Anti-Wall Street Protests Spread From New York to San Francisco - BusinessweekA valid point. Or it is a further indicator of how giant corporations fleece the population by over-charging for their goods. Having watched a lot of the live feed, I could also argue the protesters made wise investments in tools that have allowed them to become their own media outlet and spread the word. No major media outlet filmed policeman Anthony Bologna pepper-spraying innocent protesters. The protesters did it for themselves and spread it around the world in an instant. They aren't trying to get on TV because they don't need the TV.
“They’re just a bunch of wacko leftists trying to get on TV,” said Onel Delorb, 33, an unemployed office worker from the Bronx. “It’s my fault that I’m not doing anything for work. It’s not government’s fault.”
He said the demonstrators undermined their credibility by carrying iPhones and iPads made by Apple Inc., which is valued at $350 billion.
Using the products of corporations against them. Definitely revolutionary*.
* In the sense that many revolutions are initially armed by the forces they come up against.
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They've now come to Minneapolis today. Jesse Ventura among them.
An interesting footnote. Both the Teamsters and SEIU have publicly supported the the Occupy Wall Street protests...however both Unions have millions invested in Wall Street. If they want to protest Wall Street they should pull their money! I don't know any vegetarians invested in slaughter houses...of course Jim Hoffa, General President of the Teamsters makes $482,000 a year, and Sue Mauren the head of my local Teamsters Local 320 makes $238,000 a year while the average wage of a 320 member is $38,000 a year. What I'm saying is that the union leaders make CEO wages. It sure looks like lip service to me. Just sayin'.
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