mic check goes Presidential

Robert Mahnke rpmahnke at gmail.com
Wed Nov 23 16:28:47 CST 2011


On the other hand, this:

http://t.co/Ryg7GWa6


On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 11:06 AM, Henry M <scuffling at gmail.com> wrote:
> And don't even get me started on how the simplistic firebagger conflation by
> OWS and others that "all politicians are the same" plays directly into Karl
> Roves master plan.  Politics and managing a country are NOT simple.  If
> conservatives gain in 2012, the new boss will NOT be the same as the old
> boss.
>
> AsB4,
> ٩(●̮̮̃•̃)۶
> Henry Mu
> http://astore.amazon.com/tdcoccamsaxe-20
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 1:58 PM, Henry M <scuffling at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> That conversation was changed after the first month!  99% vs. 1% is an
>> unavoidable meme.  Since then, it's been repetition, which is
>> counterproductive, and fighting to stay in public and private spaces, also
>> working against most of the country's perception of OWS as being, with
>> notable exceptions, only teenage wasteland.  The hubris is Pynchonian and
>> palpable.
>>
>> AsB4,
>> ٩(●̮̮̃•̃)۶
>> Henry Mu
>> http://astore.amazon.com/tdcoccamsaxe-20
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 1:53 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I disagree. OWS has changed the national (beltway) conversation away from
>>> deficit to the people's plight, joblessness, income disparity, which finally
>>> allows Democrats to lead the conversation in a direction they can win.
>>>
>>> On Wednesday, November 23, 2011, Henry M <scuffling at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > Another example of OWS being nothing more than the sound and fury that
>>> > they accuse all politicians of being.  If OWS wants any real cred, why isn't
>>> > it gathering and distributing food in areas of people who are too poor (15%
>>> > of USA is classified as in poverty) to go camp out and travel with them?
>>> > How about educating people about the history of socialism and civil
>>> > disobedience in the USA?
>>> >
>>> > The crimes against occupiers (mainly in California) have become OWS's
>>> > raison d'etre, and after that, self-serving student loan forgiveness that
>>> > would leave future students with very little opportunity to secure loans.
>>> >
>>> > Very Pynchonian, IMO.
>>> >
>>> > AsB4,
>>> > ٩(●̮̮̃•̃)۶
>>> > Henry Mu
>>> > http://astore.amazon.com/tdcoccamsaxe-20
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 1:34 PM, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com>
>>> > wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> That wonderful Occupy phenomenon, the mic check, jst happened to Pres
>>> >> Obama!..check it out!
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> http://www.thenation.com/blog/164756/occupyusa-blog-tuesday-nov22-frequent-updates
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >
>
>



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