Comments on: We are the 53% https://www.habitablezone.com/2011/10/15/we-are-the-53/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 04:45:30 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: TB https://www.habitablezone.com/2011/10/15/we-are-the-53/#comment-7493 TB Mon, 17 Oct 2011 21:39:52 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=4571#comment-7493 <p>I told you what I tell everyone.</p> Don't listen to me, or anyone else. Look for yourself. I'm not afraid of the evidence. If you are, you might need to check some premises. That blood pressure is your intellect battling your beliefs. I told you what I tell everyone.

Don’t listen to me, or anyone else. Look for yourself.

I’m not afraid of the evidence. If you are, you might need to check some premises.

That blood pressure is your intellect battling your beliefs.

]]> By: Eri https://www.habitablezone.com/2011/10/15/we-are-the-53/#comment-7492 Eri Mon, 17 Oct 2011 21:37:03 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=4571#comment-7492 Bullshit but you're going to believe the shit your conservative rags are posting so I'm not going to bother. I'm going to go have a drink and keep my blood pressure at bay. Bullshit but you’re going to believe the shit your conservative rags are posting so I’m not going to bother. I’m going to go have a drink and keep my blood pressure at bay.

]]> By: TB https://www.habitablezone.com/2011/10/15/we-are-the-53/#comment-7468 TB Mon, 17 Oct 2011 14:21:44 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=4571#comment-7468 <p>Actually, it's quite a few doing nasty things.</p> Outside of the rampant stupidity there are videos of anti-semitism, communist party members, and more. You could find them easily yourself if you cared to. Go look. And it isn't the same people every time, either. When I think of the hay that got made about one or two signs at Tea Party rallies, it's amazing how much the media is covering the unwashed asses of the current protestors. And yes, if a Tea Party member had crapped on a car, it would have been headlines for weeks. I had to go to frigging England for that story. Actually, it’s quite a few doing nasty things.

Outside of the rampant stupidity there are videos of anti-semitism, communist party members, and more. You could find them easily yourself if you cared to. Go look. And it isn’t the same people every time, either.

When I think of the hay that got made about one or two signs at Tea Party rallies, it’s amazing how much the media is covering the unwashed asses of the current protestors. And yes, if a Tea Party member had crapped on a car, it would have been headlines for weeks. I had to go to frigging England for that story.

]]> By: Eri https://www.habitablezone.com/2011/10/15/we-are-the-53/#comment-7461 Eri Mon, 17 Oct 2011 05:01:42 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=4571#comment-7461 Tom, very few of those people are doing the nasty things you're accusing them of. Most are just average people who've been stepped one too many times. There are some trouble makers but there will always be those on every side of every argument and if you think the Tea Baggers didn't shit on anyone's lawn, you're nuts. Tom, very few of those people are doing the nasty things you’re accusing them of. Most are just average people who’ve been stepped one too many times. There are some trouble makers but there will always be those on every side of every argument and if you think the Tea Baggers didn’t shit on anyone’s lawn, you’re nuts.

]]> By: TB https://www.habitablezone.com/2011/10/15/we-are-the-53/#comment-7422 TB Sun, 16 Oct 2011 16:51:44 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=4571#comment-7422 Yeah, I'm looking for a way to make some income. But you might note that I'm not spending my time squatting in a park, crapping on cars or in the nearest fast-food restroom, busting into buildings, scrounging food, and generally making life miserable for the people who do have lives. Also, unlike this crew, I have a larger brain than a squirrel, I'm not blaming The Man because I made my own career choices, and I'm not <a href="http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/280249/occupy-detroit-free-party-henry-payne" rel="nofollow">asking for everything I want to be provided by other people </a>whether they want to carry my sorry ass or not. You have to remember, I've seen a LOT of these people online, both in sympathetic and unsympathetic coverage. And please, don't lecture me about "avoiding reality." You practically make a career here out of ducking facts and evidence. P.S. MSNBC is not the best place in the world to find out what "reality" is. Yeah, I’m looking for a way to make some income. But you might note that I’m not spending my time squatting in a park, crapping on cars or in the nearest fast-food restroom, busting into buildings, scrounging food, and generally making life miserable for the people who do have lives. Also, unlike this crew, I have a larger brain than a squirrel, I’m not blaming The Man because I made my own career choices, and I’m not asking for everything I want to be provided by other people whether they want to carry my sorry ass or not.

