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ANGRY LIBS PROTEST AGAINST CAPITALISM

Pittsburgh : PA : USA | about 1 month ago  
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Hundreds of self-proclaimed Anarchists looted, rolled trash bins, threw rocks and broke windows as they tried to march from an outlying Pittsburgh neighborhood toward the convention center where the G-20 summit was being held.

Many, wearing dark clothes and bandanas, chanted "Ain't no power like the power of the people, 'cause the power of the people don't stop." All of this anger aimed at Capitalism and Corporate America. No Teabaggers allowed.

Coverage of the mayhem, was characterized as "Oraganized Protestors Marching to have their voices heard" by the State Run media. The Brian Williams of the news world went out of their way to paint as rosy a picture as possible.They emphasized the word "Protestor" as opposed to Angry mobs, and rioters which were more appropriate judging from the pictures and the damage left behind.

The City of Pittsburgh which hosted the simmit, had to go to extraordinay measures to beef up it's security and prepare for a worst case scenario in order to keep residents and businees owners safe. Approximately 5000 police officers and 2000 National Guardsmen were expected to be on hand for the event. The additional cost for the extra security was expetced to reach over $20 million dollars.

In past summit meetings, these same Anarchists have shown up in large numbers and have caused extensive property damage.

The curious thing about those protesting is that many have had the best America has to offer their entire lives. Yet, they go out and act like spoiled brats because someone has the audacity to work hard and earn millions of dollars. Somehow they feel this is unfair and that no one should be allowed to earn more money than they could ever spend.

I would suggest to some of these angry anarchists that they go and live in some of the less fortunate neighborhoods and countries of the world and find out what they can do to help their less fortunate neighbors have better lives.

It is also hypocritical that these same angry anarchists never show up at the homes of prominent Elitists like many members of the Democratic Party. Why not camp out in front of Nancy Pelosi's House or have a sleepover on the front lawn of Al Gore's 20,000 acre mansion?

Why not stake out in front of the White House and protest about the millions the President has made in book sales? Isn't that Capitalism at it's best?

Hard work never killed anyone. No one should feel ashamed about their earning power nor should they be concerned with a bunch of angry Anarchists and their cries of unfairness. Capitalism is & will be the greatest force for prosperity in this country. It is the reason that draws many to come this great country. The opportunity to become wealthy and enjoy the many freedoms that hold them back in their native countries.

There are better ways to spend a weekend than to spend it decrying the ills of Capitalism.

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  • News Source: Press TV | about 1 month ago
    The group estimated that nearly 500 people gathered at the Schenley Plaza, angry about Thursday's protest and how the police treated them, the New York Times reported. According to the report, a university message that warned students to stay off...
  • News Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | about 1 month ago
    They didn't set cars ablaze or chain themselves together in "sleeping dragons" with PVC pipe. The anarchists who police and media had warned for months could wreak havoc on the city during the G-20 summit didn't exactly fulfill that expectation.
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    Earlier, Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling warned bankers that the "party was over" and they must realise that the world has changed. Balance growth. A spokesman for the White House said that financial regulatory reform was ...
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    President Barack Obama said the protests had been relatively peaceful, adding that previous world summits drew far more protesters than came to Pittsburgh. He described many as opposing capitalism and free markets in general, and said he supported
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Posted By amalgam80 amalgam80 | about 1 month ago
Um, if you see a tradition line graph of the political spectrum, you would know that to the left are the liberals, you would know that to the right are the conservatives, and to the extreme right are the anarchists. To the extreme left is socialism.

Anarchists want absolutely no government, what makes you think they are liberals, haven't you been paying attention to your own writing, the libs want more government.

But anyway, you also fail to notice that the protests, riots, etc. are because of the G20. Where the U.S. is just one of the 20, there are another 19 countries that are also being protested against. It doesn't help when it's Nancy Pelosi, Al Gore and Barack you want people to protest against, when they want to protest against is France, Germany, England, Russia, China etc...as well.

Oh and I'm assuming the "State Run media" is NBC. Which doesn't make sense, because NBC is owned by GE. And GE is one of the biggest capitalist around. I didn't know the government had bailed out GE as well.

And the city of Pittsburg is not a victim here, they volunteered their city in order to host this summit. They wanted to showcase how far Pittsburgh has come since the collappse of the steel industry there. They volunteered knowing fully well what kind of security they would have to muster up. As you have mentioned before, this is just one of the places these anarchist have shown up at.

The G20 meetings in London were hounded by protesters as well, do you think they should protest in front of Pelosi's house too?
Reply By Redhanded101 Redhanded101 | about 1 month ago
Libs are for redistribution of wealth and hate capitalism.
That's what these nut jobs were protesting about. It's not that they they don't want government, it's that they hate the Capitalistic system. THey want my money and your money to be equally distributed amongst the have's and have not's.

I don't know of one Republican or Conservative that is against Capitalism.

You missed the point as usual.

