Little Old Ladies Shut Down BofA Branch - Truthdig

Finally? You don't see any other Occupy that you believe in?

Open your eyes and look around you. They all are out there for you as well as for me and the rest of us who are overworked, underpaid, fighting just to feed our families, trying to get a college education to improve their lives, trying to hold onto their homes in the face of illegal foreclosures, protesting the inequality of the tax laws, trying to be considered real human beings, even if you are black, gay, Mormon, or anything that isn't considered appropriate to the 1% who are in control of our financial futures.

I can't believe you can only believe in little, old ladies standing up for the rights of all. I applaud them and hope that many, many more of we "old folk" get out there and let them know how ashamed we are of their greed and ugliness.

Why would corporation-owned news sources want to show anything that paints greed in a negative light?

Well, they are owned and controlled by the same 1%. Some are less biased than others, although lately the non-biased seem to be unwilling to ask tough questions of anyone. They seem to be going for "pure reporting". This is fine when reporting but not when interviewing.

I think they all have varying amounts of 'freedom' granted by their corporate masters, but ultimately are they going to print something that might cost them personal money? Probably not.

"NEWS"

More like Inconsequential trivia.

But at least I have the comfort of Knowing my beautiful wife and two lovely children have the opportunity to die a gruesome and violent death just by walking out the front door of are home thanks to the in depth and informative journalism provided by the major networks

Why does the media deserve credit for a heinous act committed by somebody else?

We should vote these women into congress!

Or "Power to the old people"

I'd forgotten That one!!! ROFLOL..

Loved that!

Perfect!

Thank you--great fun!

Go Grannies! *LOL* Monty Python rocks and so do these lovely Old Wild Women. Never did I ever imagine a day when a dozen little old ladies would put such fear in a monstrous corporation like BoA.

I'm just tickled pink with delight. And as its been said a few times already by other, I sure hope I'm that cool when I'm 80! Heck, I'd love to be even half as cool right now.

Damn. I have to do a better job reading previous comments. LOL

Such an awesome sketch, a replay is just as good as the first time around. Besides, I hear great minds think alike....
: )

You mean if they blocked an exit and made it dangerous in case of a fire inside the building? Or if they blocked an entrance way to a legal business and interfered with that businesses ability to conduct their business? I would hope that the Police would peaceably move them to a public area where they could exercise their right to protest. I would guess that the police would use the force equal to the danger posed by the protestors.

I would guess that the police would use the force equal to the danger posed by the protestors.

I would hope that they wouldn't need much "force" to remove a bunch of little old ladies.

fernando:

You mean if they blocked an exit and made it dangerous in case of a fire inside the building?

Yes.

In which case, the bank's responsibility would be to evacuate the building and close up shop.

Works for me.

Also, there are so many WAY more dangerous things going on in banks, that fire is the least dangrous -- it might actually be a good way to stop the other dangers from occurring.

Or if they blocked an entrance way to a legal business and interfered with that businesses ability to conduct their business?

When did what goes on in banks suddenly become legal?

You don't know that the world's banking system is a Ponzi scheme and that the AG of the US refuses to seriously prosecute banking fraud at the behest of BushBama, because, if he did prosecute the rampant banking fraud inherent in the US, the rest of the world would see the fraud and this would, in turn, cause a "run" on the nation's banks?

More generally, any argument that banks should remain open because they are legal businesses, imho, is a non-starter.

I would hope that the Police would peaceably move them to a public area where they could exercise their right to protest.

Me too, But police seldom behave in peacable ways when they are under teh employ of their banking masters.

. I would guess that the police would use the force equal to the danger posed by the protestors.

Their argument is that they do.

The problem is, they include among the "dangers" posed by protestors the potential for others to copy them.

This means that a reasonable level of force has to include the message that others had better not copy them -- hence the mindless skull-splitting of unarmed and peaceful demonstrators.

I would hope that they wouldn't need much "force" to remove a bunch of little old ladies.

They pepper sprayed this 84 year old woman at Occupy Seattle!

