Attending protests is not the same thing as "occupying" in a park and being a general nuisance. I am all for protests especially this version of the government, but taking over a park in the middle of the city is a different story. Our local campers were dispersed last night, glad to see it. They have from 5am until 11pm to peacefully protest to their hearts content and I say good for them.

Dismiss the educated protestors because you see one or two youtube clips of the dumb ones the msm seeks out for interviews.

Of course it's to be expected that most Americans would be dismissive of the protestors. We've been conditioned to obey and heaven forbid we focus on real issues instead of A-Rod or Tim Tebow.

Get back to the important s.hit, lemmings!! Hero worship and fast food has made you mildly retarded.

Yeah the guy talking is the 5%. The 50 or so people milling around wondering what the hell he is talking about are the other 95%. I say so because I bet 99% of Americans have no idea what it is. I was giving the minority that does some credit for showing up.

It is a problem because the cities are already broke. If you complain about services being cut then directly lead to more being cut because of your own actions then well then there you have it. Personal responsibility remember?

My wife has 3 masters degrees (animal science, bio and an MBA), asked her last night if she had ever heard of it. "Nope"

There isn't anybody left to ocupy Ocala

Then why are you ridiculing the people in the picture legally protesting a $5 billion dollar tax giveaway to millionaires on up in NY city?

Yeah sure. The police are all brutalizing everyone.

A 5 billion dollar tax giveaway from whom?

I have a BS in Biology and Chemistry, a BS in Veterinary Science, and a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, and I've heard of it. "Yep".

:zz:

I guess I'm missing your point :D Unless it's that your wife is in the minority of the 23% that "don't have an opinion"?

Guess those protesters know more than you do. Maybe they could teach you something.

i completely agree that protesters have every right to be heard. i agree with much of the thinking going on that it's ridiculous that the taxpayers are bailing out companies who then pay scads of money to the brass-who were generally the cause of requiring the bailouts. if they were doing so good, and worth so much, you'd think they wouldn't have had to go begging. meanwhile, the commoners keep paying for stuff like that, while watching their jobs and standard of living go down the tubes.

that said, protests can't be allowed to spill into areas not meant for such gatherings, and certainly shouldn't cause damage-whether to shrubs or other city property. after all, taxpayers surely don't want to cost themselves money.

and i have to admit, i always view organized protests a bit cynically, having grown up near d.c., where they hire protesters by the hour and provide signage and catchy slogans.

i'd appreciate a 'taking back' of our govt-i think our pols have become beholden to a few groups, to corporations, to special interests, and don't pay enough attention to who pays all the bills.

Again...sometimes you have to bend the rules when absolute fu.cking atrocities against mankind have occurred by our government with bank bailouts and multiple endless wars.

Goldman Sachs, Citibank, and JP Morgan cannot be held accountable for the clusterf.uck of 2008. Both parties in D.C. bent over and gave them immunity.

Our government took our tax money and bailed out foreign banks.

I could go on and on and on. I'm trying not to bi.tch you out but quite frankly it's bush league to talk politics and not have a basic understanding of what's going on.

And if you do know what's going on you're basically accepting it. Stop it.

Don't deliberately misquote me. I didn't say that.

All that education and you cant follow along? He was referring to Glass-Steagle. Virtually no one knows what that is. Hell there are polls taken that show 50% of americans cant identify their congressman or senator.

Regional Championships at HITS. I have to present awards. Dressage is boring to me. I prefer racing, or at least some hunter/jumper events.

Keeneland will be great, have a good time.

There are literally thousand of cameras at these things. If there was police brutality we would be seeing it and hearing all about it. We aren't. If there is one thing that the media loves to do is show cops beating up people. This entire media coverup conspiracy is made up.

Occupy Marion County Jail?

Of course a large number of the protestors are clueless. Most of America is clueless.

If the majority had any clue then this thread wouldn't exist.

Jesustapdancingchrist with the semantics. I feel like I'm watching Anderson Cooper 360.

Occupy random meth labs run out of random abandoned horse farms. I heard about some of the farms foreclosed on this month. Some big name consignors that apparently didnt think to save some of that money they made.