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Re: I am the 99%

wolfman — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 13:41:50 GMT

I dont know if I am one of the 99%. But we all must realize that there is such a thing as a 1%. If you dont want to see it...........well...............blindness by choice.

Re: I am the 99%

John James — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 05:21:49 GMT

If anyone hasn't see it yet, I highly recommend the Tom Woods interview on Stefan Molyneux's Free Domain Radio (even though the latter is a jerkwad narcissist)

Woods is in perfect form:

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Re: I am the 99%

Wheylous — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 04:32:59 GMT

JJ, I was in New York just yesterday for an opera at the Met. I came back home today.

Re: I am the 99%

John James — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 03:55:09 GMT

Fool on the Hill:
Ron Paul was the only candidate there with any supporters. The anti-Obama sentiment was pretty strong. If this movement takes off, I could actually see it helping Ron Paul's chances.

My thoughts exactly. Paul is the only candidate who could actually fit with the anti-big corporation sentiment. Especially if people are made aware of things like the fact that Obama got more Goldman Sachs donations than all Republicans running for all offices put together in 2008.

Re: I am the 99%

Fool on the Hill — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 01:46:07 GMT

I went to an anti-war protest yesterday that joined up with Occupy Chicago. There were maybe 1000 people there. I saw about a dozen Ron Paul supporters. They had a huge "End the FED" sign. One guy even had a sign advertising Mises.org. Ron Paul was the only candidate there with any supporters. The anti-Obama sentiment was pretty strong. If this movement takes off, I could actually see it helping Ron Paul's chances.

Re: I am the 99%

John James — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 01:15:24 GMT

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Re: I am the 99%

My Buddy — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 00:28:57 GMT

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Re: I am the 99%

John James — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 00:22:05 GMT

Pretty neat. Thanks for sharing. You're in New York?

Re: I am the 99%

Wheylous — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 19:12:29 GMT

I actually went to Occupy Wall Street yesterday (being my smart self, right after watching an Opera, still with my suit on). Of course, no one started yelling at me because I was in a suit, as that would damn their movement.

It was night, maybe around 9 o'clock, and the protesters had retreated to a rectangular plaza where there were maybe 1000+ protesters cooling down for the night. They were still holding up signs, but there were many already in their sleeping bags. There was a long food line which I accidentally wandered into while looking at the signs. Most signs were ambiguous (we are the 99%, we are here, arrest bankers, end corporate corruption, etc) which could be taken many ways. I did find a sign "End the FED" and I yelled out "End the FED", at which the guys holding it up were like "yeah! end the FED!" I found another Ron Paul poster (pretty big), which had two columns of writing on it not separated by a line. The left column said "stop the New World Order" and the right said "Ron Paul<line break>End the FED<line break>End Wars<line break>etc". However, since there was no separation, the top line simply read "Stop Ron Paul" and then the next lines read "The new world order! End the FED, End the Wars, etc". I told the guy that his sign was quite confusing, and he agreed that he should fix it.

Maybe they were docile because it was night... idk. Anyway, it was nice to get a feel for what the movement is like. It was nice to see some RP supporters (not because I want them to get bunched in with the socialists, but because I had never previously me RP supporters).

I was really tempted to ask signs saying "end corporatism" what they meant, but I had to move along. I wanted to take a picture of myself with the protesters in my suit, but didn't have a camera :(

A bunch of people were discussing socialism, reaffirming my suspicions. It was a bummer that I didn't have more time to interact with the protesters. I would have liked to quiz them ;)

Thought I'd share.

TL; DR; I went to Occupy WS and found many ambiguous people, a bunch of socialists, and a few RP supporters.

Re: I am the 99%

Groucho — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 03:07:00 GMT

The U.S. polulation is 307,006,550 so these yahoos' signs should say "I am the 0.000000003%."

Theye presume to speak for a Hell of a lot of others with their preposterous memes.

Re: I am the 99%

auctionguy10 — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 22:12:35 GMT

"You still think people are being painted with a broad brush? As I said before, I really think a second reading of that Mises Daily is in order, but just in case, have a look:

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I think it was more of a case of me doing some selective reading. Haha that guy at the 5:15 mark makes the most sense.

Re: I am the 99%

Autolykos — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 21:28:24 GMT

MrSchnapps:
I think we should give BP a break, not because I agree with anything he/she says necessarily (although I do on a few small points), but because this is starting to make us look like RevLeft.

Honestly, I think we should just drop the incessant personal attacks.

From what I can tell, BP is the one who started making things personal. I, for one, am not afraid to "stoop to that level" in response. Conclude whatever you want from that.

Re: I am the 99%

My Buddy — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 20:08:20 GMT

Keep in mind, we don't go to RevLeft to inform them that we're going to take their things when the r3volution comes

Re: I am the 99%

John James — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 19:53:41 GMT

auctionguy10:
Not you that painted them with a broad brush- I'm just talking from my general experience looking at people's opinions of the entire Occupy wallstreet "movement" like in the Mises Daily article. Unless everyone was just referring to the people in those "we are the 99%" pictures.

You still think people are being painted with a broad brush? As I said before, I really think a second reading of that Mises Daily is in order, but just in case, have a look:

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Re: I am the 99%

John James — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 19:39:10 GMT

MrSchnapps:

I think we should give BP a break, not because I agree with anything he/she says necessarily (although I do on a few small points), but because this is starting to make us look like RevLeft.

Honestly, I think we should just drop the incessant personal attacks.

Show me 3 personal attacks and I'll agree with you.