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OCCUPY OR DIE!
I believe in permanent, ongoing, rejuvenating revolution. In order to counteract the inertia of the status quo and institute beneficial social, political, and economic changes for society, a degree of force (not necessarily violent) must occur. It is a maxim that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Control of power (some deem it authority) is commonly regarded as a legitimate function of government, with the notable exception of anarchists. Equal distribution among citizens insures power will not be misused or abused to counter the democratic will of the people.
Many argue that the Constitution dictates that power will rest with the representatives of the people. It does, but it is by no means set in stone. The Founding Fathers provided us with a means to amend the Constitution should the need arise. Although the slow and laborious communications of late Eighteenth Century America might have necessitated representation, technology has advanced to the point where in recent decades it is now possible by means of digital electronics (email and the internet) for the individual to present his own interests without the aid of a middleman. Obviously, you care more about your interests than anyone else. Who could do a better job of representing you than yourself? You are much more educated and erudite than your forebears. Surely, you are fully capable of doing the job. I would like to think that Washington, were he alive today, would urge you to do so. He would be the first to condemn the greed and corruption that threatens the survival of our way of life, impoverishing working America for the benefit of a leveraged, privileged few. Time to reclaim what is ours. Toss the Tea Party into Boston Harbor and Occupy Wall Street. This is a revolution whose time has come. Either lend us a hand or get out of the way, for the times are rapidly changing.
Wall Street has a globalization agenda. Don't let them push us aside. They have an economic stranglehold on the global market. No jobs; no money. Our survival is threatened. Organize and resist. OCCUPY OR DIE!
With one in five homes facing foreclosure and filings showing no sign of slowing down in the next few years, the number of people touched by the mortgage crisis whether because they have lost their homes or because their homes are now underwater truly boggles the mind. Occupy Homes or Occupy Our Homes is a grass roots movement to disrupt the foreclosure of people's homes. Protesters delay a foreclosure by camping out on the foreclosed property. They also block the entrances to banks that are foreclosing on many homes. It has been compared to the direct action taken by people to prevent home foreclosures during the Great Depression in the United States.
Why do we have a substantial number of homeless individuals even though we are in a prolonged economic downturn caused by building more new houses than the market could absorb. The problem lies in the method of distribution. Houses that cannot be sold are unoccupied and often abandoned. I propose that we put them to good use by sheltering homeless people. Rent could be charged on a sliding scale according to ability to pay. Surely, collecting some rent is better than not getting any rent. Also, tenants tend to have a stabilizing effect on a distressed neighborhood. Empty homes are often tagged with graffiti and/or vandalized. This way the plumbing remains intact and the electrical wiring is not stripped from the wall by drug addicts hellbent on stealing someone else's stuff to pay for their next fix.
A home without an occupant is like a child without a dog—a gross imbalance defying the Laws of Nature—an unresolved empty void that behaves like a Black Hole, continually ingesting all that is good and holy in order to keep expanding at the expense of humanity's collective soul. There is a price to be paid for disingenuous disregard of natural order—in large part it is the cold, numbing feeling that comes over us when we ignore the plight of our fellow men.
The workings of supply and demand are the basic tenets of Capitalism. It cannot be denied that there is a growing supply of homes which are being withheld from the homeless in an ungainly attempt to strengthen the economy. Woe be it to those disbelievers who feign ignorance of the teachings of Adam Smith. I have faith that justice cannot be denied to the ninety-nine percent who thirst for equality and freedom.
Don't lie on the couch while waiting for the revolution. Hit the streets and make it happen. Millions of people like you are waiting for someone to show them the way. Our common sense of what is right shall guide us toward economic salvation. Righteous indignation against injustice gives us strength. For this is the year of Jubilee when all debts are forgiven and we shall cast off our bonds and set ourselves free from wage slavery. There are insufficient prisons to hold us all. The foundations will crumble and the walls fall down. Free at last!—the blindfold is removed and Justice reigns supreme.
On April 24, 2012, a new tactic to obtain justice from the large banks that control America was tested at the annual shareholders' meeting of Wells-Fargo Bank in San Francisco. Approximately 30 minor shareholders attempted to modernize the ethos of the banking industry. By all accounts, Occupy Wells-Fargo proved to be a step in the right direction. In order to succeed, confrontation of the established order must take place in a pragmatic fashion. The great advantage of anarchists is that they reject dogma in every guise.
Later in the week, at an annual General Electric shareholders' meeting, several groups protested that GE was not paying its fair share of corporate income taxes. In fact, despite record profits, GE has paid almost no taxes during the past decade. Jeff Immelt, GE’s chief executive, was bombarded with complaints from investors over pensions, corporate governance and nuclear power.
Occupy May Day went global on May 1, 2012, as demonstrations stretched from California to New York and from Europe to the Caribbean. Violence flared in Seattle, Washington and New York City, where more than 50 protesters were arrested.
"The popular media narrative is that Occupy is dead, but what we're here to show is that that's far from the truth," says Occupy Wall Street spokesman Mark Bray. "The issues that we're talking about are too important to go away." He also stated that Occupy has united with workers' unions and immigrant rights groups "to show that the 99% is what really drives this country."
Bank of America was the next to feel the wrath of the Occupy movement against sleazy banking practices. At its annual shareholders meeting in Charlotte, North Carolina on May 9, 2012 more than a thousand people demonstrated against the bank's bad track record on foreclosures, as well as its relationship with the federal government and the coal industry. The protesters, carrying signs with phrases like "stop corporate greed" and "Bank vs. America," came from a variety of organizations, including the Occupy movement and various labor unions. Six people were arrested.
