make me some tea: What the hell is this guy doing in the GOP?

Trolling?

I think we should all discuss what Knucklehead wants to talk about and ignore the article all together.

1,2,3...go!

SkinnyHead: Da derp dee derp da teeteley derpee derpee dumb.

0/10. Needs way more hurr durr and a bit more herp to take the place off all that derpee derp.

serial_crusher: My facebook feed gets its RON PAUL spam and OWS spam mostly from the same people. What's RON PAUL's official stance on it?

I don't know, but I'd be willing to place money it has something to do with a gold standard.

Buddy Roemer? (peeks) Yep. He's been running on a platform of getting the money back out of politics. Granted, he doesn't seem inclined to talk about anything else.

Obviously a RINO, who cares about him?

I was wondering why so many people were tracking this guy on Americans Elect. I don't know much about him, but based just on this, I like him.

Sleeping Monkey: SkinnyHead: I heard liberals saying those things about Tea Party supporters. They said that people supporting Tea Party would be responsible for all the violence that was supposed to come from it. Turns out Tea Party supporters had nothing to worry about because there was no rioting or violence associated with Tea Party at all.

Well now the shoe is on the other foot, except that liberals really do have something to worry about. Unlike Tea Party, this radical Occupy movement that they've created really is disruptive and violent, and we can expect to see more of that to come.

That's because the Tea Party is made up of old white guys standing up for the status quo. And if you think the poor are disruptive and violent now, just wait another 10 years as republican policies increase income equality even more. At some point, pitchforks and rocks will be the only weapons the poor have to fight against interests of the rich. I think most people who are paying attention have seen this coming for some time.

They also forget that the Boston Tea Party involved a bunch of revolutionaries dressing up as Indians, illegally entering private property, and destroying millions of dollars of tea. Compared to that, the damage caused by the Occupiers has been pocket change.

Pretty good stream of the Patriots protest in NYC

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/11/17/watch-live-occupy-protesters-co n verge-on-ny-stock-exchange/

The Unions will be showing up at 5:00 PM

Go Union.

make me some tea: "These young people of Occupy Wall Street have my total support," he added. "I have walked among them and listened. I support, with my actions, their contention that something smells of corruption in America when the few who give large sums of money to politicians receive special favors in return, while the average citizen is foreclosed-on and forgotten. They are asking questions about injustice, and special-interest control, and institutional corruption that need to be asked, that must be asked in a nation headed in the wrong direction."

What the hell is this guy doing in the GOP?

Yea, there is a reason why he's not in the debates. Him and some other serious Republicans have just been blackballed, I'd hate to be a thinking conservative right now.

optimistic_cynic: make me some tea:
What the hell is this guy doing in the GOP?

I was wondering that too until I read that he was a D that switched; so he had some common sense prior to joining the GOP.

I don't know the first thing about Roemer but I generally don't trust southern Democrats who switch to the Republican party. Too much bad history there. Makes me think of Richard Shelby at best, Strom Thurmond at worst.

Buddy Roemer is the only Republican I could vote for based on his stances against neoliberalism. Which is rare for Democrats, and unheard of in the GOP.

Alphax: Buddy Roemer? (peeks) Yep. He's been running on a platform of getting the money back out of politics. Granted, he doesn't seem inclined to talk about anything else.

I'm ok with this. Thats probably at least a 4 year battle to make any real changes there and we probably do need to make major changes to the system before we can make any other real changes.

Soup4Bonnie: I think we should all discuss what Knucklehead wants to talk about and ignore the article all together.

1,2,3...go!

I mean, there's not much to say about the article other than holy shiat he's right and then make jokes about how being sane and giving a shiat about people and the constitution necessarily excludes him from the GOP.

"The mayor of New York City is standing on the wrong side of history. His actions in the midnight hours against the Occupy Wall Street protestors are unjust, uncalled for, and unconstitutional," said Roemer in a statement on Tuesday. "The First Amendment right of assembly and speech exists to protect America from this kind of government power abuse.

"His actions will be a stain on America's long history of peaceful assembly. I encourage Mayor Bloomberg to read a history book on America and he will see from the civil rights marches to the Vietnam protests, our young Americans have stood up to injustice and in the end were right in their action."

Yup. Agree or disagree with OWS, they have a farking right to assemble.

Grand_Moff_Joseph: Even though he hit this particular issue on the head, no one who served as a politician in Louisiana can or should ever be either trusted or given increased levels of power/authority. Whether Ds or Rs, those folks make Chicago look nice and friendly.

Normally, I would agree, but Roemer is the exception to that rule. He's arguably the most ethical politician Louisiana's had in recent memory.

