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HeathKernandez
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Re: How do you feel about the OWS movement to disrupt transit and block the ringing of the bell?
Posted by Lina
This really needs to stop, I am the 99% and I think this entire movement is so unorganized and absolutely ridiculous. I think all of these people should go out and get a d*mn job and hold themselves accountable for their own future. JMO
I feel SO SORRY for you if this is the way you think...
God forBID you are someone who is unemployed trying to support your family.
PLEASE educate yourself...
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Re: How do you feel about the OWS movement to disrupt transit and block the ringing of the bell?
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This really needs to stop, I am the 99% and I think this entire movement is so unorganized and absolutely ridiculous. I think all of these people should go out and get a d*mn job and hold themselves accountable for their own future. JMO
AMEN!!! These "protests" are just their excuse to justify no being out there looking for a job. Forming little tent cities, creating havoc in the city, that is not going to change anything. If they want change so much they need to get involved in their government to get things changed because the people in there now, don't seem to be doing much to help.
you are being entirely insensitive and quite frankly ignorant with statements like these.
there are very few jobs out there. it is dire and cut throat. most people feel helpless and desperate at this point.
I can see people being upset at their execution but there is a great need for recognition of the dire straights people are in, and the incredible greed our nations laws have allowed to be fostered in this country.
I am not insensitive at all. I AM ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE IN DIRE STRAIGHTS!!!! However I get my *** out there everyday to try and make ends meet. My husband works two jobs. There are jobs out there, but some of them are not the best and people feel they are above them. When it comes down to it, you have to do what you can to get by to support yourself and your family, taking what ever you have to right now.
What have their protests done? Two months they were in that park, what have they done, what has changed?? NOTHING. They want change they need to get involved in their government. Find their counselmen and complain to them. Not get in the way of the average every day person trying to get to work to support their family.
these "protests" have proved that there are SOME PEOPLE in our society who are willing to fight for OTHERS... like YOU... the UNEMPLOYED...
The whole world is watching right now... Like it or not... they HAVE impacted our world... I only hope it doesn't get completely out f hand for the safety of our city's law enforcement.
This is AMERICA... home of the brave.... and IMO these protesters are BRAVE... for fighting for what they believe in... I support them 100%
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Re: How do you feel about the OWS movement to disrupt transit and block the ringing of the bell?
Posted by HeathKernandez
Posted by Mrs-Boop
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This really needs to stop, I am the 99% and I think this entire movement is so unorganized and absolutely ridiculous. I think all of these people should go out and get a d*mn job and hold themselves accountable for their own future. JMO
AMEN!!! These "protests" are just their excuse to justify no being out there looking for a job. Forming little tent cities, creating havoc in the city, that is not going to change anything. If they want change so much they need to get involved in their government to get things changed because the people in there now, don't seem to be doing much to help.
you are being entirely insensitive and quite frankly ignorant with statements like these.
there are very few jobs out there. it is dire and cut throat. most people feel helpless and desperate at this point.
I can see people being upset at their execution but there is a great need for recognition of the dire straights people are in, and the incredible greed our nations laws have allowed to be fostered in this country.
I am not insensitive at all. I AM ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE IN DIRE STRAIGHTS!!!! However I get my *** out there everyday to try and make ends meet. My husband works two jobs. There are jobs out there, but some of them are not the best and people feel they are above them. When it comes down to it, you have to do what you can to get by to support yourself and your family, taking what ever you have to right now.
What have their protests done? Two months they were in that park, what have they done, what has changed?? NOTHING. They want change they need to get involved in their government. Find their counselmen and complain to them. Not get in the way of the average every day person trying to get to work to support their family.
these "protests" have proved that there are SOME PEOPLE in our society who are willing to fight for OTHERS... like YOU... the UNEMPLOYED...
The whole world is watching right now... Like it or not... they HAVE impacted our world... I only hope it doesn't get completely out f hand for the safety of our city's law enforcement.
This is AMERICA... home of the brave.... and IMO these protesters are BRAVE... for fighting for what they believe in... I support them 100%
Agreed.
