OCCUPY WALL STREET - Spreading
VV97517
Posts: 35
All in all it's no one's fault. Excuses turn to carbon walls.
Blame it all on chemical intercourse.
The swallowed seas of arrogance breathing in the thoughts of ten
thousand fools defy irreverence
The full moon is dead skin. The one down here's wearing thin.
So set up the ten pins as the human tide rolls in.
Like a ball that's spinning.
Bombs dropping down overhead. On the ground.
It's instilled to want to live.
Bombs dropping down. Please forget our hometown in our insignificance.
"Turn the jukebox up," he said. Dancing in irreverence.
Plays C3. Let the song protest.
The plates begin to shift. Perfect lefts come rolling in.
I was alone and far away.. ..ay. When I heard the band start playing.
On a lip, late take off.
Bombs dropping down overhead. Underground.
It's instilled to want to live.
Bombs dropping down. Please forgive our hometown in our insignificance.
Feel like resonance of distance. In the blood the iron lies.
It's instilled to want to live.
Bombs dropping down. Please forget our hometown in our insignificance.
Oh, in our insignificance, oh.
Blame it all on chemical intercourse.
The swallowed seas of arrogance breathing in the thoughts of ten
thousand fools defy irreverence
The full moon is dead skin. The one down here's wearing thin.
So set up the ten pins as the human tide rolls in.
Like a ball that's spinning.
Bombs dropping down overhead. On the ground.
It's instilled to want to live.
Bombs dropping down. Please forget our hometown in our insignificance.
"Turn the jukebox up," he said. Dancing in irreverence.
Plays C3. Let the song protest.
The plates begin to shift. Perfect lefts come rolling in.
I was alone and far away.. ..ay. When I heard the band start playing.
On a lip, late take off.
Bombs dropping down overhead. Underground.
It's instilled to want to live.
Bombs dropping down. Please forgive our hometown in our insignificance.
Feel like resonance of distance. In the blood the iron lies.
It's instilled to want to live.
Bombs dropping down. Please forget our hometown in our insignificance.
Oh, in our insignificance, oh.
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Is this code about the white Backspacer vinyls??
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drsluggo wrote:Is this code about the white Backspacer vinyls??
No about the $70 2 and half disc blu-ray. Sorry. The world doesn't work the way you tell it to.0 -
I wish I could attend one of these protests but I live in Canada. Kick ass my fellow brave Americans and stay safe.0
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Ignorance is bliss friends.0
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VV97517 wrote:All in all it's no one's fault. Excuses turn to carbon walls.
Blame it all on chemical intercourse.
The swallowed seas of arrogance breathing in the thoughts of ten
thousand fools defy irreverence
The full moon is dead skin. The one down here's wearing thin.
So set up the ten pins as the human tide rolls in.
Like a ball that's spinning.
Bombs dropping down overhead. On the ground.
It's instilled to want to live.
Bombs dropping down. Please forget our hometown in our insignificance.
"Turn the jukebox up," he said. Dancing in irreverence.
Plays C3. Let the song protest.
The plates begin to shift. Perfect lefts come rolling in.
I was alone and far away.. ..ay. When I heard the band start playing.
On a lip, late take off.
Bombs dropping down overhead. Underground.
It's instilled to want to live.
Bombs dropping down. Please forgive our hometown in our insignificance.
Feel like resonance of distance. In the blood the iron lies.
It's instilled to want to live.
Bombs dropping down. Please forget our hometown in our insignificance.
Oh, in our insignificance, oh.
Wow, those lyrics read really well !0 -
This is a pretty amazing and dynamic occurrence and NO major media is covering this.
This weekend should be pretty telling in terms of the # of people that show up. Big marches are happening in a few major cities but NYC this weekend might be big.
I hope something comes of it but I have become skeptical and pessimistic in my old age. The media will ignore it because they are all funded with corporate $, this country needs MAJOR reform but I fear it will never happen and the divide between the wealthy 1% and the rest of us will just continue to grow.
Both side of the coin - Republicans and Democrats should be ashamed of the direction this country is moving in.0 -
These folks are doing nothing but hasseling middle class workers in the financial industry, the CEO's aren't being bothered. Now they're moving on to hasseling the NYPD, who have probably one of the hardest jobs anywhere. These folks need to get a life.Randalls Island New York 9/29/96 - Oakland Coliseum Oakland California 11/15/97 - MSG New York New York 09/10/98 - Key Arena Seattle Washington 11/05/00, 11/06/00 - PNC Bank Arts Center Holmdel New Jersey 7/14/03 - Tweeter Center Camden New Jersey 5/28/06, MSG New York New York 06/25/08, Spectrum Arena Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 10/27/090
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IF THEY get in my way again on monday..someone is getting slapped...bunch of dirty hippies
the wall st. honcho's are laughing at them from 5 blocks awayi post on the board of a band that doesn't exsist anymore .......i need my head examined.......0 -
These last few post shows the divide that we are facing.
