September 17th, 2011

[Osmium Steele]

Are things about to get interesting?

US Day of Rage (http://usdayofrage.org/)

[Growler]

Nothing to see, move along. That's about all it'll amount to.

[Betonov]

Eh, day of rage. We have them every day :zzz:

[Oberon]

Nothing to see, move along. That's about all it'll amount to.

Agreed. Hot air, nothing more.

[AVGWarhawk]

A day for rage???? Has anyone driven the Baltimore beltway? It is a day of rage everyday!

[Osmium Steele]

Nothing to see, move along. That's about all it'll amount to.

I hope you are correct.

I have too much respect for the organization and rhetorical abilities of Stephen Lerner (SEIU) and Wade Rathke (ACORN) to discount it wholesale at this point.

I am almost ashamed to admit I am counting on the apathy of the american youth to make this thing a non-starter. If it comes off, and lasts until Monday, it'll become a problem, because by then, "#it'll be a party!"

[mookiemookie]

Now this is something I can get behind. I don't like living in a Corporatocracy. Why didn't we listen to Eisenhower?

[Growler]

I hope you are correct.

I have too much respect for the organization and rhetorical abilities of Stephen Lerner (SEIU) and Wade Rathke (ACORN) to discount it wholesale at this point.

I am almost ashamed to admit I am counting on the apathy of the american youth to make this thing a non-starter. If it comes off, and lasts until Monday, it'll become a problem, because by then, "#it'll be a party!"

Brother, me too. Baltimore's just this side of a free-fire zone as it is; I don't like my chances of getting out of there intact if this thing goes China Syndrome. Lock myself in Torsk and hope for the best.

[Rockstar]

RAGE PUPPIES ATTACK!

http://www.pollsb.com/photos/o/55384-puppy_feeling.jpg

[Oberon]

Wait...wait...Rage?

I've seen this film before:

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01384/28-days-later_1384603i.jpg

[Growler]

I'm guessing by the utter lack of burning things, that this was, like just about every other pseudo-organized attempt at getting Americans fired up, a colossal non-event?

[Torplexed]

Not so much as a hint of it in the morning news today. Day of Fizzle. :zzz:

[Oberon]

Maybe all the rage 'zombies' attacked and no-one noticed the change?

[Platapus]

So I am assuming this event got the participation it deserved?

[Sailor Steve]

Actually they trashed every major city in the western world. The commielibpinkoatheist news outlets just refused to print anything, and if you didn't notice it's because you've got your heads in the sand and your tails between your legs. :O:

[Oberon]

Actually they trashed every major city in the western world. The commielibpinkoatheist news outlets just refused to print anything, and if you didn't notice it's because you've got your heads in the sand and your tails between your legs. :O:

I can post this now and not need to self-moderate:

http://images.cheezburger.com/completestore/2010/3/25/129140251862864325.jpg

[MothBalls]

Are things about to get interesting?

US Day of Rage (http://usdayofrage.org/)Same BS, different day in the US. In America every day is a day of rage. Pick your poison, someone is mad about it.

[Sailor Steve]

Same BS, different day in the US. In America every day is a day of rage. Pick your poison, someone is mad about it.
How DARE you say that! That really ticks me off! :O:

[MothBalls]

How DARE you say that! That really ticks me off! :O:Take a number, get in line, add yourself to the list of people I pissed off today.:woot:

[Sailor Steve]

Take a number, get in line, add yourself to the list of people I pissed off today.:woot:
:rotfl2:

But I'm dangerous, because I actually like it. :D

[Oberon]

:rotfl2:

But I'm dangerous, because I actually like it. :D

http://jamiemulgrewatemynoseandstoleourcup.files.wordpres s.com/2011/09/dickemery.jpg

Ooh, you are awful...but I like you...

[Jimbuna]

LOL :DL

[Osmium Steele]

Love it. When the protesters began arriving, their main targets were blocked off by metal barricades manned by police lines. With designated protest areas clearly marked.

Perhaps posting your plans online months in advance is not the best tactic.

About 1000 protesters showed. Chicago 1969 it was not.

Glad to see.

[CaptainMattJ.]

IM AS MAD AS HELL, AND IM NOT GONNA TAKE THIS ANYMORE!

[/URL][URL]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WINDtlPXmmE&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K91WIBsKu_Y&feature=related)

[Osmium Steele]

They just will not go away. The numbers are down to a couple hundred hard-core marxists, but now they are getting union support (http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2011/09/transport_worke.php).

We spoke to TWU Local 100's spokesman Jim Gannon, who told us that the executive board voted unanimously last night at their regular monthly business meeting to support Occupy Wall Street. TWU Local 100 has 38,000 members, the vast majority of whom work in New York City transit. (TWU has 200,000 members in 22 states.) Gannon said, "A motion was brought up to endorse the protests' goals; I don't know why it took us so long to do it. Right now we're going to be involved in a march and rally on the 5th of October. We'll gather at City Hall at 4:30 and march to Zuccotti Park."

The first domino falls...

[mookiemookie]

If you believe this is a left vs right thing, you've completely missed the point. Try Libertarian:

http://www.zerohedge.com/contributed/wall-street-protest-growing

"hard core marxists" :roll: Tell Denninger he's a marxist. That should be good for a laugh.

[Osmium Steele]

So, Denninger jumped on a train aimed at his particular bogeymen. Big deal. I wouldn't put him on the political right anyway. He openly voted for Obama.

I do not think it is Left vs. Right, anyway. I WISH it were that simple.

This is Marxism vs. Capitalism. Rich vs. Poor. Class warfare. Rich corporations vs. the little guy... Yadda yadda... You may consider that left vs right, I do not.

There's nothing Libertarian about the founders of these protests; Wade Rathke and Stephen Lerner, nor about the rhetoric pouring from the front lines. The few DoR spokespeople aside.

All you need to see is the list of notables who have shown support by acually showing up at the park.

Noted Libertarians like Michael Moore, Susan Sarandon, Janeane Garofalo, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, Ward Churchill, etc.

Don't pee on my leg and tell me it's raining.

Shop your obfuscation elswhere.

[mookiemookie]

"There's class warfare, all right...but it's my class, the rich class, that's making war and we're winning." - Warren Buffett

http://i.imgur.com/kPX1k.png