10-26-2011, 09:58 AM
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Originally Posted by 12clicks
another myth we'll await a link for.
and please, not protesters telling us how supported they are, actual business owners saying how supportive they are.
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Ben & Jerry's
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We, the Ben & Jerry?s Board of Directors, compelled by our personal convictions and our Company?s mission and values, wish to express our deepest admiration to all of you who have initiated the non-violent Occupy Wall Street Movement and to those around the country who have joined in solidarity.
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Local Businesses
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**Local design shop and consultancy FearLess sent food and a megaphone down to the square, while Brooklyn-based craft brewery Sixpoint delivered kegs of water to the occupiers. Sixpoint's president also released a statement:
As a brewery, some people believe our role should be confined to making beer. But the brewery is not just a collection of tanks, kegs, and equipment - it is comprised of people, and we as individuals live within a community. And naturally, this community represents our society, which comprises the global culture....
** Big Mario's Pizza has been keeping the tummies of the protesters at the Occupy Wall Street Seattle full for almost two weeks.
Co-owner David Meinert donated about 12 pizzas to protesters a couple days after the occupation gained traction in Seattle.
"I was just reading about the protests and it was kind of a drizzly day, and I thought it would be nice to deliver some hot food," said Meinert.
"It seemed to really invigorate them and give them some belief that there was outside support for what they are doing," said Meinert.
** Occupiers have dubbed one McDonald's near Zuccotti Park the "people's McDonald's." According to AlterNet's Kristen Gwyne, staffers at the location have been generally friendly to the Occupy Wall Street protesters, letting them use their restrooms and free wireless Internet.
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All found on the first page of a google search. Getting tougher and tougher to find those local businesses that support the movement, boy, my fingers are tired. |
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