My Letter to the Irish News about the 'Occupy' protests

[ExcellentDriver]

Btw,

Having heard the nonsensical row about Symbols by Peter Robinson and the Threat of an Assembly Election over it mades me seriously want to consider standing (As an Independent, Bipartisan and Ecumenical Candidate) in a possible Election. I'm sick and tired of this shower we have as a Political Class (Sinn Fein would NEVER tolerate this mess at Dail Eireann). The 4 main parties are a joke and are nothing but me feiners.

If the SDLP and UUP have any shred of decency, they would disband and make way for an NI 'Tea Party' style movement. Think of the People rather than the Pay Packet.

[Denn Forever]

NI 'Tea Party' style

Aren't the Tea Party me feiners?  Government leave me alone, you can't do anything right so I'll look after myself?

[Fear ón Srath Bán]

Sinn Féin does not mean 'Ourselves Alone', ergo, me féin does not mean 'myself alone'!

[muppet]

http://www.youtube.com/embed/OAOrT0OcHh0?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent

Nail on head!!

This is the most stupid analysis I have ever heard. It is absolutely absurd.

On one side you have protestors camping in a park, on the other you have Wall Street Executives who earn up to $30,000,000 a year.

His analysis of the situation is that the protestors have an inflated sense of entitlement and should be happy with their lot and piss off. Not once does he mention the debt generated by Wall Street. He makes no mention of bailouts.

He does think we should thank our lucky stars for great corporations such as Shell, Exxon and BP. He actually says we 'should thank them'. And the amazing thing is it doesn't appear to be satire.

[Tyrones own]

http://www.youtube.com/embed/OAOrT0OcHh0?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent

Nail on head!!

This is the most stupid analysis I have ever heard. It is absolutely absurd.

On one side you have protestors camping in a park, on the other you have Wall Street Executives who earn up to $30,000,000 a year.

His analysis of the situation is that the protestors have an inflated sense of entitlement and should be happy with their lot and piss off. Not once does he mention the debt generated by Wall Street. He makes no mention of bailouts.

He does think we should thank our lucky stars for great corporations such as Shell, Exxon and BP. He actually says we 'should thank them'. And the amazing thing is it doesn't appear to be satire.

Why aren't you out camping with them muppet since
you seem to have so much in common with them and their ideals

The entitlement culture is completely out of control here whether
you care to acknowledge it or not but nice straw man non the less!
Why must that black crow absolutely always have to be white with you?

[muppet]

http://www.youtube.com/embed/OAOrT0OcHh0?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent

Nail on head!!

This is the most stupid analysis I have ever heard. It is absolutely absurd.

On one side you have protestors camping in a park, on the other you have Wall Street Executives who earn up to $30,000,000 a year.

His analysis of the situation is that the protestors have an inflated sense of entitlement and should be happy with their lot and piss off. Not once does he mention the debt generated by Wall Street. He makes no mention of bailouts.

He does think we should thank our lucky stars for great corporations such as Shell, Exxon and BP. He actually says we 'should thank them'. And the amazing thing is it doesn't appear to be satire.

Why aren't you out camping with them muppet since
you seem to have so much in common with them and their ideals

The entitlement culture is completely out of control here whether
you care to acknowledge it or not but nice straw man non the less!
Why must that black crow absolutely always have to be white with you?

Yes it is. But the same applies X 100 to Wall Street executives. That is what is so absurd about his straw man argument. He says the protestors are wrong because they own iPads and iPhones. Then he wants them to thank the people who make stuff. Stuff like iPhones and iPads.

He is no idiot however and he knows exactly who will swallow his nonsense. I knew you would be along quickly. 

[seafoid]

http://www.youtube.com/embed/OAOrT0OcHh0?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent

Nail on head!!

This is the most stupid analysis I have ever heard. It is absolutely absurd.

On one side you have protestors camping in a park, on the other you have Wall Street Executives who earn up to $30,000,000 a year.

His analysis of the situation is that the protestors have an inflated sense of entitlement and should be happy with their lot and piss off. Not once does he mention the debt generated by Wall Street. He makes no mention of bailouts.

He does think we should thank our lucky stars for great corporations such as Shell, Exxon and BP. He actually says we 'should thank them'. And the amazing thing is it doesn't appear to be satire.

Why aren't you out camping with them muppet since
you seem to have so much in common with them and their ideals

The entitlement culture is completely out of control here whether
you care to acknowledge it or not but nice straw man non the less!
Why must that black crow absolutely always have to be white with you?

Yes it is. But the same applies X 100 to Wall Street executives. That is what is so absurd about his straw man argument. He says the protestors are wrong because they own iPads and iPhones. Then he wants them to thank the people who make stuff. Stuff like iPhones and iPads.

He is no idiot however and he knows exactly who will swallow his nonsense. I knew you would be along quickly. 

