Forum Post: The 1%ERS waste a hell of a lot of the planets resources and were running out of them.
Posted 13 years ago on Oct. 31, 2011, 11:02 p.m. EST by USCitizenVoter
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The 1%ERS waste a hell of a lot of the planet's resources and I don't think they care if you like it or not. They are over consumers. I can't stand their attitudes of how they feel that deserve to have more because they can afford it. Driving around in a big fine automobile with their noses stuck up in the air like their shit don't stink. Hell I smelled em a mile away. You think they care about the price of a gallon of gas. Hells Bells them big ass banks made out in 2008 when they had invested in barrells of oil and it sold at $150. a barrell. They love to sell us bottled water at about a buck each. Food, hope you like beans and rice. I'll stop while I'm ahead.
uh.. we ALL waste alot of resources.
do you know how much waste we produce in the name of convenience? It is the basis of consumerism in america.. and consumerism is the epitomy of the middle class (ie: middle class jobs keep middle class buying crap that corporations make). They sell it becase YOU ARE BUYING it... i never understood why people buy stuff they can get almost for free (ie: water). Do you know the resources that go into making the water bottle to carry teh stuff you can get for free from the water fountain or the tap?
This is NOT territory of the 1%.
Having access to bottled water and other emergency supplies is very important and it helps protect your family from the unknown. Too bad large companies promote and sell a lot of products that our planet would be better off if the products were setting on the shelves for the time of an emergency.
Agreed emergency supplies are important. but companies only sell it because consumers are buying it..
if people were willing to think/prepare ahead by bottling their own tap water.. think of all the money they could save. but apparently most people 1) cannot plan ahead or 2) cannot be bothered to prepare ahead or 3) do not value their $$
My problem with this is when people who are on the public dole cannot do 1, 2 and 3. You do not deserve my help if you cant plan/prepare/spend your $$ wisely. (The above is obviously just 1 small example)
Too much advertising of the products to make our lives so much better, equals over consuming and trashing of our planet .
The 1% also create a lot of the world's resources. When is the last time you saw a hippie building an electrical plant?
Are you talking about Steve Job? He kind of looked the part
Would you call Nikola Tesla a hippie. No man ever created our planets resources. Man creates technology. Gas and Coal fired electrical plants may become extint sooner than we think and who knows a hippie may be the one to create the technology.
The sad truth is, all organizations are corrupt on some level. And all empires are temporary. The real way to win is to absorb the enemy in a greater fight. Lao Tzu knew this. What is the one thing the 1% hate as much as we do? Richer folks then they are telling them what to do. It is the wealthiest corporations we need to be thinking about as the enemy, rather then the Jimmy Buffets of the world. Amen?
Here is when the banks became too big for their pants.The Gramm–Leach–Bliley Act , also known as the Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999, (Pub.L. 106-102, 113 Stat. 1338, enacted November 12, 1999) is an act of the 106th United States Congress (1999–2001). It repealed part of the Glass–Steagall Act of 1933, removing barriers in the market among banking companies, securities companies and insurance companies that prohibited any one institution from acting as any combination of an investment bank, a commercial bank, and an insurance company. With the passage of the Gramm–Leach–Bliley Act, commercial banks, investment banks, securities firms, and insurance companies were allowed to consolidate. The legislation was signed into law by President Bill Clinton. A year before the law was passed, Citicorp, a commercial bank holding company, merged with the insurance company Travelers Group in 1998 to form the conglomerate Citigroup, a corporation combining banking, securities and insurance services under a house of brands that included Citibank, Smith Barney, Primerica, and Travelers. Because this merger was a violation of the Glass–Steagall Act and the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, the Federal Reserve gave Citigroup a temporary waiver in September 1998. Less than a year later, GLB was passed to legalize these types of mergers on a permanent basis. The law also repealed Glass–Steagall's conflict of interest prohibitions "against simultaneous service by any officer, director, or employee of a securities firm as an officer, director, or employee of any member bank."
http://alchemicalreaction.blogspot.com/2011/10/2011-occupy-america-peoples-official.html
You do realize that most of the bailout loans have been repaid. We should give George Bush a medal, since it could have been a lot worse.
They should have help the people on the streets first. They pay taxes.
IRS statistics show that the majority of the people on the street pay no income taxes.
Well they a home and a job a few years ago. Tax Payers
Same statistics go back over the past few decades. Rich pay the vast majority of taxes.
Yes and that is why I love this country. The Land of the Free and Home of the Brave.
Glad to help clarify.
Big business investing in food futures and water rights. Retiring CEO Nabors Industries (oil) gets $100,000,000 to get lost. Lot of good reasons for OWS.
Yeah I saw a rich guy dig up some trees or something and burn them.
I bet his hands were not holding onto the handle of the shovel. Unless he was trying to cover up a crime that he committed. No he would have just got a good lawyer.
No he had jammed the shovel handle down the throat of a puppy and was holding that.
classicliberal, What are your intentions? You are making nonsense comments?
No... Why would you think that? Look, it doesn't matter anyway. The Rupublipoops have taken over and we will have mandatory bible ownership within the next election cycle.
Bigger fish to fry my man.
The rich and famous do not want to be seen as 'pigs' or go down in history as 'villains'. They want to be seen as 'heros' and go down in history as 'humanitarians'. The market for their product has become global. The fan base has become global. Therefore, the 'humanitarian' effort and 'good will' PR machine has gone global. These 'humanitarian' efforts and 'good deeds' are not chosen to address the greatest need or injustice. They are chosen almost exclusively to appeal to the largest demographic for their respective commercial products. The largest fan base. Efficiency or effect is of little or no concern. Its all about PR, marketing, image, and fame.
