Thursday, November 3, 2011
Woods Young Republicans March on Occupy Nashville; 'We Love You,' the Occupiers Reply
Posted by Jeff Woods on Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 8:10 PM
Undeterred by their warm welcome, the Republicans held their signs aloft and screamed, “Occupy the White House! Fire Obama!” But after only a few minutes, they were smiling, shaking hands and chatting amiably with their fellow demonstrators at the opposite end of the ideological spectrum. The GOP club president, Stephen Siao, even was invited to address the crowd through the People’s Microphone.
“The things you are demanding are unrealistic and will do absolutely nothing but add to the burgeoning debt that’s on each of our shoulders. You should be protesting at the White House, not Wall Street or the Tennessee Capitol,” Siao said as the occupiers expressed their disapproval by lowering their hands and wiggling their fingers.
Occupy Nashville was ready for the young Republicans because they advertised their counter-protest in the media yesterday. There were a couple dozen Republicans and maybe 100 occupiers. Cookies reportedly were baked for tonight's visitors, but we never saw any. Maybe the hungry Wall Street protesters ate them before the Republicans appeared.
At the beginning of Occupy Nashville’s nightly general assembly, Darria Janey Hudson—23, a Vanderbilt divinity student and former Fisk University student minister who was arrested on the first night of Gov. Bill Haslam’s crackdown—told the protesters to celebrate the arrival of the Republicans.
Tonight we will be joined by some of my fellow classmates from Vanderbilt University. I’m personally excited because they will be exercising their First Amendment rights to say whatever it is they feel and believe at the people’s Plaza that we held down just last week. But as we celebrate their joining us, let us not forget why we were originally here, which is to protest the corporate personhood and the corporate control of politics that’s put so many of us in such an economically disenfranchised position. Let us remember that 99’s a big number and it includes people of all walks of life. We are constantly growing, and that’s a beautiful thing.
Siao told reporters he supported Haslam’s actions against Occupy Nashville:
They have the First Amendment right to assemble, but they don’t have the First Amendment right to sleep here or to trash the Plaza and defecate on it. They have the right to assemble but once it gets dangerous or unsanitary, then the government has the right to come in and break it up. The governor did the right thing.
As the Republicans stood yelling at the occupiers, Jake Fentress appeared behind them and waved his own sign: “I Got Mine! Screw You! That’s How Capitalism Works!"
“I'm exercising my First Amendment right to satirize,” he told Pith.
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"You should be protesting at the White House, not Wall Street or the Tennessee Capitol,” Siao said as the occupiers expressed their disapproval by lowering their hands and wiggling their fingers."
Bwaaaahhhhhh BWAAAAHHHHHHH (wiggle fingers!!!!!!!!!!)
"I'm exercising my First Amendment right to satirize,” he told Pith"
Yes indeed YES INDEED (Wiggle fingers)
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dislikeThe cookie trays were being circulated well after Siao got off his soapbox of delusional rantings.
Since Ridley already explained that you're using different names to post from the same IP address, why don't you give up the ruse?
The people's microphone showed why it works tonight. Stephen Siao's reedy, meek voice would have been inaudible if a bunch of people he showed up to insult hadn't carried his words for him. And he wasn't drowned out by boos.
"They have the right to assemble but once it gets dangerous or unsanitary, then the government has the right to come in and break it up. The governor did the right thing."
Way to speak truth to power there, buddy.
I actually pity Stephen Siao. His career prospects depend upon being a craven toady to powerful assholes, telling them how wonderful they are when they do dumb shit like Haslam's crackdown on protestors. I suppose when you think your livelihood depends upon defending the indefensible, and you see what happens to people like David Frum in party purges when someone dares to deviate from orthodoxy, you must live your life in fear.
Stephen, you're young and bright. It's not too late to turn your back on the craziness, go to law school, and become a decently paid associate at large, anonymous firm specializing in maritime law. I promise you, it would be better than the sleepless nights and hopeless feelings of being trapped that await you in a career as a party hack.
You know Ben YOU KNOW BEN it's really really creepy IT'S REALLY REALLY CREEPY to stalk someone TO STALK SOMEONE who posts WHO POSTS in the comments section IN THE COMMENTS SECTION of a newspaper OF A NEWSPAPER. (WIGGLE FINGERS!!!!!!!)
