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7 Places That You Should Occupy Print
Written by Rob Roete & Simon Thorn   
Oct 28, 2011 at 04:42 PM

Seven

1) Redbox - With the number of complaints about Redbox's 20 cent price hike (that's like 20%!!!) this one is probably most likely to happen. Disregarding the fact that their pricing plan has been $1/day for most of the United States over the last few years (the first Redbox appeared in 2004), and that combined inflation from 2004 through 2010 was roughly 17.31% (inflationdata.com), the actual price increase has to do more with inflation than price-gouging.

Still, the public at this time does not like any sort of price increase, especially one that's 20% by a greedy no-good company that probably does business on Wall Street. In fact, a user by the name of Here it is... even made the comment on the MSN news story regarding the price increase that "The people using their services are the one's on a budget, not the 1%er's." Which of course implies that if you are now able to rent a movie for $1.20/night you are part of the 1% and now while Occupying Redbox you will also be protesting yourself. Such a moral dilemma....

2) Police Station - The great thing about Occupy Police Station (OPS) is that if you're arrested, you're already there. Plus, if you're occupying outside the station, it's most likely that the police won't want you to come in which means they won't arrest you. Or if you do get arrested, it will prove that the OPS movement was for good reason.

3) Statue of Liberty - The pedestal and inside of the Statue of Liberty will be closed for the next year for "renovations." Obviously this is no more than a ploy to keep the 99% from enjoying a national landmark (and potentially to prevent anyone from occupying the statue). Besides, isn't it convenient that the statue is green, the color of money and greed? All the more reason to Occupy the Statue of Liberty.

4) White House/Black Market - The clothing store may be a favorite of many women, but for those of us that aren't able to travel to D.C. to Occupy the White House, we can still take solace in the fact that we can occupy a store with the same name. Besides, they now have clothing that is pink and not just black and white (and the prices in the store are definitely for the 1%, or at least the 15%).

5) Canada - Some would argue that we already tried this movement in the ‘70s during the Vietnam War, but if South Park has taught us anything it is that we should blame Canada (to which rocker Axl Rose even once agreed). So while those Canadians are up there with their pleasant attitudes, universal healthcare, great-tasting beer, and by-golly some great maple syrup and lovely moose, we're left down here with our sunshine, paved roads, and indoor plumbing. Occupy Canada is a go!

6) Two and a Half Men - First of all, the "half man" is actually 18 years old now. Last time we checked, that makes him a full-man (although he probably weighs less than he did a few years ago, but we digress). Secondly, the show is filthy rich with millions of viewers (definitely part of the 1% of television shows). Let's occupy the studio, tell them to change the name to 3 Men (preferably with a little baby) and have them share their audience wealth with other great shows like Hillbilly Handfishin' (at least, we think it's probably great, nobody watches so we can't say for sure).

7) Talk Humor - Seriously, we'd love to have the extra visitors and it'd be great to one day make money from the site. So while occupying Talk Humor you can actually be protesting our future greed since at this time we're actually one of the 99.99999% (while still working, somehow).

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