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Reporter confronts Michael Moore hypocrisy at Occupy event - YouTube
Good work by that reporter. Sad answer by Moore.
Good work by that reporter. Sad answer by Moore.
Occupy Wall Street Has Jumped the Shark | RedState
Occupy Wall Street Has Jumped the Shark
Like the writer, after some initial posts I sat out a few weeks to see if OWS could pull themselves into a legitimate political movement. Just hearing the spokesmen for Occupy Oakland talk prior to the events of Wed was enough to convince me the answer was no. The mainstream media can cheerlead and explain away only so much of this.
It's not just the violence and destruction of personal property that will disgust 99% of the 99%, but the Marxist rhetoric and sheer stupidity of so much of it:
Shock!! The Peoples Court found them guilty.
Too bad, we face some huge hurdles as a country. I too think the country is not headed in the right direction. I too would like to see the cozy relationship between government and corporations curtailed. We could use some fresh ideas.
Vandalism, Marxism and street theatre are not the solutions 99% of Americans are looking for however. Then again, maybe that's all the Left has to offer at this point. I'd love to be proven wrong on that point.
Take it easy on him, he just found an article he liked on one of his GOP websites and decided it fit his preconceived narrative well enough.Wow, generalize much? Anacharists do represent what OWS is about. The camps and marches have been peaceful for the most part except for Wed. in Oakland when a few anarchists ran away with it and got violent. Weren't you the one whose head exploded when people were accusing the TPer's as being racist becasue quite a few nut jobs joined the ranks with hateful signs of President Obama?
Is there truly no way that a centrist candidate/party that takes the best ideas from both the right and left make inroads in the U.S.? That really is the only way the U.S. can get itself out of this mess right now. Neither party seems to want to act with the best interests of all Americans in mind, and nothing will ever change for the better as long as that's the case.
Wow, generalize much? Anacharists do represent what OWS is about. The camps and marches have been peaceful for the most part except for Wed. in Oakland when a few anarchists ran away with it and got violent. Weren't you the one whose head exploded when people were accusing the TPer's as being racist becasue quite a few nut jobs joined the ranks with hateful signs of President Obama?
Why are more people not interested in Marxist or anti-capitalist economics?
Americans aren't interested in general strikes, blocked bridges and roads, Marxist or anti-capitalist economics, anonymous protesters wearing masks or scarves, contempt for police, 60's nostalgia, or the lawlessness of "occupying" something that isn't yours.
Aren't the Democrats basically centre-right in nature? They sure as hell ain't left from what I have seen.
In Europe, in some countries, Democrats are seen/perceptioned as right, and Republicans as exteme-right. Most policies chosen by american Democrat Party and respective politicians if they were implemented in european countries would be perceptioned by people here in Europe as right (even as extreme-right) policies.
It's all a question of political marketing. For example, most european parties called "Socialist Party" (or "Labourist Party") aren't socialist at all. Portuguese, Spanish, French, Slovenian, Greek "Socialist Party" are, most of all, parties of the Third Way and, in some cases, they're social-democrat parties.
In Portugal there's also a party called Social-Democrat Party, but I guess they have no idea that social-democracy is a center-left ideology and their party is a center-right party composed, not by social-democrats, but by Conservatives (in social way of living) and Liberalists (in economics).
Like Labour here under Tony Blair was pretty bang on centrist though they were the party of the left and unions etc, hence the branding of 'New Labour'. Now they are returning to their centre left fold.
When your continent's political parties are made up of Socialists, neo-Socialists, Social-democrats, Greens, anti-Capitalist, third way-ists, social-liberalists and Communists...
...I now understand why you consider the Tea Party crazy.
When did I say that?
There is noting enviable about US politics since the 2000 election. Especially not the choice between parties.Something I do admire about US politics is that your choice between parties is much more stark
This is as asinine as it gets.When your continent's political parties are made up of Socialists, neo-Socialists, Social-democrats, Greens, anti-Capitalist, third way-ists, social-liberalists and Communists...
...I now understand why you consider the Tea Party crazy.
what I really fail to understand is the unflinching adherence to the ideology, there aren't as many subtleties of opinion, it's your either for it or against America. I suppose I've only seen this in more recent years, where it appears the rhetoric has become more extreme.
When your continent's political parties are made up of Socialists, neo-Socialists, Social-democrats, Greens, anti-Capitalist, third way-ists, social-liberalists and Communists...
...I now understand why you consider the Tea Party crazy.