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the gutting of America continues. It's no wonder cameras are going up everywhere, drones are wanted and local police forces are being militarized.

As the hatefulness, separatism and corporatization of the American government continues, all hell will likely breakout in the 21st century making this a horrendous place to be.

Still, IMO, many Americans snooze clueless as to what's going on as they vote for those wishing to make this a pit for many of the citizens for power and money at any cost to the US. What a damn shame.

You are a keen observer. The future is unfolding in lockstep and no one is about to back down. May we all cherish the things in life that are truly important among friends, family and community while Paris burns.

Thanks for the thread, kpete.

is SO rare today...

We need to find our way back home as Americans and we have the map,
but do we have the will?



peace,kp

or something like that?

I guess he wasn't kidding after all.

Its the so called troublemakers who make real change happen, and better the human condition. Whether talking about striking workers or blacks or women who strived for equal rights.

I can always tell the sheep and authoritarian types when they disparage protesters, yep, we have some on our side too. They are the ones who never make change happen in society.

I doubt that anything good will come out of the tea party, for example. No, it is the progressive, liberal, egalitarians that drag this world forward.

Add that to the maxim that the majority is wrong far more often than it is right and a picture begins to form...
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the occupy movement as "troublemakers". They are trying to avoid trouble and reign in the corporate influences that are causing societal disturbances.

but at least it is a start.

As one of my friends put it though, folks are not thinking in terms of class. Everyone is still thinking of themselves individually and labeling themselves as repugs, or progressives, or protestants, or whatever - and that is the reason the very rich have worked so hard to break the unions. The unions are able to bring folks together and get them focused on class. They remind folks that when they come together they can fight back against their oppressors.

That is something we need to re-learn as a country and we'd better learn it quick because the calls for extreme austerity are coming loud and clear.

When the Working Class & the Poor realize we have MORE in common with each other
than we have in common with the 1% and their employees in Washington,
THEN, we can have "change".

Our neighbors in Latin America have given us the Blue Print for "change".
What they have accomplished is nothing short of near bloodless revolutions.

those who fear a Social Justice movement have been whining from the beginning that they 'need a leader' and they 'need to be more organized' and the latest, the BS from Bill Maher eg, that they need to 'get political', sure, and go back to the divide and conquer routine. Amazing that he, who appears to pride himself on being so smart, should be so clueless.

He IS a comedian, and loves to be "controversial".
He was looking for an edge, and missed badly this time.
That happens with him occasionally and to anyone who flirts with The Edge.
I usually watch his show,
but I have nothing but contempt for THIS crowd:


Those who insist that OWS needs to field their own candidates and become a Voting Block had better be careful what they wish for. The Democratic Party doesn't have a very good track record for romancing this group.
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of the Global Corporate oppressors. With the help of the Corporate Media. See the change in the attitude towards Chavez on the LEFT eg. Back in 2002, that did not exist. But they went to work to try to try to demonize him and then Morales and any leader of those sovereign countries who dared to institute actual change, making it harder for them to install the usual dictators we seem to love so much. Thankfully it may be too late to turn back the clock on SA, as Bush was too busy salivating over the ME for the past decade giving those countries time to consolidate the control they have wrenched from the hands of the Corporate invaders. Hopefully it was enough time. They don't give up easily.

once they appeared on the scene they became a threat. Because they voiced out loud what many people were thinking, and that was way more of a threat than had they been violent. Because bad things can continue to happen so long as good people remain silent. And that is what was happening.

So they were immediately attacked, brutally by military style robo cops all over the country. The reaction was astounding frankly. So way out of proportion, and yet we had people on the 'left' condemning them.

While the rich pit liberals against repiglicans,they are gutting the nation of everything of value.If it comes to a shooting match liberals will lose.The amount of hate propagated by their side is astonishing.How do you extinguish hate with love;by becoming martyrs?It may come down to that folks.

is housed, feed, healthy, and educated....

these Repukes were about to move us toward a Fascist state,would the brainwashed Teabaggers actually jump on the bandwagon to actually contribute to the destruction of Democracy?..They already have ..We have seen the results of the billionaires money,the Citizens United effects and I am worried...
to think that my grandchildren will not enjoy the freedoms that we had..
"Fascism is sweeping, sometimes violently across this nation."
How true....

But I guess throughout history there has always been a period of denial, it is hard to face when it comes to your own country which you have so much faith in. But sooner or later it does have to be faced and it looks like more people are doing so. So hopefully that awakening will help to reverse the current trend, although it will take time. But we have to begin somewhere.

And what I learned is that people are the same everywhere, and haven't changed much, other than technologically, over the centuries. There are always those lurking around waiting for a chance to take over and impose their evil will on populations. The Founding Fathers were under no illusions, fortunately for us or it might have happened already.

I see the tag and know you agree ... too bad so many think we are above every other country and culture in the history of the world though. I guess they all thought that, until it happened to them

who are afraid or too proud to look at our errors and just want to teach that we are perfect are priming us for the fall. I hope that people like us here on DU are able to stop it before it is too late.

Yes I think its possible.How can we stop this? I am really scared because
there are Democrats that wont vote.
After seeing the results in Wisconsin and what millions of dollars can do..yep I am really scared.

because neo-Nazis, white supremacists and racists Teabagger ReTHUGs are now openly parading their views.

foreign govts.... Social Security trust fund....
We are a screwed debtor nation all the way around.