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OWS is back
 

UFOinsider's picture
O
(Human, 10,478
 
Points)
 on 4/10/12 at 9:51am
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Occupy Wall Street is back, and they're ON Wall Street. It's really just old at this point, and they're accomplishing nothing. I flat out told them to get the f*** out before they get hurt and that they were lucky the police were there.

Seriously, getting harrassed on the way to work sucks. Protesters: GET OUT, NO ONE CARES

I notice that the older I am the more I sound like Illini Programer - accountingbyday
vdubben's picture

OWS is a joke. It's a social

IB
 
Points)
 on 4/10/12 at 10:10am

OWS is a joke. It's a social gathering now, not a protest. More than half of the people don't have any views on anything, or even know what they're protesting. It's a pure joke.

In reply to vdubben
UFOinsider's picture

I've gone from agreeing with

O
(Human, 10,478
 
Points)
 on 4/10/12 at 10:16am

I've gone from agreeing with some of their intellectual points to just despising them on a person to person level.

I notice that the older I am the more I sound like Illini Programer

- accountingbyday

tiger90's picture

Don't nuke our imagination

 
Points)
 on 4/10/12 at 10:15am

Don't nuke our imagination bra!

But more on point, ya they're tools most of whom don't really belong there, and then there are criminals, but like I told my roommate when he wanted to swing at a guy in Boston, "Just think about what they are doing, and look at what you are doing, and see who's going to be leave a more meaningful imprint in the future."

R5A7B's picture

Occupy Boston came back as

IB
(Orangutan, 319
 
Points)
 on 4/10/12 at 10:19am

Occupy Boston came back as well, setting up outside the State House (at least). Last night, no fewer than 5 state cruisers were positioned blocking off the sidewalk and had kicked out all of these bums. Glad the patience for this crap has worn thin...

In reply to tiger90
Xepa's picture

tiger90 wrote: Don't nuke our

CO
(Gorilla, 520
 
Points)
 on 4/10/12 at 10:32am
tiger90:

Don't nuke our imagination bra!

But more on point, ya they're tools most of whom don't really belong there, and then there are criminals, but like I told my roommate when he wanted to swing at a guy in Boston, "Just think about what they are doing, and look at what you are doing, and see who's going to be leave a more meaningful imprint in the future."

Fully agree.

In reply to vdubben
CaliforniaAnalyst's picture

vdubben wrote: OWS is a joke.

ST
(Gorilla, 661
 
Points)
 on 4/10/12 at 11:11am
vdubben:

OWS is a joke. It's a social gathering now, not a protest. More than half of the people don't have any views on anything, or even know what they're protesting. It's a pure joke.

DangerZone's picture

They think they're people.

(Monkey, 30
 
Points)
 on 4/10/12 at 11:14am

They think they're people.

eriginal's picture

Well we are getting to

AM
 
Points)
 on 4/10/12 at 11:33am

Well we are getting to summer. I imagine that probably has a big role in them coming back. It's a lot easier to convince people to stand outside when it's not freezing.

"One man with courage makes a majority." — Andrew Jackson

Human's picture

Sorry to hear about people

PE
(King Kong, 1,891
 
Points)
 on 4/10/12 at 11:48am

Sorry to hear about people harassing you on your way to work.

"I am the hero of the story. I don't need to be saved."

In reply to sxh6321
UFOinsider's picture

sxh6321 wrote: Sorry to hear

O
(Human, 10,478
 
Points)
 on 4/10/12 at 12:00pm
sxh6321:

Sorry to hear about people harassing you on your way to work.

LOL I was tired and grumpy this morning. If the hot girls want to protest in their bikinis, ok, I'm all for it, but otherwise just leave us alone. We work for the 1%, go pester them in CT/DC

I notice that the older I am the more I sound like Illini Programer

- accountingbyday

IlliniProgrammer's picture

They're right. There are a

ST
(Almost Human, 9,257
 
Points)
 on 4/10/12 at 12:10pm

They're right. There are a lot of sociopaths in this business and they cause a lot of problems. I just wish they could attack this with a scalpel rather than a chainsaw.

Work hard, play hard.

jeffsmonte's picture

Hopefully Bloomberg will grow

(Baboon, 131
 
Points)
 on 4/10/12 at 12:18pm

Hopefully Bloomberg will grow a damn nut sack SOON
and kick these pieces of human excrement out of NYC!

