The "Wall Street Protests" = Wasted Days And Wasted Nights
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Straight up!
I am a spade who always calls a spade a spade.
That said, I must say that when it comes to the thousands of “Wall Street Protesters,” not a one of them gives a damn about the United States of America. They have no interest in contributing to the well-being and advancement of this society. They are only out to destroy, disrupt and corrupt. They are determined to turn this nation into a lawless, chaotic place in which anything and everything goes. They want America to collapse.
Furthermore, the “protesters” are permanent occupants of a deep, dark, dingy, filthy, slimy and smelly pit filled with bitterness, envy, stupidity, wickedness, perversion, laziness, hatred, confusion, ignorance, lawlessness and permissiveness -- and they are bent on pulling as many others as they can down into that evil chasm with them.
The foregoing is indisputable because if those individuals were really concerned about generating positive change (like they keep proclaiming they are), they would not be behaving in the ways they are. Large numbers of them would not be hanging out in the streets and public parks doing such things as smoking dope, having sexual intercourse under the stars in sleeping bags, urinating and defecating on the sidewalks, blocking people’s way as they try to get to their jobs and homes, disturbing the peace by shouting at the top of their lungs and loudly banging on drums and empty 55-gallon oil containers, and throwing all kinds of objects at police officers and firefighters.
As a matter of fact, the “Wall Street Protesters” are smoking so much dope and drinking so much alcohol hundreds of drug dealers are getting rich quick and many of the local liquor stores are staying open late every night. And the “protesters” are having so much sex that used condoms are strewn all over the place.
Now, I am not making any of this up. Because I have traveled down to the Wall Street section of New York City on several occasions since the “occupation“ got underway -- in order to MONITOR the situation -- I have seen it all with my own eyes. In addition, I know my way around that area of town because I worked down there for nearly 30 years. Up until not so very long ago, that region was my second home.
No, the “protesters” are not out to help the “American People” at all -- because if they were, they would be going about things in a far different way than they are. Instead of having massive souped-up rave parties and making menaces of themselves, they would be organizing and taking initiatives to bring about numerous positive changes.
As examples, they would be banding together to establish voluntary organizations to educate people about such things as effectively budgeting their incomes, the responsible use of credit cards, setting up and maintaining savings accounts, and paying their bills on time.
In addition, they would be carrying out voluntary measures to tutor school children, to help small businesses to become more profitable, to help impoverished urban dwellers to improve their homes and communities, to provide people with guidance on how to avoid being taken advantage of by con artists and big corporations, to teach skills to the unskilled, and to provide free legal services to working individuals who are facing foreclosures or who are thinking about purchasing homes.
Unfortunately, none of the foregoing is going to happen, leaving us with the “Wall Street Protests” which is nothing but wasted days and wasted nights.
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Hello, QualityContent,
Yes, there are organized movements and there is anarchy. And, of course, the so-called Wall Street Protests are the latter.
I love it. I agree wholeheartedly.
Hello, iriscarter,
Thank you very much for your encouraging comment. But I must warn you -- I am very radical ;-)
feenix. You are on a roll. You laid it down pretty hard. I couldn't help thinking about all of the hippies protesting while my Dad was flying f-4's out of Da Nang (I was in high school). All but two of those hippies sold out and went corporate. They are now Boomers whining about 401k's, real estate and Social Security. They just went along to go along . . . whatever trends were in vogue.
I really appreciate the front row, fifty yard line witness. Too intense for me. I'll have to ruminate on this.
Hey, WD,
Thank you very much for your generous and supportive comment. And I know all about those "anti-Vietnam War protesting hippies." In fact, while I was in Vietnam, my mom had a few fist fights with them and I'm writing about that in the next day or so.
Feenix: Occupy Buffalo are dealing with the weather too, rain, cold early this a.m. it was 28. They are not leaving their tents,or sleeping bags. They are leaderless. Companies have been donating to these people; subzero blankets, and sleeping bags - they have hay and straw for insulation in the main tents. The fire department have dropped off pizza. One girl took time off from her bike shop job to join the protest. They are camped out at Niagara Square and many are intoxicated, items have been stolen. There are many members of the community involved with these protesters and they have a website - occupybuffalo.org.
