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- iHaveNet.com: Politics
by Mark Meckler
According to respected pollster Doug Schoen, the following numbers represent an accurate cross-sampling of the Occupy Wall Street folks on Wall Street:
Half (52%) have participated in a political movement before, virtually all (98%) say they would support civil disobedience to achieve their goals, and nearly one-third (31%) would support violence to advance their agenda.
Having personally attended hundreds of
If you've never been to a
I attended the Occupy Sacramento rally in Cesar Chavez Plaza in downtown Sacramento. There I found a small group of folks, the majority of whom literally couldn't tell me why they were there. There was a lot of talk of Marxism and socialism (most couldn't define either when asked), and there was a lot of talk of helping the homeless. There was a little discussion in the generic "Wall Street is evil" format, but nothing coherent.
There were between 40 and 50 "occupiers" in attendance. The smell of marijuana wafted in the air, there were signs that said "F*** Corporate Greed," and Marxist and socialist literature was displayed on the main table under a canopy. I spent almost two hours looking for someone, anyone, who could assist me with a cogent discussion of why they were there. None could. Tea Partyers have been accused of a lot of things, but not knowing why we're engaged is not one of them. We're tired of the fiscal irresponsibility of our government and we're fighting to save the country.
In two hours of attempts, the only cogent discussion I was able to have at the Occupy Sacramento event was with a middle-aged gentleman who said he was a member of the local
For once, someone on the far left and I are in complete agreement.
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