Greetings, fellow 99%’ers!
Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade. Why is this man not in jail?
It’s heartening to see people willing to stand up for their rights in this country and all over the world again.
Here in America, it wasn’t always like that.
Back in the Dark Ages, we believed everything we were told.
We had leaders back then who were admired.
We blindly trusted the authorities and were told they were acting in our best interests.
We believed it.
We didn’t realize at the time that our leaders were human, fallible and corruptible.
We didn’t know back then that their escapades were of such a magnitude that they would have made Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky blush with shame.
We were told that our White House was a modern day Camelot full of white knights and gracious lords and ladies.
We were told: “Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country” without ever realizing that those great words were written by a speechwriter who wrote the script for a puppet to read.
We believed it.
We believed it. Our school was 3 miles away from a major military base!
We were told that if we hid under our desks at school when we saw the bright flash of a nuclear explosion, we would survive.
Hell, we were even instructed by our teachers to bring a box of Graham Crackers and 2 cans of milk to school so that we could eat inside while we waited for the radiation to go away!
And, my school was about five miles away from a major military installation which would have received multiple nuclear warhead strikes.
Even so, we were told we would be able to live out the destruction to exist in a post-nuclear apocalypse world.
We believed it.
We believed it. We got laid off.
We were told that robot technology would improve so much that we would only have to go to our jobs 10 hours a week and would be able to enjoy all the extra time at home with our families.
There would be no loss in pay and we would be able to easily afford all the luxuries our robots would be manufacturing for us.
We trusted the corporations and our politicians to look after us.
We believed it.
We believed it. We bailed them out
We were told:
“What’s good for General Motors is good for America.”
We believed it.
We were shown anti-drug movies in school that spoke of an urgent need for a full-scale war on drugs.
We were told that everyone who smoked pot would become a hopeless drug addict with brain damage.
We believed it.
Photo from 1973. Well, there might be some truth about the brain damage bit. These people probably became yuppie bankers!
Why did we believe all the lies?
Because it had been ingrained in us for generations through the skillful use of propaganda to trust.
We trusted our government and we trusted big business. We trusted Wall Street.
And, just like finding out that the whole time your husband or wife was screwing around at every opportunity behind your back, that trust was betrayed and once we knew it, the relationship could never be the same.
What happened to change this mentality?
An “illegal” antiwar demonstration in 1968 on the Berkeley Campus
When the poor man went to fight the rich man’s war, and for what?
PROFIT FOR THE MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX.
We were being sent to kill people and to die so that the rich could become richer.
So……
We fought back.
We stopped believing.
When black people finally had enough of getting screwed.
We stopped believing.
An “illegal” 1968 Civil Rights protest in Memphis
Why were black people discriminated against?
FOR PROFIT AND TO KEEP THE MASSES DIVIDED.
We fought back.
We stopped believing.
WE LEARNED WE WERE LIED TO AND WE WERE MADDER THAN HELL!
SO?
WHEN ARE WE GOING TO STOP LYING TO OUR CHILDREN?
Things are NOT going to get better unless WE make them better.
Think about it, America. This country has always been about giving our children a better life than what we had, with more opportunities and more prosperity.
They’re still trying to sell us on “The American Dream”
CAN YOU HONESTLY SAY THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN NOW?
This is our chance to save our country from the crooked politicians, bankers and maximum profit mentality that is killing our country.
Speaking of what happened and why…….
It never ceases to amaze me how uninformed people choose to be in this country.
I’m still hearing: “They have no demands” and “They’re a bunch of violent rapists.”
Good Lord people! Are you really that stupid?
Screw those protesters. I love to shop!
I received a comment yesterday from an anti-ows person who smugly said:
“Looks like that boycott of black Friday didn’t work out so well for you, did it?”
Calico Blackie replied:
Is it just me, or does it seem that the most vehement opponents of OWS tend to be the people who understand it the least?
All that money spent is now sitting in one of three corporate accounts and no longer moving around the economy unless you count the $8.00 an hour below poverty level jobs.
But yeah, those occupiers are smelly communist hippies who play bongo drums.
Yep, those are commie ideas!
You have to realize that OWS threatens the link between the corrupt politicians in both parties and the corrupt business leaders who own those parties.
The paid party shills on both sides are going to be trying to convince you that OWS is a bunch of dirty hippies who have no message.
