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Title: Demonstrators Plan to Occupy Retailers on Black Friday
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CNBC
URL Source: http://www.cnbc.com/id/45402815
Published: Nov 23, 2011
Author: Cadie Thompson, Producer, CNBC.com
Post Date: 2011-11-23 02:21:55 by Murron
Keywords: None
Views: 20153
Comments: 46
Demonstrators Plan to Occupy Retailers on Black Friday Some demonstrators are planning to occupy retailers on Black Friday to protest "the business that are in the pockets of Wall Street." Organizers are encouraging consumers to either occupy or boycott retailers that are publicly traded, according to the Stop Black Friday website. The goal of the movement is to impact the profits of major corporations this holiday season. "The idea is simple, hit the corporations that corrupt and control American politics where it hurts, their profits, " states the Occupy Black Friday Facebook page. A few of the retailers the protesters plan on targeting include Neiman Marcus, Amazon and Wal-Mart. Their website states the following: "Keep in mind that we are not occupying small businesses or hardworking people—we must make a distinction between the businesses that are in the pockets of Wall Street and the businesses that serve our local communities. We are NOT anti-capitalist. Just anti-crapitalist. Below is a shortlist for publicly traded large businesses to Occupy or to boycott on Black Friday. Luckily, most of them don't have good presents anyway. If you want to see the top 100 retail businesses for 2010 to boycott, click here. On Black Friday, Occupy or boycott: - Abercrombie & Fitch [ANF 45.85 -0.62 (-1.33%) ] - Amazon.com (yes, we have to stay away from Amazon, too!) [AMZN 192.34 3.09 (+1.63%) ] - AT&T Wireless [ATT 27.04 0.15 (+0.56%) ] - Burlington Coat Factory - Dick's Sporting Goods (I was surprised, too!) [DSG-FF 28.505 -0.43 (-1.49%) ] - Dollar Tree [DLTR 77.09 1.40 (+1.85%) ] - The Home Depot [HD 37.10 0.04 (+0.11%) ] - Neiman Marcus - OfficeMax [OMX 4.49 0.09 (+2.05%) ] - Toys R'Us [JPM 29.41 -0.50 (-1.67%) ] - Verizon Wireless [VZN 94.30 --- UNCH (0) ] - Wal-Mart [WMT 56.85 0.19 (+0.34%) ] Solidarity!" This is not the first time the demonstrators have taken action against corporations by using their money as weapon for change.
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#1. To: Murron (#0)
Last night I tried to talk a friend of mine out falling for this Black Friday crap and having her mind programmed by TV and the corporatists. She told me it has become a tradition with two other friends to go out shop, eat lunch, etc. Whatever. I think I'll check out Goodwill on my way home from lunch today.
...and yet the BHO administration wuold have you believe that its Republicans who want the economy to fail.
I think I'll check out Goodwill on my way home from lunch today. Most Black Friday shoppers remind me of lemmings, I consider it a good day to stay home and save my money. I'm taking a load to my local one this afternoon. I just don't have the patience (or the heart) to sell everything individually on Ebay.
"ROTFLMAO... Perfect! She longs... for someone to Teabag her. a man that squats on top of a women's face and lowers his genitals into her mouth during sex, known as "teabagging" She aches for it"... ~~~JWpegler. Head Tea Bagger and Tea Party supporter extraordinaire, explicitly expressing his fantasies in public about other posters.
You must be of the Bush "it"s the duty of patriotic Americans to go shopping" ilk.
Wall Street owns the country…Our laws are the output of a system which clothes rascals in robes and honesty in rags. The [political] parties lie to us and the political speakers mislead us…Money rules. Mary Elizabeth Lease, 1890
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Bush was just saying lets get things back to normal. What was he supposed to say. Go hide under your beds and don't buy anything. Bush did a lot of stupid stuff. Criticizing him over that statement is reaching.