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There does seem to be a lack of media coverage. I'm a stone's throw from NYC, and all I've heard is that some protesters were arrested and bridge traffic was disrupted.
My impression is that the protesters suffer from a lack of a clear purpose/ unified vision. Will they be able to make a difference? I don't know. I think our country should give some thought to how the ongoing economic problems are affecting young people -- no good can come from having twentysomethings persistently unemployed and/or underemployed.
A handful of people in this country control the money and the power; I doubt that they care about the protesters or about any of us. I'm lucky; my family is doing relatively well. On the other hand, our savings have been hammered yet again by the latest market downturn, and my husband and I are worrying that, despite saving and investing conscientiously, we will not be able to pay for college. We suspect that the bankers will receive their bonuses despite losing a big chunk of our savings again. :evil:All those who seek to destroy the liberties of a democratic nation ought to know that war is the surest and shortest means to accomplish it.0 -
curmudgeoness wrote:There does seem to be a lack of media coverage. I'm a stone's throw from NYC, and all I've heard is that some protesters were arrested and bridge traffic was disrupted.
My impression is that the protesters suffer from a lack of a clear purpose/ unified vision. Will they be able to make a difference? I don't know. I think our country should give some thought to how the ongoing economic problems are affecting young people -- no good can come from having twentysomethings persistently unemployed and/or underemployed.
A handful of people in this country control the money and the power; I doubt that they care about the protesters or about any of us. I'm lucky; my family is doing relatively well. On the other hand, our savings have been hammered yet again by the latest market downturn, and my husband and I are worrying that, despite saving and investing conscientiously, we will not be able to pay for college. We suspect that the bankers will receive their bonuses despite losing a big chunk of our savings again. :evil:
they are 5 blocks from wall st...all the billionaires are laughing at them ....while the average working guy like myself is getting his commute jammed up with these clownsi post on the board of a band that doesn't exsist anymore .......i need my head examined.......0 -
REALLY!?
These folks are trying to make a point here and all you can do is threaten to slap them and say nasty things... Pretty sad to me.
I know alot of folks - hard working folks at that - that have been going there on their days off work and joining the protests so they are not all "dirty hippies" as you so eloquently put it.
But hey, if you get off on doing nothing but complaining about people using their American right (one of the few truly powerful and real rights we have left) to protest the inequalities in this country then, hey, enjoy it... and if things don't change soon and our unemployment rate continues to rise and our national deficit continues to grow maybe those wall street folks will kick you a few bucks when you are begging for change in Times Square.neilybabes86 wrote:
they are 5 blocks from wall st...all the billionaires are laughing at them ....while the average working guy like myself is getting his commute jammed up with these clowns0 -
Do these people even have a common message? I've read articles where reporters ask them what they are protesting. Answers range from "greed", "the man", "wall st", "wars", "our system", etc...2003: San Antonio, Houston, Dallas, Seattle; 2005: Monterrey; 2006: Chicago 1 & 2, Grand Rapids, Cleveland, Detroit; 2008: West Palm Beach, Tampa; 2009: Austin, LA 3 & 4, San Diego; 2010: Kansas City, St. Louis, Columbus, Indianapolis; 2011: PJ20 1 & 2; 2012: Missoula; 2013: Dallas, Oklahoma City, Seattle; 2014: Tulsa; 2016: Columbia, New York City 1 & 2; 2018: London, Seattle 1 & 2; 2021: Ohana; 2022: Oklahoma City0
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neilybabes86 wrote:
they are 5 blocks from wall st...all the billionaires are laughing at them ....while the average working guy like myself is getting his commute jammed up with these clowns
They are laying their asses on the line for YOU and all you can do is complain about your minor inconvenience....unbelievable.0 -
Better Dan wrote:Do these people even have a common message? I've read articles where reporters ask them what they are protesting. Answers range from "greed", "the man", "wall st", "wars", "our system", etc...
Yes
Official Statement from Occupy Wall Street - this statement was voted on and approved by the general assembly of protesters at Liberty Square: Declaration of the Occupation of New York City
As we gather together in solidarity to express a feeling of mass injustice, we must not lose sight of what brought us together. We write so that all people who feel wronged by the corporate forces of the world can know that we are your allies.
