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Oct 20, 2011 4:36 PM
I have a friend on Facebook who just posted a picture that is half people with guns and it says Armed Tea Party rally under it with the words: No police, no batons, no pepper spray, and no nets. The other half says Unarmed Occupy Wall Street protest with a guy getting lifted by 4 cops and under the pic it says: riot police, bludgeoning tools, weaponized tear gas, and blockades.

Wow.

Oh and he also was saying how the Tea Party gets much better coverage than the Wall Street people.
Oct 20, 2011 4:36pm
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Oct 20, 2011 4:51 PM
bigdaddy2003;939851 wrote:I have a friend on Facebook who just posted a picture that is half people with guns and it says Armed Tea Party rally under it with the words: No police, no batons, no pepper spray, and no nets. The other half says Unarmed Occupy Wall Street protest with a guy getting lifted by 4 cops and under the pic it says: riot police, bludgeoning tools, weaponized tear gas, and blockades.

Wow.

Oh and he also was saying how the Tea Party gets much better coverage than the Wall Street people.
Is he saying the occupy people need to be armed?
Oct 20, 2011 4:51pm
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Oct 20, 2011 4:55 PM
FatHobbit;939866 wrote:Is he saying the occupy people need to be armed?
I'm not sure what he is really trying to get at. I guess he thinks the cops are going up to the Wall Street people and harassing them for no reason and that they have to be peaceful people because they don't have weapons.
Oct 20, 2011 4:55pm
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Oct 20, 2011 4:59 PM
No weapons != No Violence
Weapons != Violence
Oct 20, 2011 4:59pm
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Oct 20, 2011 6:00 PM
O-Trap;939873 wrote:No weapons != No Violence
Weapons != Violence
The inverse of those is also true.
Oct 20, 2011 6:00pm
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Oct 20, 2011 6:16 PM
I Wear Pants;939931 wrote:The inverse of those is also true.
What do you mean?
Oct 20, 2011 6:16pm
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Oct 20, 2011 6:33 PM
O-Trap;939951 wrote:What do you mean?
Some people like to espouse the idea that people carrying guns actually decreases the occurrence of violence.

People having or not having guns on them isn't likely to be the main factor of whether or not a group is violent.

I wasn't disagreeing with you, merely adding something on. (Obviously in a very unclear way if you didn't understand it).
Oct 20, 2011 6:33pm
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Oct 21, 2011 5:32 PM
I Wear Pants;939978 wrote:Some people like to espouse the idea that people carrying guns actually decreases the occurrence of violence.
This is true. Thanks for noticing.
Oct 21, 2011 5:32pm
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Oct 21, 2011 6:38 PM
BGFalcons82;940926 wrote:This is true. Thanks for noticing.
I wasn't agreeing with it.
Oct 21, 2011 6:38pm
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Oct 22, 2011 1:39 PM
queencitybuckeye;939710 wrote:As a former member of the Republican Party, the post immediately above this is nonsense. Neither party is the least bit interested in cutting spending as each has sacred cows that absolutely must be sacrificed to accomplish the goal.
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O-Trap;939790 wrote:Then the true Conservatives need to stand behind a truly "conservative" candidate.
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bigdaddy2003;939851 wrote:I have a friend on Facebook who just posted a picture that is half people with guns and it says Armed Tea Party rally under it with the words: No police, no batons, no pepper spray, and no nets. The other half says Unarmed Occupy Wall Street protest with a guy getting lifted by 4 cops and under the pic it says: riot police, bludgeoning tools, weaponized tear gas, and blockades.

Wow.

Oh and he also was saying how the Tea Party gets much better coverage than the Wall Street people.
Not real sure what your friend is getting at. How do we know the authenticity of these photos? Pictures are not really worth a thousands words when taken out of context.
Oct 22, 2011 1:39pm
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Oct 22, 2011 10:10 PM
BGFalcons82;940926 wrote:This is true. Thanks for noticing.
Correlation does not prove causation, and I'm ALL for the 2nd Amendment.
Oct 22, 2011 10:10pm
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Oct 23, 2011 1:53 PM
These fools just don't get it. Their socialist utopia will go the way all others have throughout history. Wealth is controlled by the small ruling elite and what little is left is dolled out to the serfs. Greed is a human flaw. It will manifest itself in any human organization. Whether it be government, corporations, labor unions, and yes even the "Wall Street Occupiers".

