OWS is not protesting against the rich because they are rich, they are protesting against the 1% who use their wealth & power to lobby & get policies, laws & regulations to benefit the 1%! OWS protests against the 1% who are taxed at 9% or less, while the 99% are taxed 25%! They simply want them to pay their fair share! They also want them to go to jail when they break laws!
Have to admit I am a bit disappointed--not by you but by the protesters. If you have the balls to protest you should have the balls to be on camera and speak your mind, imho. But no one has asked me for an interview and we have only 4 OWS marches in the state I am in, which is WV.
@HappyCabbie I have to admit that I am being a bit hypocritical since I don't show my own face on camera with my videos yet. Why? I am self-conscious about being fat which I haven't been able to beat yet. But, yeah I can understand why a person would not want to be on the internet.
Unions were formed because of the 1% their thugs were killing and hurting and starving the 99%. Now they have the police paid for by taxpayers to do the thugs work. I am a union man. It sickens me that the police union would let policemen hurt the poor and the working class. The union should not let their members hurt the poor and working class. It sadden me that police union member would hurt our young people. Police state is where the criminals run the government
This whole occupy bullshit is just becoming pathetic now. Protesting in itself is pathetic. Stay home, shut your mouth and stop trying to make a difference. Because you can't. I hate the way they've called themselves the "99%". Really? Err, they don't represent me. Neither do the 53% or the 1%.
Sun Tzu in the Art Of War says that upon coming up against a super power when you have lesser numbers (i.e no money, no status, no power, in this case), you should turn and run for your life.
@restlesspride666 I don't think you've grasped the idea of what 'trolling' is. Disagreeing with what is being said on the internet does not make someone a troll. If I were trolling, I would be posting sarcastic or inflamatory comments. Which I am not. These are my views. If you don't like it, quite frankly... go fuck yourself.
So, they didn't want to be on camera. They must had had their reasons.
Tim Pool, who live streams on Ustreamtv, under the name The Other 99, has people walking up to talk to him. He had 26,000 viewers the other night on just his channel alone. Reuters, BBC, Al Jazeera and others picked up on his feed. Check out his style of interviewing and recording events-he's very good at getting folks to talk to him.
the biggest problem in this world is the bank seigniorage ,it is the global fraud that keeps us basically slaves of the system ,our money are not really ours.
the occupy movement is a joke, unfortunately, b/c we desperately need a real grassroots force in this country to reset our financial equilibrium. but as it is, it's all just these neo hippie burning man types who are about as thoughtful and cohesive as a dime bag of lysol-laced dirt swag.
what is this supposed to accomplish? Democracy is a shame that USA people like to use to feel so great and free. In the end the banks control your life through mortgages and the government controls your health. This was a total waste of time. You people accomplished nothing. The only way for change is to eliminate the American lifestyle and dream.
@HappyCabbie you elect people, no you don't happy. you elect your local politician then they pander to the massive corporations and lobby groups etc... like George Carlin said. your country was bought and sold a long time ago, :) it has happened in my country the UK for a long time. When american people realises that they are only a workforce to the actual leaders ( powerful men and corporations then maybe they change it for the better but until then it be business as usual
@SOLIDSNAKEXXX360 Man, school really has you brain washed, aren't you? The US is not a democracy. Don't believe me. Read up the definition of a democracy. It's sad really.
You might not think that Shaquille O'Neal is poor, but compared to the banksters who delibeartely cratered the whole economy, he is very small fry. The big hedgefund managers could buy and sell him hundreds of times over.In fact, EACH of the top 25 top hedgefund managers make more than all the players of the NBA. COMBINED.
@HappyCabbie I have to say that I haven't... Being in charge doesn't interest me, but when I have lost all faith in those who are now in charge, I think that a revolution is the only option to get rid of the tradition & cycle of corruption. There's usually some respectable characters involved in politics when a nation is new. (in your country, people like George Washington and many of your founding fathers) A revolution might give people like that a chance to appear again. If they do, I'll vote.
@HappyCabbie (2) Not talking about the kind of revolution like in France or Russia by the way. I'm not looking to kill the corrupt politicians, I just want them to go away (well, maybe some tar and feathers would be in order too...) And yes, there are some honest politicians out there, I just don't know who they are...
Are you planning on doing any more videos like this? I hope so. I think it is a really good point you are making, just a bummer that people don't want to be on camera.