Even if they are a nuisance to some, I think it may just be a necessary evil to evoke change.
I know many are annoyed over running late to work, the crowds, etc, but I think that annoyance pales in comparison to what is really being done to you by the greedy, slippery-as-eels characters above us.
That's the thing about Americans: we are such in a rush 24/7 and caught up in slaving away, that most of us accept being trampled and walked all over, by others in our society and by our gov't.
We fiercely cling to our careers, accepting not getting an annual raise while the CEO made millions that year.
But hey, maybe we DO get a raise but our health care insurance cost increases, so there goes that raise.
Oh yeah, some of us don't even have health insurance.....or can't afford it at all....
We accept getting laid off because our company moved overseas in order to get cheaper labor.
We accept that our 401k was drained in 4 or so years.
We accept our homes get foreclosed on, but the bank that approved a faulty mortgage gets bailed out, while we end up on the front lawn.
Well, some people are fed up. Rightfully so.
To say, "They should just go get a job" is so off-mark it doesn't even deserve a response.
To say they should just have a little parade during off-peak hours and have it neatly packaged and tied with a bow doesn't work.
Action yields results and sometimes getting there isn't pretty.
And seriously, if you think you have it tough right now, you don't. If you read a history textbook, you will see others went through much worse to get where we are today.
Overall, I think I'll be late for work any day if it means major change will come.
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Re: How do you feel about the OWS movement to disrupt transit and block the ringing of the bell?
Posted by LadyBugN2Buggies
Posted by HeathKernandez
Posted by Mrs-Boop
Posted by Ophelia
Posted by Mrs-Boop
Posted by Lina
This really needs to stop, I am the 99% and I think this entire movement is so unorganized and absolutely ridiculous. I think all of these people should go out and get a d*mn job and hold themselves accountable for their own future. JMO
AMEN!!! These "protests" are just their excuse to justify no being out there looking for a job. Forming little tent cities, creating havoc in the city, that is not going to change anything. If they want change so much they need to get involved in their government to get things changed because the people in there now, don't seem to be doing much to help.
you are being entirely insensitive and quite frankly ignorant with statements like these.
there are very few jobs out there. it is dire and cut throat. most people feel helpless and desperate at this point.
I can see people being upset at their execution but there is a great need for recognition of the dire straights people are in, and the incredible greed our nations laws have allowed to be fostered in this country.
I am not insensitive at all. I AM ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE IN DIRE STRAIGHTS!!!! However I get my *** out there everyday to try and make ends meet. My husband works two jobs. There are jobs out there, but some of them are not the best and people feel they are above them. When it comes down to it, you have to do what you can to get by to support yourself and your family, taking what ever you have to right now.
What have their protests done? Two months they were in that park, what have they done, what has changed?? NOTHING. They want change they need to get involved in their government. Find their counselmen and complain to them. Not get in the way of the average every day person trying to get to work to support their family.
these "protests" have proved that there are SOME PEOPLE in our society who are willing to fight for OTHERS... like YOU... the UNEMPLOYED...
The whole world is watching right now... Like it or not... they HAVE impacted our world... I only hope it doesn't get completely out f hand for the safety of our city's law enforcement.
This is AMERICA... home of the brave.... and IMO these protesters are BRAVE... for fighting for what they believe in... I support them 100%
Agreed.
Even if they are a nuisance to some, I think it may just be a necessary evil to evoke change.
I know many are annoyed over running late to work, the crowds, etc, but I think that annoyance pales in comparison to what is really being done to you by the greedy, slippery-as-eels characters above us.
That's the thing about Americans: we are such in a rush 24/7 and caught up in slaving away, that most of us accept being trampled and walked all over, by others in our society and by our gov't.
We fiercely cling to our careers, accepting not getting an annual raise while the CEO made millions that year.
But hey, maybe we DO get a raise but our health care insurance cost increases, so there goes that raise.
Oh yeah, some of us don't even have health insurance.....or can't afford it at all....