In addition to the demonstrations taking place outside, Bank of America officials faced protests inside the meeting. A large number of disaffected shareholders aimed to force votes on controversial proposals. Bank of America is not the first big bank to face criticism at its shareholders meeting though. Citigroup's shareholders also struck down its CEO's pay package in what some characterized as a revolt last month. First Merit, a regional bank, followed suit shortly after.
At 7:30 AM on May 15, 2012, J.P. Morgan held its annual shareholders meeting in Tampa, Florida. Since the company had reported the previous week that it had incurred losses of more than two billion dollars due to questionable economic practices, there was a good chance that the meeting could turn ugly. However, J.P. Morgan decided to hire security guards to maintain order rather than calling in police. By not provoking the demonstrators, violence was avoided. No arrests were made. Without an undue action by the one percenters, there was no need for a disrupting reaction on the part of the ninety-nine percenters. In fact, CEO Jamie Dimon remarked that Occupy Wall Street had "legitimate complaints," rather unusual for someone who thinks the financial industry gets victimized when it comes to placing blame for the world's problems. And yet that's just what he said after receiving an Executive of the Year award from the University of Rochester's Simon Graduate School of Business. What a surreal scene. Dimon is far from the first rich person to give some credence to Occupy, but seeing as how protesters literally marched to his door demanding economic justice, it was totally unexpected.
What is the easiest and most economical way to dispose of elderly disabled veterans who, in the eyes of many Veterans Affairs' doctors and administrators, have outlived their usefulness to society? The VA's answer is to warehouse them in an institution and deny them proper medical care. Prescribing them mind-numbing drugs greatly facilitates the process by rendering them easier to control and less likely to complain. Unlicensed physicians and incompetent nurses abound. Besides, negligence and elderly abuse lead to a high death rate, a necessity because there simply are not enough facilities and beds available to meet the steadily increasing demand. Death panels decide who will live and who shall die. Read Quacks to find out why more death certificates get doctored than patients at VA nursing homes. Order the paperback edition of Quacks by clicking on the lulu button . Click on the bookcover at left to read Quacks online. Please send me your comments.
Write your Congressman and tell him that you do not want the VA to conduct death panels or to encourage severely disabled veterans to commit suicide. Nursing homes are an abusive and dehumanizing means of warehousing long-term sick veterans. Homeless and disabled veterans should be given access to assisted living facilities where they can continue to take part in the community rather than being institutionalized in overcrowded, disease ridden nursing homes.
A few years ago I decided to drive my own well, using a few common building supplies, a little elbow grease, and a lot of common sense. If you can drive a nail into a board, you have the skills to augment your water supply.
Methods ranging from digging to blasting are used to reach the underground layer of fresh water that lies beneath dry land. Most of these are too technical, expensive, or dangerous for the average person. However, at the turn of the century the U.S. Army developed a fast, effective method to provide bivouacking troops with water that did not involve a lot of expensive, cumbersome equipment. Soldiers simply drove a pipe into the ground with a sledgehammer until they reached the aquifer. Subsequently, it has proven to be ideal for supplying water to homesteads, second homes, and remote villages in developing nations.
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Two millennia ago, the Son of God promised to return. In 1984, that promise was fulfilled. You may have even passed Him on the street and not been aware of it. Of course, you probably thought you had more important things to do than look for the Savior. Now, as you read an eyewitness account of the Second Coming, you realize just how wrong you were. Don't worry, there is still time. But I wouldn't delay, because it is your immortal soul that is at stake. Jesus Christ wants to change your life. He thinks you are worth saving. So, why do you keep trying to prove Him wrong? The choice is yours alone. You can either join the parade or you can stay on the sidelines and watch salvation pass you by.
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There is an ugly dark side to America which you aren't likely to see on television or at the movies: hungry, out-of-work families being turned away at homeless shelters; flim-flam man Ken Lay bribing Congress to turn its back while Enron fleeces employees and investors alike; the incredibly ridiculous screw-ups that led to 9-11; George W. Bush preaching crass crony capitalism; and Seagrams going all out to get kids to drink. These are topics that won't be discussed on the evening news. Learn what they don't want you to know. SNEAK PREVIEW: Bushwhacked 9/11 VIGILANTESRead the hard-hitting book they wouldn't publish for fear it might incite people to riot. 9/11 Vigilantes tells the action-packed story of the reaction of ordinary Americans to the senseless slaughter on September 11, 2001. Although fiction, much of 9/11 Vigilantes is based on actual post 9/11 events. The story is told by Ryan, a teenager in a small western resort town whose father is the local Sheriff, but this definitely isn't Opie in Mayberry. Following 9/11, the concerned citizens of Hermosa are up in arms about the failure of law enforcement to stop illegal immigration and protect them from terrorists. Street justice—the kind dispensed by vigilantes and militias—is preferable to no justice whatsoever. Ride with Ryan Romero and his posse as they pursue al-Qaeda terrorists across the vast expanse of the High Desert. 12 LOOSE NUKES THREATEN AMERICA
Read the hard-hitting book they wouldn't publish for fear it might incite people to riot. 9/11 Vigilantes tells the action-packed story of the reaction of ordinary Americans to the senseless slaughter on September 11, 2001. Although fiction, much of 9/11 Vigilantes is based on actual post 9/11 events. The story is told by Ryan, a teenager in a small western resort town whose father is the local Sheriff, but this definitely isn't Opie in Mayberry. Following 9/11, the concerned citizens of Hermosa are up in arms about the failure of law enforcement to stop illegal immigration and protect them from terrorists. Street justice—the kind dispensed by vigilantes and militias—is preferable to no justice whatsoever. Ride with Ryan Romero and his posse as they pursue al-Qaeda terrorists across the vast expanse of the High Desert.
DOES YOUR VOTE COUNT? . . . HOW THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE RIGS ELECTIONS
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