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Home Front: Politix
Occupy Sets Wall Street Tie-Up As Protesters Face Burnout
2012-08-31
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#6  Attendees at general assemblies had long and circuitous talks about allocating money, not about “what they wanted in the world, or how they were going to change it,” said Nicole Carty, 24, a Brown University graduate who helped run meetings.

Hornbein said that online forums became venomous as “systems broke down.” A separate oversight body, the Spokes Council, also dissolved, he and other participants said.

That means thereÂ’s no nucleus to a movement that had already rejected leaders, a central website, unified fundraising drives, administrative headquarters or a national advertising initiative. A working group that tried to come up with a list of essential demands wasnÂ’t able to, organizers said.


Yes, they sound like quite a threat...
Posted by: tu3031   2012-08-31 16:40  

#5  Â“WeÂ’re offering you the chance to repent for your sins.”

Sounds like the cirriculum of the 're-integration' class that Winston Smith and his friend Julia were forced to take in Room 101.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2012-08-31 13:58  

#4   I wonder who's money he wasted?

You'll never know but you can make a pretty good guess.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2012-08-31 11:49  

#3  Obama is the poster child for Columbia, Harvard and the Occupy Wall Street movement. I wonder who's money he wasted?
Posted by: JohnQC   2012-08-31 10:49  

#2  Quiet please, quiet! Raise you hands if your clueless middle or upper class parents funded your Columbia or Harvard University education.
Posted by: Besoeker   2012-08-31 07:16  

#1  Idiots pursuing idiotic anarchy...then back to their parents basement.
Posted by: tipover   2012-08-31 01:40  

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