‘Occupy Wall Street’ Protests Spread Across the Country

“speaking out against corporate greed and social inequality” —— Progressive jibberish to divide America!!

Seriously, a quote from Bloomberg a billionaire who has no desire to know or learn about what these people are standing up for. These people are sick of the corruption on Wall St. The lack of control and responsibility that is being flaunted by these brokers and agents who have learned that their actions have no consequence regardless of how bad they screw the rest of the world. It isn’t about the $40,000 a year people it is about the $100,000,000 a year companies that have a growing influence over the way this country is run. No one is protesting anyone’s right to make a living just there right to have a say in a country that is currently being over run by bribery and corruption. This is not a stance from the right or the left it is dead in the center. It is everyone that watches the news and reads the paper. Who tries to fill there tank or heat there home. There is no political association just a desire for what is right and for what is wrong to brought to justice.

@THELOYALOPPOSITION – if you want to see jibberish to divide America!! tune into Fox News & Rush Limbaugh. They will tell you stuff you don’t hear anywhere else. why? because they fabricate & spin the news. thanks for playing.

I very often disagree with Mayor Boomberg, but here he basically right. Having seen various brief interviews with these people on several different news outlets, it is clear that this is just another motley crew of bitter and clueless leftists, with, yes, a few somewhat more sensible people misguidedly in the miasmic mix. Now, since they abhor “corruption” and greed so much, they are also surely protesting the obvious corruption and greed in the Obama administration, perhaps specifically the Solyndra debacle? Yep, you guessed it, they are definitely not including that in their goofy grievances at all. Same as it ever was…Hypocrisy City populated by Left-Wing Ideological Phonies.

It is time for the people of the world to take back control over the 2 percent that now rule. As long as the rich get richer and the poor get poorer is true I only see this as the beginning. The peons are getting restless!

Putting aside the slanted view this article has on the protestors, I would like to remind main stream media that there are 100+ independent media sources from around the world with similar view points that differ greatly from yours. Mostly very supportive of the protestors. The only reason that comes to mind that main stream media does not want to cover such a historic event is the fear of mobilizing the masses. It is inevitable that people will resist tyranny and oppression, this is only the beginning. Which side do you want to be on, the 99% or the 1%.

What a transparent spin job Bloomberg. Protesting AGAINST people making 40 – 50k. What a joke you people are. Everyone can see through your distortions. You and your friends should pack your bags a.s.a.p.

The caption for the picture should read “Woodstock vs. Wallstreet”..was wondering what happened to all those hippies…I guess they’re back, grafting themselves onto various (fill in the blank) justice movements…wonder if taking LSD and statins together is risky…

““speaking out against corporate greed and social inequality” —— Progressive jibberish to divide America!!”

Dividing America between the haves and have nots is exactly what the republicans have been trying to do for the last 30 years. Were you asleep for that?

“This is the “Change” Obama promised. He is busy trying to ignite a class warfare in this country by trying to ‘divide the spoils’ among the many. A sure sign we are in the last days”

Do you think there was a reason for the french revolution that bought democracy to that country that later helped us in our war against the British? That reason was the class warfare perpetrated by the rich onto the poor. Now wealth is being further concentrated once again into the richest 1% of Americans. Did you know that the bottom 50% poorest Americans control only 2.5% of the countries wealth?

Welcome to the first shots in the second American revolution.

Pull our money out of our 401ks? Good luck with that one Rick…and as far as the rest of your recipe for revolution goes..Tell your head chef Mr. Jones that he’s sprinkled in a little too much anarchy..that can leave a pretty bitter aftertaste.

Bloomberg needs to get a clue. Who in their right mind would protest AGAINST people making $40-50 K? Occupy Wall Street is about reclaiming this great country from the corporations that rule it. The sad truth is, America is no longer the democracy we all wish it to be, isn’t it? We are given the illusion that citizens actively participate in the direction this great country goes. Yes, we vote for our government representatives…but have you ever wondered what happens after they are elected? Have you ever wondered why there’s an ever-growing disparity between the wealthiest 1% of Americans and everyone else? Have you ever wondered why your petitions or calls to Congress go unanswered (other than the obligatory “I will take your views into consideration” reply)? Have you ever wondered if those among the wealthy actually earned their status by being the hardest workers…or was it because they knew how to take advantage of a corrupt system? Is this truly capitalism? Are those that are the hardest working actually making the most money? Why do billionaires have a vastly lower tax rate than teachers, small business owners or construction workers? Why was a fellow American that hurt no one and caused no economic damage sent to prison for two years for trying to ensure that our civilization will have a future? Why are our fellow citizens in Appalachia allowed to suffer while corporations are given the “okay” to blow off the tops of mountains and dump toxic waste near communities? Why are landowners sitting on top of natural gas reserves given the “go-around” and blackmailed by corporations while their water supply turns into an undrinkable poison? As AdBusters co-publisher Kalle Lasn puts it: “There are a lot of people who lost their jobs, who lost their houses. The whole country has been hurting and yet, somehow, the people who brought this on, they are getting clean away with it, without any justice being served to them”. And why not? Because the people of this country have been lied to by the corporate media, because we have been too afraid to do anything about it…until now.

