Re: No...this really is effin sad....
Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 10:37 pm
Tex, please do not misunderstand....I fight the bail outs to be very upsetting.
We should have let them fails, and yes...it is not only disgusting or arrogant, but most likely immoral....that once bailed out they took that fat cash and paid such grotesque bonuses to their elite bretheren.
It is gross.
My only point in this, is that their mismanagement of their fortunes, no matter how they got them, does not entitle the less welathy to a pice of the cake.
Two wrongs and all that.
On the Occupy deal, Spent...I do not see a 'movement'. These people, nationwide, cannot hold a cohesive purpose long enough to get even one directional soundbite. I think instead of it being a movement, it is more a collective of frustration that has no other place to be channeled.
ultimately though, the rest of the '99%' that are not camping and protesting....don;t support it. No matter where you look, what media you follow, or what your political leaning is....if you look/ask around...you will find....most do not understand the point, and nor do they support it.
The truly unfortunate part about this in Portland is that the Mayor is/was too weak to deal with this. I think I understand what he was trying to do, however he slipped up. The idea of cooperation was limited at best, and like a spoiled child they took that inch and stretched it a few more miles.
Now the pressure comes.
The retail association ins the downtown core are not going to stand for this going inot the holiday season. no matter how much you hate that idea, it is a formidable amount of pressure.
Sammy wants to avoid the riots seen in other cities and wants to find a way out without that happening.
But (this is the important part) the rioting is invitable. It always was. From the very start of it. It is the only way it can end.
And the cops will win.
Again, there is no other possible outcome.
I only pray, and emplore anyone camped there that has children....leave...leave now. Get your children to a safe place. the skull cracking is coming. The police are chomping at the bit...and the protesters want it too much.
There is no other outcome to be had.
May God protect the children.
We should have let them fails, and yes...it is not only disgusting or arrogant, but most likely immoral....that once bailed out they took that fat cash and paid such grotesque bonuses to their elite bretheren.
It is gross.
My only point in this, is that their mismanagement of their fortunes, no matter how they got them, does not entitle the less welathy to a pice of the cake.
Two wrongs and all that.
On the Occupy deal, Spent...I do not see a 'movement'. These people, nationwide, cannot hold a cohesive purpose long enough to get even one directional soundbite. I think instead of it being a movement, it is more a collective of frustration that has no other place to be channeled.
ultimately though, the rest of the '99%' that are not camping and protesting....don;t support it. No matter where you look, what media you follow, or what your political leaning is....if you look/ask around...you will find....most do not understand the point, and nor do they support it.
The truly unfortunate part about this in Portland is that the Mayor is/was too weak to deal with this. I think I understand what he was trying to do, however he slipped up. The idea of cooperation was limited at best, and like a spoiled child they took that inch and stretched it a few more miles.
Now the pressure comes.
The retail association ins the downtown core are not going to stand for this going inot the holiday season. no matter how much you hate that idea, it is a formidable amount of pressure.
Sammy wants to avoid the riots seen in other cities and wants to find a way out without that happening.
But (this is the important part) the rioting is invitable. It always was. From the very start of it. It is the only way it can end.
And the cops will win.
Again, there is no other possible outcome.
I only pray, and emplore anyone camped there that has children....leave...leave now. Get your children to a safe place. the skull cracking is coming. The police are chomping at the bit...and the protesters want it too much.
There is no other outcome to be had.
May God protect the children.