What was he supposed to say. Go hide under your beds and don't buy anything. "Sorry folks, we're now engaged in a global war on terror. To pay for this war, we're going to have to raise taxes." It was his "no prob, just put it on the credit card", leadership style that got us where we are now. From the very outset, the president described the "war on terror" as a vast undertaking of paramount importance. But he simultaneously urged Americans to carry on as if there were no war. "Get down to Disney World in Florida," he urged just over two weeks after 9/11. "Take your families and enjoy life, the way we want it to be enjoyed." Bush certainly wanted citizens to support his war -- he just wasn't going to require them actually to do anything. The support he sought was not active but passive. It entailed not popular engagement but popular deference. Bush simply wanted citizens (and Congress) to go along without asking too many questions. So his administration's policies reflected an oddly business-as-usual approach. Senior officials routinely described the war as global in scope and likely to last decades, but the administration made no effort to expand the armed forces. It sought no additional revenue to cover the costs of waging a protracted conflict. It left the nation's economic priorities unchanged. Instead of sacrifices, it offered tax cuts. So as the American soldier fought, the American consumer binged, encouraged by American banks offering easy credit. From September 2001 until September 2008, this approach allowed Bush to enjoy nearly unfettered freedom of action. To fund the war on terror, Congress gave the administration all the money it wanted. Huge bipartisan majorities appropriated hundreds of billions of dollars, producing massive federal deficits and pushing the national debt from roughly $6 trillion in 2001 to just shy of $10 trillion today. Even many liberal Democrats who decried the war routinely voted to approve this spending, as did conservative Republicans who still trumpeted their principled commitment to fiscal responsibility and balanced budgets. Bush seems to have calculated -- cynically but correctly -- that prolonging the credit-fueled consumer binge could help keep complaints about his performance as commander in chief from becoming more than a nuisance. Members of Congress calculated -- again correctly -- that their constituents were looking to Capitol Hill for largesse, not lessons in austerity. Wall Street owns the country…Our laws are the output of a system which clothes rascals in robes and honesty in rags. The [political] parties lie to us and the political speakers mislead us…Money rules. Mary Elizabeth Lease, 1890
It was his "no prob, just put it on the credit card", leadership style that got us where we are now. The reason there is a deficit is squarely the liberals fault. The Raw New Deal and the Great Stupid Society Programs are what is bankrupting us. It is the cause of the deficit. Not that people don't pay enough taxes. The 50 percent who pay nothing should pay something. Even if it is only 5 percent.
The reason there is a deficit is squarely due to the war mongers of every political stripe.
"ROTFLMAO... Perfect! She longs... for someone to Teabag her. a man that squats on top of a women's face and lowers his genitals into her mouth during sex, known as "teabagging" She aches for it"... ~~~JWpegler. Head Tea Bagger and Tea Party supporter extraordinaire, explicitly expressing his fantasies in public about other posters.
That is part of the problem. But they need to get rid of the socialist programs I mentioned above. Get back to individualis and away from communism.
Buy Nothing Day has been a holiday I have observed for years. This is nothing new. Unless you are a Murron that lives under a rock ignorant of such annual holidays many in the activist community like me observe and promote. http://www.adbusters.org/campaigns/bnd
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Buy nothing. Dumb idea. What is wrong with buying stuff?
Too much of anything in excess is not ony not going to do much for you, it does less in the eyes of those who's perspective of day to day life is much more austere then ours. I was just at the Whiteaker Thanksgiving dinner. They give away clothes, free sleeping bags, flu shots, and the meal is restaurant grade and for everyone to come enjoy listening to music, being served and talking to friends doing the same thing. We have lost perspective of what is important in life if it becomes reduced to an resistance where we struggle and fight to get every bit as much as possible for us to accrue and grab materialistically in life. We as a culture hav lost our perspective as to what is important in life, and that is what this day is about. In other words; when I see someone in a store putting out decorations or playing the shopper courting gade music called Christmas Music, I don't see someone celebrating a religious holiday; I see an aspect of our greed based economic system at play. If you want an example that sketches in some of my perspective on this that is.
Poison.
Thanksgiving is about giving thanks to God In Jesus name for our blessings. But yes many have lost perspective about what is important.
As a culture we try to fill the hole with stuff to celebrate the birth of a man who gave his life away to rescue others.
