So in other words, plant matter?

Proving yet again that Boston is far superior to NYC.

A+ This is how you get your message across! As soon as you start fighting the police, your message gets lost!

Good on you and keep up the good, peaceful, fight!

from reading the quotes in TFA, I'm going with smarter.

you cant make a real statement if you just scream "YANKEES SUCK" all day

Cheers!

"We're not violent people. We're not rapists. We're not any of those things the attack ads are saying."

News reports are now "attack ads".

/Reality has an anti-OWS bias

FTFA: "We're not any of those things the attack ads are saying."

Wait... there are attack ads now? For a group of protesters? Maybe this thing is ruffling more feathers than I thought.

Essentially, do not taunt the dynamite monkey.

soy_bomb: "We're not violent people. We're not rapists. We're not any of those things the attack ads are saying."

News reports are now "attack ads".

/Reality has an anti-OWS bias

News reports are anti-OWS propaganda that are paid for by the heads of the media corporations that don't like the OWS message, so in a sense, they are attack ads. They're paid for messages against the group.

soy_bomb: News reports are now "attack ads".

They are when it's about a Republican, amirite?

/Stoopid Lamestream Mainstream Drive-by LSMSM Media Media.

This is why OWS is going to eventually win. Much better coordination between geographically disparate groups, and much more adaptive to change. They watch the police response in other cities and change their approach. Or have a different and more successful approach and other cities are watching, and will adapt themselves.

Soon OWS is going to turn into a movement with no locality, like Anonymous, but with less anonymous. Authority will claim victory, but will have lost control.

I wouldn't worry about it, Boston's not a big protest town.

squirrel_spam: A+ This is how you get your message across! As soon as you start openly fighting the police, your message gets lost!

Good on you and keep up the good, peaceful, fight!

Sneaky is the way to win.

FIFM

Way to not be a bunch of dick wipes.

Yesterday at 5 pm a bunch of jag weeds in downtown Houston decided to sit in traffic. I would have hit the gas and turned on the wipers.

jayhawk88: I wouldn't worry about it, Boston's not a big protest town.

Puppet Show
and
#OccupyBoston

Acquiescence to the police means not taking the bridge, which means that you have no balls. Unlike Dorli Rainey.

Meanwhile, in Seattle:

archichris: That is what I would assume given the intent of the march and the comments of the protesters, but construction, especially building bridges is hard work. They are not going to hire a college student with a degree in social services or health information technology to manage the project.

No, but they are going to hire a bunch of skilled labor, who are in turn going to spend their paychecks with someone who needs goods or services college graduates can provide. These hardhats will also be paying local state and federal taxes, which could be spent further improving infrastructure and creating jobs that will eventually "trickle up" to protestors.

Perhaps they're also interested in having a safe, reliable bridge to use to get to their namby-pamby college-boy jobs and back home again.

"a little bit lazy"

Dear Occupy Boston:
Every &%^^&^% person that drives over that bridge knows it is in poor condition. But thanks for restating the obvious and "raising awareness". Now go away.

s2s2s2: Cheers!

lol....i see what u did there.

cute.

Entheogenic: FTFA: "We're not any of those things the attack ads are saying."

Wait... there are attack ads now? For a group of protesters? Maybe this thing is ruffling more feathers than I thought.

There is a Rove-backed anti-Elizabeth Warren attack ads that uses violent protest imagery and OWS. Here is a crappy YouTube video of it. (new window)

archichris: dothemath: Way to not be a bunch of dick wipes.

Yesterday at 5 pm a bunch of jag weeds in downtown Houston decided to sit in traffic. I would have hit the gas and turned on the wipers.

One more reason to eliminate the morning commute, move downtown and Occupy a nice condo.

Meh.
I might if there was anything interesting DT.

The Astros suck ass and the bars are filled with D-Bags. Mais and Tacos A Go Go are the only good reasons to go DT. Oh and La Carafe.

Im occupying a little bungalow in the Heights. Much better.

elemenopy: dothemath Way to not be a bunch of dick wipes.

Yesterday at 5 pm a bunch of jag weeds in downtown Houston decided to sit in traffic. I would have hit the gas and turned on the wipers.

Boston blocked traffic at 5, too. They did a decently long march from Dewey up to the bridge, complete with a police escort, blocking traffic on Atlantic Avenue for quite some time.

Seeing all of the workers in other buildings across the road was amusing. We were all waving at each other.

And grumbling about OccupyBoston.

They may be smarter about non-violence, but they tend to antagonize the commuters, so they've lost almost every ounce of support they had.

/would be nice if they got up in the morning, too.

Idiots.
You know what its called when you victimize the citizens of a country in order to change the political leadership of that country?
Terrorism.

