OCCUPY WALL STREET

JAGG · 10-08-2011, 08:49 PM

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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 · 10-08-2011, 09:57 PM

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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 · 10-09-2011, 03:37 AM

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 · 10-09-2011, 12:02 PM

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.

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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 · 10-09-2011, 12:58 PM

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 · 10-10-2011, 08:12 AM

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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!

theoddz · 10-10-2011, 09:39 AM

I love me some Dennis Kucinich. We need a few more good Progressive Independents like this guy and Bernie Sanders in office.

~Theo~

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tapu Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Understated butch. Preferred Pronoun?: I Relationship Status: Party of One Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Maine Posts: 1,654 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,324 Thanked 3,115 Times in 1,103 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	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. __________________ Really? That's not funny to you? Last edited by tapu; 10-09-2011 at 03:39 AM.

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SoNotHer Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Professional Sandbagger and Jenga Zumba Instructor Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: In the master control room of my world domination dreams Posts: 2,811 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 6,587 Thanked 4,735 Times in 1,409 Posts Rep Power: 21474851	Ferreting out the real news 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: __________________ "In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer." ~ Albert Camus

10-10-2011, 09:39 AM	#7
theoddz Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Cranky Old Poop Preferred Pronoun?: Mr. Beast Relationship Status: Married to a beautiful babe whom I don't deserve. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Central Texas Posts: 3,541 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 11,140 Thanked 9,932 Times in 2,512 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	I love me some Dennis Kucinich. We need a few more good Progressive Independents like this guy and Bernie Sanders in office. *~Theo~* __________________ *"All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost."* -- J. R. R. Tolkien