Irony or What - 'Occupy' Protesters Having Trouble With Homeless

[Bigunit]

Is it just me, or is this classic irony - the Occupy protesters who want what the "rich" have, don't want to work for it and want to hang-out in public parks until they get something for free and the homeless who want what the protesters have, don't want to work for it and want to hang-out in public parks until they get something for free - and the protesters are now having a problem with that! One of those things that make you go, hmmmmmmm.... :huh:

http://www.wlwt.com/r/29545827/detail.html

 

[Kurt]

It's like the Tea Party, you'll have a wide spectrum of people arguing for a few things and the nut cases get drawn out with large movements like this.

There's a few things I agree with from the protest (no more taxpayer bailouts for banks for one), but there's a few things they are asking that are pants on head stupid.

People are just angry on both sides of the political spectrum...

 

[alrock]

Love the irony. People often fail to realize that there are consequences to all of our actions, whether good or bad.

 

[Paladine71]

Speaking of which... http://www.therightscoop.com/former-soviet-citizen-confronts-socialists-at-ows/

 

[3Hummers]

Where is that freebie line? I guess I missed that line, seems like I not only pay for all my stuff but lots of things for others too. I have no sympathy for those yahoos. Work hard, make it own your on. The world owes you nothing...and that includes the too big to fail banks, they should be able to fail also.

 

[Kurt]

That Russian guy telling off the socialists was awesome...

 

[Ron B]

I am currently working in NY, and living in Battery Park City -- a 10 min walk from Zucotti Park. I stopped by a few times to see what was up, not really a circus nor is it a violent mess like some news says it is. Kurt is right how a few rotten apples will spoil the bunch. Just look what we drive and a how a few arrogant bastards make us all look like dicks. To say they are just jealous of our trucks is about as silly and saying the terrorists hate us for our freedom. Not sure I agree with all of there "demands" (a term used pretty loosely in this case because protests are supposed to have those and they seem to be all over the board) but 90% of the 99% are normal folks that looked like me who are pretty bent at what has gone down and that many of those who were in someway responsible appear to be sitting pretty, having made money off this crash they kinda caused.

 

[HUMMER INVESTMENTS]

Oh the irony

 

[Paladine71]

To sum this up...

The folks who are getting free crap don't like the folks who are paying for the free crap, because they can no longer afford to pay for both the free crap and their own crap. The folks who are paying for the free crap, want it to stop, and the folks who are getting the free crap want even MORE free crap on top of the free crap they're getting already. The people who are forcing people to PAY for the free crap have told the people who are RECEIVING the free crap, that the people who are PAYING for the free crap, are mean, prejudiced and racist. So, the people who are GETTING the free crap, have been convinced they need to HATE the people who are PAYING for the free crap because they are selfish, and they are promised more free crap if they will vote for the people who force the people who pay for the free crap to give them even more free crap. When the free crap stops they will riot, burn, steal and commit mayhem. They think that those that are giving, owe them more crap!

 

[Bigunit]

James,
Those weren't quite the same words used by Karl Marx & Lenin to explain & sell their kool-aid, but you hit it right on the head...history does tend to repeat iteself...it won't be called communism or socialism the next time around...it will be called something a little more catchy & chic...they'll call it HOPE & CHANGE!

 

[HUMMER INVESTMENTS]

I was hearing that they dont want to tell you, but they want something like a conumist contry where verything and everyone is equal no matter how hard you work

 

[Paladine71]

Here are a few of their leaders admitting it.

[video=youtube;DFeCHY9qPBw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFeCHY9qPBw&feature=feedf[/video]

 

[Kurt]

Some do but not all, remember the media for both and left and right wing interests are going to slice and dice things to serve their own interests [or stop covering it at all if it starts losing eyeballs for advertisers].

Anyone with a rational argument is going to be ignored and the cameras will seek out the freaks. The communists, the guys with obama as hitler on their posters,, and ignore the rational folks or the vets protesting with US flags.

We [as in everyone] got ****ed over by deregulation of wall street, and we [as in everyone] had to bail them out as they keep writing larger and larger checks to themselves.

Personally I'd bring back the deregulation that occurred in the 80's and 90's, and ban lobbyists and put a cap on political fund raising and leave it at that. And on that note, I understand the protests being in Washington or New York, but anywhere else is a big waste of time.

Since I can't put eyeballs on the actual subject in New York I'll rest my opinion as neutral, I work for a big media corporation and I've seen first hand how easy things can be twisted one way or another.

Look what happened when the Hummer Club let the Colbert report ride shotgun on a run.. made the whole group look like fools... and that can work both ways...