OCCUPY WALL STREET

[Dominique]

Originally Posted by JAGG

:seeingstar s::seeingst ars::seeing stars:

JAGG insists she has empathy, then posts something like this Corkey. I guess Katrina and all of those Elderly folks
stuck on top of their roofs, many of whom died. That was their fault. Poor choice, ya know.........

[JAGG]

Originally Posted by Yellow band

JAGG insists she has empathy, then posts something like this Corkey. I guess Katrina and all of those Elderly folks
stuck on top of their roofs, many of whom died. That was their fault. Poor choice, ya know.........

The reason for the stars is because corkey did exactly what I said someone would do. Take what I said and come up with some story that isn't even remotely related to the point I'm trying to make.

[Corkey]

Originally Posted by JAGG

The reason for the stars is because Corkey did exactly what I said someone would do. Take what I said and come up with some story that isn't even remotely related to the point I'm trying to make.

Had everything to do with your point, you used the analogy of a person and a hurricane, you just forgot that it was reality for many people, which my point proved.

[tapu]

So I talked to individuals today who were part of the 99%, or however they identified themselves, protest. The signs the group held were mainly directed at stripping the corporation of the legal fiction "personhood."

I got a pointer to this documentary:




I haven't watched this yet, but I remember from Linguistics classes that the metaphor "The corporation is a person" is what allows, for example, a corp to make certain contributions to a political candidate or issue, same as a person. Interesting stuff.

[AtLast]

this Supreme Court ruling may very well be the most salient ruling undermining the civil and human rights of our time. Large, public corporations won the keys to control every election in the US with this ruling. Which eventually will lead directly to the take over of this very Court by ultra right wing conservatism in the US.

Originally Posted by tapu

So I talked to individuals today who were part of the 99%, or however they identified themselves, protest. The signs the group held were mainly directed at stripping the corporation of the legal fiction "personhood."

I got a pointer to this documentary:




I haven't watched this yet, but I remember from Linguistics classes that the metaphor "The corporation is a person" is what allows, for example, a corp to make certain contributions to a political candidate or issue, same as a person. Interesting stuff.

[SoNotHer]

Leave it to RT to put up the best coverage I've seen of the NY protest, the President's take on it, and the very clear message of it:

[persiphone]

Originally Posted by SoNotHer

Leave it to RT to put up the best coverage I've seen of the NY protest, the President's take on it, and the very clear message of it:

clearly i'm going to have to just stop here for my Occupy news fix thanks everyone!