As one people, united, we acknowledge the reality: that the future of the human race requires the cooperation of its members; that our system must protect our rights, and upon corruption of that system, it is up to the individuals to protect their own rights, and those of their neighbors; that a democratic government derives its just power from the people, but corporations do not seek consent to extract wealth from the people and the Earth; and that no true democracy is attainable when the process is determined by economic power. We come to you at a time when corporations, which place profit over people, self-interest over justice, and oppression over equality, run our governments. We have peaceably assembled here, as is our right, to let these facts be known.
They have taken our houses through an illegal foreclosure process, despite not having the original mortgage.
They have taken bailouts from taxpayers with impunity, and continue to give Executives exorbitant bonuses.
They have perpetuated inequality and discrimination in the workplace based on age, the color of one’s skin, sex, gender identity and sexual orientation.
They have poisoned the food supply through negligence, and undermined the farming system through monopolization.
They have profited off of the torture, confinement, and cruel treatment of countless nonhuman animals, and actively hide these practices.
They have continuously sought to strip employees of the right to negotiate for better pay and safer working conditions.
They have held students hostage with tens of thousands of dollars of debt on education, which is itself a human right.
They have consistently outsourced labor and used that outsourcing as leverage to cut workers’ healthcare and pay.
They have influenced the courts to achieve the same rights as people, with none of the culpability or responsibility.
They have spent millions of dollars on legal teams that look for ways to get them out of contracts in regards to health insurance.
They have sold our privacy as a commodity.
They have used the military and police force to prevent freedom of the press.
They have deliberately declined to recall faulty products endangering lives in pursuit of profit.
They determine economic policy, despite the catastrophic failures their policies have produced and continue to produce.
They have donated large sums of money to politicians supposed to be regulating them.
They continue to block alternate forms of energy to keep us dependent on oil.
They continue to block generic forms of medicine that could save people’s lives in order to protect investments that have already turned a substantive profit.
They have purposely covered up oil spills, accidents, faulty bookkeeping, and inactive ingredients in pursuit of profit.
They purposefully keep people misinformed and fearful through their control of the media.
They have accepted private contracts to murder prisoners even when presented with serious doubts about their guilt.
They have perpetuated colonialism at home and abroad.
They have participated in the torture and murder of innocent civilians overseas.
They continue to create weapons of mass destruction in order to receive government contracts.*
To the people of the world,
We, the New York City General Assembly occupying Wall Street in Liberty Square, urge you to assert your power.
Exercise your right to peaceably assemble; occupy public space; create a process to address the problems we face, and generate solutions accessible to everyone.
To all communities that take action and form groups in the spirit of direct democracy, we offer support, documentation, and all of the resources at our disposal.
Join us and make your voices heard!
*These grievances are not all-inclusive.0 -
blindmule wrote:REALLY!?
These folks are trying to make a point here and all you can do is threaten to slap them and say nasty things... Pretty sad to me.
I know alot of folks - hard working folks at that - that have been going there on their days off work and joining the protests so they are not all "dirty hippies" as you so eloquently put it.
But hey, if you get off on doing nothing but complaining about people using their American right (one of the few truly powerful and real rights we have left) to protest the inequalities in this country then, hey, enjoy it... and if things don't change soon and our unemployment rate continues to rise and our national deficit continues to grow maybe those wall street folks will kick you a few bucks when you are begging for change in Times Square.
they are accomplishing nothing.....they are too far away from wall st to begin with (the millionaires could care less what they are saying)
like i said they are just fucking the middle class working people like myself
so yes if they stick a sign in my face or start dancing around me to day while i wait for my bus....they are getting mushedi post on the board of a band that doesn't exsist anymore .......i need my head examined.......0 -
dignin wrote:
They are laying their asses on the line for YOU and all you can do is complain about your minor inconvenience....unbelievable.
nobody is paying attention to them...so why waste time and space
im fine..they can help others
the cops will continue to beat them and at this rate someone is gonna get severly hurti post on the board of a band that doesn't exsist anymore .......i need my head examined.......0 -
Any freedom or benefit that you currently enjoy in your life is do to some brave group of people in the past who stood up to corruption. Movements and social change take time, especially when you are fighting the violently powerful and corrupt, but demonstrations like this are the catalyst to change. It may take time but it will happen.0
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neilybabes86 wrote:like i said they are just fucking the middle class working people like myself
Yea, it's PROTESTERS fucking you over, not Wall Street.
Your attitude is part of the problem.San Jose 10/93, San Francisco 6/95, San Jose 11/95, St Louis 4/03, Columbus 5/10, MSGII 5/21/2010, Alpine Valley 09/03/2011 and 09/04/20110 -
these people are a bunch of fuckin losers. get out of my way and get a job you hobo hippe !0
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