Occupy This
October 8th, 2011Watch this video: Occupy This, published on 39online.com, by CE39, Oct. 7, 2011.
Are you wondering what these ‘Occupy’ protests that started on Wall Street and spread to cities including Houston are all about? You get varying explanations, but they all point to things in our country stink right now! I sympathize with the fed up!
The banking system, tax code and healthcare system all need reform and we need job creation! But in America, you make your voice heard at the ballot box.
Is the goal of these protests to mimic the fall of dictators like Gadhafi and Mubarek? And if it is, then you’re part of a completely different movement seeking to topple democracy. Socialism certainly isn’t the answer and people run from communism! What’s sad is although the majority of protestors have best intentions; they’d be better off trying to really understand the core beliefs of our political parties to see which one they most agree with … //
… Don’t lose faith in America. I think that within the next year or two things will begin to turn around. I know that’s not soon enough for most people but then again we didn’t get here overnight! (full text).
Links:
14 Ways for Occupy Wall Street OWS to Legitimize Itself in Week Four, Oct. 7, 2011;
First Occupy Wall Street — Now Occupy the Fed, on New American, by Raven Clabough, Oct. 7, 2011.
Victory! Transforming Occupy Wall Street From a Moment to a Movement, by Peter Dreier, Oct. 7, 2011;
Protests Even In Peaceful Utah, by Jake Rush, Oct. 7, 2011;
Ben Bernanke on Occupy Wall Street: I Can’t Blame Them, Oct. 5, 2011;
What to do for Monday, Oct 10th: Hope, Fear and Greed… the market is built on human psychology, Oct. 7, 2011.