I'd be more hopeful if they were actually occupying Wall Street and in numbers sufficient to inconvenience the inhabitants.

Hippie Boogaloo.

This one has the potential to involve a lot of out of work veterans (due to drawdowns) and be more fun when the cops move in to break the protests up.

So wait, did part 1 even accomplish anything?

FTA: On any night in New York City, which remains a hub of the movement, a dozen working groups on issues like "food justice"

Oh, good, they'll catch the, uh, oh wait, I had something good for this...the..."Pita Predator".

...Sorry, let's just call it what it is: food rapist.

Meanwhile the super wealthy just bribe politicians for a preferential tax code.

Unless they organize and put forth a slate of candidates advocating social justice, I don't see what the point is.

Hahaha aww was it too cold this winter for their little cause?

Nadie_AZ: vernonFL: "I'm finally going to make it to the dentist next week," said Dorli Rainey, a Seattle activist. "I've had to cancel so many times. It's overwhelming."

White people problems.

I don't think I'd place a trip to the dentist as a white person problem.

Certainly not British people problems.

I like this sequel.

It will be like the SW prequels except eveyone will be Jar Jar Binks.

DarnoKonrad: Unless they organize and put forth a slate of candidates advocating social justice, I don't see what the point is.

Only if you consider the justice part of the definition to be unicorn farts.

ha-ha-guy: This one has the potential to involve a lot of out of work veterans (due to drawdowns) and be more fun when the cops move in to break the protests up.

More "fun."

Rolls eyes.

Darklemming: Hahaha aww was it too cold this winter for their little cause?

we actually have had a pretty mild winter this year, only had to plow the driveway twice this year, knock on wood.

bhcompy: derp

*shrugs*

FreakinB: LineNoise: On Again: I'd be more hopeful if they were actually occupying Wall Street and in numbers sufficient to inconvenience the inhabitants.

I went three months without being able to get falafel from my favorite guy. 3 farking months thanks to those jerks.

Sam's? I've only had it once but it's damn good.

Actual white people problems.

Headso: Darklemming: Hahaha aww was it too cold this winter for their little cause?

we actually have had a pretty mild winter this year, only had to plow the driveway twice this year, knock on wood.

Thats true. I'm thrilled I blew $700 on new skis for a winter with little snow.

ha-ha-guy: This one has the potential to involve a lot of out of work veterans (due to drawdowns) and be more fun when the cops move in to break the protests up.

Vets get a hiring preference on the civil service exams.

too bad they don't have enough time to rotate through the police academy before shooting protesters.

Over a period of 4 months or so a significant portion of the "protesters" may have been kicked out mom's house and had to get jobs to support themselves, or simply got jobs, fell in love, found a worthy cause, came to grips with the reality they are they're own worst enemy, or just plain grew up. The minority sane and mature 20% of the demonstrators have come to realize hanging out with that group of losers is no way to get a message out and expect to be taken seriously.

abhorrent1: So wait, did part 1 even accomplish anything?

It shifted the national dialogue from deficit to wealth disparity, and exposed even more ugliness from the Republicans on that front. So yes.

Did it accomplish wholesale change of the system? No, but Rome wasn't built in a day.

great.more stories in a couple of weeks of people crappin' in the steets, rape, and open drug use.

HeartBurnKid: abhorrent1: So wait, did part 1 even accomplish anything?

It shifted the national dialogue from deficit to wealth disparity, and exposed even more ugliness from the Republicans on that front. So yes.

Did it accomplish wholesale change of the system? No, but Rome wasn't built in a day.

The class war has been going on since the 1960s.

*yawn*

You would think these guys would have some sort of political ads on TV by now to get the message out.

aw, no, not this shiat again?

/can somebody cue the picture, please?

On Again: I'd be more hopeful if they were actually occupying Wall Street and in numbers sufficient to inconvenience the inhabitants.

And waste all that free riot gear and 20' range pepper spray? Wall St. knows the jig is up. That's why they're counting on the greed Über Alles fanbois, armchair stockbrokers and PR shills to successfully harrumph and "tut tut, hippies" them to the getaway car. You now. Suckers who think they're gonna get their bite of the grift when they finally board it all up and move the corner office to Bejing.

Well one of the three major complaints of OWS, was the problems with insider trading within the legislature. It's a huge problem and I believe that the size and scope of the STOCK act is a result of the OWSers bringing attention to the issue.

PowerSlacker: The class war has been going on since the 1960s.

more like the 80s

farking hell. Can't they just focus on the original goal? No, that would make too much sense, and it might work, and if it does they won't have anything to occupy their time.

dsriggs: YOU LOST

GO AWAY

Really? What did YOU win? Is it like a "Patriotic American plaque or some sh*t from China? : ) P.T. Barnum is blowing a dusty load into his burial suit watching this con come off.

They are just going to make a bigger fool of themselves.

abhorrent1: So wait, did part 1 even accomplish anything?

It kept some people busy that you don't want to leave alone unsupervised.

DarnoKonrad: bhcompy: derp

*shrugs*

Derp, eh? Your definition of justice is strange and unusual

Darklemming: Thats true. I'm thrilled I blew $700 on new skis for a winter with little snow.

white person's problem

Don't worry economic conservatives capitalism isn't in jeopardy as long as their socialism to bailout it. Also we spend way more on corporate welfare then all the so called entitlement programs combined times nearly two. But you know the free market. Except it's a lot freer for some people.

http://thinkbynumbers.org/blog/government-spending/corporate-welfare/ c orporate-welfare-statistics-vs-social-welfare-statistics/

/I'm sick to death of these corporate welfare queens who drive in Bugatti sport cars while young adults default on student loans because there are no jobs to be had.

Occupy 2: Winter's over!

Seriously, this is a warm weather phenomenon. Maybe they can get a Gatorade sponsorship for summer.

Headso: Meanwhile the super wealthy just bribe politicians for a preferential tax code.

This. But I heard some guy couldn't get his favorite falafel for three months!

Headso: Darklemming: Hahaha aww was it too cold this winter for their little cause?

we actually have had a pretty mild winter this year, only had to plow the driveway twice this year, knock on wood.

Darklemming's obvious troll aside, I have a theory that "protest season" is the same as the old-time "fighting/war season".

/remember, revolutions tend to happen in the summer

Sail The Wide Accountancy: Well one of the three major complaints of OWS, was the problems with insider trading within the legislature. It's a huge problem and I believe that the size and scope of the STOCK act is a result of the OWSers bringing attention to the issue.

That is utterly false. The entire attention on the issue was as the DIRECT result of a piece on 60 Minutes.

I suppose next we'll be hearing that OWS is responsible for the days getting longer too.

OWS is here to stay.

Get use to it whiners.

/ why would you ever expect to get the straight story about OWS from the NY Times ?