Jesse LaGreca on This Week: OWS confronts the Sunday Morning Talking Heads

[Cottonmouth235]

Jessie Lagreca was Ryan Dunns actor

[dukkyfuzz1]

You tell those red neck neocons what's uuuup Jesse!!

[Clapacino]

@DavidGHayes91 LOL I wonder how mad the controllers are at Dunn for blowing his cover...Dunn must have had an extremely low opinion of the american public to think he could fool us by shaving. You all should watch "tribute to ryan dunn video" in it Dave England seriously slips and tongue and cheek mentions that he was told Dunn was an agent working for an elite government agency, also in that video friends claim Dunn "Had all sorts of shady connections" they", they were serious

[CDBBryan]

So now we find out that another of these Occupy Wall Street "protesters" is actually a blogger for the DailyKos, one of the vilest liberal websites out there. The most outspoken voices for OWS all seem to be reporters for liberal media, fronting as "activists". Others I've seen: a columnist for HuffingtonPost (interviewed on Geraldo at Large), and a freelance lady who got fired from NPR for reporting events she was a participant in.

Whereas Tea Party are regular folks, not media posers.

[echonova13]

@CDBBryan pretty sure people can be both regular folks and journalists as well. Tea Party wants the same thing essentially as OWS and the REST of the fucking country, you slanderous sycophant of minimal education.

[MsHappygirl23]

I love Jeese. :) The Corporated media sucks!!! The people are waking up. Power to the 99%:)

[ArckGabe]

Go to work JackA$%%

[lukepleaseshutup]

@ArckGabe He has 2 jobs, my friend. Many OWS protesters, such as myself, in fact are employed.

[dymchurch1]

The word government is supposed to mean: us!

People so easily forget that. If WE actually ran the government and knew it, then "government" would not be a swear word.

[glipzik]

@ctwatcher,

Yeah, he has no beard or long hair, is clean cut and has a quieter personality, but Dunn was an actor and a guy who loved to pull stunts, wasn't he? Would he fake his own death? Some people think he would.

[ctwatcher]

@glipzik I never watched jackass much so I don't know if he would go this far? And yes, some think he would :)

[ctwatcher]

He's engaging in bullshit. He can say democracy all day long into the night and when he wakes up he will still be living in a republic.

Jesse, are you there, Jesse! Yes, I'm still here, where else would I go?

Just say NO to socialism!

[b7r7u7c7e]

@ctwatcher Do you even know how our government works? lol When you say socialism what do you mean.

[VysetheTard]

Shut up, Peggy, you condescending hack. Don't come back on the show until you can stop talking with your hands like an idiot.

[Sean0606g]

If anything happens to this guy were starting a riot , right ?????

[MrAndycox]

But Maxx, this is pie in the sky! Its simply naive to think capitalism can operate on ethical grounds. Its whole raison detre is the maximisation of profit and capital accumulation. Companies that don't abide by these imperatives simply go to the wall. Just think how, for example, abolishing 'wasteful consumerism' would impact upon profit margins. Check my website for more on this.

[MrAndycox]

This anticapitalism thing - Let's have a reality check: We are talking about abolishing capitalism, are we not? That means eradicating money, profits, wages, and private/state ownership of the means of production, and replacing it with a deomcratically-run world communist society in which al goods and services were free. Anything less is surely just pissing in the wind.

Andy

andycox1953.webs.com/

[MaxxDikkens]

@MrAndycox I don't think movement are protesting against capitalism as a concept, but rather protesting against corporate unaccountability, financial corruption, wasteful consumerism, etc . They are protesting to achieve transparency in the media, governmental honesty, fairness and greater opportunities for the vast majority of citizens regardless of age, gender, colour, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, or any other such irrelevances.

[francopod]

THIS LIB WANTS COMPLETE GOVERNMENT CONTROL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[chpman2013]

@francopod as if you're not already living under it?

[glipzik]

Why does he look like a dead ringer for Ryan Dunn?

[ctwatcher]

@glipzik yep he does doesn't he?

[hellooooo000]

LaGreca is a laser

[ruddygrey]

EQUAL TAXATION AND EQUAL REPRESENTATION THAT IS A DIRECT DEMOCRACY NOT ONE FOR THE RICH AND POWERFUL AND THE POOR GET THE LEFTOVERS IF EVEN THAT! AND PAY FOR THEIR MISTAKES ... WATCH THE MEDIA JESSE THEY ARE ALL DOGS LOOKING FOR A NEW BONE TO GNAW ...DON'T LET THEM PIGEON HOLE YOU FOR THEIR OWN ENDS...........STAY STRONG

[4gregorysf]

Sorry, I had to turn it off when Peggy Noonan came on. I'm sure I didn't miss anything of substance.