Believing that the civic duty is fulfilled by voting every four years in our dysfunctional democracy is delusional. I posit a higher percentage of those involved in the protests are politically active and politically informed than most other segments of the population. The roots of political and economic injustice are deep, and unregulated capitalism is a critical part of the problem. Nowhere is "protesting the rich for simply being successful" offered as a grievance.
@ShadeCanopy I would suggest you take some time to listen to some of the rants posted by these Occupy protesters. While the people I talked to today were able to make a coherent argument, many of them can not. Many are just anti-rich anti one percent without any clue how the economy functions.
Furthermore, local politics is where some real changes can be made. We don't need more voters. We need more informed voters.
Well I don’t vote because the only options on my ballets are crooks. None of the "small" guys have representatives in my county. I really don’t find this a valid argument. They don’t like the game, you says you didn’t play so you don’t have a say?...what? I think you need to understand where these people are coming from. Sure there disorganized and doing it all wrong but asking if any of them voted in the last election is like asking them which candidate is their favorite.....none of them.
@greyknight7 Well I don't always get what I want in an election either, but those of us who do vote get to decide policy for those who don't. On November 8th a little over 150,000 people chose the fate of about 1.4 million people in the city of Phoenix. That is real power.
@HappyCabbie If you don’t want it why vote for it? How have you decide policy? By believing lies spewed forth on campaign trails? Voting republican or democrat, liberal or conservative changes nothing. Nothing that these protesters are bringing to topic gets rectified once a certain political party is in office. Big banks still run the world and our foreign policy is still based on greed. I've seen my parliamentary and your presidency change hands many times in my life. No changes!
Why don't you find a homeless person and ask them about the camping laws. It's OK for a person with a home to pick on the laws, But you need to remember in gaol (jail) you get a clean dry bed and food things you don't get on the street. We have the same laws in New South Wales Australia, Do gooders tryed to have them removed but the homeless stopped them and like the laws "FOOD, BED, WASH clean clothing from charity. That is a good thing for them.
@littlegalah I was homeless myself for a while. The secret is not to sleep at night but rather by day. Thankfully I did not have to do it that long but it can be done. One of the issues right now is limited space at many shelters.
I'm an anarcho-capitalist, and I'd advice everyone to just stop voting. Govt will never be the answer to your problems. Then again, that's probably why you don't want people like me there.
The biggest problem is dependence on the govt. The corrupt depend on the govt to create monopolies and the "99%" (quotes for obvious generalization which obscures the truth) depend on the govt for false security. There aren't too many innocents in this economy. We're all guilty of greed.
@HappyCabbie That's freedom for you, in a left-wing twisted world. Where one individual can force another to live by his standards, even when both parties aren't trying to harm anybody. America is a country obsessed with violence that can't tolerate differences of opinions.
@KiddsockTV While Phoenix was clearly peaceful and sanitary and unintrusive one problem for many businesses is the driving away of paying customers. Such as some protesters blocking doors and right of way. People have a right to protest however if I want to do business somewhere I should not be hindered or intimidated. Fortunately the Phoenix protesters are not making a nusiance of themselves.
The problem with voting is that your two choices are both linked to the same corrupt system. It's like choosing between burning in a fire or drowning to death. They are both horrible options.
@RubberWilbur In Mesa, AZ we sucessfully outed a 16 year career politian named Russel Pearce who got 90 percent of his funds from outside of his district and outspent his opponent 3-1. Furthermore, there are ballot inititives and bond issues to vote on. We need more educated voters
Isn't it funny how in some places the protesters are protesting big business yet they're too lazy to change it via votes and block out entrances to smaller business shops, hurting business for them. Also, let's not forget the fact that all of the protesters are either not working or not going to school and learning why they're ignorant.
Even if most of the revolution would not be televised, I am still happy to see Phoenix and have a little slice of what's going on down there on YouTube.
@blacklooksup Many would have concerns about their employer finding out about their political activites or friends and family finding them online. In Arizona employers may fire you for any reason.
@falulu209 Yes they made sure not to make a nusiance of themselves. Although the police were constantly around, parked in a few squad cars on the street, the protesters here mostly made sure nobody got out of line.
If you don't want to be filmed you must not be very confident or secure in the message you are trying to promote. I'm starting to have serious doubts about this movement.
