Gee, Wonder Why Fox News Declined to Air This Interview with Occupy Wall St. Protester The most widespread critique of the #OccupyWallSt movement is that the loose coalition of protesters doesn’t seem to have a unifying message (and, okay, that some of them are dressing like zombies). But when given an honest chance to voice the goals and origins of the protests, that critique falls flat. Here, in an interview shot last Wednesday for Greta van Susteren’s Fox News show, occupier Jesse LaGreca coherently lays out some reasons for the growing movement. You might be shocked to learn that this interview did not make it onto Fox News’ air. Shocked! Thankfully, the Occupy Wall St. media team sent the link to the NY Observer, who made it public for the world to see. </noscript> Gee, it’s hard to imagine why the news organization that gave birth to the Tea Party, which incubated the “grassroots” movement, didn’t want to air this footage. SEE ALSO: 11 Occupy Wall St. Spin-offs You May Have Missed For those of you who can’t watch videos where you are, here’s a partial transcript: Jesse: I’d say that we didn’t take our cue leading off of anybody really. It became a more spontaneous movement. As far as seeing this end, I wouldn’t like to see this end. I would like to see the conversation continue. This is what we should have been talking about in 2008 when the economy collapsed. We basically patched a hole on the tire and said let the car keep rolling. Unfortunately it’s fun to talk to the propaganda machine and the media especially conservative media networks such as yourself, because we find that we cant get conversations for the department of Justice’s ongoing investigation of News Corporation, for which you are an employee. But we can certainly ask questions like you know, why are the poor engaging in class warfare? After 30 years of having our living standards decrease while the wealthiest 1% have had it better than ever, I think it’s time for some maybe, I don’t know, participation in our democracy that isn’t funded by news cameras and gentlemen such as yourself. Fox: But, uh, yeah well, let me give you this challenge Jesse. Jesse: Sure. Fox: We’re here giving you an opportunity on the record […] to put any message you want out there, to give you fair coverage and I’m not going to in any way Jesse: That’s awesome! Fox:…give you advice about it. So, there is an exception in the case, because you wouldn’t be able to get your message out there without us. Jesse: No, surely, I mean, take for instance when Glenn Beck was doing his protest and he called the President, uh, a person who hates white people and white culture. That was a low moment in Americans’ history and you guys kinda had a big part in it. So, I’m glad to see you coming around and kind of paying attention to what the other 99 percent of Americans are paying attention to, as opposed to the far-right fringe, who who would just love to destroy the middle class entirely. Fox: Alright, fair enough. You have a voice, an important reason to criticize myself, my company and anyone else. But, let me ask you that, in fairness, does this administration, President Obama, have any criticism as to the the financial situation the country’s in…? Jesse: I think, myself, uh, as well as many other people, would like to see a little but more economic justice or social justice—Jesus stuff—as far as feeding the poor, healthcare for the sick. You know, I find it really entertaining that people like to hold the Bill of Rights up while they’re screaming at gay soldiers, but they just can’t wrap their heads around the idea that a for-profit healthcare system doesn’t work. So, let’s just look at it like this, if we want the President to do more, let’s talk to him on a level that actually reaches people, instead of asking for his birth certificate and wasting time with total nonsense like Solyndra. That’s Fair & Balanced stuff right there. To the cutting room floor you go! FOLLOW US FOR MORE NEWS AND NONSENSE: Facebook & Twitter ——————- SEE ALSO: –Nightstickin’: NYPD Officer to Start “Occupy Hospitals” –What Would George Carlin Think of Occupy Wall Street? –Not Just N*gg*rhead: More GOP Racist Childhood Retreats Discovered –Hank’s “Hitler” Remark Makes Fox & Friends Break Character
Go St8 03.10.11 @ 3:39 pm What an idiot. He was completely biased going into that. And numb-nuts, Obama doesn’t want to “talk” or comprise! He didn’t on the Healthcare bill and he has yet to date. He says Washington needs to get rid of the rhetoric, then goes out campaigning against the big, bad GOP! Please already! How about making everyone who receives any form of “welfare” have to perform a service?! How about mandatory drug testing to receive a check? Are those worth discussing?
FairAndBalanced1 03.10.11 @ 6:11 pm @St8- “completely biased” You mean he had his own view of the subject? Who doesn’t? That’s not “biased”. “Obama…didn’t compromise…on Healthcare” By not insisting that the bill contain a public option, that WAS a compromise. “He says Washington needs to get rid of the rhetoric” He’s never said that. He HAS said that the Federal government would function better without needless partisan bickering. Would you disagree? With the election more than a year away, how is his explanation of his Jobs Bill electioneering? All you have shown is that you consider anyone voicing an opinion with which you don’t agree is an “idiot”. Try looking in the mirror!