Funny how the caring conservatives never have a problem with the protestors that block entrances to women's health clinics and terrorize the women entering.

It's only the protestors they DISAGREE WITH who pose a danger to the fire code or the legal right of a business to conduct...ya know...their business.

I am actually not a Conservative. I disagree with anyone stopping anyone from conducting their legal business. I do not have a problem with protesting until you stop everyone else from going about their day.

Grae-

Ya, we know, but my response was to the question posed in #11

I wonder what would happen if they set up their walkers and wheelchairs in front of bank entranceways.

Would cops in riot gear, who work for the banks, throw them to the ground and kick the living sh*t out of them, like they do with other peaceful protestors?

It never ceases to amaze me that people expect protestors to play nice and not bother anyone. Certainly not businesses! How quickly these folks have forgotten what democracy and free speech are to acquire and maintain - it's messy. Want things tidy? Want powers that be to keep citizens in line lest the world be less tidy? Move to China. Better yet, move to North Korea where even the emotions you express publicly are controlled by the state.

Shebow:, and it never ceases to amaze me that people are willing to accept that, during these "peaceful" protests, it is acceptable to smash store windows and gut businesses, flip cars and set them on fire, for fun and games and not get a legitmate Law Enforcement response. Nobody, and in particular Law Enforcement has any problems with legal and peaceful protests but when the fire bombs or bricks start flying expect a response that is in direct realationship with the violence.

What you're describing are criminal acts, not peaceful protest. I am watching law enforcement and local governments having plenty of problems with peaceful protest. I'm not seeing smashed store windows, gutted businesses, flipped cars, burning cars, etc on my news during the Occupy protests. But I have witnessed law enforcement, at the behest of the local governments, pepper spray people who were sitting perfectly still, saying words that agitated the police until they began to treat American citizens as enemy combatants in a war.

Current has an interesting show on the 99 Percent. Might open some eyes. People need to stop assuming and believing everything they see on MSM.

The police broke the law in Oakland, NOT the protesters!

A civil suit has just been filed on behalf of those injured in the Occupy incidents.

Angry-Left:

Dirty stinking unemployed freeloading dope smoking OWS scum bags. Go take a bath.

LOL! :-P

had this gaggle of geezers been made to clean their schools way back when, they would have developed a real work ethic. instead of protesting, these grousing grannies should be doing something productive, like occupying a nursing home. sarc

face/palm

Wonder if Newt will come out with a statement urging these women to demand a paycheck, and not Medicare.

Good to hear of more support from the older generations!

When did progress become a bad thing!

Oh Susan, did you forget? Con-gress is the opposite of Pro-gress!!

;-)

OOPS!

Sometimes I feel so silly.

Susan, when Ronnie spoke.

so when you have Congress with a woman, you are being regressive, what if she is the one being aggressive

this is too fornicating complicated...

ROFLMAO

Anyone who works for BofA should feel guilty. They make their money out of screwing people over.

I would love to get out and Occupy, but my sons refuse to go with me. Guess I will just have to run my scooter down to the city center park alone.

Of course, part of the problem is that I live in a pretty nice city and don't have anything to do with banks or Republicans or the 1%.

Oh, well.

If you can, take your money out and put it in a smaller bank or credit union.

Go grannies Hang ten lady's

Here in Southern California, in a retirement community, and I've been passing this article around. A couple of my peers are getting fired up about this. Just yesterday I was privately bemoaning the fact that too many of us are content to sit on our keesters and do nothing more than talk. This is exciting!! :-)

Go Kathleen. Wish I could give you all stars.

Thank you, Susan. I'll keep you all posted.

Um.. I think they did.

Remember, at one time, the older generation was regarded the way that our younger generations are. At one time, these elderly women were probably "degenerate, dirty hippies" too.

Maybe, but they probably weren't blogging about their protests on their iPad, while sipping a Starbucks, while camping in a $750 tent.

But maybe they were! Little old ladies are awesome! We should listen to our elderly.

Squirrel!!!