You got to see this add to join their credit union

[Ichingcarpenter]

LOL....

[AsahinaKimi]

1. Awesome! love the mask!

sugoi! すごい！

[Skittles]

3. Nov 5!

yes INDEED :D

[AsahinaKimi]

4. JUST four days away from

A BANKERS ass kicking!!! :D

[Skittles]

6. woot!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes_Night

[Kaleko]

27. Hai!

[Ichingcarpenter]

2. I just went to their site and its real

Wait for it, it flashes up.



https://www.trumarkonline.org/Home.aspx

[eShirl]

5. thanks for posting

up until now, I never would have believed it

[Scuba]

7. Kick. Thanks for posting.

[Tejas]

8. LOL, sh!t just got real!

Gonna be hard to top that!

[formercia]

9. K&R

Awesome.

[Gman]

10. Good marketing

[hobbit709]

11. My Credit Union has one that says

Go Bank Free on Nov. 5th
Extended lobby hours 9 AM to 4 PM

What bank has lobby hours on a Sat.?

[hootinholler]

12. Actually my bank does.

It is a small bank with all of 5 locations. It survived the depression and never invested in exotic instruments.

[Chan790]

13. Most banks in any major market...

have at-least one branch open for abbreviated hours on Saturdays.

Usually it's in a business district or the major branch; while they're publicly open...it not really for personal depositors, it's for the benefit of retail businesses and restaurants. Make their Friday deposits, get more change and small-bills if they overshot demand, small M-F businesses like it because it allows them a time to meet with the business banker without taking time out of the workweek. The contractors come in and get cash to pay their workers or the workers come in en-masse with the manager so he can make the weekly payroll deposit and they can all cash their checks.

[bluestate10]

36. Many banks have Saturday office hours.

Focus on the bad shit that banks do to customers during those hours that good credit unions that are member oriented won't do.

[MedleyMisty]

14. I said it back in February

Anonymous is going to save us all. Which, due to the nature of Anonymous, means that we're going to save ourselves. :)

Speaking of which - I heard they were playing the 1812 overture at OWS the other day. ;)

[cyberpj]

15. That may be the coolest thing I've ever seen! A blatant nod to OWS - LOVE it. nt

[-..__...]

20. Far from it.

Bank Transfer Day... http://www.facebook.com/Nov.Fifth

While the Bank Transfer Day movement acknowledges the enthusiasm from Occupy Wall Street, the Bank Transfer Day movement was neither inspired by, derived from nor organized by the Occupy Wall Street movement, and the Bank Transfer Day movement does not endorse any activities conducted by Occupy Wall Street.

[cyberpj]

25. Well alrighty then! nt

[tblue37]

26. The Guy Fawkes mask IS an OWS nod, though. nt

[-..__...]

32. What makes you think that?

The mask pictured in the CU ad, was lifted from the "Bank Transfer Day" website.

The founder of BTD herself has explained the reason for the Nov 5th date (Guy Fawkes Day).

The Guy Fawkes image/mask (as seen in "V For Vendetta"), owes it's current popularity to Anonymous/4Chan.

Personally... I think the whole Guy Fawkes thing is silly, and the people running around wearing that particular mask look even sillier.

[Lorien]

41. Disagree. If they didn't want to be associated with OWS they would

NOT have chosen to use that particular image. Yes, we get it; you don't like the movement or the message. That's been obvious for quite some time now.

[-..__...]

45. Are we talking about the "Bank Transfer Day" movement/campaign...

or the TruMark Credit Unions use of the image?

If it's the former... the founders own words and purpose say otherwise.

If it's the latter... then they are just as confused and have a wrongful interpretation as you do.

Someone took a silly image (from a movie no less), co-opted it, and applied it to their purpose

Yes, we get it; you don't like the movement or the message. That's been obvious for quite some time now.

O'rly?

How did you arrive at that conclusion?

I may or may have not posted comments that cast my doubt on the OWS movement (I don't really don't recall anything at the moment).

I know for a fact that I haven't thrown any shit on the ideals and purpose of the OWS (if it's of any importance... I have been down to the OccupyBoston encampment).

I'm just not one to fully embrace and unquestionably trust in a movement just because it sounds nifty.

I'll need to give it time before I have any opinion of it.

Otherwise... it's just another flash in the pan.

If by your comments you mean my negative attitude/hostility towards Anonymous...

Well, you're right on there.

They really are just a cluster fuck of immature, hypocritical, vandalizing assholes.

[sabrina 1]

47. Well, that depends on what is behind Anonymous, and since

they've been busy on the Global Revolution even before it came to the US, who knows what, or who, is behind them?

[sce56]

58. I've had my mask & knives(plastic) since haloween 2008 when I decided to wear based on "V"

I love that movie if only we had a resourceful person or persons like that to hack the TV and start a populist movement. I know fantasy!

[druidity33]

28. does the Bank Transfer Day group

use the Guy Fawkes image?

:shrug:

[-..__...]

33. Yes.

[Lorien]

40. Sorry, but the Guy Fawkes mask IS a nod to the movement. nt

[-..__...]

46. Well...

explain how you came to that conclusion then.

[IamK]

57. no it's not n/t

[UnrepentantLiberal]

42. Well then if anyone is that clueless, I don't want my money in their

institution.

[-..__...]

