Or you could stop posting quick clips or blogs with 3 photos and extrapolating that to the rest of the group? I know you want them all to fit into the image you have in your head of 19 year old STD carrying commies but you'd have to be willfully ignorant or incredibly stupid to actually believe that.

So you don't think it is stupid that 90% don't know what the top marginal tax rate is?

That means the top marginal tax rate could be at 85% and they would still be out their protesting for the rich to pay more cuz obamaz said so

what say you to this post mike clark

Kind of like what was done on here and everywhere else to paint the tea party as racist? I mean how many people in America do you think attended a tea party rally somewhere in the country. I have no idea. Maybe 2 million total? 1 million total? 8 million total?

How many racist Obama signs could you find total? Maybe 25? I remember a "whach you talkin about willis" sign. Does that even count?

Sorry taso. Didn't see this.

You don't think their unifying theme at least in part is seize more of the rich people's money? I was watching Geraldo's interview with them and that is basically all they were saying (screaming) in the background.

So I mean it is one thing to want to gouge the rich of more of their money. But when 90% don't know what the top marginal tax rate is, then it pretty much shows that most of them are dumbasses that probably don't know much else of anything. I mean heck 68% didn't even know what the S.E.C was, that is pretty shocking to be out their protesting banks and wanting more regs and what not, yet 7 in 1o can't tell you what the S.E.C is??? and these people are actually being taken seriously?

If I was an elite, I would use these idiots also.

I know you like to keep bringing up that 'poll' but do you really think asking 50 people is an accurate indication of who these people are or what they know?

You sure are acting like it represents the whole group but yet you were just complaining about "25 racists things at a Tea Party rally being pushed on the whole group". You complain about small sample sizes being used as an image for an entire group but yet you have been ITT doing that exact thing.

I wouldn't exactly say "free market". I mean, their government does things to clearly give them an advantage, like screwing with their currency to make their exports more attractive.

Not saying we don't have our own protectionist policies in place.

We all can't show the wisdom and intelligence that are readily apparent in your one line posts and stupid jokes, Joey.

Show me the way, brother.

I'm simply saying that people perceive things differently. When you mention the whole "**** America" chanting and things like that, you have to understand where these positions come from. I can totally understand people's feelings because I've felt the same in some sense.

It's the same thing when reverand Wright had his whole "goddamn America" line. White people looked (mostly) looked at it in complete disgust while a lot of black people completely understood where he was coming from. It's perspective. What you judge as acceptable or in our best interests may be viewed exactly opposite by someone else, especially in terms of foreign policy and clandestine operations carried out in our name. This is why terms of "blowback" became more mainstream. It was a way to describe things we can't put into context in terms of what we know our government does. If you're interested, watch a little bit of "Why we fight" on youtube. There is a bit of bias in it in the points of view of the regular people, but in terms of the history of the middle east it's pretty accurate (opinions aside).

This is when people really have to sit down and think about things like the concept of American exceptionalism (in terms of foreign affairs). In this case, we're talking more about the financial position people are in and the effects it has on their lives. The simple way to look at it is to take it at face value and agree or disagree. The better approach is to try to understand the deeper roots of these positions.

If you never faced much real adversity in making your way into the American experience, then I would say it's VERY difficult to empathize with these feelings. I've been relatively lucky in the sense of finding jobs and increasing my income, despite serious problems I faced getting there (in my mind). If you had a hard time getting anywhere, as I feel most of these people have, then it's easier to understand.

I thought it was absolutely required knowledge that "alterior" is not a word, and that at the very least anyone smart enough to use the internet would see the squiggly red line underneath the word that isn't.

For all intensive purposes, yes.

Lol, wp. I wish I could have seen your stand up Suzz. When they came for the niece fondlers was superior message board comedy.

The idea that you could poll a crowd of people who come and go pretty regularly with any type of accuracy is insane.

That site is amazing. They can make pooping a partisan issue. It's just so obvious, Obama supports public deification.

Dude, what's with the quotes? Do you always mischaractrize things? Mike clearly didn't say anything about "25 racists things at a Tea Party rally being pushed on the whole group". He didn't say "racist thugs." He didn't say "at a Tea Party rally." He was talking about the many millions at ALL the Tea Party rallies who "maybe" had "racist anti-Obama signs." So, Mike was talking about 25 people out of millions being used an image for an entire group. The sample size at the one OWS rally was surely more representative of that OWS group of maybe a couple thousand people, than 25 out of many millions.

It should also be noted that the fact that the someone is anti-Obama does not mean they are racist.

More concerning is that 90% of the OWS in the admittedly small survey of 50 didn't know anything about the Dodds-Franks bill. That of course, is the financial regulatory bill by Chris Dodds and Barney Franks, the same fine folks who brought us the housing crisis.