We accept getting laid off because our company moved overseas in order to get cheaper labor.
We accept that our 401k was drained in 4 or so years.
We accept our homes get foreclosed on, but the bank that approved a faulty mortgage gets bailed out, while we end up on the front lawn.
Well, some people are fed up. Rightfully so.
To say, "They should just go get a job" is so off-mark it doesn't even deserve a response.
To say they should just have a little parade during off-peak hours and have it neatly packaged and tied with a bow doesn't work.
Action yields results and sometimes getting there isn't pretty.
And seriously, if you think you have it tough right now, you don't. If you read a history textbook, you will see others went through much worse to get where we are today.
Overall, I think I'll be late for work any day if it means major change will come.
Sorry but............what "major" change do you think is coming??? What exactly do you think they have accomplished in the two months of camping out in a park? Nothing! What will they accomplish in the future? Nothing. They have no game plan, no leader, no organization, no clue. I'm not saying that I don't get the "message" but their method of delivery is poor and they are wasting their time. Sitting in a park day after day is NOT going to change anything about the way big business operates. It's just not.
At this point they are just a public nuisance and I think that even people who agreed with their "movement" initially are now realizing this whole OWS is just nonsense at this point. I don't see how anyone can possibly look at what is taking place in NYC and elsewhere and think that this is a worthwhile effort. It's a hot mess, it's accomplishing nothing. I'm all for change and making the world a better place but I don't see any of that coming from this whole OWS movement.
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Re: How do you feel about the OWS movement to disrupt transit and block the ringing of the bell?
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Sorry but............what "major" change do you think is coming??? What exactly do you think they have accomplished in the two months of camping out in a park? Nothing! What will they accomplish in the future? Nothing. They have no game plan, no leader, no organization, no clue. I'm not saying that I don't get the "message" but their method of delivery is poor and they are wasting their time. Sitting in a park day after day is NOT going to change anything about the way big business operates. It's just not.
At this point they are just a public nuisance and I think that even people who agreed with their "movement" initially are now realizing this whole OWS is just nonsense at this point. I don't see how anyone can possibly look at what is taking place in NYC and elsewhere and think that this is a worthwhile effort. It's a hot mess, it's accomplishing nothing. I'm all for change and making the world a better place but I don't see any of that coming from this whole OWS movement.
I don't want to debate or argue (not saying you are, just in general), I respect your opinion and everyones, for that matter.
I don't have a crystal ball. I can only hope this leads to something good.
But Occupy Wall Street now has a global presence. It's growing in size and fury.
And there have been numerous movements/protests in history that were probably considered "nonsense," a "waste of time" and maybe even a "hot mess" as you put it.
I know you were a teacher, so I know you know this..but the Boston Tea Party, the March on Washington, to name a few more known protests. Not everyone was on board or in support for those, and not all believed anything would happen.
This movement is only 2 months old. Of course it's not going to have a steady platform or be as streamlined just yet.
No protest or movement starts out perfectly outlined, KWIM? it morphs and changes shape during its course, and it may plow forward and it may end. No one knows yet.
We shall see.
But I'd never say it's a hot mess and accomplishing nothing...especially when it's getting people talking. If there is anything lacking in this society, it's the voice of the majority.
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Re: How do you feel about the OWS movement to disrupt transit and block the ringing of the bell?
How are they "the voice of the majority" if almost 70% of people on here think they're wrong?
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Re: How do you feel about the OWS movement to disrupt transit and block the ringing of the bell?
Posted by HeathKernandez
I am amazed by the amount of IGNORANCE this world has....
but then again... I'm not..
I'm amazed to see you make accusations of ignorance on every thread where someone disagrees with your point of view. Everyone's opinion is relevant in this country, including every LIFer and including the OWS protesters. Also including the tea party that gathered and marched with their message. When that was actively happening many of the same die hard OWS supporters on LIF were not nearly as supportive of THEIR right to protest because their message was not a popular one on LIF.
