These are our personal stories, our reasons for Occupying Portland, Salem, Eugene, (and so on!) beginning in October. In peaceful solidarity with Occupy Wall St.
Take a photograph of yourself holding a sign that describes your situation. You can show your face or not, your choice. Be creative! At the bottom of your sign, write occupyportland.org, occupyeugene.com, occupytogether.org, or Occupy [enter your city here]. Send your photo to oregon99percent@riseup.net. I will post photos daily.
Guess which President has raked in the most Wall Street bucks in a generation? While the professional Left trashes Wall Street, they might want to consider how their current President got elected. The Sunlight Foundation reports that Barack Obama didn’t just win the Wall Street sweepstakes in 2008 over John McCain — he’s done better at getting Wall Street cash than any other President in the last 20 years:
Despite his rhetorical attacks on Wall Street, a study by the Sunlight Foundation’s Influence Project shows that President Barack Obama has received more money from Wall Street than any other politician over the past 20 years, including former President George W. Bush.
In 2008, Wall Street’s largesse accounted for 20 percent of Obama’s total take, according to Reuters. …
By the end of Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign, executives and others connected with Wall Street firms, such as Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Citigroup, UBS AG, JPMorgan Chase, and Morgan Stanley, poured nearly $15.8 million into his coffers. Read the rest at www.facebook.com/s.j.hUSAk Intelligent Conservative Conversation
The above comment was clearly copied and pasted...you do have some points...Obama is a problem. He is a moderate republican in practice. His idea of compromise seems to end at the other partys beginning, however, so-called 'conservatives' and republicons have been schilling for the rich for about thirty years and we are coming to change that. Tuck your tail and run Wall Street. We are the 99% and we are coming for what you have taken from us.
Guess which President has raked in the most Wall Street bucks in a generation?
ReplyDeleteWhile the professional Left trashes Wall Street, they might want to consider how their current President got elected. The Sunlight Foundation reports that Barack Obama didn’t just win the Wall Street sweepstakes in 2008 over John McCain — he’s done better at getting Wall Street cash than any other President in the last 20 years:
Despite his rhetorical attacks on Wall Street, a study by the Sunlight Foundation’s Influence Project shows that President Barack Obama has received more money from Wall Street than any other politician over the past 20 years, including former President George W. Bush.
In 2008, Wall Street’s largesse accounted for 20 percent of Obama’s total take, according to Reuters. …
By the end of Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign, executives and others connected with Wall Street firms, such as Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Citigroup, UBS AG, JPMorgan Chase, and Morgan Stanley, poured nearly $15.8 million into his coffers. Read the rest at www.facebook.com/s.j.hUSAk Intelligent Conservative Conversation
The above comment was clearly copied and pasted...you do have some points...Obama is a problem. He is a moderate republican in practice. His idea of compromise seems to end at the other partys beginning, however, so-called 'conservatives' and republicons have been schilling for the rich for about thirty years and we are coming to change that. Tuck your tail and run Wall Street. We are the 99% and we are coming for what you have taken from us.
ReplyDeleteI would also like to add that this movement is about 99% of the people! Not just "left" or "right".
ReplyDeleteAmerica easily being taken from the inside out
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