Declaration of Occupy Wall Street

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TheWriteAlex said:
I'm speaking on moral and ethical grounds, not U.S. legality, which is beside the point.
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We are supposed to be afforded the right to peaceful protest in this country. Constitutional rights are being violated left and right.

Someone is afraid, and it isn't the protestors.
 
jillio said:
We are supposed to be afforded the right to peaceful protest in this country. Constitutional rights are being violated left and right.

Someone is afraid, and it isn't the protestors.
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Exactly. I find it troubling that our Constitutional rights are being violated at will.
The 1% have quite a bit to lose and the 99% has a lot to gain if all goes well.
 
Jiro said:
do you realize that people who purposely antagonized police represents a very tiny percentage of entire OWS around the world? Do you realize that several police officers have been either suspended or placed under administrative leave for unlawful orders, excessive force, false arrest, etc.?
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Do you realize it is SOP to put a LEO on administrative leave pending an investigation if any force was used?
 
I went to Georgetown today to buy stuff so on way back to Gally, I saw many tents in McPherson Square with crowded of protesters.

I support OWS to speak out against on greedy corporation but they are really DIRTY for sure.
 
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Steinhauer said:
Do you realize it is SOP to put a LEO on administrative leave pending an investigation if any force was used?
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You've been spending too much time playing wanna be, Barney Fife.:laugh2: Now take that Cracker Jack prize sheriff's badge off.
 
Lasn, of Adbusters, has said the movement should repeat one simple demand: the need for "a Presidential Commission tasked with ending the influence money has over our representatives in Washington."

But is there any chance of that happening? Perhaps there is, as awareness grows.

A study on the widening income gap released in 2010 by Michael I. Norton and Dan Ariely showed that most Americans, regardless of income level, gender and age, had no idea just how concentrated the wealth distribution in the nation really is.

Well, in just two months, without leaders and without any specific demands, the Occupy Wall Street movement has been able to spur what's being called a "national conversation" about that issue and big money's control of government.

Occupy Wall Street protests changed the conversation » Columns » The Daily Star, Oneonta, NY - otsego county news, delaware county news, oneonta news, oneonta sports
 
jillio said:
Lasn, of Adbusters, has said the movement should repeat one simple demand: the need for "a Presidential Commission tasked with ending the influence money has over our representatives in Washington."

But is there any chance of that happening? Perhaps there is, as awareness grows.

A study on the widening income gap released in 2010 by Michael I. Norton and Dan Ariely showed that most Americans, regardless of income level, gender and age, had no idea just how concentrated the wealth distribution in the nation really is.

Well, in just two months, without leaders and without any specific demands, the Occupy Wall Street movement has been able to spur what's being called a "national conversation" about that issue and big money's control of government.

Occupy Wall Street protests changed the conversation » Columns » The Daily Star, Oneonta, NY - otsego county news, delaware county news, oneonta news, oneonta sports
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As far as I'm concerned those issues were way overdue for a discussion.
 
jillio said:
Yeah, someone told you that Coretta Scott King was supporting Cain, too, and you believed it.:laugh2:
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His number is (706) 769-3945

And no, I didn't believe Coretta Scott King "endorsed" Cain as I was in Atlanta when her funeral made national headlines ... :roll:
 
Steinhauer said:
His number is (706) 769-3945

And no, I didn't believe Coretta Scott King "endorsed" Cain as I was in Atlanta when her funeral made national headlines ... :roll:
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Your post tells another story.:laugh2:

You had to copy and paste the number of a web page? If you know him well enough to be discussing SOP and LET with him, why don't you know the number by heart...or at least have it programed into your phone? LOL
 
jillio said:
Your post tells another story.:laugh2:

You had to copy and paste the number of a web page? If you know him well enough to be discussing SOP and LET with him, why don't you know the number by heart...or at least have it programed into your phone? LOL
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First of all, I do not know him .. well. I have talked with him before. But, if you are hesistant to be proven wrong (and a liar) once again, perhaps I can ask him if he would kindly join in this discussion?

and just to point out that you are misrepresenting how forums work - let me make up a number and look how it formats:

(678) 678-6788

gee ... imagine that.
 
By and large, Occupy has been a peaceful affair. Certainly pepper-spraying protesters while they sit calmly in a row like this is a gross abuse of power. It should have our collective blood boiling, whether or not we even agree with the protesters themselves. What was meant to be a protest against economic equality quickly morphs into a protest against the police state.

And make no mistake, the powers of the police in this country have grown out of hand. I’ve written at length on the militarization of the police, of SWAT team abuses, and the way that the war on terror and the war on drugs have both contributed to what is really just a war on individual liberty. Occupy Wall Street may need to grow up and evolve, but a far greater and more pressing issue facing this country is what to do about the security state we’ve erected about us at the local, state, and federal level.

Police Response to Occupy Wall Street is Absurd - Forbes
 
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