Anger at government, corporations going too far
Lewis DiuguidThe arrests this week of five men in plotting to bomb an Ohio bridge indicates that the anger against the government and corporate America has gone too far.
Charges were brought against self-described anarchists who for months were unknowingly working with an FBI informant to take out a bridge connecting two wealthy Cleveland suburbs. The government-bad mania caught on during the presidency of Ronald Reagan.
It never really went away. The Occupy Movement directed a lot of public anger at banks and corporations. The five men had been associated with Occupy Cleveland, however, a spokeswoman for Occupy Cleveland told The Associated Press that the suspects didn’t share the group’s nonviolent views.
It is long past time for the anger toward government and corporations to be directed to positive outcomes to improve living conditions, education and create jobs for people nationwide.
Kent Mueller
1 year agoWow, Lewis. I never knew the anti-business/capitalism Occupy Wall Street crowd had its roots in the conservative movement’s desire for a smaller federal government.
Lewis, that is just crazy.
Besides, do you know what conservatives desire regarding the federal government? You misstate it significantly when you say “government-bad mania”. Conservatives do not thing government is bad. We think the federal government is too big and doing things it ought not be doing, per the constitution. That is far different than your misrepresentation that government itself is bad.
Mark Hastert
1 year agoThese home grown crackpots, the Tim McVeighs, malitias, or anarchists like this latest bunch only have their twisted opinions strengthened and deepened by the 24 hr drum beat on TV, radio, and the internet. They have no filter to separate facts from fiction.
We need to learn a little critical thinking, to investigate and read on our own from varied multiple news sources.
Kent Mueller
1 year agoMark, do you agree with Lewis that the OWS crowd has its roots back in the Republican Reagan era?
George Hunsucker
Northland
1 year agoEarth to mark… these were ows people.. Your trying to not say this is laughable…, You libs praised the fleabaggers. I only hope they keep it up for six more months. Come on fleabaggers, show us what you are really made of!!!!
Steven Fetter
66223
1 year agoThe government bad mania caught on during the presidency of Reagan?
How about as far back as the Washington-Jefferson?
How about the debate of the overreach of FDR?
Certainly the era of LBJ (how many kids did you kill today) and Nixon qualify as a time when the government was vilified. Just ask Obama’s fellow Chicagoans, Alinski and Ayers.
Mark Hastert
1 year ago“Earth to mark… these were ows people.”
Read more here: http://voices.kansascity.com/entries/anger-government-corporations-going-too-far/#storylink=cpy
Do your homework George, the FBI completely cleared OWS of any involvement. Read a littl will ya? These anarchists were trying to recruit from OWS and were rejected. Look George, these types need to be rejected and denounced by everyone Me, you, all of us else they get the impression that they have any support at all. The Teas had all sorts of nut cases turning up at their rallies too but you rightly wouldn’t claim them. These crack pots, right and left are dangerous.
Kent Mueller
1 year agoMark, there are nut cases in most every large crowd. But there is absolutely no relativity between the Tea Party gatherings and the OWS gatherings. Not even close.
How many Tea Partiers were arrested? How many had to be cleared away? How many left the public land a mess? One thing the Tea Party actually did that many of the OWS did not, was to pay the permit fees to be where they were.
So, what did you mean by “all sorts of nut cases turning up” at the Tea Parties. Is that more sarcasm? Or, can you explain your hyperbole of “all sorts of nut cases”. Oh, and any explanation should show that the Tea Party nut cases are similar or more in number to the OWS crowd, unless you want to acknowledge the OWS had more “nut cases”.
Johnathon Busby
1 year agoThank you for pointing out the commonalities between the Occupy movement and the Tea Party. One claims the government would operate better in the absence of corporate manipulations, the other claims that the corporations could create more prosperity in the absence of governmental influence.
The thing is, the gov’t and corporations hire from one another’s people as a matter of practice; government and big business is in truth the same entity these days. Protesters of various stripes would do well to stop letting that entity divide and conquer them.
Kent Mueller
1 year agoJohnathon, I agree with you to a certain extent. GE is but one example.
But the Tea Party goals work to stopping that. A government reduced in size won’t be doing all of those things that help large corporations. Those are among the many things the federal government should stop doing. The government will be smaller and there would be less opportunity to corrupt it.