I applaud the OWS for it's effort in creating a group and getting attention. I think they have failed miserably at achieving anything remotely close to what we all think their purpose is. I think anytime a group expects laws not to apply to them, it's a problem.
Public urination, skipping/ camping in NYC park, littering, public intoxication, assault, harassment,drug dealing, disorderly conduct, resisting police orders, and the list
goes on and on.
Watching this pattern of disregard for the laws that apply to us all in all of their groups nationwide makes them loose all credibility in my eyes. Now they are resorting to an eff EVERYONE that has just a little more than me, we will ruin their commute, make their businesses suffer.
I also happen to agree with the previous poster that said they COULD be organizing to discover the next great thing is this country. We need young, innovative leaders not more people waiting for greatness to land in their lap because they have a four year degree in english.
I hope the message young people will get from this is not everyone should go to college, some people should be tradespeople, small business owners, craftspeople,
inventors.
My husband works in a field that has had a higher percentage of unemployment than any other and we are thankful every day that he's still working but realize how fragile things are.
In my field, I regularly hire people that do not need any formal education to apply. They can start out with almost no experience earning $20 per hour wt the potential to earn up to$32 plus benefits , vacation, 401k
I run the ads on craigslist, I usually get about 20 resumes ( many of them are from other fields and currently unemployed) if I schedule 10 interviews without fail 50%
don't show up. So that means that there ARE unemployed people that are content enough collecting their extended unemployment benefits rather than learn a new skill.
How many unemployed people on LIF would be willing to learn a new skill for $20 per hour?
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Re: How do you feel about the OWS movement to disrupt transit and block the ringing of the bell?
Posted by LadyBugN2Buggies
Posted by Hofstra26
Sorry but............what "major" change do you think is coming??? What exactly do you think they have accomplished in the two months of camping out in a park? Nothing! What will they accomplish in the future? Nothing. They have no game plan, no leader, no organization, no clue. I'm not saying that I don't get the "message" but their method of delivery is poor and they are wasting their time. Sitting in a park day after day is NOT going to change anything about the way big business operates. It's just not.
At this point they are just a public nuisance and I think that even people who agreed with their "movement" initially are now realizing this whole OWS is just nonsense at this point. I don't see how anyone can possibly look at what is taking place in NYC and elsewhere and think that this is a worthwhile effort. It's a hot mess, it's accomplishing nothing. I'm all for change and making the world a better place but I don't see any of that coming from this whole OWS movement.
I don't want to debate or argue (not saying you are, just in general), I respect your opinion and everyones, for that matter.
I don't have a crystal ball. I can only hope this leads to something good.
But Occupy Wall Street now has a global presence. It's growing in size and fury.
And there have been numerous movements/protests in history that were probably considered "nonsense," a "waste of time" and maybe even a "hot mess" as you put it.
I know you were a teacher, so I know you know this..but the Boston Tea Party, the March on Washington, to name a few more known protests. Not everyone was on board or in support for those, and not all believed anything would happen.
This movement is only 2 months old. Of course it's not going to have a steady platform or be as streamlined just yet.
No protest or movement starts out perfectly outlined, KWIM? it morphs and changes shape during its course, and it may plow forward and it may end. No one knows yet.
We shall see.
But I'd never say it's a hot mess and accomplishing nothing...especially when it's getting people talking. If there is anything lacking in this society, it's the voice of the majority.
i don't think everyone who DOESN'T support how these people are doing this would disagree that yes there are things that need to be changed. i totally get that and wouldn't debate that. what i don't get it how hurting people who are out there just trying to make a living is fair. it's not i don't care what they're protesting. call me ignorant. tons of small businesses had to close yesterday b.c of all the craziness yesterday. that's a lot of money for them to lose. i do think they should protest if they want change. protest away but hurt cops? harrass people just trying to go to work? get in the way of kids going to school? close downs businesses just trying to run? i don't agree with THAT. and remember that a lot of the people there are just there to be there only. and why not go to washington where the laws are made too? that's where the politicians are who are guilty also. maybe their presence can enforce change there... right now it looks like most people feel like this  and it could be done better. i do hope that this resolves with a good outcome for the protesters-i really just hope that noone gets hurt seriously as this goes on.
