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Madder At Washington Than Wall Street Wall Streets The Reason
A USA Today/Gallup poll published this morning suggests that "most Americans blame Wall Street for the nation's economic predicament — but they blame Washington more." Furthermore, when specifically asked who they blame most for the poor state of the economy, "64% of...
No Apocalypse But A Chance to Resurrect Progressive Radio
I'm filing this one under "Things I'd Do If I Won The Lottery." It's a long list. The only problem with it is that I never play the lottery, because "buying lottery tickets is an irrational act — the odds are hugely stacked against us." So, I've never won the...
Occupy Wall Street Speaks For America A Centrist Hit Jobs Polling Data Helps Prove It
Thanks to a hit piece by one of those Beltway pseudo-"bipartisans" we can now state conclusively what many of us have long suspected: Occupy Wall Street speaks for the American majority. We've got the polling numbers to prove it. We now know where the real center...
Barney Frank Connects Defense Cuts Drive To Occupy Movement
INTERVIEW Hear Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., talk about his push for defense spending cuts and the ability of the Occupy movement to influence the debate. Rep. Barney Frank is ratcheting up his longstanding push to reduce federal defense spending with a series of town...
Progressive Breakfast - 10/18/2011
Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to effect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security. MORNING MESSAGE: Survey Says, OWS...
What 21st Century Democracy Looks Like
Those who say they don’t know what the Occupy Wall Street protestors want fail to understand the nature of this quintessential 21st century movement. It is true that they have no manifesto or declaration. They have not released a singular list of demands, although...
Occupy Wall Street Day 12 - Poised To Take Off
"We are occupying Wall Street. We will not be moved." "Occupy Wall Street is leaderless resistance movement with people of many colors, genders and political persuasions. The one thing we all have in common is that We Are The 99% that will no longer tolerate the greed...
Occupy Wall Street Day 13 - Rebel Or Slave - Boston San Francisco Too
"Either you are a rebel or a slave." "Why is life a bitch? Cause we don't tax the rich!" The protests have spread to San Francisco and Boston. People are fed up, and our government has refused to hold Wall Street and the banksters accountable. Seriously, is there...
Washington Ignored The People And Now You’ve Got #Occupy
What did the politicians in Washington think would happen? They forgot about the "We, the People" part of our Constitution. After bailing out the banks and bankers and interests of the top 1% they fiddled while our jobs burned and mortgages defaulted. With people...
Jobs - Still The #1 National Emergency
We are in an absolute national jobs emergency and everyone outside of Washington, DC understands this. But if you read the DC-oriented press, you would think that the "issue" of jobs has come and gone. You would read that "each side" has "scored points." You would...