Anonymous 04.10.11 @ 10:31 am forget fox.they love it when you throw rocks at them.there are many sites that run these stories. Patronise them.If they have an add or two, buy their product or at least view their ad.at the beach all grains of sand look alike , but that glittering lonely chip of silica gets my attention.think “out of the fox”.
Paul Michael Lizzi 04.10.11 @ 10:44 am the problem with healthcare is that government has its dirty hands in it, with all sorts of mandates and such..get government 100% out of healthcare and you will see costs plummet.
Mitch0422 04.10.11 @ 11:57 am yeah because lets make the less fortunate parade around town in orange jump suits saying look at me im poor and picking up your garbage … you must be one of the rich or well off ..
Anonymous 04.10.11 @ 12:27 pm If you want to know who is behind Daily Kos and Huffington Post writer Jesse Lagreca just Google his name. The fat angry white guy spouts the same memorized leftist talking points that are unrelated to the questions he is being asked. Why would Fox News air someone who ignores the questions he is asked and attacks them just because the Daily Kos guy hates Fox News? I guess Jesse should have paid more attention in his protest training class’s because the groups organizing this want it seem to be a protest from all political persuasions, His reflex attack on Fox News proves who they are.
Anonymous 04.10.11 @ 3:39 pm No, who? I would like some. Oh, I see. You were really saying that Jesus did. I thought you were just saying JEEEEZUS!
Donnie 04.10.11 @ 6:51 pm Nonsense, the cost of healthcare in America is 3 times that of countries with so called “socialized healthcare”
John 04.10.11 @ 6:54 pm Tony, this has to be the dumbest response to this post I’ve read so far. Please pull the GOP’s tongue out of your ass.
Donnie 04.10.11 @ 6:57 pm Ever listened to an interview by anyone? That’s what they all do, turning the direction of the interview to get the message they want to get across. If the journalist can’t get his questions answered then he’s not particularly good. you’re just making a point of it because you happen to disagree with his views, nothing more.
Mcpowell 04.10.11 @ 9:16 pm nonsense like Solyndra. Are you serious? The biggest scandel wasting billions of dollars with OBVIOUS evidence of corruption and we should give him a pass because he’s a good little socialist. This is the message? Seriously?…
Anonymous 04.10.11 @ 10:31 pm obaaamaaa…i know it’s been said before but it needs reiteratin’…the left is just as stupid and partisan as the right. independence is the way for one and all.
Anonymous 04.10.11 @ 10:41 pm How can Obama talk and compromise with people who are So friggin stupid they believe 2 of every species of plants and animals in Australia swam across the ocean to get on Noah’s arc and swam back to Australia after the flood subsided. Not one of you repuglican retards can explain how those species traveled all that distance yet you still believe in Noah and his arc. You’re friggin retards, all of ya, nobody can reason with you useless a**holes. Do your country a favor and kill yourselves.
Anonymous 04.10.11 @ 11:00 pm You’re absolutely right. The reason it’s so expensive in America is because your doctors are all crooks. They double bill, triple bill, bill when no services have been rendered. Hospitals put ficticious people in empty beds and bill for them. Most of the money spent on health care back when the system was privatized was spent on wages for millions of private insurance investigators rooting out and stopping fraudulent billing. Your country is a bunch crooks governed by a bunch of crooks. You’re all screwed and you’re going down the toilet and never getting out. And that’s what y’all deserve for destroying Iraq over a pack of lies not one of you idiots bothered to question until AFTER the invasion when it became apparent there weren’t any WMD. Tell me, how did WE all know there weren’t any WMD there but you didn’t? The fact is none of you even cared if Bush lied. You all wanted blood, anybody’s blood, didn’t matter if they were the real enemy or not. Go to hell all of you. Friggin a**holes.
Lag1t 04.10.11 @ 11:04 pm Pretty shore Obama did compromise with a lot of the GOP’s demands. I mean just watch the news a few months ago Obama’s approval rating was going down because he was compromising to much. You are probably one of the blind individuals that only watches FOX News if you can even call it that.
Anonymous 04.10.11 @ 11:11 pm The biggest scandal and corruption story in your sh1t hole country in the past decade is the illegal war started by the Bush-Cheney crime family. It’s cost you dorks trillions. Find any WMD yet? Have Bush and Cheney been brought to justice yet? No, both got passes. Go fvck yourself.