Extremists here in this case are protrayed as civil protestors,
Teaparty Protestors were protrayed as exteme radicals.
It's the hypocrisy that's the angle here..
Reply By amalgam80 amalgam80 | about 1 month ago
Libs hate capitalism? Really? that's funny since you pointed out yourself that many libs are rich.

Redistribution of wealth, oh you must mean taxes. Yeah, last time I checked the Constituion defended taxes. And I don't think it ends up being distributed equally. For some reason the poor stay poor and the rich stay rich. The libs just must be bad at being socialist, fascists, anarchists or whatever you want to throw at them this week.

I don't know one Democrat that is against Capitalism either. I just know conservatives that say they are.

I don't know how anyone shown to have destroyed public property is then protrayed as civil protestors. If someone reported that the protestors destroyed public property, it means they are saying that they are no longer just civil protestors.

I didn't miss your point, I disagree with it. Libs are not anarchist, they are on the other end of the spectrum. You can't protests against the G20 by protesting against Pelosi. That NBC is not state run, in fact it is part of the capitalist system that the protesters are protesting against.

Oh and every Republican that favors Medicare, MediCaid, V.A., social security, public education, the police department and other bigger law enforcement departments including INS, the bail outs, the subsidies to farmers, water system, seat belts air bags and other vehicle regulations and roads, all are a little bit against Capitalism and for socialism. But just ignore I said that. I'm sure you will anyway.

Oh and I almost forgot, the many protestors were labeled anarchists in the very media you are bashing. If you didn't know, anarchists are extremeists. It goes without saying, I don't know if a moderate anarchist even exists. When someone labels another anarchist, it is the same as saying extremist anarchist. As I said before, anarchists are the EXTREME right. The extreme is already in the word anarchist.
Posted By amalgam80 amalgam80 | about 1 month ago
RT @Hargoosh: <...> T-shirt seen at #G20 protests:"I voted for Obama and all I got was this lousy police state!" #tcot #tlot #p2 #teaparty


That was a tweet I saw, Are you sure there were no tea partiers there.

It's a pretty popular tweet at the moment. I've personally seen it retweeted at least four times.
Reply By Redhanded101 Redhanded101 | about 1 month ago
A,

That is the Hypocrisy of the Liberal. Capitalism is ok when it makes them tons of money. But when it comes to others that have lots of it, it's a sin.

Who was it that imposed salary limits in CEO exec pay and tried to tax the bonuses of many Bank & corporate execs?

This bottom-up economy that Barack Obama is trying to implement is all about punishing Capitalism & Big Corporations.
Nancy Pelosi is a symbol of the greed and excesses that these protestors say Capitalism engenders. So , to make a point, why not single her & every other filthy rich Elitist, Hollywood type out?

By using the word Anarchist, the State Run media was trying to somehow paint the picture that the protest was somehow well intended and righteous. As you say, the word "Extremist" has a negative connotation and so NBC tried to saty away from the word.

It is so obvious that they wanted to foucus on the words "protestors" and "Anarchists" as a way to soften the blow....
Posted By amalgam80 amalgam80 | about 1 month ago
Um you said it yourself that these anarchists were self proclaimed. NBC didn't label them anarchist, They went around wearing black and with the A, anarchist symbol, on poster boards and t-shirts.

When did this salary limit happen, I wasn't told. And so you are saying that the bonuses that bank execs get should be tax free. Do you support the same thing for the tips waiters and waitresses get, should that be tax free as well. I would assume the bonuses qualify as income, therefore taxing them is not socialist, it is Constituitionalist.

Oh Nancy Pelosi is a symbol of greed, not the G20. I had no idea. I wonder if people in China even know who Nancy Pelosi is.

It's so strange to hear you come to the side of the Wall Street executives, considerering you've been bashing Obama for being one of their Cronies.

You see Obama can either be a cronie of the lobbyists and Wall street or he can be a socialist. He can either be a liberal or an anarchist. He can either be a capitalist or a socialist. He can't be both. Well not in the real world, but I don't know what world the "hate Obama" crew lives in.

GE can either be a capitalist or a...I don't know what else GE can be.

"This bottom-up economy that Barack Obama is trying to implement is all about punishing Capitalism & Big Corporations."

Oh the Big Corporation have behaved themselves so much that it is so unfair of them to be punished. They didn't do a single thing to cause the economic collapse that has occured. It must of been the Obama administration that caused this collapse.

"By using the word Anarchist, the State Run media was trying to somehow paint the picture that the protest was somehow well intended and righteous. As you say, the word "Extremist" has a negative connotation and so NBC tried to saty away from the word."

I never said the word extremist has a negative connotation. Fox News, ABC news, CNN and all the local networks and all the conservative blogs all noted that these protestors were anarchists, not just NBC. They must all be state run, liberals, who hate capitalism.

Do you even know the definition of elite? Not just Democrats fall under this definition. Your previous President was part of this group of people too. Hollywood types, lots of country singers fall into this label too, and a lot of conservatives.
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