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The occupiers of Wall Street have been portrayed by some as radicals, young kids without focus, ne'er-do-wells who'd do anything but get a job. But one woman used her time in at Zuccotti Park differently, and as a result she has gone from Occupy Wall Street to occupying an actual office on Wall Street.
Well said!!! These OWSers knock capitalism as evil and greedy people/system BUT they have no problem taking FULL ADVANTAGE of the perks CAPITALISM brings to their lives just as stated on the video. Spoiled socialist brats!
Now they want to Occupy foreclosed homes, which is just a front so they can get a roof over their heads. So hey... why don't we BREAK in to a house so we can get shelter during this cold winter and just say we are "OCCUPYING" foreclosures to justify our actions and not get arrested because we are "protesting".
Can anybody say HOBO or SQUATTER?!
Kefri King, you should go join your socialist buddies!
According to the Post she's making a little above minimum wage, we'll she if the company keeps her long enough past this publicity stunt.
I bet the company will regret this little publicity stunt. Wait until they decide the moment has come and gone, and they try to fire her. She'll sue them for some imagined infraction. She's going to get more than her 15 minutes of fame--count on it!
I fail to see the conflict here. Many of the protesters weren't trying to end trading and/or financial activities on Wall Street, nor were they trying to eject people out of their jobs who work there. Among the many issues the OWS protesters brought up was that the industry needed to be regulated better and held to a higher standard--NOT eliminated. Therefore, I don't see a problem with someone being an OWS protester and an employee at a firm on Wall Street.
Also, its a bit telling that an executive offered her a job on the street obviously seeing she was a protester. Maybe he agreed with her and sympathized with her views? It seems that some posters on this thread look at the world as a black and white, us vs. them place. That is tragic, and reflects the polarized nature of politics.
I saw an interview of one of the young park people, apparently this guy was perturbed, like a lot of transplants, that they cannot afford to live in Manhattan and can barely afford to live anywhere in NYC. Many of these folks are pissed, this guy is one.
Asked by the interviewer, "...who told you to go to college, graduate, and that you could then live in NYC?"
Answer: "...My teachers, my parents..."
(I almost fell out of my chair! LMAO!)
So, this guy is protesting in the park, because life, so far, hasn't been gillded with roses.
I'll bet as a child he played low contact sports and every day was told he was a 'winner'!
That's the first time I ever saw Marie Antointette without a powdered wig.
Her last words when led up the scaffold would be "God Bless the Corporations."
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