@CappitranoBellephant There are many reasons someone would not want to speak on camera. As many of these people had jobs I am sure they did not want their employer finding out about their political views. Other times it could be family or friends that they don't want finding out about it.
@PompousPreacher I would say the average age was mid thirties. In fact several were clearly of retirement age. I did not smell any weed. (Could have been in the muffins though LOL)
The problem cabbie (in regards to your info bar) is that lobbying won't matter so long as the corporations are buying off the politicians with more money then a group could possibly come up with.
@HappyCabbie True. You do have a point there. Though, until the whole nation can come together and out those kinds of politicians then we will still have problems with corruption and politicians being bought.
Those "evictions" have been happening all over Canada and the US. Ironically, they never enforce vagrant laws. I have been informing people here that out of the 100 billion dollars being spent on health care in Canada, 6.6 billion is on mental health and a further 1.2 billion on homelessness but yet the homeless are sleeping in our parks, but now that the Occupiers are there...there is a problem with it for some reason.
@TammyFlores1 Usually vagrant laws are not enforced here. Typically what I have seen is the cops just telling the homeless person to move along. I have never seen one arrested here in the Phoenix area unless they were beligerent. However it looks like they are using the vagrant laws to crack down on the protesters so it looks like they will have to keep each other awake.
@Thenewyorkcritic It's not the One vote that counts. But to show some interest, and that you care about your country. Too many young people today does not care at all. But they are a lot of people. If they did care just a little bit, things would have been different. Not because they vote, but because they take interest in what's going on.
Voting is pointless, yes. Scripted like a reality show.
And that is why it's important to care. Together we are strong. It sounds lame, but it's very true.
I share your frustration. While there may be some truth to our votes in nat'l elections not always "counting", we CAN change things in local elections. I vote in every election, bond levy, etc, in my area. Often, I curse wildly, question the intelligence of other voters and their choices, then damn results that didn't reflect myviews. Then I study the issues for the next election-and vote.
I support OWS. I'm involved with an amendment to take the $ out of our elections!
@KCKatheist One of the things that really hurt our elections was the Supreme Court decision allowing corporations to have unlimited spending. I would support public financing of elections and outlaw private donations but that Supreme Court case would need to be overturned.
A constitutional amendment would overturn the Supreme Court decision. The Supreme Court interprets and applies the law and they interpreted the 1st amendment as something that applied to corporations. If the constitution was amended to say that corporations are not people and campaigns need to be publicly financed then the Supreme Court could do nothing about this. They couldn't even rule the amendment unconstitutional because it is part of the constitution.
I can predict the future. all you will be gonna lose your emotion. and all you will become dumbs and all you become bad humans. except few humans of all you in the world. if the power and biggest fear attacks you, you can't stand.
@RDJim it is not a law, as there is no expectation to privacy in public. However it is a courtesy. Furthermore, I don't want anyone to file a privacy complaint on this video.
You know.... Im still yet to see anything change because of these "occupy" groups. Ive no doubt that they have a good message behind them etc, but the one here in the uk, in london, got moved on after a week or so, because it became a laughing stock, it was a few people camping out in the middle of a city, that was it. No laws changed, no debates where held etc, it just completely failed, im left wondering if the rest of the occupy movement will do the same...
@FANNYLEROUX One of the things I am disappointed at is how the anti-rich people have become the dominant voice in this movement. For me I would love to see it focus more on freedom of assempbly issues
A bunch of people that are way too lazy to get themselves together and find a job. They all live in a country where making money is easy if you care.
I bet that if they all spent a few months in a 3rd world country, they wouldn't do all this stupid protesting stuff now. But I guess they don't want to have a job, since they are literally expecting something amazing to happen.
If you want to live a good life, do something about it.
Actually,because of the extensive welfare state that has developed in european countries post WW2, the freedom to become whatever you want is much easier in europe than in the US.
Europe: born in poverty but want to be an engineer? get good enough grades to start in college, for free on top notch european colleges.
USA: born in poverty but want to be an engineer? get good enough grades and save up enough money for hugely expensive college fees.And that is just one of many examples
@sensur1 That's not true. The poor get federal grants for college. It pay for mostly everything. We actually do help the less fortunate in America, no one is on the street starving to death unless they willing choosing it. We even give illegal immigrants free college education.
