I've had it on for about four hours now. It's pretty addictive.

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I'm on the instant message there.

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Great Thumbnail!

http://videosift.com/video/Occupy-Wall-Street-Livesream-by-The-Other-99

I'm on the instant message there.

In reply to this comment by geo321:
Great Thumbnail!

http://videosift.com/video/Occupy-Wall-Street-Livesream-by-The-Other-99

Great Thumbnail!

http://videosift.com/video/Occupy-Wall-Street-Livesream-by-The-Other-99

Few days ago I dropped by Occupy Seattle and dropped off like 15 Noam Chomsky books. Everybody who supports Occupy Wall Street should just do your bit...if you're curious just go ask what they need. It's usually something simply like plastic forks and paper plates.

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>> ^dystopianfuturetoday:

Yes, the classic Rove strategy of attacking a strength as if it were a weakness, which is a dangerous strategy when so much of the country is fed up with Wall Street. OWS is turning out to be a great wedge issue, putting the right in the position of having to defend the bloated and corrupt corporate state.


It's surprising how much this propaganda in the media is working though. I live in Seattle in more or less and Art commune area and there's so many really REALLY left wing people around me that don't like the OWS protests. They usually completely ignorant of what they're doing or why, and they're not even bothering to do any investigation. They usually just take one situation and grab hold of it like that is the entire crux of the movement.

One person I know hates the OWS movement because she saw a couple of them in line at Starbucks. I can't imagine the amount of brainwashing we have to undo in this country, I'm almost of the opinion that it can't be done.

Thank You very much.

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>> ^GenjiKilpatrick:

I think this is the stuff Occupy Wall Street should be attempting to change.
Also @NetRunner
This irrational system of outdated electors, general corruption and other loopholes that allow the 99% to get fucked over are why your "Vote Democrat! Democracy still works!" ..won't work anymore.
The machine is broke. Time for an upgrade!


You misunderstand my position.

I agree with you completely. My argument is "Vote Democrat, until we get an upgrade!"

I want a new Constitutional convention, and I'd love to see us get there without ever firing a shot. I just don't see that happening by the time the polls close tonight, or by the time the polls close on the 2012 election.

Fortunately it's not an either-or proposition. You can support forming a new system, while still making your voice heard within the existing one.

http://videosift.com/video/Herman-Cains-9-9-9-plan-Occupy-Wall-Street

@~1:15 "If you take a look at a wealthy person, ALL of the money that is earned... is ultimately going to be spent."

This trickles down how? Be either spending/investing in consumer goods or publicly traded ventures/securities? That's such a weak correlation and yet he makes it sound like it's a foregone conclusion. What about overseas tax shelters and foreign investments? What about the knee-jerk reaction of Wall Street investors to see stock and hold onto cash when the market dips? He does not provide a complete explanation.

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@~2:30 "That money is used to grow the economy, to produce goods, to provide services, to create jobs... they're not using it to benefit themselves, they're using it to benefit society."

Sarcasm -> So when rich people buy things, they aren't doing enjoying it. That's why we say "money can't buy happiness." When they buy that 12th sports car, they're taking on that hardship for their country. Weep. <- end sarcasm. The rest of us need to buy stuff too, and as wages for the middle and lower income majority stagnate or worse, the top tier has enjoyed a boom.
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@~4:10 "Any money that is diverted from savings [read as equities and bond investments in the domestic market] to government is money that would have been used to produce private sector jobs and grow the economy and instead the money goes to the government."

He states that liberals miss the bigger picture when they argue that the top should pay more taxes. He goes on here to describe the government is a black hole, where all taxes are simply wasted. What about social security, medicare and the damn debt? Honestly, it astounds me that he doesn't make the connection between the generally accepted idea that the debt needs to be paid but instead of taxing from more from the most successful individuals, he seems to side with the Republican fiscal policy of accomplishing this through budget cuts alone. This is a contributing factor to global perception America's quality of life: it doesn't even make the top 10 anymore in the Nation Ranking Quality of Life Index.

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@~10:30 "The protesters [OWS] should be protesting the White House. Capital Hill... That's what's failed them. It's not Captialism, but the lack of Capitalism."

So the government is too big, and we need to cut spending and stop over regulating so Capitalism can frolic freely in the forest. Sounds so me like hasty Obama blaming. I think the mortgage-backed securities practices and resulting global crisis are a perfect example of unfettered Capitalism at work. Republicans can't have it both ways, no matter how matter-of-fact you say it. This fallacy is a major sticking point for me and a major contributor to my personal ideological opposition to the Republican viewpoint. All allegations of racism aside, ignoring the shocking gun toting and violent rhetoric of hard-line Tea Party demonstrators, saving all the ridiculous comments made by the GOP candidates recently, I just see the party trying to hide their allegiance to corporations. They do this by forming ludicrous allusions to "the State-run death camps" and distracting people from the real issue of wealth disparity by talking about inflammatory topics like "Don't Ask Don't Tell."

I don't even blindly follow the Democratic dogma. They can't come out of this squeaky clean either. I'd wager they're just about as pampered and subsequently influenced by lobbyists as their Republican counterparts, although they seem to maintain their "just and true, pro-underdog" image to a large extent. I hope OWS results in the end of this corporate crony-ism.

I think this is the stuff Occupy Wall Street should be attempting to change.

Also @NetRunner

This irrational system of outdated electors, general corruption and other loopholes that allow the 99% to get fucked over are why your "Vote Democrat! Democracy still works!" ..won't work anymore.

The machine is broke. Time for an upgrade!

Tags for this video have been changed from 'Triumph the comic dog, Occupy Wall Street, Conan OBrien' to 'Triumph the insult comic dog, Occupy Wall Street, Conan OBrien' - edited by xxovercastxx

Hedges was arrested along with 15 other protesters following the “people’s trial” when they staged a sit-in outside the headquarters of Goldman Sachs.

The Gothamist reports:

Over a dozen Occupy Wall Street protesters were arrested today outside Goldman Sachs, where they had marched with 300 others after holding a mock trial of CEO Lloyd Blankfein. Among those arrested were performance artist gadfly Reverend Billy and author and columnist Chris Hedges, who is a senior fellow at The Nation Institute. Hedges and the Rev joined several others in a direct action protest outside the firm, sitting down on the sidewalk, linking arms, and refusing to leave. It seems clear the activists intended to be arrested; earlier today Reverend Billy tweeted, “I’ll spend the afternoon in a police van with Chris Hedges and come out ten times more READY for the miracle! Revolujah!”

http://youtu.be/MOiUOkNj0L4

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