Occupy Wall Street? A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing - yeoman's work by Eric Odom

[Cowlesy]

At the same time, back then as long as you owned your hovel and your land you owned it -- were there property taxes required otherwise the state would take it away from you? were you allowed to make a living without a license? could you grow food or do whatever you wanted on your property in order to better yourself? were there govt agents that would fine you if you didn't mow your hovel's property? would the state kick you off your land if they deemed it "unliveable"?

Nope, all the land I believed belonged to the King who charged the lords, earls and dukes, taxes and levies on production.

 

[specsaregood]

The idea propogated by some on this forum that the Founders created this ideal country was never true.

strawmen do you no service as I didn't claim such.

 

[specsaregood]

Nope, all the land I believed belonged to the King who charged the lords, earls and dukes, taxes and levies on production.

which is exactly what we tried to get away from is my understanding. and yet, here we are again...

 

[LibertyEagle]

bump

 

[affa]

they divide us once again.

 

[MRK]

Funny, I remember strikingly similar conversations on campus that alleged that the tea party was an astroturf movement spurred by corporation funding and The Tea Party Express.

Just remember the protestors themselves are disaffected Americans who have identified that there is a structural problem and are willing to do something about it. They are activists ripe for conversion. At the very least respectful dialogue should be eatablished with the protestors so that the merits of true liberty can overcome the wolf in sheep's clothing. I think it would be superb for liberty activists to be there to passively lead them in the right direction without identifying themselves as Paul supporters.

 

[angelatc]

Funny, I remember strikingly similar conversations on campus that alleged that the tea party was an astroturf movement spurred by corporation funding and The Tea Party Express..[/QUOTE}

But it wasn't. That's the difference.

 

[AuH20]

Wall Street owns DC. That's a fact

Wall Street and D.C. are the same entity.

 

[acptulsa]

Very good wright up on it but i would hope we don't let the leftists take over the debate on these issues by not challenging them at all with protests of our own for DIFFERENT reasons.

Same reason--anti-corporatism. Different (make that better) solutions.

 

[zach]

blah blah blah, us vs them blah blah blah

if we were out there, then we'd love to have people support us, but because they're for a different "agenda," then obviously they're disillusioned and stupid for fighting for what they believe in

quit acting like fucking purists, represent the man who represents you, and connect with the people.

the only way we can get past this corporate america concept is to find the common ground of the people and have a uniting goal, not fight or neglect each other because i'm a "anarchofreemarketcapitalist" and they're a "marxistsocialistcommunistsellout" type of mentality so obviously the two can never mix.

you're human, and they're human. get over yourself.

 

[angelatc]

blah blah blah, us vs them blah blah blah

if we were out there, then we'd love to have people support us, but because they're for a different "agenda," then obviously they're disillusioned and stupid for fighting for what they believe in

quit acting like fucking purists, represent the man who represents you, and connect with the people.

the only way we can get past this corporate america concept is to find the common ground of the people and have a uniting goal, not fight or neglect each other because i'm a "anarchofreemarketcapitalist" and they're a "marxistsocialistcommunistsellout" type of mentality so obviously the two can never mix.

you're human, and they're human. get over yourself.

They're not really all that human.

 

[zach]

They're not really all that human.

In that case, neither are you, and neither am I.

 

[ZanZibar]

Ron Paul on the Occupy Wall Street protest - a blog by Doug Wead, Sr Adviser to the Ron Paul 2012 Campaign:
http://dougwead.wordpress.com/2011/10/03/ron-paul-and-the-occupy-wall-street-protest/




Ron Paul discusses it with Reason Magazine:
http://reason.com/blog/2011/10/01/ron-paul-talks-about-the-occup



And Jack Hunter discusses it on Freedom Watch with Judge Napolitano last night:

[video=youtube;3kcxARJ1YzQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=3kcxARJ1YzQ[/video]