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wndycty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 05:30 PM Original message |
Occupy Chicago is marching and has effectively stalled rush hour traffic . . . |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
1. K&R! Bookmarking! |
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snappyturtle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
2. YES! |
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FirstLight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
3. Isn't it cool...? |
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wndycty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
4. Kick for update |
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greytdemocrat (614 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
5. Nothing like pissing people off |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 05:53 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. It's surely one of the most effective ways of winning over hearts and minds |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 05:55 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. It's probably the only way many people will hear about the protests |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 05:56 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Or soliciting their support on their way home. Just about everyone we stopped |
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Joe the Revelator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 05:57 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. There's a difference from Saturday joy riders and Monday commuters.... |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 06:04 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Not much. All people aren't that shallow. And most of the people were in trucks, working. nt |
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Joe the Revelator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 06:53 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. First, what's shallow about wanting to get home after a day of work? |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 08:46 AM Response to Reply #24 |
127. . |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 08:16 PM Response to Reply #12 |
72. Have you guys ever been in downtown Chicago? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 08:14 AM Response to Reply #72 |
121. What will be amusing is when traffic report sounds like mexico city's |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 08:30 PM Response to Reply #5 |
75. Taking people out of their comfort zone is the point of demonstrations. |
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me b zola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 04:47 AM Response to Reply #5 |
107. Here in Portland when we took our streets |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 08:15 AM Response to Reply #5 |
122. My I just have to ask |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
7. What better way to win the minds and hearts of productive society... |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 09:07 PM Response to Reply #7 |
88. These things happen, it is a part of life. |
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EdMaven (290 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 03:44 AM Response to Reply #7 |
98. Obama's motorcade inconveniences people. So do parades. Big deal. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 04:58 AM Response to Reply #7 |
108. In NYC, people waved and honked their support to the protesters. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 07:13 AM Response to Reply #7 |
109. I imagine many people wish that civil disobedience and social change |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 09:13 AM Response to Reply #109 |
131. It doen't need to be simple & convenient... but certainly not aimed at the wrong demographic. |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 02:19 PM Response to Reply #109 |
138. We have exactly that Pretty Box - every four years, with slogans |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
9. Fabulous! nt |
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Joe the Revelator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
11. This seems counter productive. |
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Cali_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 05:57 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. I'll tell you what's counterproductive |
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Joe the Revelator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 05:59 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. And keeping people from their families illustrates this point? |
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Cali_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 06:00 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. The blame lies with the 1% and their enablers |
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Abin Sur (647 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 06:20 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. So when a mob...who have chosen to be there...blocks traffic |
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Cali_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 06:27 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Eric Cantor recently called the protesters a mob |
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Abin Sur (647 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 06:51 PM Original message |
And that assertion takes away from my point...how, exactly? |
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Joe the Revelator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 06:51 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. And you're channeling someone who is thinking only with their heart and not with your mind |
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EdMaven (290 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 03:46 AM Response to Reply #19 |
100. You think protests are OK, as long as they don't inconvenience anyone, which means actually you |
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Abin Sur (647 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 08:20 AM Response to Reply #100 |
124. Certainly they should be allowed |
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Joe the Revelator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 06:51 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. That's just wrong,...it's poor optics and only hurts the cause. |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 08:00 PM Response to Reply #15 |
65. And that's why civil disobedience against the general populace is a ridiculous strategy here. |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 09:11 AM Response to Reply #15 |
130. That actually makes as little sense |
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cwydro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 06:54 PM Response to Reply #14 |
25. Good luck Joe... |
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EdMaven (290 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 03:45 AM Response to Reply #14 |
99. yes. |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 06:04 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. "Wealthy oil companies" and "corporations" make up what % of people stuck in the traffic jams? |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 07:14 AM Response to Reply #11 |
110. I think you confuse "counter-productive" and "convenient." |
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cwydro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
18. I'd be really annoyed if on my way home |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 06:57 PM Response to Reply #18 |
28. Exactly... |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 09:18 AM Response to Reply #18 |
143. So would you be so mad at a little inconvienence |
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Imajika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
