tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098361547792425611.post5240035729073620293..comments2023-11-14T20:22:36.929-08:00Comments on Knowledge Is Necessity: Occupy the World - I WIll Bring My DrumJohn McManamyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11857174305041382349noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098361547792425611.post-14775084351212863362011-10-22T12:02:58.783-07:002011-10-22T12:02:58.783-07:00Thanks Wayne for your comments. Just to clarify - ...Thanks Wayne for your comments. Just to clarify - I don't think anyone objects to banks making honest profits for honest work. But we seriously object to the type of gross criminal activity from banks and other institutions that brought the world to the brink of economic collapse. We also object to the fact that many of these institutions profited from their malfeasance while taxpayers footedJohn McManamyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11857174305041382349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098361547792425611.post-29904244510038651082011-10-22T11:35:06.636-07:002011-10-22T11:35:06.636-07:00Although I do not see anything wrong with Bank of ...Although I do not see anything wrong with Bank of America making a profit anymore than I see with all of the internet companies who make our blogs possible making a profit, I do agree with you about healthcare. Healthcare for everyone is long overdue in America! If we can firgure out how to put a man on the moon and on a space station, then certainly we can make sure everyone has the healthcare Wayne Brownhttp://www.facing-bipolar-disorder.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098361547792425611.post-87306121157968464732011-10-21T14:55:19.229-07:002011-10-21T14:55:19.229-07:00Hey, Lizabeth. Love your depressive realism. :)Hey, Lizabeth. Love your depressive realism. :)John McManamyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11857174305041382349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098361547792425611.post-41124611273856615972011-10-21T14:49:52.414-07:002011-10-21T14:49:52.414-07:00The thing is if all the 99% voted, the corps and P...The thing is if all the 99% voted, the corps and Pacs, etc. would not matter quite so much---oh they will always have some infuence but if the politicians realized their "friends" alone could NOT get them elected and KEEP them elected some things might change.<br /><br />Somehow, most of us have been raised to believe in the goodness of others. It might be a good idea to remember that Lizabethnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098361547792425611.post-23162711065517101352011-10-20T10:45:33.290-07:002011-10-20T10:45:33.290-07:00Hey, Joanne. I fully concur. I just read a book, i...Hey, Joanne. I fully concur. I just read a book, incidentally, that said the Inca cultivated THOUSANDS of varieties of potatoes.John McManamyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11857174305041382349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098361547792425611.post-76491627845506763522011-10-20T10:35:27.226-07:002011-10-20T10:35:27.226-07:00If we were living in a democracy we might be to bl...If we were living in a democracy we might be to blame for our government, but our government is bought and paid for by non-humans: corporations, unions, large nonprofits, PACs, etc. These organizations's actions on our government are not controlled by their millions of human stockholders, members, contributors, etc., but by a relatively tiny number of executives. It is this fact that Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07741918774706766484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098361547792425611.post-56735351768943950892011-10-19T15:59:37.722-07:002011-10-19T15:59:37.722-07:00Hey, Lizabeth. Fully agree. I'll probably be w...Hey, Lizabeth. Fully agree. I'll probably be writing more on this. :)John McManamyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11857174305041382349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098361547792425611.post-71755803410383588952011-10-19T09:03:23.385-07:002011-10-19T09:03:23.385-07:00Yes, we are the 99% and too many of us are suckers...Yes, we are the 99% and too many of us are suckers. We get pulled into one issue politics and ignore the bigger issues. We vote the party our parents voted for. We throw away our power. We listen/watch sound bites while the written "news" sources have become unlabled opinion pieces. Thats those of us that bother to vote--the rest of us throw what little of our power remains away Lizabethnoreply@blogger.com