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cheapdate (197 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 04:12 PM Original message |
US protesters rally to occupy Wall Street |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
1. Well God Bless Al Jazeera. Not feeling too kindly today about the |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 04:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Must be a Tea Party member sitting in a lawn chair somewhere they needed to cover instead. |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 10:24 PM Response to Reply #4 |
26. Bwah! Yes -- that's always Breaking News! nt |
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cyclezealot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 02:46 AM Response to Reply #1 |
41. I suggest you watch Democracy Now.. |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 05:34 PM Response to Reply #41 |
58. WHERE do I watch it? Thanks. nt |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-20-11 06:33 AM Response to Reply #58 |
79. Can watch on LinkTV or their website. Link in sig. |
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cheapdate (197 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
2. I believe you can call CNN news desk at 404-827-1500 |
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tcaudilllg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 06:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. It's there now. |
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ProgressoDem (145 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
3. My very liberal friend went down there and said it was mostly Paultards and Anarchists? |
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cheapdate (197 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 04:53 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. AdBusters is pretty radical, God bless 'em. n/t |
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Dover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 06:03 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. At last divisiveness gives way to common ground! |
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FarLeftFist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 06:57 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Not from what I see. It's all "Stop The Cuts", "People over Profits", "Wall St. Greed", etc etc. |
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OutNow (538 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 06:58 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Anarchists - and..... |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 11:45 PM Response to Reply #3 |
33. Their posters suggest there's a couple of other groups in there; one, notably, with HOPE. nt |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 11:49 PM Response to Reply #3 |
35. Hell, I don't care who's doing it, as long as someone DOES. nt |
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bengalherder (718 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 12:31 PM Response to Reply #3 |
47. For one united we stand |
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ProgressoDem (145 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 10:10 PM Response to Reply #47 |
64. I'm not sure what you mean. n/t |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 04:25 PM Response to Reply #3 |
54. Your "very liberal" friend sounds like (s)he's got a very narrow comfort zone. |
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ProgressoDem (145 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 10:15 PM Response to Reply #54 |
65. Very cool. We need more street assemblies. |
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tama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 05:05 AM Response to Reply #65 |
68. Chomsky, |
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ProgressoDem (145 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 11:13 AM Response to Reply #68 |
76. I do find Chomsky to be fairly silly... |
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tama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 12:33 PM Response to Reply #76 |
77. Terminologically |
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Dover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
6. The Arab Spring gives way to the American Fall. |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
11. I haven't seen anything about it, but I've been at a |
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Yon_Yonson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
12. Great one New York City ... go get those greedy wall street pricks |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 12:19 AM Response to Reply #12 |
37. Those who cannot make it in D.C. can donate or have a local event or help get out the word. |
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RoccoR5955 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
13. About freakin' time! |
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paparush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 08:05 PM Response to Original message |
14. Jump, you Fuckers!! |
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PADemD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 08:08 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Is that on a bumper sticker? |
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unkachuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
16. a humungus K&R.... |
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bossy22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
17. Ive got one simple question for these protesters |
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Dover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 08:25 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Hear hear! |
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AnnieK401 (59 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 05:53 AM Response to Reply #18 |
43. News Blackout |
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cheapdate (197 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 08:34 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. What kind of financial system do you want? |
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Flatulo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 09:02 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. I'd like a system that isn't rigged so that every few years |
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Imajika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 10:05 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. What a great post... |
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Flatulo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 11:04 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. I'm just hoping any protest action isn't portrayed as being |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 12:23 AM Response to Reply #27 |
38. We never had a free market in this land, so we have no idea if they would work well or not. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 03:03 PM Response to Reply #38 |
49. Jefferson thought we would be a country of farmers, that people would |
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tama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 05:23 AM Response to Reply #27 |
70. Don't let |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 11:41 PM Response to Reply #21 |
31. 1+++++++++++++ |
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joshguitar (138 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 03:52 PM Response to Reply #21 |
52. hear hear! nt |
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appal_jack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 09:42 AM Response to Reply #21 |
75. a BIG +1 to this reply. n/t |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-20-11 04:08 AM Response to Reply #21 |
78. Nice post! (n/t) |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 09:24 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. I think they and I want a financial system that is honest. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 11:43 PM Response to Reply #17 |
32. One that can't hold American equity HOSTAGE politically by exposing it to FOREIGN take-over. |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 05:44 AM Response to Reply #17 |
42. How about the financial system we had before Ronnie Raygun. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 03:05 PM Response to Reply #42 |
50. Agreed. We don't want to do away with capitalism, we want to make it work |
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bengalherder (718 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 12:34 PM Response to Reply #17 |
48. Main street used to function just fine without wall street. |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 04:27 PM Response to Reply #17 |
55. Your ignorance is manifest in the ridiculous myth of "back to the barter system," which... |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 05:20 PM Response to Reply #17 |
57. Notice that this isn't happening in Oslo. |
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tama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 05:20 AM Response to Reply #17 |
69. Something Else |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
20. Yoga at occupy wallstreet- love it. |
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lunasun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 09:26 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. occupywallst site has a list of places to order food for the protesting crowd |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
24. Take 'em down!!!! |
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Puregonzo1188 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
28. I was there most of the day, just got back home now. |
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xiamiam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 12:48 AM Response to Reply #28 |
39. great..thank you..nt |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 01:10 AM Response to Reply #28 |
40. Lucky you, wish I could be there. If it lasts long enough as planned |
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Yon_Yonson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 09:16 AM Response to Reply #28 |
44. Great wonderful, job well done |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 05:32 AM Response to Reply #44 |
71. And you're getting out the word, too. Good for you. Each of us can do something about Oct. 6. |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 10:21 PM Response to Reply #28 |
66. the best thing is have others take your place |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 11:41 PM Response to Reply #28 |
67. Good for you! Hope to meet you there soon! |
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1776Forever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
29. CNN.com report link..... |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 11:51 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. The police were blocking people from going in there. The crowd would have been bigger. nt |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 03:09 PM Response to Reply #29 |
51. Regular pauses for moments of silent meditation and silent prayer |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 11:37 PM Response to Original message |
30. GOOD WORK!! Occupy Wall Street! Be proud of your service to othhers! Solidarity! |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
34. Here's their video feed (looping now) and chat stream: |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
45. "We told them that there is no leader. They didn't understand." |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
46. Are they still there? What happened in other cities? |
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swilton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
53. Power to the People! |
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blaze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
56. Can someone tell me about the mask on the forth pic down? |
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Sandrine for you (635 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 05:46 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. It is take from the movie V for Vendetta as a symbol of Anonymous. |
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blaze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 05:52 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. Ah! V for Vendetta!!! |
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Sandrine for you (635 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 06:14 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. My pleasure, my first post in almost 2 years...nt |
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blaze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 06:16 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. Ha! I noticed that '07 join date!! |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 07:37 PM Response to Reply #56 |
63. It's a Guy Fawkes mask. |
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Waiting For Everyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 07:04 AM Response to Original message |
72. The protest is on its 3rd day - looks like it has 'lift off'. |
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sweetapogee (449 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 07:59 AM Response to Reply #72 |
73. first time for everyting |
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goforit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
74. LOL, Let the tea party'ers protest in DC, |
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