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Javaman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-15-09 01:51 PM
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Like the brooks brothers revolt we are witness to the walmart marchers...
much like in florida when repuke operators protested the results of the 2000 election, thus allowing moron harris to do her dirty work, we are now treated to the walmart marchers who protest against their own best interests via corporate funding.

So amusing. It's like watching a dog get out from under a sheet. funny and sad at the same time.
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leftstreet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-15-09 01:57 PM
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1. I don't think they're necessarily protesting against their own interests
The psyop-y organizers of the protests are hoping to make it that way, but many of the protesters are angry about the bank bailouts, etc.

There's an excellent article here:

http://www.alternet.org/workplace/136688/fake_teabaggers_are_anti-spend%2C_anti-government%3A_real_populists_want_to_stop_banks_from_plundering_america/

Fake Teabaggers Are Anti-Spend, Anti-Government: Real Populists Want to Stop Banks from Plundering America
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ColbertWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-15-09 01:58 PM
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2. It all depends on how "their own interests" is defined ...
... from what I'm seeing "their own interests" seems to be defined as "their ideological purity."
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leftstreet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-15-09 02:01 PM
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3. Yeah, unfortunately the M$M will define those interests for us
It's doubtful we'll see or hear from the protesters with anti-Ruling Class interests.

Sounds like it's shaping up to just be another Corporate New$ Spectator Event
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ColbertWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-15-09 02:02 PM
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4. The GOP-controlled media is defining it for their followers.
It does look like it's going to be another GOP Spectacle™!
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