The neoliberal/con poodle speaketh: Tony Blair Criticizes Occupy Wall Street

[brentspeak]

http://www.forbes.com/sites/halahtouryalai/2011/11/02/tony-blair-criticizes-occupy-wall-street/

Tony Blair Criticizes Occupy Wall Street

This morning, roughly 12 miles from where thousands of Occupy Oakland protestors took to the streets former Prime Minister Tony Blair was questioning the entire Occupy Wall Street movement.

At Charles Schwab‘s conference for financial advisors today in San Francisco the former prime minister was asked about the recent protests that are centered around inequality and Wall Street’s desire of putting profits before public interest.

“What I learned in my time as prime minister is that those that shout loudest don’t necessarily need to be heard the most,” Blair told an audience of roughly 4,000.

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But Blair, who was the keynote speaker at this year’s Schwab conference for its independent investment advisors, says those types of protests won’t necessarily result in substantive change. He said his problem with “the Occupy Wall Street thing” is that “a protest is not the same as a policy. Someone who’s demonstrating will often make demands, but they don’t necessarily have answers.”

[PoliticAverse]

1. How much $$$ did he collect for the keynote speech ? n/t

[Mendocino]

12. Not likely the $150,000

an hour that Kim Kardashian would make, but a more reasonable "poodle whore" rate. WOOF WOOF!

[valerief]

2. And why should the 99% care what he says? nt

[Maccagirl]

3. We don't

n/t

[valerief]

6. So you agree the post is a waste of space on DU. Thanks! nt

[katsy]

4. Pfffffftttttt

<<<< “What I learned in my time as prime minister is that those that shout loudest don’t necessarily need to be heard the most,” Blair told an audience of roughly 4,000. >>>>

We get it. It's those who pay you off that get heard.

Fuck off you corrupt piece of shit.

[peacetalksforall]

5. His comments imply that 1 per centers acknowledge that they have caused a problem and

have no idea about what the solution is.

don't necessarily have the answers - proof that they know they are in trouble.

[Safetykitten]

7. Stupid git.

[Mendocino]

8. HeyTony

Go back to Whore Island.

[gratuitous]

10. On behalf of Whores everywhere, I say

We don't want Tony Blair on our island; he'll hurt the property values.

[Mendocino]

11. "I'll join no club,

that would have me as a member."

Groucho Marx

[Jack Rabbit]

9. So this is from some clown whose answer to US imperialism in Iraq . . .

. . . was to call it a good thing, make excuses for it and participate.

The banksters belong in federal prison and Blair belongs in standing before an international tribunal.