There is also an idea of Petitions being submitted within each place that could be another way of getting work done. Yet - I agree with you and voted this Hub - Up - Interesting,& Awesome.
Up again, feenix, and shared as well.
I received a facebook notice two days ago from one of my friends across the pond. Seems the protest has crossed the pond as well and the UK is dealing with the same problems it's causing.
So, even socialism at it's finest isn't working for them, and I thought socialism was pretty much what they were hoping for.
I started grinning halfway through! Excellent Rant! voted up!
Feenix, I voted up as it was interesting that you observed them by yourself and criticise with what you see. So I agree with your accusations. But still Im for protesting and expressing ideas as a group like this.
I strongly agree your opinions over the uplifting the poverty stricken people with real education. I have written about similar hub I think you might have read already, http://magodis.hubpages.com/_mzzdo6fwhq26/hub/How-
but my language matter might not allow others to read it.
The way I see this "Occupy Wall Street movement", is that it's a movement of the hard left, that has also attracted many naive young poeple and punks. They see the country as owing them and mistakenly believe that the private sector will keep producing while the government picks thier pockets. "What's in it for me"-would be a good slogan or mission statement for this movement!-WBA
We have to decide (quickly) whether we want to keep the successful, capitalistic United States of our fathers, or change it completely, into the socialist/Marxist state demanded by the Wall Street protestors and Barack Obama.
That's what he meant by 'fundamentally transforming' America.
Hey Feenix,
I was one of those folks that supported the Occupy Wall Street protest at first. But as its gone along, it's kinda getting old. I think one of the main problems with the protest is that it has turned into "People Vs The Cops" and gone away from there main (I think) message of (Equal opportunity for people). That is why I have not written any hubs on the OWS protest. I used to see it as a worthy cause. Now I just see it as a waste of time. My opinion is, If you want true change, Do it at the ballot box. Nice rant Feenix. I'm voting it up.
I think it is time for the Tea Party (or like minded) folks to remind them HOW to get things done. The Tea Party changed the scene in Washington. The demonstrated peacefully, and never left a mess for others to clean. They organized and applied. There was a common goal, and they were successful in achieving it.
Occupy crowd has NO clue to fixing anything that they are mad about. They are mindless "zombies"...I think you can see some of these guys as extras on the 'Walking Dead' series.
Feenix, I offer a cyber high five for this rant!
I vote UP!
So few of us independents. American Capitalism isn't all that. Especially when every administration from Reagan on up deregulated the financial system to the point of legalizing organized crime, robbed the treasury, embraced the New World Order (first introduced by Pres. Bush Sr.), got bogged down in wars directed by fools, and sold us out to foriegn entities. Wake up Republicans. Get a clue. You don't have the answer, you just bang your gums a lot.
WD Curry, Its OK to rant but know the truth! Democrats, Barny Frank in the lead forced the law called the fair housing act! That is what lead to world financial destruction! Maybe a little help from Unions and outrageous pension plans they forced on companies! Nothing more! Capitalism IS ALL THAT, its the ONLY way America became great!.........nothing more!
I'm not ranting. The fair housing act is hardly a drop in the bucket. Is that the buzz on Fox today? Republicans don't have the answer and the democrats are lost. This is a forum topic, and I have digressed from feenix's excellent observations enough already. Just remember . . . Pres. Bush Sr. Introduced the New World Order to the American public. Obama and especially Geithner are pushing it now. Hello?! Get in line and take your mark.
The kind of capitalism that made America great was the kind where Irish farmers made Bourbon out of the rotting corn the government made them grow.
Feenix, it is doubtful that your so called first hand experience is the truth. I have read all of your articles and you are definitely bent far to the Right. Since you supposedly went there as a spy of sorts why didn’t you take pictures of this debauchery and condom proliferation. I suspect it’s a lot like big foot or U.F.O.s, people claim they see them but there are never any credible photos or videos.
“As examples, they would be banding together to establish voluntary organizations to educate people about such things as effectively budgeting their incomes, the responsible use of credit cards, setting up and maintaining savings accounts, and paying their bills on time.”
I think this was really your agenda, mock people who are standing up for what they believe because it’s not what you believe. Its sad really, you make flippant use of the word spade as if this should give added credence to your article, all it tells me is that you are willing to belittle your self and your race to get a few hub points.
