This is what Democracy Looks Like

[tvashtarkatena]

I'm trying to find the political agenda for the Occupy Wall Street movement. So far, nothing on the website. I know it's leaderless, but...it might be helpful to have some specific demands that can be acted upon by somebody somewhere...at least at some point.

 

The Arab Spring, in contrast, had one very specific demand: Leave, MFKR. Hence, it had specific goal that, once achieved, marked the end of the festivities.

[prole]

There's no one to make demands of. "Leave, MFKRS" works fine here as well.

[tvashtarkatena]

The Arabs said "Leave MFKR" (one specific person)...not plural. Makes it a bit clearer for all involved.

 

 

[prole]

"There is no way within American political system to vote against the interests of Goldman Sachs."

 

As good a starting point as any. The question we need to ask is whether the current political leadership has any legitimacy at all in terms of its capacity to represent the citizenry as a whole.

Edited October 11, 2011 by prole

[tvashtarkatena]

Actually, I've already found the OWS agenda, the original one, anyway, which consists of single demand.

 

 

 

[tvashtarkatena]

Can ya hear the Googling? Can ya hear it?

[prole]

You should take it to the next Party meeting.

[ivan]

 

The Arab Spring, in contrast, had one very specific demand: Leave, MFKR. Hence, it had specific goal that, once achieved, marked the end of the festivities.

one might say, as this week's egyptian clusterfuck shows, that having boiled everything down to one goal hardly ensured success in the long-term?

 

what should OWS' goal be? if the solution to the american problem was a simple one, it seems it woulda happened a long time ago.

[Crux]

 

 

 

[ivan]

 

let me screw the bull?

[prole]

Yeah, might as well be a reciprocal relationship...

[G-spotter]

"Hell no, we're not alright." -Chuck D

[Stefan]

"Vote with your money"

 

Oh wait. We already did that. And we continue to do that.

[billcoe]

Once they get the little guys, they'll be able to move onto the big guys. These bastards had the termidity to stop giving out free food and to actually ask for money. They need to learn, the movement don't need no stinkin' money!

 

 

http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2011/11/07/socal-street-cart-vendors-hurting-after-occupy-group-splatters-blood-urine/

 

 

...."Coffee cart owner Linda Jenson and hot dog cart operators Letty and Pete Soto said they initially provided free food and drink to demonstrators, but when they stopped, the protesters became violent. And according to one city councilman, bodily fluids were used in the attacks. “Both carts have had items stolen, have had their covers vandalized with markings and graffiti, as well as one of the carts had urine and blood splattered on it,” said Councilman Carl DeMaio...."

[prole]

Apparently you haven't spent much time in downtown LA. Desperate times, shit happens.

[ivan]

democracy looks like the food court at the mall - loud, chaotic, filled with nasty people and fucking screaming babies, and holy shit, watch out for yer pecker when you're in the bathroom!

[prole]

Run and hide in your little bunker, Bill. With your gold and coffee futures. We'll stay out here and keep working on shit for you.

[prole]

Gotta love how the self-styled Minuteman, the armed defender and the "first line of defense in the protection of our freedoms" in all the weeks of police abuse, thousands of arrests, hundreds of unlawful detentions, constant low-intensity warfare, and daily infringements of the rights to speech, assembly, and due process finally decides to weigh in about a fucking hot-dog cart getting tipped over. You are a clown.

[tvashtarkatena]

When you've got a ball bearing rolling around a colander for a brain, you never know which hole it'll get stuck in.

[KaskadskyjKozak]

Apparently you haven't spent much time in downtown LA. Desperate times, shit happens.

 

And how much time have you been spending in downtown LA, Prole?

[KaskadskyjKozak]

We'll stay out here and keep working on shit for you.

 

Funny, I never thought of whining incessantly on a climbing forum as "working on shit"...

 

[prole]

Apparently you haven't spent much time in downtown LA. Desperate times, shit happens.

 

And how much time have you been spending in downtown LA, Prole?

 

A fair bit, as a matter of fact.

[tvashtarkatena]

Apparently you haven't spent much time in downtown LA. Desperate times, shit happens.

 

And how much time have you been spending in downtown LA, Prole?

 

A fair bit, as a matter of fact.

 

And now this: Adventures Abroad with Billcoe.

 

Warning: This segment includes explicit use of ping pong balls and urine. Viewer discretion is advised.

[KaskadskyjKozak]

Apparently you haven't spent much time in downtown LA. Desperate times, shit happens.

 

And how much time have you been spending in downtown LA, Prole?

 

A fair bit, as a matter of fact.

 

Which In-N-Out are you working at?

Edited November 8, 2011 by KaskadskyjKozak

[j_b]

KKK doesn't dare showing his stripes by arguing for what he believes so trying to deride his opponents by cracking stupid jokes is all he got.