Could the “Occupy Wall Street” Movement become progressives’ answer to the “Tea Party” movement? Could it grow to the point that it becomes an un-ignorable force within the Democratic Party that the tea partiers have become within the GOP?

I hope this is the beginning of the people making their voice heard, but I bet when the corporatists that have been running this country feel their power is threatened, we will see a crackdown that will rival what we have seen in Egypt and Syria. My hope is that people really begin to see that our democracy has been put in great peril by these corporatists and their drones. It’s my belief that we have become a democracy in name only as both political parties are run by the richest and most powerful in our country.

This is a good thing. The protests are peaceful (except for the interference of local police departments who feel free to abuse people doing nothing more than standing and watching) and it is time we let those who lead this country remember it belongs to us – the people. We are sick and tired of the greedy ruining our country and our lives because they cannot be satisfied with 1 million dollars. No. They must have 100′s of millions and even billions while people in this country cannot find jobs, get proper insurance without going broke, or simply pay their own bills and buy food. I hope this movement continues to spread across this country. The facts are we all just want a chance to work and pay our own way. We want the dream. Yeah, getting wealthy would be nice, but that is not what most of us are after. We just want a good life and to be able to help others have a good life. We are tired of the greed that has become corporate and “banking” America. I believe we have finally had enough.

In 1981 Ronald Reagan appointed CEO of Merrill Lynch Donald Regan as United States Secretary of Treasury. Not long thereafter SMMEA laws were passed that allowed hard working Americans pensions to be invested in risky mortgage securities. It has been a down hill spiral since Wall St has been allowed to take over and control the U.S. government. These individuals are the worst of the worst of Americans whom pursue profit with total and utter disregard of the well being of the country, it’s infrastructure, and more importantly it’s people…. the three elements that made all of their success possible in the first place.

Adam Smith was dead wrong in The Wealth of Nations(the ideological platform used to justify destruction for profit), where he says “The greed of one will serve the better interest of the many”. This is the deadly self serving lie Wall St pigs would have you believe. F*#k THEM!!!!

I will believe a corporation is a person when Texas executes one! They can start with the war profiteers at Haliburton, and finish up with the anti American corporations that have taken from Americans then change their address to Zug Switzerland to further steal from Americans.

Maybe some middle class Americans like giving up thier retirement accounts to the 1% super wealthy, But, honestly, they have to be on drugs, I would think!

the granny peace brigade….. I love it.

It’s about redefining “reasonable profit” and understanding sometimes things go a bit too far. Some of these companies got so large they began to exploit. BOA is a fab example right now. Is it moral that during that last oil crisis Wall Street was buying oil, storing it, and contributing to the demise of our economy? These are our own citizens driving us off a cliff and evidently they could have cared less as long as they made a profit doing it. They could have taken a moment to consider they were harming our country. Of course if you say this to some die hard republican you’re called a Marxist. If wanting to preserve this country and the middle class is Marxist then count me in.

These are just radical left wing liberal extremist , with one thing in mind…help the Marxist regime take down America.. Welfare freeloaders…boils on the neck of America

Where are the signs :::DUMP GE….DUMP DISNEY…..DUMP COMCAST. DUMP CBS DUMP JEFFERY IMMELT?..these are a few of obamas army of dufuses

OBAMA______VS______AMERICA

Saturday, just left “occupy tampa florida” about 600 there for the cities first action. Another is being scheduled for next week.
Tampa florida join the action!

These people would LOVE Europe. Please pack your bags.

