On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 10:59 AM, Michael Smith <mjs at smithbowen.net> wrote:
> On Fri, 28 Oct 2011 10:41:55 -0400
> Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
>
> > How would the bottom 40% of the income distribution,
> > Walmart's core customer base, feel about [occupy Walmart]?
>
> Only one way to find out, eh?
>
> Doug's implicit line of argument here, I think,
> falls into the fear-of-backlash category, which
> is hardly ever, if ever, a sound strategic
> consideration.
>
> OWS is quite unusual in having widespread public
> support, which is wonderful but atypical.
> More usually, any time you have a march or a sit-in
> you piss a lot of people off. What inferences
> do we draw?
>
> Justify your answer, as a professor would helpfully
> remark in setting an exam.
>
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> Michael J. Smith
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> "I think the American people want a solemn ass
> as a President, and I think I will go along with them."
>
> -- Barack Obama
>
> (Okay, okay, it was really Calvin Coolidge.)
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