@sensur1 It's like that in the UK too. Our university tuition fees are about £3,000 per year now, and they're due to rise to £9,000 per year in a couple of years.
(Well, students in Scotland do get free university education, but most UK students don't).
The difference isnt in making money, everyone can do that. The problem is that the current system that you have in the US are wasting the potential of the population. The US is much more comparable to a third world country in that if want to be something, you HAVE TO HAVE MONEY! There shouldnt be any more difficult for people born in poverty to educate and get a job as it is for rich people. As it is today, being poor in the US is a nightmare compared to EU.
Agreed. I'd like to see a dramatic change to the way government operates. I'd like to see the system go back to seeing the function of government as a mechanism for settling disputes among individuals in society, instead of the directors of society's activities.
great beard.. kinda greasy, it must of been hot out that day...
jdp20ipitt 2 months ago
OWS is not protesting against the rich because they are rich, they are protesting against the 1% who use their wealth & power to lobby & get policies, laws & regulations to benefit the 1%! OWS protests against the 1% who are taxed at 9% or less, while the 99% are taxed 25%! They simply want them to pay their fair share! They also want them to go to jail when they break laws!
kmfocht 3 months ago
You spent time talking to a code pink person. meh.
devchelle2 3 months ago
@devchelle2 find me a protester willing to speak on camera and I will be happy to interview them
HappyCabbie 3 months ago
Have to admit I am a bit disappointed--not by you but by the protesters. If you have the balls to protest you should have the balls to be on camera and speak your mind, imho. But no one has asked me for an interview and we have only 4 OWS marches in the state I am in, which is WV.
kelliko70 3 months ago
@kelliko70 Not everybody wants to be put on camera.
HappyCabbie 3 months ago
@HappyCabbie I have to admit that I am being a bit hypocritical since I don't show my own face on camera with my videos yet. Why? I am self-conscious about being fat which I haven't been able to beat yet. But, yeah I can understand why a person would not want to be on the internet.
kelliko70 3 months ago
Unions were formed because of the 1% their thugs were killing and hurting and starving the 99%. Now they have the police paid for by taxpayers to do the thugs work. I am a union man. It sickens me that the police union would let policemen hurt the poor and the working class. The union should not let their members hurt the poor and working class. It sadden me that police union member would hurt our young people. Police state is where the criminals run the government
KYKIN44 3 months ago
@KYKIN44 Here in Phoenix the police kept their distance. All they were focused on is making sure nobody was sleeping at the park.
HappyCabbie 3 months ago
She looks like a nice woman.
BlazeTheMovieFan 3 months ago
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georgegodley 3 months ago
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dragon666mew 3 months ago
I get tired of the useless idiots on youtube.
restlesspride666 3 months ago
I bet there is a guy on multiple accounts here. . .
restlesspride666 3 months ago
This whole occupy bullshit is just becoming pathetic now. Protesting in itself is pathetic. Stay home, shut your mouth and stop trying to make a difference. Because you can't. I hate the way they've called themselves the "99%". Really? Err, they don't represent me. Neither do the 53% or the 1%.
Sun Tzu in the Art Of War says that upon coming up against a super power when you have lesser numbers (i.e no money, no status, no power, in this case), you should turn and run for your life.
EternityInValhalla 3 months ago
@EternityInValhalla this is a big waste of time reading. Ugh...trolls...
restlesspride666 3 months ago
@restlesspride666 I don't think you've grasped the idea of what 'trolling' is. Disagreeing with what is being said on the internet does not make someone a troll. If I were trolling, I would be posting sarcastic or inflamatory comments. Which I am not. These are my views. If you don't like it, quite frankly... go fuck yourself.
Thank you. :)
EternityInValhalla 3 months ago
So, they didn't want to be on camera. They must had had their reasons.
Tim Pool, who live streams on Ustreamtv, under the name The Other 99, has people walking up to talk to him. He had 26,000 viewers the other night on just his channel alone. Reuters, BBC, Al Jazeera and others picked up on his feed. Check out his style of interviewing and recording events-he's very good at getting folks to talk to him.
phenixwryter 3 months ago
the biggest problem in this world is the bank seigniorage ,it is the global fraud that keeps us basically slaves of the system ,our money are not really ours.
saluti.
nunzioforpresident 3 months ago
the occupy movement is a joke, unfortunately, b/c we desperately need a real grassroots force in this country to reset our financial equilibrium. but as it is, it's all just these neo hippie burning man types who are about as thoughtful and cohesive as a dime bag of lysol-laced dirt swag.
rumrunner777 3 months ago
@rumrunner777 Maybe you should've came down, instead of sitting on your ass then.
