OCCUPY WALL STREET

Ebon · 12-16-2011, 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by atomiczombie

Ya know, this bill that will suspend habeas corpus and repeal the federal rules of criminal procedure, I am just dumbfounded that Obama is going to sign it. It is against everything he ran for in 2008. That he takes all this corporate money for his campaign speaks to how much he has been bought and paid for by the 1%.

As I have said before, the longer we choose the lesser of two evils for president, the longer 2 evils will be our only choices. We need stand up and reject the two party system. The 99 Declaration committee is actively working to get delegates from every congressional district to come together in Philadelphia on July 4th 2012 and vote on a list of demands to put to the president and congress. Let's throw our support behind them. They are the best hope for our voices to be heard.

https://www.facebook.com/www.the99declaration.org

Right now their site, www.the99declaration.org, is having technical issues but they will get it resolved soon. They will be voting on delegates in 96 days.

More on the Indefinite Detention Inserted Into Defense Authorization Act: http://occupywallst.org/forum/obama-...cupy-must-sta/

I always knew Mr. Smiles wasn't "special and magic" like everyone thought he was, even I fell for it for a minute. Then I started researching and finding out how tight he was with wall street. Usually people like him are the most vicious. He likes corporate money just like the rest of them.

I like this plan and I will support it. But careful we might end up in one of these holding places for life. I hate to say it and I don't like the guy but all the shit that Alex Jones talked about when he spoke of this stuff is coming to fruition. Starting with the law that Obama is about to sign. I wonder how much he's getting paid for it.

Alex also said that juice boxes makes people gay so it's kind of hard to take him serious.

SoNotHer · 12-16-2011, 03:59 PM

I just thought I'd take a minute in this thread to note the passing of Christopher Hitchens. Dogged, controversial, brilliant and incendiary, he was a tenacious fighter for so many things, not the least of which was freedom of thought and the right and value of individual expression.

16 December 2011
Christopher Hitchens dies at 62 after suffering cancer

British-born author, literary critic and journalist Christopher Hitchens has died at the age of 62.

He died from pneumonia, a complication of the oesophageal cancer he had, at a Texas hospital. Vanity Fair magazine, which announced his death, said there would "never be another like Christopher". He is survived by his wife, Carol Blue, and their daughter, Antonia, and his children from a previous marriage, Alexander and Sophia.

Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter described the writer as someone "of ferocious intellect, who was as vibrant on the page as he was at the bar". "Those who read him felt they knew him, and those who knew him were profoundly fortunate souls."

Hitchens was born in Portsmouth in 1949 and graduated from Oxford in 1970. He began his career as a journalist in Britain in the 1970s and later moved to New York, becoming contributing editor to Vanity Fair in November 1992.

"Prospect of death makes me sober, objective"

He was diagnosed with cancer in June 2010, and documented his declining health in his Vanity Fair column. In an August 2010 essay for the magazine he wrote: "I love the imagery of struggle. "I sometimes wish I were suffering in a good cause, or risking my life for the good of others, instead of just being a gravely endangered patient."

Speaking on the BBC's Newsnight programme, in November that year, he reflected on a life that he knew would be cut short: "It does concentrate the mind, of course, to realise that your life is more rationed than you thought it was." Radicalised by the 1960s, Hitchens was often arrested at political rallies and was kicked out of the Labour Party over his opposition to the Vietnam War. He became a correspondent for the Socialist Workers Party's International Socialism magazine.

In later life he moved away from the left. Following the September 11 attacks he argued with Noam Chomsky and others who suggested that US foreign policy had helped cause the tragedy. He supported the Iraq War and backed George W Bush for re-election in 2004.

It led to him being accused of betrayal: one former friend called him "a lying, opportunistic, cynical contrarian", another critic said he was "a drink-sodden ex-Trotskyist popinjay". But he could dish out scathing critiques himself. He called Bill Clinton "a cynical, self-seeking ambitious thug", Henry Kissinger a war criminal and Mother Teresa a fraudulent fanatic.

'A great voice'

He also famously fell out with his brother, the Mail on Sunday journalist Peter Hitchens, though the pair were later reconciled. Hitchens could be a loyal friend. He stood by the author Salman Rushdie during the furor that followed the publication of his novel The Satanic Verses. Writing on Twitter after the announcement of Hitchens' death, Mr Rushdie said: "Goodbye, my beloved friend. A great voice falls silent. A great heart stops."

Former Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair publicly debated religion with Hitchens at the Munk Debate in Toronto in November 2010. "Christopher Hitchens was a complete one-off, an amazing mixture of writer, journalist, polemicist, and unique character," said Mr Blair.

"He was fearless in the pursuit of truth and any cause in which he believed. And there was no belief he held that he did not advocate with passion, commitment and brilliance.

"He was an extraordinary, compelling and colourful human being whom it was a privilege to know." The MP Denis McShane was a student at Oxford with Hitchens. He said: "Christopher just swam against every tide. He was a supporter of the Polish and Czech resistance of the 1970s, he supported Mrs Thatcher because he thought getting rid of the Argentinian fascist junta was a good idea. "He was a cross between Voltaire and Orwell. He loved words."

"He could throw words up into the sky, they fell down in a marvellous pattern.
Christopher Hitchens was everything a great essayist should be: infuriating, brilliant, highly provocative and yet intensely serious”

The publication of his 2007 book God Is Not Great made him a major celebrity in his adopted homeland of the United States, and he happily took on the role of the country's best-known atheist.