So as you can see I didn’t think much of the hub, the reason for its writing and neither the author. The former a ploy to get pats on the back from Right Wing bigots and the latter ought to be ashamed of him self.
Just a little advice, if A.R. makes a positive comment on one of your hubs, you better look in the mirror and ask yourself who is looking back.
First (like the typical liberal), he calls you a liar:
"Feenix, it is doubtful that your so called first hand experience is the truth."
Then he makes a racial smear for being a black guy and not toeing the liberal line:
"So as you can see I didn’t think much of the hub, the reason for its writing and neither the author. The former a ploy to get pats on the back from Right Wing bigots and the latter ought to be ashamed of him self."
There's no one as racist as a lefty.
Like a typical Right Wing Nutter, you twist and turn to fit your views.
The racial smear was his own, and an obvious cowtow to people like you balloon boy.
By the way, you never answered the question I have posed to you many times,
Was America a Marxist country from the 40s through the 60s, when we had the greatest economic expansion in our history?
"Balloon boy"?
Name calling?
What book are you reading that claims this was a Marxist country during the time period? JFK was all about social reform, but he was no Marxist. Marx had a few good points, but his system of revolution has never worked anywhere. It leads to the worst kind of oppression and suppression. It never moves successfully past the dictator stage. It ran the Soviet Union broke, and China had to sell out to make any money at all. No workers ever got the promised even split. It has always been the elite riding their backs. The very thing they revolted against.
I am no right winger. Take that commie propaganda and put it on your garden. I'm calling bunko on you.
"It leads to the worst kind of oppression and suppression."
And the deaths of well over 100,000,000 people in the purges of Stalin and Mao, a fact that our friend Bunko prefers to ignore.
feenix: As a realist I saw this group of people as someone simply spinning their wheels. In the hustle and bustle of life nobody has the time to give much attention to what these people have to say and those who would listen have no power to effect change.
Hello, Deb,
I apologize for taking so long to get back to you. My personal commitments, along with all of this Wall Street business, has been keeping me quite busy.
And thank you very much for your supportive comment. In my opinion, you are one of the strong voices of reason here on HubPages.
Hello, femmeflashpoint,
Ah, socialism, sweet socialism.
With Thanksgiving Day coming up, many Americans need to become aware that because the Pilgrims tried to live under a socialistic system after they reached these shores, they damn near froze and starved to death.
When they started practicing capitalism, they finally got on their feet and went on to survive and flourish.
Hello, American Romance, my good friend,
I am glad that you liked this post and thank you very much for the compliment and the vote.
Hello, magodis,
Thank you very much for your generous comment and the vote. As soon as I get the chance, I am going to check out your link and I will leave a comment after I read it.
Hello, wba,
As is often said in the "ghettos," you know what time it is. In your comment, you hit the nail squarely on the head and told it like it is.
Hello, Will,
You said, "We have to decide (quickly) whether we want to keep the successful, capitalistic United States of our fathers, or change it completely, into the socialist/Marxist state demanded by the Wall Street protestors and Barack Obama.
"That's what he meant by 'fundamentally transforming' America."
What else can I say? You nailed it, my friend.
Hello, Kareem Gantt,
"The road to hell is paved with good intentions," as they say.
Because I have made several journeys down to Wall Street, I know that quite a number of the individuals down there are good people who have only the best intentions in their hearts. Unfortunately, however, the movement has been hijacked by an entire army of thugs, ne'er-do-wells and dumb-and-naive punks.
Hello, CM,
And I'm "high-fiving" you back.
And you are certainly right about the way the Tea Party handled things. Without "firing even one shot," that group succeeded at turning Washington around and caused a whole lot of politicians to clean up their acts, or to change the ways in which they do business.
Hello, WD Curry 111,
Wow, man, it is quite obvious that have been taking some of those Michael Moore correspondence courses.
And you keep calling yourself an "Independant." Well, in my opinion, that is not what you are at all, because for one thing, you do not talk for yourself. You just parrot all of those tired old liberal lines.
American Romance,
BINGO, my friend, capitalism IS all that.