AveragePope 3 months ago
what is this supposed to accomplish? Democracy is a shame that USA people like to use to feel so great and free. In the end the banks control your life through mortgages and the government controls your health. This was a total waste of time. You people accomplished nothing. The only way for change is to eliminate the American lifestyle and dream.
SOLIDSNAKEXXX360 3 months ago
@SOLIDSNAKEXXX360 if only we actually lived in a democracy LOL. We live in a representative republic where we elect people to represent us.
HappyCabbie 3 months ago
@HappyCabbie you elect people, no you don't happy. you elect your local politician then they pander to the massive corporations and lobby groups etc... like George Carlin said. your country was bought and sold a long time ago, :) it has happened in my country the UK for a long time. When american people realises that they are only a workforce to the actual leaders ( powerful men and corporations then maybe they change it for the better but until then it be business as usual
loudman12 3 months ago
@HappyCabbie No we do not. We live in a fascist police state where money talks and BULLSHIT walks. That's why you are walking.
AveragePope 3 months ago
@SOLIDSNAKEXXX360 ...says the ing bank asshole.
nothingtoyouatall 3 months ago
@SOLIDSNAKEXXX360 Man, school really has you brain washed, aren't you? The US is not a democracy. Don't believe me. Read up the definition of a democracy. It's sad really.
BrandonC3 3 months ago
You might not think that Shaquille O'Neal is poor, but compared to the banksters who delibeartely cratered the whole economy, he is very small fry. The big hedgefund managers could buy and sell him hundreds of times over.In fact, EACH of the top 25 top hedgefund managers make more than all the players of the NBA. COMBINED.
dangerouslytalented 3 months ago
@dangerouslytalented I think Chris Rock who defined rich and wealth. Shaq is rich, but the white guy who writes his check is wealthy.
HappyCabbie 3 months ago
@HappyCabbie These athletes get literally bought and sold by these people. Not just figuratively either.
dangerouslytalented 3 months ago
Why vote when everyone is a crook? I refuse to vote for a lesser evil so a bigger evil doesn't get in to power. I want both evils gone.
Ravenkeep 3 months ago
@Ravenkeep Have you considered running for a local office?
HappyCabbie 3 months ago
@HappyCabbie I have to say that I haven't... Being in charge doesn't interest me, but when I have lost all faith in those who are now in charge, I think that a revolution is the only option to get rid of the tradition & cycle of corruption. There's usually some respectable characters involved in politics when a nation is new. (in your country, people like George Washington and many of your founding fathers) A revolution might give people like that a chance to appear again. If they do, I'll vote.
Ravenkeep 3 months ago
@HappyCabbie (2) Not talking about the kind of revolution like in France or Russia by the way. I'm not looking to kill the corrupt politicians, I just want them to go away (well, maybe some tar and feathers would be in order too...) And yes, there are some honest politicians out there, I just don't know who they are...
Ravenkeep 3 months ago
@Thenewyorkcritic I am all in favor of voting for the lesser of two evils.
HappyCabbie 3 months ago
It was still a good video.. E for effort.
AdamLore 3 months ago
@AdamLore thanks
HappyCabbie 3 months ago
@HappyCabbie
Are you planning on doing any more videos like this? I hope so. I think it is a really good point you are making, just a bummer that people don't want to be on camera.
AdamLore 3 months ago
Believing that the civic duty is fulfilled by voting every four years in our dysfunctional democracy is delusional. I posit a higher percentage of those involved in the protests are politically active and politically informed than most other segments of the population. The roots of political and economic injustice are deep, and unregulated capitalism is a critical part of the problem. Nowhere is "protesting the rich for simply being successful" offered as a grievance.
ShadeCanopy 3 months ago
@ShadeCanopy I would suggest you take some time to listen to some of the rants posted by these Occupy protesters. While the people I talked to today were able to make a coherent argument, many of them can not. Many are just anti-rich anti one percent without any clue how the economy functions.
Furthermore, local politics is where some real changes can be made. We don't need more voters. We need more informed voters.
