy fight tooth and nail to keep the corruption and greed going.

I thought not... "

Everybody is born equal, so I'm sure that the chips have already fallen.

And why would I want to give my hard earned cash to a fringe/sect of the population who would sit in a park, smoke weed and trade diseases rather than doing something constructive...oh let me see here....like actually working to better themselves and their position in life.

Even were I inclined to do something so foolish, I have serious doubts that the behavior would result in a positive change.

Because when you actually look at the specific things at the heart of the OWS, there is wide spread agreement - the concept of banks being 'too big to fail' is wrong, that there are far too many incestuous ties between regulators and the regulated, that lobbyists writing the legislation is wrong, etc. The difference is that the right blames the government, and the OWS looks at who pays the piper.

BP--Cranberry Juice on my monitor!

heh.....Send the bill to Jodik, she can set the example for wealth redistribution for all of us!

Death is the great equalizer... not birth.

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Not for a positive life, well lived, and successful, it's not.

Death after a life like that is far preferable to a miserable, negative existence in life.

As much as I like to help the economy, I don't want to replace a one year old desktop monitor!

LMAO. What a clueless chump. Papi, someone should break it to you - this will probably be a shock but, you are NOT a member of the 1% and never will be so you don't have to worry about redistribution. In the scheme of things, you are small potatoes. You should probably just get used to that fact. The OWS is not responsible for your failure(s) in life especially your inability to get rich.

I was impressed with what I heard so I went looking for something on the WEB and found this.

This is what I hoped would happen. That the movement would grow to be a more uniform, coherent group with some loose type of leadership. I have a feeling they will be a voice to be reckoned with in this election cycle....at least I hope they are.

Are they really saying "I'm a wage slave, there is nothing better for me, accept the same fate, nothing better is coming, life sucks then you die."? It seems almost like a weird kind of fatalism. Rise up, things can be made better. I could not be happier that people are making a choice to fight what seems like a monolithic and immutable inherently corrupt system. We don't have to accept the status quo, there is better.

Most people don't say that. You can't stop some people from exposing their ignorance.

-Ron-

See Russia today. Let alone Syria, Egypt, etc.

I, too, couldn't be happier to see people finally standing up and saying, "enough is enough! This isn't right, and it isn't fair!"

Too many people have become conditioned to let others do the thinking for them, and they never bother to research what's going on and find out what the real truth is, what the facts are! They've become complacent, allowing biased corporate entertainment outlets to give them what they think is news, which they then take at face value.

I'm not entirely sure where logical thought and common sense have gone within the general population, but I'm sure glad to see contingents of people that still possess these characteristics actually standing up for what they know to be right! If we don't stand up now, we could be a lot deeper in the mud later!

I'd much rather see positive change happen now without a lot of violence, than live through an actual revolution complete with martial law and a death toll.

Those that try to discredit OWS are either in need of glasses and a wake up call, or they're shills for the puppeteers. What other explanation could there be?

I personally think OWS is doing more harm than good. Although I do understand that there are some genuine people who've taken up the cause. That's my opinion, and I'm entitled to it. If you think it is a good movement, that is fine, as long as you don't trample on my private property, interfere with my business, or my rights as a citizen.

Many will be content with the status quo that they already know, especially if that means that no change will be required for or by them. They know what they deal with today - change that and then they enter into the great unknown.

Unless one benefits financially by how things are done today and by changing how things are done today would negatively impact that benefit (or threaten to, or be perceived to threaten) then this is the only explaination I can come up with about the fear and bigotry when it comes to OWS and the reasons for the movement.