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Occupy protests discourage Black Friday shopping
AP via OO ^ | AP

Posted on 11/25/2011 6:03:13 PM PST by Enosh

Edited on 11/25/2011 6:36:00 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP)

(Excerpt) Read more at oddonion.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: communistprotest; grinchstolechristmas; occupywallstreet; occutards
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One, 9-year-old Jacob Hamilton, held a sign that read, “What is in your bag that’s more important than my education?”

Sales tax to pay for your education, perhaps? Or would you just like my wallet instead?

1 posted on 11/25/2011 6:03:21 PM PST by Enosh
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San Francisco, eh? I guess they didn’t dare stand in the way of the charge of the 300-pound women in Lower Slobbovia.


2 posted on 11/25/2011 6:06:41 PM PST by proxy_user
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I doubt the protests had any real effect. If sales are down its because the emperor is an idiot and his economy sucks.


3 posted on 11/25/2011 6:09:09 PM PST by cripplecreek (Stand with courage or shut up and do as you're told.)
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They arrested a bunch of OWS protesters in the Oklahoma City area. The video showed them in the store yelling and shouting, and the customers just ignored them. Until the cops came in and pulled them out.


4 posted on 11/25/2011 6:09:23 PM PST by MizSterious (Apparently, there's no honor when it comes to someone else's retirement funds.)
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“What is in your bag that’s more important than my education?”

A bag full of rocks has more potential than this entitlement spawn.

5 posted on 11/25/2011 6:12:52 PM PST by Jagdgewehr (It will take blood.)
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Yeah....they haven’t quite figured out the whole ‘revenue concept’ have they? LOL!


6 posted on 11/25/2011 6:17:25 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (A MUST WATCH: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=KeOLurcQaqI)
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Michele Waldinger, 57, a retired attorney who used to work for the U.S. Small Business Administration, said she joined the group to lend her voice to the Occupy effort to restore a social safety net and get corporate influence out of American politics.

Restore the social safety net? These people are beyond delusional. The social safety net has grown so big its turned into a nationwide, cradle-to-grave hammock.

7 posted on 11/25/2011 6:17:47 PM PST by vbmoneyspender
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In San Francisco, a few dozen people in tony and touristy Union Square used signs to spread an anti-consumerism message. One, 9-year-old Jacob Hamilton, held a sign that read, “What is in your bag that’s more important than my education?”

Your parents are hippies, sweetie, I consider you a lost cause. Run along now.

8 posted on 11/25/2011 6:21:23 PM PST by A_perfect_lady (Islam is as Islam does.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

Someone needs to file a RICO act complaint against the Occutards. Thanks Enosh.


9 posted on 11/25/2011 6:21:46 PM PST by SunkenCiv (It's never a bad time to FReep this link -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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People with liberal friends are as bad as liberals. Shun them.

10 posted on 11/25/2011 6:26:35 PM PST by I see my hands (The old sod ne'er shall be forgot.)
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This boy’s dad is full of it. I assume the dad gave his boy that sign.

It’s not an either/or choice between shopping and paying for that boy’s education.

Unfortunately for that boy and his screenwriter dad, the business climate in California has badly eroded in recent years, which means fewer businesses making less in profits, which means fewer employees paying less in the taxes which support our educational system.

If they think somehow discouraging shopping helps the Occupy cause, and liberal causes such as education, healthcare, and camping out in cities, these guys are sadly misinformed.................


11 posted on 11/25/2011 6:26:53 PM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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These characters aren’ really protesters, though, are they; they’re thugs masquerading as protesters.


12 posted on 11/25/2011 6:29:44 PM PST by Jack Hammer
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>>Celia Collins of New Orleans said she worked hard to earn her MBA and pay off her student loans. She had every right to enjoy Black Friday, she said, and the protesters would be better off working within the system to find jobs and support the economy.

“I think they’re a bunch of … crybabies,”<<

LOL...that tickles me to death...hahahaha


13 posted on 11/25/2011 6:32:05 PM PST by ItsOurTimeNow ("Go now. Run along and tell your Xerxes that he faces Free Men here...not slaves.")
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“What is in your bag that’s more important than my education?”

Bagels. Dog food. Toilet paper. Motor oil. Pencils. Cookies. Pepper spray. Ammo. A stun gun. Windshield wipers.

14 posted on 11/25/2011 6:32:23 PM PST by Right Wing Assault (Dick Obama is more inexperienced now than he was before he was elected.)
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, 9-year-old Jacob Hamilton, held a sign that read, “What is in your bag that’s more important than my education?”

Just frequent your local library. It's much cheaper, and take your dumb ass parents with you.

15 posted on 11/25/2011 6:39:07 PM PST by CommieCutter
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Kid should ask his own parents what's in their bag.
16 posted on 11/25/2011 6:40:03 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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One, 9-year-old Jacob Hamilton, held a sign that read, “What is in your bag that’s more important than my education?”

Yeah boy, I bet you can't operate a flat blade or Phillips screw driver if it had to save your life.

17 posted on 11/25/2011 6:42:43 PM PST by Arrowhead1952 (Dear God, thanks for the rain, but please let it rain more in Texas. Amen.)
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One, 9-year-old Jacob Hamilton, held a sign that read, “What is in your bag that’s more important than my education?”

Parasite killer.


18 posted on 11/25/2011 6:57:56 PM PST by jivin gene (Breakin' up is hard to do)
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To: Arrowhead1952

My Democrat relatives have not saved a dime for college and their kid is in HS. They expect Obama to pay for it.


19 posted on 11/25/2011 6:58:32 PM PST by Ciexyz
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“What is in your bag that’s more important than my education?”

Liberty!

20 posted on 11/25/2011 7:01:13 PM PST by donna (This is what happens when America is no longer a Christian nation.)
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