I just saw the pictures from Romes version.

Not as nice as the Americans...:yeah:

They're kicking off in London too:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15322134

Its gone global.

The problem is not Wall Street, it's what they're allowed to do through government officials. Obama is the bail out king, maybe they should protest him.

That may yet come at the next election seeing how this issue is gathering momentum at such a rapid pace.

The problem is not any one politican or party - they all prop up the banks, Bush, Obama - the lot of them.
If we could simpley vote the bad guys out via our democracy - we would not be seeing these protests.
The Banks have created this mess, and our politicans have supported them.
What we are seeing now goes way WAY beyond the usual left vs right BS, that is just a silly side show.
This is the people vs bankers and a request to our leaders that they reconsider their priorities.

Agreed...and it may well be the perceived arrogance of some governments who appear not to be listening which will fan the flames of those who are protesting.

Serious to everyone? You have polled everyone?

I don't have a problem ignoring it.

I applaud their right to protest just like I applaud other people's right to ignore them.

I'm pretty much ambivalent to the OWS protesters. I will say that some storms you just have to ride out and a good portion of Washington is doing what they can (granted, it has its share of crooks); as for "austerity measures," more times than not the right decision isn't the popular decision.

I think the really awful thing is people like Glenn Beck associating them with Robespierre and Marat.

Right... a bunch of bong-smoking college students and granola girls in the shape of radical 18th century demagogues...

NO!!....it's now gone way beyond that.

This is turning globasl and the 'have nots' want a little of what the 'haves' have.

The working class (to coin a phrase) appear to have had enough of taking on the lions share of the economic burdon.

I'll get my coat.

This is definitely something that is not going to go away, particularly not in the age of the internet, people can get organised now on a global scale, not just in counties/states or villages. It's no longer a case of gathering supports from nearby towns, you can gather supporters from across the nation, from across the globe. Sure, it's not exactly a October Revolution, but it's a warning signal that those in power would do well to listen to.

Alas, I suspect they will continue ignoring it and thus the snowball will continue to roll down the snow covered hill...

I feel for you folks on the east side of the pond, you are in some dire straights, I see Rome is burning, and people have turn to violence instead of solution. This is what our government is waiting for, but a Kent state event hasn't arised, due to the absence of Tea Party partisapaicion, the Democrats have jumped the gun by showing some support to the occupiers, so it wouldn't do well by gunning down the only supporters they have. The Tea Party has done well, by avoiding this issue, we will do our protesting at the ballot box, which you euro folk don't have the luxury of, my prayers go out to you, and hope you fair well with this bump in the road. If you folks resort to violence they will destroy you, that's what they are waiting for, that's what they want. If you want to know who they are, they are the ones that wants God out of your life, and if they don't stand with Israel they don't stand with you.

<puts on a tin foil hat>

First it was Arab Spring, now it's Western Fall. This may be the beginning of the end. I say this jokingly, but, it's pretty clear that almost everyone in the world is pretty fed up with the way things are heading. I'm sure some are wondering if this really is the small beginning of something much larger.

<takes off the hat>

Crap, looks like the US spread its crapola around the world again. <bows and shakes head in shame> Is there anything else we can screw up from here?

To be followed by the Winter of our Discontent, Dismay and Dissolution.

And to make matters worse they cancelled the new Charlie's Angels. Those corporate scum. :damn:

They did? That's it! Time to bring back Madame Guillotine...

http://ms-brown.wikispaces.com/file/...guillotine.jpg