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	Name:	copperline -
	Subject:	Sigh......
	Date:	11/21/2011 5:58:40 PM

Enough of your venom already. Even if you don't agree with street protests, it doesn't serve any purpose to denigrate everyone of the sympathizers in this way. Your harshness is part of the polarization that propels the problem. Their protest is not likely to change the system, but we should recognize the fact that so many people, in so many cities across the country, found reason to go into the streets to display their dissatisfaction with system. There is a huge and potentially destabilizing income disparity in this country as we go into the future. We should pay close attention to what this means, and not just wrap ourselves in smug self-congratuations that I have been financially successful... and if you have not, there's something wrong with your character, or intelligence, or moral fiber.

As far as Newt goes, I think it's pretty funny that he makes this reference. He already gave the rest of us a serious bath by taking $1.5 million in consulting fees from those same federal agencies he derides for their wasteful spending.

Just sit back and have another martini, man.