posted October 31, 2011 10:25 AM            

"Finished high school and accumulated trade jobs instead of college debt. Worked hard to make myself indispensable at work while living cheaply with roommates. Used birth control. Acquired no credit cards, cash only. Excised unhealthy habits (and people) from my life and focused on maintaining a strong and healthy body instead of paying for health insurance. Had a vasectomy. Used visualization techniques to augment my mental health. Lived within my means and did what made me happy and never trusted a system I had to depend on.

I AM NOT THE 99% BUT I AM NOT THE 1%, EITHER"

Dear Snipped Seducer,

Dude, oversharing about your vasectomy has to be one of the worst pickup schemes we've ever seen.

'Hey, baby, are you up for a little shooting practice? Fair warning, I can fire blanks all ... night ... long.'

Please, please tell us that announcing your boys can't swim was just part of your hilarious trolling of the 99 Percenters. Because if it's really one of your super smooth moves, defanging the ol' cobra may have been wishful thinking on your part.

On the plus side, Rico Suave, your 'visualization techniques' will surely come in handy when you're bagging the only piece of tail within your reach--yourself.

But nice job living within your means. There's clearly a vas deferens between you and the 99 Percent Movement.

"21 Years old

My city is 17% unemployed, I’m $20k plus in student loans for a criminal justice degree. The police department is going bankrupt, and the sheriffs department has been on a hiring freeze for 3 years while Wall St drinks champagne.

I am the 99%"

Dear FBI Profiler's Dream,

Dude, we can only see one eye and we are terrified. Terrified. And if your job application and/or resume looks anything like the FBI profiler's wet dream of a note above, then perhaps the Sheriff's Department only has a hiring freeze for sociopathic nut-jobs? The Zodiac Killer's notes have nothing on yours, for cripes sake.

Further, sure some folks on Wall Street may be drinking champagne, but at least they aren't having someone's liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti. Plus, instead of whining about Wall Street perhaps you should take some time out from what we suspect is your nightly 'hunting' along the wharf and spend some time working to vote out the people who are collecting and spending your municipality's taxes and not putting them to good use. Because it seems certain your neighborhood can use all the police protection it can get.

P.S. We've sent your 'note' to Quantico.

"I Just Hate Capitalism"

Dear Hates Capitalism (and Cosmetics):

By 'capitalism' did you, of course, mean all the mean girls in high school? We suspect you may be suffering from some post-slam book stress syndrome. Or maybe you just inadvertently left off the 'and cosmetics' at the end?

Because otherwise we are confused. What, pray tell, is it that you actually hate about capitalism? The way that it's all free market-y and rewards those who try and work hard? You know, harder than spewing one line manifestos with zero insight or explanation, at least.

We do notice that you have no qualms about taking advantage of the convenience of such pesky capitalist-y companies like 3M and their awesome post-its. We suggest that you try dipping your toes further into the capitalist pool - start with Revlon or Maybelline.

You're welcome.

"I am a 28 year old MENSA member with a B.S. in physics. My wife served her term in the Air Force honorably. I have marketable skills and experience as a scientist, a web developer, and a business analyst. I am (fortunately) employed. We do not own HD TVs, expensive automobiles, use cable TV, or indulge in other ‘dumb spending’. We are $80,000 in debt, plus our mortgage which we can barely pay. I cannot afford new shoes and am missing several teeth from lack of affordable dental care.

We are the 99%. Denial of our plight is a salve for your psyche allowing you to believe it could not happen to you. You too, are the 99%. Join us."

Dear Real Man of Genius,

Oh, man. You're that guy, the one in the sweaty rugby shirt who sidles up to women at Starbucks to introduce yourself as a card-carrying Mensa member. Did you get your card laminated or do they do that for you? We bet your membership is proudly displayed on your resume, er, curriculum vitae, too. Right at the top.

Guess your fellow brainiacs didn't stop you from taking out a mortgage you couldn't afford. Who knew your membership in Club Smug couldn't pass as legal tender?

Here's a tip for the next time you're sending out job applications (or making Occupy Wall Street signs). 'Mensa' isn't actually an acronym and capitalizing it is pretty much annihilating your smartypants street cred. And really, you might as well stamp each resume with 'FRIENDLESS DOUCHECANOE.' (Also not an acronym.)

But back to your 'plight.' You claim you can't afford dental care for your rotting teeth even though you don't indulge in 'dumb spending.' You also shell out as much as $84 a year on your Mensa dues. Is that how geniuses spend money they don't have?

Try putting that 84 bucks toward a trip to the dentist. If you've been brushing and flossing, your dentist might give you a gold star, a free toothbrush, and the long, hard ego strokes you so desperately crave.

If you need more advice, come find us. Until then, we'll be salving our psyches with a balm concocted from your self-entitled tears.

"I have never been appreciated, in retail, for any potential other than selling other people crap, half of which they do not need, and most of which they probably cannot really afford. I hate being used like that, I want a useful job.

I am the 99 percent."

Dear Words Are Hard:

While the chalkboard is a creative touch, you failed in a couple of ways. First, one cannot use a chalkboard without bursting into tears. It's unheard of! We're pretty sure Glenn Beck has trademarked that, though. Secondly, what on earth do you think 'retail' means? Working in retail means 'selling other people crap'. That's the entire purpose of retail SALES. If you are appreciated for that, then job well done!

Do you expect 'appreciation' just for existing? You feel like you are being 'used'? By receiving a paycheck for doing work that you were hired to do? We suspect you are a victim of the participatory ribbon generation, in which y'all believe that you should be patted on the back with rousing standing ovations merely for being.

By the way, your 'big boy' facial hair is super creepy and unseemly. Instead of attempting big boy facial hair, try putting on big boy pants (this does not include skinny jeans) and grow up. Bless your heart.

"RETIRED

DIET and LIFESTYLE ONLY INSURANCE

WE ARE THE 99%

SUPPORT FDR'S SECOND BILL of RIGHTS"

Dear Straining Socialist,

We can't help but notice the, uh, difficulty you're having in that photo. Surely you realize that FDR's 'Second Bill of Rights' didn't mention anything about Ex-Lax, right? Free housing, free education, and a guaranteed living wage aren't gonna clear the logjam from your river.

With apologies to Ronald Reagan, the most terrifying words in the English language are actually: 'I'm from the government and I'm here with a stool softener.'

So what's the answer to your woes? Fiber. Lots and lots of fiber.

