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Topic: What Is The Purpose of Occupy Wall Street?
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T Knowflake Posts: 5749 From: Registered: Apr 2009
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posted May 01, 2012 07:09 PM
don't know why I bother with these types of threads/people. I'm deleting so I don't have to respond if someone responds to me. IP: Logged |
Randall Webmaster Posts: 18010 From: Saturn next to Charmainec Registered: Apr 2009
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posted May 01, 2012 07:57 PM
"obviously a general strike would create havoc, but the danger of one happening is minimal right now. however calling for one is a first step, right?" Kat, if a strike would cause havoc, how could calling for one be a first step? Are you saying a positive step? Anarchists will never succeed. CEOs get paid more, because they take on more responsibility. Why should a CEO be paid the same as a clerical worker...or why should a burger flipper be paid the same as a CEO? Insanity. ------------------ "Never mentally imagine for another that which you would not want to experience for yourself, since the mental image you send out inevitably comes back to you." Rebecca Clark IP: Logged |
T Knowflake Posts: 5749 From: Registered: Apr 2009
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posted May 01, 2012 07:57 PM
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T Knowflake Posts: 5749 From: Registered: Apr 2009
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posted May 01, 2012 08:04 PM
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Ami Anne Moderator Posts: 31743 From: Pluto/house next to NickiG Registered: Sep 2010
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posted May 01, 2012 08:18 PM
quote: Originally posted by Randall: "obviously a general strike would create havoc, but the danger of one happening is minimal right now. however calling for one is a first step, right?" Kat, if a strike would cause havoc, how could calling for one be a first step? Are you saying a positive step? Anarchists will never succeed. CEOs get paid more, because they take on more responsibility. Why should a CEO be paid the same as a clerical worker...or why should a burger flipper be paid the same as a CEO? Insanity.
*PULLING HAIR OUT* Get real people.
------------------ Passion, Lust, Desire. Check out my journal http://www.mychristianpsychic.com/
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Randall Webmaster Posts: 18010 From: Saturn next to Charmainec Registered: Apr 2009
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posted May 01, 2012 08:19 PM
There are so many jobs behind the scenes that few people realize exist and that no one would be "meant to do," but these are necessary for a modern society. Some pay very well...some not so well...but trotting through the woods naked hugging trees will not garner one a CEO's salary no matter how in tune to one's purpose it makes one feel.IP: Logged |
T Knowflake Posts: 5749 From: Registered: Apr 2009
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posted May 01, 2012 08:28 PM
Youre not getting it guys. I'm not talking about CEO salaries as opposed to others. Or tree hugging for a living....Come on now. You are smarter than that. IP: Logged |
Randall Webmaster Posts: 18010 From: Saturn next to Charmainec Registered: Apr 2009
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posted May 01, 2012 08:29 PM
A world where everyone is the same would have no need for competition...and competition creates everything...from the computer you are using to the iPhone to the plates you eat your food on. And if this is the way the OWSers think, then it is no wonder they are not respected by the masses; nor should they be. They can't even live by their own demands...with their electronic conveniences galore. lmfaoIP: Logged |
T Knowflake Posts: 5749 From: Registered: Apr 2009
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posted May 01, 2012 08:33 PM
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T Knowflake Posts: 5749 From: Registered: Apr 2009
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posted May 01, 2012 08:34 PM
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T Knowflake Posts: 5749 From: Registered: Apr 2009
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posted May 01, 2012 08:37 PM
come to think of itcompetition and creating are like two opposites ends of a spectrum. IP: Logged |
T Knowflake Posts: 5749 From: Registered: Apr 2009
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posted May 01, 2012 08:50 PM
and why don't you explain why you are pulling your hair out Ami.Blow your gasket. It might make you feel better. IP: Logged |
T Knowflake Posts: 5749 From: Registered: Apr 2009
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posted May 01, 2012 08:51 PM
and enlighten the rest of us on how to "get real" while youre at it. Please and thank you.IP: Logged |
Node Knowflake Posts: 1833 From: 1,981 mi East of Truth or Consequences NM Registered: Apr 2009
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posted May 01, 2012 09:01 PM
http://www.ustream.tv/occupywallstreet http://fsrn.org/content/media-99-may-day-coverage/10222 IP: Logged |
Aquacheeka Knowflake Posts: 1015 From: Toronto, Canada Registered: Mar 2012
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posted May 01, 2012 09:07 PM
quote: Originally posted by Randall: "obviously a general strike would create havoc, but the danger of one happening is minimal right now. however calling for one is a first step, right?" Kat, if a strike would cause havoc, how could calling for one be a first step? Are you saying a positive step? Anarchists will never succeed. CEOs get paid more, because they take on more responsibility. Why should a CEO be paid the same as a clerical worker...or why should a burger flipper be paid the same as a CEO? Insanity.
