Comments on: Local House members support ‘Occupy Wall St.’

By: Elwood

Elwood — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 05:22:14 +0000

@ #10

No, this is just the usual Bay Area melange of anarchists, communists and kooks.

See how quickly our elected (by their entitlement constituency) dimmiecrat leaders run to jump on the bandwagon.

Pray for rain.

By: Francesca Rozo

Francesca Rozo — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 01:02:16 +0000

This “could” be a Renaissance which is much more palatable, but that would entirely depend upon the greedy and the theives admitting the mistakes and voluntarily changing. …. which they won’t. Thus, Viva La Revolucion!!

By: richard

richard — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 01:19:25 +0000

Class envy is not the issue here, it’s about greedy CEO’s, Wall Street types, hedge fund managers, oil company executives and the like running our country into the ground. Where are the jobs? Why are CEO’s making 40 million dollars a year and flying helicopters to work while million are out of work or under-employed? What’s with the proliferation of “private jets” for spoiled executives of corporations? Are tax policies in the US fair? How come Warren Buffet pays less taxes – he made 62 million last year – than the average secretary? How come the CEO of Alta Bates in Oakland is making 4 million a year? Why are all these US jobs being moved overseas? These are all questions everybody in the US ought to be asking. US citizens, voters, make the rules for our economic system. The Occupy Wall Street movement is a grassroots effort to start putting the heat on those who are running our economy into the ground. We need to start talking about greed, and how this undermining our economic system, I think. This is not class warfare, it’s about constructing an economic that works for all Americans,
not just those who work at the top end of the economic system.

By: James M

James M — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 20:31:41 +0000

All these career politicians here in the bay must be getting desperate. So quick to support a gathering of hacks bent on spreading class envy and hate with no plan or message to build individual or community exceptionalism. Faith, Hope and Charity. If you want a life of success and significance within your community, then value these. If you want misery, strife and anxiety, then join the Occupiers, which is apparently what most of our local representatives have chosen to do. So sadly predictable.

By: Elwood

Elwood — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 17:27:20 +0000

What a bunch of flipping idiots!

By: rew

rew — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:43:54 +0000

As a blue collar working class person I strongly support the occupy Wall Street movement. As a nation the topic of greed needs to be number 1 on the agenda. Never in my lifetime has income inequality been as bad as it is today. These people that run major corporations – the corporate managers – and even people that run public agencies, continue to give themselves huge raises in pay – salaries at the top end are just ludicrous. At the same time these corporate managers are trying to chisel workers at the low end, constantly doing take-aways, cutting benefits, cutting hours, moving job overseas, eliminating jobs altogether. This isn’t just happening on Wall Street, the Chancellor at UC Berkeley makes $500,000 a year. The entire time this chancellor has been on the job he’s tried to block the janitors at the University from getting a raise. These paper pusher CEO’s, whether they be in the private sector, or even the public sector, believe they are entitled to live like kings, they believe they should get gargantuan pensions, golden parachutes when they get fired, and when they run the company or public agency they are running into the ground, “bailouts” from the federal goverment.

By: Rick K.

Rick K. — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 08:02:42 +0000

“Live Shot Garamendi” himself lives in a glass house and therefore shouldn’t case stones. Garamendi was a partner in an investment firm from 1998 to 2001, but is secretive about what he actually did for Yucaipa Cos. By most accounts, it was a big-salary, do-nothing job created by major Democratic political donor Ron Burkle, but it’s likely that he was involved in the same Wall Street wizardry/alchemy that he now derides. See the expose in the December 27, 1999 edition of Forbes magazine: http://www.forbes.com/global/1999/1227/0226024a.html
Everyone in the “Occupy” movement should realize that Garamendi is a part of the problem, not the solution. He preaches reform, but has personally participated in and profited from the “greed and recklessness” that he now condemns. Any “Occupy” protestors in Walnut Creek this week should direct their ire at Garamendi’s congressional office because he preaches one thing and does another. Hypocrites like Garamendi need to be ousted from power in 2012. People in Vacaville, Fairfield, Dixon and points north can vote out Garamendi in just a few months. So long, “Live Shot Garamendi”!

By: David F

David F — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 06:22:05 +0000

If the occupy Wall Street movement were to have one central ambition that would reverse the trend of economic disparity and the lack of representation by our elected officials that ambition would be end the numerous mechanisms by which corporations and the wealthy purchase the best laws and regulations that money can buy. Until campaign finance laws are changed, and political money is no longer protected as “free speech” the gap between rich and poor will continue to widen.

By: John W

John W — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 04:08:57 +0000

A local radio caller today suggested that the Oakland and SF “Occupy” people needed to move the show to where the rich live, “like Danville.” When the talk show host questioned whether it would be appropriate to protest outside people’s homes, the caller clarified that he was thinking of businesses in Danville, not homes. So, I was trying to come up with a list of prime business candidates in Danville for Occupy to picket. Charlies Barbershop, perhaps? Elliott’s Bar? The Psychic?

By: Ming Liu Bengtsson

Ming Liu Bengtsson — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 02:49:31 +0000

ll support putting a stop to endless wars, unrestricted corporate greed, and massive inequity facing all but the wealthiest few,” Lee said. “What is happening in our country is that the Tea Party controlled Republicans are playing politics with our economy and our democracy by trying to dismantle government, protect corporate donors and promote the super rich – and it is unconscionable. I am inspired by and will work with those on the front lines of this growing movement

Ming Liu Bengtsson