And the only people who don't know that the nation's current economic woes grew out of all the sub-prime mortgages that financial institutions were forced to hand out are the ones who are stupid fools.
WD,
You said, "The kind of capitalism that made America great was the kind where Irish farmers made Bourbon out of the rotting corn the government made them grow."
WRONG!!!
The kind of capitalism that made America great were such things as Andrew Carnegie coming with a way to mass produce common nails, Henry Ford coming up with the idea for assembly lines, and little guys like I was when I was nine years old who had paper routes.
Bunco Squad,
You said, "Feenix, it is doubtful that your so called first hand experience is the truth. I have read all of your articles and you are definitely bent far to the Right. Since you supposedly went there as a spy of sorts why didn’t you take pictures of this debauchery and condom proliferation. I suspect it’s a lot like big foot or U.F.O.s, people claim they see them but there are never any credible photos or videos."
My first response to that is if it pleases you to call me a liar, then I'm yo' liar. I'm not gonna lose any sleep over your doubting me.
Second, thank you very much for accusing me of being a "spy of sorts," because that places me in some very good company. It shows that I am working alongside all of the NYPD, FBI, CIA and Secret Service undercovers who are "spying" on all of the unAmerican "protesters" who are currently "occupying" Wall Street.
Bunco Squad,
You said, " ... you make flippant use of the word spade as if this should give added credence to your article, all it tells me is that you are willing to belittle your self and your race to get a few hub points."
First, would you get on a white man's case for calling himself "trailer-park trash," "poor white trash," a "peckerwood," a "redneck" or a "krakka?" Would you accuse him of "belittling" himself and "his race?"
Second, not only am I a "spade," I am a "spook," a "coon" and a "nigger." And quite often, I call other "niggers" "niggers."
Third, I am 65 years old, I served two tours of duty in Vietnam as an infantry soldier and I have experienced a whole lot of hard times. Thus, I have both earned and fought for The Right to call myself, and anyone else, anything I damn well please.
Fourth, by being so concerned over my "belittling" myself and "my race," you are demonstrating that you view blacks the same that most people view pets and livestock. In your way of thinking, blacks are "poor dumb animals" who should be protected from whatever you consider to be abusive.
Bunco Squad,
You said, "Just a little advice, if A.R. makes a positive comment on one of your hubs, you better look in the mirror and ask yourself who is looking back."
First, everytime I look in the mirror the person I see looking back is a very smart and good-looking dude who has a whole lot of pretty women in his life who adore the hell out of him.
And so for as "AR" (American Romance), he is one of my main men here on HubPages. I respect and admire him very much and I always have his back. As a matter of fact, I consider any attack on American Romance to be an attack on me.
Hey, Will,
I am an elephant and Bunco Squad is a fly, and guess where he is resting right now.
Bunco Squad,
You said, "The racial smear was his (me, feenix)own, and an obvious cowtow to people like you balloon boy."
My calling myself a "spade" was NOT a "racial slur." It was nothing more than an example of me calling a spade a spade. And for your information, I like calling myself a spade, or a coon, or a spook, or a nigger -- and I like it when other people call me those names. It always makes me feel special.
And check it out, Will Starr is another one of my main men on the network. So since you called him "balloon boy," call me a name, sucker. Are you man enough to do that?
Bunco Squad,
You posed the following question to Will Starr:
"By the way, you never answered the question I have posed to you many times.
"Was America a Marxist country from the 40s through the 60s, when we had the greatest economic expansion in our history?"
What in the hell are you, a college professor?
Get the hell outta here giving quizzes in my comments section.
WD,
You said, "Name calling?
"What book are you reading that claims this was a Marxist country during the time period? JFK was all about social reform, but he was no Marxist. Marx had a few good points, but his system of revolution has never worked anywhere. It leads to the worst kind of oppression and suppression. It never moves successfully past the dictator stage. It ran the Soviet Union broke, and China had to sell out to make any money at all. No workers ever got the promised even split. It has always been the elite riding their backs. The very thing they revolted against.
"I am no right winger. Take that commie propaganda and put it on your garden. I'm calling bunko on you."
BRAVO, my good friend. I do believe that you and I have more in common than we do not.
Bunko loves himself some Marxism, and has no problem with the 100,000,000 people who died in the name of Marxism.
