Hat tip to daytrip for sending in a youtube of a demonstration over foreclosures in a NY courtroom. I don’t think this is the answer, and doubt that it will lead to much.
But civil disobedience has always had a place in America, can these protesters find a way to channel it in a positive direction?
The same idiots from OWS and ACORN associated front groups.
“Yesterday, the Voice wrote about a protest happening today at Brooklyn Supreme Court. Led by Occupy Wall Street and the group Organizing for Occupation.
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Who lives there? Who works there? If renters, do they know they soon could be evicted?
We decided to find out. In no case did the current tenants know of Organizing for Occupation, nor that Occupy Wall Street had any interest in the fate of their building.”
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2011/10/whos_getting_foreclosed_on.php#more
So they decided to “protest” the foreclosure of commercial property without the owners or tenants of the buildings having contacted them? Facepalm.
There does appear to be remarkable tone deafness from the Government and other vested interests these days (Wall Street…etc.) so it seems people don’t know how to get their voices heard, short of demonstrations.
It hasn’t reached the point of civil disobedience yet but that may be a future risk. There does appear to be a level of disenfranchisement not felt for a long time in this country.
I’m 100% in favor of dissent. Love it. When pissed of young people hit the streets and start burning stuff, something good usually results.
Wall Street trading houses don’t give a rat’s behind about “demonstrations.” Regulation is what makes them howl. The “demonstrators” don’t even know the right questions, so getting an answer that is relevant is impossible.
America’s attention span is fragmented like never before in the history of this country, and instead of Joe DiMaggio, we hero worship the billionaire high-functioning Aspergers patients who provide us with the tools for our own ruin.
If I were a bond trader for Goldman Sachs, I’d be laughing my ass off right now: “Yeah, Facebook your way to democracy till the new “Call of Duty” game arrives. You’ll disappear for the next four months, you aimless middle-class shlubs!”
Apparently America doesn’t have talent.