So in your opinion, 380 times as much as a mid-level worker is appropriate? They work THAT MUCH harder? Even though that is exponentially more than they were making when America had a middle class? Conservatives are insane. IP: Logged |
Aquacheeka Knowflake Posts: 1015 From: Toronto, Canada Registered: Mar 2012
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posted May 01, 2012 09:08 PM
Oh btw Randall, Warren Buffett disagrees with you: http://blogs.wsj.com/wealth/2011/10/27/most-millionaires-support-warren-buffe tts-tax-on-the-rich/.IP: Logged |
Aquacheeka Knowflake Posts: 1015 From: Toronto, Canada Registered: Mar 2012
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posted May 01, 2012 09:13 PM
quote: Originally posted by Randall: A world where everyone is the same would have no need for competition...and competition creates everything...from the computer you are using to the iPhone to the plates you eat your food on. And if this is the way the OWSers think, then it is no wonder they are not respected by the masses; nor should they be. They can't even live by their own demands...with their electronic conveniences galore. lmfao
Actually, a majority of Canadians supported our Occupy protesters: http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/TopStories/20111108/occupy-wall-st-nanos-poll-111108/
Anything else you'd like to say today that is presumptuous, nonsensical or just plain wrong? IP: Logged |
NativelyJoan Knowflake Posts: 1048 From: Boston Registered: Sep 2011
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posted May 01, 2012 09:24 PM
quote: Originally posted by T: Everything is so out of balance right now.Sorry, may be my Libra NN talking.
so out of balance T! The world is just a mess. It's my Libra energy agreeing with you lol. As always!
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Randall Webmaster Posts: 18010 From: Saturn next to Charmainec Registered: Apr 2009
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posted May 01, 2012 09:58 PM
A CEO gets paid whatever the Board of Directors (BOD) vote that CEO to be paid...and ultimately the BOD answer to the shareholders, who are the real owners of the corporation. If a company is making billions, the CEO's salary is clearly thought appropriate by those who matter--the ones who own and run it.------------------ "Never mentally imagine for another that which you would not want to experience for yourself, since the mental image you send out inevitably comes back to you." Rebecca Clark IP: Logged |
Randall Webmaster Posts: 18010 From: Saturn next to Charmainec Registered: Apr 2009
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posted May 01, 2012 10:04 PM
No, they don't work that much harder...they shoulder hundreds of times more responsibility. A manager of ten employees is responsible for what those ten employees do. And so on. Do the math.IP: Logged |
Ami Anne Moderator Posts: 31743 From: Pluto/house next to NickiG Registered: Sep 2010
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posted May 01, 2012 10:16 PM
Randall. The people who argue utopia probably have never had a business. That will cure them of immature views, more than anything.Let one of these liberals try to have a business and all that entails and see if they are STILL a liberal. I doubt it. Talk from people who have not been out in life, is cheap. I used to have the same kind of big mouth when I was younger. These people should try to have a business in this Obama economy. They would jettison Obama imho ------------------ Passion, Lust, Desire. Check out my journal http://www.mychristianpsychic.com/
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Ami Anne Moderator Posts: 31743 From: Pluto/house next to NickiG Registered: Sep 2010
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posted May 01, 2012 10:22 PM
quote: Originally posted by Aquacheeka: So in your opinion, 380 times as much as a mid-level worker is appropriate? They work THAT MUCH harder? Even though that is exponentially more than they were making when America had a middle class?Conservatives are insane.
YES, they work that much harder! ------------------ Passion, Lust, Desire. Check out my journal http://www.mychristianpsychic.com/
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T Knowflake Posts: 5749 From: Registered: Apr 2009
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posted May 01, 2012 10:27 PM
* why do I even bother with people who clearly have no clue and who have probably never had to work hard for anything in their life.Ami, Speaking of "big mouths"......Do me a favor. How about next time you want to start drama and say something to me, you do it to my "face" on the boards. And don't do it through another person - a friend of mine? Hmm? Do not email my friends to give a message to me again. Say it on the boards and I will answer you here. I'm not out to get you Ami. I actually don't give much thought to you. But please don't make some kind of soap opera sh*t out of LindaLand. Never in my life have I had to deal with something like that up until now. And I just want to tell you that I don't eff around that way. If you want to tell me something, say it here and now. This isnt high school and I don't waste my time like that. Don't bother my friends or try to start drama where there isnt any. IP: Logged |
T Knowflake Posts: 5749 From: Registered: Apr 2009
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posted May 01, 2012 10:29 PM
quote: Originally posted by Node: http://www.ustream.tv/occupywallstreet http://fsrn.org/content/media-99-may-day-coverage/10222
I've missed you, fellow Taurean. IP: Logged |
Ami Anne Moderator Posts: 31743 From: Pluto/house next to NickiG Registered: Sep 2010
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posted May 01, 2012 10:30 PM
edit------------------ Passion, Lust, Desire. Check out my journal http://www.mychristianpsychic.com/
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