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Well yeah, because you sympathize with OWS beetnemesis Send a noteboard - 22/11/2011 02:34:51 PM

The graphic made it seem like the two problems were equal, whereas I do not see a problem with expansive government power so much as excessive government neglect of laws against corporate exploitation it instead enables. It's like saying, "George Washington needs to understand that the REAL problem is not Benedict Arnolds treason or the British fighting the war, but our generals taking bribes to help the British." True as far as it goes, but the whole thing is the result of an enemy paying a supposed ally to ignore its duty and let said enemy exploit the power it already had, not the two of them empowering each other. Replacing the treacherous ally with a loyal one would solve that problem, but eliminating the allys position altogether would just give the enemy free rein to run amok.

The image said that OWS doesn't really mind expansive government, and that Tea Party doesn't mind expansive corporations, but they both agree that the current interaction between corporations and government is bad news.
I amuse myself.
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An Open Letter to All People with Nothing Better To Do - 20/11/2011 10:49:21 AM 2046 Views
Huzah! A man chooses and a slave obeys! *NM* - 20/11/2011 10:56:42 AM 683 Views
Yeah, 'cos YTs comments are all about disobedience, and the OWSers are all about submission. - 20/11/2011 12:24:36 PM 1179 Views
Actually, my comment are about taking responsibility for yourself. *NM* - 20/11/2011 05:48:33 PM 675 Views
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As usual you miss the point completely. *NM* - 20/11/2011 08:27:02 PM 674 Views
How much violence has there actually been? - 20/11/2011 12:35:54 PM 1172 Views
Re: How much violence has there actually been? - 20/11/2011 12:44:00 PM 1248 Views
Because it's easy. - 20/11/2011 12:49:02 PM 1144 Views
I think it's great that student loans can't be discharged in bankruptcy. - 20/11/2011 06:27:27 PM 1074 Views
Completely agree. *NM* - 20/11/2011 07:44:10 PM 741 Views
Asian parents have the right idea - 20/11/2011 08:49:39 PM 1186 Views
because that's not a huge generalization of an entire race... - 20/11/2011 09:05:26 PM 1122 Views
every pakistani, indian, viet, chinese, cambodian person I know (and thats a lot) .... - 20/11/2011 09:27:34 PM 1163 Views
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You has? Sorry...it was too good to pass up. *NM* - 20/11/2011 10:40:48 PM 617 Views
lol! oops! *edit* fail. *NM* - 20/11/2011 10:42:33 PM 630 Views
I understand that, and agree to a certain extent. - 20/11/2011 11:53:30 PM 1118 Views
Well... - 21/11/2011 05:39:09 AM 1108 Views
Hm. Those are all very sensible points. Food for thought. *NM* - 21/11/2011 06:06:24 AM 575 Views
To take it a step further - 21/11/2011 02:36:49 AM 1108 Views
I agree 100%. - 21/11/2011 05:41:40 AM 1024 Views
they are. - 21/11/2011 06:55:27 PM 1072 Views
HUZZAH! Very well said. - 20/11/2011 01:20:48 PM 1144 Views
I think people were jeering OWS for not being "focused" because there are so many damn problems - 20/11/2011 04:54:24 PM 1181 Views
Largely true, in many respects; again, the Tea Party had much the same problem for the same reasons. - 22/11/2011 12:26:29 AM 1253 Views
It is WEIRD when Ron Paul consistently comes off as the least insane GOP candidate - 22/11/2011 02:56:33 AM 1066 Views
Yeah, I recall that link, and still do not entirely agree with it. - 22/11/2011 04:16:13 AM 1038 Views
Well yeah, because you sympathize with OWS - 22/11/2011 02:34:51 PM 1115 Views
I would not go that far. - 23/11/2011 07:09:22 AM 1384 Views
