Originally posted by rwingett http://www.flickr.com/photos/paintingdetroit/6245775176/in/photostream/lightbox/
In this photo, on the right side, toward the back of the crowd, there is a man in a Detroit Tiger cap holding up a small sign that says: WE ARE THE 99%. That's me.
Originally posted by twhitehead How did they get it in the first place? Why is the government, or whoever the squatting is supposedly targeting, to blame for poor personal financial planning?
I pay my rent and don't have a big screen tv.
You can buy a big screen TV for ten bucks on ebay.
Originally posted by rwingett http://www.flickr.com/photos/paintingdetroit/6245775176/in/photostream/lightbox/
In this photo, on the right side, toward the back of the crowd, there is a man in a Detroit Tiger cap holding up a small sign that says: WE ARE THE 99%. That's me.
I see you! I see you! You have a strange resemblance to Che Quevara.
Originally posted by no1marauder You do realize that there was this thing called the Great Recession and many people lost their jobs? Were people supposed to "plan" for the banks wrecking the economy?
Yes.
Besides, the banks did not wreck the economy. Peoples poor personal financial planning did.
The problem is that Americans deluded themselves into thinking that the 'great boom' was here to stay and thus, instead of saving up for a rainy day, they spent all their money and then some.
Originally posted by rwingett ...starts today. I'll be on my way downtown shortly to join the march to Grand Circus Park, which I guess we will be occupying. At least for a while. I'll try to not get pepper sprayed while there.
I urge everyone to take part and help 'occupy' whatever city you're from.
The Tea Party is comprised of brain-washed zombies who function as the cannon fodder of the mega-corporations and the elite 1%. I wish you well. We need a single-payer health care system, deconstruction of the military-industrial complex, the abandonment of militarism, proportional representation in a parliamentary system of government, taxation of activist churches, legalization of gay marriage and all "soft drugs," abolition of the death penalty, a progressive income tax with a top rate of 90%, a war crimes tribunal for the entire Bush administration, the shuttering of Gitmo, the repeal of the Patriot Acts and Military Commissions Acts, and many other things besides.
The road ahead is long, but I do believe we'll get there in time.
Are you suggesting that there are no homeless in Detroit? Or do they all sit around on the sidewalk watching cable on big screen TVs?
Perhaps some of the goodies should never have been purchased in order to have the rent money.
Just who is responsible for providing shelter for those who can't or won't provide for themselves? You think perhaps some of the "homeless" made bad decisions?
Originally posted by Soothfast The Tea Party is comprised of brain-washed zombies who function as the cannon fodder of the mega-corporations and the elite 1%. I wish you well. We need a single-payer health care system, deconstruction of the military-industrial complex, the abandonment of militarism, proportional representation in a parliamentary system of government, taxation of acti ...[text shortened]... other things besides.
The road ahead is long, but I do believe we'll get there in time.
Originally posted by no1marauder You do realize that there was this thing called the Great Recession and many people lost their jobs? Were people supposed to "plan" for the banks wrecking the economy?
15 Oct '11 14:01
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