"i am a 19 year old student with 18 credit hours and 2 part time jobs. i am over 4000 dollars in debt but my paychecks are just enough to get me to school and back. next year my plan was to attend a 4 year college and get my bfa, but now i am afraid that without a co-signer i will have no shot at a loan and even if i can get a loan i am afraid that i will leave college with no future and a crippling debt. as a family we are losing our home. my mother lost her job and hasnt been able to find one. we are all living paycheck to paycheck. the stress is taking physical tolls on all of us but i still consider myself one of the lucky ones[/b]

Dear Needs A Kick In The Arse:

Gee, genius, if you don't qualify for a loan, isn't that a sign that you should not get a loan? And, if you know that your college degree - in your willingly chosen course of study - is worthless and will only serve to leave you in what you say will be 'crippling' debt, then isn't that a sign to not do it? Oh, but it's a Bachelor of Fine Arts - get ready to ride that gravy train! To, you know, nowhere.

If your family is living paycheck to paycheck, which, believe us, we understand, then perhaps your paychecks would be better spent in helping out your family, rather than paying your travel back and forth to a school that is doing nothing for you but indulging your 'but I WANT to' whims.

We have a wonderful idea for what you need in your future: A swift kick in the arse. The end.

"I am an artist. Most of the projects I could be up for are going overseas for super low fees. Help me-us.

I am the 99%

[inept doodle]"

Dear 'So You Think You Can Draw',

Wait, you're an artist? A visual artist?

Bless your precious heart.

Judging by that pathetic doodle on your sign, it seems no one explained to you that those high school art awards were participation trophies. A left-brained preschooler with limited motor skills, construction paper, and a fistful of Crayolas would kick your arse in an art competition.

Oh, and those durn meddlin' fuhr'ners didn't steal your projects away with their super low fees. They just brought something to the table that you didn't: talent.

Have you tried finding work in the field of art education? You know what they say: those who can't do ...

"I am studying to be a nurse because Registered nurses makes (sic) a good amount of $$$$$$$$$$$$$$. My BIG DREAM is to a Fashion Designer but I'm scared that talent isn't enough to succeed. I am the 99%"

Dear Project Runway​ Wannabe:

Oh, honey, you are just precious. Sweetie, we don't think talent is the problem. We know Project Runway is super cool and all, but there is no way Tim Gunn​ could possibly ever say 'Make it Work' regarding that hot mess above. A pair of scissors, a spool of thread and a Budget Rental Car blazer does not a fashion designer make.

But - but - your dreams! We know; oh, the humanity. But some dreams just need killing. And this is one of them. We are givers, so we'll tell you the truth. It's far crueler to lie and aid someone in their delusions of grandeur by pretending that they are awesome and oh-so-special. You played soccer in one of those score-less leagues, didn't you?

posted November 01, 2011 06:43 AM            

Look at the gall of this villain Lloyd Blankfein claiming to do God's work: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68vmvENbxiQ
Front running the clients, illegal insider trading... pure criminals. They stand exposed and I am sure every supporter of their practice of front running is equally a criminal. God's work... what arrogance.

JP Morgan is doing serious illegal shorting in the precious metals markets, this sh*t will hit the fan within the next 4-5 years.

They should be taken down and their accounts for the last 100 years throughly audited. It is time all personal debt of American Citizens is quashed, and the US Debt is minimized by re-claiming all compound interest paid to the banks constituting Federal Reserve. There was no need to pay interest on money that already belonged to the US Treasury in 1913.

I would also recommend reclaiming each and every dollar made by Federal Reserve Banks by short selling gold and silver from 1913 till date because they had insider information about the quantity of American Gold/Silver and its global value [before and after Bretton Woods]. Soros's wealth is also doubtful, how did he get all global currency movements so accurately? It defies probability and points to insider trading.

If the government can catch the small fry like Raj Ratnam and Gupta, it is time to nail the big sharks.

posted November 01, 2011 10:38 AM            

Part Three of our helpful advice to the 'I am the 99 percent/occupy wall street' movement. We are givers. Also see Part One: Ditch the Coke Nail and Part Two: Some Dreams Just Need Killing.

"I am a young man, a person of conscience, an American tired of being one brick of countless bricks upon which this indecent edifice sways; committing violences to which I will ultimately have to answer for, though they be not of my volition, made guilty before I’d uttered my first words.

I am so angry. I am the 99%"

Dear Commits Violences:

While your Pink-wannabe, inane and insane 'free verse' may impress your fellow travelers/criminals, it does not impress us. In fact, since we are sane it, you know, frightens us. Only a true sociopath would think that one who commits violences [sic] is at the same time a 'person of conscience'. But, of course you are blameless, right? Because you say you commit these violences [sic] not of your own volition. Which is ironic, since our advice is that you be commited not of your own volition. And fast.

Also, are you in Seattle perchance? No particular reason we wish to know this ...

KomoNews, Seattle
Officers had been given a composite sketch of the suspect and detectives learned he had been at Westlake Park taking part in the Occupy Seattle protests.

The man is accused of exposing himself three times on Sept. 29 -- once in Crown Hill, once near Alki Beach, and a third time on Capitol Hill. Three days later, he was spotted at Pinehurst Playfield near Northgate, and then again on Oct. 3 at the Lakeside soccer field in North Seattle.

"I have a Master of Arts degree in Women’s Studies. However, the only job I can find is as a bartender at a local restaurant. I owe over 60k in student loans. I am forced to rely on food stamps and W.I.C. to support my son. Is this the “American Dream” I worked so hard for? I am the 99 percent!"

Dear Feminist Failure,

Wait, you're telling us that mastering the intersectional analysis of patriarchal oppression didn't result in an avalanche of lucrative job offers? Who could've seen that coming?

But we're a bit confused about your financial woes. Every bartender we know pulls in great tip money working even fewer hours than the average feminist activist.

Just a guess, but maybe your customers are put off by your "I had an abortion" t-shirt and "I heart Rachel Maddow" button?

Here's our advice: Stop regaling bar patrons with tragic tales of phallocratic hegemony and try showing a little cleavage. Oh, and just FYI, tweezers aren't just for splinters--they work on eyebrows too. If all else fails, get in the kitchen and make your customer a sammich.

Tip city, baby!