For one FOR ONE it feeds into IT FEEDS INTO the very worst stereotypes THE VERY WORST STEREOTYPES of progressive leaning people OF PROGRESSIVE LEANING PEOPLE (wiggle fingers!!!!!!!!!) Like that you're paranoid losers LIKE THAT YOU'RE PARANOID LOSERS who are so insecure WHO ARE SO INSECURE in your own beliefs IN YOUR OWN BELIEFS that you have to act like THAT YOU HAVE TO ACT LIKE the pigs in Animal Farm or Big Brother in 1984 THE PIGS IN ANIMAL FARM OR BIG BROTHER IN 1984 (wiggle fingers!!!!!!)
And it's funny AND IT'S FUNNY that your are the self-appointed secret police THAT YOU ARE THE SELF-APPOINTED SECRET POLICE for the Nashvillle Scene's comment section FOR THE NASHVILLE SCENE'S COMMENT SECTION. (wiggle fingers!!!!!!!!!) Does the Scene know DOES THE SCENE KNOW that you stalk people THAT YOU STALK PEOPLE? (Wiggle fingers) Who only want WHO ONLY WANT to express an opinion TO EXPRESS AN OPINION.(wiggle fingers!) You might just be YOU MIGHT JUST BE a fascist insurgent A FASCIST INSURGENT who is trying to make WHO IS TRYING TO MAKE the movement look like THE MOVEMENT LOOK LIKE a bunch of totalitarian thugs A BUNCH OF TOTALITARIAN THUGS even though Castro is EVEN THOUGH CASTRO IS but we're not BUT WE'RE NOT.(WIGGLE FINGERS!!!!)
Trippy man TRIPPY MAN trippy TRIPPY (wiggle fingers down!!!!)
"Darria Janey Hudson—23, a Vanderbilt divinity student" is still in school and preemptively protesting that it's the Rich people's fault that he has $100,000 in student loans that he can't pay and wont be able to find a job when he gets out of college with his Divinity Degree.
How is it stalking when you comment on every EVERY fucking FUCKING post POST. Wiggle.
As I said, I don't really care who you are, but it wasn't surprising that Ridley called you out for commenting under different names.
Well WELL let's make a deal Ben LET'S MAKE A DEAL BEN. Since I am just as much a part of the 99% SINCE I AM JUST AS MUCH A PART OF THE 99% as you are AS YOU ARE, and we are a leaderless movement AND WE ARE A LEADERLESS MOVEMENT that welcomes everybody THAT WELCOMES EVERYBODY why don't you just ignore me WHY DON'T YOU JUST IGNORE ME (Wiggle FIngers!!!!!) I always ignore you I ALWAYS IGNORE YOU unless UNLESS you address me personally UNLESS YOU ADDRESS ME PERSONALLY and then I respond AND THEN I RESPOND because I'm not rude BECAUSE I'M NOT RUDE like some people LIKE SOME PEOPLE. (wiggle fingers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
I can tell you one thing: these Occupy Nashville protesters will never become members of the Belle Meade Country Club or be invited to the Swan Ball.
No Psychic NO PSYCHIC Octopus OCTOPUS Al Gore does that stuff AL GORE DOES THAT STUFF so they might be able to one day SO THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO ONE DAY (wiggle fingers!!)
I agree with the Vanderbilt Republicans. But will add this: NO need to welcome them to the plaza. It's not the "home" of the protesters, but a public plaza! So anyone who comes there to exercise their right to free speech and assembly doesn't need to be "welcomed". All of the hippie-like, kumbaya "we love you" junk is a typical ploy used by cult leaders. It's a technique used to disarm your opponents by making them think you are a not a threat. I'm SOOOO sure that they just LOOOOOVE people they don't even know!
Also, the "occupiers" don't have the right to set up living quarters in public places. And now they have their own porta potties! Hip hip hooray! Let's just all go down to the plaza, say we are protesting something, collect donations and live a smelly, protesters life for free.
Protesting is fine. Living on public property is unlawful and the city officials needs to "grow a pair" and break up the "occupiers" camp. BTW, "occupiers" is usually used as a terminology of war and UNLAWFUL presence. The hypocritical left would never tolerate the TEA Party's use of that, or any other seemingly aggressive words for one minute. This whole thing STINKS! LITERALLY.