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Re: How do you feel about the OWS movement to disrupt transit and block the ringing of the bell?
Posted by evrythng4areason
How are they "the voice of the majority" if almost 70% of people on here think they're wrong?
LIF = unscientific poll
Sienna College - 57% feel OWS should be able to stay 24/7
Quinnipiac has split 1/3 for support/don't support/undecided
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I think the "majority" support the reasons behind the movement (i.e. lack of jobs, high COL, lack of or high cost of insurance, the whole housing mess).
And yes, something NEEDS to be done.
Creating chaos though (or potential for chaos) is not a good way to go about it though IMO.
Someone in my NYC office was saying that there were protestors yesterday who were going up and just "touching" the police officers because they thought it was "funny".
As this movement grows, it obviously has the potential to morph into something we are NOT equipped to handle and that to me is very scary and something most of us DON'T want to happen.
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Ophelia
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Re: How do you feel about the OWS movement to disrupt transit and block the ringing of the bell?
Posted by Erica
Posted by evrythng4areason
How are they "the voice of the majority" if almost 70% of people on here think they're wrong?
LIF = unscientific poll
this can't be right. Long Island is the cetner of the universe....isn't it?   
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Re: How do you feel about the OWS movement to disrupt transit and block the ringing of the bell?
Honestly, I'm indifferent. No one that I know IRL takes them seriously AT ALL. If anything I think they are hurting any real message (and I do think beneath the hoopla there is a real message) they are trying to send.
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FTW!
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Re: How do you feel about the OWS movement to disrupt transit and block the ringing of the bell?
Here's what I see coming... and I pray to God I am wrong...
OWS will ultimately dissolve, they've lost the momentum they had, and a few jackassses will make a powergrab for the Top Banana spot. That's expected, but will ultimately be the deathknell for the "movement".
HOWEVER.
That is not the end of the RAGE that people are feeling out there, and it won't be the end of a public expression of that rage.
Say what you want about OWS but it was a relatively peaceful, long-lasting campaign for awareness. Only history can deem it a success or failure, cause truthfully we are still living whatever it will become.
And maybe a week from now, maybe a month, maybe a year... there very well might be a MUCH LESS AMENABLE protest movement underfoot.
It may not be NY, it may not be LI, but all the elements exist right now for a MAJOR.FUCKKING.UPHEAVAL.
Politically, economically, socially, the fuse is LIT people, and it will not take much for our city or our country to engulfed in the flames. People, regular people, are FUMING MAD.
Walk down the street in anytown, USA and you'll see it. Look at the SCOWLS people wear, look at how ANGRY people are, and how they're treating each other. Look at the dejectedness, the struggles, the profound isolation people seem to be wearing right now.
I'm 44 years old and I don't remember a time when my middle class homies were working SO bloody hard to accomplish SO bloody little. To pay the fucccking rent. Buy groceries. And never ever ever feel safe from that wolf at the door.
While the corporate honchos and politicians conspire to keep feeding us their line of "American Dream" horseshiit and laugh all the way to St. Thomas on the private jet.
It suckks to be a middle class or working poor American right now and I don't think this "movement" has actually even BEGUN yet.
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rojerono
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Re: How do you feel about the OWS movement to disrupt transit and block the ringing of the bell?
OWS has done something.
They have said "We are here. We notice what's going on. We aren't blind."
Other people have listened.
People who didn't pay attention before now have their ears perked. People who didn't recognize the disproportionate distribution of wealth, the incredible tax breaks and how they are not helping anyone EXCEPT the wealthiest, the fact that so many corporations have become stingier with their wealth and resources, the fact that jobs are scarce because some of the largest companies are constantly seeking ways to squeeze the life out of their workforce while rewarding their top execs. People are paying attention.. they are becoming more and more aware of just how deep this runs.. how our government representatives are really protecting special interests and their own wealth rather than doing the best they can for their people. People are paying attention and the corporations and the government know it... they are ON NOTICE.
