tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261315018538317662.post7644362014793486905..comments2023-07-15T03:45:36.822-07:00Comments on Surrender: The Occupy movementConinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12267844904414770524noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261315018538317662.post-33371644774913641642011-10-12T08:33:09.408-07:002011-10-12T08:33:09.408-07:00Conina, yes, I'm sensible. Someone has to keep...Conina, yes, I'm sensible. Someone has to keep things in order while everyone around me are wreckless nuts. Everything may still go to hell because the Universe hates me, but it sure won't be because I was wreckless and screwed it up myself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261315018538317662.post-26043363667052397022011-10-12T07:42:17.572-07:002011-10-12T07:42:17.572-07:00t1klish: You're such a sensible person. (that&...t1klish: You're such a sensible person. (that's a compliment!)<br /><br />Duality: It's hard to be a middle-of-the-road grey sort of person sometimes. I look at both sides and think they're all nuts.Coninahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12267844904414770524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261315018538317662.post-60769087049111258432011-10-11T13:40:39.823-07:002011-10-11T13:40:39.823-07:00To me, the Occupy Wall Street movement is just poo...To me, the Occupy Wall Street movement is just poorly directed anger. I'm not saying Wall Street doesn't deserve anger. I am saying that these people have no clue what the end game in this should be. There's no real goal here. Its the left's answer to the guys on the right who want no taxes, no government, and no clue how to do that other then to scream at the top of their lungs that it should be happening. And if you try to calmly and rationally ask either group how they should go about achieving their "goals", you get screamed at. Got to love politics in a black and white world.Dualityhttp://dualityofpain.soulfully-spoken.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261315018538317662.post-5694087156280923692011-10-11T11:10:45.364-07:002011-10-11T11:10:45.364-07:00Yes, seriously, why should I villify the people wh...Yes, seriously, why should I villify the people who invent TV's, computers, search engines, cell phones, movies, TV shows, or provide other services for us? I'm grateful that these people exist, and that they brought these amazing things into our lives. I don't deserve their money. I didn't earn it. They did.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261315018538317662.post-45687975262489766422011-10-11T10:51:35.302-07:002011-10-11T10:51:35.302-07:00Kitty: That's what I was trying to illustrate,...Kitty: That's what I was trying to illustrate, yeah. We were working HARD. But I know so many people who just sit around and pop out children and then get welfare, or food stamps, or whatever. Also to illustrate that despite working hard we couldn't quite make those particular bills, and that's what aid is for.<br /><br />Hard work, and being the best at whatever you do in order to rise above the average seem to be being villified here, and it's upsetting.Coninahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12267844904414770524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261315018538317662.post-87608581588844365562011-10-11T10:44:46.375-07:002011-10-11T10:44:46.375-07:00When you're doing the best you can and you nee...When you're doing the best you can and you need a hand up, I don't think anyone would begrudge you getting government aid for your pregnancy, but I resent the people that expect a handout without putting in any effort!<br /><br />I say a big AMEN to t1klish's post! My husband is a CEO and he stayed up working just last night until 5 this morning and then came home to sleep a few hours and left to start all over again. Everything we have has been through his "sweat equity" and God's blessings. Not all CEO's are bad!<br /><br />KittyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261315018538317662.post-10201947696863993182011-10-11T10:41:23.335-07:002011-10-11T10:41:23.335-07:00Thank you! I have this same feeling. Big successfu...Thank you! I have this same feeling. Big successful businesses all had to start out tiny too, and work hard to get where they are. My husband's first job in his field was with a small local business, but they just couldn't compensate him as much as he needed, so when the big one came looking, he leaped.<br /><br />I get that taxing the middle class more than the wealthy class isn't fair - but beyond that, what?Coninahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12267844904414770524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261315018538317662.post-55682544778369871222011-10-11T10:35:40.293-07:002011-10-11T10:35:40.293-07:00I'm rather clueless about what the "occup...I'm rather clueless about what the "occupy" movement stand for and wants.<br /><br />I'm not poor because of Wall Street investors, or rich people, or successful businesses. The only reason I have a job at all is because successful businesses hire people to work for them. The bigger and more successful the business, the more people they hire. If it weren't for big successful businesses, neither I, Master, my ex, my mother, nor most of the people I've ever known in my life, would ever have had jobs at all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com