A true progressive, a defender of human rights, an attorney for the ACLU, and a graduate of Vandy. Ben was a philosophy major. He realized that there are issues of morality which are not just black and white. He was compassionate. He was the kind of guy who would don a viking helmet and hoist a liter of german beer while we were studying for contract law finals. He was the kind of guy who would be sitting with me in Contracts class and pass me a note that just said "penis". And we both laughed. He represented the poor, the downtrodden, probably the guilty as well, but he was always true to his oath And he has just passed well before his time. Ben S. Pressnell, with whom i studied the law at UTK School of Law, has just passed at UT Med with, apparently, a staph infection. A true progressive, and a bona fide champion for the dis-enfranchised, Ben Pressnell will me miss you brother....
I just want to add that Ben was just 42 and was destroyed by some "infection" around his heart. He was a healthy guy who rowed a lot, he was not a smoker, he was in great shape, and, well, perhaps UT Med has some questions that need to be answered.
Oh, and he also knew that China has had nuclear weapons since 1964.
"Published SEP 28 2011 by Claiborne Progress
Gone too soon: Ben Pressnell
Young attorney Ben Pressnell, an assistant public defender for the 8th Judicial District, died Sunday, September 11, following a sudden illness. He was 38.
Pressnell, who contracted a staph infection, passed away at the University of Tennessee Medical Center after being hospitalized..."
Why are you injecting this into the comments? This man died September 11. Not just now. Really weird of you. If he really was your friend, my condolences, but doesn't seem to fit here.
Sorry if i offended you. I love Ben, and spent most of my law school with him- we studied for many a final together. I just heard about it and wanted to commemorate his passsing as well as the things that he stood for when he was among us. Sorry if i stepped on your toes... Ben will always be in my heart.
You didn't step on my toes. They are perfectly intact. Your comments just made you look like a fibber who knew about the death of Ben Pressnell and wanted to attach his tragic death and the name "Ben" to the commenter, "Ben" below, who has an ongoing "debate" with another commenter.
And, no offense, but I think you are pulling something here. Your original comment on "Ben" said "he just passed away" not "I just HEARD that he passed away".
Your comment seems totally inappropriate and unrelated to the topic and discussion going on here. Seems to me there would better ways to commemorate your "friend".
Ok sorry if it seems like that - I am a friend of Ben and we studied law together. We were best friends during law school. I remember the first time i heard Ben at UTK Law... he talked about the "paradigms" that were being put forth by the government. I immediately turned an ear. Ben and I spent 2 years of UTK law toghether. We spend 2 years eating at that cafeteria behind the law school, and not to mention Vic and Bills. (Which we called "Sick and Ills") Ben and I studied our first 2 years of law together, and we became very good friends. I spent time with Ben in Tazewell, as well as at that farm that he loved so much out near morristown that his grandpa built. I was there when we lit the bonfires. I was there when Spartacus was almost run over by my car, and i felt like shit. But thank God Spartacus was ok. I loved benny and the planet is a sorrier place with his loss. I
Whatever. Still seems odd to me and doesn't belong here, but say whatever you want. It doesn't apply to the article, however. Good night.
nice to see our favorite troll in action tonight. I have to say that from my point of view what happened tonight was beautiful. Two opposing groups met, exchanged dialogue, and ended up in discussion. And we had cookies!
" I'm SOOOO sure that they just LOOOOOVE people they don't even know!"-SavetheRepublic
The difference between the Young Republicans and the Occupiers(and most of the rest of humanity) in a nutshell. Depersonalize the poor and disenfranchised. Then hit 'em with a cruise missile. Meh.
