October 03, 2011
BY TJ WINICK, ABC NEWS
They are hundreds strong, but the protesters calling themselves Occupy Wall Street claim to speak for millions.
"It's about democracy; it's about everyone here has a chance to speak and be heard," said Justin Brown of Brooklyn, who joined the protest a week ago.
Their causes include everything from global warming to gas prices to corporate greed, and the Occupy Wall Street website says organizers took their inspiration in part from the so-called Arab Spring demonstrations that have tried to bring democracy across the Arab world.
But while their message might be a tad muddled, all are united by their anger over what they say is a broken system, a system that serves the wealthy and powerful at the expense of the rest. Read more at abcnews.com.
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Left-wing protesters have occupied Wall St for about two weeks. There have been 1,000+ arrests, shutting down of bridges, an assault on a police officer, calls for violence by liberal celebrities such as Roseanne and Michael Moore and Van Jones….and other leftists like Russell Simmons and Susan Sarandon have lent their support. The very small band of radicals have cost NYC revenue and reputation. I’ve yet to see a critical report from the MSN on these protesters, despite their ridiculously unintelligent socialist manifesto, violent language and behavior and general lack of bathing.
Consider the fact that the MSN called the Tea Party violent racist rubes and did everything it could to marginalize and smear the limited government movement…yet I don’t recall a single arrest or act of civil disobedience among the thousands of Tea Parties across the country over the last several years. The MSN devoted resources into investigating Tea Party sugar daddies but have shown no interest in who’s funding Occupy Wall St…who want to radically transform the economic and social pillars of this country. The MSN, always looking to expose any hypocrisy in the Tea Party movement, hasn’t even noticed that the Occupy Wall St folks are decrying corporate greed while munching on Dunkin Donuts, sipping Starbucks lattes, and tweeting on iPhones. This is a case study in media bias. Read more at jedeckert.com.
Rush Limbaugh
A conservative vegetarian will eat his vegetables and leave you alone. A liberal vegetarian will eat his and then demand that you only eat vegetables, too. And this is one of the big differences between liberals and conservatives across the board
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