Tuesday, November 29, 2011

The Movement Marches On

It's been a minute since my last post, and so many things have occurred in relationship to the Occupy Wall Street movement.  Grass roots Occupy movements have been developing not only within the nation, but world wide. Republican politicians are doing their infamous "side step shuffle" by first denouncing the movement and condemning the occupier for exercising their I Amendment right to freedom of speech, then upon realizing that the 99% are people from all walks of life, some of whom are their own constituents, they subtly begin to change their tune by recognizing the legitimacy of their, only to flop back to their original posture when the audience they're addressing expects that type of rhetoric, and the movement marches on.

Mayors of some cities seem to act in a collaborative effort to remove occupiers using various levels of force, and attempt to justify their actions by saying "freedom of speech does not include the right to pitch tents and sleep in public/private parks."  This appears that these actions serve to strengthen the resolve of the 99%, and the movement marches on.

Congressman Ted Deutch (D-FL) Foreign Affairs CMTE; MIDDLE EAST SUBCMTE. introduced an Occupied Amendment in an attempt to deal with the corrupt nature of government and dependence of fundraising in the election process.  There is ample evidence that corporate influence in our government has essentially hijacked our democracy, turning our system of government into an oligarchy.  Let's see what kind of welcome this Amendment receives, as the movement marches on.

Money is speech, and legal bribery has been shown to produce powerful results in the policies our nation chooses to implement, and the movement marches on.

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