O-Trap;946236 wrote:I don't think I've heard TOO many Congressional Republicans address them. What have they said?

I Wear Pants;946077 wrote:[video=youtube;QqNOPZLw03Q][/video]

The part here I find disturbing is when people go to help someone who has fallen down or injured themselves. And the damn police think it's a great idea to throw flashbangs into the crowd. Abhorrent.

Question: Did the Police deploy rubber bullets, flash-bang grenades?
Answer: No, the loud noised that were heard originated from M-80 explosives thrown at Police by protesters. In addition, Police fired approximately four bean bag rounds at protesters to stop them from throwing dangerous objects at the officers.

I Wear Pants;946263 wrote:What?

Footwedge;946268 wrote:For starters....

"A growing chorus of GOP leaning pundits and officials have stepped up their criticism of the “Occupy Wall Street” movement, which started in lower Manhattan and is spreading to other cities.House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) called the protests “mobs” who have pitted “Americans against Americans.” Presidential candidate Herman Cain was among the most caustic, stating that the protesters were “jealous Americans who play the victim card and want to take someone else’s Cadillac.”

http://www.duffysoapbox.com/?p=706

OTrap...seems to me you've missed the news this week. Sometimes that happens to everyone.

I Wear Pants;946193 wrote:Nice try to turn it into a "herp derp liberal media" thing, the media has been calling the OWS folks crazy, confused, etc.

Footwedge;946268 wrote:Presidential candidate Herman Cain was among the most caustic, stating that the protesters were “jealous Americans who play the victim card and want to take someone else’s Cadillac.”

Writerbuckeye;946406 wrote:Took me more than 10 years to pay off my loans, and it never entered my mind that someone should be responsible for MY debts. The whole entitlement-victim thing is one of the forces that fuel big government and have us heading for the abyss.

gut;946476 wrote:+1000. What's $10k to the billionaire? They have SOOOOOO much. The problem is, what makes you better or more deserving than me or the next person? $10k to the poorest 150M Americans would be $1.5T....the math doesn't work, not to mention $10k isn't going to do a whole lot for you (they would pay down some loans, maybe get a car, and then start crying for their next handout).

Student loan debt is interesting though. Outside of agreeing with it not being forgiveable because it's the taxpayer dime, why should the debt be otherwise different than other debts which can be discharged in bankruptcy? Problem is, most students don't have a credit history so I don't know how the free market would make college affordable for the deserving, although the free market would probably find a way (high school grades, test scores, choice of college and major). Complicated subject. I've said the govt shouldn't be in it, but there are certainly arguments for it. In the long-run, the effect of inflating tuition prices is probably costing all students more than would be the case with higher, non-subsidized interest rates.

Glory Days;946299 wrote:they are egging the police on hoping the police do things like this. look how many ran with the crowd with their cameras out etc. bet you if only one person or two went to help the fallen person, a flashbang wouldnt have been thrown. its nothing new, kent state was a great example.

Writerbuckeye;946337 wrote:I haven't seen one MSM report say any such thing about them. Not one. Got some links to video or news sites where they referred to the protesters this way?

Every news report I've seen on them has treated them as a legit protest group; there has been no focus on negative signs, negative sayings; nothing negative at all. And certainly nothing even close to the venom that was spewed toward Tea Party groups when they were gathered together.

Footwedge;946268 wrote:For starters....

"A growing chorus of GOP leaning pundits and officials have stepped up their criticism of the “Occupy Wall Street” movement, which started in lower Manhattan and is spreading to other cities.House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) called the protests “mobs” who have pitted “Americans against Americans.” Presidential candidate Herman Cain was among the most caustic, stating that the protesters were “jealous Americans who play the victim card and want to take someone else’s Cadillac.”

http://www.duffysoapbox.com/?p=706

OTrap...seems to me you've missed the news this week. Sometimes that happens to everyone.

Writerbuckeye;946406 wrote:Took me more than 10 years to pay off my loans, and it never entered my mind that someone should be responsible for MY debts.

Footwedge;946493 wrote:Your take on the cause and effects of federally finded tuitions costs and the unbelivable bubble that it has created absolutely shocks me. Why? Because it is the first time you've ever gotten one right. Your analysis is well thought out, and absolutely spot on.

fish82;946333 wrote:Mr. Blogger seems to have trouble differentiating between a "growing chorus" and well...two.

Love your "news" sources though...and FWIW, Cain is spot on.

gut;946520 wrote:No, I'm almost always right. You just don't know anything that isn't agreed with on left-wig blogs or discussed explicitly in Adam Smith's "Wealth of Nations". A more accurate statement (not that you've ever shown any inclination for such) would be you finally understand something about economics for once.

Footwedge;946525 wrote:LOL. I don't read left winged blogs...never have...don't need to. But again...congrats...you figured one out correctly for a change. Maybe you're starting to actually comprehend my words of wisdom.

majorspark;946362 wrote:Cain has most of these people pegged with that statement. They are not your Ron Paul type crowd. There are a few common issues but they are miles away from what Ron Paul stands for. They want to use the power of the government to take from the "rich" and give them what they believe they have a "right" to. Not a right to pursue on their own without interference from the government but a "right" that must be provided by the government.

Ron's son Rand sees this for what it is as well. He categorized them as a "French mob". You know what he meant by that.

gut;946529 wrote:LMAO...No, maybe you're just finally starting to read and understand some books post-Adam Smith and actually starting to get a clue. But you'd have to have that opinion of yourself to be constantly made the mental midget on this forum and keep coming back for more.

Footwedge;946530 wrote:Cain is a buffoon for casting all these people in a certain way. Period. As I just posted, most of these people are not anti capitalist per say. To think otherwise shows a total disregard in doing your homework on what they actually represent. Why are you unwilling to use your google button and use your own intellect? Isn't that why God gave you one?

Footwedge;946530 wrote:The prime purpose for their demonstration is that they are unhappy with the evergrowing gap between the wealthy and the non wealthy. It has been posted ad nauseum...the exponential increase of the top 1%, and the negative growth of those that fall in the 99% range. Is that healthy? Is that what you feel in your heart is fair?

Footwedge;946530 wrote:Well, as I just posted above, 35% of Republicans, and 67% of all Americans don't think that it is fair. So where do you allign yourself with? The supermajority...or the teeny weeny minority?

majorspark;946545 wrote:These clowns want something from others, their children and their grandchildren. I paid my student loan. I pay my mortgage. Lets really be fair and write every adult American a check for $100,000 and be done with it.

I Wear Pants;946502 wrote:You are blind.