#OccupyWallstreet

[Nebor]

Possibly Nebor, if you could honor us with that I am sure we can find several times when the search #'s dipped while combat was still chugging along....

You're confusing me with someone that cares about P&N.

 

[Ninjahedge]

Nah, it was an open request/suggestion.

I never nailed your "honor" to it....

 

[michal1980]

BTW, I guess the war in Iraq was almost over in 2006... I mean, there were so few searches on it and much less news coverage....

OWS supporters are making claims that the movement is growing and making a large difference.

A growing movement IMHO would have data that supports growing trends.

Polls showing someone agrees with an idea shows none of that. So while google trends is an imperfect measure of the growth of the movement. Its carries far more worth then a poll.


But again, you supporters have no problems with someone using a POLL number to show a growing movement.

 

[michal1980]

So you dont like google trends. Because you claim everyone that knows OWS has already found it.

Then explain page views

 

[Ns1]

So you dont like google trends. Because you claim everyone that knows OWS has already found it.

Then explain page views

seems to support declining interest...

 

[palehorse]

So you dont like google trends. Because you claim everyone that knows OWS has already found it.

Then explain page views

DOH!

Cue the "oh em gee, Google must have fixed the numbers because their CEOs are one-percenters!!!111" in 3... 2... 1...

 

[soundforbjt]

seems to support declining interest...

Or that is turning cold outside in alot of locations. :whiste:

 

[Ninjahedge]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=H8BHp7r8USg


Yep, they were a danger to us all..

 

[spidey07]

"peacefull" protest will be shut down in Portland.

Adams said most of the Occupy Portland protesters and their leaders have been communicative and cooperative with police and city officials but he will not wait until someone is killed by drugs or violence at the protest site to clear the parks.

Recent incidents at the Occupy Portland camps include attacks on media crews in the park, a rising crime rate, litter, drug use and issues with sewage and other sanitary conditions.

In the past few days, the balance has tipped: We have experienced two very serious drug overdoses, where individuals required immediate resuscitation in the camp. As has been widely reported, police have arrested a suspect in Tuesday night’s disturbing Molotov cocktail incident. Crime, especially reported assaults, has increased in the area in and around the camps. This is in addition to the health and sanitation issues that the camp’s close quarters have brought about.

Whole lotta herp in this derps face.

 

[monovillage]

I'm beginning to think that the worst punishment the OWS protesters will get is their self imposed punishment of living in their own camps.

 

[spidey07]

More deaths at occupy protests...

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/man-shot-killed-occupy-oakland-protest-camp-14930225#.Tr1zwXKc3IU

The Oakland killing is further straining relations between local officials and anti-Wall Street protesters. A preliminary investigation into the gunfire Thursday that left a man dead suggests it resulted from a fight between two groups of men at or near the camp on a plaza in front of Oakland's City Hall, police Chief Howard Jordan said.

 

[spidey07]

Zucatti protesters coming down with strange illness...is it the evil corporations poisoning these peaceful upstanding citizens or maybe the government?

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/loca...strators-Protesters-Illness-133669113.html?dr

Some protesters have refused free flu shots, citing a "government conspiracy," the Times said.

There is also the increased risk among the encampment of sexually transmitted diseases, said the doctor, Dr. Philip M. Tierno, Jr. of the NYU Langone Medical Center. And the site's pounding circles could lead to hearing damage.

Tierno compared conditions at the park to the pilgrimage to Mecca, in which entire groups of people have come down with respiratory infections in short period of time, and the communal compounds of the 1960s where sanitation problems and STDs cropped up.

 

[Doc Savage Fan]

Here's an interesting perspective.

A Day In The Life Of #OccupyWallStreet Protesters
http://www.breitbart.tv/our-new-hero-a-day-in-the-life-of-occupywallstreet-protester/

 

[AnonymouseUser]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=H8BHp7r8USg


Yep, they were a danger to us all..

Here's how the MSM describes the police brutality (emphasis mine):

Television news footage from outside the university's main administration building showed officers pulling people from the steps and nudging others with batons as the crowd chanted, "We are the 99 percent!" and "Stop Beating Students!"

Source

 

[airdata]

Here's an interesting perspective.

A Day In The Life Of #OccupyWallStreet Protesters
http://www.breitbart.tv/our-new-hero-a-day-in-the-life-of-occupywallstreet-protester/

Why is that an interesting perspective?

That's really the dumbest argument out there. Listing off the brand names and pretending people should stop using things they own is about the stupidest thing you could possibly come up with.

Look, our system is clearly broken. If you would rather pretend it's not.. fine. If you want to join the conversation, how about talking about the issues at hand.

If you don't want to have any part in talking about all of the things wrong w\ our system because you'd be siding w\ #occupy people.. just keep your comments to yourself.