Anonymous 04.10.11 @ 11:43 pm Well Jessie, If the President didn’t give Solyndra almost 600million , Now try and follow this, he could have given that to health care… So the point being is that we really need to know about Solyndra btw aren’t they part of wall street??
Mcpowell 05.10.11 @ 12:10 am Actually the myth that we found no WMD’s is a perpetuated media myth as well. I was THERE I guarded the “nonexistent” wmd’s I was part of the escort as a MK19 gunner. We took tons of nerve agent out. The only reason they choose to ignore it was that it had not been mixed with the activator chemicals. See they don’t just pre-mix tons of this stuff it is 90% complete when it is put into the launch vehicles. Then the last 10% or the chemical activators are added to make the weapon live. Even Iraq wasn’t stupid enough to keep live agents stored for years. They chose to report it as “non-explosive ordinance” rather than WMD’s because of security concerns. Therefor CNN, MSNBC, FOX and the others decided they weren’t WMD’s and didn’t report them as such. And the 4 mile long lines of tanker trucks and ammo going into Syria for days I guess none of that could have been activated WMD’s huh? Btw from the wording of your comment it seems your not American therefor your opinion of America DOESN’T matter in the least. Just so you know.
Darren 05.10.11 @ 3:39 am Think of it this way, Tony. When a network like Fox News airs something like Even if you could justify this as “satire” – which it happens to do quite poorly, merely using that as a mask for downright degredation and playground insults. You can see where someone like Jesse may be a little hesitant to really speak on the topic of the mundane questions that are being asked – and simply gives a verbal middle finger to the seemingly sheepish and unprepared reporter. The points he makes in his interview are valid, towards both NewsCorp, and Fox News itself. The same criticism can be made towards any media distributor that does not present open information, free of bias. His view is biased against Fox specifically, because of the one sided media that they do present. Hell, that’s what the article is about. Fox failing to present this interview – because of it’s lack of continuity with it’s regular programming. Take a step back from supporting one media outlet – “Since that’s what I like, it’s what I’m only going to watch, and I’ll argue against those who do not.” Tribalism had it’s days. At this point in the game, especially with the rhetoric that we are all presenting here – you’re going to be confronted with new ideas. It’s best that you take a lesson in learning how to accept them.
Sirgladius 05.10.11 @ 2:40 pm nobody mentioned those because the US still had the receipts from when we sold them to Saddam
Drew McDaniel 05.10.11 @ 3:36 pm And the viewership of FOX News continues to climb while people shun the old media. Why? Because they realize they’re being fed left-wing propaganda. If I was FOX News, I wouldn’t air this segment either; not because he was telling the truth, but because he was spewing left-wing propaganda. Do any of these ‘protesters’ have an original thought?
Dapotpie 05.10.11 @ 5:24 pm Sigh, when will we stop focusing on the issues being US vs THEM. The only day we will see progress in our government is the day we all revoke our status as republicans, democrats, or w/e else and simply become a citizen. How is it that in a country of 300 million people we have divided into two political groups? Any man who believes we can all be lumped into two groups is surely a fool. Republicans and Democrats alike have a following of individuals who mindlessly follow their direction in blaming all of our mistakes on “THEM”. No American wants to stand up and admit their fault. Our nation is comprised of infantile minds that lack the ability to see how they are fooled by “their side” into a constant state of trying to blame their failure on someone else rather than actually trying to find solutions. All media is biased, not just fox news. To think that the country as a whole is focused on the important issues is laughable. The average American (republican or democrat) is more concerned about their favorite American Idol choice than they are about the state of the American Government. So in conclusion if you still confine yourself to a political party and choose to surrender your freedom of choice to continually accept to only be able to choose between two options then it is you that is the problem. It is the fault of every democrat, every republican, and every person who is so lazy and misinformed that they blindly accept their parties choice on an issue rather than choosing their own.