Dear Crime Conundrum Redux:

We offered you, Ms. 'Crime Conundrum', some advice a few weeks ago wherein we suggested that your feild [sic] must not be English. We further suggested that if you are hell bent on a life of crime, you should choose the former option, as the latter doesn't seem like it would be a profitable path.

You neither heeded nor appreciated our advice, evidently. In fact, you were quite upset that your 'internet fame' wasn't to your liking. So you blogged about it; you know, so as to avoid further 'internet fame.' Sigh. Smart decisions are hard.

Most people who are familiar with my blog, me, or the Occupy Wall Street movement in general will know that I submitted THIS picture (http://wearethe99percent.tumblr.com/post/10946201803) to WeAreThe99Percent’s Tumblr.

I recognize that I switched the i and the e in field. If you want to sit there and lie to yourself and say that you’ve never done that, go ahead. But I wasn’t going to go through all the trouble to take it down, rewrite the sign, re-upload it, and then still probably catch hate for people that center their lives around looking for it.

This picture has created a small explosion on the Internet.

A friend posted a link on my Facebook to a random website which included my picture. A Google search yielded over 2 million results. Seriously. Google “toughest decision now is whether to sell drugs or my body.” You will find it. Among those who repost the picture are my very first official haters! They include a white supremacist blog and a conservative hate-mongering Ann Coulter vehicle. Both sites tell me that they’d rather I sell drugs considering the look of my body (which they do not see, because the picture is only of my face).

Oh, sweetie. You merely validated our point. Only a total spoiled brat slacker would be all giddy and vapors-like over being 'internet famous.' And only a total entitlement-riddled sloth would find the oh-so-arduous task of re-writing three sentences and a lame one line slogan to be an insurmountable, Herculean effort (you may not understand the Hercules reference, being that English was clearly not your feild [sic] of study).

Nice touch calling HUMAN EVENTS a 'hate-mongering Ann Coulter vehicle', though, and equating us with white supremacists. Because, of course - Racism (tm). By the way, we needed only to see the face to suggest skipping the selling of your body plans. The overhead for paper bags alone would be cost-prohibitive.

You then went on to suggest that anyone who claims to never have messed up (only you said it super classy-like) the five letter word FIELD can just 'come at me.' Yeah, no thanks. See above.

"I am a senior at a top fashion school in New York City. My dream job is to do editorial at a major publication like Vogueor Elle. Even though I am qualified, I can’t afford my dream because it only pays $30,000/yr (or even less starting out). Because girls from very affluent families want to work at magazines, Daddy continues to pay her bills and expenses (even though they aren’t all necessarily qualified for the positions) and magazines don’t need to increase their salaries. My parents have “white collar” jobs, but based on principle, won’t pay for anything after I graduate. Living in new york is expensive: my box (apartment) is $1,700/month and to dress like I belong at Vogue is too. I’d have to waitress to make ends meet (and have no life) or (ironically) date a Wall St guy (the norm), but I’d rather OCCUPY WALL ST than date it.

I cannot afford to work in my industry.

I am the 99%.
occupywallst.org"

Dear Devil Who Can't Wear Prada,

We're sure your comrades' hearts are heavy with the sad news that an entry level editorial job won't leave you with $1,700 a month to spruce up your Louboutin collection. How can you be expected to face the cold, cruel world without shiny new David Yurman bangles on your arm? How will you face ... yourself?

We bet you'd just die of embarrassment if Anna Wintour ever caught you fetching her assistant's assistant coffee while wearing a little black dress from Kohl's. Or worse, Marshalls. Oh, the horror!

You are truly the 99%.

And by that, we mean you are truly a self-absorbed brat with an almost comically inflated sense of entitlement.

$30,000 a year from your hypothetical dream job won't feed your fashion habit, moonlighting as a waitress is time-consuming and beneath you, and you're not quite resigned to becoming a sugar baby, so you're going to ... occupy Wall Street?

Is it the 'banksters' coming between you and your Calvins?

No, of course not. It's your unwillingness to do what countless twenty-somethings do while establishing their careers: split the rent with a roommate or two and hit the thrift shops and eBay for an affordable work wardrobe.

So, sugar daddy it is! We doubt many Wall Street professionals would suffer your puerile nonsense, but we're certain there's a trustafarian in Zuccotti Park just waiting to serenade you with his bongos.

"I am 25 years old.

Very lucky to have a college degree and no debt.

But my career is in progressive politics — working for labor unions, campaigns and nonprofits — and I can’t afford to make ends meet in a Big City, on the $30,000 average salaries these jobs pay. Now I’m 1000s in credit card debt.

How can young people like me change the world, stand up for what we believe in, and still get ahead?

I am the 99%. #occupywallstreet"

Dear Can't Budget or Keep Story Straight:

Your scrawly screed is different than your typed out Tumblr manifesto. Weren't pleased with the first result so you tried to whip it up some with a more pathetic stick? All you did was further prove that cognitive skills aren't your strong suit - if that wasn't evident enough by the fact that you work in 'progressive politics'. Oh, my sides! The irony! And not in the hipster way.

You see, you can't both be lucky to 'have no debt' and also have '1000s in credit card debt.' Guess what credit card debt is? DEBT. If you 'can't make ends meet' what in the hell made you think that you could pay back money that you charged up on credit cards? We are to feel sorry for you because you overspent and lived outside your means?

Further, if $30,000 a year - for a single broad - doesn't cut it in 'the big city' then don't, you know, live in the big city. Because it most certainly cuts it most everywhere else. Sure, you maybe can't buy every single new iPhone that comes out immediately, but that shouldn't be a problem for you - surely you don't wish to line the pockets of fat cat corporations or - the horror - Banksters. Total down twinkles!

You say that you are choosing to dedicate your early career to progressive politics and causes. That implies that you do not plan to do that for your entire career (hence the 'early' part). Here's a novel idea - if those jobs don't 'cut it' for you, then stop dedicating your early career to them. Problem solved, cupcake! Of course, that would entail doing something with an actual purpose and not just a means to pat yourself on your oh-so-smug back. Look at me! I'm so special! Praise me for being dedicated to 'causes'! I'm trying to change the world and stuff! From my Tumblr.

Grow up, get a real job and stop buying stuff you can't afford. Lose the sign and start living in the real world, removed from your perpetual childhood-ridden 'progressive politics' ivory tower. A little less whinies and a little more thinkies. Maybe then you will realize that 'progressive politics' are the cause of our problems and not the solution. I'm sure they teach you that theory in your Smug (tm) non-profit training: "If you aren't a part of the solution, then you are part of the problem.'

