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Ice Nigger wrote:No bailout and no end of the world: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008%E2%80 ... resolution

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Poll: 49% of Occupy Wall Street Protesters Think the Bank Bailouts Were Necessary

baffled wrote: I've got some pics of SF, but they're too big to upload. I'm good at internet stuff, but not so good at the simple stuff like reducing a file size. Anyone know how to fix that?

baffled wrote:Oh, and I didn't get a pic of it, but my favorite sign was in Oakland that said that they needed tents, sleeping bags, food and art supplies.

Edzekiel Zachariah wrote:

baffled wrote:Oh, and I didn't get a pic of it, but my favorite sign was in Oakland that said that they needed tents, sleeping bags, food and art supplies.

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That is awesome.

baffled wrote:Got a couple pics of the Occupy SF group.

By the time I got to Oakland it was pouring rain and dark. I was honestly underwhelmed. I got the feeling that the Oakland crew were running out of steam. It was wet, there weren't a ton of people there, but they were playing their drums. Lots of digital cameras, smart phones and welfare queens. I witnessed a pretty heated argument where one occupier refused to give a cigarette to another and that was about it. One old black guy walked by and was pretty critical telling nobody in particular that they needed to get out of the rain and find a job. Any job. That surprised me.

Oh, and the banks and other offices they went nuts on were pretty fucked up. I think it was a B of A that was all boarded up because they'd thrown chairs and shit through the front windows.

SF had a little more fire to them, but they weren't any more excited than you would find at UC Berkeley on a Wednesday. There was one guy who was speaking to a crowd and they started repeating what he said, even though that didn't seem to be his intention. It was kind of funny because you could tell he was a little confused by what was happening. Nobody outside of the camp seemed to be interested that they were there though. Embarcadero in SF is a fairly popular area for tourists and it didn't seem that anyone other than the protesters gave a damn.

Both stunk as bad as you could imagine. SF actually smelled worse, but I couldn't tell if maybe Oakland was masked by the rain or what. Maybe I was used to the smell of filth by the time I got there. In SF I thought it was because it was kind of close to the water, but when you actually got near the tents the smell hit you like a ton of bricks.

I've got some pics of SF, but they're too big to upload. I'm good at internet stuff, but not so good at the simple stuff like reducing a file size. Anyone know how to fix that?

Oh, and I didn't get a pic of it, but my favorite sign was in Oakland that said that they needed tents, sleeping bags, food and art supplies.

lasalle wrote:

baffled wrote:Got a couple pics of the Occupy SF group.

By the time I got to Oakland it was pouring rain and dark. I was honestly underwhelmed. I got the feeling that the Oakland crew were running out of steam. It was wet, there weren't a ton of people there, but they were playing their drums. Lots of digital cameras, smart phones and welfare queens. I witnessed a pretty heated argument where one occupier refused to give a cigarette to another and that was about it. One old black guy walked by and was pretty critical telling nobody in particular that they needed to get out of the rain and find a job. Any job. That surprised me.

Oh, and the banks and other offices they went nuts on were pretty fucked up. I think it was a B of A that was all boarded up because they'd thrown chairs and shit through the front windows.

SF had a little more fire to them, but they weren't any more excited than you would find at UC Berkeley on a Wednesday. There was one guy who was speaking to a crowd and they started repeating what he said, even though that didn't seem to be his intention. It was kind of funny because you could tell he was a little confused by what was happening. Nobody outside of the camp seemed to be interested that they were there though. Embarcadero in SF is a fairly popular area for tourists and it didn't seem that anyone other than the protesters gave a damn.

Both stunk as bad as you could imagine. SF actually smelled worse, but I couldn't tell if maybe Oakland was masked by the rain or what. Maybe I was used to the smell of filth by the time I got there. In SF I thought it was because it was kind of close to the water, but when you actually got near the tents the smell hit you like a ton of bricks.

I've got some pics of SF, but they're too big to upload. I'm good at internet stuff, but not so good at the simple stuff like reducing a file size. Anyone know how to fix that?

Oh, and I didn't get a pic of it, but my favorite sign was in Oakland that said that they needed tents, sleeping bags, food and art supplies.

My office is directly across from Occupy SF. I'm deeply unimpressed. While I'm sympathetic to many of the OWS demands/grievances, my reaction to most Occupy SF protesters is "how about occupying a shower and a job?".