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we're talking about the occupy wall street movement, now in its sixth week in cities across the country. large crowds have taken to the streets in philadelphia and boston and elsewhere. they're protesting income inequality and the lack of jobs. last week, herman cain said those fired up over america's economic troubles had no one to blame but themselves. here's what he told "the wall street journal". >> don't blame wall street. don't blame the big banks. if you don't have a job and you're not rich, blame yourself! >> then this past weekend, cain fired another shot at the protesters o...

Cut spending. we need to stop unnecessary regulation that's hampering small businesses to hire people. >> you know, mr. risch, we keep hearing that cutting spending, and getting regulation out of the way, but they never tell us what regulation is in the way of creating jobs in america. can you address that? >> well, for years they've been saying health regulation, worker safety, environmental regulation, they basically don't like any of these regulations, nor do many big businesses. but the fact of the matter is health and safety and environment al regulations are critically important to ameri...

Blanche lincoln, tim johnson. they'll people say we need to find out what happened. we continue to use 20 million barrels of oil a day in the united states. 30% of that comes from the gulf. we continue to need the oil and we need to find the ways to get that oil in the most environmentally responsible way and prevent an environment al disaster like this in the future. but we need all these energy sources and we don't want to become more dependent on foreign sources of energy. when you look at what the president proposed, that is something where people already made up their mind. the american p...