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Blue State Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 05:59 PM Original message |
It's time to make our first 3 demands. #OWS |
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Blue State Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
1. wow. rec'd and unrec'd in 5 minutes. |
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Blue State Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 10:58 AM Response to Reply #1 |
19. This thread must be a THREAT to some lurkers here. |
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Blue State Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 11:41 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Lost another one. I guess DU is now being occupied by the RW. |
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Blue State Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 11:50 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Now at zero. This is pathetic. |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 09:18 PM Response to Reply #19 |
58. Maybe people don't like the idea that |
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SomethingFishy (552 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 09:21 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. Holy shit. Hell Freezes Over. |
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greytdemocrat (614 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
2. Congrats!!! |
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Blue State Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 06:09 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. And what would your demand be? |
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Township75 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 12:22 PM Response to Reply #2 |
32. That and the fact that he is responding to his own posts. |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
3. Reinstate Glass-Steagall. nt |
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Kingofalldems (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
4. K and R to counter sneaky repubs |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
5. No "personhood" for corporations! |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 06:09 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Do you really believe |
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Blue State Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 06:15 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Not as a publicly traded company. |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 08:57 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Not all corporations |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 11:55 AM Response to Reply #12 |
24. Frankly, what's been needed for a very long time is a redefining of |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 11:59 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Bingo! |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 05:23 PM Response to Reply #24 |
50. Fine, you knock yourself out |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 08:38 PM Response to Reply #50 |
54. I didn't answer your questions because I wasn't the one you asked. |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 09:11 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. Hey, you responded to the post |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 07:38 AM Response to Reply #56 |
68. WTF? |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 05:45 PM Response to Reply #68 |
72. Here's some real advice |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 06:35 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. You do know, of course, that corporations exist through "charters?" |
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Blue State Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 06:43 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Nice. |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 09:02 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Say you direct a non-profit corporation |
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Cid_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 09:41 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. It's only for the "bad" ones... |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 10:02 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Kind of like the did to the socialist orginization in MN |
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Chan790 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 05:32 PM Response to Reply #13 |
52. Turn them over. |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 09:13 PM Response to Reply #52 |
57. Tell that |
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Chan790 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 05:28 PM Response to Reply #6 |
51. I refuse to believe that corporations have the same rights as a person... |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 09:10 PM Response to Reply #51 |
55. Wow....that's really clever |
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Chan790 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 10:59 PM Response to Reply #55 |
67. No, I believe corporations have no rights whatsoever... |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 05:49 PM Response to Reply #67 |
73. So media corporations |
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Chan790 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 10:47 PM Response to Reply #73 |
75. Only their individuals. |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 06:23 AM Response to Reply #75 |
76. Nice try, but fail |
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Merlot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
11. Overturn Citizens United - get money out of politics |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 09:03 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Hate to break it to you |
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rbnyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 12:38 PM Response to Reply #14 |
41. Is that a good reason to make it worse? |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 05:21 PM Response to Reply #41 |
49. Overturning it based on what? |
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rbnyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 09:49 PM Response to Reply #49 |
61. Money is not speech. |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 10:23 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. Where in CU |
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rbnyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 10:47 PM Response to Reply #49 |
66. When you asked about reinstating restrictions... |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 05:43 PM Response to Reply #66 |
71. reinstating the restrictions |
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rbnyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 10:26 PM Response to Reply #71 |
74. I'm just trying to understand you... |
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Merlot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 09:34 PM Response to Reply #14 |
60. Obviously money has been involved in politics forever. |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
16. This one is really important to me.. |
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FarLeftFist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
17. All Federal politicians shall only make $75,000/year and have mediocre health benefits. |
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Cid_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 10:25 PM Response to Reply #17 |
63. Never got this one... |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
21. What is the motivation |
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Blue State Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 11:49 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Run our own candidates. Divest from banks. Mass civil disobedience... |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 02:55 PM Response to Reply #22 |
47. I dunno... |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
25. Strange Demands |
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Blue State Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 12:15 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. News Corp is under investigation already. |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 12:29 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. I understand the RICO charges, don't understand the Demand |
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WillowTree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 10:42 PM Response to Reply #25 |
65. You're kidding, right? Demand #3 doesn't even comport with the Constitution! |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
27. Who appointed you spokesperson for the OWS movement?... |
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Blue State Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 12:19 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. WTF? Where does it say I am? |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 10:17 AM Response to Reply #27 |
69. I was afraid of this... |
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AngkorWot (792 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
28. you're comparing foreclosures to insider trading? |
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Blue State Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 12:21 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Bush, Corporate Personhood, everything. |
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AngkorWot (792 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 02:52 PM Response to Reply #31 |
46. So nothing, in other words. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
33. Only 3? I've got 5, and since I'm generous & magnanimous, I'll share em w/you. |
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Blue State Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 12:28 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. I like. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 12:34 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. Full disclosure: I speak only for myself. |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 12:31 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Ability to Stay On Message? None |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 12:33 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. I am just a medium, and I am on message. |
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Blue State Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 12:58 PM Response to Reply #37 |
44. We are not one issue voters. And this is not a one issue movement. |
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Proles (229 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 12:52 PM Response to Reply #33 |
43. I think those demands would make more sense. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 06:19 PM Response to Reply #43 |
53. I actually thought Bernie Sanders put forth some good solid proposals |
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AverageJoe90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 10:27 PM Response to Reply #33 |
64. Here's a really good addition to 6. |
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kctim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
34. So OWS is NOT about corruption? |
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Blue State Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 12:35 PM Response to Reply #34 |
40. It's absolutely about corruption. |
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kctim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 12:52 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Most people have differing opinions |
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Blue State Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 01:04 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. Then what do you suggest? |
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kctim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 03:45 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. First, the middle class is not going to disappear before the 2012 elections |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 10:20 AM Response to Reply #48 |
70. +1 nt |
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blkmusclmachine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 06:29 AM Response to Original message |
77. Good start, and very unbipartisan. |
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