He maintained his devout atheism after being diagnosed with cancer, telling one interviewer: "No evidence or argument has yet been presented which would change my mind. But I like surprises." The author and prominent atheist Richard Dawkins described him as the "finest orator of our time" and a "valiant fighter against all tyrants including God". He said Hitchens had been a "wonderful mentor in a way".

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, who once worked as an intern for Hitchens, said: "Christopher Hitchens was everything a great essayist should be: infuriating, brilliant, highly provocative and yet intensely serious.

"He will be massively missed by everyone who values strong opinions and great writing." Hitchens wrote for numerous publications including The Times Literary Supplement, the Daily Express, the London Evening Standard, Newsday and The Atlantic. He was the author of 17 books, including The Trial of Henry Kissinger, How Religion Poisons Everything, and a memoir, Hitch-22.

A collection of his essays, Arguably, was released this year.

The story continues at -

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16212418

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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 4,734 Times in 1,409 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	"He was a cross between Voltaire and Orwell. He loved words." I just thought I'd take a minute in this thread to note the passing of Christopher Hitchens. Dogged, controversial, brilliant and incendiary, he was a tenacious fighter for so many things, not the least of which was freedom of thought and the right and value of individual expression. 16 December 2011 Christopher Hitchens dies at 62 after suffering cancer British-born author, literary critic and journalist Christopher Hitchens has died at the age of 62. He died from pneumonia, a complication of the oesophageal cancer he had, at a Texas hospital. Vanity Fair magazine, which announced his death, said there would "never be another like Christopher". He is survived by his wife, Carol Blue, and their daughter, Antonia, and his children from a previous marriage, Alexander and Sophia. Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter described the writer as someone "of ferocious intellect, who was as vibrant on the page as he was at the bar". "Those who read him felt they knew him, and those who knew him were profoundly fortunate souls." Hitchens was born in Portsmouth in 1949 and graduated from Oxford in 1970. He began his career as a journalist in Britain in the 1970s and later moved to New York, becoming contributing editor to Vanity Fair in November 1992. "Prospect of death makes me sober, objective" He was diagnosed with cancer in June 2010, and documented his declining health in his Vanity Fair column. In an August 2010 essay for the magazine he wrote: "I love the imagery of struggle. "I sometimes wish I were suffering in a good cause, or risking my life for the good of others, instead of just being a gravely endangered patient." Speaking on the BBC's Newsnight programme, in November that year, he reflected on a life that he knew would be cut short: "It does concentrate the mind, of course, to realise that your life is more rationed than you thought it was." Radicalised by the 1960s, Hitchens was often arrested at political rallies and was kicked out of the Labour Party over his opposition to the Vietnam War. He became a correspondent for the Socialist Workers Party's International Socialism magazine. In later life he moved away from the left. Following the September 11 attacks he argued with Noam Chomsky and others who suggested that US foreign policy had helped cause the tragedy. He supported the Iraq War and backed George W Bush for re-election in 2004. It led to him being accused of betrayal: one former friend called him "a lying, opportunistic, cynical contrarian", another critic said he was "a drink-sodden ex-Trotskyist popinjay". But he could dish out scathing critiques himself. He called Bill Clinton "a cynical, self-seeking ambitious thug", Henry Kissinger a war criminal and Mother Teresa a fraudulent fanatic. 'A great voice' He also famously fell out with his brother, the Mail on Sunday journalist Peter Hitchens, though the pair were later reconciled. Hitchens could be a loyal friend. He stood by the author Salman Rushdie during the furor that followed the publication of his novel The Satanic Verses. Writing on Twitter after the announcement of Hitchens' death, Mr Rushdie said: "Goodbye, my beloved friend. A great voice falls silent. A great heart stops." Former Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair publicly debated religion with Hitchens at the Munk Debate in Toronto in November 2010. "Christopher Hitchens was a complete one-off, an amazing mixture of writer, journalist, polemicist, and unique character," said Mr Blair. "He was fearless in the pursuit of truth and any cause in which he believed. And there was no belief he held that he did not advocate with passion, commitment and brilliance. "He was an extraordinary, compelling and colourful human being whom it was a privilege to know." The MP Denis McShane was a student at Oxford with Hitchens. He said: "Christopher just swam against every tide. He was a supporter of the Polish and Czech resistance of the 1970s, he supported Mrs Thatcher because he thought getting rid of the Argentinian fascist junta was a good idea. "He was a cross between Voltaire and Orwell. He loved words." "He could throw words up into the sky, they fell down in a marvellous pattern. Christopher Hitchens was everything a great essayist should be: infuriating, brilliant, highly provocative and yet intensely serious” The publication of his 2007 book God Is Not Great made him a major celebrity in his adopted homeland of the United States, and he happily took on the role of the country's best-known atheist. He maintained his devout atheism after being diagnosed with cancer, telling one interviewer: "No evidence or argument has yet been presented which would change my mind. But I like surprises." The author and prominent atheist Richard Dawkins described him as the "finest orator of our time" and a "valiant fighter against all tyrants including God". He said Hitchens had been a "wonderful mentor in a way". Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, who once worked as an intern for Hitchens, said: "Christopher Hitchens was everything a great essayist should be: infuriating, brilliant, highly provocative and yet intensely serious. "He will be massively missed by everyone who values strong opinions and great writing." Hitchens wrote for numerous publications including The Times Literary Supplement, the Daily Express, the London Evening Standard, Newsday and The Atlantic. He was the author of 17 books, including The Trial of Henry Kissinger, How Religion Poisons Everything, and a memoir, Hitch-22. A collection of his essays, Arguably, was released this year. The story continues at - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16212418