L Tyson…what WILL destroy this country is a mountain of unsustainable debt. If you’re able to, picture our national debt growing constantly under the weight of Democrat programs that, apparently, can NEVER be even MODIFIED if we don’t have the money to pay for it all. That’s what you’re saying? That we MUST take trillions and trillions more debt to make good on promises we should have never made in the first place? That is insane. We are headed toward THE MOST PREDICTABLE financial catastrophe in this country and voters want assurances that NOTHING will be cut (except defense spending, of course)!!! Either you want the Republic to survive or you don’t. Talk about selfish and greedy. People can’t look past their faces to envision what we’re leaving for our grandchildren. That’s THEIR problem, right? It’s unconscionable.

Lonna, I agree with you. While in Thailand I was surfing the Thai Sat. channels. I found Max Keiser.
You should log onto rt.com, click on programs to see at this time 180 episodes Review the episodes.
None of the news agencies begin to cover what you will see in Max’s videos. If you are upset now I can’t imagine what you will do after viewing them

These homeless-wana-be-revolutionists should pay a visit to Warren Baffon’s house. He has a plenty of money to feed them then they should march to the WH. Obama will personally serve them Turkey dinners with money left-over from Solyndra.

Bloomberg is a wind bag. We’re organizing in New Orleans tomorrow.Yeah , maybe you can call me a leftist but I work hard for a living , I do make ends meet. This isn’t about money for nothing for 99%,it’s about money for nothing for the 1%.Just check your hidden portfolio management fees. I never get a statement tallying them up.Now a days they charge for holding your money . The only way they should make money is when they’re making me money.That’s what they’re in the business to do. As for the government , it’s detached from the people. It has become it’s own entity.Time to pull in the reigns.Do any of you remember studying the American Revolution? Have any of you read about the Great Depression? Lot of parrallels there.No system is perfect but when it malfunctions it needs to be fixed and that just isn’t happening.Both parties need to start serving the people they are sworn to serve and not just the lobbyists or large campaign contributors. This isn’t about getting violent it’s about getting the point across. Voting just isn’t working anymore.

Ken
“I expect there will be riots, looting soon. This is the end result of HOPE and CHANGE you cannot achieve. The granny on Prozac movement is marching on.”

???? what is the above comment supposed to mean. When I look at live streams of the occupiers in all the cities they are in now I see mostly young people. Maybe you should try finding out about the movement before you make silly comments like the one above.

This is a REAL Grass roots boycott. BRAVO and if they come to the Northwest.. I’ll be right with them

>> create crisis and division to control. It comes right out of the playbook of Solynski.

LMAO!

It is Fox News, Rupert Murdoch, Rush Limbaugh etc. who rule by divide and conquer.

Finally! The true “Silent Majority” begins to speak up. The “99%” are the majority, the until now “Silent Majority”.

The people protesting are the ones earning $40-50,000 and more.From talking to people at these rallies it seems their incomes vary from $20,000 to $120,000.This is typical of the top 1% to try and stop people finding common cause.The old reliable “divide and conquer”!.This… from Mayor Bloomberg who is trying to cut jobs and pensions from these same $40-$50,000 people !.

malcontents

1000′s being arrested on Saturday afternoon at the Brooklyn Bridge.

Economist Rick Wollf (“Capitalism Hits the Fan”) points out that there were three ways to pay for the bank bailouts: (1) print more money, (2) borrow, (3) levy a 10% tax on the portfolios of the richest. Had this been a democracy, which do you think the vast majority would have chosen? Yet option 3 was never on the table. Therefore, we borrowed, hugely. Now we owe it all back. With INTEREST!. Rather than making the rich bail themselves out with the profits they extracted from working people over the last 30 years (even that would have been insulting enough to American workers), WE borrowed the money. From the same sector that crashed the economy in the first place! Of course, the rich finally realize that credit card debt can no longer substitute for workers’ shrinking buying power as it did for 30 years while worker productivity rose even as wages flattened. The rich now see that they’ve thrown us into Ponzi debt. The answer, they say, is AUSTERITY: public sector job loss following close on the heels of private job loss. You don’t come out of a recession by throwing out the workforce. The idea is that, eventually, American workers will give up any last remaining unions, collective bargaining, etc. and beg for work more exclusively on the rich’s terms than ever. P.S. What Jesus meant is that the poor you will have with you always if you keep letting things go on like this. Rise up America. Rise up. RISE UP.

@ Twilight, dummy, you were quoting the comment below mine.The person who post’s name is BELOW the comment. Mine was above the one you quoted,silly.

Bloomberg should be held accountable for those treasonous words of misinformation! Take him down with the ship!!!! Don’t stop fighting, digging , and scrutinizing until those that harbor these criminals are held accountable for their actions. Bloomberg, be afraid of all those NEW YORKERS!!