HappyCabbie 3 months ago
Well I don’t vote because the only options on my ballets are crooks. None of the "small" guys have representatives in my county. I really don’t find this a valid argument. They don’t like the game, you says you didn’t play so you don’t have a say?...what? I think you need to understand where these people are coming from. Sure there disorganized and doing it all wrong but asking if any of them voted in the last election is like asking them which candidate is their favorite.....none of them.
greyknight7 3 months ago
@greyknight7 Well I don't always get what I want in an election either, but those of us who do vote get to decide policy for those who don't. On November 8th a little over 150,000 people chose the fate of about 1.4 million people in the city of Phoenix. That is real power.
HappyCabbie 3 months ago
@HappyCabbie If you don’t want it why vote for it? How have you decide policy? By believing lies spewed forth on campaign trails? Voting republican or democrat, liberal or conservative changes nothing. Nothing that these protesters are bringing to topic gets rectified once a certain political party is in office. Big banks still run the world and our foreign policy is still based on greed. I've seen my parliamentary and your presidency change hands many times in my life. No changes!
greyknight7 3 months ago
LMFAO.........how can they expect change if they don't VOTE!?? go home your protest is pointless...
sabertooth241 3 months ago
Why don't you find a homeless person and ask them about the camping laws. It's OK for a person with a home to pick on the laws, But you need to remember in gaol (jail) you get a clean dry bed and food things you don't get on the street. We have the same laws in New South Wales Australia, Do gooders tryed to have them removed but the homeless stopped them and like the laws "FOOD, BED, WASH clean clothing from charity. That is a good thing for them.
littlegalah 3 months ago
@littlegalah I was homeless myself for a while. The secret is not to sleep at night but rather by day. Thankfully I did not have to do it that long but it can be done. One of the issues right now is limited space at many shelters.
HappyCabbie 3 months ago
I'm an anarcho-capitalist, and I'd advice everyone to just stop voting. Govt will never be the answer to your problems. Then again, that's probably why you don't want people like me there.
The biggest problem is dependence on the govt. The corrupt depend on the govt to create monopolies and the "99%" (quotes for obvious generalization which obscures the truth) depend on the govt for false security. There aren't too many innocents in this economy. We're all guilty of greed.
JackofOneTrade567 3 months ago
@JackofOneTrade567 Thankfully people like me get to make decisions for people like you.
HappyCabbie 3 months ago
@HappyCabbie That's freedom for you, in a left-wing twisted world. Where one individual can force another to live by his standards, even when both parties aren't trying to harm anybody. America is a country obsessed with violence that can't tolerate differences of opinions.
JackofOneTrade567 3 months ago
Let's go to these people's houses and "camp out" there. How Fast do you think they would be upset about that.
There is No Focus with this whole Occupy thing. Lame they want to SPEAK, but can;t speak when put on the spot.
KiddsockTV 3 months ago
@KiddsockTV While Phoenix was clearly peaceful and sanitary and unintrusive one problem for many businesses is the driving away of paying customers. Such as some protesters blocking doors and right of way. People have a right to protest however if I want to do business somewhere I should not be hindered or intimidated. Fortunately the Phoenix protesters are not making a nusiance of themselves.
HappyCabbie 3 months ago
The problem with voting is that your two choices are both linked to the same corrupt system. It's like choosing between burning in a fire or drowning to death. They are both horrible options.
RubberWilbur 3 months ago
@RubberWilbur In Mesa, AZ we sucessfully outed a 16 year career politian named Russel Pearce who got 90 percent of his funds from outside of his district and outspent his opponent 3-1. Furthermore, there are ballot inititives and bond issues to vote on. We need more educated voters
HappyCabbie 3 months ago
Isn't it funny how in some places the protesters are protesting big business yet they're too lazy to change it via votes and block out entrances to smaller business shops, hurting business for them. Also, let's not forget the fact that all of the protesters are either not working or not going to school and learning why they're ignorant.
signnet2 3 months ago
@signnet2 In Phoenix many of the protesters were gainfully employed.
HappyCabbie 3 months ago
Even if most of the revolution would not be televised, I am still happy to see Phoenix and have a little slice of what's going on down there on YouTube.
ThePrinceOfMillAve 3 months ago
@ThePrinceOfMillAve thanks
HappyCabbie 3 months ago
Get a job people
M1sterHamilton 3 months ago
@M1sterHamilton In Phoenix many of the protesters were gainfully employed.