There. 'Change the world' that way instead of your usual circle jerk of mental masturbation and self-congratulation with your fellow travelers . That's a real teachable moment for you, sugar.

"I AM A FELON

I HAVE A MASTERS DEGREE

I AM A SINGLE UNEMPLOYED GRANDMOTHER RAISING MY GRANDSON, ALONE

I AM BROKE!

WHAT DO YOU THINK I'M THINKING ABOUT . . . .

I AM THE 99%"

Dear Gangsta Grandma,

Oooh! A guessing game! Despite the lack of a question mark at the end of your question, we'll play along.

Hmm, what could you be thinking about? Here are a few possibilities. Tell us if we're warm.

* You're thinking of a number between 1 and 10.
(Uh, 6?)
* You're wondering whether "Masters Degree" has an apostrophe.
(It does.)
* You're thinking of cutting a punctuation-correcting ***** .
(We'd like to see you try.)

Hold on, we've got it! You're thinking you can intimidate us into embracing lefty agendas with threats of rape, murder, and robbery, right?

Have you been chatting with Joe Biden again? Next you'll wish we had 'some notion' of what it's like to be one of your victims. Admit it, the VP put you up to this. Either that or you're stealing his shtick.

Careful with that. Biden can get pretty huffy.

"I’m a 27 year old working professional with a master’s degreeand $50k in student loan debt. I now make $14 per hour- how can I be a good therapist to your children when I can’t pay attention due to extreme financial stress?

I haven’t had health insurance since August 2010 and am thankful that I have been relatively healthy since additional medical bills are definitely not in the budget!!"

Dear Please Turn Yourself Into Child Protective Services:

Um. There is so much wrong here that we don't even know where to start. Perhaps we'll start with this: choosing to get a Master's Degree and go $50,000 into debt only to enter into a career that pays $14 an hour was your choice. Did someone force you to obtain a worthless Master's Degree in what we can only assume is Psychology or 'Childhood Development and Therapy' or some such nonsense by gunpoint? We think not, unless Joe Biden was around.

You probably request that your creditors put 'trigger warning' on your bills or you curl up into the fetal position because you feel they are 'bullying' you or whatever the latest 'I'm just a victim' trend is that you were taught in your classes. Just blaming mommy for not letting you lick the cake bowl is so old school. Clearly you chose the nebulous 'therapy' or glorified guidance counselor field because you couldn't do the work required to become a Psychiatrist - which is a real shame. At least that way you could prescribe yourself some much needed 'medication'.

Because, did you really just admit that you do not pay attention to the children to whom you are supposed to be providing therapy? You are being paid to do a job that you admit you are not doing. Worse, you are harming children by selfishly worrying more about things caused by your own poor decisions than treating them. Way to be For The Children (TM)! You know how you can be a 'good therapist'? By not being a therapist.

Therapist, heal thyself.

"I’m 24.
I’m passionate.
I’m spunky.
I’m creative.
I’m a digital marketer.
I’m jobless.

99%, y’all."

Dear Spunky Huckster,

Whoa, hold on. Give us a minute to take all that in. Passion, spunk, and creativity? How is it that a triple threat like you isn't steamrolling her way to the top of the digital marketing field?

The thing is, we think you might be taking the whole "creative" thing a little too far. When someone is 'jobless,' it's generally understood to mean she has no job. Since you're a woman who has a job, describing yourself as 'jobless' strikes us as a bit of a stretch.

Unless, of course, you're using 'spunky' to mean 'lying liar who lies.' What creativity!

Maybe you shouldn't have submitted your fictional 'We Are The 99 Percent' sob story from a Tumblr account that's linked to your entire social media footprint, including your work history. And does your recent post on Google+ ring a bell?

my work moved me into a new office

You see, someone who gets a 'new office' at 'work' isn't actually ... wait for it ... jobless. Here's a radical suggestion for the future: if you can't stop yourself from lying to support a lefty revolution, you might want to make it a little harder to get caught. Start by sweeping up the digital breadcrumbs leading right to your iDoor. Hey, you're a 'digital marketer' and self-proclaimed 'social media gal.' Should be a piece of cake!

posted November 01, 2011 12:55 PM            

The 99%: Official list of Occupy Wall Street’s supporters, sponsors and sympathizers
October 31, 2011

The Occupy Wall Street movement has received so much media coverage in recent weeks that it’s nearly impossible to keep abreast of all the developments. So many endorsements and criticisms coming from all directions enter the news cycle in such rapid succession that even the most dedicated news junkies may have missed out on many of the pronouncements. Supporters and detractors of OWS both might find it useful to have a handy all-inclusive list of who has endorsed or embraced the protest.

To satisfy that demand, we hereby present a list of groups, organizations, individuals and entities that have expressed their support for, sponsorship of, or sympathy for the Occupy Wall Street movement.

Note: All entries on this list are real and verified. Below each entry you will find a series of source links documenting the support for OWS. We have striven in almost all cases to reference either first-hand statements by the groups or individuals themselves, hosted on their own Web sites; or videos of the people in question voicing their support for OWS at various Occupations; or news reports from reliable mainstream networks; or articles by publications or organizations sympathetic to the Occupy movement; or indisputable evidence, whatever the source. As a result, it cannot be claimed that these statements of support were made up or distorted by detractors of the Occupy movement.

As each new controversial endorsement has appeared over the last month, OWS supporters have dismissed them one by one as “isolated examples” that don’t reflect any overall trend toward extremism. But when viewed in aggregate like this, it becomes much more difficult to dismiss any individual endorsement as an aberration; instead, an undeniable pattern emerges.

This list is obviously incomplete; we hope to update it over the upcoming days and weeks.

If you think we’ve left out any well-known endorsers for which there is solid evidence, then please post suggestions and evidentiary links in the comments section; but please try to supply links that will stand up to any potential claims of misrepresentation.

If you disagree with the inclusion of any of the entries on this list, please post your reasoning and any contravening source links in the comments section, and we will take the evidence into account when updating the list.

Members of the media, bloggers, activists, OWS supporters and detractors as well are all free to repost this list, in whole or in part, without any restrictions. Do note, however, that it may be updated over time, so make sure to get the latest version.