This is the last I will comment here. I wanted to commemorate Ben. . I have been out of the country for 10 years or so and only read about Benny's passing recently. I was shocked. My father passed me the obituary and I just about fell down. Ben was a champion. He was my best friend. He always stuck it in the collective ass of the powers that be. That started even in High School when he sued the school district in Tazewell about prayer in school on behalf of the ACLU.I think he obtained an award for that. Ben was a trooper. And he stood up for those who could not defend themselves. I'm sorry to say that I was not a part of Ben's life for the past 10 years or so but if he was here today he would remember the times that we studied torts, crim law, and contracts together. He would remember the times that we went to his farm and burnt the bonfire and had a few six packs. Graham would probably recall that as well :) I will miss benny... he was one of a kind. Integrity, intelligence, and honesty are adjectives that will always be indelibly stamped upon my memory of Ben.
http://patriotpost.us/alexander/2011/11/03/populist-socialism-on-the-rise/
"Their mantra is simple (by necessity): "We are the 99 Percent, and we're all victims of the 1 Percent." By any objective standard, the 99 Percenters are not the brightest bunch, and they really represent the roughly 20 percent of Americans who are irrevocably dependent upon government subsidies and pay no income tax. Thus, this 20 percent has no vested interest in the cost of government and is predisposed to vote for the redistribution of others' incomes rather than work for their own. The underlying assumption is that it's easier to confiscate wealth than create it."
plumpynut, So you're saying that the Young Republicans want to hit the world with a cruise a missile? Disenfranchise the poor? WTH. This is the most ridiculous group of commenters I've ever encountered. Went from Kumbaya, pass me a cookie to You really want to blow me up don't you? Sheesh. I'm going back to bed.
Save the Republic SAVE THE REPUBLIC try not to be so hard on him TRY NOT TO BE SO HARD ON HIM (wiggle fingers) he is probably a member HE IS PROBABLY A MERBER of some campus marxist socialist organization OF SOME CAMPUS MARXIST SOCIALIST ORGANIZATION (wiggle fingers!!!!!!) Really those groupes are just Fraternities REALLY THOSE GROUPS ARE JUST FRATERNITIES for people who have been shut out FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN SHUT OUT (wiggle fingers) by 1%ers like those obnoxious Vandy Rebublicans BY 1%ERS LIKE THOSE OBNOXIOUS VANDY REPUBLICANS.
The solidarity type kids THE SOLIDARITY TYPE KIDS like to get together on the weekends LIKE TO GET TOGETHER ON THE WEEKENDS and drink beer AND DRINK BEER (wiggle fingers!!!!) but not watch football BUT NOT WATCH FOOTBALL cause Chomsky says that's lame CAUSE CHOMSKY SAYS THAT'S LAME.(Wiggle fingers!!!!!)
They also like to take roadtrips to protests THEY ALSO LIKE TO TAKE ROADTRIPS TO PROTESTS like those kids from Memphis LIKE THOSE KIDS FROM MEMPHIS who came all the way up here WHO CAME ALL THE WAY UP HERE to get arrested TO GET ARRESTED (wiggle fingers!!!!!!!) That guy from Kentucky too THAT GUY FROM KENTUCKY TOO (wiggle fingers!!!!!!) Or those people who got arrested OR THOSE PEOPLE WHO GOT ARRESTED that said THAT SAID they had been THEY HAD BEEN at Occupy Wall Street AT OCCUPY WALL STREET (wiggle fingers!!!!!!!!!!!) in New York IN NEW YORK (Wiggle fingers!!!!!!!)
Funny Ben FUNNY BEN that you would ask me that THAT YOUR WOULD ASK ME THAT. No NO I don't get paid I DON'T GET PAID.
But I just read BUT I JUST READ that our comrades THAT OUR COMRADES in the group formerly know as ACORN IN THE GROUP FORMERLY KNOWN AS ACORN and now called our Communities something or other AND NOW CALLED OUR COMMUNITIES SOMETHING OR OTHER same difference SAME DIFFERENCE are giving employment to people ARE GIVING EMPLOYMENT TO PEOPLE who would otherwise not be able to protest for free WHO WOULD OTHERWISE NOT BE ABLE TO PROTEST FOR FREE at Occupy Wall Street AT OCCUPY WALL STREET (Wiggle fingers!!!) Ten bucks an hour TEN BUCKS AN HOUR (wiggle fingers!!!!!!)
But they don't want the press to know BUT THEY DON'T WANT THE PRESS TO KNOW especially the fascists at FOX ESPECIALLY THE FASCISTS AT FOX shhhhhh SHHHHHHHH! (wiggle fingers)
"Paid by the word"-- it's a joke, son, I say I say it's a joke, son.