I've met other Marxists, and they all ignore that fact. Truth be known, they probably support murdering opponents to Marxism. That's how evil it really is.
Dave,
"Spinning their wheels." That is exactly what the "Wall Street Protesters" are doing and you summed it all up in a nutshell.
Will,
You are telling the truth and poor Bunco Billy is a very confused soul. When I get around to it, which will not be until some time in the distant future, I will light one of those little birthday candles for him.
I speak for myself. I'm sure not wrong about the small guy making it is what makes America great. I do not care for industrialists or Michael Moore. We really clogged up your hub while you were gone. That's what happens when you turn your back on a Florida cracker.
WD,
Is a Florida cracker the same as a Georgia cracker? ;-)
Great hub feenix.
How much longer do you think the protest will go on?
Voted up and awesome.
Yes! Don't let anyone tell you different. There are forty stories . . . Fl cowboys "cracked" whips like Mexican cowboys, bargemen cracked whips over oxen on the Suwanee River, slave owners cracked whips over human beings, and on. Here's the real one. When dirt poor Scotch/Irish drifted into the areas of S. Georgia and N Florida in the mid to late 1800's to get free homestead land. they were looked down on by the established plantation owners and business people. They tagged them as crackers, because they were so rudimentary in their lifestyle that they cracked their own corn to make grits. They couldn't afford the mill. They had a reputation as being dull. They were. It was the result of malnutrition. If a cracker has been eating good lately, don't get in a fist fight with him.
Of course I was joining you at making fun of myself with a derogatory racial slur.
“And check it out, Will Starr is another one of my main men on the network. So since you called him "balloon boy," call me a name, sucker. Are you man enough to do that?”
I already called you a name, a liar. And I’ll add another from the urban dictionary,
“Uncle Tom: A black man who is willing to do anything to stay in good standing with “the white man” including betraying his own people.”
And we’re about the same age so if you want me to say it in person you have my email address just name the day, time and place, NY is a short ride from here.
And FYI if you want to call yourself names I could care less, it’s when you use it to give justification to, or highlight your remarks that urks me. It’s that one step over the line that justifies the Uncle Tom remark. I don’t give a hoot about your politics; I think all Right Wingers have a screw loose because of the way they blindly follow, and that’s every color, creed, religion or flavor of republican.
And concerning your final post, if more of you knuckle heads actually researched what you spewed out your pie holes you might have an intelligent response or two.
But whatever, it’s like talking to angry teenagers.
WDC111
Mr. Starr claims that anything that isn’t reaganomics is Marxist, so many posts ago I asked him to tell me if the duration between the 40’s and 60s was Marxist. During this time we had the greatest economic expansion of our history and Keynesian economics was the rule. He still hasn’t answered my question.
As I said, nobody is more racist than a liberal.
If a black man doesn't toe the liberal, they use the extremely derogatory label, "Uncle Tom".
Give them some rope, so they can hang themselves.
bunco billy,
Yeah, I'm an Uncle Tom. In fact, look up my previous hubs and you will see that I have often referred to myself as an Uncle Tom.
You see, opposite of what is the case among most other blacks, I do not view myself as being inferior to whites. Unlike most of them, I am not ashamed of my black skin, kinky hair and Negroid facial features. And that is the reason why I do not mind calling myself an Uncle Tom. I am secure enough in my "blackness" to take myself lightly.
And if you keep coming at me, I will break your heart.
Hello, Sueswan,
Thank you for your kind comment.
And I am beginning to believe that this "protest" is going to go on from now until the end of time. It has become "The Thing That Won't Go Away."
Hey, WD,
I really do like you. I like your style. It's real cool.
Will,
When some lame-ass liberal like bunco billy calls me an Uncle Tom, I know that I'm really on my game. I know that my strong right-wing-conservative message is coming across loud and clear.
Bunko, have you been drinking? Never go on hub pages when you've been drinking. You'll regret it the next day. I know Savannah. You aren't from there.
bronco squad,
You said, "And we’re about the same age so if you want me to say it in person you have my email address just name the day, time and place, NY is a short ride from here."
My only reaction to that is I try to keep my distance from guys who live in Savannah, and that is because I am only into women.