HappyCabbie 3 months ago
why would you not want to appear on the internet? The Internets basically the blood of this whole movement.
blacklooksup 3 months ago
@blacklooksup Many would have concerns about their employer finding out about their political activites or friends and family finding them online. In Arizona employers may fire you for any reason.
HappyCabbie 3 months ago
thank you for trying. :O)
FlowerClown 3 months ago
@FlowerClown thanks
HappyCabbie 3 months ago
I am mostly surprised about how clean the Occupy Phoenix movement is, i am from Chico and our Occupy movement is not so sanitary here.
falulu209 3 months ago
@falulu209 Yes they made sure not to make a nusiance of themselves. Although the police were constantly around, parked in a few squad cars on the street, the protesters here mostly made sure nobody got out of line.
HappyCabbie 3 months ago
If you don't want to be filmed you must not be very confident or secure in the message you are trying to promote. I'm starting to have serious doubts about this movement.
CappitranoBellephant 3 months ago
@CappitranoBellephant There are many reasons someone would not want to speak on camera. As many of these people had jobs I am sure they did not want their employer finding out about their political views. Other times it could be family or friends that they don't want finding out about it.
HappyCabbie 3 months ago
Look at all those dope smoking young kids clueless about how the world works trying to freeload off of hard-working Americans.
PompousPreacher 3 months ago
@PompousPreacher I would say the average age was mid thirties. In fact several were clearly of retirement age. I did not smell any weed. (Could have been in the muffins though LOL)
HappyCabbie 3 months ago
I'm not surprised
CappitranoBellephant 3 months ago
Im the Happy Cabbie and thanks for watching !!!
AZwheeler 3 months ago
@AZwheeler yep
HappyCabbie 3 months ago
The problem cabbie (in regards to your info bar) is that lobbying won't matter so long as the corporations are buying off the politicians with more money then a group could possibly come up with.
anglej 3 months ago
@anglej Tell that to Russel Pearce.
HappyCabbie 3 months ago
@HappyCabbie True. You do have a point there. Though, until the whole nation can come together and out those kinds of politicians then we will still have problems with corruption and politicians being bought.
anglej 3 months ago
Those "evictions" have been happening all over Canada and the US. Ironically, they never enforce vagrant laws. I have been informing people here that out of the 100 billion dollars being spent on health care in Canada, 6.6 billion is on mental health and a further 1.2 billion on homelessness but yet the homeless are sleeping in our parks, but now that the Occupiers are there...there is a problem with it for some reason.
TammyFlores1 3 months ago
@TammyFlores1 Usually vagrant laws are not enforced here. Typically what I have seen is the cops just telling the homeless person to move along. I have never seen one arrested here in the Phoenix area unless they were beligerent. However it looks like they are using the vagrant laws to crack down on the protesters so it looks like they will have to keep each other awake.
HappyCabbie 3 months ago
@Thenewyorkcritic It's not the One vote that counts. But to show some interest, and that you care about your country. Too many young people today does not care at all. But they are a lot of people. If they did care just a little bit, things would have been different. Not because they vote, but because they take interest in what's going on.
Voting is pointless, yes. Scripted like a reality show.
And that is why it's important to care. Together we are strong. It sounds lame, but it's very true.
blackoutworm 3 months ago
I share your frustration. While there may be some truth to our votes in nat'l elections not always "counting", we CAN change things in local elections. I vote in every election, bond levy, etc, in my area. Often, I curse wildly, question the intelligence of other voters and their choices, then damn results that didn't reflect myviews. Then I study the issues for the next election-and vote.
I support OWS. I'm involved with an amendment to take the $ out of our elections!
KCKatheist 3 months ago
@KCKatheist One of the things that really hurt our elections was the Supreme Court decision allowing corporations to have unlimited spending. I would support public financing of elections and outlaw private donations but that Supreme Court case would need to be overturned.
HappyCabbie 3 months ago
@HappyCabbie That's exactly the amendment that needs to be proposed. Corporate personhood and money=speech must be repealed. That's my focus.
KCKatheist 3 months ago
@HappyCabbie
A constitutional amendment would overturn the Supreme Court decision. The Supreme Court interprets and applies the law and they interpreted the 1st amendment as something that applied to corporations. If the constitution was amended to say that corporations are not people and campaigns need to be publicly financed then the Supreme Court could do nothing about this. They couldn't even rule the amendment unconstitutional because it is part of the constitution.