If you remember, Bloomberg’s cops in New York were caught red handed herding the homeless and mentally unbalanced street people into the park with the protesters so they could turn around and claim that the protestors were all a bunch of dirty diseased smelly hippie rapists.
Don’t listen to those hippies! What’s good for Bloomberg is good for the country!
Apparently, we’re supposed to believe that a group of protestors willing to sit there and be pepper sprayed to make a point are the same people out breaking windows.
But yeah, the shoppers sure taught us a lesson by buying slightly discounted consumer goods like a bunch of stupid sheep.
Hell, I go to Wal-Mart to feel thin and attractive!
Anyway, enough with the sheep and on with the show!
We’ve rolled back your jobs and shipped them to China!
What’s new in this wonderful world of ours?
The bullies are singing the blues!
UC Berkeley Police dispute ‘non-violent’ protest claims by Occupy supporters
In an open letter issued to UC Berkeley students Monday, the association representing the campus police officers disputed claims by organizers that a November 9th Occupy Berkeley protest on-campus was non-violent and that officers over reacted with unnecessary force.
“A video clip gone viral does not depict the full story or the facts leading up to an actual incident,” the letter read. “Multiple dispersal requests were given in the days and hours before the tent removal operation. Not caught on most videos were scenes of protesters hitting, pushing, grabbing officers’ batons, fighting back with backpacks and skateboards.”
Waaah! They're using their backpacks as shields. We’re gonna tell our mommies on you!
Calico Blackie says:
Bullshit, UCPD.
This is just another blatant lie to give the Fox “news” viewers something to say when their O’Reilly and Kelly gods try to discredit the movement.
You know damn well that UCPD was filming the whole thing too. Fighting back? Well UCPD, in case you’ve forgotten:
THIS IS THE UNITED STATED OF AMERICA, AND IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WE HAVE A RIGHT TO FIGHT BACK WHEN WE’RE ASSAULTED.
Damn good thing you and Fox “news” weren’t our leaders when Pearl Harbor was attacked!
And one more thing… Do you realize that when you whine about “backpacks and skateboards” and you’re armed with pepper spray, tear gas, rubber bullets and deadly .40 caliber pistols AND wearing riot gear/armor it makes your police force look like a bunch of wimpy crybabies?
I can hear the cop locker room now: “They started it, sniff sniff.” “I’m telling my mommy!”
From Olympia Washington:
Four protesters were arrested Monday as Occupy Olympia, along with other groups, invaded Washington’s state Capitol. In addition to those in the rotunda, a large crowd gathered on the steps carrying signs that read “Save our Services,” “Protect Our People” and “People of Washington are United.” A large banner said “Tax the 1 percent not the 99 percent.”
Iranian students storm British Embassy in Tehran
Not an “occupy” protest
Hard-line Iranian students stormed British diplomatic sites in Tehran on Tuesday, bringing down the Union Jack flag, burning an embassy vehicle and throwing documents from windows in scenes reminiscent of the seizing of the U.S. compound in 1979.
The mob surged past riot police into the British Embassy complex — which they pelted with petrol bombs and stones — two days after Iran’s parliament approved a bill that reduces diplomatic relations with Britain following London’s support of recently upgraded Western sanctions on Tehran over its disputed nuclear program.
American Airlines files for bankruptcy protection
American Airlines’ parent company AMR Corp. has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization, the company said Tuesday, in an attempt to get costs and debt under control.
♫ We’re American Airlines – Something Bankrupt in the Air ♫
“American expects to continue normal business operations throughout the reorganization process, and the business will continue to be operated by the company’s management,” AMR said.
And on Fox “news?”
Feds Set to Launch Campaign to Crack Down on Sellers of Fake Goods
The knockoff designer bags look close enough to the real thing that few would notice at a casual glance. Same goes for the imitation replica football jerseys or popular boots. And the online prices seem too good to pass up. But the products are fake and the websites selling them are breaking federal law.
”Not only is this is a direct threat to American innovation … but it’s also a public safety issue,” Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director John Morton said Monday as he announced that the government had shut down 150 websites accused of selling counterfeit merchandise.”
Yeah, they’re fake, Bill. But they’re essentially a food product!
Calico Blackie says:
Public Safety again? What about that Fox “news” presstitute that said we were “domestic terrorists” for participating in the occupy protests?
Didn’t he imperil our public safety by implying that our rights and bodies should be trampled upon?
Hell, if people want to buy cheap unsafe imported junk that breaks as soon as you get it home, they can go to Walmart.
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