This is why the rich and famous have all taken up 'philanthropy' or 'good will' around the world. This is why so many have 'schools' or 'foundations' in their name. This is why so many play golf or appear on a TV game show for 'charity'. This is why so many sign motorcycles, other merchandise, or auction off their own 'personal effects' for 'charity'. This is why so many have TV shows with a 'charitable' gimmick. This is why so many arrange photo ops with wounded veterans, firefighters, or sick children. This is why so many have adopted children from around the world (Which they always pay others to care for full time. The hired professionals are sworn by legal contract to confidentiality. Not allowed to discuss or appear in public with the children they care for. Those 'photo' and 'interview' opportunities are reserved exclusively for the rich and famous 'adoptive' parents.). This is why every 'humanitarian' effort and 'good deed' is plastered all over the media worldwide. Its not about 'humanity' or 'good will'. Its all about marketing, image, fame, and PROFIT. This is why we are so often reminded of their respective 'good deeds' or 'humanitarian' efforts shortly before or after the release of their latest commercial product.
Charitywatch.org and Charitynavigator.org are both non-profit charity watchdogs. Of all the well rated charities (about 1500) only three are closely affiliated with celebrities. Michael J Fox (not the primary donor), Tiger Woods (not the primary donor), and Bill Clinton (not the primary donor). That's three well rated celebrity foundations out of 1500. In general, celebrity foundations run like crap because they blow half the money on private jet rides, five star accommodations, and PR crews.
The fans have been terribly misled. For example:
Virtually every penny 'donated' by Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt to date has come from repeated sales of baby photos. With each sale, the baby money goes to the 'Jolie-Pitt' foundation. A foundation which has never done anything but shelter funds. The 'donation' is immediately publicized worldwide.
When Jolie or Pitt have a new movie to promote, a portion is then donated from their own 'foundation' to a legitimate charity. This leaves their ignorant fans under the impression that 'another' donation has been made. When in fact, its the same baby money being transferred again and again. Another portion is blown on private jet rides, super-exclusive accommodations, photo ops, and PR crap. This saves Jolie and Pitt millions in travel/stay expenses and their respective studios tens of millions in advertising. It's all very calculated.
Of course, Jolie and Pitt could simply endorse any of the 1500 most efficient and effective charities. Of course, the baby money would go much further and do far more good if it were donated to such charities to begin with.
But that would be too boring.
The 'Make it Right' Foundation took in over $12,000,000 the first year alone. Tens of millions overall. Brad Pitt has never been the primary donor, planner, or designer. He is a figurehead and salesman with a position on the board of advisors. Nothing more. Still, he has been showered with glorious praise by fellow celebrities and media outlets around the world. Again, the fans have been terribly misled.
In order to move into a 'green' home, the innocent victims of Katrina are required to provide a property deed, meet a number of financial requirements, and pay an average of $150,000 UP FRONT. The difference is offered in cheap loans or on occasion (according to the website) forgiven. To date, only a few dozen former home owners have qualified.
The 'Make it Right' foundation was never intended to help the lower income residents of New Orleans reclaim anything lost in Katrina. In fact, 'Make it Right' is part of a calculated effort to rebuild the Lower Ninth Ward without them. Part of a calculated effort to raise property values in the area by displacing the poor. They are by design, excluded. Unable to qualify. Of course, Brad Pitt could have simply endorsed 'Habitat For Humanity'. A well known, proven, and efficient home building operation. Of course, the tens of millions in funding would have gone MUCH further.
But that would be too boring. Big name celebrities have no desire to make the world a better place.
Their primary goal is to appear as if they do.
It's a sham. Good will has become big business.
Roll out the red carpet my foot. That's why they want to have up front, first class parking privileges at all of the stores anywhere they shop. Just put them at the front of the lines. "LOL" and people fall for their shit. Get their little stars out and hang em on their mirrors. Over consuming SOBs. Wastefull freaks that what they are. I can't stand them GREEDY PRICKS.
Yup. Fake environmentalists too. Telling us how to conserve while they fly around in private jets.
Whats a guy going to do to stop this nonsense?
There is no stopping it. But we might be able to make a dent with legal protest and different spending habits.
good points
Their vanity and pride have no limits. Sucking oil out of the earth and then bombing it until there are earthquakes and tsunamis... I'll stop while I'm ahead but we need to stop 1%ERS before they kill the earth and all its inhabitants.
Beliefs have the power to create and the power to destroy. Human beings have the awesome ability to take any experience of their lives and create a meaning that disempowers them or one that can literally save their lives. By: Tony Robbins
pigs get slaughtered
"They love to sell us bottled water at about a buck each."
Do they make you buy it as well? Get a filtration system.
I have one and I use it. I carry water from home everyday. My water has no taste and I like it that way.
Ok then. Good on ya :-) I would never pay for it (besides the filter)
planet's*
I'm sorry but after analysing your argument, it's clear you have never been ahead
I was way ahead of the go green movement at just 7 years old I walked along Americas backroads picking up used soda bottles and returned them for a 2 cent deposit at the grocery store. Remember the crying Indian commercial. My little free enterprise paid off. At 16 years of age I was able to pay cash for my first car. At 17 years old I enlisted with the US Army and have managed to cover my expenses ever since. Your difinition of never been ahead and mine may differ. You know what someone once said never assume anything or you might make an ass out of yourself but not me.
I'm not assuming anything, I just think your post is stupid.
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