SkinnyHead: Turns out Tea Party supporters had nothing to worry about because there was no rioting or violence associated with Tea Party at all.

Link (new window)

Not all of them are bagger related, but a lot of them are.

Sleeping Monkey: SkinnyHead: I heard liberals saying those things about Tea Party supporters. They said that people supporting Tea Party would be responsible for all the violence that was supposed to come from it. Turns out Tea Party supporters had nothing to worry about because there was no rioting or violence associated with Tea Party at all.

Well now the shoe is on the other foot, except that liberals really do have something to worry about. Unlike Tea Party, this radical Occupy movement that they've created really is disruptive and violent, and we can expect to see more of that to come.


That's because the Tea Party is made up of old white guys standing up for the status quo. And if you think the poor are disruptive and violent now, just wait another 10 years as republican policies increase income equality even more. At some point, pitchforks and rocks will be the only weapons the poor have to fight against interests of the rich. I think most people who are paying attention have seen this coming for some time.

Blah-blah-blah.

Quit your yapping, Socialist. America is a caste-apartheid system, as Jesus intended.

Is it Rick Santorum? I think everyone should google 'santorum' and find out.

The Republican primary race is starting to remind me of the 2003 California recall election where we had 135 candidates. It seems like just about anyone can claim right now to be a Republican candidate for president.

Alphax: Buddy Roemer? (peeks) Yep. He's been running on a platform of getting the money back out of politics. Granted, he doesn't seem inclined to talk about anything else.

Does he really need to? Big money is the biggest problem with our political system today. The government works almost entirely for the largest corporations and the most wealthy, and it will continue to until we break the cycle and force government to listen to we, the people.

Wendy's Chili: SkinnyHead: Turns out Tea Party supporters had nothing to worry about because there was no rioting or violence associated with Tea Party at all.

Link (new window)

Not all of them are bagger related, but a lot of them are.

Oh good gods I knew there were a few but that list goes on for days. Thanks for the link.

SkinnyHead: Sleeping Monkey: SkinnyHead: Well then Roemer can share the blame with democrat politicians for the rioting and violence that is to come.

I'm sure there was some douchebag saying the same thing to the Founding Fathers when they fought for what they knew was right. You, are that kind of douchebag.

I heard liberals saying those things about Tea Party supporters. They said that people supporting Tea Party would be responsible for all the violence that was supposed to come from it. Turns out Tea Party supporters had nothing to worry about because there was no rioting or violence associated with Tea Party at all.

Well now the shoe is on the other foot, except that liberals really do have something to worry about. Unlike Tea Party, this radical Occupy movement that they've created really is disruptive and violent, and we can expect to see more of that to come.

Skinnyhead, to add to what Sleeping monkey said, you are the sort of person that , had you been alive in 1776, would have had a picture of King George on the wall and would have been informing on his neighbors to the Redcoats.

The Redcoats would have thanked you and paid you for it, but they'd have loathed you, too, for being the sort of person who works against his own interests and those of his fellows.

Bob16: Pretty good stream of the Patriots protest in NYC

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/11/17/watch-live-occupy-protesters-co n verge-on-ny-stock-exchange/

The Unions will be showing up at 5:00 PM

Go Union.

It must be bad out there when people are protesting the Patriots. It is not like they are as terrible as the Colts nor as dirty playing as the Steelers.

SkinnyHead: Well then Roemer can share the blame with democrat politicians for the rioting and violence that is to come.

He can share it with all the politicians who have allowed the wealth and power to be concentrated in our modern plutocracy. The Tea Party was step one, we see that didn't work. Occupy was step two, we are witnessing the dismantling of that. If rioting and violence happen it will be because those at the top didn't see the obvious outrage of their citizens and make reforms to reduce the inequity of power and wealth in society.

And people like you who do nothing but laugh will also share in the blame.

Yeah, and Buddy ought to pick up a volume or two of the United Staes Supreme court reports.

All public speech, symbolic or otherwise, is subject to reasonable restrictions on the time, place, and manner of expression. Clark v. Community for Creative Non-Violence, 468 U.S. 288, 293, 104 S.Ct. 3065, 3068, 82 L.Ed.2d 221 (1984). Time, place, and manner restrictions "are valid provided that they are justified without reference to the content of the regulated speech, that they are narrowly tailored to serve a significant governmental interest, and that they leave open ample alternative channels for communication of the information." Id. at 293, 104 S.Ct. at 3069, see also, United States v. O'Brien, 391 U.S. 367, 377, 88 S.Ct. 1673, 1679, 20 L.Ed.2d 672 (1968).

SkinnyHead: Well then RoemerJefferson can share the blame with democrat politicianstreasonous colonial revolutionaries for the rioting and violence that is to come.