It's really like the anti #marijuana crowd. All facts show that marijuana was made illegal through misinformation and propaganda. This is simply fact. You can go look it up. And yet people who don't know any better refuse to talk about any of that.

 

[Ninjahedge]

Air, lets not bring in the weed factor.

This discussion has little crossover and it will only lead OT.

i am not disagreeing with you, but bringing it up really does not do much good in this particular discussion!

 

[airdata]

ninjahedge : I was just bringing up the way people deal with issues. They ignore facts, ad hominem away, rinse, repeat.

The way the issues are is the same though. With marijuana legality, a simple debate would straighten everything out. Same w\ #occupy.

But guess what? You're not going to get a Ben Bernake to do a tell all about how the federal reserve is milking the american people. And you're not going to have any sitting politicians have an honest debate about marijuana legality because they'd have to legalize it.

 

[Doc Savage Fan]

Why is that an interesting perspective?

That's really the dumbest argument out there. Listing off the brand names and pretending people should stop using things they own is about the stupidest thing you could possibly come up with.

I find it ironic that people protesting evil corporations directly support them in most every facet of their lives. I suspect that this little tidbit of irony is lost on you.

Look, our system is clearly broken. If you would rather pretend it's not.. fine. If you want to join the conversation, how about talking about the issues at hand.

I agree that our system is broken...but the rub here is (1) why it's broken and (2) what needs to be done to fix it. #occupy fails to satisfactorily answer either question in my opinion. Perhaps you can shed some light on this.

If you don't want to have any part in talking about all of the things wrong w\ our system because you'd be siding w\ #occupy people.. just keep your comments to yourself.

If you don't want to have any part in talking about all of the things wrong w\ #occupy movement...perhaps you should just keep your comments to yourself. Deal?

It's really like the anti #marijuana crowd. All facts show that marijuana was made illegal through misinformation and propaganda. This is simply fact. You can go look it up. And yet people who don't know any better refuse to talk about any of that.

I refuse to talk about this. :biggrin:

 

[airdata]

I find it ironic that people protesting evil corporations directly support them in most every facet of their lives. I suspect that this little tidbit of irony is lost on you.

Pretending people should throw away their possessions to protest something that you agree is broken is pretty dumb.

Taking money out of politics sounds like a pretty good place to start to me. That deals with the problem of elected officials having conflict of interest and many other issues at the same time.

If you don't want to have any part in talking about all of the things wrong w\ #occupy movement...perhaps you should just keep your comments to yourself. Deal?

I speak about the issues #occupy was started to protest. At this point so many fringe groups are mixed in w\ the protesters that there is no 1 general message.

This of course makes much of the talk against #occupy a bit silly because for every person you make an example of, there are 10 people w\ different views.

 

[Doc Savage Fan]

I speak about the issues #occupy was started to protest. At this point so many fringe groups are mixed in w\ the protesters that there is no 1 general message.

This of course makes much of the talk against #occupy a bit silly because for every person you make an example of, there are 10 people w\ different views.

Lack of a coherent message makes the #occupy movement a bit silly as well.

 

[airdata]

Lack of a coherent message makes the #occupy movement a bit silly as well.

Hard to get so many thousands of pissed off people synced up I guess.

I've said many times before that a huge problem w\ #occupy is that people have used it as an excuse to air any and all grievances they have.

#occupy was started to protest the people in wallstreet who do what Madhoff did on a large scale. These people wrecked our economy and EVERYBODY knows it.

Stuff like this : "
Why is the Federal Reserve forking over $220 million in bailout money to the wives of two Morgan Stanley bigwigs?

Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/politic...hing-in-on-the-bailout-20110411#ixzz1dQy9wn2q
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So when I see people speak against #occupy, I have to assume that they are Pro financial fraud, pro police brutality, and pro bailout.

 

[Doc Savage Fan]

So when I see people speak against #occupy, I have to assume that they are Pro financial fraud, pro police brutality, and pro bailout.

Consider this...perhaps you assume wrongly. Just a thought.

 

[jackstar7]

Consider this...perhaps you assume wrongly. Just a thought.

You should take the next step and explain what other reasons someone might have.

Agoraphobics probably have a reason, too.

 

[Craig234]

More deaths at occupy protests...

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/man-shot-killed-occupy-oakland-protest-camp-14930225#.Tr1zwXKc3IU

Apparentyy having nothing to do with the protesters. After he was shot, the protesters linked arms to form a line to keep spectators away from the paramedics at the man.

 

[monovillage]

Apparentyy having nothing to do with the protesters. After he was shot, the protesters linked arms to form a line to keep spectators away from the paramedics at the man.

Nice to see they didn't break this paramedics leg.