Protest ... where is George Soros when we need him?

[WhereThereIsFire]

Discussing locally with friends that we would love to join in the protest in DC on the night of the State of the Union address, some points became self evident (so to speak.) The consensus was that Americans are so deeply into "owing my soul to the company store" via going into debt to buy all the toys (from Subaru to Hummers, from MP3's to IPODS, etc) that make their lives bearable, they have lost the financial freedom to take time off from work to go and protest. People who do show up at major protests have to either be unemployed, financially independent, or being supported through some outside source that gives them a measure of freedom of time off from work, guarantee the job will still be there, and financially have the means to travel for protest.

What we need is a good financial protest "block" of wealthy supporters who could help us organize airlifts (or even bus lifts) from cities into D.C. for the protest on the night of the State of the Union address AND to pick up the cost of lost wages ... since many of the most sincere Democrats who WANT and NEED to protest, could find themselves with a lost job, home, etc and even living on the street in the days afterwards.

Americans, by and large, have bought into COMMERCIALISM to such an extent that it has virtually quelled all FREEDOM to protest. It wasn't forced on us ... we just bought into it. True predatory lenders (all those credit cards), HMO's with ever growing premiums, and other insurance & banking institutions are not blameless. And many of us "bought in" to assuage our dispair at the hopeless political situation. Buying material goods ... it is the drug of choice for many. But, it really will cause many, many Americans to sit back in deeper dispair saying ... "what can I do? I can't miss even one day's work and still maintain my lifestyle? And what would happen if I lost THIS job?" Basically we've become like sheep, lined up for the slaughter, and totally crippled in any type of protest.

[rinsd]

1. You are asking Soros for help while railing against capitalism....

....I think my irony meter just went kablooey.

[SharonRB]

2. This is pretty ironic

I'm meeting up with some DUers from the KOEB in NY in February and just yesterday my father asked me if George Soros was paying for my trip to New York. I asked him why in the world Soros would pay for my trip. My dad thought it was a protest, which still wouldn't have explained to me why he thought Soros would pick up the tab. He didn't realize it was just a pleasure trip to meet up with some friends.

So, when I saw this post I had to chuckle to myself.

[WhereThereIsFire]

3. George Soros was huge Kerry backer ...

sometimes you just have to "take the money" from the capitalists. And George Soros put big bucks on the line during the last election because of his dislike of boooosh. I'm sure, capitalist that he is, he has not changed his view on the current cabal or the need to protest it. Like many though, he is likely depressed after the theft of the past two presidential elections ... he was so adamant about giving money to see that it NOT happen again in 2004 ... but his money was not enough. I think he probably WOULD back people trying to protest, if he thought it would achieve the goal of ridding us of the roving boooshchaineygang.

[RandomKoolzip]

4. It's so hilarious to see rightists get up in arms about Soros "backing"

the anti-war crowd, when they've been swimming in Sugar Daddy Scaife bucks for some twenty-odd years or so. Coors, Olin, Mott, Rev. Moon, etc. Billionaires have been funding rightist media organs and forcing their formerly-fringe opinions on the mainstream for thirty years or so through the funding of think tanks, foundations, and other arms of the rightist media juggernaut. All of a sudden, George Soros (by himself) comes along a pledges a few million (not the billions Scaife alone has put out, just a few million) to help defeat Bush, and the right screams "FOUL!"

It's pretty hilarious, really. :rofl:

[SharonRB]

5. Scaife was the first one I thought of when my father

asked me that outrageous question. I had no idea where the question came from. In fact, he couldn't even remember Soros' name -- he just asked me who was paying for my trip. When I told him I was paying for it myself, he said he thought maybe that rich guy who supports moveon.org, whatever his name was, was paying for it. Soros was the only one I could think of that he might have been talking about, so I named him and my dad said yes, he's the one. Outrageous that he thought George Soros would be paying for my trip to meet with some friends.

[WhereThereIsFire]

6. We need to embrace "our" capitalists ...

the Democratic "tent" needs to be a big one. We really can't accomplish the ideals we embrace unless we also accept that many capitalists are onboard with us. You may not like how they got their money, but at least be thankful they are putting some of it to use for the right purposes. I was pleased to see Bill & Hillary at "the Donald's" Palm Beach wedding extravaganza ... with no sign of the evil booosh brigade. And we should not forget Martha Stewart ... imprisoned MOSTLY because she was a FOB ... friend of Bill. George Soros has been much lower profile (though contributing massively) ... and could still help us move faster toward impeachments and/or indictments.

[WhereThereIsFire]

7. Could he have been thinking of Ben Cohen?

Of Ben & Jerry's ice cream? His fiancial imput, great ideas, & efforts were hugely appreciated in 2004. I loved the "Pants On Fire" mobile. When it came to my town, the drivers took it up and down the street in front of the governor's mansion ... while Ben handed out free ice cream!!! Shortly there after ... boooshie's fat younger brother had the street in front of the mansion permanently closed to auto-traffic!! Can we all say NAZI in the Florida Governor's Mansion? Well, only for a few more months!!

[SharonRB]

8. I'm sure he didn't mean Ben Cohen.

He said billionaire -- had to be Soros.