The fact that Bloomberg tries to distort this whole thing is appalling. Give em hell, people! Equally appalling are the few on here, against the protesters. Are you actually FOR the greed that has corkscrewed this country into the ground?! Wow, how sad you are. Take a hint, schmucks, you are on the wrong side of the battle, and better wake up REAL soon!

Hason, I am with you, man. Let’s march to the WH and demand the empty suit to resign. If not impeachment can be arranged by our 99 percent people. We are sick and tired of dirty politician who live and walk on gold and we have to eat dog foods. No more lavished vacations, golf vacation !!!!!

The 88 percent revolution is here, Obama needs to stop spending the money we do not have. Obama needs to resign or we will make him. March to the WH where the rich is !!!!!!

Bloomberg call me on 208 841 2591. You’re not published and I need 10 min on the phone….ok so here’s the first…..instead of netting peaceful intelligent American women and macing them w your (our) finest…why not run the orange fence in a linear fashion to ‘cut’ the walkways w Blues every 30 feet to protect and serve….AND to protect people’s right to get to work w/o harrassment. In real time you cld adjust the ‘lanes’….. 777

This is our education dept at its best. They want to destroy capitalism yet with it destroyed they will not have the money for them to share. How pathetic but it is funny how a Canadian enviromentalist group and a Soros group is behind this event why didnt ABC disclose this information who is funding this nonsense?

Baby boomers lost much of the nest eggs they were planning to use to retire when the market crashed. Now they will not be able to retire. They will have to work until they die, but there are no jobs for them. Worse, there are no jobs for their children and grand children; those who may have been able to care for them in better times. Boomers are starting to become homeless. It’s not just the Vietnam vets and mentally ill sleeping under bridges anymore. They are now joined by people with degrees and solid work experience who have lost their jobs, gone through any savings they had left after Wall Street raided their 401Ks, and run out of unemployment.

What is happening here and now in America, the rich getting richer while the poor get poorer, is exactly what causes revolutions. Obama has not created class warfare! The republicans have created class warfare by stacking the deck against the disappearing middle class and the poor. Republicans are trying to spin this and put it on Obama. Don’t let them do it!! Class warfare is the natural result of a system that allows inequity in the distribution of wealth. Did Obama cause the poverty stricken Bolsheviks to rise up against the wealthy White Russians? Did Obama cause French peasants and bourgeoisie to revolt against the wealthy when they were taxed to the point of ruin to support the gluttonous lifestyles of the French aristocracy? Noooooooooooooo! It wasn’t Obama!

Criminals are caught and held accountable unless they have white collars. That needs to stop! Until we see some equity in who is held accountable for what, until we see them stop treating Wall Street thugs who stole money from EVERYONE with kid gloves, until the rich pay their fair share of taxes, today’s protests WILL grow into a revolution. If the republicans would let Obama get ANYTHING done to decrease the gap between the rich and the poor there would most likely be no protests, no revolution.

The media near-silence on this story is telling. Corporate greed has to be stopped.

Its coming…. be nervous 1%, your plan will not work the way you think it will.

Protester 1: “We need to take everyones money and give it to someone else!!”
Protester 2: “Wait dude…not OUR money!”
Protester 1: ” Oh yeah I forgot…Let’s take the money from people who have more than I do!”
Protester 2: “Dude…I have more money than you do…”
Protester 1: ” Dude…Give me your money!”
Protester 2: ” Sigh…I’m gonna go play my $500 X-Box my dad got me for my birthday”
Protester 1: “Dude X-Box is owned by a corporation!!! …Can I come too?”

This movement will fail. I have no question about it. These protestors are not nearly sophisticated enough to undermine the systemic methods of control. Moreover, I don’t believe that these individuals will be able to function in a manner that will not ultimately become depoliticized. The bourgeoisie is omnipresent. In fact, they are all part of it. Until we understand that we need to implode the ideological super structure the agent will never be able to undermine the object of the ideology.

ACDC…We the (real) People are truly, truly tired of your tactics. A generation of cynicism (thank you Lee Atwater, RIP), deliberate confusion of simple issues, groundless attacks, mouthing off at false targets, getting gullible people to form into a mob and charge in the wrong direction, lobbying for monstrous changes to how we are governed (Orwellian Homeland Security, a Corporation is a Person…puhleeeze), dividing and conquering always, always for the benefit of the military-Wall Street industrial complex. Some are waking up and might just save what’s left of this once-proud nation.

