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Subscribe to RSSDeathandtaxesmag.com reported on Friday that there is a big difference between the Occupy movement in New York and the one in Minneapolis. In Minneapolis the mayor supports the cause.
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Protesters gather at the Hennepin County Government Plaza on Oct. 7, 2011, in Minneapolis. The demonstration is in support of the Occupy protests that began on Wall Street in New York City.
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Kathryn Fink, 24, a student at Minneapolis Community and Technical College, participates along with other protesters during a demonstration at Hennepin County Government Plaza, on Oct. 7, 2011, in Minneapolis.
Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak says in his blog that he is sympathetic with the demonstrators.
“While middle-class and working families are still struggling to recover (when they’re not still falling behind), those at the very top are concentrating their wealth in ways that are nothing short of alarming for our economy, our society and our democracy.
We aren’t going to solve all the issues of the global economy in Minneapolis, but we have to do what we can to close the gaps and level the playing field.”
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We love you...Keep up good work. We are sick and tired. Unite We Stand. If we don't do it, nobody will do it for us. From CA with Love.
Stop the wars, greed, and incompetence. If the government still won't listen, we need a second revolutionary war. You folks are magnificent. Thanks for caring enough to speak for the 99%. Thanks for your efforts to make intelligent choices.
Sorry, but that "crowd" is barely 4 deep.
Keep up the good work;keep it peaceful and clean. It's working. Just listen to the responses of the corporate mouthpieces who are trying to downplay the many voices of dissatisfaction. The messages are clear; enough of the greed that has led to the working and working class poors many miseries. This is a "peoples"movement against unbridled greed; not a sidebar to the tea party.
The sign "War Feeds the 1%" is absolutely true. The following is a quote from Chapter 31 of THE SEEDS WE SOW, KINDNESS THAT FED A HUNGRY WORLD:
As if the famine was not dire enough, an astounding failure of statesmanship by the leaders of both countries led to a second Indo-Pakistani War in 1965. It began with skirmishes between policemen on either side of the border separating India's state of Gujarat from Pakistan. Of course, the will of Allah and the pride of Hindu would not allow either nation to stand down. The conflict escalated and, tellingly, ended up focusing on the fertile Jammu and Kashmir, which were not being impacted by the drought that was withering much of the rest of India.
Both sides were armed almost exclusively with American and British made tanks, planes, and artillery. The corporate merchants of death made a killing, literally and figuratively. In all, 328 tanks and over 120 fighter jets were destroyed, hundreds of thousands of rounds of ammunition were fired, and almost 7 thousand soldiers were killed.
The war was ended by a United Nations mandated cease fire. Officially, the war resulted in no permanent territorial changes. Unofficially, international corporations that sell war made billions and billions of dollars in profits.