IlliniProgrammer's picture

^^^ The protesters or the

ST
(Almost Human, 9,257
 
Points)
 on 4/10/12 at 12:24pm

^^^ The protesters or the sociopaths in our industry? I say let's shut wall street down and impose a 100% tax on income over $500K for a few years. The country will be a better place for it when we're done. Capitalism has cancer, and we need chemotherapy.

It's really no skin off my nose. Given that I produce something, I'll land a job somewhere else, and money is not the most important thing in life.

Work hard, play hard.

In reply to IlliniProgrammer
Whgm45's picture

IlliniProgrammer wrote: ^^^

ST
(Orangutan, 308
 
Points)
 on 4/10/12 at 1:31pm
IlliniProgrammer:

^^^ The protesters or the sociopaths in our industry? I say let's shut wall street down and impose a 100% tax on income over $500K for a few years. The country will be a better place for it when we're done. Capitalism has cancer, and we need chemotherapy.

It's really no skin off my nose. Given that I produce something, I'll land a job somewhere else, and money is not the most important thing in life.

Is that a serious viewpoint? Where's that money going to go? Will it be absorbed by the ever expanding Obama government or redistributed to the poor/middle class? If it's redistributed, what kind of incentive does that give people to succeed in this world? Yeesh, wealth has become taboo in the U.S.

IlliniProgrammer's picture

We could mandate that all

ST
(Almost Human, 9,257
 
Points)
 on 4/10/12 at 1:41pm

We could mandate that all income earned over $500K must be given to a charity of the taxpayer's choice. Otherwise, it goes to the feds to pay down the debt.

I don't mind. Money is not that important. If money is the most important thing in your life, three years of seeing every extra dollar you make beyond a certain point go to charity will change that.

I guess wealth has become taboo in the US. The coolest part is that we have the world's biggest military- we just killed Bin Ladin last year- and we claim global jurisdiction over earnings as well as charge an expatriation tax. So for a US citizen, we can easily make wealth taboo everywhere.

We had 90% marginal tax rates during the red scare. Capping incomes does not make us socialist.

Work hard, play hard.

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IlliniProgrammer wrote: We

(Gorilla, 547
 
Points)
 on 4/10/12 at 1:47pm

"I'm the luckiest guy in the world, and when I die I want to come back as me."
-Mark Cuban

IlliniProgrammer's picture

^^^ Bingo. So everyone would

ST
(Almost Human, 9,257
 
Points)
 on 4/10/12 at 1:51pm

Work hard, play hard.

happypantsmcgee's picture

Bear in mind that IP is

O
(Almost Human, 9,627
 
Points)
 on 4/10/12 at 1:56pm

If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses - Henry Ford

In reply to IlliniProgrammer
UFOinsider's picture

IlliniProgrammer wrote: We

O
(Human, 10,478
 
Points)
 on 4/10/12 at 1:58pm

I notice that the older I am the more I sound like Illini Programer

- accountingbyday

In reply to happypantsmcgee
IlliniProgrammer's picture

happypantsmcgee wrote: Bear

ST
(Almost Human, 9,257
 
Points)
 on 4/10/12 at 1:59pm

Work hard, play hard.

In reply to IlliniProgrammer
UFOinsider's picture

IlliniProgrammer wrote: I

O
(Human, 10,478
 
Points)
 on 4/10/12 at 2:12pm

I notice that the older I am the more I sound like Illini Programer

- accountingbyday

In reply to happypantsmcgee
CaliforniaAnalyst's picture

happypantsmcgee wrote: Bear

ST
(Gorilla, 661
 
Points)
 on 4/10/12 at 2:34pm
IlliniProgrammer's picture

Nobody is arguing

ST
(Almost Human, 9,257
 
Points)
 on 4/10/12 at 2:41pm

Work hard, play hard.

In reply to IlliniProgrammer
ChrisHansen's picture

IlliniProgrammer wrote: ^^^

(Gorilla, 547
 
Points)
 on 4/10/12 at 3:04pm

"I'm the luckiest guy in the world, and when I die I want to come back as me."
-Mark Cuban

IlliniProgrammer's picture

Quote: Look, I understand

ST
(Almost Human, 9,257
 
Points)
 on 4/10/12 at 3:10pm

Work hard, play hard.