Y0ou are welcome. Eco-Extra. The pleasure is all mine. We need to stay in focus in three areas:

JOBS, CONTROL GOVERNMENT SPENDING, CUT NATIONAL DEFICIT.

American autumn?

This is such a dangerous ideology, believing you’re entitled to success, we are entitled to the freedom to fail or succeed based on our own accords. The minute I hear someone telling me why they are underemployed or unemployed I don’t need to hear another word, I know it’s that mentality that is at the root cause of their (insert whatever complaint you’d like). I have worked in corporate America for several years and absolutely love it, I love my coworkers, I love the fact that they work hard, produce goods and services, pay taxes and CREATE JOBS. Yes there have been high profile cases of corruption but that happens in all sectors of society, overall these greedy corporations are made up of highly motivated people that were willing to make the sacrifices needed to obtain their professional gaols.The article mentions unions, teacher’s etc. which is to be expected, this demographic has been dependent on the government for years and there is little accountability and a sense of entitlement. If you don’t like your job then do something about it, something productive that will actually make you more of an asset and thus increase your pay or future prospects.

@John So you have a job? Good for you. Once you lose it and spend two fruitless years trying to raise a family, stay healthy, and scrape together some semblance of employment–despite your intelligence, work experience, and drive–let us know if you still think you deserve your lot.

The fact that you “don’t need to hear another word” about why someone is unemployed is a testament to who you are as a person–you only like to listen to those with whom you agree and you have a childlike understanding of how the world works. It’s easy to believe your success in life is wholly due to your effort and intelligence, but in such a complex world, that is simply not the case.

People who dismiss the less fortunate as deserving of failure are jerks. And they’re wrong. You don’t want to be a wrongheaded jerk, do you?

Think about wealth distribution like this: Your a college student who studies hard and doesn’t party to often. Because of this you earn A’s and B’s. Your roommate parties all the time and has the time of his/her life and ends up with D’s and F’s. WOULD YOU GIVE THAT PERSON SOME OF YOUR GOOD GRADES SO YOU CAN BOTH HAVE A C AVERAGE? Hell no because you worked hard to earn your grades. So why do some people expect to be given money for no reason?

No one is saying their entitled to success ( drink the cool aide much?)…they are stating that the financial top 1% is NOT entitled to take greatly from what small success the other 99% have made. What I love the most is that every single Tea Bagger on here probably claims to be a good Christian and by their statements over what these young people are doing would be the first to stone Jesus the minute he opened his mouth. This group of people are calling you out. You are neither Christian nore American if you believe it’s OK for large corporations to rape the working class for a buck.

This is in response to ROBBIE,

I am a pizza delivery driver full time, I’m 25 and attended college for a year and a half. I dropped out when hurricane Katrina hit. I was offered a job making $250 a day gutting houses. I planned on going back to college but never did. It was a bad decision to drop out. As for your whole it takes money to make money comment, you’re right that’s why banks give loans. how else would immigrants come here with only $200 in their pocket and be able to open a business. I’m not saying it’s a bad thing. It’s great that someone can have a plan use our greedy system to get money to make money.

PIZZADELIVERYDRIVER,

“Thanks for being so honest! You are better than living your life as a delivery driver just because you dropped out. That should not discourage you! But there are things that I think you should be aware: The top people running this country cares nothing for it’s people and their financial well being. We are locked in a system that hurts the people for the sake of the rich, top ranking corporate elitist’s. If you care for your future you will become part of this movement. Think about these dreams that you have…I.E. going back to college and doing it right this time. Think about your family and the future of your children if you have kids! Think about the future of your grand children!Think about it!”
“You know most immigrants come to this country with $200 on hand, and work their way to becoming citizens and having jobs, and families of their own, but I tell you what: Banks only gave them loans because they knew that they would be foreclosed on later down the road, and or that their small little ‘Mom and Pop’ shop had no chance to succeed in the long run against the corporate greed mongrels of this country. They will be foreclosed on if they miss that payment, and their business will go out of business with a Wal-Mart being built across from their store.”

“Also, BTW the banks are not giving out loans right now to anyone even if you have a A+ CREDIT SCORE! And to further this comment it wasn’t the banks money to loan anyways!”

“Join the cause….you are part of it!”