This is what standing up to the police and not backing down looks like, Boston (from Occupy PDX):

keylock71: The Boston and Providence Occupy folks have been handling things in an intelligent manner since the beginning.

It should be noted also that Boston is one of the only cities complying with court orders to let the protesters stay.

archichris: boobsrgood

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What's the purpose of this dude's sign? Is it supposed to be cool to be against the Occupy stuff or what? I mean, why the hell would he care what they're doing?

chascarrillo: This is what standing up to the police and not backing down looks like, Boston (from Occupy PDX):

Of course, you lost, and aren't occupying anything any more.

dothemath: elemenopy: dothemath Way to not be a bunch of dick wipes.

Yesterday at 5 pm a bunch of jag weeds in downtown Houston decided to sit in traffic. I would have hit the gas and turned on the wipers.

Boston blocked traffic at 5, too. They did a decently long march from Dewey up to the bridge, complete with a police escort, blocking traffic on Atlantic Avenue for quite some time.

Seeing all of the workers in other buildings across the road was amusing. We were all waving at each other.

And grumbling about OccupyBoston.

They may be smarter about non-violence, but they tend to antagonize the commuters, so they've lost almost every ounce of support they had.

/would be nice if they got up in the morning, too.

Idiots.
You know what its called when you victimize the citizens of a country in order to change the political leadership of that country?


The American Revolution?

"Protesters said the march was meant to draw attention to the nation's aging bridges and roadways, the need to fix them and the availability of unemployed labor, but the apparent inability of the government to put people to work."

I think the last time the protesters tried to cross that bridge they were told it might collapse under their weight, because it was in such bad shape. Which is their point exactly! Rebuild our crumbling infrastructure. We need a New New Deal.
The GOP will have nothing of it because they only care about making sure Obama doesn't get a 2nd term. The only "jobs plan" they will accept is deregulation and lower taxes for the rich, which will create a grand total of zero jobs and increase our deficit.

dryknife: "a little bit lazy"

That photo of Obama, JUST that photo, reminds me of this guy:



Not that the really look alike, just that Obama's expression reminds me of Gus explaining something important to Walter.

Can't wait until these deadbeats start putting together resumes.

Corporate Employer: "While we certainly appreciate your degree in management science -- very impressive 2.9 GPA by the way -- we're curious as to this eight month gap in your employment history. Would you mind telling us more about it?"

OWS Graduate: "Oh, it was incredible, I lived in a tent city and drank rainwater while protesting the greed of giant corporations."

Corporate Employer: "Well, you know that GlobalCorp is an international company with quarterly profits over 2.5 billion, right?"

OWS Graduate: "Believe me. I had to do some soul searching on that one. But as it turns out, that was just youthful indiscretion and I really didn't understand how the complexities of the global economy dwarf my individual wants and desires. I'm finished with that stuff now, and I would not only embrace an entry level position with GlobalCorp, I would smother my life with it, gladly. I mean just execute my free time with whatever you need from me."

Corporate Employer: "Wow, that's a little extreme. It's a demanding position, assistant shipping and receiving clerk, but nothing more than forty hours a week with two weeks paid vacation each year."

OWS Graduate: "Wait a minute... Do I have to punch a time clock?"

Corporate Employer: "Yes. It's part of our resource management and planning initiative to help us better manage our people."

OWS Graduate: "So you'll pretty much know if I'm here or not?"

Corporate Employer: "Well, yes, of course. Why wouldn't you be here?"

OWS Graduate: "BECAUSE THIS IS SOME KIND OF NAZI DEATH TRAP CONCENTRATION CAMP AND I'M NOT GOING TO LEND YOU CONTROL ME! My Dad was the vice president of sales at a very large telecommunications company when he retired. I'm used to a certain standard of living. And I refuse to let you abuse me just because you're a greedy, soulless, masochist. TO HELL WITH YOU!"

OWS attempts to storm out, opens the door to the broom closet, gets frustrated, slams door, stalks out.

Later, back at OWS Graduate's Parent's McMansion:

OWS Graduate's Mom: "How did the job interview go, sweetie?"

OWS Graduate: "Ugh, God, I did not get the feeling that they respected me. I had to wait in the waiting room with like five other people. They treated us like cattle or something."

OWS Graduate's Mom: "Oh, sweetie, I'm sorry. Do you want a pudding pop?"

OWS Graduate: "Yes. I do want a pudding pop. Can you wait like ten minutes? And then bring it down to the pool."

OWS Graduate's Mom: "Of course, sweet bear! Sounds like you had a rough day."

OWS Graduate: "Do you think dad will die soon? I could really use that inheritance money."

OWS Graduate's Mom: "Oh dear! You are just so funny. Your father is the picture of health."

OWS Graduate: "God damn it! Is the whole world against me?"