"they tried co-op the movement, but they were co-opted.''

But, the preceding story was not based on any actual people or events, and any similarity to actual people or events was merely coincidental. Like that time where famous singer Jack Michaelson was molesting children

It was called: The Awful Truth and it played during 1999 and 2000. (I think the Bush Administration outlawed it).

God are these derelicts still trying to make everybody in the city as miserable as they are? Go occupy a job and stop interfering with other people's work. I give 0 farks for Law and Order, and even less for these occupy asshats.

AmazinTim: God are these derelicts still trying to make everybody in the city as miserable as they are? Go occupy a job and stop interfering with other people's work. I give 0 farks for Law and Order, and even less for these occupy asshats.

The bolded is what I have a problem with. Many parts of the country simply are not hiring. fark, in my town I had to hunt for a good 3 months, applying to EVERYTHING (Retail, restaurants, distribution centers, EVERYTHING) before I got my job as a sub-minimum wage contractor. But no, I'm sure if I just had some one tell me "Go occupy a job", one would have magically appeared.

/I get people coming in all the time asking if we're hiring
//we aren't
///business is so slow, we're probably going to have to shut down within a few months, depending on how busy we get over christmas

So it's this show from the other side:



/now with POV 3D Pepper Spraying!

Modguy: AmazinTim: God are these derelicts still trying to make everybody in the city as miserable as they are? Go occupy a job and stop interfering with other people's work. I give 0 farks for Law and Order, and even less for these occupy asshats.

The bolded is what I have a problem with. Many parts of the country simply are not hiring. fark, in my town I had to hunt for a good 3 months, applying to EVERYTHING (Retail, restaurants, distribution centers, EVERYTHING) before I got my job as a sub-minimum wage contractor. But no, I'm sure if I just had some one tell me "Go occupy a job", one would have magically appeared.

/I get people coming in all the time asking if we're hiring
//we aren't
///business is so slow, we're probably going to have to shut down within a few months, depending on how busy we get over christmas

I know that jobs are tough to come by, I graduated at the height of the recession and had to get real bootstrappy to get a job right out of school. I also had to take a job for real shiat pay and long hours in order to get into the industry I wanted to be in. I also know a few of these OWSers and they have a warped perception on what kind of jobs are available to them. Several quit jobs as waiters because it was below them and they were trying to find jobs as art gallery curators while they made their music. Seriously. It's like that scene in Christmas Vacation when Eddie's wife explains that he's been unemployed for 7 years because he's holding out for a management position. This attitude towards employment is purely anecdotal and doesn't apply to all of them, just the few I know. It becomes easy to read the hundreds of other anecdotes around here, and the stories that these OWSers post about themselves and their individual aversion to holding down a job and lump them all together.

Hello and welocme to Fox's Occupy 4 a Million. I'm John Talkinghead and with me is Bill Backmeup. All our contestants are ready to go and on that small platform. The last one still there will either get one million dollars or a Wall Street job. Looks like the contestants are ready to go. Here comes the pepper spray.

Bill Backmeup: You know pepper spray is a vegetable

And used in many fine kitchens for the spicy extra. Looks like we lost a few to the pepper spray. Note the smart ones are pushing in to the center of the platform and using the others for a human shield. Very smart.

BB: It's every one for themselves.

Cops are using the water cannon. A few more are getting knocked off. We'll be down to the final few in no time. Check out Contestant Wendy. She's a single mom from Cleavland with over $100,000 in student loans. Her company moved to China last year so she's been unemployed. The water cannon fellas are really hosing her down.

BB: Next time wear a bra. Or don't.

Looks like we're down to our last three contestants. Here come the blindfolded cops swinging in with the riot batons. Smashy smashy! Oh! Andy from Chicago takes a shot to the skull. He's down. And Kenny from San Diego. Got hit from behind. Looks like Wendy is our winner. Come on down to the winner's circle Wendy.

