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Tag Archives: Wall Street
Complicity and Consequences
Why should anyone care about the Occupy Wall Street movement? Aren’t they just a bunch of kids with nothing better to do than whine about the lack of a utopian existence? Isn’t that little gathering of peaceniks over with? There … Continue reading
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Tagged Citizens United, Late-2000s financial crisis, Occupy Wall Street, Wall Street, Zuccotti Park
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Greed is Good; the Bain of Mitt’s Campaign
One of the most classic lines in movie history from Oliver Stone‘s Wall Street was immortalized by Michael Douglas playing investment guru Gordon Gekko. “Greed, for lack of a better word, is good” Often just shortened to ‘Greed is good‘, … Continue reading
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Tagged Bain Capital, Gordon Gekko, Greed is good, Michael Douglas, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Oliver Stone, Wall Street
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Free Forum Friday…November 18th Edition
(Free Forum Fridays are an open discussion where commenters are invited to bring up topics that may not have been covered in the previous week. Got something on your mind? Throw your opinion out there.) The Occupy Wall street … Continue reading
The Illusion of Meritocracy
We’ve been brought up to believe it, right? You work hard, go to school, and eventually you get your just rewards. The American dream. 2.2 kids a dog and a cat. Only now, that dream seems so out of reach. We’ve just … Continue reading
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Tagged American Dream, Chevrolet, Meritocracy, Nazism, Social Security, United States, Wall Street, World War II
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Free Forum Friday October 21st Edition
(Free Forum Fridays are an open discussion where commenters are invited to bring up topics that may not have been covered in the previous week. Got something on your mind? Throw your opinion out there.) Nothing like last week. … Continue reading
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Tagged #OWS, New York City, Occupy Wall Street, Wall Street
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#OWS One Month Later
Today marks the official one month anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street protests. The idea was first proposed by a Canadian advocacy group that publishes the anti-consumerist magazine Adbusters initially to peacefully protest the growing income disparity and the lack … Continue reading
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Tagged #OWS, Adbusters, Occupy Wall Street, Tea Party movement, Wall Street, WTO Protests, Zuccotti Park
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Free Forum Friday October 14th Edition
Busy week in politics. Saving it all for Tomorrow’s RRR. Occupy Wall Street (#OWS) was the biggest news beyond the political arena. It’s spread to over 1,100 communities in America and is starting to show up in foreign countries. Anybody got … Continue reading
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Tagged #OWS, New York City, Occupy Wall Street, Saudi Arabia, Wall Street, Zuccotti Park
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