Michael Moore Tonight at #OccupyWallStreet: "This Is a Historic Day" (Day 19, 10/5/11)

Tonight, Wednesday, October 5th, 2011, Mike made his fifth visit to #OccupyWallStreet and delivered the following address from the steps on the east side of Liberty Plaza (Zuccotti Park) amplified by the 'human microphone':

"This is a historic day. This movement has come together because the people wanted it to happen. Not because of a leader. Not because of a dues-paying organization, but because the people wanted it. I love the human microphone and I'll tell you why. Because this isn't just my voice or his voice or her voice. It's all of our voices. Let's keep the movement like this. Do not let politicians co-opt this movement. Each one of you here today represents another 100,000 Americans who couldn't be here today but are happy that you are here. And they will be there in their cities. The occupy movement is everywhere. Occupy! Everywhere!

"The men on the top floors of these buildings -- especially you, Goldman Sachs -- they are responsibly for ruining the lives of millions of people -- hundreds of millions of people -- on this planet. Someone in the media just asked me, 'Who organized this?' I said [points up to buildings], 'They organized this!'

"They took their boot and put it on the necks of the American people and now the American people want that boot removed. Now. Not next year. Now! We've had it. Enough is enough. The dirtiest word in corporate America is 'enough.' They can't get enough. They weren't satisfied with being just filthy rich. They wanted to be something better than filthy rich and this is what they got. They may have stolen trillions of dollars but we are here to say we want that money back. When do we want the money back? When do we want the money back?

"They have overplayed their hand. It's too bad they weren't satisfied with all the billions they had accumulated. But like addicts, they had to have more. They're out of control. They have an addiction problem to greed and we are here to conduct an intervention."

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[RelentlessBoner]

Michael Moore owns stock in both Big Pharma and Haliburton. He also donates little of his millions to anyone acually suffering. He's just banking on naive kids like us. What a fat cat.

[welly706]

His name is Robert Paulson!

[DoubleR2591]

It doesn't matte whether or not he donates money, he is still way better off than all of those people there. I bet all of those people there won't care if these "wealthy bankers" donated money, they would still be mad at them because they are so much wealthier than they

[franmicgom]

Words are cheap, show me the proof?

[baldrad1]

It's Rosie Odonell in glasses and a cap. Can't believe everybody hasn't caught onto this yet.....

[baldrad1]

He's like Obama and Biden: full of fake compassion. Obama and Biden's COMBINED charitable giving (2006 tax returns submitted while campaigning 2007) was $1500.

Po' folk give more to charity than those buffoons. But the press gives these bums a pass.

[randomname650]

This is an historic day *

[1samuelfour]

Michael Moore, you don't give a fuck about anything but your fat, sweaty, stinky, fungal ridden, bovine, puss oozing self. Why don't you go to your hovel and slam bonbons until you expire. We'll mark the moment as a National Holiday. Michael Moore = Obama's skid mark.

[egyptian420]

The irony of this guy getting fat with wealth from the very same capitalist system that he trashes is beyond me.....you've got to be a fucking retard to not see this concept clear as day

[sidiqmk]

Certs or it never happened..

[real934]

No it means, hes a HYPOCRITE!

[Rat Rod]

Moore is a fucking communist