Cadiohi 3 months ago
@Cadiohi Very good answer.
HappyCabbie 3 months ago
I can predict the future. all you will be gonna lose your emotion. and all you will become dumbs and all you become bad humans. except few humans of all you in the world. if the power and biggest fear attacks you, you can't stand.
i8hy6e3 3 months ago
Is that a local law that says you can't put people on camera when they are standing in a public place? That's bull.
RDJim 3 months ago
@RDJim it is not a law, as there is no expectation to privacy in public. However it is a courtesy. Furthermore, I don't want anyone to file a privacy complaint on this video.
HappyCabbie 3 months ago
You know.... Im still yet to see anything change because of these "occupy" groups. Ive no doubt that they have a good message behind them etc, but the one here in the uk, in london, got moved on after a week or so, because it became a laughing stock, it was a few people camping out in the middle of a city, that was it. No laws changed, no debates where held etc, it just completely failed, im left wondering if the rest of the occupy movement will do the same...
FANNYLEROUX 3 months ago
@FANNYLEROUX One of the things I am disappointed at is how the anti-rich people have become the dominant voice in this movement. For me I would love to see it focus more on freedom of assempbly issues
HappyCabbie 3 months ago
I can't stand thesewall street protests.
A bunch of people that are way too lazy to get themselves together and find a job. They all live in a country where making money is easy if you care.
I bet that if they all spent a few months in a 3rd world country, they wouldn't do all this stupid protesting stuff now. But I guess they don't want to have a job, since they are literally expecting something amazing to happen.
If you want to live a good life, do something about it.
And in America, YOU CAN!
blackoutworm 3 months ago
@blackoutworm
Actually,because of the extensive welfare state that has developed in european countries post WW2, the freedom to become whatever you want is much easier in europe than in the US.
Europe: born in poverty but want to be an engineer? get good enough grades to start in college, for free on top notch european colleges.
USA: born in poverty but want to be an engineer? get good enough grades and save up enough money for hugely expensive college fees.And that is just one of many examples
sensur1 3 months ago
@sensur1 That's not true. The poor get federal grants for college. It pay for mostly everything. We actually do help the less fortunate in America, no one is on the street starving to death unless they willing choosing it. We even give illegal immigrants free college education.
skeptictom818 3 months ago
@sensur1 It's like that in the UK too. Our university tuition fees are about £3,000 per year now, and they're due to rise to £9,000 per year in a couple of years.
(Well, students in Scotland do get free university education, but most UK students don't).
KingsIndianCR 3 months ago
@blackoutworm
The difference isnt in making money, everyone can do that. The problem is that the current system that you have in the US are wasting the potential of the population. The US is much more comparable to a third world country in that if want to be something, you HAVE TO HAVE MONEY! There shouldnt be any more difficult for people born in poverty to educate and get a job as it is for rich people. As it is today, being poor in the US is a nightmare compared to EU.
sensur1 3 months ago
@blackoutworm America is indeed a great place where anyone can make it. My only gripe is really about their healthcare but yep Capitalism works.
HappyCabbie 3 months ago
Welcome to phoenix hope you like it
JONATHANvideoRespon 3 months ago
She was awesome
TrueBlueAustralian 3 months ago
@TrueBlueAustralian Yes very well spoken.
HappyCabbie 3 months ago
Agreed. I'd like to see a dramatic change to the way government operates. I'd like to see the system go back to seeing the function of government as a mechanism for settling disputes among individuals in society, instead of the directors of society's activities.
RichardRoy2 3 months ago
Great job Cabbie!
eatmycakeshow 3 months ago
@eatmycakeshow thanks
HappyCabbie 3 months ago
o.o
shadow0637 3 months ago
Getting into mullet territory with that hair man.
adrenacrumb 3 months ago
@adrenacrumb I am growing my hair out long
HappyCabbie 3 months ago
Fuck voting. Pointless.
AveragePope 3 months ago
@AveragePope tell that to Russel Pearce. He doesn't think voting is pointless.
HappyCabbie 3 months ago
NO! Close to being first on a happycabbie video. Always next time though...
NoNamesLeft0102 3 months ago
@NoNamesLeft0102 LOL
HappyCabbie 3 months ago
First
HappyCabbie 3 months ago