[stonethugmusic]

THANK YOU GOD FOR MAKING THIS YOUNG GUY SO DAMN SMART LORD KEEP BLESSED HIM AND ALL THE OTHERS AND FROM KEEP THEM AT THIS EVIL TIME IN AMERICA "

[Anon371]

Notice how he keeps glancing down at his lap while he's speaking. He's reading off a script.

[hcwcars1]

@Anon371 fail

[oldjizzy]

He handled Wills q. so so very well. He made it more about Wall St. and the 1,000's of lobbyists and the billions they spend in "Washington" and in our "Government". Not THE fact we have Gov. per se. This guy has a ton of brains and logic. Just the kind of person that the CONSERVATIVE run media will attempt to give a black eye to and destroy his message and worse, his image of the simple working poor man trying to effect his world and his childrens worlds in the future. Love it Jesse!

[2100v]

Government has NOTHING until they first take it from someone else. They take it by taxing, borrowing and devalueing. Now they can't borrow enough so they are monetizing thru the FED and everyone (even in other countries with $ pegged currency) is losing purchasing power very quickly as a result.

[2100v]

Blame it on the FED and fiat currency for loss of your purchasing power not capitalism. Because of productivity gains, prices should get less all the time if there was sound money(gold). What we have is a totally corrupt government who takes care of their buddies. We also have a socialistic/ militaristic empire which only so many mill taxpayers can't support so anyone around the world holding a dollar or currency pegged to it are the ones paying for it through loss of their purchasing power.

[MaxamillianArturo]

He looks like he has hyperthyroidism

[phlyfiremamahouston]

Jesse Lagreca is my new hero!!!

[UKNOWIT88]

George Will = Moron

[WTFukinshit]

@wickedwheezel So...?? Growing up in Germany has what to do whith squat? Nazis, aka NATIONAL SOCIALISTs are pretty closely aligned in ideology with socialists. BTW, nazis were also very concerned with how quickly the wealth gap between Jews and non Jews grew. You guys are in the streets talking about government housing, college, food, and healthcare. I'll admit, there will be some differences between these folks and Nazis, but I fear any socialist answer because of it's history.

[RandomShellAccount]

This person Jesse, has written many rants on his Daily Kos diary that are slanted to be Pro Obama, Pro DNC/CLD, Anti "Teabagger" (his words) and he is stuck as a "Left" lackey in the former CIA employed "Daily Kos" trenches.

All should be aware that this "Jesse" is most likely a left covered mouth piece with a quick tongue and quips to boot.

Check his writings on his Daily Kos profile. He's one mean Left lovin machine who has all the validation for the Corporate Warmonger Obama one can muster

[E139486]

@RandomShellAccount Riiiiight. The guy makes no sense at all. Thanks for clearing that up.

[Conranify]

@RandomShellAccount and yet he stated several times that this was nothing to do with party!? Yeah, he's a real mouthpiece there isn't he!

It shocks me how brainwashed people are into this two party system. The divide and conquer system really has worked on a lot of you hasn't it? Government has been corrupt whoever is in power, everyone knows this. But because it's not right wing Christians out there the Cons would rather ignore that they were fighting for the same things.

[oldjizzy]

@Conranify - It's what I said. The 99% thing does seem real close to what the Tea thing is. But when you hear Jesse speak about the misguided Teas Party's ideas on Government, (Attacking gov. is like attacking Democracy itself) as in ALL government must end; well, I kind of backed off my idea. He'll be fine, if the Dems and Progressives work on his skills and delivery this coming summer. Dont overdo the guy. Release him at the proper time. Dont over expose him!

[RandomShellAccount]

If you dig into the background of this Jesse Lagreca....you will find that he is a "Freelance Writer" for DailyKos. Under the name "MinistryOfTruth".

w w w. dailykos. com/user/MinistryOfTruth

His home page is listed as "progressive electorate" and he calls himself a 'reformist' . (Code speak).

If you check out his past rantings you can see what he's all about.

Extreme right/left paradigm hack.

[7ranc3Addict]

BURN WALL STREET TO THE GROUND

[WTFukinshit]

@KonigRodskegg...Are you fuckin kidding? What about all those "end capitalism" signs? There are only three socioeconomic conditions: capitalism where we trade in currency, barter where we trade in goods/services, and socialism, where the government controls and distributes goods and services. There are a hefty percentage of socialists at the movement and standing with them is NO DIFEERENT than standing with Nazis. Wake up!

