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We want a 4 day work week. A 3 day alternate shift with a liveable wage. Your funny money has no value like before this century. We want our lives back. Give the children their parents back. Banish overtime. If we did these things there would be very little unemployment. We could build energy and water efficient homes for single income families to own. We must demand a 4 day work week everywhere in all languages.
This is how people escape the corporate chokehold. People who provide real goods and services can trade with other people providing the same, without a corporate entity that provides no real goods or services taking its cut. Global corporatism's promise of riches for all has proven to be fools gold, a venture supported in the short run by a fast buck mentality and finite energy resources. That chapter is closing now. What's happening in Spain will eventually take place in America and everywhere. Corporations will lose their dominance over people's lives when the people turn their back on them.
Trade and barter happens all the time. It's not new and it's not "going back to the Dark Ages." It sure as hell is a good way to avoid the practice of usury, which banks and other corporate vultures use to their and no one else's advantage. One of the issues it also brings up is, using barter and trade, taxes are not being collected and going to provide essential services.
welcome "back" to the dark ages! so much for evolution, huh?
Money is currently loaned into existence by private banks which requires a continual growth in the money supply to pay back the loan plus interest.
For a sustainable future this concept of money is clearly not the best model for the exchange goods and services. Time for a change anyone?
You have permission to sometimes use my alternate name if you wish- "Condolizard Rice." In Florida, it's what we call those funny droppings found on the balcony.
‘Operation Free Assange’: Anonymous take down Interpol website
Anonymous attacks UK government websites to protest Assange-case
Saudi Aramco Oil Producer's 30,000 workstations victim of Cyber Attack
Team GhostShell leak One Million Records
Anonymous may hack Mars rover 'Curiosity'
Anonymous hacks hundreds of Chinese government sites
Julian Assange supporters claim to have hacked Cambridge University
A couple days ago on Ed Schulz's radio show, the President of the Steel Workers' Union said they had set up a toll-free number to help people register to vote in Pennsylvania. The number was either 1-866-OURVOTE or 1-877-OURVOTE. They're providing transportation at the very least.
Napoleon´s Nightmare: Guerrilla Warfare in Spain (1808-1814)
by José de la Pisa
"This paper maintains that this occurred because of the insurrection of the entire nation, and in particular the formation of a fierce and indomitable unconventional army: the Guerrilla. Encouraged and supported by the people, the Guerrilla gave the struggle the character of People in Arms: “Guerrilla” came to represent the spirit of rebellion that undermined the foundations of the Napoleonic Empire.
The guerrillas forced the French troops on the Peninsula into a dilemma that they never resolved: How to fight against regular armies, while simultaneously fighting against guerrilla operations that constantly threatened their rear, and the lines of communication and supply, thus forcing the deployment of more troops throughout the conquered territories. Napoleon never seemed able to grasp the danger of the insurrection and the guerrilla. This miscalculation was the leading cause of the downfall of his Empire."**
http://smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/napoleon%C2%B4s-nightmare-guerrilla...
**Our founding fathers kicked out the British. And the British Empire was kicked out of India and nearly everywhere else...and maybe soon, hopefully, in the Malvinas. The Russian people kicked out the Tzars, the French people kicked out the Monarchs. The French were kicked out of Vietnam. The US was kicked out of Vietnam. Afghanistan kicked out the Russians and the English before that. Libya overthrew their corrupt government. Egypt overthrew their corrupt government. All over the world, the people are saying they have had enough of this ruling elitism that selfishly denies life, liberty, and happiness to everyone else.
All of these countries were successful in overcoming what seemed like irresistibly superior armed forces. Will the people of the US eventually have the balls to do the same with the corrupt regimes that have taken over America? I wonder if China or Russia or any other country would support the future U.S. "rebels" like the US is supporting the "rebels" in Syria. It has long been known that you cannot really win a war without winning the hearts and minds of the people because the greater masses of the people greatly outnumber the armed forces and can act in ways that are not anticipated by the superior forces. They cannot be everywhere at once...the people can. So, they are desperately trying to use propaganda to sway and confuse the masses in order to weaken their resolve. Nobody wants it to happen, but since the ruling elite leaves us no choice, as they are undoubtedly not going to change, it leaves the people no choice either. The people are backed into a corner from which there is no hope left.
