Except that the tea party's roots also include large well funded groups like various groups funded by the Koch brothers and Karl Rove's Crossroads America etc. While I may not like OWS at least its not funded by very rich interests.
On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 10:28 AM, Cameron Childress <camer...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Grassroots is "the creation of the movement and the group supporting it are > natural and spontaneous, highlighting the differences between this and a > movement that is orchestrated by traditional power structures." > (from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grassroots) > > They both look grassroots to me. > > -Cameron > > On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 10:21 AM, Pierre Demester <pie...@demester.com>wrote: > >> >> OWS was never grassroots. >> It was started by socialist minded people. >> >> If you believe for a second they are or were grassroots >> - you are seriously lost in the media spew. >> >> That statement might rouse a few feathers >> - If not, this one might >> >> The Tea Party has always been grassroots. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Jerry Barnes [mailto:critic...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 10:08 AM >> To: cf-community >> Subject: Re: Occupy Atlanta says - Don't talk to the police.... >> >> >> "really? not seeing unions over here." >> >> They might not be advertising, considering the implications. >> >> Anyway, guess which union rented office space for Occupy DC. >> >> >> >> J >> >> - >> >> Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. >> - Henry Kissinger >> >> Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, >> go >> out and buy some more tunnel. - John Quinton >> >> >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:351181 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm