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calimary

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85. LOVE this poster!
Sun Jan 1, 2012, 11:28 PM
Jan 2012

Enough Bullshit Indeed!



Btw - Happy New Year everybody! A privilege and pleasure to be here on DU with you! This being 2012 now, I think that will make it eleven years on here for me. I found this place a few miserable months into bush-2, the first stolen term.

From the New York Times nadinbrzezinski Jan 2012 #1
Happy News Year! fascisthunter Jan 2012 #119
"A police commander announced through a megaphone that the park, which is normally open 24 hours midnight Jan 2012 #127
Great new year's news! villager Jan 2012 #2
Oh gosh, I just saw the post made after this one first. About all hell breaking loose. freshwest Jan 2012 #4
I'm streaming what's going on on Timcast sandyd921 Jan 2012 #3
Thanks, it looks like everything's cool now. freshwest Jan 2012 #5
Thanks for the link... midnight Jan 2012 #128
This is pretty great. Renew Deal Jan 2012 #6
Love it! ... Go Occupy! Bozita Jan 2012 #7
I love that they tore down all the barricades and stacked them Warpy Jan 2012 #8
garden shears certainot Jan 2012 #20
The Future Awaits/The Struggle Continues Bluenorthwest Jan 2012 #9
Happy Occupied New Year to you too! sandyd921 Jan 2012 #11
Hopefully, EVERYONE will Occupy dotymed Jan 2012 #14
Good. It's a fairly mild night, but the cold is coming. onehandle Jan 2012 #10
Just imagine what we can do starting in the spring! mvd Jan 2012 #18
WOOT!!! Odin2005 Jan 2012 #12
Timcast showing what looks like an electronic board down the street with an upraised fist on it... freshwest Jan 2012 #13
Right on!! [nt] Jester Messiah Jan 2012 #15
The streaming has been difficult but so inspiring every time Cleita Jan 2012 #16
Good time in NYC 4dsc Jan 2012 #17
Great way to begin the New Year! Happy New Year, OWS! nt gateley Jan 2012 #19
2AM eastern time Generic Other Jan 2012 #21
This is the year Mosaic Jan 2012 #22
Away we go! GliderGuider Jan 2012 #24
yay! (n/t) a2liberal Jan 2012 #23
God bless OWS!! Jack Rabbit Jan 2012 #25
I try to support them but... SkyLlama Jan 2012 #26
The true heroes of 2011 are in Wisconsin. randome Jan 2012 #27
Sure they are. Absolutely! That said, 2011 and 2012 are turning out to be years when tavalon Jan 2012 #28
Especially some of those brave souls collecting signatures in Waukesha... midnight Jan 2012 #130
You frame your post in such a way that I find offensive Speed8098 Jan 2012 #30
+99 (n/t) klook Jan 2012 #32
And you hit the nail on the head! n/t sandyd921 Jan 2012 #39
Thank you! stopwastingmymoney Jan 2012 #44
Will they help take the country back from the fascists in this year's elections? Doctor_J Jan 2012 #46
It's a start unlawflcombatnt Jan 2012 #48
The efforts in Wisconsin are making real differences. randome Jan 2012 #50
The two organizations are not mutually exclusive. nt Fantastic Anarchist Jan 2012 #79
It made a difference to the union workers who lost 2 days wages not much else Synicus Maximus Jan 2012 #77
they didn't lose wages -- they were compensated because Remember Me Jan 2012 #87
I'm not the "Magic 8 Ball" but "All signs point to yes" Speed8098 Jan 2012 #57
You need to come back to reality Doctor_J Jan 2012 #65
Reality? I'm there and you're welcome to visit. Speed8098 Jan 2012 #93
The Civil Rights Movement took forever to get to passage JDPriestly Jan 2012 #88
The civil rights movement did not sneak around at night like OWS did in NYC. randome Jan 2012 #91
Given the LONG history you were just given nadinbrzezinski Jan 2012 #129
Were you there during the civil rights movement? JDPriestly Jan 2012 #134
Well Said unlawflcombatnt Jan 2012 #47
1000 JDPriestly Jan 2012 #135
What you said . . . Jack Rabbit Jan 2012 #51
great post dana_b Jan 2012 #64
The things you mention are already well known, aren't they? treestar Jan 2012 #71
They have changed the dialog in our country. People are now talking about the income inequality peacebird Jan 2012 #31
I've heard plenty about that before treestar Jan 2012 #72
in the mainstream??? i sure haven't. they went out of their way ejpoeta Jan 2012 #78
So is it really happening in the mainstream now? treestar Jan 2012 #114
Problem is that if you want to look at THE MEDIA, as in the ELITE MEDIA nadinbrzezinski Jan 2012 #83
Well you are talking about them aren't you? lunatica Jan 2012 #33
They are getting attention for occupying the park treestar Jan 2012 #73
That is because you are not paying attention nadinbrzezinski Jan 2012 #84
If that's all you 'see' then your not looking very hard lunatica Jan 2012 #94
This thread was originally about the New Year's Eve re-invasion of Zuccotti Park. randome Jan 2012 #95
I've seen those treestar Jan 2012 #108
