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Left-wing financier George Soros is at it again. While he may claim he’s not behind the Occupy Wall Street protests, funding from his foundations says otherwise. Soros threw his support behind the movement at a United Nations panel on Oct. 3, “I can sympathize with their grievances.” But he does more than just sympathize, his foundations funded groups that back the protests and steer their “progressive” message. Read more: newsbusters.org...
Organizations that joined the protesters were granted more than $3.6 million from Soros’s Open Society Foundations. On Oct. 5 there was a “march in solidarity with #occupywallstreet” that listed seven such groups out of the 16 overall supporting the protest. Those seven organizations received $3,614,690 from Soros’ Open Society Foundations since the year 2000, with more than $2 million going to Common Cause Education Fund, part of Common Cause, and another $1.1 million to MoveOn.org. Read more: newsbusters.org...
Wouldn’t it be ironic if Occupy Wall Street — the soi-disant “99%” — were being secretly funded by billionaire Davos Man George Soros, exemplar of the 1%? Well, no, it wouldn’t, actually. As Noreen Malone points out, lots of the 1% have, like Soros, expressed sympathy with OWS, including Bill Clinton, Ben Bernanke, and at least one member of the Buffett family. And when you’re sympathetic to a cause, and have lots of money, often you donate money to that cause. But in this case it looks very much as though there’s no connection at all between Soros and OWS. That makes sense: for one thing, Soros is a creature of Wall Street himself, and for another, he tends to fund well-organized groups with specific goals. Which, clearly, OWS isn’t. Which is why today’s Reuters story about the connection between Soros and OWS has elicited so much derision around the blogosphere. Beyond allowing us to shoehorn the #ows and #soros hashtags into a single tweet, there’s no real substance to it at all:
Originally posted by muzzleflash
Yep, therefore there is no way to ever protest the authority because the authority is behind the protest.
So we should just go back to our jobs like good little slaves because had we stood up against this system, that would mean we are supporters of the system.
/end cognitive dissonance
Originally posted by illuminatislave
reply to post by John_Rodger_Cornman
I think that you have some good ideas, that can also be coupled with civil disobedience and protest.
The Civil Rights movement did not gain ground by everyone staying at home, worrying about what a few far right authoritarian fascist pigs and racists were saying about them.
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“That was my home,” said Shane Stoops, 23, an occupier from Seattle who said he had been at Zuccotti since the dawn of the protest Sept. 17. “You see all those garbage trucks? That’s where I live now. They took my life, all my clothes, my four-man tent and mattress, all of my books and three years of drawings.”
Originally posted by Americanist
reply to post by John_Rodger_Cornman
Tell that to this guy:
“That was my home,” said Shane Stoops, 23, an occupier from Seattle who said he had been at Zuccotti since the dawn of the protest Sept. 17. “You see all those garbage trucks? That’s where I live now. They took my life, all my clothes, my four-man tent and mattress, all of my books and three years of drawings.”
Originally posted by Pervius
Originally posted by Americanist
reply to post by John_Rodger_Cornman
Tell that to this guy:
“That was my home,” said Shane Stoops, 23, an occupier from Seattle who said he had been at Zuccotti since the dawn of the protest Sept. 17. “You see all those garbage trucks? That’s where I live now. They took my life, all my clothes, my four-man tent and mattress, all of my books and three years of drawings.”
Seattle? Really??
There's got to be 35,000 people in Seattle from the Pacific Islands (Palau-Guam-CNMI-FSM). They are in Seattle because there are jobs there. If there were no jobs, they would be back in their own country/island.
I didn't know Seattle had a fake OWS protest too. Maybe Shane is a mason's son and he'll sue the city and get $50,000 free for the loss of his property.
Originally posted by woodwardjnr
reply to post by Americanist
I think I saw Sorros in the OWS live feed from Zuccotti Park, pleading with the NYPD not to take down his tent. The NYPD pepper sprayed the old man, leaving him bemused as to where it all went wrong.
Then you can start...
-a few voter collusion unions(everyone votes the same way...like for Ron Paul, a libertarian or any non-corporate puppet)
-eating non-gmo food
-eat anti-carcinogenic food like broccoli,and sauerkraut.
-watching pro-liberty tv
-watching pro-freedom/anti-police-state movies
-buy only locally grown food or organic food.
-use only locally ran owned institutions
-buy only locally made goods
Originally posted by woodwardjnr
reply to post by John_Rodger_Cornman
Then you can start...
-a few voter collusion unions(everyone votes the same way...like for Ron Paul, a libertarian or any non-corporate puppet)
-eating non-gmo food
-eat anti-carcinogenic food like broccoli,and sauerkraut.
-watching pro-liberty tv
-watching pro-freedom/anti-police-state movies
-buy only locally grown food or organic food.
-use only locally ran owned institutions
-buy only locally made goods
You forgot to mention. Buy yourself a little house on the prairie. Good night John Boy.
Originally posted by illuminatislave
reply to post by John_Rodger_Cornman
I never said that boycotting TPTB's stuff was a bad idea, in fact I agree.
I just don't agree that the ideas of protesting and civil disobedience are wrong or fruitless.
The police state will come regardless if you are out in the street throwing moltovs or sitting at home cowering in fear of the elite and their stick wielding pigs. You can bet on that.
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