When the riots begin
The World Wide Conspiracy of Jews? Have you been reading -The Protocols....- again?
ruveyn
do you have a citation for this story?
do you have a citation for this story?
It was widely reported in the Tri-State area but mostly as a human interest story that chronicled what former bankers did after their careers had been prematurely cut short. For a while after Lehman’s bankruptcy, journalists were almost gleeful that their banker acquaintances were suddenly in the same precarious financial position as they were. There was story after story of what ex-bankers did with their lives after banking and the outcomes can be quite surprising (think taxi service and ice cream parlour). But by the end of 2009 when it became apparent that many of the former bankers, who had been regarded by their peers as the natural commandos of their generation, were simply unable to recover from their career setback, meaning that they were not as smart or as capable as others had thought them to be, scorn turned to reluctant pity and the flow of stories of how pathetic these people actually are came to an end. You might be able to pull the story I referenced if you have access to Factiva or some other news aggregator.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/n ... 619110.stm
Check out what Mikey is saying. In many ways Michael Moore is a vanguard of the anti-corporatist and anti-capitalist movement having actually staged and filmed his own solo protests of Wall Street years ago when the American financial crisis first broke out. There are several things to note:
a) He is incoherent
b) He believes that capitalism is evil
c) He states that there is a lot more to come in the OWS movement
d) He has obliquely justified rough tactics
As Moore is an insider who is probably viewed as a hero figure by just about everyone in the incredibly diverse OWS movement, it would be wise to take what he says seriously. If OWS has a leader of spokesman, that would be Michael Moore.
do you have a citation for this story?
It was widely reported in the Tri-State area but mostly as a human interest story that chronicled what former bankers did after their careers had been prematurely cut short. For a while after Lehman’s bankruptcy, journalists were almost gleeful that their banker acquaintances were suddenly in the same precarious financial position as they were. There was story after story of what ex-bankers did with their lives after banking and the outcomes can be quite surprising (think taxi service and ice cream parlour). But by the end of 2009 when it became apparent that many of the former bankers, who had been regarded by their peers as the natural commandos of their generation, were simply unable to recover from their career setback, meaning that they were not as smart or as capable as others had thought them to be, scorn turned to reluctant pity and the flow of stories of how pathetic these people actually are came to an end. You might be able to pull the story I referenced if you have access to Factiva or some other news aggregator.
Your claim = your responsibility.
Sounds like you never had more than an anecdote or two, anyway.
Check out what Mikey is saying. In many ways Michael Moore is a vanguard of the anti-corporatist and anti-capitalist movement having actually staged and filmed his own solo protests of Wall Street years ago when the American financial crisis first broke out. There are several things to note:
a) He is incoherent
b) He believes that capitalism is evil
c) He states that there is a lot more to come in the OWS movement
d) He has obliquely justified rough tactics
As Moore is an insider who is probably viewed as a hero figure by just about everyone in the incredibly diverse OWS movement, it would be wise to take what he says seriously. If OWS has a leader of spokesman, that would be Michael Moore.
a)He is not at all incoherent.
b)Capitalism, as it is currently practiced (which, as you might have noticed, is what he's actually criticising) is objectively evil in that it has evil consequences that would not occurr under other systems.
c)DUH.
d)WTF?
http://projects.latimes.com/mexico-drug-war/#/its-a-war
I actually view events down south in Mexico as the most important drivers of America’s future. It is no accident for instance that the Iranians sought out the Zetas (a Mexican drug cartel) to assassinate the Saudi Ambassador to the United States. But my sympathy for Hispanics got the last thread deleted. So this topic is extremely sensitive. Nevertheless, a riot by some White punk nosed kids is going to be quite different from the expressions of discontent of the long oppressed Hispanic migrants.
This thread is not just about Occupy Wall Street but is really a wider discussion on the breakdown of social order in Western societies that have to make painful adjustments following the American and European financial crises. OWS is simply the latest spark on an already crowded canvas. As it is, numerous mass social disturbances have occurred in Europe that can be traced directly to their financial crisis. Although the riots in Europe are disruptive and annoying, they will pale in comparison to the violent disturbances that will grip America in the coming years. You may not want to acknowledge it, but the Mexican cartels are a major force in American politics. If you think, as the protesters of OWS or adherents to the Illuminati theory like to believe, that money purchases influence and corrupts politics, then the flow of drugs from Mexico into the United States ought to be of great importance to you because there is no other source of funds that is as limitless as it is dark.