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Comment by w. lee dungan jr. on October 7, 2011 at 8:47am

breaking news the protesters have credibility now since the unions have joined them.  NOT!!!!

Comment by w. lee dungan jr. on October 6, 2011 at 7:06pm

obummer has absolutely nothing in all his motives and agendas that even remotely includes any kind serious oversight of the financial sector. I agree we should hold capitalism accountable, and we can start by holding it accountable for all the jobs it creates thats putting food on millions of Americans tables or maybe the trillions in dividends its generating for the retirement portfolios of millions of Americans. Hey what about holding it accountable for providing the mountain of capital that financed the research which gave us all these incredible advances in science and medicine . 90% of the protesters on wall street have only one problem, the person they see in the mirror. 

Comment by William Korach on October 6, 2011 at 3:56pm

JL, Yes, there can be no real law unless that law is based upon the very highest standard. Our laws in America were build upon the rock of Judeo-Christian morality. Laws in Nazi Germany, and Soviet Russia were written to suit those in power. That is the law of the gun. The value of character needs to be rediscovered.

Comment by JL Gawlik on October 6, 2011 at 3:46pm

Thank you William for the reference. We need to return to high morals, ethics, principles, values and integrity that has been eroded in our society. Our elected representatives display daily the great erosion that has happened, they should be examples to us all.

What many people are oblivious of and ignorant of is that you can not legislate high ethics, morals and all the above, that has to come within us all. When you see a company that is unethical, what i do is not support it, or buy their services and products period. People, Society creates high morals, ethics, principles, values and integrity along with truth and honor. Until people demand it's return, we will have a dysfunctional society period. These things just like manners must be taught and handed down to our children. I have done it for mine and have actually helped others through volunteering. People should always set standards, very high standards.  I am very impress with what you and Roma are doing in the Education system, we are very lucky to have you both in our group and we are lucky also with our communication system these days. Will spread the word.

Thank you again for the link.

Comment by amanda choate on October 6, 2011 at 3:14pm

Bill there is one thing that I must warn you about, that you probably know already, but I will share. Much of what is written in the blog entries on the signers has been cut and pasted from other sources without attribution. That is fine here, but when you publish a magazine it subjects you to risks that you really don't need.

Comment by amanda choate on October 6, 2011 at 12:17pm

Well Bill you are comparing economic systems versus political systems. Not for nothing, but Germany had capitalism blended with fascism.  China has capitalism blended with marxism. It is not an either or proposition.

They do not want to abolish capitalism, they want it held accountable. So do I. Don't you?

Multinationals do not need my help in securing favorable governmental rules. I am with the 99%, you can have the Koch brothers, the banksters, Wall Street.

Comment by William Korach on October 6, 2011 at 10:20am

Mr. Gawlik;

I understand your sadness about the state of America's students. Our public schools utterly fail to teach America's heritage of liberty, and our universities are chock-full of marxists, particularly in the humanities. For this reason, I have started a magazine on education. The Report Card: Fighting for Truth in the ClassroomIf you visit the site, you will be treated to stories about what is going on and grass roots organizations, like Eye on US Education that are fighting for the story to be told truthfully.

Comment by JL Gawlik on October 6, 2011 at 10:07am

Very well stated William, Roma, Ken and others who see what is really happening underneath the surface. I am just amazed and saddened at the same time of the ignorance of many young people who are literally being used by Marxists as 'useful idiots'. The whole demonizing of wealth is a very dangerous climate that this administration and the Progressive Democrats have created. I find it odd that they relate it all to the French revolution that was about the same thing in bringing down the wealthy to 'spread the wealth' which had created a mess of a government still today that is failing instead of looking back at the American revolution that was about Liberty and Freedom from tyranny.

 

These 'useful idiots' can not see that they are walking right into the arms of tyranny and giving up their very Liberty and Freedoms. Will they realize it all before it is too, late? What i find really despicable is all the Hollywood insiders who are encouraging this, and the press/media that is pushing it all along, who would of ever thought that these people believe in communism/marxism/fascism? 

Question to all the bright young people here: If you had a perfect 4.0 average that you worked very hard for, and many other students in your class had a 2.0 or lower for various reasons, some struggled, many just did not care, but you worked very hard for that 4.0 average. Would it be fair if the teacher took your high average and others and then took all the other students in your group and average ALL the grades out and gave all credit to the 2.5 average that it all averaged out to, to you and all the other students? You and others who worked so hard would NO LONGER have the high 4.0 average. The whole class now has a 2.5 collective average. Is that right or fair?

Individualism is very important to our Liberty and Freedom once that is taken away it is ALL lost and you are living under tyranny. Steve Jobs is a very fine example of Capitalism. RIP my man. We all should hold ourselves to a higher standard.

Comment by William Korach on October 6, 2011 at 9:48am

Amanda:

You are simply wrong on this topic. First, capitalism is a direct outgrowth of personal liberty and private property that is built into our Constitution. The opposite of capitalism is state control, meaning fascism or marxism. Capitalism is a good thing and it is the reason for America's wealth. These people in the streets are NOT saying the same thing as the Tea Party. They want to abolish capitalism, private property and profits. That translates as economic control by the state. Can you show me where in the world that has ever worked? Having said that, banks, especially big money center banks like Citigroup, want it both ways: profits when they succeed, and Uncle Sams' help when they fail. That is not capitalism, that is cronyism. 

Comment by amanda choate on October 6, 2011 at 9:33am

Capitalism is not in and of itself good or bad, it is amoral. It is a means to an end. No more than a tool.

It is simply a system that holds advantages for some and disadvantages for others. When free markets are indeed free and transparent they are among the most efficient ever devised.

Are you not listening to these folks?  They are saying the same thing that the tea party did two years ago, before entities like AFP got involved. If anyone out there thinks the Koch brothers have your interest at heart, think again. You have nothing in common with them and much more in common with these young people out there making sure a voice is heard. A voice tht is not bought and paid for by someone who represents the one percent. The one percenters needs to mobilize others to vote against their own economic interests. They use terms like liberty and freedom, but freedom ain't free and when you give banks and corporations unfettered freedom, it is derived from our freedom and security.

The Koch brothers have spent years selling chemicals to IRAN.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-02/koch-brothers-flout-law-ge...

So you still think they are like you or have your family's interest at heart? Heck no!

I am 99%er!

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