In reply to IlliniProgrammer
swagon's picture

IP: "No, happy, it's easy to

EN
(Neanderthal, 2,976
 
Points)
 on 4/10/12 at 3:16pm
In reply to swagon
UFOinsider's picture

swagon wrote: Who the hell

O
(Human, 10,478
 
Points)
 on 4/10/12 at 3:18pm

I notice that the older I am the more I sound like Illini Programer

- accountingbyday

IlliniProgrammer's picture

When what makes you happy

ST
(Almost Human, 9,257
 
Points)
 on 4/10/12 at 3:19pm

Work hard, play hard.

In reply to UFOinsider
swagon's picture

UFOinsider wrote: swagon

EN
(Neanderthal, 2,976
 
Points)
 on 4/10/12 at 3:25pm
In reply to IlliniProgrammer
UFOinsider's picture

IlliniProgrammer wrote: When

O
(Human, 10,478
 
Points)
 on 4/10/12 at 3:27pm

I notice that the older I am the more I sound like Illini Programer

- accountingbyday

In reply to swagon
UFOinsider's picture

swagon wrote: UFOinsider

O
(Human, 10,478
 
Points)
 on 4/10/12 at 3:27pm

I notice that the older I am the more I sound like Illini Programer

- accountingbyday

UFOinsider's picture

Shit, you're right,

O
(Human, 10,478
 
Points)
 on 4/10/12 at 3:28pm

I notice that the older I am the more I sound like Illini Programer

- accountingbyday

ChrisHansen's picture

"If they're doing it to buy a

(Gorilla, 547
 
Points)
 on 4/10/12 at 3:38pm

"I'm the luckiest guy in the world, and when I die I want to come back as me."
-Mark Cuban

In reply to UFOinsider
swagon's picture

UFOinsider wrote: Shit,

EN
(Neanderthal, 2,976
 
Points)
 on 4/10/12 at 3:40pm
In reply to FusRoDah
IlliniProgrammer's picture

FusRoDah wrote: If you want

ST
(Almost Human, 9,257
 
Points)
 on 4/10/12 at 3:41pm

Work hard, play hard.

In reply to swagon
UFOinsider's picture

swagon wrote: UFOinsider

O
(Human, 10,478
 
Points)
 on 4/10/12 at 3:55pm

I notice that the older I am the more I sound like Illini Programer

- accountingbyday

In reply to IlliniProgrammer
swagon's picture

IlliniProgrammer wrote: When

EN
(Neanderthal, 2,976
 
Points)
 on 4/10/12 at 4:06pm
In reply to UFOinsider
swagon's picture

UFOinsider wrote: swagon

EN
(Neanderthal, 2,976
 
Points)
 on 4/10/12 at 3:58pm
TheKing's picture

Or we could just bring back

O
 
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 on 4/10/12 at 4:03pm

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IlliniProgrammer's picture

Quote: So wanting to succeed

ST
(Almost Human, 9,257
 
Points)
 on 4/10/12 at 4:06pm

Work hard, play hard.

ChrisHansen's picture

But that will never happen.

(Gorilla, 547
 
Points)
 on 4/10/12 at 4:21pm

"I'm the luckiest guy in the world, and when I die I want to come back as me."
-Mark Cuban

IlliniProgrammer's picture

It's inevitable. GINIs have

ST
(Almost Human, 9,257
 
Points)
 on 4/10/12 at 4:24pm

Work hard, play hard.

bigtool05's picture

How would this hurt

CF
(Baboon, 142
 
Points)
 on 4/10/12 at 5:06pm
UFOinsider's picture

Agree with above: I came to

O
(Human, 10,478
 
Points)
 on 4/10/12 at 5:10pm

I notice that the older I am the more I sound like Illini Programer

- accountingbyday

In reply to UFOinsider
swagon's picture

UFOinsider wrote: Agree with

EN
(Neanderthal, 2,976
 
Points)
 on 4/10/12 at 5:14pm
IlliniProgrammer's picture

Quote: How would this hurt

ST
(Almost Human, 9,257
 
Points)
 on 4/10/12 at 5:15pm

Work hard, play hard.

tiger90's picture

Pay-caps...Central Planning

 
Points)
 on 4/10/12 at 9:34pm
TNA's picture

So wait, only people in

O
(Human, 13,712
 
Points)
 on 4/10/12 at 9:42pm

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happypantsmcgee's picture

Its also a joke, assuming you

O
(Almost Human, 9,627
 
Points)
 on 4/10/12 at 9:50pm

If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses - Henry Ford

TNA's picture

Yeah, also you can kiss NYC's

O
(Human, 13,712
 
Points)
 on 4/10/12 at 9:56pm

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