Occupy Wall Street 10 11 2011 around 3PM

Sunny day, pretty crowded. Some highlights, casually edited. OWS continues to be methodical but lacking serious power to summon change. Mostly unemployed "enthusiast" are occupying the park. When ordinary workers, unions in hundreds and thousands marches and strike for extended period of time then they might have an actual voice, an actual chance in getting their "much deserved benefits." The world is competitive and simply demanding more while unwilling to reconsider one's expectations and actions will likely make the economic situation degrade further. All things in history are taking by force, peaceful or otherwise, because people have a problem listening to reason, somehow it doesn't stick. The irrational cry against corporations. This is a respond to the recent article regarding the Federal Reserve. The Federal Reserve was founded because of poor business conduct and regulatory oversight. Its primary interest is to protect the wellbeing of US currency and the economy at large. So what went wrong? McDonalds is pretty good and innocent example. Following its humble beginnings the company went public in 1965 and brought the world a million jobs, from the potato farmers, all the intrigue logistical jobs, to all things remotely related to the Golden Arch. So why is there all this hatred against McD, or corporations in general? One thing worth considering before we move on is that any sane entity will be thinking of one thing and one thing only -- self-preservation. A ...

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