Rogue Police Or Plutocrat Controlled?
“Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.” – Voltaire Two reports have surfaced recently, pretty close together, that has […]
Category Archives: Occupy Wall Street Protest
They Live In a World of Their Own
Much has been talked about concerning the disconnect that GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney has with the average income earner in this country. His gaffes are now legendary and have become […]
“Taking our Country Back” … Before the Notion of Justice for All
Out of sight and out of mind by too many Americans are our fellow citizens who often find themselves on the other side of a legal system that our school […]
Unable to See the Forest For the Trees
It is a failure that has serious consequences for us all as those within the ranks of the 99% continue to support the wealthiest 1% for the wrong reason In […]
Hollow Protestations
A recent letter from billionaire Leon Cooperman chastising the President for engaging in “class warfare” is written in a perspective that only some one-percenters can see things from. […]
America: No Longer a Beacon to the World?
Maybe I’m over reacting but a recent AP Story by Maria Danilova brought to mind the feeling many of us had during the Bush/Cheney years that America’s image as that […]
To Defend an Oath or Democratic Principles
Mitch Green over at New Economic Perspective recently composed a letter regarding the OccupyWallStreet movement that instantly grabbed my attention as a former military person. As the occupy movement continues […]
Hypocrite Gingrich to OWS Protesters: “go get a job right after you take a bath.”
“According to the Supreme Court, Money Is Now Speech and Corporations Are Now People. But When REAL People Without Money Assemble to Express Their Dissatisfaction with the Political [System], They’re […]
Celebrating the Occupy Movement in My Hometown
So I finally got off of my lazy, support-from-a-distance tush and joined my local Occupy group here in Denton, Texas yesterday. There was a national effort to have all Occupy […]
One Conservative at Least is Hearing the Complaints Coming From the OWS Protests.
“From tax write-offs for gambling losses, vacation homes, and luxury yachts to subsidies for their ranches and estates, the government is subsidizing the lifestyles of the rich and famous. […]
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