tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post8944206016555213024..comments2024-03-28T08:06:43.198-04:00Comments on The Silicon Graybeard: Maybe I Was Too Easy on the Occupy Wall St. IdiotsSiGraybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-26846982409394673612011-10-06T10:05:35.596-04:002011-10-06T10:05:35.596-04:00I know it makes me sound bloodthirsty, but maybe P...I know it makes me sound bloodthirsty, but maybe Pol Pot had the right idea. When you consider our "intellectuals" - our college professors, our media "stars" and Hollywood freaks (certainly to include cretins like Barr) - it would probably do society a favor to eliminate them. I'd stop short of killing everyone who wears eyeglasses, though. There are lots of decent folks who need a little visual assistance ;-)<br /><br />Then we need to re-institute the Pinkerton Agency for dealing with the unions . . .Reg Tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-47148721150381542042011-10-04T20:43:04.034-04:002011-10-04T20:43:04.034-04:00One of the takeaways of this whole protest is how ...One of the takeaways of this whole protest is how similar they sound to the tea parties and others who are opposed to the crony capitalism we see everywhere. When profit is privatized and loss is socialized, the market can't work - and then we all lose. Scattered in the nonsense ideas from the occupiers are a few that sound reasonable.<br /><br />But I see a big difference between us saying to investigate, Fannie, Freddie and the other government involvements, stop the bailouts and shrink government vs. Roseanne Barr saying the rich people who can't be re-educated have to be beheaded.SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-29279243370268763612011-10-04T12:56:25.223-04:002011-10-04T12:56:25.223-04:00So the takeaway is that you must first be producti...So the takeaway is that you must first be productive in order for your protest to have any sort of real meaning. That is the point that really strikes me about these "protests".<br /><br />Now juxtapose these protests with the Tea Party movement, which is mainly comprised of productive individuals. Makes sense why the MSM embraces the ineffective and symbolic groups and vilifies the potentially effective ones - they also have a large vested interest in the status quo.LeverActionhttp://leveraction.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-6048603884024436352011-10-04T08:56:47.898-04:002011-10-04T08:56:47.898-04:00Productive people (often) protest by becoming unpr...Productive people (often) protest by becoming unproductive. <br /><br />How do unproductive people protest? (Hint: You're watching some of them on television.)BS Footprinthttp://bsfootprint.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-8075290101915483922011-10-03T23:43:05.733-04:002011-10-03T23:43:05.733-04:00Yeah, protests in Tulsa! You go kiddo!!
I liked ...Yeah, protests in Tulsa! You go kiddo!!<br /><br />I liked this part...<br /><br /><i>"If you noticed that this group seems to be a “weekend only” protest, it seems that many of the Facebook members have requested this because they have jobs."</i><br /><br />The productive find more effective ways to protest. Exactly what to these kids hope to accomplish with their protest? Its one thing to protest the government where your elected representatives <i>have</i> to listen or risk losing their jobs, but what incentive do the big bankers and multinational CEOs have to listen to these kids? The protesters are in no way a threat to the protestees - protesters can't fire the CEO and they certainly don't have the financial clout to make the board listen. Do they really expect the big banksters to see their protest, realize the error of their ways, and repent and make things right like Zacchaeus the tax collector (ref. Luke 19:1-9)?<br /><br />While I may agree in principle with a few of the points they're trying to make, I (and probably all the executives in the Wall Street offices) see this as nothing more than theatrics. If they really want to make a difference then they will have to actually gain an understanding of the system that they're protesting in order to target their protest at the places and in the ways that it will be most effective.<br /><br />In another interesting twist of thought, I wonder how universal is the revulsion of these "protesters" against the Tea Party activists? I wonder if they see the "grass roots" parallels? But of course they're different... somehow.LeverActionhttp://leveraction.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com