Sigh.........

[reverendjeremiah]

I'm really getting to despise this country....or at least a lot of the people in it.

http://apnews.excite.com/article/2012022...QUAO1.html

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - More than 100 sheriff's deputies in riot gear broke up an out-of-control crowd waiting outside a mall to buy a limited edition Nike basketball shoe.

Authorities say there were no injuries or arrests outside the Florida Mall late Thursday. The crowd began getting unruly as hundreds packed the parking lot, waiting to buy the $220, limited-edition shoe that was timed to be released during the NBA All-Star Game in Orlando.

Assholes.

Since they were all mindless consumers and staunch capitalists they were let go no charges no questions asked.


The 20 or so 99%ers off to the side were beaten with rubber hoses and sent to jail on trumped up charges.

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Crass materialism at its finest. I wonder if they'd still pay that much if they knew the shoes were made from probably $10 of materials & labor?

They wouldnt care. The right wing majority of this country would find some fucked up excuse. they wouldnt even care if it was done under slave labor for slave wages...


All that matters is ME ME ME ME ME and RIGHT NOW!