And without further ado, here is…

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The 99%: Official list of Occupy Wall Street’s supporters, sponsors and sympathizers

*Communist Party USA

Sources:
Communist Party USA, OWS speech, The Daily Caller


*American Nazi Party

Sources:
Media Matters, American Nazi Party, White Honor, Sunshine State News


*Ayatollah Khamenei, Supreme Leader of Iran

Sources:
The Guardian, Tehran Times, CBS News


*Barack Obama

Sources:
ABC News, CBS News, ForexTV, NBC New York


*The government of North Korea

Sources:
Korean Central News Agency (North Korean state-controlled news outlet), The Marxist-Leninist, Wall Street Journal, Times of India


*Louis Farrakhan, Nation of Islam

Sources:
video statement (starting at 8:28), Black in America, Weasel Zippers, Philadelphia Weekly


*Revolutionary Communist Party

Sources:
Revolutionary Communist Party, Revolution newspaper, in-person appearance


*David Duke

Sources:
Talking Points Memo, video statement, davidduke.com


*Joe Biden

Sources:
Talking Points Memo, video statement, Mother Jones


*Hugo Chavez

Sources:
Mother Jones, Reuters, Examiner.com


*Revolutionary Guards of Iran

Sources:
Associated Press, FARS News Agency, UPI


*Black Panthers (original)

Sources:
in-person appearance, Occupy Oakland, Oakland Tribune


*Socialist Party USA

Sources:
Socialist Party USA, IndyMedia, The Daily Caller


*US Border Guard

Sources:
White Reference, www.usborderguard.com, Gateway Pundit, Just Another Day blog

*Industrial Workers of the World

Sources:
IWW web site, iww.org, in-person appearances


*CAIR

Sources:
in-person appearance, Washington Post, CAIR, CAIR New York


*Nancy Pelosi

Sources:
Talking Points Memo, video statement, ABC News, The Weekly Standard


*Communist Party of China

Sources:
People’s Daily (Communist Party organ), Reuters, chinataiwan.org, The Telegraph


*Hezbollah

Sources:
almoqawama.org, almoqawama.org (2), almoqawama.org (3), wikipedia


*9/11Truth.org

Sources:
911truth.org (1), 911truth.org (2), 911truth.org (3)


*International Bolshevik Tendency

Sources:
bolshevik.org, Wire Magazine


*Anonymous

Sources:
Adbusters, The Guardian, video statement

*White Revolution

Source:
whiterevolution.com


*International Socialist Organization

Sources:
Socialist Worker, socialistworker.org, in-person appearance

*PressTV (Iranian government outlet)

Sources:
PressTV, wikipedia


*Marxist Student Union

Sources:
Marxist Student Union, Big Government, marxiststudentunion.blogspot.com


*Freedom Road Socialist Organization

Sources:
FightBack News, fightbacknews.org


*ANSWER---(Workers World Party)

Sources:
ANSWER press release, ANSWER web site, Xinhua

*Party for Socialism and Liberation

posted November 01, 2011 02:19 PM            

would that make YOU a "leftist" as you insist on calling me?

why have you editted out the groups like IRAQ VETERANS AGAINST THE WAR and VETERANS FOR PEACE who are also endorsing the OWSers?

or anyone else who is not on your "subversive commie" list?

or do you just read aggressively editted biassed pieces on this?

are you aware that this is a GLOBAL movement, against corruption in govt and big business, rather than a communist movement? what happened to all the "they don't know WHAT they want?" ridicule?

posted November 02, 2011 05:26 AM            

Now the Wall Street protestors do have a mass agenda. They can get 25% vote share if they form a political party.

Socialism will fail. Honest capitalism is what the real 99% cheated by Goldman, JPM, Citigroup, GE etc are requesting. Any hijacking of true protest by socialists having a hidden agenda will lead to chaos.

You cannot sustain socialism when artificial debt of trillions has already been created.

posted November 02, 2011 10:46 AM            

These jerk communists, socialists, progressives and anarchists are far, far, far outside the mainstream in America...and so is their agenda.

These spoiled, pampered children of the rich need a swift kick in the ass...rather than a megaphone with which to broadcast their bullshiiiit. If anything at all, they're the 1%. There's always going to be that 1% of any population who are brain-dead "useful idiots".

NYC arrest records: Many Occupy Wall Street protesters live in luxury
11/02/2011
By Will Rahn

Many “Occupy Wall Street” protesters arrested in New York City reside in more luxurious homes than some of their rhetoric might suggest, a Daily Caller investigation has found.

For each of the 984 Occupy Wall Street protesters arrested in New York City between September 18 and October 15, police collected and filed an information sheet recording the arrestee’s name, age, sex, criminal charge, home address and — in most cases — race. The Daily Caller has obtained all of this information from a source in the New York City government.

Among addresses for which information is available, single-family homes listed on those police intake forms have a median value of $305,000 — a far higher number than the $185,400 median value of owner-occupied housing units in the United States.

Some of the homes where “Occupy” arrestees reside, viewed through Google Maps and the Multiple Listing Service real estate database, are the definition of opulence.

Using county assessors and online resources such as Zillow.com, TheDC estimated property values and rents for 87 percent of the homes and 59 percent of the apartments listed in the arrest records.

Even in the nation’s currently depressed housing market, at least 95 of the protesters’ residences are worth approximately $500,000 or more. (RELATED SLIDESHOW: Opulent homes of the ’99 percent’)

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It also reinforces the persistent critique of protesters as entitled, upper-class agitators with few legitimate grievances.

posted November 02, 2011 03:17 PM            

since we now have states who insist on official ID to vote, and CHARGE MONEY for those ids, let's HOPE some people with money have brains and energy, because the real poor are being elbowed out of the process, AREN"T THEY?

again, jwhop, what happened to "i'll defend your right to free speech even if i don't like what you're saying"?

as to the permits supposedly not being arranged, most of these protests DO have permits. and many consider their RIGHT TO FREE ASSEMBLY to be a permit in itself.

posted November 02, 2011 03:42 PM            

Wall Street gave more money to Barack Hussein O'Bomber than any other Presidential candidate in US history...AND, BO'B paid off for them like a slot machine.