As for the $10/hour: we're all being suckered down at legislative plaza! Do we need to send our resumes to the HR Department? How about if you hit 40 hours for the week, can we get time and a half? I want my OWS 401k to invest in the Fidelity Corporate Corruption mutual fund. I hear it's doing really well.
Oh, those Vanderbilt Kiddie GOPers...
"...College Republicans President Stephen Siao says, “The demands of Occupy Nashville protesters will do nothing but add to the burgeoning debt already on my generation’s shoulders. We will be the generation paying for their greed. This is generational theft.”
Occupy Nashville Welcomes Young GOP Counter Protest:
"Neither group quite knew what to expect. The College Republicans looked a bit nervous as they confronted the crowd of more than 100 at the Occupy Nashville assembly. Quickly one of the chants from the students Republicans became a rallying cry for all…
(Chanting) “We are the debt generation. We are the debt generation…. College Republicans looked a bit nervous as they confronted the crowd of more than 100 at the Occupy Nashville assembly. Quickly one of the chants from the students Republicans became a rallying cry for all….”
Given their many, many statements to the news media, I think that it would be extremely newsworthy (and revealing) for the reporters now covering Occupy Nashville at the Tennessee Legislative Plaza --- and now, the Vanderbilt College Republicans such President Stephen Siao, senior Garrett Sweitzer, and other V-kiddies wading in the Vanderbilt GOPer kiddie pool --- these following questions:
1) just exactly how are you (and other protesting Vanderbilt College Republicans) paying for your college tuition and expenses to attend Vanderbilt University?;
2) do you (or any of the protesting Vanderbilt College Republicans) take advantage of federally funded Pell Grants or federally guaranteed student loans to finance part or all of your tuition and expenses necessary for you to attend Vanderbilt University?, and;
3) would you give permission to the news media to inspect your financial aid transcript at Vanderbilt University in order to verify your answers to the aforementioned questions?
Vanderbilt Financial Aid Facts | Undergraduate
The estimated average costs for full-time undergraduate students attending Vanderbilt University for academic year 2011-12 are:
Tuition $40,320
Housing $ 8,860
Meals $ 4,700
Books and Supplies $ 1,344
Activities/Rec Center Fee $ 1,012
Personal Expenses $ 2,318
Travel Allowance Varies
First-Year Experience Fee $ 664
Transcript Fee (one-time payment) $ 30
TOTAL $59,248 (plus travel)
Huh. I had no idea how prescient I was being yesterday when I asked if Stephen and Garrett wanted a cookie to go with their Kool-Aid.
"But after only a few minutes, they were smiling, shaking hands and chatting amiably with their fellow demonstrators at the opposite end of the ideological spectrum."
Well at least you admitted that the occupiers are leftists - unlike all the spinnners who keep trying to claim that it's not ideological or that it's not about the "false" left-right divide.
"Obama's ceaseless attack on the 'rich' and his effort to divide Americans on the basis of their income and wealth can best be seen as a diversion, an attempt to distract Americans' attention from his failure to address our interrelated economic malaise and fiscal crises. ... Obama blames the rich for problems he's causing, despite the absence of causal relationship between the distribution of our national income and wealth and the economic and debt problems we face. Why? Simply because that's what demagogic community-organizing, Marxist-leaning Alinsky disciples do -- and it's disgraceful." --columnist David Limbaugh
"In truth, if the Obamavillians want jobs, their interests run counter to those of the unions, which are far more interested in maximizing pay and benefits for people who already have jobs. When forced to choose between layoffs and reductions in compensation, unions almost always opt for the former. And whereas unions are devoted to seniority, many denizens of Obamaville are so junior that they have yet to land entry-level positions. Unions must really be in trouble if they are looking for support in such an unpromising crowd." --Wall Street Journal columnist James Taranto
I'm guessing I'm older than most who've posted here and while not a 1%er, very close. Now, for the shocker; I completely understand the occupy movement. Sadly, I've watched the growing divide between the top wage earners and the rest of our society over the years and I think it's the single most worrisome product of our times. We have transmogrified from a production oriented economy to a service oriented economy and in turn have become dependent upon cheap labor to produce our consumable goods and commodities. Aside from agriculture (were we still lead the world) our dominance as a manufacturing nation has been allowed to slip away. My hope is that more of these open dialogues thake place and more of my fellow citizens come to understand that a huge gulf of difference between those who make the top 5% of incomes in this country and everyone else is not only immoral but, unsustainable. I would think a ride through East Nashville would illustrate this to anyone with open eyes.
