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2011-09-25 Home Front: Culture Wars

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Posted by Steve White 2011-09-25 11:46|| || Front Page|| [11128 views ] Top

#1 a shame the nightsticks stayed holstered. A good "wood shampoo" can change minds

Posted by Frank G 2011-09-25 12:06|| 2011-09-25 12:06|| Front Page Top

#2 Michael Moore calls for non-violence.

Posted by tipper 2011-09-25 12:10|| 2011-09-25 12:10|| Front Page Top

#3 protests, against a financial system that participants say favors the rich and powerful over ordinary citizens

May be leftist nutters but aren't all wrong (see Solayndra, GM etc.)

Posted by Glenmore 2011-09-25 12:30|| 2011-09-25 12:30|| Front Page Top

#4 Glenmore, that's not the financial system, that's the political system.

Corporatism, (aka crony capitalism, aka fascism) is only a part of the political world not the financial world except as the pols write the rules.

Posted by AlanC 2011-09-25 13:09|| 2011-09-25 13:09|| Front Page Top

#5 Brirbart's 'Big Government' as a profile of a typical Liberal Protester.

Segway and all....

Posted by CrazyFool 2011-09-25 14:00|| 2011-09-25 14:00|| Front Page Top

#6 Meant to say: Breitbart's 'Big Government'

Posted by CrazyFool 2011-09-25 14:08|| 2011-09-25 14:08|| Front Page Top

#7 I believe the term is "Hickory Shampoo".

Posted by Hellfish 2011-09-25 14:35|| 2011-09-25 14:35|| Front Page Top

#8 AlanC, while I acknowledge you are correct in principle, the fact is our 'financial' system IS political/fascist. These morons are protesting for even more of that, I suppose, but the fact is that the current pseudo-economic system is broken.

Posted by 2011-09-25 14:43|| 2011-09-25 14:43|| Front Page Top

#9 Dunno what it did with my nym, but last response to AlanC was me.

Posted by Glenmore 2011-09-25 14:46|| 2011-09-25 14:46|| Front Page Top

#10 I object to the term "leftist nutters".

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2011-09-25 15:02|| 2011-09-25 15:02|| Front Page Top

#11 "I object to the term "leftist nutters"."

Me too, grom. It insults ordinary nutters.

Posted by Barbara 2011-09-25 15:26|| 2011-09-25 15:26|| Front Page Top

#12 I meant classification wise: it implies that there are any other kind.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2011-09-25 15:34|| 2011-09-25 15:34|| Front Page Top

#13 You have a point, grom. ;-p

Posted by Barbara 2011-09-25 15:36|| 2011-09-25 15:36|| Front Page Top

#14 It's pretty sad, actually. They used to be able to whistle up a mob of tens of thousands for any and all issues, and now they can only get a few hundred out in the fresh air and sunshine.

And what will they do for living arrangements next time, now the private park is barred to such as they.

Posted by trailing wife 2011-09-25 20:00|| 2011-09-25 20:00|| Front Page Top

#15 The irony of the situation is that these misled well intentioned useful idiots should be protesting at 0bama rallys, in front of Fannie and Freddie as well as at the homes of Bawney Fwank, Nasty Pelosi, Chris Dudd, and the race baiters that started this sub prime mess, like Jesse Jackson and Al Dullton.
But no, they would rather drink the koolaid and protest in front of the very financial institutions that were burnt trying to protect themselves from the politics being imposed on them by these politicians.
Are there crooks on Wall Street?
You bet.
Just like in any other industry or group.
But they are the exception rather than the rule. And this hogwash that 99% of the wealth is controlled by 1% of the people, just doesn't pass the smell test.
And neither do most of these protesters.
Hickory shampoo indeed.
You go looking for a confrontation in NYC, there's a good chance you'll find it.

Posted by Mikey Hunt 2011-09-25 23:27|| 2011-09-25 23:27|| Front Page Top

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