WD,
You just gave bunco some real good advice. I haven't had a drink in two years, but back in the day when I was a drinker, I would make a fool of myself online damn near every night.
Nothing has changed, Opinions are like butt holes, everybody has one and most stink. If you actually put some facts in your articles it might justify your content. But you are not looking for critical accuracy; you just want the pats on the back. You can have them, I would rather be despised and right.
bunco,
"Butt holes?" Yeah, I've heard that a lot of you guys in Savannah are fascinated with butt holes.
And you said, "...I would rather be despised and right."
What are you going to say next, "Give me liberty or give me death?"
I think this thing is going to descend into chaos. We are getting VERY good at killing each other. Maybe we need to get a bit better at it before we finally wake up.
The system is broken and unless we fix it soon the crap will keep rising and we'll keep sinking.
Hello, QualityContent,
Thank you very much for being a voice of reason. It is just that quite often, it takes chaos, and even a war, to bring about peace.
Feenix, you aren't understanding the point of all of this.
"As examples, they would be banding together to establish voluntary organizations to educate people about such things as effectively budgeting their incomes, the responsible use of credit cards, setting up and maintaining savings accounts, and paying their bills on time."
What you are saying here is that the cause of the recession was on the populace of the country not paying their bills on time, which is flat out incorrect. Would you like a list of examples of corporations committing fraud upon the populace? Would you like examples of how they purchased the oversight arena, how they skate laws that you and I must follow? The real question I am asking is...do you really give a s#@t? Or, do you just want to point the finger and the "smelly people?" You know what? There was a time when another group got called the "smelly, evil protesters." Be real...do you really care what is accurate or do you just want to call the kids scumbags? If so, I won't waste my time.
And for the record...Feenix is by no means an Uncle Tom, Bunco. We're cool and all...I support quite a few of your positions, but this cat isn't an Uncle Tom at all. He's solid, just disagrees with you and I most of the time. Herman Cain on the other hand.
He does think he has dibs on Nia Long...for which we will enter Thunderdome to decide. He has to spot me points though, because he was in Vietnam and can kick some ass.
Hummmm, you actually think that sophomoric gay innuendo is going to bother me. What’s next? Are you to start telling fart jokes? I refer to my teenager comment.
Patrick Henry,
“It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace-- but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!”
I’ll own that comment.
Tex, I have no problem with the disagreeing, you know that. And the man has a style that is undeniably compelling, but it would be just as effective without demeaning an entire race of people. He is using a shock factor to gain readers and he doesn’t have to.
Hey, Texasbeta,
You said, "Feenix, you aren't understanding the point of all of this."
Now, as soon as I read that, I balled up my fists and a scowl came over my face. And I was gearing up to launch a thermo-nuclear counter-comment at you.
Then I went on to read the remainder of the comment and it turned out to be quite courteous and thoughtful. And thank you for standing up for me. I really do appreciate that.
And so far as my views concerning what is going to grow out of "OWS", chances are, or even more than likely, I am way off base. Because I have been writing socio-economic commentaries for many years, I know that the views I express are wrong more often than they are right.
And have you heard that NYC Mayor Bloomberg is being pressured to break up the Wall Street "protests" because a great many people have grown sick and tired of the smell of poop and urine that is blanketing the area?
Also, you can have Nia Long, my good friend. I think I'm going after Kim Kardashian, especially since she's "available" again. ;-)
bunco squad,
I agree with you. My dumb little "Savannah remarks" are sophomoric.
And so far as my calling myself and members of "my race" naughty names, that is very therapeutic for me. It helps to keep me from taking myself too seriously and to maintain the high opinion that I have of myself and of "my race." Now, I realize that sounds senseless, but it's a complicated thing that very few non-black people comprehend.
I don’t understand it, but I can accept your explanation. I grew up in a place where the concept of bigotry did not exist. When I was ten years old we visited Louisiana and I was totally horrified by the way black people were treated. I went to a movie with a friend and he had to sit in one section while I sat in another. When we walked home I was asked many times why I was friends with a N------, and was threatened with violence by a group of southern white idiots. My friend took off running so I ran with him. When we got to his house he acted as if it was nothing, but I was incensed. I don’t think I will ever be able to abide the stupidity of bigotry. And maybe I jump too quickly when I think I see it.
bunco squad - I had a similar experience in life. I had an idylic start as an Air Force dependent where the Tuskegee Airmen changed the culture. I got beat up the first day of Jr. high when we moved to Montgomery Alabama for talking to the only African American (girl) in school. She seemed so nervous, I had to be friendly. Her name was Rosa.