Elmer ELMER why so tense dude WHY SO TENSE DUDE Let Eva give you a massage LET EVA GIVE YOU A MASSAGE (wiggle fingers!!!!!!!!!)
If the Vandy kid IF THE VANDY KID becomes a doctor BECOMES A DOCTOR or a lawyer OR A LAWYER or some other really smart person OR SOME OTHER REALLY SMART PERSON he'll pay lots of taxes HE'LL PAY LOTS OF TAXES to the government TO THE GOVERNMENT, not enough NOT ENOUGH, (Wiggle fingers!!!!!!) but it will be a lot more BUT IT WILL BE A LOT MORE than a Pell grant THAN A PELL GRANT (wiggle fingers!!!!)
If he's an artist IF HE'S AN ARTIST or a musician OR A MUSICIAN or a minister OR A MINISTER or a community organizer OR A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER not so much NOT SO MUCH unless you hit it big UNLESS YOU HIT IT BIG but you don't have to go to college BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO TO COLLEGE especially not Vanderbilt ESPECIALLY NOT VANDERBILT to do all that stuff TO DO ALL THAT STUFF (Wiggle fingers!!!!!!!)
"I'm guessing I'm older than most who've posted here and while not a 1%er, very close."
I hope I HOPE you're not the person YOU'RE NOT THE PERSON I know of I KNOW OF who has WHO HAS a place A PLACE in East Nashville IN EAST NASHVILLE who has a bunch of ten dollar and hour WHO HAS A BUNCH OF TEN DOLLAR AN HOUR wage slaves WAGE SLAVES with no benefits WITH NO BENEFITS mincing her overcooked roasted beets MINCING HER OVERCOOKED ROASTED BEETS and then charging AND THEN CHARGING twenty bucks for half a beet TWENTY BUCKS FOR HALF A BEET and a little goat cheese AND A LITTLE GOAT CHEESE. (down wiggle fingers!!!)
If so IF SO they need to occupy your place THEY NEED TO OCCUPY YOUR PLACE next NEXT (wittle fingers!!!!!) You are worse YOU ARE WORSE than Walmart THAN WALMART..((WIGGLE FINGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!)
Instead of targeting local bank branch managers and private-sector entrepreneurs, the protesters should be camping out at government offices and asking where all the tens of millions of dollars in federal Obama stimulus funding went over the past two years -- including $40 million from the Department of Health and Human Services, nearly $30 million from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, $26 million from the Department of Justice, $24 million from the Transportation Department, $15 million from the Department of Education, and $5.3 million from the Environmental Protection Agency.
http://www.gopusa.com/commentary/2011/11/02/malkin-occupy-oaklands-dangerous-strike-follies/
To GODBLESSTHETHP:
Er, no, I don't live in East Nashville. I live in downtown Nashville. I can suggest a good neurologist I know for the capitalization stereotypy you seem to be suffering from.
@godblessthethp
get a haircut GET A HAIRCUT get off our lawn GET OFF OUR LAWN (grumble grumble)
get a job GET A JOB oh shit, matlock's on (grumble grumble)
Local Foodie LOCAL FOODIE it isn't an illness IT ISN'T AN ILLNESS it is IT IS creative expression CREATIVE EXPRESSION (wiggle fingers!!!!) to show written solidarity TO SHOW WRITTEN SOLIDARITY with my 99% comrades WITH MY 99% COMRADES on the Plaza ON THE PLAZA. (wiggle fingers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) Freedom of Speech FREEDOM OF SPEECH and all that AND ALL THAT (wiggle fingers!!!!!)