Looks like you were nearly washed up in the water cannon round. Are the pups alright? Great. Well, as the winner, you can either take a million dollars or accept a job on Wall Street. The Wall Street job could be a Financial Account Representative. That is a 1.5 million dollar a year job with twice a year bonuses and the company will subsidize your housing here in New York City. What do you choose?

Wendy is going to face the Wall Street Wheel job! Here is the wheel. There is that Financial Representative Job right there. We hope you get it. Lots of other jobs though. Give the wheel a big spin.

BB: Of course we didn't mention this part, lady. Just spin it.

Round and round it goes. Oh! You just missed that Financial Rep job. Bill tell her about her new job!

BB: You just got hired as a Data Control Clerk. Ever wondered who loads the office printers? Who distributes the reports and who carries back up tapes to the vault? We wonder no more. You do! This job is a Wall Street hot job with possible advancements in to Information Technology or Office Management but just don't count on it. It comes with Causal Fridays and yearly reviews. No raises though as most people leave this type of job in less than a year. Total value of this job is $22,500!

Well you won but you didn't win big. Good luck with that Data Control Job Wendy. This Fox's Occupy 4 A Million see you next week unless we get bumped by American Idol, X Factor, X Idol, American Factor or House in Space. Till then, Occupy!

bhcompy: Modguy: AmazinTim: God are these derelicts still trying to make everybody in the city as miserable as they are? Go occupy a job and stop interfering with other people's work. I give 0 farks for Law and Order, and even less for these occupy asshats.

The bolded is what I have a problem with. Many parts of the country simply are not hiring. fark, in my town I had to hunt for a good 3 months, applying to EVERYTHING (Retail, restaurants, distribution centers, EVERYTHING) before I got my job as a sub-minimum wage contractor. But no, I'm sure if I just had some one tell me "Go occupy a job", one would have magically appeared.

/I get people coming in all the time asking if we're hiring
//we aren't
///business is so slow, we're probably going to have to shut down within a few months, depending on how busy we get over christmas

In the Great Depression people moved to take work. You go where the jobs are. Sometimes necessity forces you out of your comfort zone. If my job is building widgets and all the widget manufacturers move to BFE, I'm going to move to BFE when I need a job building widgets.

/my company is hiring and has been for the past 6 months, the majority of candidates lie on their resume and/or show little aptitude to learning our proprietary application


Move? MOVE!? It would take me approximately 2 months to scrounge up for a car (Some beater below one grand), and still not able to pay insurance for said car. I'm living on a shoe string budget, and i'm an inch from disaster week to week.

AmazinTim: Modguy: AmazinTim: God are these derelicts still trying to make everybody in the city as miserable as they are? Go occupy a job and stop interfering with other people's work. I give 0 farks for Law and Order, and even less for these occupy asshats.

The bolded is what I have a problem with. Many parts of the country simply are not hiring. fark, in my town I had to hunt for a good 3 months, applying to EVERYTHING (Retail, restaurants, distribution centers, EVERYTHING) before I got my job as a sub-minimum wage contractor. But no, I'm sure if I just had some one tell me "Go occupy a job", one would have magically appeared.

/I get people coming in all the time asking if we're hiring
//we aren't
///business is so slow, we're probably going to have to shut down within a few months, depending on how busy we get over christmas

I know that jobs are tough to come by, I graduated at the height of the recession and had to get real bootstrappy to get a job right out of school. I also had to take a job for real shiat pay and long hours in order to get into the industry I wanted to be in. I also know a few of these OWSers and they have a warped perception on what kind of jobs are available to them. Several quit jobs as waiters because it was below them and they were trying to find jobs as art gallery curators while they made their music. Seriously. It's like that scene in Christmas Vacation when Eddie's wife explains that he's been unemployed for 7 years because he's holding out for a management position. This attitude towards employment is purely anecdotal and doesn't apply to all of them, just the few I know. It becomes easy to read the hundreds of other anecdotes around here, and the stories that these OWSers post about themselves and their individual aversion to holding down a job and lump them all together.

Alright, I can accept this. Thanks for the thoughtful reply.