"There are plenty of jobs and pay"... Do you read the news? *NM* - 20/11/2011 12:42:30 PM 633 Views
Yep, there are lots of jobs... - 20/11/2011 05:49:58 PM 1171 Views
there ARE plenty of jobs - 20/11/2011 06:14:30 PM 1198 Views
Excercise in creative thinking... - 20/11/2011 06:45:49 PM 1170 Views
Take an economics course. Learn about structural unemployment. - 20/11/2011 11:50:40 PM 1100 Views
*NM* - 21/11/2011 05:13:39 AM 623 Views
I'm sorry dude, but there ARE jobs. - 20/11/2011 07:21:21 PM 1159 Views
but what kind of jobs? - 20/11/2011 08:08:58 PM 991 Views
"My plastic surgeon" WTF Aisha - 20/11/2011 08:36:13 PM 1273 Views
Im a nurse - 20/11/2011 09:24:14 PM 1114 Views
I actually have a lot of respect for plastic surgeons outside pure cosmetics - 21/11/2011 01:02:59 AM 1168 Views
job that pay money - 20/11/2011 08:57:55 PM 1131 Views
lets face it. all the jobs you just mentioned are jobs illegals take - 20/11/2011 09:35:07 PM 1163 Views
Re: lets face it. all the jobs you just mentioned are jobs illegals take - 20/11/2011 10:29:16 PM 1068 Views
Re: lets face it. all the jobs you just mentioned are jobs illegals take - 21/11/2011 12:19:52 AM 1201 Views
That's a shitty situation - 21/11/2011 12:24:20 AM 1016 Views
While it is true that the plural of anecdote is not data... - 21/11/2011 12:34:35 AM 961 Views
no I realize that - 21/11/2011 12:57:06 AM 944 Views
First of all, I worked at a dairy and have a friend who busses tables. - 20/11/2011 10:32:39 PM 1097 Views
Thats a big problem, Aisha - 22/11/2011 06:42:18 AM 1032 Views
Not in Michigan. *NM* - 21/11/2011 05:11:40 AM 601 Views
...I feel like you've been getting all of your information from TV News. This isn't about bills. - 20/11/2011 04:35:13 PM 1166 Views
Better question is have you been to any of them? - 20/11/2011 06:42:02 PM 1212 Views
I may need to be more concise about something - 20/11/2011 06:53:58 PM 1149 Views
Re: Better question is have you been to any of them? - 20/11/2011 07:00:30 PM 1006 Views
Wait...you think there is a problem with courts treating corporations as persons? - 20/11/2011 08:33:43 PM 1066 Views
You know what he meant. - 20/11/2011 09:32:59 PM 1134 Views
Pretty sure the inception of corporations was not 1886. - 22/11/2011 05:45:31 AM 1101 Views
You do realize... - 22/11/2011 06:01:47 AM 1037 Views
Almost anything CAN happen. - 22/11/2011 07:43:31 AM 1114 Views
You're right. I will hand you your ass on this one. If you give me gloves before touching it. - 23/11/2011 02:26:35 PM 1126 Views
That looks a little shaky. - 23/11/2011 05:42:39 PM 1143 Views
Funny how once we as a society used protesting for non personal gain ... - 20/11/2011 08:49:37 PM 1179 Views
I love this post. *NM* - 20/11/2011 09:06:49 PM 615 Views
Good post - 20/11/2011 09:13:12 PM 1103 Views
Then why don't the unemployed ... - 20/11/2011 10:36:36 PM 1043 Views
The UN is clearly out of touch with reality. - 20/11/2011 10:44:44 PM 1127 Views
"There is no right to work"? - 22/11/2011 05:50:30 AM 1111 Views
Also, do you even have a job yet? *NM* - 22/11/2011 06:02:11 AM 592 Views
Ikke ennĂ¥. - 22/11/2011 07:28:27 AM 1154 Views
A simple no would suffice. *NM* - 22/11/2011 07:32:27 AM 643 Views
Well, that was little more than a simple no. - 22/11/2011 07:57:11 AM 1043 Views
So do you think there is no cause whatsoever for protest? - 21/11/2011 03:31:04 AM 1138 Views
Re: So do you think there is no cause whatsoever for protest? - 22/11/2011 04:15:30 AM 1115 Views
I am also not Dan. - 22/11/2011 06:08:06 AM 979 Views
Re: So do you think there is no cause whatsoever for protest? - 22/11/2011 06:47:25 AM 1170 Views
I don't think the protest is about being people feeling entitled - 22/11/2011 07:45:50 AM 1194 Views

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