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Diavolo · 11-26-2011, 07:46 PM

Unless you make over $343k per year in the US, you are the 99%. Carrying the water for the billionaires is just the height of self loathing.

Change is messy. It doesn't happen overnight. I know the camps are working very hard at being neater and I know that the leadership of the camps are trying to keep the alcohol, drugs and weapons and violence out of the camps. For the most part, they are doing a good job. A couple of anecdotal stories here and there don't amount to much in the greater scheme of things.

You can't hold the camps to a higher standard than any other event, unless you're Fox.

Consider this knucklehead.

There is a lot at stake here. I'm sorry that it's inconvenient for a couple of you to walk around an encampment. Or maybe you have to go to another park. For me, it's damned inconvenient to pay 35% of my income in taxes while billionaires pay an average of 11%. Some pay zero. I'll step over, drive around and come back later in support of the Occupy protestors. They are fighting for me. And I will support small business because I am a small business too. If we support each other we will all thrive.

Ciaran, if you didn't lose your house, you partner, your dog and your job, all you lost was on paper and that just doesn't matter. Sorry. It doesn't. I've lost a several hundred thousand dollars, so what? I also lost my job, but I still have my house and my dogs so I consider myself one of the lucky ones.

In my line of work I've met people that are completely broken with no where to turn. Unless you've been on the front line in this country, you don't know. I met a woman last week who lost her job and her house. She has spent her remaining funds boarding her St. Bernard. She's out of money and has to find him a new home. She's sitting out front of the local grocery store with a rescue organization trying to find a good home for her dog. She's nearly 60 and has been couch surfing since she lost her home. Now she's losing her dog too. That is someone who has lost it all. That's who the Occupiers are fighting for and I wholeheartedly support them.

11-26-2011, 07:46 PM	#11
Diavolo Member How Do You Identify?: Butch Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Wine Cellar Posts: 163 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 130 Thanked 433 Times in 117 Posts Rep Power: 3304128	Unless you make over $343k per year in the US, you are the 99%. Carrying the water for the billionaires is just the height of self loathing. Change is messy. It doesn't happen overnight. I know the camps are working very hard at being neater and I know that the leadership of the camps are trying to keep the alcohol, drugs and weapons and violence out of the camps. For the most part, they are doing a good job. A couple of anecdotal stories here and there don't amount to much in the greater scheme of things. You can't hold the camps to a higher standard than any other event, unless you're Fox. Consider this knucklehead. There is a lot at stake here. I'm sorry that it's inconvenient for a couple of you to walk around an encampment. Or maybe you have to go to another park. For me, it's damned inconvenient to pay 35% of my income in taxes while billionaires pay an average of 11%. Some pay zero. I'll step over, drive around and come back later in support of the Occupy protestors. They are fighting for me. And I will support small business because I am a small business too. If we support each other we will all thrive. Ciaran, if you didn't lose your house, you partner, your dog and your job, all you lost was on paper and that just doesn't matter. Sorry. It doesn't. I've lost a several hundred thousand dollars, so what? I also lost my job, but I still have my house and my dogs so I consider myself one of the lucky ones. In my line of work I've met people that are completely broken with no where to turn. Unless you've been on the front line in this country, you don't know. I met a woman last week who lost her job and her house. She has spent her remaining funds boarding her St. Bernard. She's out of money and has to find him a new home. She's sitting out front of the local grocery store with a rescue organization trying to find a good home for her dog. She's nearly 60 and has been couch surfing since she lost her home. Now she's losing her dog too. That is someone who has lost it all. That's who the Occupiers are fighting for and I wholeheartedly support them.