20. Blocking traffic = fasted way possible to alienate people |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
26. God help them if |
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Texasgal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 06:55 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Sorry asses? |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 06:59 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Yes, sorry asses |
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Texasgal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 07:01 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Oh please. |
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wndycty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 07:04 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. "your minor inconvenience can kiss my butt" |
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cwydro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 07:10 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. Perfect post |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 07:21 PM Response to Reply #35 |
48. Thank you... |
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wndycty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 07:22 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. Which is not different than the assholes on Wall Street. . . |
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EdMaven (290 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 03:52 AM Response to Reply #50 |
101. You actually support it so long as it doesn't inconvenience anyone. Which means |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 07:53 AM Response to Reply #101 |
116. Oh, here's an idea.... |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 07:41 AM Response to Reply #48 |
113. Plasticine priorities are very important to our flaccid contentment... |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 08:12 AM Response to Reply #113 |
118. Lack of forethought and the refusal to acknowledge |
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Texasgal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 07:24 PM Response to Reply #35 |
51. weird... I am on your side |
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wndycty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 07:28 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. I countered you because you showed the same indifference to other peoples' inconvenience . . . |
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Texasgal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 07:36 PM Response to Reply #53 |
57. No. I don't see it. |
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Joe the Revelator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 07:46 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. You don't get heard by acting out and pissing off those whose support you need |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 08:50 AM Response to Reply #59 |
128. . |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 07:34 PM Response to Reply #51 |
56. Well see, there you go... |
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cwydro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 07:09 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. And what if you have to get home to take care |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 07:14 PM Response to Reply #33 |
42. Yeah, Oh please... |
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Texasgal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 07:21 PM Response to Reply #42 |
47. how do you think |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 07:29 PM Response to Reply #47 |
54. You're talking about a situation involving |
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Texasgal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 07:42 PM Response to Reply #54 |
58. Whatever, I disgree. |
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Joe the Revelator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 07:49 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. The point is, if the idea is to get people on your side, ruining their evening isn't the way to do |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 07:54 PM Response to Reply #58 |
62. I'm not trying to "shout down people like you". |
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Texasgal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 08:08 PM Response to Reply #62 |
70. I see your point. |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 08:43 PM Response to Reply #70 |
81. I didn't ask you to agree. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 08:12 AM Response to Reply #54 |
117. we each should weigh which is more important |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 08:26 AM Response to Reply #117 |
125. What's not important to you |
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cwydro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 07:03 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Lots of selfish people out there pipi |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 07:18 PM Response to Reply #34 |
45. I know... |
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EdMaven (290 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 03:54 AM Response to Reply #34 |
102. Kafkaesque. Do you call Obama 'selfish' when his motorcade clears the entire fucking freeway? |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 08:30 AM Response to Reply #102 |
126. he's not some asshole |
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EdMaven (290 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 12:05 PM Response to Reply #126 |
136. so it's not traffic jams that bother you, but protest. gotcha. that makes things clear. |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 02:42 PM Response to Reply #136 |
140. No, dear...you don't |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 06:59 PM Response to Reply #26 |
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wndycty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
31. LInk to the HuffPo with pictures |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
32. Solidarity my brothers and sisters in Chicago. nt |
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Phentex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
36. Too bad they didn't block the marathon... |
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cwydro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 07:07 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Kinda hard to block runners lol. |
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wndycty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 07:12 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. I ran in that marathon and I would have run them over. . .I worked hard for 18 weeks. . . |
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Phentex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 07:16 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. I know. You told us already... |
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wndycty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 07:19 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. Its not, not at all. I know there are many of you here at DU who can care less what I think . . |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 07:52 PM Response to Reply #40 |
61. I figured you would be really pissed....... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
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Joe the Revelator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 07:17 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. Again, tell me how keeping working stiffs.... |
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Zanzoobar (618 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 07:21 PM Response to Reply #44 |
49. It works like this |
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yawnmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 07:28 PM Response to Reply #41 |