Glad to know GLAD TO KNOW you're not that person YOU'RE NOT THAT PERSON (wiggle fingers!!!!!!)
jdilla JDILLA I don't watch TV I DON'T WATCH TV I listen to NPR I LISTEN TO NPR!!(wiggle fingers!!!!!!!!!!) You're just trying YOU'RE JUST TRYING to be mean TO BE MEAN for some reason FOR SOME REASON. (sad wiggle fingers) I'm nice to everybody I"M NICE TO EVERYBODY (wiggle fingers!!!!) except greedy 1%ers EXCEPT GREEDY 1%ers who don't want to pay WHO DON'T WANT TO PAY their fair share THEIR FAIR SHARE (WIGGLE FINGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
GODBLESSTHETHP:
I think freedom of expression is a wonderful thing and feel those in the occupy movement are doing just that. Now, I think your posts would seem more sane if you included some punctuation other than the exclamation points in the "wiggle fingers" part. And, I assume that you don't really mean "wiggle" but, rather "waggle." The notion of wiggling fingers is kind of creepy.
@Local Foodie
You are pretty much spot on. It doesn't take a genius to figure out that social programs benefit society as a whole (even the rich!). If you provide for the basic needs of people they will be happier, less likely to revolt. Ask Marie Antoinette.
Local Foodie LOCAL FOODIE did you see this DID YOU SEE THIS?
"the occupiers expressed their disapproval by lowering their hands and wiggling their fingers.'
Pith wrote that PITH WROTE THAT in the article IN THE ARTICLE, cause well, CAUSE WELL, they wiggle their fingers THEY WIGGLE THEIR FINGERS (wiggle fingers!) Up for good UP FOR GOOD, down for bad DOWN FOR BAD (wiggle fingers) Now do you understand? NOW DO YOUR UNDERSTAND? (wiggle fingers!)
GODBLESSTHETHP:
Yes, I think I do understand but, it would be much easier to understand you if you included some punctuation and left off the all caps echo. It's kind of like a bad cellphone call. I enjoy the dialogue but, if all I perceive is a kind of "shouting rant" then your argument is hard to follow.
My lunch break is over but, I will check back later.
Local Foodie LOCAL FOODIE easy EASY isn't always best ISN'T ALWAYS BEST just ask the people JUST ASK THE PEOPLE who are sleeping on cold granite WHO ARE SLEEPING ON COLD GRANITE at Legislative Plaza AT LEGISLATIVE PLAZA suffering for us SUFFERING FOR US! (WIGGLE FINGERS!!!!!!!!!!)
Kind of like those names on the War Memorial KIND OF LIKE THOSE NAMES ON THE WAR MEMORIAL Only our people aren't war mongers ONLY OUR PEOPLE AREN'T WAR MONGERS (wiggle fingers!!!!!!!!!!!!) and they haven't died AND THEY HAVEN'T DIED or anything OR ANYTHING. (wiggle fingers!!!!!!)
jdilla: Our republic was not formed to "provide for the needs of the people" but to protect the God given rights of "Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness". That does not give us the right to rob others of their hard earned money or to establish a socialist nanny state to provide for all our needs. Our rights do not give us the right to take away the rights or property of others. We don't need a huge government capable of giving us everything (which is just a socialist pipe dream, because it is mathmatically impossible). If Big Brother Government can do that, they can also take it all away.
How's this: All of OWS "protesters" (Useful Idiots) should be REQUIRED BY LAW to give their tents, food, cookies, provisions and donations that they "worked hard" (begged) for, to the actual homeless in Nashville, or whatever city they are trying to unlawfully "occupy". Soon, they would would run out of those things. Then the homeless could "occupy" the OWS camps and vandalize them, beat them up and demand more. Socialism. Gotta love it. "Wiggle Fingers"
@SavetheRepublic
Rush, is that you?! I did not mean to imply everything for everyone, which is why I chose the language "basic needs." I also did not use the word "everyone" as I thought the previous dialog would indicate that I meant people who are in need. Reasonable people have been able to find the balance between a free market, and helping people who may not be as fortunate as others with basic necessities for some time now. America certainly has ever since the New Deal (I know you hate it, spare us the outrage). Do you mind that the "socialist nanny state" government "robs" people for defense spending? How about roads for us to drive on? What about "robbing" citizens to pay for a Police Dept., Fire Dept., and schools to ensure that we all have an education? I must say I do love the irony of the people who want to regulate women's rights, who marries who, and what we are allowed to say (and when) complain about a "nanny state" and "big brother."
Also: So it's Obama dividing Americans on the basis of their income and wealth? (per you, or David Limbaugh)
That's funny, I thought it was the amount of money that we have.
