WE are not Left.
WE are not Right.
WE are the 99%.
and WE will prevail.We will come together as one on Saturday October 8th at 12 noon on Veterans Memorial Plaza in downtown Indy for a General Assembly of the people of Indianapolis.
Yeah, whatever. This whole thing is on a level of retardation not seen since…..well, this
Anywho, I noticed at Ace yesterday that Drew had put up the braintrusts’ demands. Or maybe it was this one asshat. Either way, since they have no leaders, I’m assuming this joker represents the collective will of these potheads. So, let’s look at their demands….
Demand one: Restoration of the living wage. This demand can only be met by ending “Freetrade” by re-imposing trade tariffs on all imported goods entering the American market to level the playing field for domestic family farming and domestic manufacturing as most nations that are dumping cheap products onto the American market have radical wage and environmental regulation advantages. Another policy that must be instituted is raise the minimum wage to twenty dollars an hr.
Yeah, their big plan is Tariffs. The logic of having open borders and tariffs is as nonsensical as it comes, but what do you expect. OK, so now your McDonald’s drive thru is run by some idiot making $20 an hour. How much will your burger now cost? Mind you the 1% don’t usually go to McD’s, they go somewhere that folks already make $20. And those cheap products….yeah, they go to people like me with no fuggin money. Demand 1: Rosie O’Donnell level retardation.
Demand two: Institute a universal single payer healthcare system. To do this all private insurers must be banned from the healthcare market as their only effect on the health of patients is to take money away from doctors, nurses and hospitals preventing them from doing their jobs and hand that money to wall st. investors.
Um, yeah, this has worked great in Cuba and Venezueala hasn’t it? I mean, when deciding which country I want to have my surgeries in, I almost always go to third world shitholes that do this, so why wouldn’t it work here? Demand 2: Rosie O’Donnell level retardation.
Demand three: Guaranteed living wage income regardless of employment.
Why the hell would anyone work then? Under their theory then I can quit my job and play WoW all day? Then why the eff wouldn’t everyone do that?
Demand four: Free college education.
Um, how does that solve anything? With all the people now not bothering to work, how are you going to pay for it? And why would anyone want to go to college when you can sit at home and get stoned and get a “living wage” and if you go and make something of yourself you get stoned assholes protesting you as part of the one percenters? This one is full on Uber-O’Donnell retardation.
Demand five: Begin a fast track process to bring the fossil fuel economy to an end while at the same bringing the alternative energy economy up to energy demand.
Two Words: Unicorns farts.
Demand six: One trillion dollars in infrastructure (Water, Sewer, Rail, Roads and Bridges and Electrical Grid) spending now.
Why such a patry amount? Don’t you care about water, sewer and electrical grids? Up it to $17 Gazillion.
Demand seven: One trillion dollars in ecological restoration planting forests, reestablishing wetlands and the natural flow of river systems and decommissioning of all of America’s nuclear power plants.
Why do we need money spent on electrical grids if we’re doing away with all sources of power? Oh yeah, Unicorn farts. The flatulence of the one horned Savior doesn’t process itself.
Demand eight: Racial and gender equal rights amendment.
Why just racial and gender? Shouldn’t we address species rights? What about height and weight? And IQ. And THC and BAC dependants.
Demand nine: Open borders migration. anyone can travel anywhere to work and live.
Yes, by all means yes! Americans won’t do the burger flipping for $20 alone, especially since you can now get a liveable wage without actually working. Further, I suggest we convert all cruise ships to people movers, and bring everyone from some shithole anywhere on the planet to our shores to allow them to not work and still get the benefits.
Demand ten: Bring American elections up to international standards of a paper ballot precinct counted and recounted in front of an independent and party observers system.
If there are no borders, there is no actual sovereignty, so why are we only worried about here. It should be a planet wide vote. Terra Incontinence or something like that.
Demand eleven: Immediate across the board debt forgiveness for all. Debt forgiveness of sovereign debt, commercial loans, home mortgages, home equity loans, credit card debt, student loans and personal loans now! All debt must be stricken from the “Books.” World Bank Loans to all Nations, Bank to Bank Debt and all Bonds and Margin Call Debt in the stock market including all Derivatives or Credit Default Swaps, all 65 trillion dollars of them must also be stricken from the “Books.” And I don’t mean debt that is in default, I mean all debt on the entire planet period.