Dapotpie 05.10.11 @ 5:50 pm Thank you for being incredibly prejudice and cruel. You don’t know me at all but you have called me, most of my friends, family, and neighbors crooks. You accuse me of destroying Iraq as if I made the decision. You’re no better than the Americans you hate. What good is a person who goes around sending hate letters to people he doesn’t even know. Also many of your statements are down right false. TONS of Americans protested the war you idiot. Go look it up. The average American HAD NO SAY in the matter. Our congress voted and we went to war and there wasn’t a damn thing anyone could do to stop it short of starting war with the US. I’d like to know what country you are from that you feel so free to insult all Americans the way you do. Hopefully you will grow up one day and come to the 21st century where people have realized being a prejudice jerk doesn’t actually solve problems. It just shows how ignorant and simple minded you are, being perfectly content watching Iraq be “destroyed” and doing nothing about it but pointing a finger and saying “he did it! he did it!”. Is there really a difference between the man who shot the innocent civilian or the man who watched him do it and did nothing to stop him?
Isaac 05.10.11 @ 6:20 pm People really like fighting against one another, and this is not likely to end anytime soon.
Justaddbeers 05.10.11 @ 6:57 pm aww jesse you’re so cute, and you really look like you’re suffering. Better go check huff post and make sure you’re saying the right stuff!
CCupp 05.10.11 @ 7:58 pm This person does not represent 99% of Americans! I am in the Middle Class. I work HARD and LONG hours to raise my family. I do not ask for hand out from anyone. If you want something – you have to work for it! There is no way I want to live in a county where the government is a nanny state! I want less government – get out of my life, my schools, my house! I do not need more mindless laws to do the RIGHT things!
Anonymous 05.10.11 @ 10:37 pm Wrong on all counts numb nuts. My opinion does matter whether you like it or not so kiss my a**. Even your hero G.W. Bush admitted recently there were no WMD there. Even if the activator wasn’t mixed in he would have called them WMD anyway because he was getting flack from all sides for the fact there were no WMD there. And to think that Fox wouldn’t have ceased that opportunity to justify the invasion is totally stupid. Also, there was no 4 mile long line of tanker trucks and ammo going into Syria because there is no way Saddam would have given those weapons to his enemy when he needed them to oppose the American invasion. You may be stupid enough to think he would have but nobody else is that stupid. I seriously doubt you were anywhere near Iraq. You’re just another lying repuglican.
Anonymous 05.10.11 @ 10:59 pm According to reliable poles 84% of you a**holes supported the invasion. That’s a fact. And what have you a**holes donen since it’s become obvious there were no WMD there? Absolutely NOTHING! You’re all just sitting back and letting Bush and Cheney enjoy all the money they pocketed from that war when they should be in jail. You people should be out demonstrating in the streets loudly and constantly demanding those 2 pr1cks be given a fair trial then hung. Instead you sit there and say “It isn’t my fault”. Bullsh1t!!! Every fvcking one of you useless cucksockers is to blame. And now you try and blame me, a Canadian. My country didn’t send troops to Iraq. Why? Because when the issue was being debated here me and tens of thousands of other Canadians were protesting and demonstrating against involvement because WE knew Bush was lying. So don’t call me immature. I did the right thing then and I’m doing the right thing now by calling all of you a**holes, murderers and crooks.
CrazyNerd 06.10.11 @ 1:13 am I agree that he does not represent 99% of Americans, but that was kind of beside the point. I also agree that if you want something, you should work for it. Also beside the point. If the society is organized in such a way that it is impossible for certain individuals to survive, then what? Should we let everyone below the poverty line die? And as for less government, do you really understand what that would mean? Maybe you do not need more laws to do the right thing, but what about corporations? Before the government made some of those “mindless laws,” they could do whatever they wanted. Think 1910′s. Oh, and your schools? The government is either minimally involved and you pay for it all (private schools), or you pay nothing extra (public schools). So, you still have a choice there, and I don’t think you understand everything you are saying. You seem to be a very passionate person, just don’t let it cloud your judgement.
Anonymous 06.10.11 @ 5:22 pm Websites that auto-refresh their page are rude and just plain stupid. Websites that do it in the middle of playing a video? Words fail me.
Tim 06.10.11 @ 6:18 pm God I hate articles like this. There are legitimate and intelligent people on both sides and there are ignorant and hateful people on both sides as well. If you want to put this guy up as the poster boy of the movement I’m sure it would be the work of a minute to find a couple of images and even videos of people who think taking their clothes off in public is standing for change. These articles do nothing to support one point of view or another. They’re simply ad hominem attacks that add nothing to the debate. How about instead of worrying about how Fox News is portraying the Wall Street Protestors you worry about how the people breaking the law are making this movement look. And I’ll say the same thing for the Tea Party. There were wack jobs and racists and there were grandmas and deacons. Every group is gonna have their fringe folks that make the group as a whole look bad. So can we please move beyond this and like Jesse says have a discussion about the facts. Anyway this was my pointless explosion on some random article on the internet about an issue that will never change because it’s fundamental to how we as humans work.