Wall Street owns the country…Our laws are the output of a system which clothes rascals in robes and honesty in rags. The [political] parties lie to us and the political speakers mislead us…Money rules. Mary Elizabeth Lease, 1890
Thanksgiving can mean what you want it to mean. But your version of what it is about does not work for everybody. And the religion only applied to one group at the first dinner which manifested from the traditions of the large ggroup there who were indigenous and not of that faith.
We have forgotten that when more give, more get. And this applies to the sharing of companionship, caring and love every bit as much as it does in terms of material things. My holiday, the Winter Solstice is all about balance, the start of the return to long daytimes with a bright sun as the day and dark work out their year long dance of measuring equal amounts of each other out. The Solstice is a holiday that is a celebration of life, hope and giving. Which is why it is a good time of year for me.
The Occutards that trespass and disrupt enterprise on private property need to have their heads occupied with Louisville Sluggers®. That would either knock some sense into their hard heads or put them out of their misery. Either way, it's a win-win for all concerned.
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That at least is how the German nazis viewed 'The Night of the Broken Crystal,' when they lynched, beat, tortured and murdered people because they were Jews and because they scapegoated them as much as you play the scapegoat artist here.
I don't think much has changed since the days of 'Miracle on 34th Steet' days and the anual 'Macy's' post holiday sales. I know I wouldn't want to interfere with women at these 30-50% off sales, those idiots could get trampled to death in the stampede...lol
"OWS! Liberals! Their goal is to find a way to live within the means of the working class rich, but without the work."
That's the way I view it too, thugs trashing other people's property and stealing their stuff. The Jews could have used a few baseball bats too that night.
This is true, the 'tards may have met their match if they try to get between some serious shopping ladies and a sale.
So you are a fascist who loathes justice and due process. I don't see how arguing you side of this in that fashion exactly wins you any ground. But then again, you hate discussion anyway; you just want to put out your side and have everyone agree with it. There is never any point to have any high expectations of you.
The occutards ain't the boss of me, who told the presumptuous busybodies they should have power over what I sell or buy? What's wrong with you living your own life and leaving other people alone to live theirs?
You don't get the point, people who claim a right trespass and steal other people's property are the fascists. If somebody breaks into your treehouse and starts smoking your weed and eating your tofu and organic beansprouts are going to wait to find a court to evict him or are you going to protect your property then and there?
I don't smoke weed, hate tofu and bean sprouts. And you get everything else wrong or distorted in your posts, so what else is new?
And you are not the boss of everyone you try to shut down with your rediculous, 'ignore this thread' on sight tabloid threads. Having so few own and control so much stalls the economy, guts the middle class, and gives no hope for prosperity or a decent life and future for our kids. Those with too much need to know when to quit. And there most certainly is nothing wrong with people demonstrating and speaking out in the occupy movement to raise awareness of the problem and to create a climate for finding solutions to what is wrong in this country where corporations and the super rich have taken over the country and gutted the U.S. Constitution.
Its a thought exercise moron, try to imagine it. Why are you liberals so effing anal?
You sure taking your time to the point you wanted to talk about in your post. Why do you people focus every time on the anus? I'm sure I should respect the conservative cultural affectation for this scatological fascination you filter every day life through. But there is no point to being that empathetic. We have HQ wanting to beat people with bats, and you are living life focused on the anal orifice. Maybe you to should get together, him on top, you on bottom. It might at least keep you two out of trouble.
Why don't you people wipe yours?
The founders killed the liberals with guns.
So you are saying the only way to deal with political opinions is to shoot whomever you do not agree with?
No. I am just pointing out a historical fact. That is one of the last options.
You are making harebrained comparisons calling the Redcoats liberals. So, I am just trying to find some level in your comment that has some baseline of common sense. So, you are going to go out and shoot people if they never ever take on your opinions?
