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A fringe type of group. The tea party was a group that was propped up and funded by rich people and Republicans trying to take the anger people had towards the big banks and wall st and turn it around and direct their anger and what not onto the Democratic party now in power; and especially at the black guy in office.
The OWS is on Wall St because they recognize it the money that is corrupting the entire system and the fairness and for the future of America and the world. Capitalism is running amok and its literally going to kill this world for future generations (u know big oil, ins, pharma, banks). The reason police and the billionaire Mayor of NY is arresting peaceful protestors and trying to squash the OWS group is because it is the beginning of a movement. In 4 short weeks, the narrative on the discussion has changed and worldwide people are rising up and occupying. The Tea Baggers are literally the group people outside the US were shaking their heads over and wondering WTF was soooo horribly wrong with America.
The reason why there is no one set agenda is because there is so much that has gone wrong that needs to be fixed. The root cause seems to be money, power, and politics becoming so corrupt that there is no way to even hide it anymore... except from the Tea Party Klan who just haven't figured out the real reason they are mad.
Lastly, if I was a member of OWS or any other occupy members were smart, they would not agree to appear on tv to debate the difference between themselves and the tea party under the corporate banner of CNN who has been slow to cover any "occupation" types of movements including those of the Arab Spring. And the person they did get to "debate" was a person who represented a group concerned about mortgages; which seems to be a noble group doing their own thing and they agree and have aligned with the message of the occupation and the 99%. However, because the group does work as an entity to try and have something done specifically about mortgages, the lady was able to go onto their website to see where they get their funding from and what their particular cause does. This is the problem that the OWS is going to continue to have with the media. They have no direct "leader", so this leaves other people who have their own agenda's to try an jump up and co-opt the movement for their own agenda.
I would suggest as an idea for OWS and any other Occupied area to assign "media" members. Those media members are the only one's allowed to speak to the press, and they will only discuss issues or agendas that have been agreed upon during the GA. This way, you don't have this other guy jumping up to speak about OWS, when really he his group has formed a coalition with the OWS movement. His main concern was over the banks and there power and influence on politicians and with home's and mortgages. I would say the ideas are broader and were actually outlined a couple of weeks back. KO read them on his show. There is more than just the banks that are corrupting the system and creating a worldwide class and wealth disparity. (like the war, health care issues, slave wages, trade agreements, the environment--a really important issue for these kids who have to live and clean up the messes long past the oil barons are rotting in hell).
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