[wickedwheezel]

@WTFukinshit I grew up in Germany...what are you talking about?? Nazis?? Its scary how lightly you use that word. Ever consider how the walth gap in the U.S. is rapidely increasing over the past 40 years? THE GINI INDEX! look it up.

[monjiaitaly]

jesse is an a hole. He didnt answer George's question. Because he is confused.

[bloodylover101]

ver well said

[WTFukinshit]

The skinheads told me they represented "the working class" when they tried to recruit me. Socialism is an okay idea but a terrifying practice. They will pick up arms against us. We'll be left with either their socialism or our own governments fascist control measures.

[KonigRodskjegg]

@WTFukinshit Occupy Wall Street does not appear to advocate socialism, so you can relax about that. If anything, they want more regulation, which right now America needs.

[OtakuRebel]

I miss benevolent government. Not sure we ever had one really though.

I can't agree with taxing the rich until the government is cleansed of its corruption. The taxes will never be raised as long as it is the elitists guard-dog. And even if they were, you'd only be feeding it.

I don't say tax the rich, I say fix the wealth gap by paying their employees better. Yes they'll have to take a pay cut to do that, see if I care.

They pocket giant unreasonable sums already.

btw, wtf is "aluminium"?

[Richardgwm]

Who gives a fuck what any of these multi-millionaire "pundits" think?

[mikehipp]

This msn shpild be a top presidental advisor

[STEEEVVYZ]

ABSOLUTLEY AWESOME I AM INSPIRED!! OCCUPY EVERYTHING!!

[usmcboyer]

I listen to what he is saying, and I agree completely. He articulated a major problem and did not try to bite of more than he could chew with the questions thrown at him. He handled it great. After being happy about the way the interview went I started to read the comments below and the stupid ass things people say completely take away from the message here. So damn annoying. All I can say is I hope there is change for the better...

[Toroa28]

"Americas in distress" Bitch Americas fucken dying. Wake up.

[Solarfactor]

Don't let the movement be hijacked by politicians - Democrat or Republican. They are two sides of the same coin.

[xxcrossed]

@Solarfactor you are so right get the money out of politics !

[slev09]

If Bowtie wearing George Will is said on Wikipedia to be "the most powerful journalist in America" it either got a bad user or edit or the whole country has turned to shit. A 4th year old could poke holes in his logic cause he is painfully ignorant of OWS and is spewing FauxNews propaganda.

[Gades117]

Thanks Jesse you are acting like a pussy politician... Next time let me answer you worthless shit bag....

[DJCW]

@Gades117 and you wrote all that from your armchair. lol

[Gades117]

@DJCW No I went on a radio station with 10000 listeners and actually helped the movement instead of sounding like this.

[sunchimedia]

have you seen this about jesse?/watch?v=_KAi83th2m4&fea­ture=relmfu

[ladylordess]

A fixture?????? Wingless, Bloodsucking and Parasitic: Meet the Flea Party!!!!!

[1Guitarslayer]

He didn't answer George Will's question;

If the government is hand made from the powerful and corrupt, why does he want a bigger corrupt government in our lives?

[elfred1980]

@1Guitarslayer Its a bullshit question.

[odoisneau1]

@1Guitarslayer

He did answer. He said this is a corrupt government ruled by lobbyists and not by the people. Watch it again.

[preongraham]

@1Guitarslayer go to 2:39 - "...when people demand action from their government, suddenly people tend to over react (like you, George Will) and say 'that's out of control government'...." So do you get the answer? He is not asking for a "bigger, corrupt government in our lives". He is asking for a government that responds to its members' needs. Do you get it? Do you want me to draw a picture? Do you need more information? Would you like a cookie now? Are you satisfied? Can you understand?

[1Guitarslayer]

@preongraham here learn something you communist fuck;

William Gallstone of the Clinton Administration said it best;

Three things will keep you out of poverty;

1) Finish High School

2) Don’t have a baby until you’re married

3) Don’t have a baby before you are 20

Only 5% wind up in poverty.

People who don’t; 79% fall into poverty.

[MrMetallicious]

@1Guitarslayer

6/10

Better luck next time, candy-ass.

[TheYouthHeroic]

@1Guitarslayer Actually, my dad, mom, friends dad, friends brother, friends sister, two uncles, an aunt, and my grandfather are now out of work and have been for some time (since at least 2009). And I don't know 100 people. All of them completed high school and followed those rules, and many completed college.

And if you assume we were "born poor", you'd be sorely mistaken. Upper middle to upper class.

Explain that, you condescending asshole.