PIZZADELIVERYDRIVER,

I think no one is evil by nature, but moreover “Power Corrupts”, “And the Government and Big Business Corporations that sponsor these wars on innocence for a buck and leave its people fending for themselves to fight over a bone is defiantly corrupted, but they go hand in hand. The corporations buy off congress and sponsor both side’s of a campaigns elections to get its agenda out! Big Brother and, Bankers or Corporations only feed themselves off the fat of the land. We are modern day serfs working back in a feudalistic society and are too dumb to realize what is happening because we concentrate and sweat over the small stuff and others have complete apathy because they care more about miniscuel things in their life like watching (Jersey Shore), or( Dancing With the Stars). They have accepted their oppression and slavery.” I say “Have a cause and be part of a solution, rather than the problem. Collectively we can make a difference. No one wants a hand out, but there are short term goals, as well as long term goals that can be done to better this economy, country, government, and world. Let’s work together to break oppression and bondage of the all mighty dollar. If there was no greed and corruption there would be no war, and everyone would be happy and have healthier, more fulfilled lifestyles. There is more than enough to go around in this country. Just open your eye’s!”

Fortunately this movement is spreading swiftly across the nation. Talk about a movement! This movement will drive the next election- so be warned. I mean, come on, you get 50 tea party members giving a speech with a battery powered karaoke machine in the middle of a corn field in Iowa and its on the 5 o’clock news. You get a few thousand human beings peacefully organizing in what is supposed to be the greatest city on Earth and it is downplayed like a sophomoric ice cream social. Shame on any reporter that is writing a slanted and skewed account of these events. When the history books are written you’ll wish that you had actually gone to the front lines and engaged in the dialogue. This movement encompasses what a majority of Americans have felt for a long time, but had been apathetic toward up until now.

@MCP123 the french revolution took place AFTER the American Revolution. It was the french Monarchy that helped us in the fight against the British. Before holding up cliches of class warfare, perhaps you should hold a history book up to your face.

The majority of Americans are fed, but most of us don’t want communism…and for GOOD reason!! Regulate what needs to be regulated, please don’t turn the USA into the USSA.

Sorry. My keyboard is working terribly.

“Misguided” Crazy words from bloomberg, it shows how much this guy is disconnected from the real thang. For sure wall street is a good symbol to tackle to denounce the dictatorship of financials over the people all over the world. im currently living in europe, and belive me, the greek debt so called probelm is a manipulation to convince the european citizens that they should let a centralize european coucncil take all the political n economic decisions. We are haeadiing to a real european dictatorship, politicians are so corrupt and thy dont know schit about how the economy works, they are muppets controled by hedge funds n other financiial gurus.
I tip my hat to the wall street protesters, hopefuly more new yorkers will join da movement, contrary to the teap party baggers which are for me totally manipulated, wall street demonstrators dont have a political agenda, they dont believe the crap of republicans n democrats anymore. tea party people who have so much air time in us medias are deliberately spreading lies n fears among us citizens, they root for a republican candidate, wat a joke, seriously hav’ u seen the gop panel, a bunch of clowns, perry wants to send military in mexico to fight the drug cartel (ha, ha, ha) stupid idea n unrealistic, n by the way DEA n CIA are mainly responsible for the drungs implementation all over united states, so.
herman cain is a muppet, the only reason gop selected him, it’s because he is black. they wanna use him as a possible vice president to counter obama, but this trap wont work.
romney is a flip floper, with no vision at all, and boring as a mule….
ron paul at least even if dont agree with all his ideas, seems to be a real genuine and honest dude.

stop this stupid cliché by throwing at the people’s face the word “communism” when they simply want real democracy to be implemented in our society. America n european countries ar enot real democracies, they have real and good institutions on the paper, tough in reality corrupted politicians and crooks are running the country. So when people think they r living in a so called free society, they r fooling themselves, a choice between corrupt republicans n corrupt democrats , aint worth it.
So we need to fix this schit sooner than later, and without being prisoner of a so called party or so called race card.

Bloomberg keep up with the news, they are going to police headquarters to protest unwarranted pepper spraying by white shirts in NYPD!

Shame on ABC for quoting billionaire Bloomberg’s lie. Nobody is protesting people making 50k. People are protesting the corporations and the rich people who run them.