And in addition, they could go down to the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac headquarters and protest there. After receiving Billions in bailouts, these clowns are paying out 12 mil in executive bonuses to 10 executives. Have we heard any crickets chirping at the O'Bomber White House over this...so far? O'Bomber sure had a lot to say about executive bonuses at AIG and other financial institutions which took bailout money.

posted November 02, 2011 06:07 PM            

communism isn't an insult either. marx invented this theory to put the worker/labour back in the center of the game. but nevermind, denigrate those who fight for the workers right as much as you please, cause time will prove you they are right. when the financial economy will prevail in our modern society, and no means of production (hence workers) will be left in our modern countries, we'll be the puppets of wall street bosses. we'll be jobless, or most of us will be.

the idea in communism isn't to prevent people to get rich initially. although the pendulum tend to swing back painfully when lower classes take power. communism means giving equal power to capital and labour. marx may or may not have suggested equality between the two, who knows, probably not those who criticize it since all they know about communism is propaganda. but for most of the millions who agree with these ideas, equality between those who do the job and those who give them the chance to do it would be enough. equality to have a decent future for themselves and their families. not equality in standard of living.

it is not because you create a business that you yield power over those who make it function in a democracy, it would have to become a dictatorship of some kind. and in this sense capitalism is necessarily leading to socialism (a lighter communism) since after eradicating labour to avoid the struggle over the power, capitalist are dependent of consummers, who happen to be.... the previous labour classes. so whatever they do they'll have to share power. socialism can be a middle ground. the owner don't have to wait to be made to share. though they can fight against it.

posted November 03, 2011 01:35 PM            

How Did Occupy D.C. Protesters Respond to a Table Full of Job Applications?
November 2, 2011
Christopher Santarelli

The news media watchdog Accuracy in Media (AIM) released a video Wednesday that may denounce the notions from some that the Occupy protesters are primarily concerned with jobs.

In it, “head hunters” set up a table full of job applications near the protest and start offering them to protesters. But the reception they get, according to the video, is less than warm. To many, that might seem odd considering the protesters have camped out in our nations capital for over a month following the Occupy Wall Street protest that began on September 17, partly because of no jobs. Accuracy in Media put it this way in a written statement:

“After more than a month of protest demands for better employment opportunities and benefits, Accuracy in Media saw fit to test their desires with…employment applications. Our ‘headhunters’ were treated to every excuse as to why these jobs aren’t good enough for them. We guess middle management opportunities with healthcare and 401k benefits aren’t desirable anymore.”

AIM Director of Public Relations & Online Development Logan Churchwell told The Blaze by phone Wednesday that while the “head hunters” in the video were AIM employees, the hundreds of job applications they had on hand were indeed genuine. Churchwell explained that while the “head hunters” in the video were not real (and did not at any point reveal to the protesters that they were employees of AIM), the organization did comb over the Washington Post classified page for real jobs, and printed PDF applications for every opportunity they could find for college grads or entry level positions with opportunity for advancement.

That is with one caveat: Churchwell admitted that the Solyndra application (the failed energy company) was the only application that was not real, but the group put it in with the other opportunities to see how aware the protesters were of current events.

Chuchwell said that AIM looked to see how protesters would pursue job opportunities, “If you handed it to them on a platter.” He concluded that it’s hard to take seriously that the protesters they spoke with were demonstrating against a lack of employment opportunities, given that only two protesters requested job applications from AIM “head hunters” that were at the Occupy DC camp for hours this past Friday.

posted November 03, 2011 01:52 PM            

2. this is not strictly about jobs, or any other one or two issues. it is about systemic corruption and breakdown.

3. i suspect plenty of unemployed people will reach the obvious conclusion and EMPLOY THEMSELVES.

posted November 04, 2011 10:06 AM            

Rape
Robbery
Destruction of property
Riots
Attacks on police officers
Drug use
Racism

You know, the very same things Tea Party members were accused of by leftist idiots. But where none of that happened with the Tea Parties, it's rampant with the so called 99% crowd.

And now, we find out that every radical Marxist, Socialist, Progressive, Anarchist group in America...and Canada organized, funded, control and direct these "useful idiots".

Our old friends from "let's overthrow America", namely ACORN, the radical Alinski/Pivens group joined at the hip with Barack Hussein O'Bomber are involved in these so called protests too.

But wait leftists say; these protests aren't organized. Nope, a bunch of brain dead morons all had the same idea at the same time and decided to haul their sorry butts down to Wall Street to have a camp-out! Right! Check!

No matter how much evidence is brought forward to show these so called protests were organized months in advance of the actual event and WHO is really behind them AND what their real goals and objectives are...the "useful idiots" will continue to deny, deflect, obscure, duck, bob and weave because that's their appointed job and that's why Lenin loved them so much and gave them their nick names..."Useful Idiots".

ACORN Officials Scramble, Firing Workers and Shredding Documents, After Exposed as Players Behind Occupy Wall Street Protests
By Jana Winter
November 03, 2011

Jonathan Westin, organizing director, New York Communities for Change, attends a protest in New York City.

Officials with the revamped ACORN office in New York -- operating as New York Communities for Change -- have fired staff, shredded reams of documents and told workers to blame disgruntled ex-employees for leaking information in an effort to explain away a FoxNews.com report last week on the group’s involvement in Occupy Wall Street protests, according to sources.

NYCC also is installing surveillance cameras and recording devices at its Brooklyn offices, removing or packing away supplies bearing the name ACORN and handing out photos of Fox News staff with a stern warning not to talk to the media, the sources said.

Occupy Wall Street Tied to Former ACORN Officials

“They’re doing serious damage control right now,” said an NYCC source.

NYCC Executive Director Jon Kest has been calling a series of emergency meetings to discuss last week’s report—and taking extreme measures to identify the sources in their office and to prevent further damage, a source within NYCC told FoxNews.com.

Two staffers were fired after NYCC officials suspected them as the source of the leaks, a source told FoxNews.com. “One was fired the day the story came out, the other was fired on Friday. (NYCC senior staff) told everyone that they were fired because they talked to you,” a source said.

NYCC spokesman Scott Levenson denied that anyone was fired for talking to the press.

FoxNews.com’s report identified NYCC as a key organizing force behind the Occupy Wall Street protests. Sources within the group also told FoxNews.com NYCC was hiring people to carry signs and join the protests. NYCC -- a nonprofit organization run almost entirely by former ACORN officials and employees --did not reply for comment prior to the publication of the initial article, but later posted a statement on its website dismissing the article and denying that it pays protesters.

A source said that immediately following publication of the FoxNews.com report staff were called into the Brooklyn office for meetings headed by NYCC’s organizing director, Jonathan Westin. Westin handed out copies of the article and went through it line-by-line, the source said.