Of course there are still people with their heads in the sand. Folks who refuse to believe anything is broken - or know there is something not right but aren't directly effected so they can afford to sit back and yell about how terribly this movement is. Then there are those sad folk who have just completely given up and don't believe that anything can ever change so why bother trying?
I do think OWS has made the point it needed and it's now become almost a caricature of itself - and I think we need something new to come from it at this point. But there is no way I would ever say they accomplished NOTHING. There is a subtle shift in the mindset and the hearts of so many people. A change IS coming.. I have to hold fast to that faith.
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Re: How do you feel about the OWS movement to disrupt transit and block the ringing of the bell?
Posted by colette
Here's what I see coming... and I pray to God I am wrong...
OWS will ultimately dissolve, they've lost the momentum they had, and a few jackassses will make a powergrab for the Top Banana spot. That's expected, but will ultimately be the deathknell for the "movement".
HOWEVER.
That is not the end of the RAGE that people are feeling out there, and it won't be the end of a public expression of that rage.
Say what you want about OWS but it was a relatively peaceful, long-lasting campaign for awareness. Only history can deem it a success or failure, cause truthfully we are still living whatever it will become.
And maybe a week from now, maybe a month, maybe a year... there very well might be a MUCH LESS AMENABLE protest movement underfoot.
It may not be NY, it may not be LI, but all the elements exist right now for a MAJOR.FUCKKING.UPHEAVAL.
Politically, economically, socially, the fuse is LIT people, and it will not take much for our city or our country to engulfed in the flames. People, regular people, are FUMING MAD.
Walk down the street in anytown, USA and you'll see it. Look at the SCOWLS people wear, look at how ANGRY people are, and how they're treating each other. Look at the dejectedness, the struggles, the profound isolation people seem to be wearing right now.
I'm 44 years old and I don't remember a time when my middle class homies were working SO bloody hard to accomplish SO bloody little. To pay the fucccking rent. Buy groceries. And never ever ever feel safe from that wolf at the door.
While the corporate honchos and politicians conspire to keep feeding us their line of "American Dream" horseshiit and laugh all the way to St. Thomas on the private jet.
It suckks to be a middle class or working poor American right now and I don't think this "movement" has actually even BEGUN yet.
There is a reason people keep likening our current situation to the French Revolution.. remember that? A time in history when the Church and Nobility were less than a third of the population.. but owned more land and wealth than all of the commoners combined? Remember the Declaration of the Rights of Man, The Storming of the Bastille? Remember how many people back then said things like that would NEVER happen????
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Ophelia
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Re: How do you feel about the OWS movement to disrupt transit and block the ringing of the bell?
Posted by rojerono
There is a reason people keep likening our current situation to the French Revolution.. remember that? A time in history when the Church and Nobility were less than a third of the population.. but owned more land and wealth than all of the commoners combined? Remember the Declaration of the Rights of Man, The Storming of the Bastille? Remember how many people back then said things like that would NEVER happen????
I am actually reading right now "How to Live or a Life of Montaigne" and it is incredible to me how little the world really has changed, and this was 200 years before the french revolution, set in the time of the french civil wars (religious wars, I might add) we are the same. the same people run the world. but instead of Lord and Sir, we call them Mr. and Boss.
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Re: How do you feel about the OWS movement to disrupt transit and block the ringing of the bell?
OWS is dying out. They called for "tens of thousands" for their day of action, but only 800 showed. By midday, they had 500. There were way more cops then protesters. Protesters were violent, gross and rude. One threw vinegar in a cops face, others threw feces. This is not something I can support. One tried to steal my husband baton.
By next month, this will die out...hopefully.
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eroxgirl
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Member since 5/05 15697 total posts
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Rebecca
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Re: How do you feel about the OWS movement to disrupt transit and block the ringing of the bell?
Only if we count Brooklyn as being part of Long Island.
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| Posted 11/18/11 12:48 PM |
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