How is it this country has turned into hating people ( the same people who TELL us to love everyone) who are”rich”. When is working hard, education, long hours considered “greedy”. We are not a communist country, and I do not wish to live in one.
Our country,( and this is what the same group protest to support illegal immigrants getting free education and a better life) is supposed to be work hard, learn, and you can succeed.
But then, if you do, you are name called, harassed, ect for making money. Most people in these corporations have master degrees in their fields.
So, here is another point of view: ( and please read this before you start name calling and insulting)
we have people (of all races, so dont use the race card) who sit and use the welfare system, soc security disability program as a way of living. I know a few people who do both. One person, owns her house, and bought it in 2006, probably hasn’t made even a years worth of mortgage payments, but keeps her home, because obama has made it possible because she “can’t live beyond her means”. She has never worked a day in her life, hasn’t even sent her kids to school because she was too lazy to get up and MAKE them go.
She gets child support, food stamps, medicaid, ssi, and other charities and assistance programs to pay her other bills. To me THIS is greed.
What is the difference between a person who educates themselves, works their way up the corporate ladder, and earns A LOT of money. OR a woman who lives off social entitlement programs for NO reason, and expects more.?

We, as American Citizens have the right to assemble according to our constitutional rights, civil rights. We have the right to freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of expression, freedom of PRIVACY, Mr. Obama, log those in please in your memo book before you speak again so that there will be no hidden explosions from your expressions, if you don’t mind. We want a president that has a cool mind, not explosive. There is no room for compulsive behavior, it causes wars we don’t need or want. Our nation was cherished as a nation of PEACE until you and GW Bush took charge of our reins. I didn’t hear any reps or senators ask us if we approved, it OUR money, not yours.
Stand up and protect the citizens from the abusive police officers that seem to think that the people who ‘work’ are more important then the people whose jobs were taken and given to ‘guest’ workers that never went back to their country, had no limit in time to be here and did not get thrown out as they should have been. Protect our boarders, not big business’s that run over the citizens with loan sharking us instead of letting them kick the interest rates sky high. Ever heard of the percentage rates they are charging these days? Take a look, you would run back to Kenya where your grandmother said you were born. Me? I was born in the USA generations after generations ago from all my people. I stay in the country I am dedicated to, my birthplace.
Now, lets stand with our folks in NY! Stop taking from us and giving it to those who should be back in their own country! This? THIS IS OUR LAND! Avatar was not ‘just a movie’.
Point is, we, as a nation, will stand up to back our people regardless of race, sex, religion, sex preferences as in whether they are single, married, ‘whatever’. They are our people regardless of their lifestyle and we will protect them. DO not abuse them, walk over them, detain them as some are being in the rail stations without food or water!!! Don’t make us all gather there to release them NY you won’t have the room and we will over come the dirty cops who are holding these people hostage. True justice will prevail. United We Stand, Divided We Fall is not just a comment, it is who we are, One nation under God, Indivisible! You hear me teacher that torments the kids in CA for saying God bless you? No more STUDENT ABUSE from hateful teachers! We are going to march on the streets we pay for!!! As Patrick Henry stated, GIVE ME LIBERTY! He also warned that the Brittish are coming, to ARMS! Why haven’t you warned us? The ACLU is the BRITTISH BACKED organization attacking our country all over again I hear! They are undermining God in every aspect of our tax paid for public places. They are claiming it as theirs because it’s ‘public’. WE paid for it, not them! We can do with it as we see fit! It’s OURS. WE are the GOVERNMENT OF AMERICA, WE THE PEOPLE. How is it that the ones we allow in office to over see our country think it’s all theirs? This is OUR COUNTRY. Land of the FREE, HOME OF THE BRAVE! The people in NY are showing their true colors! RED WHITE AND BLUE. BACK THEM.

Angela, do you realize that a person on SS paid for their benefits every week they received a paycheck? They worked hard for their SS and Medicare is not free, they pay monthly out of their check for this very low end insurance for someone on a FIXED income. The current president stopped all cost of living raises to those trying to get by on SS, did you know that? While gas prices, food prices went sky high, grandma and grandpa are not even allowed a dime for coffee! The cat and dog food was shoved back into their face because Obama stopped the food programs for them. So, why have you decided you know so much about SS? I agree that welfare sometimes goes to those too lazy to work, has made it too easy on those having children out of wedlock while those married but can’t afford insurance must pay every dime for their children to be born! Fact is, SS is not so great but workers MUST pay in to get it at all. It’s an insurance that they paid for. It is not free money for the political groups to dip into to take their Paris vacations with, their sea food parties on the jet set in Venus, all out of their greed and selfishness. You are blaming the wrong people. We still pay for every president that was in office, full wages, full benefits, full insurance coverage at no cost to them. Vice presidents as well. I didn’t agree to that, did you? Now, broaden the picture and look at all the billions of dollars being spend on X politicians, their continued battering on our tax dollar to provide them with a lavish life while we tread the mill and lead the oxen in circles. The little people who paid their way is not to blame. SS was NOT free. Most don’t even live to apply for it or, has no one done their math lately?