Tom Jones331 06.10.11 @ 7:49 pm nex time you decide to open your mouth I think you should consider taking the presidents big milk chocolate dick down and swallow it with the rest of your opinions
Brian 06.10.11 @ 9:05 pm Uhh, Canada flew missions with the United States to Iraq during the US’s, and you have many troops stationed in Afghanistan, which is no more than an extension of the invasion; as now our goal is to rid the nations of hostile extremists. And to place the entire blame of America’s involvement overseas on the falsified belief of there being WMDs there is completely irrelevant. If your nation was attacked as mine was, even though no one wants anything to do with piece of shit Canada AND if your leaders told you that their were weapons (that had been used on the people of Iraq already) that could possibly be used on you, you would be inclined to want to get rid of them, right? Other than that, we realized the deprivation people of Iraq were facing before we invaded, and thus we are helping to rebuild and restore the country that was in shambles even before we got there. Don’t talk to any American as if we all have the capability to march into Washington and put our foot down and change the course of action that has occurred for the past decade. And finally, if you and EVERYONE else knew there weren’t and WMDs in Iraq, why was would the UN Hans Blix to investigate, now that to me shows that atleast SOMEONE had the inclination that a DICTATOR by the name of Saddam Hussein could POSSIBLY be doing something ILLEGAL. Farfetched I know.
Jjrogister 07.10.11 @ 10:03 pm Your bark is louder than your bite Canadian. Take a long hard look at yourself. If you were really doing the right thing now you wouldnt be waisting your breath. You should be retracing your steps to find where you left you common sense. I bet you just like to sit around and wallow in a hate so boundless that you get caught up in an arguement just so you may vent your shortcommings.
Anonymous 07.10.11 @ 10:43 pm “Uhh, Canada flew missions with the United States to Iraq during the US’s, and you have many troops stationed in Afghanistan, which is no more than an extension of the invasion; as now our goal is to rid the nations of hostile extremists. ” uhhh, Canada did NOT fly missions into Iraq during the invasion of Iraq or since the invasion. I believe we did in the Gulf War but not the most recent invasion. As for your pathetic attempt to paint Iraq and Afghanistan with the same brush, get a brain. Al Qaeda was never in Iraq prior to the invasion; they were in Afghanistan. Iraq was no threat to the US; Afghanistan was. Saying Afghanistan is an extension of Iraq is repuglican double talk intended to cover up the fact that Iraq was invaded illegally and without cause. “And to place the entire blame of America’s involvement overseas on the falsified belief of there being WMDs there is completely irrelevant. If your nation was attacked as mine was, even though no one wants anything to do with piece of shit Canada AND if your leaders told you that their were weapons (that had been used on the people of Iraq already) that could possibly be used on you, you would be inclined to want to get rid of them, right?” But that’s not what happened in the US. Your leaders lied to you and everybody else was telling you dumb pr1cks they were lying but you a$$holes wouldn’t listen. That’s what ya get when all you listen to is Fox… more lies. So if what actually happened in the US were to happen in my country, our leaders would face a motion of non-confidence and lose and be thrown out before any invasion. My country was smart enough to realize the enemy that attacked you on 9/11 wasn’t in Iraq, that the Iraqis did not have WMD or a nuclear program and they did not have launch vehicles capable of carrying and warhead to America anyway. As far as nobody wanting anything to do with my country, well, how about we cut off the oil and gas we send south to you, since you don’t want anything to do with us? And our cheap lumber too. How about we cut the DEW line, blast your intel sats from the sky and let the Russians over the north pole? Retard. “Other than that, we realized the deprivation people of Iraq were facing before we invaded, and thus we are helping to rebuild and restore the country that was in shambles even before we got there” Bullsh1t. Bush EMPHATICALLY said on TV infront of millions that the invasion was about 2 things and 2 things only… WMD and launch vehicles capable of reaching the US. Not one of you ever gave a damn about the Iraqi people. You killed 10 times more of them than Saddam ever did. You let al Qaeda into Iraq. Before the invasion they had power and clean water. Now there are millions of Iraqis without either. Your sudden concern for Iraqis came long AFTER you invaded and were forced to admit there were no WMD and no launch vehicles. Again you repuglicans think you can lie your way out of anything. “Don’t talk to any American as if we all have the capability to march into Washington and put our foot down and change the course of action that has occurred for the past decade.” Look a$$hole, I’ll