[slev09]

@1Guitarslayer nice job at changing the issue.

There are many circumstances that can lead good people who work hard to succumb to at least 1 of those scenarios. So you propose that we just keep these people in poverty? What is the point of bringing this up in the first place.

[anaihilator]

@1Guitarslayer He did answer the question, he said George's question was an overreaction and that he wasnt advocating for a bigger government, just a government that (gasp) actually listens and acts on behalf of the* people*, not just the banks and the lobbyists.

It pays to listen.

[Neo1080]

The anchor for "This Week" was trying so hard to drive Jesse LaGreca into saying that the Occupy Wall Street movement is going to support Democrats. As if we're the "liberal Tea Party." Here's the difference: We know what caused our economy to collapse. We are not stupid enough to be cornered in by corporations using our voice as their bullhorn. We won't support any politician, Democrat or Republican, who has a hand in the Wall Street cookie jar.

[ladylordess]

@Neo1080 Certainly NOT the TEA Party, but absolutely the FLEA Party.

If you know what caused the economy to collapse, then you know and are angry with those who forced the banks to lower their standards and give mortgage loans to people they knew couldn't afford them. That was the start, Barney Frank and Chris Dodd cemented the collapse and lied when it was exposed by the Republicans BEFORE collapse

Obama has collected more campaign money from "corporations" than any politician in history.

[slev09]

@ladylordess Nope, that was actually Bush, but to be fair he did have 2 terms. This also doesn't include the fact that there is about a 5-10% increase in spending by BOTH candidates every 4 years in the presidential election, so a candidate from 2008 is going to get more total $ than one from 1988, basic math. Obama for a presidential candidate had a fairly grassroots campaign. Bush on the other hand got tons of $ from the big banks.

[ladylordess]

@slev09 Still on the Kool-aid I see?!! Obama is the biggest corporate whore who TRIED to make his campaign look grass roots. When you do the research, you will see that is not true. Keep dreaming for HOPE and CHANGE. America is!

[dreamcoyote]

@ladylordess

this is a complete whitewash of the banks responsibility. explain these two facts and how they fit your assumptions:

* how many bankers were charged or fined for not providing high risk loans? if there was a gun pointed at the bankers heads and it was a bad move, I would have expected a lot of prosecutions or fines? where are they?

* how do you explain some banks shifting SIXTY PERCENT of their business to high-risk loans? they were "forced" to do so? or did they RUN TO IT.

[ladylordess]

@dreamcoyote Certainly the Community Reinvestment Act under Carter, began the process of forcing banks to loan money to people who couldn't pay it back. It is almost understandable, however not right by the government who started it, or the banks to have begun bundling and selling this shit.

Technically, you can't charge the banks, because there wasn't a law against what they did. However, Dodd & Frank on the other hand have a host of charges that can be brought.

[dreamcoyote]

@ladylordess

why so absolutely determined to fault the govt?

they put together packages of toxic mortgages and slapped on A ratings. obviously rife with fraud but there's nothing to charge them with? BS.

BoA has already been exposed for having massive issues in their mortgage processing so I find it very hard to believe they were so willing to skirt the law there but were "threatened" by the govt.

It has more to do with short term greed and credit default swaps covering their (personal) losses

[dreamcoyote]

@ladylordess

banks were in no way req'd to offer high risk mortgages for McMansions several times the price range those ppl should have been in. ppl earning $50k/yr should have been offered $100-150k mortgages yet banks were actually pushing those customers towards higher amounts. Why? because they received short term bonuses while selling the toxic assets under false ratings.

surely you have to see the banks at least as complicit if not more at fault.

you are forcing logic to blame democrats.

[ladylordess]

@dreamcoyote Read the "community reinvestment act" . Banks WERE required to lower their standard of lending. Mortgages were never this easy to get prior to this. As time went on, Clinton and even Bush made it worse. The banks went nuts over time doing as they pleased, as they knew the government had already given them the OK to do so. Why not! Even Dodd got in on the deal, and Frank denied it when the R's shoved the truth in his face.

[adamcates1983]

The guy's not just some random guy off the street, he's a blogger for the Daily Kos. So, he is actually a "pundit".

[Nicker44]

We are the 99%!

[llaevigrof]

We are a Republic!!!! not a democracy...that is a root issue... for all of us.

[Panchee123]

@llaevigrof you got it my friend.

[MusicMuze]

My new hero.

[zeiters20]

"Our government is a function of our Democracy. By attacking the government, we are attacking Democracy. So to me, I think yes, we should ask the government to represent the will of the people" QUOTE OF THE FUCKING YEAR. TY JESSE

[zeiters20]

collecting ali-men-eeum caaahns! LOL

[Jentany]

So proud of Jesse! He put that panel to shame.