I’m one step ahead of you bitches, as I stopped paying my bills months ago.
Demand twelve: Outlaw all credit reporting agencies.
Yeah, because loaning $10 to the wino outside my window right now is the same as if I loaned it to Bill Gates.
Demand thirteen: Allow all workers to sign a ballot at any time during a union organizing campaign or at any time that represents their yeah or nay to having a union represent them in collective bargaining or to form a union.
Indeed. In fact, I am now the Union Chief for “United Sit on My Ass Playing MMORPG’s local 512.” Who wants to join me?
Yeah, neither right nor left, just idiotic.
You don’t get Nirvana on earth. There’s only one way to achieve that.
Left, right, or center. One bullet. Don’t miss.
You’re there.
Demand fourteen: ootlaw tha use of grammer and punkuation sinse it makes peeple fell bad about the fack they has spent 14 yers in colage and the most they has ever written was texting other reetards on the iPhone there mom buyed for them.
There’s supposed to be one here in Mpls on Friday. A couple of us are thinking about exploiting the situation by standing on the other side of the street and selling Funyuns, Doritos, Cheetos, etc., because once they get done firing up a fatty, they’re gonna get hungry. Plus, we will offer them to wash their clothes or take showers for a nominal fee. We are even thinking of selling T-shirts to commemorate their adventure for posterity. Evil capitalism at its finest.
Absolutely:
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If we run just demand one to its logical conclusion, the increased cost of products through tariffs and minimum wage requirements will drive the price of even commonly cheap products out of the price range of more people and increase unemployment, and the new much higher increased cost of US produced items will kill international demand for US products items. Welcome to the economic death spiral.
They are the 99%? Since when? They aren’t speaking for me. Attack of the Show apparently said that the mainstream news media isn’t covering these protest, yet all I hear about is this “movements”. I can’t wait to see what zombieblog found at these protests.
Two words: Greece.
Attack of the Show apparently said that the mainstream news media isn’t covering these protest, yet all I hear about is this “movements”.
Yeah, it’s a movement all right…a bowel movement.
How do these ritards have the money to go/live in New York to protest?
They are in St. Louis today
Demand 11 – Debt Forgiveness
Who do they think holds the vast majority of that debt? You do something even remotely like forgiving government, bank, and corporate debt, there are going to be a lot of people in Florida unable to eat. Most of that debt is held in pension plans and by retirees. What morons.
@4 You will probably eat all the doritos before you have a chance to sell them LOL!!!
@ #5 – TSO
That cracked me up. I hope you don’t mind me posting it on my facebook.
Oh Obamagirl, you are so ridiculously clever. Just getting beat by your awesomeness.
@13: Ouch! Ya really got me with that one!! Oh the humanity!
btw I don’t care for Doritos. I like showers and clean clothes, too.
I’m just a bit troubled TSO is attempting to use reason to address this bunch of nonsense.
The law of unintended consequences is just another law they’ll ignore in their righteousness.
I feel kinda like I’m kicking a puppy even saying that.
Nah, TSO only posted this because the Blog Lord told me to post something, and I am entertaining myself screwing with these people on their facebook page today.
I think these could be major recruiting events for the Tea Parties. A lot of people go to these events because they were invited by a friend, or somebody needed a ride. Those people will be repelled by the speakers and organizers, if they see them at all. Those kids should be welcomed to the Tea Parties.
Old Trooper
The sad this is that is exactly what happens at every SOA protests at Benning.
Yeah, Spork, I know. G-d bless capitalism!!! heh, heh, heh
Minimum wage of $20/hour, eh? So I suppose they won’t mind seeing a 300% rise in prices across the spectrum to pay for all this, right?
Morons. Absolute morons and retards who haven’t a clue as to how an economy actually works, and who likely have never actually had to create anything themselves in their entire lives.
Think I’ll head down the hall to the latrine and start a “movement” of my own right now.
At least it would accomplish something useful…
Don’tknowabout #11 and #12, but the others would put us on an equal footing with the CIVILIZED countries here on earth. The law of averages would dictate that as far as income goes not all the respondents to this post are in the top 1%, so the only other possibility is that most of you suckers have really been brainwashed.
Sure Joe, like all those countries that aren’t run on Oil. Like, Slovenia, which runs on the emissions of the Douchasuarus Rex.
