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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 09:49 AM Original message |
whoopsie. A sign of what's to come? |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
1. No pitchforks? |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 09:53 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I'm sure someone had one in their back pocket! |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
3. Hmm, seems the pitchforks and torches have started to come out. |
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pleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
4. K&R LOL |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
5. Nah, that's just Berkeley being Berkeley. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 10:02 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Maybe, maybe not. |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 11:16 AM Response to Reply #5 |
39. Or just Bay Area agent provocateurs provoking |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
7. " protest of fee hikes and budget cuts," |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 10:07 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Wrong, not just a tuition hike, class war and I'd call that as important as Civil Rights and it is a |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 10:08 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. How exactly is a tuition hike a class war? |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 10:13 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. When education becomes affordable to those at the top, something like trying to find a |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 10:15 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Last I knew the state of California was in a very serious budget crisis |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 10:21 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. 32% sounds like bankster increase. |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 10:25 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Am I correct in my understanding that this was a 32% hike in Student fees (usually a small |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 10:28 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Tuition. |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 10:28 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Then why did the articles I read say "student fees"? |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 10:36 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Have a link to one? I didn't bother to look. |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 10:37 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. here |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 10:44 AM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Here and tuition IS a student FEE. |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 10:49 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. I wouldn't role my eyes if I were you (you sort of messed up) |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 10:56 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. The concern is not what it is called but who pays for it in any case. |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 11:11 AM Response to Reply #31 |
38. NJ Maverick: The CA system does not have "tuition" named "tuition" (It used to be free to attend) |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 11:25 AM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Fighting for lower tuition is reasonable. Rioting over it is not (IMO) |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 11:29 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Your definition of riot is different than mine clearly. |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 11:32 AM Response to Reply #41 |
45. How much actual rioting was there? The press uses that word for small stuff these days. |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 11:34 AM Response to Reply #45 |
48. Well the last one involved broken windows and torches tossed |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 11:40 AM Response to Reply #48 |
51. Here again, the question is how many and by whom? The reason I ask is |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:14 PM Response to Reply #51 |
58. Sadly the world is such that a minority of trouble makers can ruin the reputation a large group |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:13 PM Response to Reply #45 |
57. Here is my take on this: One of the guys was an agent provocateur |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 10:44 AM Response to Reply #22 |
30. Because in Calfornia, in the UC's, they have always used the phrase "student fees" instead of |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 10:50 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. What about the California Budget crisis? |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 10:58 AM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Well, it's the excuse, certainly... |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 11:24 AM Response to Reply #35 |
40. So this is a raise riot? |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 11:30 AM Response to Reply #40 |
44. You are a riot! |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 11:33 AM Response to Reply #44 |
46. So is this |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 11:35 AM Response to Reply #46 |
49. Define targeted residence as riot. "Are your childrens bein' teached?" |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:31 PM Response to Reply #32 |
61. Here's my take on it: |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 10:40 AM Response to Reply #10 |
26. Universities are paying HUGE sums to the Administrators and becoming more business like |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 10:43 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. That hardly seems like a good excuse for a riot |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 10:58 AM Response to Reply #28 |
34. Hardly a riot. WTF is wrong with you? |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 11:56 AM Response to Reply #28 |
56. NJ, here are the facts from the paper: |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:25 PM Response to Reply #9 |
60. Read the fine print |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 11:41 AM Response to Reply #7 |
53. Six of the eight arrested aren't even students |
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Earth_First (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
8. So let me get this right.. |
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FraDon (316 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
11. My first thought :: agents provocateur |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 10:14 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Who benefits from making education unaffordable? |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 10:19 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. an educated peasant is a uppity peasant. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 10:22 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Fascists want to own ALL the pitchforks! |
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robdogbucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 11:34 AM Response to Reply #11 |
47. My first thought to your message title: |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
18. Someone give them the addresses of Wall St. and Healthcare execs. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 10:27 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. If the banksters lived in fear of reprisal for their actions do you think they would think twice |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 11:37 AM Response to Reply #20 |
50. One can only imagine |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 11:40 AM Response to Reply #50 |
52. Someone had to fight for suffrage and someone had to fight for civil rights doncha think? |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:21 PM Response to Reply #52 |
59. Of course |
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Hatchling (968 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
23. It usually starts on college campuses. nt |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 02:26 PM Response to Reply #23 |
62. Actually, that phenomenon only came about in the late 20th century. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
27. I would like to point out that University Administrators have had steadily rising salaries and percs |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
36. damn hippies, here in midwest we take guns instead of torches, get more done that way |
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OnceUponTimeOnTheNet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
37. Is there any video of this. Nothing on youtube on Fridays riot. |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
43. They only call it Class War when we fight back. |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
54. Wonder how many servants this guy has? |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
55. I'm generally not a fan of violence, but I do wish that the Bankster and |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
63. Go protesters! |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
64. I support the students! |
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