48. Are they cluless?

Or are they simply capitalizing on the opportunity to bring in new accounts from a competitor?

But yeah, I think the patriotic themed scary face touch is little bit overboard for a professional/serious institution.

[UnrepentantLiberal]

56. No, I meant the bank claiming that their use of the mask has nothing

to do with OWS. Either they're lying or they're clueless.

[uncle ray]

69. you spelled Credit Union wrong in your post.

[chalky]

67. Not a nod? Well then let's call it an acknowledgement made by one of our local credit unions

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsEBtzdUf9I&feature=player_profilepage

[redqueen]

16. Hahaha... nice! I've been telling people for years

to get their money out of banks and move to credit unions. I'm glad the idea is finally catching on. In a big way. :D

[defendandprotect]

35. Credit Cards next -- STRIKE!! Less than 1% on savings/CD's... 26% on Credit Cards!!

[Fire Walk With Me]

17. K&R!

[RegieRocker]

18. Awesome!

[jtrockville]

19. Brilliant!

[BeHereNow]

21. Too cool for words! People are FINALLY waking up!

I simply love this- for decades the "too big to fail" financial
institutions have brainwashed people into thinking that banks
were the only way to operate in a financial sense.
It simply never was and is not true.
The jig is up, as the saying goes.
I look forward to seeing them swallowed by their own greed.
Serpent devouring its own tail and all.
My money is in my local credit union and I sleep well
knowing they are not spending it gambling on criminal
financial schemes like the banksters.
BHN

[BeHereNow]

22. K&R!!!!

btw-
bhn

[Iggo]

23. LOL....Cute. (n/t)

[doublethink]

24. ......

[Kaleko]

30. Love that graphic.

The creativity unleashed by the Occupy movement is just astounding.

[doublethink]

44. agreed. n.t

:-)

[Zorra]

29. Great idea, more CU's should do that. nt

[valerief]

31. Fabulous! nt

[defendandprotect]

34. Terrific -- !! But we have to tackle the CREDIT CARDS ... STRIKE on using credit cards!!

[Douglas Carpenter]

37. knr

[L0oniX]

38. LMFAO

[fascisthunter]

39. nice

[Sportsguy]

43. Good One, But I Have A Question

and it's a little embarrassing . . . . . I don't get the mask. I like the and and gave this a rec, but apparently I don't get out enough, or something.

[mac56]

49. It's from "V for Vendetta"

A comic book, and later a movie.

The mask was worn by the hero, "V".

[sabrina 1]

50. It's also used by Anonymous, the hacker group who have

been very involved with the Global Revolution which came to the US on Sept. 17th called OccupyWallStreet. People associate the mask with the worldwide movement against the Wall Street money that has corrupted governments around the world.

[Kaleko]

51. The V For Vendetta mask symbolizes our collective unity in demanding systemic change

while at the same time remaining anonymous.

Wearing the mask makes us a strike force that cannot be individually character assassinated or outright killed by the PTB.

[Sportsguy]

52. Thanks Everyone For Explaining

And it was more than a "little" embarrassing.:blush:

[Kaleko]

55. It's an uncomfortable feeling, but embarrassment shows

that we have a conscience and hold ourselves to a higher standard than we can achieve in certain situations.

I think it's beautiful that you had the courage to ask about what you didn't know. :hug:

[Sportsguy]

60. Aww, Thanks :)))

:hug:

[MilesColtrane]

62. It represents Guy Fawkes, an English terrorist who was hoping...

to kill a monarch so that he'd be replaced by one of a different religious affiliation.

His plot failed and he met a particularly nasty end at the hands of the authorities.

[rpannier]

64. It was a little more complicated than that

Another factor was his the influence of his step father. He was a Catholic Denis Bainbridge of Scotton. His family was known for their resistance against the authority of the Church of England. Due to his influence, Guy became a Catholic at the age of 16. He then, came to know about repression of Parliament on local Catholics. The murder of Margaret Clitherow has a lasting affect on him. She was murdered because she had harbored a Catholic priest at her home so she was crushed to death.

The king had enforced new laws against the Catholic religion.

****************************************************
And as they say, "One man's terrorist is another man's hero."

[avaistheone1]

53. That's great.

thanks for posting.

k&r

:kick:

[James48]

54. Link for facebook bank-transfer day site:

see http://www.facebook.com/Nov.Fifth

[EC]

59. OWS has gone mainstream

and it sure took less time to do it than it took the hippie movement. I'm sure glad capitalism still has some good entrepreneurs.

[Firebrand Gary]

61. The Rise of Credit Unions. Thank God!

[lonestarnot]

63. Way yat!

Waiting for a few more branches to open here in AZ, should be part of the boom right?

[Go Vols]

65. Fucking A

yes

[lonestarnot]

71. :)

[joshguitar]

66. love the ows reference!!! nt

[sce56]

68. Well not as fancy an add but they also offer a $50 bonus on Nov 5th

Join Free on Saturday, November 5
Send your friends and family to the following VCCU offices on Saturday, November 5 between 9 am to 2 pm and we’ll waive the usual membership fee:

Ventura 6026 Telephone Rd.

Or join online on November 5 and we’ll sweeten the deal by matching your opening deposit, up to $50*.
Ventura County Credit Union - VCCU > >
www.vccuonline.net

[Enthusiast]

70. K&Recommended!

Wonderful!