Occupy Wall Street

2011-10-12 05:35:21

#126

Dilbert_X: The X stands for; +1,813|6319|eXtreme to the maX

FEOS wrote:
Fox does very well in cable, but in overall news viewership/content delivery? They're a fraction when you look at it from the left/right comparison. Which is sad, really, that one can even make that comparison with news services... infotainment delivery vectors

There we go.

Fuck Israel

2011-10-12 05:35:34

#127

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5571|London, England

It's a year old but...

https://tvbythenumbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/2010.01.31-Average-P2+-590x455.png

Yeah.

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2011-10-12 05:38:03

#128

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5571|London, England

Fox has as many, if not more, viewers than the other news channels combined. What you should be arguing about is not whether or not fox is mainstream, because it obviously is, but why you let them monopolize the message of the right. That just makes the right easier to control.

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2011-10-12 05:38:30

#129

Dilbert_X: The X stands for; +1,813|6319|eXtreme to the maX

I switch it on when I need a laugh.

Fuck Israel

2011-10-12 05:40:41

#130

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5571|London, England

I read HuffPo when I want a laugh: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jd-samson … 87680.html

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2011-10-12 05:40:45

#131

FEOS: Bellicose Yankee Air Pirate; +1,182|6624|'Murka

Jay wrote:
It's a year old but...

Yeah.

Fox vs CNN vs MSNBC...

How does this counter what I said again?

FEOS wrote:
Fox does very well in cable, but in overall news viewership/content delivery? They're a fraction when you look at it from the left/right comparison. Which is sad, really, that one can even make that comparison with news services...

“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
― Albert Einstein
Doing the popular thing is not always right. Doing the right thing is not always popular

2011-10-12 05:41:43

#132

Dilbert_X: The X stands for; +1,813|6319|eXtreme to the maX

Even I don't read Huffington Post

Fuck Israel

2011-10-12 22:59:33

#133

Ty: Mass Media Casualty; +2,398|6987|Noizyland

On my walk to work today I saw a flyer for "Occupy Wellington". It had the subtitle "We are the 1%, expect us".

Way to go you ignorant pricks.

What will they be protesting? NZ doesn't have the same massive wage disparity the US has. NZ is also very much a welfare state, we have free healthcare. Hell, we have income assistance packages for people who aren't earning enough to live on not to mention disability and the DPB.

According to their demands they want "a return to real democracy, a government by the people for the people and an economic system that works for 100 per cent of the people''.

What?

NZ's electoral system is Mixed-Member Proportional, you can't get much more literally democratic than that. The Government is for the people as the aforementioned welfare shows. As for the economic system. - what the Hell do they expect the NZ Government to do? Economics in NZ are really influenced by what's happening overseas, we're not a mover and a shaker, we make work whatever we get.

I'm all for political dissent but if you're just jumping on the bandwagon try to make it a little less obvious.

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2011-10-12 23:04:49

#134

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6813|132 and Bush

FEOS wrote:
Also in the Respond by Picture thread...

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2011-10-12 23:13:07

#135

Spark: liquid fluoride thorium reactor; +874|6887|Canberra, AUS

heh. such fun to poke fun at, this lot.

The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
^{~ Richard Feynman}

2011-10-12 23:30:46

#136

Ty: Mass Media Casualty; +2,398|6987|Noizyland

I should point out that the Occupy Wall Street protest is against corporate control, not the corporations themselves.

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2011-10-12 23:33:10

#137

Spark: liquid fluoride thorium reactor; +874|6887|Canberra, AUS

the big problem with this protest is that it has no real defined goal or organisational structure (ironically because it IS a genuine grassroots movement) so it's very easy to poke fun at them in this way. they leave themselves naturally exposed because they aren't pulling in one direction because i'll bet you a large sum of money that a fairly significant portion of the protesters ARE protesting against corporations in general.

The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
^{~ Richard Feynman}

2011-10-12 23:45:00

#138

Ty: Mass Media Casualty; +2,398|6987|Noizyland

While no protest movement is going to be 100% on the same page I doubt many people in America are "anti-corporation" in all ways and I doubt a significant portion of the protesters would hold this view. To laugh about how hypocritical protesters are because they use products made by corporations isn't funny, clever or ironic it's just a dumb illogical argument to try and dismiss them. I agree that this protest is poorly defined and it's certainly not above being mocked but that picture pointing out the so-called irony of the protesters annoys me with its stupidity.

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2011-10-12 23:57:21

#139

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6813|132 and Bush

Ty wrote:
I should point out that the Occupy Wall Street protest is against corporate control, not the corporations themselves.

It's all so very ambiguous. Trust me I know.. there are splinter protest going on here in Tampa as well..