You know, I actually went to one of these in Portland, Oregon last month and I met some interesting people. Five of them showed up at the Tea Party meeting this month. Yeah, they went because their friend told them it was going to be something else. They got out before the police, mounted and riot, moved in. We all went to McD’s and discussed politics over some high priced caffeinated beverages (Sorry, I am addicted to Frappe’s).
Seriously, why haven’t you left to go to one of those civilized countries? Are you doing an Embed or something?
Name these supposed “civilized” countries that have completely forgiven all of their citizen’s debt…I’d love to see who’s on that list.
Somewhere down the road, Joe’s gonna have to post a picture of that pet unicorn of his. I’ll bet he’s a beauty.
Not the left or right? No I’m pretty sure this is the FAR Left, and I’m also sure this is NOT 99% of America.
Despite despising the TEA Party, they are so desperate to repeat their success.
Two words: Ain’t Happenening
Hey Joe; do you want to know how much of the tax bill that 1% pays? From the IRS records, that would be 40% of the entire tax bill. Do ya want to know what the top 10% pay? That would be 75% f the tax bill. Now, if you look at it, the bottom 50% don’t pay any tax at all, which leaves the the remaining 40% to pay 25% of the tax bill. Where is the injustice, again?
BTW Don’t try to refute the numbers because they come from the IRS. They weren’t pulled out of my ass like the progressives pull out of their asses with their numbers.
I’m curious… If $20/hour is a “living wage”, then does that mean all those new minimum wagers (the ones fortunate enough to not be laid off when their employers go out of business) immediately become ineligible for a) food stamps b) TANF c) earned income tax credits d) medicaid e) section-8 housing f) SSI or… any of the other taxpayer sourced moneys that today are not being counted as “income”? Because ya know… we might just come out ahead there.
OldTrooper,
I don’t care what percentage of the total tax bill the top earners pay – if it’s not enough to help support a civilized society, it’s not enough. And those people (you people?) are doing just fine thank you. I don’t expect to convince any of you cold hearted ba**ards, just putting in my two cents.
Since you are such a caring person could you give me a third of your pay check since there is a good chance you earn more then me. But I guess you will say no since you would be so cold hearted if you do. Just trying to take your two cents and more.
Joe – I do not believe the redistribution of wealth is an acceptable role for the government. That doesn’t make me cold-hearted – it means I don’t outsource my heart to a third party but take personal responsibility for helping those less fortunate.
And what, my friend Joe, is a civilized society? One where those who strive are rewarded and those who laze are tolerated, or one where everyone is equal in their laze no matter if they choose to strive or not?
Would you give a pay raise to the person who sleeps through their shift or would you give it to the person who walks patrols even when they are able to rest? Would you give a pay raise to a person who actively seeks problems in the company to fix them or to a person who simply sits at the computer messaging to friends?
While should my success be penalized because one who has no drive for success is feeling poorly? Why should I be forced to pay for those who wish to simply live off of the system without having to give into the system?
Sixty years ago, these people would be arrested by the FBI and brought before Senator McCarthy and his House Unamerican Affairs Commitee.
Joe how are we NOT civilized? This isn’t the “mine war”. This isn’t even really oppressive. Asking a person to pay their debt is actually a pretty reasonable action. If you don’t then your assets get seized to help pay for what you owe (at a substantial loss to the lenders). Where exactly is the inhumanity there? We don’t have debtors prisons, there is no “company story” you owe your soul to, and there are no monopolies.
What is being proposed would be like saying someone from the high school band should be a linebacker in the NFL for no other reason than he really REALLY wants to. Here’s the REALLY crazy part, most of those CEOs who go to at least 6 years if not more of college, and make those ridiculously awesome paychecks, RISK THEIR OWN MONEY. When you screw up as the head of the company it’s your money on the line. If you have a ton of investors (of which retirement funds are big on the list) you screw up and the company goes under, you better be good at talking gab on TV to the layman because you’re NEVER GETTING ANOTHER JOB AGAIN. Companies have long memories for fuck ups. Hell even middle management fuck ups will be remembered.
so if you “take the power” back from these people what would you replace it with exactly? If you tax the ever loving shit out of these highly skilled and trained professionals, why exactly should they stay here?
