[northfifeduckling]

I always knew there had to be folks with brains in the US  I always have been a doubter of the holy cow called "growth". The planet is on the brink of collapse, where are economies supposed to grow to - Mars, the moon?? Trouble is that money rules the world, all virtual  OH suggested if Americans keep protesting the powermongers will shut the internet down - wait and see

[bazzais]

I am surprised that there  has been little media coverage on http://occupywallst.org/

[Bright Raven]

WHAT WALL STREET PROTESTERS WANT Olbermann Calls This A Special Comment By The Protesters

Compulsive viewing - Watch this please.

Thanks

 

[RUSTYME]

Bugger , only on a mobile, so can't watch !!

[bazzais]

A 6 minute vid takes 1/2 our to download here too - but well worth the wait.

Direct democracy - a phrases that hits home.  You cant complain about a system unless your part of it - its unfortunate, but its the case.

Baz

[northfifeduckling]

Wow - have there ever been more radical news???

Just grabbed a week-old newspaper - headlines: "Half of donors since election work in finance" and "biggest cash donations are from hedge funds". No comment....

[deepinthewoods]

its one hell of a mission statement.
russ, nothing there you dont know already, nice to hear it aired on american tv tho.

[RUSTYME]

Sh*t hitting the fan asside , i have just about cleared up the veggie plot after 20 cows got in and wiped out the lot !     Nothing left at all . If 'they' don't get you , nature will .                        No money and now now food !    Still, it could be worse , it could be nearly winter !   

[Bright Raven]

What a disaster! Better let us know if you need some food parcels delivering. I am sure we could help out.

[RUSTYME]

Thanks BR , I will scrape by somehow , always have , but if you see a posting from 'bagofbonesme' instead of 'rustyme' , things could be getting a bit iffy here !  Still got spuds in the ground , so should last a while yet .
  On the upside , the cows did leave plenty of crap on the plot , "always look on the bright side of life ! ".  Chips & chips for din dins tonight , and tomorrow ......lol.

[Bright Raven]

That's the spirit. My pigs are going on the 24th so I will send you some sausage before the month is out if you PM me with your address.    Shame you can't eat cow pats.

[Norfolk Newby]

It is amusing that we are waiting for the Greek economy to collapse when the good old pound has dropped by about 25% in value without anyone getting upset. That means you and I have to pay another 25% for anything imported including fuel, food, electrical and other manufactured items and for any holidays and travel outside the UK.

Also, anyone foreign who has bought UK bonds, British businesses or hold sterling currency has also lost 25% of their cash.

To rub salt in the wound, VAT has increased.

And for anyone approaching retired (ME!), their expensive pension scheme has collapsed meaning 33% less spending money when we retire.

And the good news is...

Our banks are doing well!

[Crofter]

Where would we be without our banks!  ( Is there an extreme sarcasm smiley?)

[SallyintNorth]

It is amusing that we are waiting for the Greek economy to collapse when the good old pound has dropped by about 25% in value without anyone getting upset. That means you and I have to pay another 25% for anything imported including fuel, food, electrical and other manufactured items and for any holidays and travel outside the UK.

Well, there is good news too.

The lower the pound is against the euro, the more the farm subisidies are (they are calculated in euros, so if the same number of euros buys more pounds, the farmers get more pounds.)

And the mainland Europeans buying our lamb buy it in euros, so again, as the pound weakens against the euro, the price of lamb being exported goes up and the farmer gets more for his / her lambs.  (And so do smallholders  )

My personal viewpoint is that anything that encourages us as a nation to buy more locally-produced services, goods and foods, the better.  Better for us and better for the planet.  Such a shame we manufacture very little these days...

[deepinthewoods]

so the 'occupy' protests are spreading rapidly, from asia to the uk.
do you think it will make any difference or no?