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As we know by now Brookfield Properties (and for all intents and purposes the City of New York) blinked over the proposed clean up of Zuccotti Park. Yet here is a most curious reaction to it from TheStreet.com:
Following the announcement by Brookfield, there was a sense of elation and euphoria. Many protesters wearing various union T-shirts returned to work while others moved from the park to the nearby Sprint (S) store in order to queue for the new Apple (AAPL) iPhone 4S.
For people bent out of shape over capitalism they sure do love material possessions. Depending on how many gigabytes you want to store, the Apple iPhone 4S retails for between $199 and $399.
I guess this means James Oppenheim’s poem “Bread and Roses” will need a rewrite. The new verse could look something like this:
No more the drudge and idler — ten that toil where one reposes —
But a sharing of life’s glories: Bread, Roses & An Apple iPhone 4S —
Preferably black
How about them apples?
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WB| 10.14.11 @ 12:33PM
And the Dims had the gaul to call the Tea Party "astroturf" ...
Occam's Tool| 10.14.11 @ 12:57PM
Liberal scummmmmm...
Dixie Pixie| 10.14.11 @ 1:41PM
Love the punnys.
The blatant hypocrisy of the Left has become such a defining characteristic of the Left as to make the O..W..S.. protesters are iconic figure of this era of western civilization.
I would not be surprised to learn that the income of most of the parents of the protesters were over 6 figures in total income.
DownTwinkles| 10.14.11 @ 1:41PM
For people bent out of shape over capitalism they sure do love material possessions.
They're bent out of shape over abuses of the system.
Even if you disagree with them on that point, and think that the banks did nothing wrong (it was Barney Frank who forced the banks to do stupid things, and he should go to prison for it, dontchaknow), there's nothing inconsistent with them enjoying the fruits of capitalism while thinking that the system needs to be reformed.
To use a conservative example, Joel Saletin loves food, but he thinks that our food production practices in this country are badly in need of reform. (Seriously, if you haven't read his books I highly recommend them.) There's nothing inconsistent about him and many others enjoying food while thinking that the system is badly in need of reform.
Aaron Goldstein| 10.15.11 @ 2:18PM
The people driving this want capitalism to be abolished, not reformed.
USSAlabama| 10.14.11 @ 2:17PM
Huge document dump re: OWS organizing:
http://biggovernment.com/abrei.....vernments/
Read emails here:
http://biggovernment.com/thoma.....democrats/
W| 10.15.11 @ 1:56PM
Aaron,
The Bread and Roses strike of 1912 was a legitimate and successful social and labor strike. To use the words "bread and roses" with this spoiled, leftist mob is either great inside satire or defamation.
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