One more point to point out even if we taxed 100% of the top 10% income earners it wouldn’t even put a dent in our debt. If however you were to suspend EVERY government program (sadly including the military) for just 2 years and kept the tax rate as it is, the debt would be gone. The moral of that story is we’re spending money like drunken sailors on their first liberty, and maxing out every credit card. If we stopped acting like retards the problem can actually be fixed. Your “civilized” solutions would lead to a collapse, and a lot of very uncivilized behavior.
I doubt that this is the Joe we fondly, or not, recall from earlier posts. Or, if it is, Joey has gone 100% bat shit crazy.
But, if you want to redistribute wealth, “Joe”, have at it. Just a reminder, “Joe”, you’re outnumbered and outgunned, give that some thought.
And we don’t expect to convert any of you terminally stupid bastards, either.
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Something tells me the OWS (Oppose Washing Society?) folks would not get the irony in that. Just look at them marching around in their Che shirts.
And Joe, dear deluded boy, if you tax the rich to the point of extinction, then who’s left to pay the bill, pray tell?
And if we drive the rich into extinction, then where, pray tell, do folks find investment capital for small business start-ups?
Hint: It is rarely your local bank. Most small business start-ups get their initial financing from both the folks starting the business (a very small portion of the total) and from investment banks which are funded by those rich fat cats folks like to harp about.
As I have said repeatedly, both here and elsewhere, those leftists who complain about capitalism and increasing taxes and regulations haven’t a clue about how capitalism works, or how basic economies work. They are just spit-spewing shills for union thugs, Soros’ enablers, socialists, communists, and other anti-American agitators.
Joe in #33: How much is enough? You tell me. Should they have to cough up 50%? 60% Maybe 80% of their income? Maybe, juuuuust maybe, our government should live within its means and not spend a whole lot of money it doesn’t have? In fact, you could take every fucking dime of the top 1% and it wouldn’t matter, because it still wouldn’t be enough. I am sick and fucking tired of all the blubbering by the takers about how “the rich need to pay their fair share”. Really? Define what that is, please. Either define your fucking whining or shut the fuck up.
It says equal opportunity, NOT equal outcome. Why the fuck should others have to pay for someone else who made poor life decisions? Why the hell does that have to be mine or anyone’s responsibility? Is your definition of civilized mean that the takers get to keep demanding more from the producers without having to do anything to EARN it? Piss off with that bullshit.
BTW I “don’t have mine”, because there is a certain chucklehead at the NY protest that is a professional rabble rouser (his term not mine) that works for the transport union out of DC and he makes over twice as much as I do. I don’t think he’s paying his fair share, because I am entitled to some of his money. Well, according to you; why do I have to get up in the morning and go to work? That’s uncivilized; right?
Old trooper……you ate still my hero. I hope one of these days our paths cross and I can buy you a best. Flagwaver ain’t so bad either.
Beer dangit. Not best. Dang auto correct.
Sparky, they buy those stupid Che shirts all the time, as $20-$30 bucks a pop. It’s already being done!
too bad we can’t export such people to live under a regime that has someone like Che in it. They would beg for those “rich fat cats” to protect them
The was a puppet anyway. Sound familiar?
yes well once they got their “revolution” in Cuba, he spent a LOT of time putting folks against a wall and making splatters. When he couldn’t get enough of that he went off to start another “revolution” which [thankfully] failed.
actually in the end the CIA killing him may have actually been the best outcome for everyone (him included sadly).
Doc…you are one smart fella. Now, if you could just look at this rash…….
Doc, Che wasn’t all that much, except when he was in charge of the prison. He managed to alarm the civilians who were supposed to support his brand of revolution, and he got his ass grabbed and finally stood against a wall and shot. So much for the great revolutionary genius. No great loss. And the morons actually pay to get a shirt with his pic on it? Says all that needs to be said about them.
Sparky, they buy those stupid Che shirts all the time, as $20-$30 bucks a pop. It’s already being done!
Oh, believe me, I don’t LIKE going to Boston or New York, but I do on occasion. Makes me more appreciative of what I have up here, but even where I live there’s a large college not far from here that has the “yute” presence that makes me just want to shake my head.
I guess I was busy in 2005. The clip here was my first notice that Rosie O’Donnell played herself in a movie.
There is more rational discussion in these comments than there is rational thought from the hodgepodge of nutjobs and rabblerousers who are missing classes at school and losing their places in the unemployment lines to participate in the street carnivals.