It finally happened — the recession hit “The privatized.”
Do they even know what that means?
Of course they don’t. The protestors skipped a day of school or work to commute to New Orleans, likely in a vehicle from mommy and daddy, to join an obscure movement just for the hell of it.
Our parents marched for civil rights, yet the best we can come up with is Occupy New Orleans? Come on, people.
I’m sure the movement had the best intentions when it began on Wall Street, but until the unions and other legitimate organizations joined the protest, it looked like a bunch of unemployed kids dressing up as zombies just to say they fought “the man” at one point in their hipster lives.
Here’s a piece of advice: Don’t protest financial inequality when you are unemployed by choice. That means you, college activists. I’m as liberal as they come, and it’s hard for me to take you seriously.
Please, Louisiana, I’m begging you not to let the cancellation of a cartoon be the biggest hit this state has taken from the recession. There are hardworking individuals out there who actually have been victims of Wall Street greed. That being said, do not detract from their legitimate complaint against the financial giants of this country with your “paint my face like a zombie and piss off the suits” march.
If — and this is a big if — “The Simpsons” were eventually cancelled because of budget cuts, that should be the last of our concerns. It has been on forever, and it’s not “South