After 40 years of marriage I watched as my classmates died, some being in political seats, some working two jobs or more and all that while, they pay in for the SS when they retire or if they become injured and can’t work. Why would anyone want to harm someone for using the insurance they paid for all their working lives? Why would anyone want to deprive them of it? It’s THEIR insurance that was paid for out of their own pockets each pay check. Some times I stand in awe at the small minds working that still know how to put thoughts into print. Woah! SS is what we pay for to fall back on in life if something happens. Angela, are you actually Tom Cole? Senator out to destroy the lives of millions to give more to himself while taking away from the ones who put money in an account to use in their old age? Injury in life? It’s very hard for me to understand that someone who may have worked during their life and paid out the tail for SS each week could say that it’s free, abused. We pay dearly for that and no one has the right to take it from us, it’s OURS. You hear Tom Cole? Leave it alone, if anything you should be working to help those on SS get more out of their benefits, not less! That’s horrible! NO MORE VOTES FOR TOM COLE from this area.

ABC, why don’t you simply fix the comment submission problems? It’s totally absurd, and has been so much of the time for a very long time now. People post but the post doesn’t really show up, but then you can’t just re-post it, because it says it’s a “duplicate comment”. Then, at other times, the page “refreshes” as if you just submitted your post, but the post does not ever show up at all. As if that isn’t enough, sometimes a person hasn’t posted for hours — yes hours, or even a whole day or more — and you get the message “You are posting too quickly. Slow down”, and so you can’t post then either. I realize that many here are not having these problems, but many are — come on, ABC you can stop, or fix, this BS. Please do so immediately.

Every politician knows their audience and Bloomberg’s is around 8 million. He believes the masses will buy his misinformation. He knows the Occupy Wall St. protests are not against the lower to middle income earning people. He is part of the Oligarchy and will say anything to make protesters look bad just like a dictator would.
I hope the protesters don’t give into the corporate and government sponsored implanted trouble makers. I had, what I believe to have been one approach me last week on the first day I was there. He could tell that I was new because I stayed on the outskirts with my political painting and he mentioned as much. He insulted me, called me a right wing Tea Party member. He cursed me and said that I should watch my back going as far as saying he was going to gather other protesters to physically assault me when I left. He even brought over another protester telling him I was a Tea Party member. I have read that this has happened throughout history. Fortunately an independent reporter noticed the guy harassing me and intervened. I ignored further threats and the man left. This all took place on the steps in front of the police 15 feet away Sept. 25

American government does not value the same ideals American people do. The only reason they would have us think so is so officials can become elected. If you believe for one minute this or any gov. is for the people you are sadly mistaken and naive. Its just that the US gov. has the best psychological scam to make people think all is well.

Look at how many turned out for the protests! So small! Embarrassing! Half of the American people are greedy, non-caring, war drummers who support hegemony and destruction in other countries for the sake of American comfort.

What ever happened to the American spirit? We have become so complacent and afraid to wield the power of the people for the sake of everyone. It brings tears to my eyes to see this happening in America. We are the leaders…..what are we doing?

Money Talks and the ones in power are listening…… Their heads on sticks is something that will wake them up!

POWER TO THE PEOPLE!!!

IF THEY START SHOOTING PROTESTERS, START STOCKPILING SUPPLIES.
THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF THE SECOND AMERICAN REVOLUTION.

I share the frustration and I work hard for nothing but the message of this group protest is lost on deaf ears. Wall street and Washington dont care and Money and politics go hand in hand, no matter if it’s far left ot far right, every leader is in someone elses pocket. The one being “protested” could care less if 700 people get arrested, or even if 700 got shot. Does anyone protesting expect sudden opportunities or handouts simply because things are unfair for us? Energy wasted..lots of media attention demanded..for what? to whine? I am in that 99 percent,no doubt but the protests seem staged by those who stand to benefit from a class war and this 99 percent does not speak for me. You would think if a few hundred people wanted to assume they were qualified to speak for all of us, they would’ve thought this out more. Sadly a group display of weakness not strength.

Class warfare has been going on forever. The only question is how badly the poor are losing.

A protest in the street is one idea, but personally my preferred method of protest is to hit employers directly. I refuse to work for employers that try to exploit me, contractually or monetarily. I’m unemployed and broke, of course, but it would work if everyone did it.

How about a country-wide strike? They can’t fire all of us.

I so agry that the government has to create more jobs for the people wo were laid off and unemployed peopl, but there is no need for vilence.

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