I will ask you this seriously nadinbrzezinski Jan 2012 #125
Try harder. Warren Stupidity Jan 2012 #41
Sad but true Doctor_J Jan 2012 #45
I'm sorry, what have you accomplished again? Zhade Jan 2012 #52
lol n/t OneGrassRoot Jan 2012 #54
You're just not paying attention -- Remember Me Jan 2012 #86
"The 'wisdom' of not having an agenda"? randome Jan 2012 #92
If you'd read it, perhaps you'd understand Remember Me Jan 2012 #126
Just because I hate lies nadinbrzezinski Jan 2012 #131
Somehow I don't think you try very hard. Doremus Jan 2012 #90
I support them.... midnight Jan 2012 #133
What's going on this New Year's Morning? SpiralHawk Jan 2012 #29
kick'd and rec'd lunatica Jan 2012 #34
They should fight their battles in Washington, not over a stupid barricade. blueclown Jan 2012 #35
... Fire Walk With Me Jan 2012 #37
As reported frequently byTim last night. freshwest Jan 2012 #55
Re-invading parks is NOT the only method the disenfranchised have. randome Jan 2012 #56
Is it really an either/or choice? Mister Ed Jan 2012 #58
What was last night's message? randome Jan 2012 #60
Nothing that you can see. n/t Mister Ed Jan 2012 #63
Well, we've certainly got your attention. Fantastic Anarchist Jan 2012 #81
Most of these groups support each other. WI is not alone in people taking legislative action. freshwest Jan 2012 #61
Financial big-wigs, like corporations, are Mindless Greed Machines. randome Jan 2012 #62
Yeah, but they started off basically sitting in in the State Capital and people jeered at them then lunatica Jan 2012 #96
They took the protest directly to the people responsible. randome Jan 2012 #98
It got you talking about it didn't it? lunatica Jan 2012 #99
Very obviously, I do not have audio on this computer. Fire Walk With Me Jan 2012 #59
Rec this poster - TBF Jan 2012 #76
I love that graphic! Fantastic Anarchist Jan 2012 #80
LOVE this poster! calimary Jan 2012 #85
Yep. for all the claim that somehow they've made a difference treestar Jan 2012 #74
Sometimes they remind me of a thousand Michael Palins. randome Jan 2012 #75
lol.... meemur neeb-nub fascisthunter Jan 2012 #102
Surging Back Into Zuccotti Park, Protesters Are Cleared by Police dipsydoodle Jan 2012 #36
I feared that would happen. But the statement has been made. SlimJimmy Jan 2012 #38
Unless there's something wrong with my maths dipsydoodle Jan 2012 #40
I didn't look at the time stamp, I was just reacting to the reply. SlimJimmy Jan 2012 #42
I then realised dipsydoodle Jan 2012 #43
What statement? "We are rapidly becoming irrelevant"? hack89 Jan 2012 #89
The statement they made was that they were still alive and kicking. (nt) SlimJimmy Jan 2012 #100
They also demonstrated weakness. nt hack89 Jan 2012 #101
You Wish fascisthunter Jan 2012 #103
I wish not - that's the problem. nt hack89 Jan 2012 #107
oh now... don't be so dishonest. Have Courage behind your convictions fascisthunter Jan 2012 #109
I support the goals of OWS. I think less of their tactics. Sorry I can't pass your purity test. nt hack89 Jan 2012 #112
lol... sure, sure you do fascisthunter Jan 2012 #117
So - can I still be a progressive with my current attitude towards OWS? hack89 Jan 2012 #118
you failed because your pov is anti-progressive fascisthunter Jan 2012 #121
So it is anti-liberal to voice any criticism of OWS? Can I still be a Democrat? nt hack89 Jan 2012 #122
ONE MESSAGE: NATIONALIZE THE MONEY CENTER BANKS!!!!!!! BenYehuda Jan 2012 #49
K & R! n/t RoccoR5955 Jan 2012 #53
Oh, I'm aroused! Fantastic Anarchist Jan 2012 #66
And maybe a little bit drunk, too? randome Jan 2012 #67
Not a logical deduction. Fantastic Anarchist Jan 2012 #82
ZING! fascisthunter Jan 2012 #105
does it bother you that this person supports the OCCUPY MOVEMENT? fascisthunter Jan 2012 #104
k&r n/t RobertBlue Jan 2012 #68
lol! happy new year Zorra Jan 2012 #69
Police surrounding and arresting people now - lawyer just arrested for not putting his phone away! RueVoltaire Jan 2012 #70
K&R unionworks Jan 2012 #97
This Movement will get LARGER fascisthunter Jan 2012 #106
Because you WANT it to? randome Jan 2012 #110
It will, and yes I want it to, so I support it. fascisthunter Jan 2012 #113
Why would I trust you? randome Jan 2012 #115
didn't ask you to trust me.... why would anyone here take you seriously? fascisthunter Jan 2012 #116
You did ask me to trust you. Read your own post. randome Jan 2012 #120
it's a figure of speech... try harder next time fascisthunter Jan 2012 #123
You are running all over this thread, trying to put out too many 'fires'. randome Jan 2012 #124
One active occupation, and now 10 non physical in my county nadinbrzezinski Jan 2012 #132
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Jan 2012 #111
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