talk to you anyway I want. You pr1cks have done NOTHING to put Bush and Cheney behind bars where they belong. You useless sh1t for brains haven’t raised a single protest over that matter. All you’ve done is whine about how much the war is costing you, no regard for what it’s cost Iraq. When Cheney recently visited Canada there were big demonstrations here demanding that our government arrest him and ship him to the Hague to face a war crimes trial or just try him and execute him right here in Canada. It’s a crime we let him go home. “And finally, if you and EVERYONE else knew there weren’t and WMDs in Iraq, why was would the UN Hans Blix to investigate, now that to me shows that atleast SOMEONE had the inclination that a DICTATOR by the name of Saddam Hussein could POSSIBLY be doing something ILLEGAL. Farfetched I know. ” How many times do you simpleton repuglicans have to have that explained to you before you understand? Hmmm? Saddam was a dictator the US courted, same as they court so many other dictators, Assad in Syria for example and the Shah of Iran, a dictator installed by the US after the US toppled a democratically elected government in Iran. So don’t harp about dictators because the US loves them. Blix was sent to Iraq to placate the US and see if in fact there were WMD since you useless pr1cks were all screaming there were. He found none and asked for time to keep looking but you retards ignored his advice and invaded anyway. Powell had those stupid cartoon drawings of WMD and some aerial photos of a firetruck that fooled you rejects into thinking they had WMD but didn’t fool anybody else. Even your own CIA was saying those drawings were just drawings not photos of WMD factories and that the firetruck was just a firetruck not a mobile WMD factory but you didn’t hear any of that because all you listen to is that dimwit Hannity on Fox and that foaming dog Anne Coulter who doesn’t have a brain in her head. And you complaining about legality of WMDs is soooo hypocrytical because you fvck wads supplied Saddam with WMD and the technology to make more and you have told the whole world you have stockpiles of nerve gas, Sarin and biological weapons. Are you a fvckin retard? I am absolutely sure you are. So what’s your next line of BS? I’ll be glad to shoot that down as repuglican lies, stupidity and hypocrisy too.
TheCleverElephant 08.10.11 @ 2:10 am This guy adds nothing to the cause. He says a lot of words without actually saying anything substance. The interviewer (and the rest of America) wants to know what the movement has to say, and the interviewee gives nothing but amorphous notions in response. He talks more about the action of others than he does about himself or his movement. This is likely why it wasn’t aired.
James Watkins 08.10.11 @ 11:03 am He said absolutely nothing. He bashed FOX, like that is new, he rattles off well rehearsed liberal talking points, yet he makes no point or assertions about a unifying message. Basically proving the point that this “movement” has no central or coherent message.
TechMaster8 08.10.11 @ 11:47 am An inspiring and motivational talk. This guy has a great intellectual mind.
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Informed citizen 08.10.11 @ 4:28 pm Ugh. Don’t you see you’re being used as a “useful idiot” of the left? This is a contrived gathering orchestrated as a distraction to the failed policies of this administration. When Michael Moore is your leader, you know you’ve gone down the wrong path.
Anonymous 09.10.11 @ 11:35 pm I didn’t lose my common sense. You a$$hole Americans lost yours. I protested the invasion on the grounds that all the reasons given for it were lies. That’s sensible. You pr1cks all dove right into the war and ignored the lies in your quest for blood, any blood, didn’t matter if they were a threat or not. Are you saying THAT was common sense? Are you saying it is not sensible now to want Bush’s and Cheney’s head on a plate? Fvck you a$$hole. I’m not the one with shortcomings, you are.
Jfriesen777 10.10.11 @ 7:35 pm Nonsense like government wasting our money? Please. Classic liberal. It’s the rich people and Fox news that are to blame. Not the people actually in power.
Richard Field 10.10.11 @ 7:50 pm you people a pretty nuts from by perspective. you gather to denounce the system that has given you the standard of living and freedom of expression that you enjoy as you “occupy” Wall Street/America. Yes we have leftist wackos here in Anchorage also. I am 61 years old and agree with you folks on one point – I have never seen our nation at such a low point. We disagree, however, on what is the right approach for going forward. It seems that you people are anxious to fall in the socialist ditch with Europe. I want to drill, mine, and manufacture, bringing jobs back to the workmen of the nation. Barack Husien Obama’s administration is a catastrophe for freedom minded Americans and a boon to America hating folks like you seem to be. Barack and his friends are fleecing the country and raking in the dough. That seems to be OK with you folks, no parallel to Bush and Haliburton, of course.
