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Huey P. Long

(1,932 posts)
Fri Jan 6, 2012, 12:04 PM Jan 2012

‘Wild Old Women’ Close San Francisco Bank Of America Branch

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A group calling themselves ‘Wild Old Women’ protest outside the Bank of America Bernal Heights branch in San Francisco, January 5, 2012. (CBS)


‘Wild Old Women’ Close San Francisco Bank Of America Branch
January 5, 2012 3:24 PM

SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – It was a slow-moving Occupy Wall Street protest, but it was an effective one. A dozen senior citizens calling themselves “the wild old women” succeeded in closing a Bank of America branch in Bernal Heights Thursday.

The women, aged 69 to 82, who live at the senior home up Mission street from the Bernal Heights Bank of America branch, decided to hold their own protest by doing what they called a “run on the bank.”

Tita Caldwell, 80, who led the charge of women with walkers and wheelchairs, said that they’re demanding the bank lower fees, pay higher taxes, and stop foreclosing on, and evicting, homeowners.

KCBS’ Doug Sovern Reports:

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http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2012/01/05/wild-old-women-close-san-francisco-bank-of-america-branch/
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‘Wild Old Women’ Close San Francisco Bank Of America Branch (Original Post) Huey P. Long Jan 2012 OP
Damn dirty hippies. comipinko Jan 2012 #1
I love those ladies! Hell Hath No Fury Jan 2012 #2
Would even the SF cops dare to lay a hand on those women? dixiegrrrrl Jan 2012 #3
Oh dear, pepper spraying grandma primavera Jan 2012 #4
CNN would have to get it off of Youtube. Bozita Jan 2012 #28
Boy, Delphinus Jan 2012 #30
We older women should fight for ourselves and for our children -- now. JDPriestly Jan 2012 #5
Beautiful! Delphinus Jan 2012 #31
Let's hear it for the Grandmas! perdita9 Jan 2012 #6
Kick, for walkers and wheelchairs. sarcasmo Jan 2012 #7
K&R DeSwiss Jan 2012 #8
Being a female in that age demographic myself... Surya Gayatri Jan 2012 #9
‘Wild Old Women’ Would make a great name for a rock band. Or a protest movement. yellowcanine Jan 2012 #10
WWWOWD....What Would Wild Old Women Do? yellowcanine Jan 2012 #11
Now THAT is a keeper! loudsue Jan 2012 #14
Hurrah for those senior citizens. Cleita Jan 2012 #12
salute to my sisters!! irisblue Jan 2012 #13
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Jan 2012 #15
I love them! JustAnotherGen Jan 2012 #16
I'm so proud of those sweet old Broads who have put themselves on the line Ecumenist Jan 2012 #17
I love this story. nt valerief Jan 2012 #18
K&R because I love it! horseshoecrab Jan 2012 #19
Don't fuck with Wild Old Women lunatica Jan 2012 #20
The Look is called The Hairy Eyeball ;-\ Dont call me Shirley Jan 2012 #22
Yeah! DirkGently Jan 2012 #21
Hooray to the Wild Old Women Who Run With The Wolves! Dont call me Shirley Jan 2012 #23
I'm hoping to be a wild old woman one day etherealtruth Jan 2012 #24
How Incredible! bottom line Jan 2012 #25
WOW. aquart Jan 2012 #26
K&R. Inspiring!!! Mr_Jefferson_24 Jan 2012 #27
K&R suffragette Jan 2012 #29
Never underestimate the power of a woman. joanbarnes Jan 2012 #32

Bozita

(26,955 posts)
28. CNN would have to get it off of Youtube.
Sat Jan 7, 2012, 01:01 AM
Jan 2012

Cuz they wouldn't have the balls to cover the event and piss off their corporate masters.

JDPriestly

(57,936 posts)
5. We older women should fight for ourselves and for our children -- now.
Fri Jan 6, 2012, 01:27 PM
Jan 2012

Most of us are mothers. All our lives, we have defended and nurtured those we love. We nursed our babies, changed their diapers, wiped their noses, fed them, packed their lunches, put on their socks and their shoes and made sure they got to school.

Now we need to remind society that not just our children but all God's children need to be taken care of. Each of us needs shoes -- and a home -- and food -- and clothing -- and opportunities in life.

The greedy banks and 1%ers, the people who live only to watch the bottom line on their personal balance sheet grow have forgotten how to behave toward others. They need to sit in the corner for a while and think about what they have done. Maybe they should go without dessert until they start minding their manners at the table.

We grandmothers need to speak up louder.

If you look back at the history of the Bush administration, you see over and over again in the commodities market, the stock market, everywhere, that among the first to warn, to try to blow the whistle and to stand still to stop the impending economic disaster were women.

And over and over, these smart young women were looked at and heard but then silenced.

I applaud the elderly women who closed the Bank of America branch. They showed courage and understanding.

I hope that not just the Bank of America but all the financial sector pays attention.

irisblue

(33,023 posts)
13. salute to my sisters!!
Fri Jan 6, 2012, 03:11 PM
Jan 2012

rock out my sisters!!! from the KCBS web site...
...SNIP>As they arrived, Bank of America closed and locked its doors, to the surprise and delight of the elderly protestors, who said that they had no intention of storming the bank.The women waved signs, but didn’t march or chant, with one woman on supplemental oxygen adding that the group was too old for that.<SNIP.....
so how dangerous where these Wild Old Women that a branch mgr had to lock their doors....and how many tums/rolaids/maloxx got chewed up and swallowed by BOAs mgrs.....

Ecumenist

(6,086 posts)
17. I'm so proud of those sweet old Broads who have put themselves on the line
Fri Jan 6, 2012, 06:25 PM
Jan 2012

for others! This is the real California which has always been known to be a place where you could start over and have a good life. To the Wild Old Women, this young woman bows her head in deep respect! thank you, Ladies!

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
20. Don't fuck with Wild Old Women
Fri Jan 6, 2012, 07:05 PM
Jan 2012

We've got that 'mom' thing down. You all know what it is. It's THE look. Yes. THAT look. The one that reduces grown men to feeling like they're 5 years old and just got caught misbehaving. THAT LOOK!

And Wild Old Women remind everybody of their mother or grandmother. Everybody. So THE LOOK is universally known in all countries and all ages by everyone who ever had a mother or grandmother.

etherealtruth

(22,165 posts)
24. I'm hoping to be a wild old woman one day
Fri Jan 6, 2012, 09:31 PM
Jan 2012

... I can only hope to do wild the right way (as portrayed in the story).

 

bottom line

(94 posts)
25. How Incredible!
Sat Jan 7, 2012, 12:44 AM
Jan 2012

Last edited Sat Jan 7, 2012, 02:15 AM - Edit history (2)

To understand how funny this is!
That the original West was settled by people who left the East because the easterners had become too much like the rich British.
That the original west was a place where as long as you contributed the color of the skin was not as huge an issue as elsewhere.
That the Reagan Westerner image is co-opted plain bullhorseshit! His type MAYBE might have been hired one time to clean out the shit in a barn or stable, but that's about it!
Onward Wild West "LADIES" Lady's
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