patrick.net

yeah, and they're latte sipping hyundai driving elitists with nothing better to do... Thats willful ignorance from you at this point, nothing more.

Bet you didn't know there was This is statement put out by the movement:

"As we gather together in solidarity to express a feeling of mass injustice, we must not lose sight of what brought us together. We write so that all people who feel wronged by the corporate forces of the world can know that we are your allies.

As one people, united, we acknowledge the reality: that the future of the human race requires the cooperation of its members; that our system must protect our rights, and upon corruption of that system, it is up to the individuals to protect their own rights, and those of their neighbors; that a democratic government derives its just power from the people, but corporations do not seek consent to extract wealth from the people and the Earth; and that no true democracy is attainable when the process is determined by economic power. We come to you at a time when corporations, which place profit over people, self-interest over justice, and oppression over equality, run our governments. We have peaceably assembled here, as is our right, to let these facts be known.

They have taken our houses through an illegal foreclosure process, despite not having the original mortgage.
They have taken bailouts from taxpayers with impunity, and continue to give Executives exorbitant bonuses.
They have perpetuated inequality and discrimination in the workplace based on age, the color of one’s skin, sex, gender identity and sexual orientation.
They have poisoned the food supply through negligence, and undermined the farming system through monopolization.
They have profited off of the torture, confinement, and cruel treatment of countless animals, and actively hide these practices.
They have continuously sought to strip employees of the right to negotiate for better pay and safer working conditions.
They have held students hostage with tens of thousands of dollars of debt on education, which is itself a human right.
They have consistently outsourced labor and used that outsourcing as leverage to cut workers’ healthcare and pay.
They have influenced the courts to achieve the same rights as people, with none of the culpability or responsibility.
They have spent millions of dollars on legal teams that look for ways to get them out of contracts in regards to health insurance.
They have sold our privacy as a commodity.
They have used the military and police force to prevent freedom of the press. They have deliberately declined to recall faulty products endangering lives in pursuit of profit.
They determine economic policy, despite the catastrophic failures their policies have produced and continue to produce.
They have donated large sums of money to politicians, who are responsible for regulating them.
They continue to block alternate forms of energy to keep us dependent on oil.
They continue to block generic forms of medicine that could save people’s lives or provide relief in order to protect investments that have already turned a substantial profit.
They have purposely covered up oil spills, accidents, faulty bookkeeping, and inactive ingredients in pursuit of profit.
They purposefully keep people misinformed and fearful through their control of the media.
They have accepted private contracts to murder prisoners even when presented with serious doubts about their guilt.
They have perpetuated colonialism at home and abroad. They have participated in the torture and murder of innocent civilians overseas.
They continue to create weapons of mass destruction in order to receive government contracts. *

To the people of the world,

We, the New York City General Assembly occupying Wall Street in Liberty Square, urge you to assert your power.

Exercise your right to peaceably assemble; occupy public space; create a process to address the problems we face, and generate solutions accessible to everyone.

To all communities that take action and form groups in the spirit of direct democracy, we offer support, documentation, and all of the resources at our disposal.

Join us and make your voices heard!

*These grievances are not all-inclusive."

kentm says

yeah, and they're latte sipping hyundai driving elitists with nothing better to do... Thats willful ignorance from you at this point, nothing more.

Bet you didn't know there was This is statement put out by the movement:

You mean by the Liberal Leftist media co-Opting the opportunity to ram Obama's shitty do nothing Jobs bill.

Pahleeeze!

I challenge you to find me a video clip of one single patchouli smelling neo hippy, articulating his stance as you've outlined above. Until then I'm standing firm on my assessment.

kentm says

Bet you didn't know there was This is statement put out by the movement:

Can't say that I knew there was an official movement statement. I read the statement, and my point is still valid. The list of grievances is very long, there no way in hell anyone is going to find a solution for any of them. If the movement concentrated on one of the grievances they would have a far better chance of pressuring the government to take action. Nothing is going to change, they were being written off as lazy hippies by everyone I talk to. They want something for nothing and do not want to pay for it is the general consensus I'm hearing.

The "They" statement in each of there grievances points to a completely different group of corporations. "They continue to block generic forms of medicine that could save people’s lives..." points to the big drug companies and "They continue to block alternate forms of energy to keep us dependent on oil." points at the oil companies. Neither one has the slightest influence on the others business. The protesters are coming across as a bunch of whiny complainers that are blaming the everyone else for there problems.

My statement stands. It's just noise. Unify your message and then perhaps something will change.

TechGromit says

Unify your message and then perhaps something will change.

Is the OC Wall Street being subverted by this group? Obviously someone spent some money for this spiffy web site...

http://www.walkforfarmanimals.org/

One never knows, do one...

Do we REALLY need to raise money to save farm animals when poverty is so rampant in this country? These are the kind of people at the Occupy Wall Street protests - same fruitcakes, different salad.

Anyone else fill with pride when reading the above statement? I replaced "They" with my name and pretended they were addressing me personally. It brought a tear to my eye. Me and my fellow gentlemen of stature and merit have accomplished so much!