Nolan 10.10.11 @ 8:36 pm Maybe you just have a perspective issue. Instead of looking at it as demeaning, maybe you should look at is as “Look at me, I’m poor but at least I’m working for what I get.” There’s nothing wrong with that. Maybe it’s YOU who’s being an elitist jerk here. I don’t see anything wrong with making people who receive welfare perform a service or get drug tested, it’s what the rest of working america does.
Alex Pickett 11.10.11 @ 10:34 am What a moron, no wonder they didn’t air it. This guy is part of what I call the other 1% not the rich ones, “the other ones” the one’s who don’t really work or are not productive members of society. Their parents are paying for them to be “scholars” yet here they are echoing their teachers words desperately wanting to be apart of something .
Jessy 11.10.11 @ 1:35 pm so you consider america’s path over the last 10 years the right path? i am quite curious as to how you think the right intends to help out any working americans when they are constantly blaming the middle-class for our current situation, yet now that elections are coming up acting as if they are on our side
rick 13.10.11 @ 6:51 am what a moron. “wasting our time with solyndra”?? That crony capitalism is THE PROBLEM. Obama’s largest supporters ARE wall street companies. Nis rant about the Fox news was irrelevant to the question. His phoney “articulate” tone of voice did nothing to disguise his cluelesness.
Anonymous 13.10.11 @ 6:42 pm Yawn… Another brainwashed liberal that is completely delusional. The OWS crowd is full of them.
TJ Peterson 14.10.11 @ 2:31 am We got a regular Johnathan Cocharane here… Say something, you motherfucker!
TJ Peterson 14.10.11 @ 2:32 am I think it’d be a bit of a stretch to call Jesus corrupt though, as opposed to every form of government ever
TJ Peterson 14.10.11 @ 2:36 am This is a really beautiful post. I’m so happy you can see it this way. It’s absolute bullshit. These people are completely unwilling to settle for anything less than their way, and have picked out a scapegoat, and they call themselves beautiful. They’re selfish Kool-aid drinkers. If they wanted to really help people they’d be in a soup kitchen more than they just yell at corporations about the injustices of their lives.
Anonymous 14.10.11 @ 3:50 pm In what ways are the ‘poor’ so much worse-off? They have cell-phones now? Flat-screens? I question this person’s base assumptions.
Derp 15.10.11 @ 12:03 am If he looked in the mirror, he’d see himself. He’d agree with himself, correct?
Bob Saget 19.10.11 @ 8:13 pm $535 million dollar nonsense like Solyndra! Because, lets face it, nobody cares about shady politics when those shady politicians help form movements like this.
mimbrie 02.11.11 @ 10:04 pm That’s a nice theory, but many people using welfare already are working, and they often spend a great deal of their time waiting in lines and dealing with paperwork and the like. People who can’t get enough work use welfare, the elderly use welfare, children use welfare. Do they need to do extra services? If not, where do we draw the line between who “deserves” aid and who doesn’t?
ben 11.11.11 @ 4:21 pm he seems to be blaming new organizations for the trouble in americas society and economy. when the reporter asked him about the president he turned the answer back around to stories aired on fox news. talk about not paying attention
Fakeemail 16.11.11 @ 2:01 am How about we just make everybody do exactly what we think is right based on our own morals? Cause thats freedom right? Oh wait didn’t somebody try that before…. there was Hitler, Stalin, and GO St8!
Libertarian 07.01.12 @ 1:47 am This is a slam dunk…why? Just because he’s articulate doesn’t mean he’s correct. I’m just happy to see a OWS protester who isn’t literally raving like a lunatic in front of the camera. Incidentally, there is a reason people from all over the world seek medical attention in US for ailments…because we’re the best at it. Specialized healthcare practices are motivated through a need created by a competitive industry in the US. If health insurance companies were allowed to compete across state lines, much the way auto insurance is able to, the problem of health care costs would largely start to fix itself. To say that for-profit health care doesn’t work is grossly misinformed. Socialized ANYTHING has very little track record in succeeding, period.
Canicula 16.01.12 @ 4:49 pm It will be the shame of my nation for decades to come that we supported Bush and Cheney in their criminal actions and gave them the sheen of international support. I truly hope that if Blair is the christian he claims to be (if he was ever anything he ever claimed to be), he will meet the god he believes in and be judged for the hundreds of thousands of Iraqis he is responsible for.
Efath 18.01.12 @ 3:41 am Where biblically do you derive either animals swimming or Australia? And why does a person’s religious belief have anything to do with the conversation at hand? If you just want to spout atheist hate then I’m sure there are plenty of forums available for such a thing but your comment, as far as this chain of thought goes, is out of place and uncalled for hatespeak. Get over yourself.
Anonymous 19.01.12 @ 2:46 am The flora and fauna in Australia today had to come from somewhere. The Bible, by stating all life on the planet perished in the flood, implies that all current life descends from the species that Noah took into the arc. You’ve probably lost the line of reasoning already but I’ll continue anyway. So how did Noah get to Australia to get all those species and how did he get them all back to where he lived? Did they swim? We know he didn’t sail there and get them because he didn’t have a ship big enough and didn’t even know Australia existed. And how did those species know how to get back to Australia after the flood and how did they know they were not supposed to go anywhere else but Australia? If the Noah story is true those species must have swam there and back which is nonsense therefore the Noah story is nonsense. At this point you’re probably baffled by the complexity of my very simple questions and will start spouting non-explanations such as “miracle”, “divine intervention” or stupidity like “I don’t know but it says so in the Bible so it must be true”. Yet hundreds of millions of others know EXACTLY what I mean and know EXACTLY why the questions I ask point to proof that the Noah story is BS. If it had happened the way the Bible says there would be no life in Australia and definitely not species we see nowhere else. People who cannot understand simple reason and logic like the above are the morons Obama cannot talk with or compromise with. They babble incoherent nonsense and they’re republicans. Stupidity and republican go hand in hand and that’s what the part of the conversation I got into is about. BTW, I am not atheist. I am just bright enough to see that not everything in the Bible is true and species are where they are today and are what they are today because of evolution.
Anonymous 19.01.12 @ 2:48 am The flora and fauna in Australia today had to come from somewhere. The Bible, by stating all life on the planet perished in the flood, implies that all current life descends from the species that Noah took into the arc. You’ve probably lost the line of reasoning already but I’ll continue anyway. So how did Noah get to Australia to get all those species and how did he get them all back to where he lived? Did they swim? We know he didn’t sail there and get them because he didn’t have a ship big enough and didn’t even know Australia existed. And how did those species know how to get back to Australia after the flood and how did they know they were not supposed to go anywhere else but Australia? If the Noah story is true those species must have swam there and back which is nonsense therefore the Noah story is nonsense. At this point you’re probably baffled by the complexity of my very simple questions and will start spouting non-explanations such as “miracle”, “divine intervention” or stupidity like “I don’t know but it says so in the Bible so it must be true”. Yet hundreds of millions of others know EXACTLY what I mean and know EXACTLY why the questions I ask point to proof that the Noah story is BS. If it had happened the way the Bible says there would be no life in Australia and definitely not species we see nowhere else. People who cannot understand simple reason and logic like the above are the morons Obama cannot talk with or compromise with. They babble incoherent nonsense and they’re republicans. Stupidity and republican go hand in hand and that’s what the part of the conversation I got into is about. BTW, I am not atheist. I am just bright enough to see that not everything in the Bible is true and species are where they are today and are what they are today because of evolution.
David in AK 24.01.12 @ 2:33 am Cool. Recipients of corporate welfare (CEOs, CFOs, Boards of Directors) should undergo mandatory, random drug tests and be forced to do public service. I’m sure other welfare recipients will be more than happy to follow their example.
John 29.06.12 @ 11:28 am It is the eternal struggle between these two principles — right and wrong — throughout the world. They are the two principles that have stood face to face from the beginning of time, and will ever continue to struggle. It is the same spirit that says, ‘You work and toil and earn bread, and I’ll eat it.’ No matter in what shape it comes, whether from the mouth of a [president] who seeks to bestride the people of his own nation and live by the fruit of their labor, or from one [class] of men as an apology for enslaving another [class], it is the same tyrannical principle. Abraham Lincoln–October 15, 1858 Debate at Alton In his day it was one race of men who proclaimed the right to enslave another race. In our day it is one class who claim the right to enslave another class. The rich in America have gotten rich not by forcing others to give them money, work for them, buy their goods, but by convincing others that their goods and services are worth voluntarily purchasing, that it is worth working for them in voluntary exchange for the wage promised. By contrast, there is a class that demands money, food, housing, education, transportation and much more, but not in voluntary exchanges. No, they make the demand not based on giving something of value in return, but simply based on having nothing of value to exchange for it. This is ludicrous. They then pass laws to take these things by threat of force from those who produce them. This is tyranny.