'Occupy Wall Street' Tries to Harness Anger on the Left

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Some people think a writer ought to at least know the difference between "affect" and "effect", if not between a string of buzzword and a real argument.

Emmet Hertz of CA 4:39PM December 06, 2011

There is no left or right! That is a false paradigm! There is only freedom and slavery! Are we moving closer to freedom or are we moving closer to slavery? This is the issue! Banks DO NOT loan money! Banks DO NOT have money! All of the money in the bank belongs to the depositors who put it there and they [the bank] cannot give your money to me in the form of a loan - so they loan "credit." Credit is conceptual and not tangible like paper [cash]! The banks are creating "credit" out of nothing and then "loaning" it as if it were money and at inflated interest! The banks are not putting up any money and they are not taking a risk but if you default they [the bank] will take your "real" assets and property! It is a scam that has been running the same course for more than one thousand years now. Understand the difference between conceptual reality and tangible reality. Credit is conceptual and not tangible - if the transaction is to be "real" then the payment must also be "real." Credit cannot be an alternative form of payment for the banks!

Chris McPhail of TX 5:33PM October 15, 2011

The left can be as angry as it wants. The COUNTRY is Center-Right, and will NOT yield the country to them.

jimdgriz of FL 7:46PM October 13, 2011

Herman Cain's "999 plan" He got it right!!!!

Got my vote of PA 2:16PM October 08, 2011

Corporate interests that have bought the watchdog role away from the "free" press will try to down play this. The biggest corporate fear is that American people will wake up and smell the greed and exploitation.

Just me of ND 12:45PM October 08, 2011

Paid to protest, Dem's handing out free money again. These protester's would rather live on welfare than work for A living. Is this Obama's Job Plan? Paid protesting.

Dale Stoner of PA 8:08AM October 08, 2011

Obama, communitiy activist/organizer has created his own Arab Spring here in the USA. Yong punks still on their parents health care coverage until age 26. They are being funded by far left groups like George Soros in an attempt to help Obummer out.
Instead of protesting Wall Street, why don't they protest the politicians who bailed out Wall Street, passed Obamacare and the Dodd-Frank bill that is killing jobs?

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Li Wan Zhong 1:53PM October 06, 2011

That's a hoot! Tie Republicans to wall st. It is no secret that the financials were Obama's and the Democratic party's greatest contributors. It is also a glaring fact that the financial shenanigans have not been legally punished by this Obama Attorney General nor the SEC.
A poll of the demonstrator's quickly identify the Obama hero worship.
Think again, Mr Soros and friends

robert m of TX 1:23PM October 06, 2011

There are many genuine concerns in the "movement." What seems lost on the coverage is the fuel for starting this nationwide sit in comes from the global leftists (moveon.org and similar ilk). There motives are pruely to advance the state domination of another aspect of U.S. society. Everyone agrees something must be done. The problem for middle class Americans is we have no voice. President Obama's handlers are very happy with this unrest. They are in fact one in the same with the global socialists. This is nothing more than a pretext for even more government mismanagement of the banking system.
The facts on the ground are creating a perfect storm for some real reform, but the leadership of the GOP has no courage to stand up for middle America. They need to let the emerging culture war set the agenda. Insteady, the Republicans are trying to get by with fine tuning the status quo. It is a misguided strategy that may not defeat Obama and the marxists he has aligned himself with since day one!

Roy M. Postel of IL 1:06PM October 06, 2011