Hello again, bunco squad,
The world is what it is. Racism, bigotry and hatred have always existed in this realm and always will. Things are not going to become perfect until Kingdom Comes.
And you know something? Quite a number of black comedians, such as Richard Pryor, have gotten very rich from laughing at themselves and members of "their race" -- just as quite a number of white comedians have gotten rich from laughing at themselves and members of "their race."
Bunco, I can tell that you are a very good person with good intentions, and because I feel that way, I will share something with you: On many occasions, you have to accept life on life's terms.
Feenix, Kardashian vs Nia Long? Are you kidding me? Now, this might be the most contentious thing we have ever discussed. Nia Long is a real woman, intelligent, curious about the world, can tell the difference between Coltrane and Miles, and her being is just as sexy as all hell. Kardashian is just a hot barbie doll. Seriously man?! Nia Long is the cream of the crop my brother. She wouldn't let me walk her dog in real life, but still.
Texasbeta,
Hey, my brother, I was born and raised in Hollywood, so I am drawn to plastic and shallow women like Kim.
Also, don't under-estimate yourself. You just might be Nia's type. Ya never know. ;-)
You're a good dude Feenix. All the best my man.
Texasbeta,
And thank you for being my friend.
I think this Hub is awesome! You are great! Thank you for hitting the nail right smack on the proverbial head.
Hello, James,
Thank you very much for your generous comment.
I have not ever been into large numbers of people banding together to carry out massive public demonstrations. In my opinion, such people's time would be better spent by their taking widespread voluntary actions to bring about positive changes.
I just wrote one following the protests here in Seattle on May Day. What a joke! The proof of how un organized they are shows when you are permitted to hold a rally. Here's one quote from mine ... "I had to laugh. Because the one group most organized probably was made up of people that spoke broken English. Yet were smart enough to address the possibilities of Anarchist infiltrating within their protestors, so they changed the route and asked that if anyone sees someone beginning to create havoc, call it out."
It shouldnt have been that hard, they were all dressed for the part and as the group walked, on camera at least, I could see those that were beginning to transform because you could see a group infiltrate and assemble within by pulling up bandanas and hoodies.
Im for the freedom of speech and the right to assemble, but if in the assembly you find out that some submersives are going to taint what you have built up, take charge damn it!!!
Again love the post and no you're not too radical, just did what you said, calling a spade a spade...or in this case, a group that is visably unorganized, UNORGANIZED IDIOTS!
Hello, Brian,
First, welcome to HubPages and I am very pleased to have made your acquaintance.
The truth is, the OWS movement is largely comprised by spoiled little naive brats, ignorant and misguided working-class folks, burnt-out old hippies from the '60s and '70s, and scruffy anarchists looking for places to reek havoc.
If the OWSers were taking a wide range of self-help initiatives to help the poor, working people and the middle-class to elevate their overall social-and-economic status, they would not even have the time to be out in the streets "protesting."
See I just see them as not being able to see the forest through the trees. We are all frustrated during bad economy times and yes to pin point the problem is do-able, multi fauceted and huge, but do-able. Yet creating a list of demands that sound more like Martin Luther's Greivances that he daggered into the church door doesn't help. Solutions, and babysteps at that, is how it's going to change things!
Hey, Brian,
What is all boils down to is American society has undergone a sea-change during the past 40 years or so.
Whereas the vast majority of Americans used to seek ways to solve the socio-economic problems of the nation all on their own, today that majority looks mostly only to government and such factions as the rich and big business to come up with the solutions.
What I see is a society that has a huge and evergrowing number of nonsensical and dependent slaves and serfs.
QualityContent Level 3 Commenter 6 months ago
Good hub. They are starting to look like fools now by not going about it in the right way. The message is the right one but it's being drowned out in stupidity. Organize and become a movement and you will bring change.