WTF? 99% my right cheek.

[roberth]

Those idiot protesters are making the erroneous claim that they speak for 300 million people. They are just a bunch of typical liberals who are trying to impose their empty feelings on the rest of us.

[BPTactical]

My question is: what is the band Phish doing now that their entire following is standing in the streets holding signs?
Herman Caine called it correctly: "Why are you protesting Wall Street when the real problem lies at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue?"

[alxone]

My question is: what is the band Phish doing now that their entire following is standing in the streets holding signs?

[DeusExMachina]

They are exercising their right to dissent, and they are upset that the people that put us into this recession were bailed out and rewarded. I don't see anything wrong with their protests.

[mevshooter]

They are exercising their right to dissent, and they are upset that the people that put us into this recession were bailed out and rewarded. I don't see anything wrong with their protests.

They are also complaining that they actually have to hold down jobs and pay back their student loans. I agree with the first part of what you are saying, but whining about basic responsibilities kills the entire thing for me. It's like going to Vegas, blowing all of your money, and then demanding that the casino pay you back, comp your room, and give you free passes to Blue Man Group.

It seems a bit ridiculous to me.

[stevelkinevil]

They are also complaining that they actually have to hold down jobs and pay back their student loans. I agree with the first part of what you are saying, but whining about basic responsibilities kills the entire thing for me. It's like going to Vegas, blowing all of your money, and then demanding that the casino pay you back, comp your room, and give you free passes to Blue Man Group.

It seems a bit ridiculous to me.

Oh you mean like the banks and big corps in this country did? Fortunately for them the government doesn't mind paying back the loses and comping their lifestyles as long as its our money!

[roberth]

I have no issue with the protesters until they block a public right of way or interfere with an individuals private business.

Oh you mean like the banks and big corps in this country did? Fortunately for them the government doesn't mind paying back the loses and comping their lifestyles as long as its our money!

Privatizing the gains and socializing the losses, that is what our government helped the big boys (Wall Street, GM, Chrysler, et al) do.

Moral equivalency is not the answer, just because the government did it for some folks doesn't mean the government should do it for everyone. 2 wrongs don't make a right.

The truth is that the government shouldn't have helped anyone. The government shouldn't be bailing out businesses nor should the government make any kind of loan to an individual.

[Elhuero]

They are exercising their right to dissent, and they are upset that the people that put us into this recession were bailed out and rewarded. I don't see anything wrong with their protests.

the bailouts were not a perk for fatcats or a payback for any back room deals. it was designed to keep the economy from crashing harder that it did, and causing a depression that would have made even more people lose their jobs.

it did not work, because you can not spend your way out of recession.

hence the herman cain quote.

look at their list of demands. these people are a communist insurrection, and they don't even realize it.

[roberth]

the bailouts were not a perk for fatcats or a payback for any back room deals. it was designed to keep the economy from crashing harder that it did, and causing a depression that would have made even more people lose their jobs.

it did not work, because you can not spend your way out of recession.

hence the herman cain quote.

look at their list of demands. these people are a communist insurrection, and they don't even realize it.

Useful idiots is the term that I would assign to them.

There is only one economic condition that can be shared by all people and that one condition is poverty.

[Elhuero]

Useful idiots is the term that I would assign to them.

yup, that's what lenin called them

There is only one economic condition that can be shared by all people and that one condition is poverty.

absolutely right.