[johnny718bravo]

Go Jesse! Go 99%!

[LarryNocella]

Peggy Noonan transcribed: I clearly care a lot. Look at my facial expressions. Look how I crease my brow with concern. See how deeply I care? Now everyone please go home and get off the streets.

Sorry Pegster, #ows is not letting the issue go. What's the issue? Hm… it's called Occupy Wall Street. If you can't figure it out on your own, well, there's no hope for you.

[LarryNocella]

Not to fall into the OWS = Tea Party opposite, but I can't help it. This Jesse LaGreca dude could be the OWS answer to the Tea Party's Joe the Plumber with a key difference: Jesse knows what's he's talking about.

[stormalfla]

Take it to Washington!

[ronalddisanto]

LaGreca for office!! LaGreca for president!!:)

[InStacysEyez]

Jesse, YOU are our first broadcaster on OWS TV! :)

[fiandrhi]

Why couldn't the Tea Party muster a single spokesperson who was as articulate and intelligent as this? This guy is not a slick pundit with all his talking points lined up but he makes these seasoned television bullshitters look like ignoramuses.

[FJavaid]

@fiandrhi Because there aren't any?

[1Guitarslayer]

@fiandrhi the Tea Party did muster up a spokesman, 8 actually... one of them is going to kick Obama out of office!

[Grinnar]

@1Guitarslayer Was that before or after they got taken over by private corporate interest?

[LibertyInProgressNOW]

@1Guitarslayer The tea party didn't muster up all the Republicans who are trying to run against Obama in 2012. Many of them aren't even in support of the tea party or what they stand for. Get your facts straight.

[slev09]

@1Guitarslayer who would that be? Bachmann? doesn't stand a chance.  Cain? Not really a tea partier. many of them tend to not favor blacks in the polls. Perry? Fat chance he wins. He is dropping like a stone. That leaves Romney and Paul. Paul is a libertarian but not enough GOP for the tea party. mitt is not enough "maverick" for the Tea Party. Oh...are you talking about Palin who isn't even running...hahahaha.

[fiandrhi]

@1Guitarslayer I said articulate and intelligent ones, not the usual crop of gaff-prone, malapropping republican ignoramuses.

[imadizzy1]

@fiandrhi Because, as has been mentioned before, the tea party is bunch of idiots that are controlled by people who oppose their interests. The 99% get it.

[usaf317]

@fiandrhi i am not rich yet i prosper because i work hard and live with in my means. i went to college with out having major debt, i paid for my home and it the value has only droppe about a grand even in this bad economy.

this guy is a damn socialist.

[rubbersole79]

@usaf317

What year did you graduate from college?

[Conranify]

@usaf317 You say he's a "socialist" but neglect the fact that you already live under socialism - for the bankers. They have been given your money, while they continue to profit. I'm sick of people throwing around the "ism's" because the rhetoric is all they understand. It's a simple "conservative" shit-slinging exercise by those who have no argument other than the predictable party divide. It's embarrassing.

[fiandrhi]

@usaf317 I went to college without debt, paid cash for my last house, been in the same job for 6 years now, and the one before that for 15 years, have two well-behaved girls who do amazingly well in school. So I've done well for myself, too. But I can also spell words correctly on a protest sign, should I care to raise one. I know what a socialist actually is, as opposed to calling everyone I disagree with one. And I can speak in complete, articulate sentences. I don't fit in the Tea Party.

[usaf317]

@fiandrhi well i never was much for typing. i tend to write the way i would speak....which may not get good marks in school but it works just the same. i also know what a socialist is and i see the signs and hear what the protestors are calling for. taxes should not be spent for healthcare, college, retirement or any other goddman social program. did i mention the tea party? nope. this guy is a socialist.

[oldjizzy]

@fiandrhi - Especially George Will, who he just sat him back in his chair with that line of thinking he delivered there. Just great. Hope he gets out there this next summer and works his magic.

[mitchgunthorpe]

peggy's such a useless cunt.

[lsgildart]

@mitchgunthorpe she looks drunk - can barely slur her way through Brooklyn Bridge - and does she think PalinSpeak is going to endear her to the masses?

[rogerallan0512]

@mitchgunthorpe simple insults just help the 1% owed media

[vkeightyfive]

@mitchgunthorpe And George Will is a bow-tie wearing cunt.

[ADULTEDUCATION4U]

i wish the talking heads would stop acting like, they are confused about what is going on, dont worry talking heads you ll be brought up to speed.