20% of the 1% started life in the 99%...

agreed.

Yes. However, I realized that life is not fair. Shit Happens. I accept that. I adapt. I don't expect to be compensated or rewarded for failures.

So then, you're definitely not one of the giant banks or financial institutions that asked for, and received, billions in taxpayer money when they didn't adapt to the $#!t that happened due to their personal failures.

He never said he was, or that he was supporting them. He was referring to people who take unemployment indefinitely, while not seeking a job. The corporations' actions are inexcusable, but we should not do the same while complaining about them.

WE WANT CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY! iT'S NOT ABOUT DEMONIZING RICH, IT'S ABOUT HAVING OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS REPRESENTING WE THE PEOPLE, FOR THE GREATER GOOD OF THE MAJORITY OF SOCIETY INSTEAD OF THE INTERESTS OF THE FEW VERY GLOBAL CORPORATIONS TO BE ABOVE THE LAW.

I do not, despite living almost exactly at the median income for my whole life. 99% is a misnomer derived from the oft cited but false assertion that 1% controls the majority of wealth. Its actually the richest 10%. That still preposterously concentrated in terms of wealth but to disregard the holdings of that middle 9% is to disregard around 40% of all wealth. If you're going to have a slogan, if you're going to have a movement, make sure you know what you are talking about and speak based on fact rather than open bias

100% for the 99% regaining our voices

I consider myself a human being. That's all that should matter. If we don't start working together, we're just going to speed up our demise.

Yes. I am the 99% who don't have any control over larger issues of governance.

Absolutely

Yes as I'm indeed a part of the "governed".....

Of course, but I am also part of the 100%, as we all are. Let's not forget that many rich people also want corporations out of politics and economic stability and support OWS.

I would love to see real meaningful change to our economy but I have doubts OWS will get it done. Bailing out private corporations is not the answer. Another stimulus bill? Why does it seem only the rich and political contributors/friends benefit from these? I read Pelosi's brother in law benefitted from the last stimulus package.

Yes, Democracy has been hijacked. The Founder's vision of a republic ruled by its people through its elected representatives has become the very type of corporate oligarchy they rebelled against to form this country in the first place. Bank of America, et al, has replaced the East India Company and the entire government has become the second coming of King George.

Yes. The methods are the message. I'm a bit surprised he recognized it from his ivory towers.

In principle yes. But no disrespect to Mr. Gore but it has probably been a very long time if ever that Mr. Gore or any other "Washington-tonion" has had to do without...

No. It's impotent rage. Democracy functions on the electorate's participation. If more than half of protesters did not vote, then those people abstained from participating in Democracy. What they are doing now is just airing grievances, but offering no solutions in which they could be remedied.

There appears little primal about the need to be governed and enforce laws. Then again, this attempt to draw such a link comes, predictably, from a politician.

Absofuckinglutely I agree with Al Gore's description of the protests!!!!

excellent answer here