Moderate Monkey

OWS members now desecrating churches

Churches that had been giving free shelter to OWS members are now ejecting OWS angrily after thefts and even urination on a cross.

Clever ;)

Carville to republicans: sorry, you’re screwed.

Probably right, though… (haha, get it… Right?). XD

OWS Blocks Oakland Port

“What has this accomplished?” he asked. “This is disrupting the 99%”

Oakland Mayor Jean Quan concurred, saying the Occupy movement isn’t thinking of the consequences of its actions and whom it is actually hurting.

“They are saying … they have to get the attention of the ruling class. I think the ruling class is probably laughing and people in this city will be crying this Christmas,” Quan said. “It’s really got to stop.”

Ex occupier now a wall street employee

THIS is what capitalism is all about.

OWS Temper Tantrum Halts Law and Order Filming

Jesus wasn't an occupier

Wow, this is excellent!

DIY Occupy Snuggie

Yes!!

Women drive, virginity ends... Cheeky.

End the welfare for the rich

Not badly put, actually! References sen coburn’s latest report to point out that tax writeoffs for the rich are huge, and more important than “punishing” the wealthy. As I’ve always said, flatten the tax code and remove writeoffs and entitlements for anyone that’s above the poverty line… This is an excellent nonpartisan first step.

Over 60% say English should be official language!

No more “salida” on doors at Lowes! (i wish) - Americans (even via CNN) want English as an OFFICIAL language, not just the dominant.

LA and Philly Camps Raided

Occupy Black Friday my ass...

Fail.

1. Working vs Protesting
   If everyone is working for the common good, you lose your right to protest: protesting says you have an unheard problem, but others are not protesting with you - they’re working. If they’re not protesting with you, they must not agree ENOUGH with you to join you. But if they disagree enough with you not to join you, why should they work while you aren’t? Do you loudly proclaim that you’re protesting FOR me and that I’m not there because I have a family obligation or some other excuse? Of course you do, but you’d be wrong - I’m not with you because you don’t represent me, and I’m working because that’s what people do when they want money and comforts and success. Protest if you wish - but it’s only the generosity of others that keeps you there. But for the donations of food, equipment, etc to the occupy demonstrations… how would they survive? Work to live, protest to blame others.
2. Mine vs Yours
   Charlton Heston put it best with his “cold, dead hands” quote. Social programs are excellent at saving people who truly need them. But never once in history has a social program existed that wasn’t taken advantage of by people who DON’T need them. Socialism/communism says I work to provide for myself, my community, and everyone in it that “can’t” provide. I’ll join that program IF and only if I gain the right to decide personally who isn’t deserving of the social programs. If I see you park in a handicapped spot and walk jauntily into the store, I’m absolutely going to come up and chat with you to make sure you’re actually handicapped… otherwise, you’re using a social program I paid for, but without a need, and that’s theft.
   
   So unless you want to be interrogated about your disabilities and infirmities (the better for me to decide who is cheating the system), nix the “tax the rich” crap - I’d love to be one of those >$250K earners some day, and the idea of taking my taxes to pay for welfare cheats makes me physically sick.
   
   Flat taxation is the only truly EQUAL and FAIR answer. Period. If you tax the rich more, you’re saying “you have, and i deserve, so i’ll take” - which is THEFT with a law behind it. Everybody should pay precisely the same PERCENTAGE of their gross income (say, 20%) without any reductions or exemptions or anything else. That way the rich actually PAY their fair share, and the poorer literally pay less because they make less. If you raise the poverty line to boot, “poor” is redefined, and those who have the most trouble meeting tax bills are STILL pardoned more generously. 

I hear “fair” and “equal” in discussions all the time, and their usages make me sick - how dare you or anyone TELL me what’s fair and not? “Fair” is subjective, not definitive, and no one has any right to tell me what THEY think I should give to the society beyond base taxation. Tax me, and tax me the same as my neighbor - rich or otherwise. But above taxation, CHARITY is exactly that - if I want to give, I will; and if not, I won’t.

Social programs are, by definition, legalization of forced charity… one of the most-abused entitlements of all time.

If the alternative logic is that people WON’T give, you’re saying that a huge chunk of the population is uncaring and shitty… so be it - but isn’t it just as much their right to be a jerk with their money, as it is yours to protest about it?

The results of protest can never BE that their demands are honored; it tips the scales of capitalism and the foundation of our republic. Take from one (money, rights) and give to another (money, rights). Theft, legalized.

hmbarrett:

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