52. Then why not go farther? Jump on the hood of my car while I'm stuck in traffic... |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 08:03 PM Response to Reply #41 |
66. Indeed. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
55. That's idiotic. I bet it was an Agent Provocateur who got them to do that. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 08:00 PM Response to Reply #55 |
64. Don't underestimate the wisdom of the crowd. They did it on their own. |
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Joe the Revelator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 08:05 PM Response to Reply #64 |
69. There was no wisdom in this choice...at all.... |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 08:05 PM Response to Reply #55 |
68. Please. Protesters can be idiotic without help from Agents Provocateur. nt |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
63. African American people are marching against segregation, effectively stalling rush hour traffic. |
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Joe the Revelator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 08:04 PM Response to Reply #63 |
67. African Americans were marching against the majority.... |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 08:19 PM Response to Reply #67 |
73. A majority with the level of representation of a minority. |
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Joe the Revelator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 08:25 PM Response to Reply #73 |
74. So again, how does pissing off your 'brothers in arms' effective...what they should have done... |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 08:39 PM Response to Reply #74 |
80. The purpose is to get noticed. |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 08:44 PM Response to Reply #80 |
82. People say that about my posts. |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 09:16 PM Response to Reply #82 |
90. You have a real good point, there... |
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Joe the Revelator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 08:48 PM Response to Reply #80 |
83. You're right, it has an effect, it makes the people taking party look like pithy children. |
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EdMaven (290 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 03:55 AM Response to Reply #67 |
103. Are "we"? If "we" are in the majority why do "we" need to "win people to our cause" |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 08:31 PM Response to Reply #63 |
76. Or maybe... |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 08:36 PM Response to Reply #76 |
77. What if it is POTUS coming through in his limo ... traffic is blocked. You can't get to that |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 08:52 PM Response to Reply #77 |
84. Is that usually a spur of the moment thing? |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 08:53 PM Response to Reply #84 |
85. You "imagine" notice goes out? Have you ever lived in Washington DC? nt |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 09:05 PM Response to Reply #85 |
87. No. But anyone who has |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 09:08 PM Response to Reply #87 |
89. Well now that the 99% are protesting in every city you will similarly expect them |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 09:55 PM Response to Reply #89 |
94. Actually they are NOT "protesting in every city" |
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EdMaven (290 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 03:59 AM Response to Reply #94 |
105. they are in chicago, & now people know to expect it. so why are you complaining? |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 07:51 AM Response to Reply #105 |
115. So that's the way it is now? |
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EdMaven (290 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 12:03 PM Response to Reply #115 |
135. lol. yeah, it's *traffic jams* that really make life "miserable" for people. oh my, oh my. |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 02:34 PM Response to Reply #135 |
139. If you are |
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EdMaven (290 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 03:58 AM Response to Reply #87 |
104. lol. so funny. |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 08:13 AM Response to Reply #104 |
120. Please explain |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 09:19 PM Response to Reply #84 |
92. There is often no warning! |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 09:57 PM Response to Reply #92 |
96. As one of the kvetchers... |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 03:24 AM Response to Reply #96 |
97. You wouldn't consider living/working in what area? |
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Mariana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 07:36 AM Response to Reply #97 |
111. LOL, I guess you deserve it for living in that area. |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 07:41 AM Response to Reply #97 |
114. Someone mentioned DC |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 08:39 PM Response to Reply #76 |
79. No, I support civil disobedience, even if I disagree with the purpose. |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 09:01 PM Response to Reply #79 |
86. Yeah, well, it's easy enough |
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EdMaven (290 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 04:03 AM Response to Reply #86 |
106. I imagine the owners of that British tea felt just as you do. Protest should never annoy, |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 07:39 AM Response to Reply #106 |
112. The owners of that British tea |
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EdMaven (290 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 11:47 AM Response to Reply #112 |
134. "Oh, what will we have to drink? They've thrown all the tea in the bay! Pish posh, such an |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
71. Excellent |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
78. Well done! |
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white_wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
91. To everyone whining about traffic I'll just leave this article below: |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
93. Teachers want rid of Rahm! |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
95. Some will undoubtedly complain about traffic |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 08:13 AM Response to Original message |
119. This is why the 1% is getting worried |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 08:17 AM Response to Original message |
123. Curious, same crew was annoyed at the idea of blocking traffic |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
132. Stalled rush-hour traffic? OC is just taking credit |
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deaniac21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
133. Wish they would stall the traffic between here and Afganistan. |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
137. I remember one of the giant anti-war marches in the early 00s did this too. |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 12:50 AM Response to Reply #137 |
141. The anti-war protesters were the 30%, not the 99%. n/t |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 02:16 AM Response to Reply #141 |
142. But a lot of us were the same people |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 09:43 AM Response to Reply #142 |
144. There's a different dynamic in the two situations. |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 09:54 AM Response to Reply #144 |
145. And from a purely moral point of view... |
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LadyInAZ (149 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
146. yayyyy for them... |
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