Occupy’s Bank Transfer Day Yields Results

It's funny how they're giving credit to the creeps at "Occupy Whatever". People didn't change to credit unions because a bunch of androgynous hippy wannabes are illegally camping in public spaces. Do they really think that people didn't know they had choices before these smelly morons started causing trouble? That's ridiculous on its face.

This move of $$$ has nothing to do w/ occupy whatever. I made a conscious decision to take my $$$ out of BofA back in 2003 because they were ripping me off.
I congratulate those people that have chosen to use the biggest weapons capitalism & democracy have to offer: Money & the right to do w/ it as you please. Try to do that in a socialist state.
Wanna hurt a business/institution you don't like? Don't do business w/ them, simple as that.
Like waz said: "Do they really think that people didn't know they had choices?" :) henry

I'm impressed with the Occupy Wall Street peoples and glad to have learned more about the credit unions. Now we are going to make the transfer from big bank to credit union.

It was great participating in the Nov 5 Occupy SB/Moveon march up State St to the BofA branch at Canon Perdido and to encourage folks to transfer their funds to other credit unions and local banks! Hank is right, this is voting with your pocketbook where it hurts them. BofA had gotten another group to stand out in front ahead of Occupy to support BofA and the the repeal of the Glass-Steagall law (in 1999), part of which led to this entire 2008 Recession mess. It was interesting to debate with these people, and everyone was civil. Thank you Brandon for a good follow-up story: clearly the various Occupy groups in our great country are having an impact by FRAMING the debate.

"Clearly the various Occupy groups in our great country are having an impact by FRAMING the debate."
- DrDan

The only impact they're having is screwing up public spaces and tying up public services. Other than that, they're just wasting everyone else's time. And, I guess there is actually one person who had their head in the sand so long that they never heard of a credit union. Congratulations, Dotio!

Occupy is having an impact. If you don't support the Occupy Movement you are on the wrong side of history.

KenV: "If you don't support the Occupy Movement you are on the wrong side of history."

Same thing Che Guevarra said about the so-called "Cuban Revolution" as he & Castro Bros went on to rape my beautiful birth country of Cuba. Well parroted Ken, your professors taught you well.
By the way Ken, the ONLY impact occupest is having is:

1) More garbage to pick upn (anti-environmentalism).
2) Feces & urine all over public places (anti-hygiene).
3) Disruption of businesses run by mom & pop operations, the same folks occupest claims to be about (anti-free enterprise).
4) Wasting of city's financial resources that could better be used by emergency response personnel to help (anti-public safety).
5) Shouting opposing points of view or opinions down (anti-freedom of speech).

Did I leave anything out? Nope, don't think so. Come to think of it, occupest is startiing to sound more & more like IV during Halloween or crap(float)topia. Awesome!

DrDan, BofA screwed me over personally SO many times a change was in order & I chose to remove my hard earned $$$ from their vault.
They're notorious for "stacking" which is a practice where they'll count ANY negative activity against your account, but negate any positive activity for a period of time so the balance gets below a certain level, you overdraw & the service fees & charges start to "stack" up.
Those malakas were costing me anywhere from $100-$300/month in fees @ times! Crafty rascals! Switched banks, no more problems, simple solution :) henry

hank: Don't forget the sexual assaults, rampant drug use, throwing bottles, and starting fires.

Waz: "hank: Don't forget the sexual assaults, rampant drug use, throwing bottles, and starting fires."

Wasn't even gonna go there out of kindness, but now that you mention it... :) henry

My professors taught me to think for myself and not make lists of manufactured evidence; nor to forget that the preceding oligarchs and colonialists of Cuba also "raped" that country.
I'm just gonna start suggesting removal instead of waste my time and energy.

"My professors taught me to think for myself and not make lists of manufactured evidence"
- Ken_Volok

Thinking for yourself (something I doubt your professors taught you) isn't one of your strong suits. Maybe, it would have been better if they taught you that the truth hurts. It's sure as Hell hurting you when you want to remove posts that upset your delicate sensibilities. Just like a typical lefty; running around screaming about their 1st Amendment rights, but as soon as they hear something they don't like, they want to silence the people saying it. Yet one of many lefty double standards. Also, you might want to tell us what is untrue about what hank and I said about the Occupoo thing. Just saying it's "manufactured evidence" doesn't make it so. Another lefty tactic.

Flash! Occupoo LA has been shut down! Yesssss!!! Unfortunately, as most of us clean people anticipated, the Occupooers left the place a filthy, disgusting, foul, unsanitary mess. What a surprise!

I really feel sorry for some of the commentators here, bitter, shallow, afraid, most likely alone stewing in their hate.
Kick Occupy out and we'll just spring up elsewhere. On the moral and ethical front alone we've already won. History has shown that tyrants always fall, whether they be an individual or one oligarchial group.