Staffers were also given copies of photos of Senior Fox News Correspondent Eric Shawn and three other Fox News staff members, including this reporter.

“They reminded us that we can get fired, sued, arrested for talking to the press,” the source said. “Then they went through the article point-by-point and said that the allegation that we pay people to protest isn’t true.”

“‘That’s the story that we’re sticking to,’” Westin said, according to the source.

The source said staffers at the meeting contested Westin’s denial:

“It was pretty funny. Jonathan told staff they don’t pay for protesters, but the people in the meeting who work there objected and said, ‘Wait, you pay us to go to the protests every day?’ Then Jonathan said ‘No, but that’s your job,’ and staffers were like, ‘Yeah, our job is to protest,’ and Westin said, ‘No your job is to fight for economic and social justice. We just send you to protest.’

“Staff said, ‘Yes, you pay us to carry signs.’ Then Jonathan says, ‘That’s your job.’ It went on like that back and forth for a while.”

During the meetings, NYCC Deputy Director Greg Basta provided Westin with the copied photos of Fox News reporters to hand out to staff members, the source said. Basta told staffers they might be asked about the article when out in communities working on campaigns or when calling people by phone, the source said.

“They told us if people bring up the article, we’re supposed to say the source and all the stuff in there came from a disgruntled ex-employee who’s not working with us anymore.”

NYCC is also monitoring its staff’s behavior, cracking down on phone use and socialization. Officials have ordered all papers -- even scraps -- to be shredded every night, the source said.

“And all the supplies—everything around the office that said ‘ACORN’ -- is now all in storage until this blows over,” the source said. “People literally have to cover up the cameras on the back of their cellphones in the office.”

“Now there’s no texting in the office, no phone calls in the office. They tell us to take our phone calls out into the waiting room where there’s an intercom, and then they turn on the intercom to hear our conversations. They’re installing new cameras and speakers around the building so they can hear everything.

“It’s almost like working at Fort Knox.”

NYCC officials declined repeated requests to respond to specific questions about the organization’s response to last week’s story. The group on Wednesday instead sent this statement, attributed to NYCC board member Jean Sassine:

"New York Communities for Change participates in protests, direct action, social activism and campaigns that promote social and economic justice. We see FOX as the enemy to those efforts. For the record, this is consistent with Fox attacks on Van Jones, Shirley Sherrod, George Soros, Citizen Action, Planned Parenthood and all those who stand for social justice. Once again, FOX entertainment poses as FOX News. Once again, FOX makes a series of false, unsubstantiated claims and accusations which have no basis in fact. Once again, through a series of sources FOX structures a story which is nothing but a series of lies."

Westin did respond to some questions a day earlier, when approached by FoxNews.com at an NYCC event in Manhattan.

When asked if a staff member was fired because people thought he’d talked to the press, Westin said, “I have no idea.” When asked about handing out photos of Fox News employees, he said, “I have been? No, I don’t think I have been. That wasn’t me.”

Westin did acknowledge NYCC staff have met to discuss last week’s report. “People talked about it,” he said. “People are interested.”

He also deflected a question about the allegation that staffers were being told to blame the report on disgruntled staffers, telling this reporter to contact him later via email.

Responding to reports of pushback from staffers who said they were being paid to go to the protests, and reports NYCC had recently hired people as canvassers or organizers and then sent them to the protests, Westin replied repeatedly “We don’t pay people to protest.”

Westin later did not reply to two emails asking for follow-up.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/11/03/acorn-officials-scramble-firing-workers-and-shredding-documents-after-exposed/

posted November 06, 2011 08:44 AM            

What in the world is going on with the Occupy movement?

Not only are reports of rape becoming more and more common at Occupy protests across the country, but the movement’s reaction to sexual assault is becoming less and less serious. It is a troubling trend that has picked up in the last few days, as shown in interviews with the occupiers themselves, and through local media investigations.

Most recently, Lee Stranahan and Brandon Darby interviewed a woman on Wall Street who detailed the sexual assaults that have taken place there. She told them that “at least 10 incidences of, at least, groping” and “there was a guy that got raped.”

After claiming that the police are inconsistent on their response to these attacks, the occupier explains what the movement is doing to protect its members. The punishment for sexual assault at Occupy Wall Street? No more free blankets:

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It is almost impossible to imagine a more offensive and less severe response to rape. However, it seems Occupy Baltimore has figured out an even worse reaction. There protesters refused to help a woman who was raped in their midst, then purposely disrupted a local media investigation into what happened. When confronted about the violence, one occupier says, “We have a security team that actively deals with these situations.”

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The preference for handling grave crimes within their wacked-out dystopia is nothing new for Occupy Baltimore. In early October, a pamphlet was circulated that encouraged victims of sexual assault to “immediately report the incident to the security committee,” which would investigate and “supply the abuser with counseling resources.” Sadly this disgusting aversion to justice for rape victims extends to Occupy Toronto as well.

In a raw video taken by an occupier whose girlfriend was groped by a man who also tried to make other protesters drink urine, a troubling incident unfolds. As the man accused of sexual assault is taken in by police, several Occupy Toronto protesters can be seen trying to dispose of a knife that the accuser wanted to give to authorities as evidence. One of the protesters says of the knife: “I’m just going to throw it away.”

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posted November 13, 2011 04:04 PM            

Not only is it hard to keep up-- just with the headlines! Very little time is OF the offing for reflection, and meaning.

With an entire year being spent on Pub debates, and campaigning by the media, it is sometimes better to start on the back page. <=_=>

So what are those clever hounds on Foxxy baying this Sunday?

Basically they are bashing OWS as "un-american, Marxist, Toxic, and the ever popular un-democratic"

They've also called OWS 'anarchists', but wouldn't the ones wanting total deregulation-- and defunding government to the point of being ineffective be more aptly described as the anarchists?

the thing I love about OWS is that they do not have a figure head that gasoline can be poured on.

posted November 14, 2011 08:45 AM            

Obviously Node, you don't know what you're talking about. Fox News IS the network which removed your cause of compliant...that the story of the Communists, Socialists, Progressives and Anarchists, parading around in full whine mode, was "underreported".

You're just angry that Fox News Network is the most trusted news network....by a very large margin.

No doubt also angry that the Communist News Network..aka CNN and the Loony-Tunes News Network..aka MSNBC could fit their entire American viewing audiences in a telephone booth.