Oh sorry, this isn't the late 18th century anymore, I got confused by your royalist arguments...

Harvey Manfrenjensenjen: Gary Johnson did it first.

Another serious candidate with a history of being loved by his constituency and yet blackballed from the debates. Unbelievable. Is the Republican party trying to loose, I mean seriously.

Zombie Butler: Harvey Manfrenjensenjen: Gary Johnson did it first.

Another serious candidate with a history of being loved by his constituency and yet blackballed from the debates. Unbelievable. Is the Republican party trying to loose, I mean seriously.

Better to lose than to show that non-crazy ideas may be popular.

SkinnyHead: violence associated with Tea Party at all.

Yeah, let's ignore the attempt to use ricin on American civilians or the shootings of churches and police officers, or the attempt to cut a Congressman's power lines, or the vandalism when bricks were thrown through offices.
By all means come out against violence, but kindly don't lie, troll.

Serious Black: Sleeping Monkey: SkinnyHead: I heard liberals saying those things about Tea Party supporters. They said that people supporting Tea Party would be responsible for all the violence that was supposed to come from it. Turns out Tea Party supporters had nothing to worry about because there was no rioting or violence associated with Tea Party at all.

Well now the shoe is on the other foot, except that liberals really do have something to worry about. Unlike Tea Party, this radical Occupy movement that they've created really is disruptive and violent, and we can expect to see more of that to come.

That's because the Tea Party is made up of old white guys standing up for the status quo. And if you think the poor are disruptive and violent now, just wait another 10 years as republican policies increase income equality even more. At some point, pitchforks and rocks will be the only weapons the poor have to fight against interests of the rich. I think most people who are paying attention have seen this coming for some time.

They also forget that the Boston Tea Party involved a bunch of revolutionaries dressing up as Indians, illegally entering private property, and destroying millions of dollars of tea. Compared to that, the damage caused by the Occupiers has been pocket change.

So compared to the acts that led up to the revolutionary war this protest isn't so destructive.

Um . . . ok . . .

Was the goal to initiate another war (a literal one, not some figurative "ideological war")?

If not how do you compare the two? If so, well that kinda argues against the whole 'non-violent thing'.

/the kids are probably breaking the law and causing property damage. But I think it would have been in the best interest of everyone to just overlook that and let winter/lice clear them out gradually and peacefully.

//also given that the majority voted for Obama (the current status quo) how are these people standing up to the status quo? Unless they're going to turn around and vote for the minority party, which seems unlikely.

Falcc: Better to lose loose than to show that non-crazy ideas may be popular.

pet peeve

/j/k

Alphax: He's been running on a platform of getting the money back out of politics.

It's the first step I wish every candidate was on.

Would you like to know more?

Correction, subtard- GOP candidate most republicans have never heard of. I have heard of him because I watch things other than Fox News.

Zombie Butler: make me some tea: "These young people of Occupy Wall Street have my total support," he added. "I have walked among them and listened. I support, with my actions, their contention that something smells of corruption in America when the few who give large sums of money to politicians receive special favors in return, while the average citizen is foreclosed-on and forgotten. They are asking questions about injustice, and special-interest control, and institutional corruption that need to be asked, that must be asked in a nation headed in the wrong direction."

What the hell is this guy doing in the GOP?

Yea, there is a reason why he's not in the debates. Him and some other serious Republicans have just been blackballed, I'd hate to be a thinking conservative right now.

Yes we thinking GOPers are pretty self loathing right now. Our champions, Gary Johnson, Jon Huntsman and to some extend Roemer just make too much sence to get the nomination. We the thinking GOP secretly hope the party gets crushed next year so that the teatards finaly see that when their derp goes national it is rejected wholesale. 2016 will be an interesting year. Hopefully the party is done prostituting itself out to retards by then.

http://www.ustream.tv/theother99#utm_campaign=synclickback&source=http ://occupywallst.org/&medium=9488285
All Americans should be watching this right now, and shame on Fark for not having a link up

serial_crusher: My facebook feed gets its RON PAUL spam and OWS spam mostly from the same people. What's RON PAUL's official stance on it?

He supports it.

make me some tea: "These young people of Occupy Wall Street have my total support," he added. "I have walked among them and listened. I support, with my actions, their contention that something smells of corruption in America when the few who give large sums of money to politicians receive special favors in return, while the average citizen is foreclosed-on and forgotten. They are asking questions about injustice, and special-interest control, and institutional corruption that need to be asked, that must be asked in a nation headed in the wrong direction."

What the hell is this guy doing in the GOP?

The same thing that Huntsman and any other moderate conversative are doing in the GOP. Hanging on for old-times' sake without realizing that, as Reagan said, "the party has left them."