"Despite police warning, Occupy Tampa protesters vote to risk arrest and stay on sidewalk "
Hardcore yo

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2011-10-13 00:00:50

#140

Ty: Mass Media Casualty; +2,398|6987|Noizyland

Fuck da po-lice.

Yeah agreed about the ambiguity but I would say that saying the protesters are against corporations and trying to point out the irony is clutching at straws in terms of both humour and argument.

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2011-10-13 00:10:41

#141

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6813|132 and Bush

Ty wrote:
While no protest movement is going to be 100% on the same page I doubt many people in America are "anti-corporation" in all ways and I doubt a significant portion of the protesters would hold this view. To laugh about how hypocritical protesters are because they use products made by corporations isn't funny, clever or ironic it's just a dumb illogical argument to try and dismiss them. I agree that this protest is poorly defined and it's certainly not above being mocked but that picture pointing out the so-called irony of the protesters annoys me with its stupidity.

It's really in jest. But there is a certain "enabling" point in that image.

You know, let's put some context on this so called movement. I think it would be rather embarrassing to get behind something with so much passion when there really isn't a clear message. What did our parents say when we were upset? Use your words. Yea, we're all kinda pissed. It sure as hell isn't a minority that shares the general disapproval of corporate mngmt. And no, not every protest is 100% on the same page. But these people have nothing on what organizers did during during the civil rights movement, or during the Vietnam war for that matter. That's the kind pretty-well-defined heart felt passion that I find admirable. If it seems like I'm dismissing them it's only because I am. Get it together and I'll reconsider.

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2011-10-13 00:20:39

#142

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6813|132 and Bush

.. seriously if you're going to plan on getting arrested at least have an endgame. And I tell you what, I wouldn't be taking ^that guys advice if I'm planning on having an arrest on my record for the rest of my life.

It's actually a little but funny. The police are letting them do their thing and they seem disappointed at the lack of confrontation.

It's clear to me that some of them want to be martyrs.. perhaps because of a lack of a sense of self worth.. perhaps.

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2011-10-13 00:22:36

#143

-Sh1fty-: plundering yee booty; +510|5686|Ventura, California

I love it how people here say right-wing media is not to be trusted.

Yeah cause left-wing media certainly isn't biased...

get over yourselves, even if it takes a space shuttle to get over your freaking egos

And above your tomb, the stars will belong to us.

2011-10-13 00:28:26

#144

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6813|132 and Bush

Pretty sure those kids would be getting mugged if those evil police weren't watching them.. you know, economy and all.

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2011-10-13 00:30:10

#145

Spark: liquid fluoride thorium reactor; +874|6887|Canberra, AUS

Kmar wrote:
Ty wrote:
While no protest movement is going to be 100% on the same page I doubt many people in America are "anti-corporation" in all ways and I doubt a significant portion of the protesters would hold this view. To laugh about how hypocritical protesters are because they use products made by corporations isn't funny, clever or ironic it's just a dumb illogical argument to try and dismiss them. I agree that this protest is poorly defined and it's certainly not above being mocked but that picture pointing out the so-called irony of the protesters annoys me with its stupidity.
It's really in jest. But there is a certain "enabling" point in that image.

You know, let's put some context on this so called movement. I think it would be rather embarrassing to get behind something with so much passion when there really isn't a clear message. What did our parents say when we were upset? Use your words. Yea, we're all kinda pissed. It sure as hell isn't a minority that shares the general disapproval of corporate mngmt. And no, not every protest is 100% on the same page. But these people have nothing on what organizers did during during the civil rights movement, or during the Vietnam war for that matter. That's the kind pretty-well-defined heart felt passion that I find admirable. If it seems like I'm dismissing them it's only because I am. Get it together and I'll reconsider.

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The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
^{~ Richard Feynman}

2011-10-13 00:41:50

#146

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6813|132 and Bush

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2011-10-13 00:45:36

#147

Spark: liquid fluoride thorium reactor; +874|6887|Canberra, AUS

The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
^{~ Richard Feynman}

2011-10-13 00:45:55

#148

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6813|132 and Bush

I think this guy is confused.. searching for a prerequisite.

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2011-10-13 00:46:56

#149

Spark: liquid fluoride thorium reactor; +874|6887|Canberra, AUS

he's also deeply confused if he genuinely thinks there's anything to complain about in aus

but then again australians have proven themselves the biggest whingers on the planet in the last year or so

The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
^{~ Richard Feynman}

2011-10-13 00:49:53

#150

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6813|132 and Bush

Actually, he seems to be the only clear thinking one I've found on that page..lol
(Back to my original point)

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