OCCUPY WALLSTREET!

[Aadill]

First we have the pepper spraying cop meme: http://peppersprayingcop.tumblr.com/

But now we have a new one!

It's an tireless internet joke, essentially!

http://gawker.com/5861688/its-a-food...per-spray-cops

Megyn Kelly on pepper spray: "It's a food product, essentially!"
Megyn Kelly on fire hoses: "It’s a sports beverage, essentially!"
Megyn Kelly on police dogs: "It’s a family pet, essentially!"
Megyn Kelly on tasers: "It’s static cling, essentially!"
Megyn Kelly on rubber bullets: "It’s a pencil eraser, essentially!"
Megyn Kelly on hand grenades: "It’s a Fourth of July firework, essentially! God bless America."
Megyn Kelly on beanbag rounds: "It's a game of cornhole, essentially!"
Megyn Kelly on nightsticks: "It's an olive branch, essentially!"

[Aadill]

Originally Posted by Diggles [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

What if a military guy was at an Occupy event or an occupy guy joined the military

There are veterans as well as recently served individuals doing just that.

[Hasbinbad]

Originally Posted by Diggles [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

What if a military guy was at an Occupy event or an occupy guy joined the military

Quite a few vets at occupy actually. My brother is in a VA hospital, so I get to talk to quite a few of them. I had a VA cop try to give me cash to support a fundraiser for the benefit of occupy campers. Plenty of active duty guys who aren't mental gnats support this movement. The thing is: occupy is about them. It's about the riot cops. It's about Harrison. It's about making things better for all of us, whether you agree with the methods or the timing or not. Things are fucked up in this country because ALL OF US have been silent for too long, allowing the erosion of our rights, protections, and of our ability to pursue the things which our constitution guarantees. If you take your head out of your ass - just for a second - you will understand.

[Hasbinbad]

Originally Posted by Aadill [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

First we have the pepper spraying cop meme: http://peppersprayingcop.tumblr.com/

But now we have a new one!

It's an tireless internet joke, essentially!

http://gawker.com/5861688/its-a-food...per-spray-cops

Megyn Kelly on pepper spray: "It's a food product, essentially!"
Megyn Kelly on fire hoses: "It’s a sports beverage, essentially!"
Megyn Kelly on police dogs: "It’s a family pet, essentially!"
Megyn Kelly on tasers: "It’s static cling, essentially!"
Megyn Kelly on rubber bullets: "It’s a pencil eraser, essentially!"
Megyn Kelly on hand grenades: "It’s a Fourth of July firework, essentially! God bless America."
Megyn Kelly on beanbag rounds: "It's a game of cornhole, essentially!"
Megyn Kelly on nightsticks: "It's an olive branch, essentially!"

All of the joking aside, if you watch further into that video, even Megyn Kelly calls these tactics into question.

Megyn Kelly.

MEGYN KELLY.

[Aadill]

Originally Posted by Hasbinbad [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

All of the joking aside, if you watch further into that video, even Megyn Kelly calls these tactics into question.

Megyn Kelly.

MEGYN KELLY.

then she discounts them by stating, "I don't necessarily disagree with what the police did," but yeah it was interesting.

Furthermore, just so I don't doublepost: http://www.businessinsider.com/obama...orters-2011-11

Those that think OWS blindly support Obama are pretty, how you say, clueless.

http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...61661605_n.jpg

[Hasbinbad]

The fact that she questioned them at all is surprising.

I think everyone involved agrees that John Pike and his band of thugs may have been technically correct by the word of the law. I also think that anyone with a conscience would say that those actions were morally reprehensible. The fact that Mrs. Kelly even mentioned a moral dilemma says a lot.

Don't police have some standing order about not following immoral or suspect orders? I know it's true for military people.. Nuremberg anyone?

[Hasbinbad]

Maybe our resident combat medic could chime in on that subject?

[Diggles]

I'm not a combat medic, but I play one on Global Agenda

[Kraftwerk]

Originally Posted by Hasbinbad [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

So.. ..a question to you libertarian cunts..

Do you like the roads you drive on? Freeways?

I mean.. We all know traffic sucks, but having the roads in the first place is kind of nice right? Ever try to offroad in a civic?

Fortunately we won't need to discuss the pros and cons of the largest public works system in history of mankind since it'll have crumbled away soon anyways. But for the sake of argument, it was built much like the roads of the Romans as a tool for support of the empire. Had the federal government not used national taxpayer funding to build the intrastate roadways than yes we'd have less freeways and roads, but local and state governments would have built them on a smaller scale as necessary.

[Hasbinbad]

Originally Posted by Kraftwerk [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Fortunately we won't need to discuss the pros and cons of the largest public works system in history of mankind since it'll have crumbled away soon anyways. But for the sake of argument, it was built much like the roads of the Romans as a tool for support of the empire. Had the federal government not used national taxpayer funding to build the intrastate roadways than yes we'd have less freeways and roads, but local and state governments would have built them on a smaller scale as necessary.

You're a tool of support of the empire.

Public works are a good thing. If you don't agree, walk on hiking trails and offroad everywhere. Also, dig a hole every time you need to take a shit.

Yeah.. Thought so.