You might ask yourself that question faggot, but I think we both know the answer. -fyi The term anal-retentive (also anally retentive), commonly abbreviated to anal,[1] is used conversationally to describe a person who pays such attention to detail that the obsession becomes an annoyance to others, and can be carried out to the detriment of the anal-retentive person. The term derives from Freudian psychoanalysis. People who are said to be anal-retentive usually suffer from obsessive–compulsive personality disorder.
Here you are still talking about your favorite past time. Off to the bozo, waste of time.
Both redcoats and liberals hate the constitution. So they have a commonality.
No need to call him a faggot. Thanks.
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#2. To: Murron (#0)
The goal of the movement is to impact the profits of major corporations this holiday season.
#3. To: Fred Mertz (#1)
Whatever.
#4. To: Thunderbird (#2)
..and yet the BHO administration wuold have you believe that its Republicans who want the economy to fail.
#5. To: lucysmom (#4)
(Edited)
#6. To: lucysmom (#4)
You must be of the Bush "it"s the duty of patriotic Americans to go shopping" ilk.
#7. To: A K A Stone (#6)
Bush was just saying lets get things back to normal.
#8. To: lucysmom (#7)
"Sorry folks, we're now engaged in a global war on terror. To pay for this war, we're going to have to raise taxes."
#9. To: A K A Stone (#8)
The reason there is a deficit is squarely the liberals fault.
#10. To: mininggold (#9)
The reason there is a deficit is squarely due to the war mongers of every political stripe.
#11. To: lucysmom (#4)
#12. To: A K A Stone (#10)
#13. To: Ferret Mike (#12)
#14. To: A K A Stone (#13)
#15. To: Ferret Mike (#14)
flu shots
#16. To: Ferret Mike (#14)
We as a culture hav lost our perspective as to what is important in life, and that is what this day is about.
#17. To: Ferret Mike (#14)
We as a culture hav lost our perspective as to what is important in life, and that is what this day is about.
#18. To: A K A Stone (#16)
#19. To: lucysmom (#17)
"As a culture we try to fill the hole with stuff to celebrate the birth of a man who gave his life away to rescue others."
#20. To: Murron (#0)
Some demonstrators are planning to occupy retailers on Black Friday to protest "the business that are in the pockets of Wall Street."
#21. To: Happy Quanzaa (#20)
#22. To: Happy Quanzaa (#20)
(Edited)
"Either way, it's a win-win for all concerned."
#23. To: Happy Quanzaa (#20)
"The Occutards that trespass and disrupt enterprise on private property need to have their heads occupied with Louisville Sluggers®. That would either knock some sense into their hard heads or put them out of their misery. Either way, it's a win-win for all concerned."
#24. To: Ferret Mike (#22)
German nazis viewed 'The Night of the Broken Crystal,
#25. To: Murron (#23)
I know I wouldn't want to interfere with women at these 30-50% off sales
#26. To: Happy Quanzaa (#24)
#27. To: Ferret Mike (#21)
Buy less and live more.
#28. To: Ferret Mike (#26)
So you are a fascist who loathes justice and due process.
#29. To: Happy Quanzaa (#28)
(Edited)
#30. To: Happy Quanzaa (#27)
The [deleted] ain't the boss of me, who told the presumptuous busybodies they should have power over what I sell or buy? What's wrong with you living your own life and leaving other people alone to live theirs?
#31. To: Ferret Mike (#29)
I don't smoke weed, hate tofu and bean sprouts.
#32. To: Thunderbird (#31)
#33. To: Ferret Mike, Thunderbird (#32)
Why do you people focus every time on the anus?
#34. To: Ferret Mike (#32)
We have HQ wanting to beat people with bats, and you are living life focused on the anal orifice.
#35. To: A K A Stone (#34)
#36. To: Ferret Mike (#35)
So you are saying the only way to deal with political opinions is to shoot whomever you do not agree with?
#37. To: A K A Stone (#36)
#38. To: Ferret Mike (#32)
Why do you people focus every time on the anus?
#39. To: Thunderbird (#38)
#40. To: Ferret Mike (#37)
You are making harebrained comparisons calling the Redcoats liberals.
#41. To: Thunderbird (#38)
You might ask yourself that question faggot, but I think we both know the answer.
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