I watched that war criminal Gondola Rice on the TV at the RNC convention that was screeching that Obama should have acted sooner in vetting the Rebels, in supporting them, against the Syrian government. Yeah, as if the Bush Republican regime made all the right timely decisions during their administration...like Katrina, for example...or taking the war into Iraq. The thing is that the same people making the Joint Chiefs of Staff decisions..the ones that make these strategic decisions...are the same ones that were around during the Bush administration. And since many of the actions from the Bush administration have been carried on by the Obama administration, Gondoleza is just spitting into the wind.
How much does it cost to buy a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives?
That depends on whether that toilet seat is made of silver or gold! ...or maybe platinum? ....and their toilet paper.... copies of the constitution!
I have to agree with ladyjazz however ---until the people stand up and fight against the big money this corruption will continue!!
I think the problem is that in the Blind Trusts of our leaders are a number of stakes in casinos- to name a few-
the Sands, Tropicana, Oasis, Ramada venues, and Indian gaming.
The Blind Trust has also monopolized world wide sports betting communications lines which line everyone's pocket who has agreed to become a player.
I think the problem is Organized Crime has taken over government and are just snickering at our efforts to do anything about it by arguing who will be president.
The big problem is bringing religion into politics. These folks believe they must draw people to them, like herding a flock, convincing them that they need to be told what to do and how to think. What these religious zealots can't seem to comprehend is that it is exactly the other way around. Our elected leaders are put there to represent us; they must come to us, listen to us, and act accordingly.
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CCCP . . . The table has turned. Fascism and its fatcat republican oligarcs are unamerican to the idealogies and dogma of democracy. They are offensive, impolite, non-diplomatic, and an "axis of evil". They wear the masks of a thousand and aren't even aware of who they are.
I say, let's send them all a plated gold star to put on their RED ties.
The Revolution is reaching critical mass.
Theocracy IS NOT a DEMOCRACY.
In my opinion Democracy is pretty much defined in The Declaration of Independence...Thanks to Jefferson and his understanding of great thinkers like John Locke.
Only problem is, thanks to outlets like Fox, it can't work, instead of a well informed electorate, we have a well misinformed one. As long as the corp media continues to allow profit to trump truth in reporting, Democracy will not exist in any meaningful form.
I'm really shocked at how millions like the Teabaggers have been so easily confused and manipulated into voting away their future economic well being, just so greed freaks like Romney can keep and get more tax cuts. Then you hear some excuse about who to believe, which amounts to defense of a lazy stance based on Fox/Rove lies.....when facts and reality are as close as the last tiny paycheck that doesn't even amount to a living wage...and then the Tea Party standing in a Walmart parking lot screams their taxed too much already...vote Romney!... Great....the truth is Obama cut your taxes and Ryan's plan would increase your tax, slash your hard earned social safety net, and at the same time cut Romney's tax rate. Welcome to the well misinformed world where the greed of a few over powers the needs of the many with expensive lies! .......It aint DEMOCRACY!
Not all of us believe that "God gave man free will and the right to exercise that will for good or evil". A growing number of us just don't believe that there is such a thing as "God"..I never believed it. God is merely a "just pretend" mythical being no more real than Zeus, Thor, or Mickey Mouse. Even Christians are atheists when it comes to believing in those things. I believe it is very dishonest and destructive to believe in such ridiculous things and very proselytizing to say things like "God gave man free will". I could claim that a four leaf clover or a rabbit's foot gave man free will...etc and it would be just as ridiculous as saying God gave man free will. But of course, four leaf clovers and rabbit's feet are real...but God is not.
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Thom - why is it that your polls never include the option of :( I SURE AS HELL HOPE AND PRAY NOT.) ??? That is the option I would usually choose in your polls!!! lol
Didn't Wisconcin Gov. Scott Walker prove the money to buy you elected official worked?
It doesn't matter what kind of crown you wear, once it gets into your head, men with power are just egotistical enough to turn that power into their personal agenda. DEMOCRACY is unwieldy, uncontrollable and deep within each man's heart. GOD GAVE man free will and the RIGHT to exercise that will for good or evil. of course, HE did set out some rules for the road. But, it was the people themselves according to their conscience that ultimately decided their fate.
I would like to see that full list of legislation that Republicans in Congress blocked in order to have a bad economy.