You have to remember, I’ve seen a LOT of these people online, both in sympathetic and unsympathetic coverage.

And please, don’t lecture me about “avoiding reality.” You practically make a career here out of ducking facts and evidence.

P.S. MSNBC is not the best place in the world to find out what “reality” is.

]]> By: Eri https://www.habitablezone.com/2011/10/15/we-are-the-53/#comment-7419 Eri Sun, 16 Oct 2011 16:37:57 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=4571#comment-7419 A lot of the people in the protests no longer work because they lost their jobs due to the financial collapse resulting from Bush's failed policies and little wars. They'd love work hard and pay taxes but don't have that opportunity. And you are still in denial. By your judgment, since you are unemployed, you're a lazy dolt undeserving of any consideration and it's all your own fault. You need to pull yourself up by your bootstraps and get to work. It's time you quit denying the reality of the world as it is today. A lot of the people in the protests no longer work because they lost their jobs due to the financial collapse resulting from Bush’s failed policies and little wars. They’d love work hard and pay taxes but don’t have that opportunity. And you are still in denial.

By your judgment, since you are unemployed, you’re a lazy dolt undeserving of any consideration and it’s all your own fault. You need to pull yourself up by your bootstraps and get to work.

It’s time you quit denying the reality of the world as it is today.

]]> By: TB https://www.habitablezone.com/2011/10/15/we-are-the-53/#comment-7409 TB Sun, 16 Oct 2011 14:52:51 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=4571#comment-7409 <p>Go look at the pictures.</p> These are not what you're calling the "haves." These are people who work hard, pay taxes, and have overcome problems. The people in the protests want the world handed to them on a silver platter. I've read their "demands." "I've got mine, screw you" is not appealing, but neither is "give me yours or else." Go look at the pictures.

These are not what you’re calling the “haves.” These are people who work hard, pay taxes, and have overcome problems.

The people in the protests want the world handed to them on a silver platter. I’ve read their “demands.”

“I’ve got mine, screw you” is not appealing, but neither is “give me yours or else.”

]]> By: Eri https://www.habitablezone.com/2011/10/15/we-are-the-53/#comment-7402 Eri Sun, 16 Oct 2011 04:25:28 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=4571#comment-7402 It's easy for those "who have" to feel superior, pat themselves on the back and look down on those "who have not." Which is why I long ago dubbed the Republican Party the party of "I've got mine, screw you." It’s easy for those “who have” to feel superior, pat themselves on the back and look down on those “who have not.” Which is why I long ago dubbed the Republican Party the party of “I’ve got mine, screw you.”

]]> By: ER https://www.habitablezone.com/2011/10/15/we-are-the-53/#comment-7362 ER Sat, 15 Oct 2011 18:42:53 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=4571#comment-7362 Tom, all the shows are run by someone. Do you really think the Tea Party, or the Republican Party, for that matter, are "totally spontaneous manifestations of genuine public sentiment". The question is, can they outspend the Koch brothers? Stalin had to rob banks to finance his revolution. His counterparts on the other side own banks. Tom, all the shows are run by someone.

Do you really think the Tea Party, or the Republican Party, for that matter, are “totally spontaneous manifestations of genuine public sentiment”.

The question is, can they outspend the Koch brothers? Stalin had to rob banks to finance his revolution. His counterparts on the other side own banks.

]]> By: TB https://www.habitablezone.com/2011/10/15/we-are-the-53/#comment-7354 TB Sat, 15 Oct 2011 17:24:58 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=4571#comment-7354 I spent a little time using the information in that article to look up the people running this show. Did you? I spent a little time using the information in that article to look up the people running this show. Did you?

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