#OccupyWallStreet. Why is this not getting major MSM attention?

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Another list of demands from these idiots.

Nothing to see here people. Just a bunch of whiners with nothing better to do.

Where have I heard this before. I know I've heard this somewhere....

Another list of demands from these idiots. Nothing to see here people. Just a bunch of whiners with nothing better to do.

Yep. The world would be better off without these whiners begging for equality and stuff...

Lets face reality, the people that are currently throwing around the word are referring to anyone that has more money than they do. Its about wealth envy, nothing more. To make things clear as to where I sit on this word. I believe that there is nothing wrong with making as much money as you can. I dont care if you take advantage of every tax loophole and 'receptive' politician there is to amass more money. As long as you dont cross that line and do something that is explicitly illegal I dont consider you greedy. I do consider the guy that refuses to take, and work hard at, a $10/hr job and robs a bank instead to be greedy.

So let me get this straight: The guy that robs a bank is greedy, but the guys that orchestrated the subprime mortage crisis, and those that profited from it are not greedy because nothing illegal happend? You might wanna go look up the definition of greed. Its in the dictionary. So if I paid off congress and bribed enough judges to make grand larceny legal, I could get away with robbing a bank and not be greedy? ::Waiting for the "its not the same thing" argument::

Maybe a poor choice of words but still accurate. Being successful doesnt mean you have lots of money, but you will have more than the 30yo loser that works at McD's.

You need to look up the word successful as well. Money is not always a by-product of success. Dr. Jonas Saulk was immensely successful when he developed, patented, and distributed the polio vaccine. He didnt make one single cent on it.

CEO's and I believe it was the WSJ said the US had a more anti business environment than China does.

WSJ reported on what the CEO's were claiming

At the start, the people that lost their homes are the ones that purchased homes they couldnt afford to start with. Now, its mainly people that lost their jobs and havent been able to find decent work.

Wrong. The people that lost their homes were the ones who were stuck in the bad mortgage loans. It wasnt that they couldnt afford their homes, its that they couldnt afford the balloon payments. Bad economy + Predatory lending = banks seizing homes, owners being upside down on properties. Not many people got more home than they could afford regularly. And the cycle of greed continues.

Insurance is not hard to get unless you fall into that small group of uninsurable people with serious pre-existing conditions.

Insurance is still on the verge of unaffordable in the long run if you're making less than $15/hr. Im sure we'll get there one day, but the U.S. is a ways away from a decent socialized healthcare system. ::Waits for the "wait times too long" and the "it will be too expensive" argument::

Can you define 'greed' and put it in context for us?

Here's what Merriam-Websters dictionary says (but how accurate can they be, huh?):

greed
noun \ˈgrēd\
Definition of GREED
: a selfish and excessive desire for more of something (as money) than is needed

Why should we stop trying to defend ourselves? Its pretty obvious you are an isolationist, where has that ever gotten us in the past?

We're not defending ourselves anymore. We haven't had to for quite some time. We have the strongest most advanced military in the world, do you really think we're actually "defending" ourselves? Really? "Isolationism" would have saved plenty of lives in Vietnam and plenty of lives in Afghanistan

The largest hurdle to any kind of global problem solving is the United Nations. Another major hurdle is anti americanism. Time for you to face reality. The world is jealous of America. They hate everything we stand for and they never fail to criticize the US for our actions or lack of lack of action. Yet these same countries always seem to have their hands out when they get into trouble.

No. The world is not jealous of the U.S. Far from it. Ask a few foriegn nationals, they'll tell you how jealous they are. LOL