Posts tagged “OWS”
Double Standards
This incident is a quite disturbing: PORTLAND — Occupy Maine protesters say Sunday morning’s attack with a chemical explosive has left them with a mixture of anxiety and resolve. “We are more motivated to keep doing what we’re doing,” said Stephanie Wilburn, of Portland, who was sitting near where the chemical mixture in a Gatorade [...]
The Shifting Media Narrative Of Wall Street Campaign Contributions
Only 5 days ago, the media bombastically reported that there was a major gap in Wall Street campaign contributions, and that President Obama had lost out to his Republican adversaries. The headline that immediately echoed throughout the media landscape was that Mitt Romney had decisively taken the cake when it came to raking in contributions [...]
Misleading Polling from the Wall Street Journal
It’s only natural that The Wall Street Journal has decided to not embrace the Occupy Wall Street protesters who have camped out for over a month with the intention of shaming the financial sector among other aims. In an Op-Ed piece today, Douglas Schoen argues that President Obama and the Democrats are making a “critical [...]
Get A Job
Associated Press (10/16/2011): Sandra Fox, 69, of Baton Rouge, La., stood, confused, on 46th Street with a ticket for “Anything Goes” in her hand as riot police pushed a knot of about 200 shouting protesters toward her. “I think it’s horrible what they’re doing,” she said of the protesters. “These people need to go get [...]
Draft David Brandon1
Wouldn’t we be better off with former Domino’s CEO David Brandon‘s 5-5-5 economic plan? You know, the “Big Taste Bailout“? The one that Herman Cain ripped off of? 1Please don’t actually. Despite his supposed anti-Wall Street feeding appeal, Brandon was only installed as CEO of Domino’s after the Wall Street Investment Firm Bain Capital [...]
Crying Out In Agony
Last year I was speaking to a friend/professor of mine about the status of politics in Washington, we both agreed that things just were not working as they used to be. We weren’t talking about the efficacy of the agencies, regulations or social programs. We were talking about the state of discourse that exists and [...]