Symbolism---A picture is worth a thousand words...

[kpete]

Symbolism

by David Atkins

A picture is worth a thousand words:



http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2011/11/symbolism.html

[midnight]

1. Too perfect...

[Kaleko]

26. A closer look at the same picture -

http://www.tumblr.com/photo/1280/13004183064/1/tumblr_luwdnp4plT1qzlfum

And here WE are -

[peacebird]

2. I knew their creed was defend and protect- but I thought it meant protect us, not the corporations

[n2doc]

30. Working for Wall Street

[chill_wind]

3. K & R. Totally surreal. I hope someone is compiling a book or two

of photo-essay. Lots of someones, lots of books.

[freshwest]

21. This and the one with them guarding the old golden calf in NYC. That was a true reality check.

How laughable all this is, really. I doubt the 1% have mirrors...

[Alameda]

29. Do you have a golden calf photo link?

[UpInArms]

34. here's a pic and link

http://gdcomputerrepair.com/anonymous/communique-from-anonymous/

[Luminous Animal]

4. Amazing photo.

[graywarrior]

5. Wow

[grasswire]

6. and citizens complain about the policing cost of the protests

Why don't the cities bill the banks?

[lunatica]

7. Chase's police

[shraby]

8. They expecting a bank robbery?

I got news for them..the robbers are already inside and have been stealing the place blind.

[doublethink]

9. Exactly ... they are facing the wrong way !!

They need to turn around and arrest the bank! Sigh .... great photo anyway.

[abelenkpe]

10. Remember seeing a photo very similar to this from Greece

About one and a half years ago.

[Earth_First]

11. ...any idea where this photograph originates from? City/State?

Thanks!

[Pachamama]

18. Portland, OR - I believe.....n/t

[RainbowSuperfund]

12. Chase Holds Massive Darth Vader Lookalike Contest.

Chase Holds Massive Darth Vader Lookalike Contest.

Everyone wins.. !!!!

wait, no one wins... :(

[Mimosa]

13. WHOAZA! K&R n/t

[Liberal_in_LA]

14. they look like storm troopers from star wars

[indepat]

15. Is this eerily surreal photo supposed to be symbolic of an evolving

boot-jacked black-shirted corporatist police state rearing its very ugly head? It's like giving the people the middle finger with a resounding verbal fuck you for lagniappe. :patriot:

[LWolf]

16. Storm troopers. nt

[Kaleko]

17. ... of the evil Empire

which is run by a handful of desiccated old bankers from behind the curtain.

Wizards of Oz. Expose them in every way you can, Dorothy.

[freshwest]

19. That's hilarious. Begs the point of the slogan, 'To Protect And Serve.' Sad, but OTOH...

There are real flesh and blood people hiding under their desks at the bank no doubt, not the one percenters. I'd hate to work in a bank. I'm always nice to the poor people working at my bank, they're just the whipping boys.

[KittyWampus]

20. They look like insects with their exoskeletons.

[Angry Dragon]

22. It seems that the police departments in many cities are terrorists

DHS should be called in to investigate

US citizens under siege by the police

[Kaleko]

23. DHS?

You're asking the Department of Homeland Security, which is Terror Central, to investigate its own armies?

The US war on terror has never been anything other than a war on dissent with the oligarchs.

[Angry Dragon]

24. I know............ where less would someone turn

Justice is not going to protect the people in the streets, Obama is not going to give a pretty speech

[lonestarnot]

25. Tee hee. They don't look so good for business. :)

[HopeHoops]

27. Storm troopers?

On Edit: I just noticed that two others saw the same resemblance and posted it on this thread before me. I'm not changing the subject because fuck it - that's what they look like. This is NOT what America is about. This is what oligarchy is about.

[Gus Gusterson]

28. They have become sociopaths

I found the first quote in a journal over the weekend. The second is well-known and reflects the genesis of our nations cancer.


Andrew Carnegie:

"To set an example of modest, unostentatious living, shunning display or
extravagance; to provide moderately for the legitimate wants of those
dependent upon him; and after doing so, to consider all surplus revenues
which come to him simply as trust funds, which he is called upon to
administer, and strictly bound as a matter of duty to administer in the manner
which, in his judgment, is best calculated to produce the most beneficial
results for the community—the man of wealth thus becoming the mere
trustee and agent for his poorer brethren, bringing to their service his superior
wisdom, experience, and ability to administer, doing for them better
than they would or could do for themselves."

Was replaced with -

Gordon Gekko:

The point is, ladies and gentleman, that greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right, greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed, in all of its forms; greed for life, for money, for love, knowledge has marked the upward surge of mankind.

[firehorse]

31. "mercenaries for the 1%" and their stock holdings

its good to know our countries priorities.... *sarcasm*

[arikara]

32. Are they guarding it from the people

who want to close out their accounts?

[JNelson6563]

33. This says it all.

[WillyT]

35. K & R !!!

:kick:

[defendandprotect]

36. And this is how capitalism has "won" all over the world --- as we should have noticed long ago -- !!

Thank you -- !!

[benld74]

37. Chase was just letting the cops use their bathroom?

[madamesilverspurs]

38. captioned

[DeSwiss]

39. GENERAL STRIKE.

All over the world.

- And we better do it before they steal the Internets from us......

K&R









http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hklqkwyISuk">''All tyranny needs to gain a foothold, is for people of good conscience to remain silent.'' ~ Thomas Jefferson.

[ProgressiveATL]

40. Protect and serve indeed

See, the system works.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

41. At least the "hippies" don't accessorize their fashion statements with clubs.

Somebody should tell those bozos that they look ridiculous.

[sce56]

42. I came up with my own

Time to link the henchmen of the Robber Barrons!
As posted here
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x2342173

[hulka38]

43. Perfect.

[judesedit]

44. The reality of it all is scary. OWS is very brave and I am 100% behind them.

We have to stop these bastards.

[a2liberal]

45. K&R (n/t)

[woo me with science]

46. They look like storm troopers.

Time to post this one again, too. They make a good pair.

[JDPriestly]

47. I see that picture and I ask myself, the age-old question, "What would Jesus do?"

How do the pseudo-Christians justify protecting the rich against the poor?

The Roman soldiers who crucified were nothing compared to these guys.

[Enthusiast]

54. Because they're pseudo Christians.

[Politicalboi]

48. Are they waiting in line

To close their accounts? LOL!

[Hubert Flottz]

49. Your "friendly" Chase Bank is waiting to serve you...

Mr. 1%!

[CarrieLynne]

50. maybe if they had faced the other way years ago, they wouldnt have to face that way now...

figuratively speaking of course lol

[Deep13]

51. Hey cops, your mother dresses you funny. nt

[hue]

52. a nightmare come true! K&R n/t

[abelenkpe]

53. Check this out

[Javaman]

55. just like this...

[deminks]

56. Servants of the 1%

[woo me with science]

57. Kick. nt