What Sets the Tea Party Apart
by Matt Kibbe
11/14/2011

Several weeks ago I attended a lecture by Nobel Laureate Vernon Smith on Adam Smith​’s Theory of Moral Sentiments​, asking the question: “How do social norms emerge spontaneously?” The timing of this talk coincided with the emergence of the first Occupy Wall Street protests, and helped me answer a very different question: What is the difference between OWS and the Tea Party?

Both Smiths, Adam and Vernon, argue that individual freedoms and individual property rights are the foundations of moral behavior – the values that bind a community. Individuals with full ownership of their life, liberty and property judge themselves, and they care about the positive judgments of others. This accountability is the moral basis that binds a community, allows for cooperation, and enables human prosperity.

Adam Smith said it this way: “The most sacred laws of justice, therefore, those whose violation seems to call loudest for vengeance and punishment, are the laws which guard the life and person of our neighbour; the next are those which guard his property and possessions...” Tea Partiers, not likely having read The Theory of Moral Sentiments but having inherited this insight genetically from our Founding Fathers, might sum it up another way: Don’t hurt other people and don’t take their stuff.

From this “sacred law,” comes the Tea Party’s righteous indignation with bailouts and deficit spending (paid for with other people’s stuff) and other government intrusions on our lives, such as ObamaCare’s mandate dictating to every American what health insurance we must buy and which treatments we may or may not be allowed to have. Every policy we oppose can be characterized as forcing the responsible to subsidize the irresponsibility of others, an inversion of individual responsibility.

How it is possible for so many people from so many diverse backgrounds and so many various stations in life to come together with a real sense of purpose and cohesiveness as a community called the Tea Party? The sense of responsibility that informs our policies also shapes our demonstrations.

When we petition our government for a redress of grievances, as over one million did on Sept. 12, 2009, we don’t get into fights. We don’t get arrested. We say “excuse me” and “thank you,” and wait in hopelessly long lines for too few porta-pots. We pick up our trash and we leave both public spaces and private property exactly as we found it.

A strong sense of individualism, personal responsibility and respect for property is the operating philosophy that allows peaceful order to emerge where violence and chaos might have otherwise happened. No one told us to do these things; we just believe that you shouldn’t hurt other people and you shouldn’t take their stuff.

The principles make the modern Tea Party a lot like it namesake, the Boston Tea Party​, which was a carefully orchestrated event designed to galvanize colonial opinion in favor of American independence. Sam Adams ensured that no one was hurt, and that only East India Company​ tea, protected by the British government’s monopoly status, was destroyed.

posted November 14, 2011 10:08 AM            

Sergeant First Class
Billy Honey

posted November 14, 2011 12:42 PM            

The New York Post sets the scene at newly-elected Congressman Bob Turner’s swearing in ceremony at a Queens school:

“Adam Weissman, 33, of Astoria, was one of three demonstrators to disrupt Turner’s local swearing-in ceremony at Metropolitan High School in Forest Hills. Turner won the congressional seat once held by disgraced ex-Rep. Anthony Weiner by defeating Assemblyman David Weprin.”

But the heckler was only able to get out a few words before Kevin Hiltunen of Brooklyn grabbed him by the scruff of his jacket and booted him out to the curb.

Hiltunen was identified by the Post as an ex-Marine and ex-NYPD officer.

“I guess you could say I sorted him out,” Hiltunen said, ”All I was doing was trying to stop this historic occasion from being disrupt-ed. There is a time and place to exercise your First Amendment rights.”

posted November 14, 2011 02:05 PM            

quote:

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Originally posted by pire:

and my job is to kill, yeah!!! :thumbup: if more people would follow my example, life would work out fine. not.

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The only response I have to this is... I am not surprised by your small minded comment. The Military works hard and makes the ultimate sacrifice while others b1tch about not getting free money or a free education. Families go without their loved ones for 12-15 months at a time, longer if their loved one is in the Army reserves or National Guard.

That SFC in the picture is 100% right. People with Military experiences have a higher rate of graduating from college and obtaining a better career than those that have not entered into Military service. Most of the Soldiers that I work with develop a long range plan for when they get out of the Military and go to school part time while in the Military (translation- they work 16 or more hours a day and still find the time for education and I'm not talking about a BFA or underwater basketweaving).

That is not to say there isn't a sense of entitlement from some in the Military. The younger generation feels they shouldn't have to go through basic and should start their career with the same benefits and salary as a Soldier with 10 years in because "it isn't fair that they have to start at the bottom". There are those that left the Military because they couldn't deal with the strict nature or felt that the rules didn't apply to them. They are the ones that have a hard time getting work when they leave.

Then there are those that the system has failed. The ones with PTSD / TBI that haven't received adequate help once out of the Military due to a medical discharge or general discharge. Sadly, even illegal aliends qualify for better health care than our former Soldiers.

You are entitled to your opinion, no matter how baseless or absurd it is.

As for the OWS leftest wingnuts, maybe they should take a lesson from millions of people that have started off worse than them, racked up student loans (but made sure the loans were for a degree that would actually get them employment after graduation) and do what other did before us. WORK and live within our means! It isn't that hard and instead of getting that iPhone with a $200 / month plan, get a regular phone, use the internet at the library, live in an apartment or house that one can afford and pay off the loan while building up a career. I did it and I had $65,000 + in student loans after I graduated in 1996. I paied them all off by 2009 and I never made more than $60,000 a year (which was for only two years and then I had to move to a city with a much lower cost of living and therefore a lower salary). I still lived within my means and made my student loan payments (more when I had it to apply to the principle). Every bonus, tax return or extra money I had went to pay down the loans and then I consolidated them into a low, non variable interest rate.

When I moved to a city that did not have a strong Biotech presence I used my brains to get a position writing grants and still paid my student loan debt and lived in a decent manner. No, I didn't have to support a family because I chose not to have kids until I was in a stable environment. I also didn't have an expensive car, the latest technology or designer clothes because that would be living outside of my means.

I didn't get handouts from my family nor did I "move into mommy's basement" with a brood of kids and a non-working husband. Too many people take on more than they can afford and then want someone else to take care of them.

I see it all the time with the younger generation entering into the Military. They marry young and immediately start buying things they cannot afford thinking that the Army will take care of them. They start having children without thinking about who is going to take care of them or how they are going to feed them. They complain about the base pay and housing yet they walk around wearing designer clothes and carrying Coach purses.

Nobody is owed an education and nobody deserves to have an expensive home. You have to work for it.