Oh the irony.

Occupy Wall Street’s Finance Committee has nearly $500,000 in the bank, and donations continue to pour in -- but its reluctance to share the wealth with other protesters is fraying tempers.[LEFT]
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/they_want_lice_of_the_occu_pie_9xKCxcI4aectFYkafMb8UJ#ixzz1bd27Wq43
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Oct 23, 2011 1:53pm
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Oct 23, 2011 2:07 PM
Why the hell would the Mayor of New York give a damn about their books? What a bunch of dumbasses.
Oct 23, 2011 2:07pm
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Oct 23, 2011 3:19 PM
WebFire;942427 wrote:Why the hell would the Mayor of New York give a damn about their books?
You would be surprised what the Mayor of New York gives a damn about. Bloomberg gives a damn about how much salt people like on their food and how much sugar they like in their drinks. He might just want to get his hands on their books.
Oct 23, 2011 3:19pm
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Oct 23, 2011 3:24 PM
I'm a little confused as to why these people need donations and then to buy stuff to give to their "collective" in the first place. Don't many of these people have jobs and means? And if not, isn't the govt already giving them handouts via unemployment, welfare and the like?

So what it boils down to is this is just one big hippie-fest to get free shit?

But if you're a homeless person, this is a bonanza! Free food, free backpacks and free camping gear? They even do your laundry?
Oct 23, 2011 3:24pm
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Oct 23, 2011 4:10 PM
majorspark;942531 wrote:You would be surprised what the Mayor of New York gives a damn about. Bloomberg gives a damn about how much salt people like on their food and how much sugar they like in their drinks. He might just want to get his hands on their books.
Maybe I should rephrase...

Why the hell SHOULD the Mayor of New York give a damn about their books?
Oct 23, 2011 4:10pm
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Oct 23, 2011 4:13 PM
WebFire;942656 wrote:Maybe I should rephrase...

Why the hell SHOULD the Mayor of New York give a damn about their books?
tax reasons?
Oct 23, 2011 4:13pm
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Oct 23, 2011 6:18 PM
pmoney25;923635 wrote:A trillion is crazy , but I dont disagree with infrastructure spending.
I Wear Pants;923614 wrote:However I would support an increase in infrastructure spending as we're lagging behind in that.
Unless it's done in a sustainable manner (not really environmentally, but economically), it would be useless ultimately.
Oct 23, 2011 6:18pm
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Oct 25, 2011 4:37 AM
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-october-18-2011/scorn-in-the-u-s-a-


Any conservatives care to explain why the tone about how it's the duty of Americans to protest has radically changed to "we shouldn't be pitting Americans against each other"? Or is it just because conservatives think these people support different solutions than them?
Oct 25, 2011 4:37am
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Oct 25, 2011 4:46 AM
The more I watch Jon Stewart, the more I think he is a bigger douchebag than Keith Olbermann.

Nothing about that is even close to being funny, Jon Stewart needs clown-punched.
Oct 25, 2011 4:46am
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Oct 25, 2011 4:49 AM
Har dee har har, why do I make myself the bass player? Jon Stewart is as funny as cancer. The people have been awakened by your lack of humor.
Oct 25, 2011 4:49am
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Oct 25, 2011 4:52 AM
And sorority girls that won't have sex you because....

Jon Stewart needs to die in a fire, he's less funny than The Office season this year.
Oct 25, 2011 4:52am
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Oct 25, 2011 4:54 AM
And now he's doing "Your mom's so ugly" jokes?

Who watches this moron?
Oct 25, 2011 4:54am
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Oct 25, 2011 5:29 AM
I noticed you picked up on only the things that were silly comedy in the video and not, you know, the very valid arguments and examples of hypocrisy within the Republican party.

As for who watches him, a quick search told me that in May of this year he averaged 2.3 million viewers. So a lot of people.
Oct 25, 2011 5:29am