Social welfare in the US is out of control ? No, it isn't.
TO and the rest of his fellow travellers want to drag the US back to the 1920s or even back to the victorian age
where only the absolutely destitute have any right to any support from the government. Entitlement is one of the BS words they use. It sounds far more reasonable to say entitlements are out of control than "social protection needs solid funding". 

The US is a mess .  I met a doctor from Alabama a while ago . In Alabama medical spending by the state is funded by property taxes.  The funding system has broken down in the recession and the republicans blame the poor.

[Tyrones own]

So outside of the iphone/ipad part, you agree with the other 95% of the point he's making then?
And eh....as for me being along quickly, you are aware that it was me that posted the original youtube link aren't you? It was you replying to me!
And so yep...there was an idiot along quickly alright

[muppet]

So outside of the iphone/ipad part, you agree with the other 95% of the point he's making then?
And eh....as for me being along quickly, you are aware that it was me that posted the original youtube link aren't you? It was you replying to me!
And so yep...there was an idiot along quickly alright

Standard TO response. Says nothing and claim victory.

I don't agree with his point at all. The video has nothing to do with the substantive issue. It is like watching a fashion correspondent talking about a war. He never mentions debt or bailouts. Why do you think that is TO?

[Tyrones own]

http://www.youtube.com/embed/OAOrT0OcHh0?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent

Nail on head!!

This is the most stupid analysis I have ever heard. It is absolutely absurd.

On one side you have protestors camping in a park, on the other you have Wall Street Executives who earn up to $30,000,000 a year.

His analysis of the situation is that the protestors have an inflated sense of entitlement and should be happy with their lot and piss off. Not once does he mention the debt generated by Wall Street. He makes no mention of bailouts.

He does think we should thank our lucky stars for great corporations such as Shell, Exxon and BP. He actually says we 'should thank them'. And the amazing thing is it doesn't appear to be satire.

Why aren't you out camping with them muppet since
you seem to have so much in common with them and their ideals

The entitlement culture is completely out of control here whether
you care to acknowledge it or not but nice straw man non the less!
Why must that black crow absolutely always have to be white with you?

Yes it is. But the same applies X 100 to Wall Street executives. That is what is so absurd about his straw man argument. He says the protestors are wrong because they own iPads and iPhones. Then he wants them to thank the people who make stuff. Stuff like iPhones and iPads.

He is no idiot however and he knows exactly who will swallow his nonsense. I knew you would be along quickly. 

Social welfare in the US is out of control ? No, it isn't.
TO and the rest of his fellow travellers want to drag the US back to the 1920s or even back to the victorian age
where only the absolutely destitute have any right to any support from the government. Entitlement is one of the BS words they use. It sounds far more reasonable to say entitlements are out of control than "social protection needs solid funding". 

The US is a mess .  I met a doctor from Alabama a while ago . In Alabama medical spending by the state is funded by property taxes.  The funding system has broken down in the recession and the republicans blame the poor.

I met a man that knows a man  ...tell me, do you two share the same white crow or have you one each?
Were still talking about the wall street protesters here? Right seafoid
or have you moved along to the world history view in your opinion of the spectacular successes of socialism the world over?

[muppet]

Here To, have a look at Sinn Féin's 'alternate' budget proposals and tell us what you think:

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/1115/breaking42.html

[Tyrones own]

So outside of the iphone/ipad part, you agree with the other 95% of the point he's making then?
And eh....as for me being along quickly, you are aware that it was me that posted the original youtube link aren't you? It was you replying to me!
And so yep...there was an idiot along quickly alright

Standard TO response. Says nothing and claim victory.

I don't agree with his point at all. The video has nothing to do with the substantive issue. It is like watching a fashion correspondent talking about a war. He never mentions debt or bailouts. Why do you think that is TO?

Of course you don't agree...again, why aren't you out with them
protesting what with those strong convictions of their plight

[Tyrones own]

Here To, have a look at Sinn Féin's 'alternate' budget proposals and tell us what you think:

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/1115/breaking42.html

Generally don't get involved in threads or topics that I know little to
nothing about....perhaps a little lesson you two would do well to pay
attention to 

[seafoid]

TO

The US applied republican style austerity in the 30s. It led to WW2.
Under Republican nihilism, the young, the working poor and the elderly pay for the careless profligacy and corruption of  the propertied rich  and financiers

[muppet]

So outside of the iphone/ipad part, you agree with the other 95% of the point he's making then?
And eh....as for me being along quickly, you are aware that it was me that posted the original youtube link aren't you? It was you replying to me!
And so yep...there was an idiot along quickly alright

Standard TO response. Says nothing and claim victory.

I don't agree with his point at all. The video has nothing to do with the substantive issue. It is like watching a fashion correspondent talking about a war. He never mentions debt or bailouts. Why do you think that is TO?

Of course you don't agree...again, why aren't you out with them
protesting what with those strong convictions of their plight

Not agreeing with you does not automatically imply that I hold the completely opposite view. You never seem to get that. It is the old 'you are either with us or against us manta'.

I have no intention of sleeping on the street in a tent. It is a noble but ultimately pointless act.